Lincoln University - Lion Yearbook (Lincoln University, PA)

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Message from the Dean of the Seminary Three decades ago—how swiftly they have fied!—the writer and his fellows of the Class of 1915 stood where you now stand, waiting with ardent eagerness the summons to go out, not knowing whither . . . It is now your Day. Yours is a strange, fateful hour. War clouds still hang heavily. Visions of peace are distorted by dictates of imperialism, aggression and greed. Tyrannies of race and class still seek to maintain their evil sway. You will not find it a happy world. But the struggle into which you will enter is not without oppor- tunity or hope. However dark the picture may appear, all is not lost, nor can it ever be, while God abides. And to you inalienably, irrevoca- bly there remains the privilege of choosing the way that your soul shall go. May your choice be the high way, and your going forth signalize the determination to share, with like-spirited humankind, a great and courageous adventure for a better world. To this purposeful end, let there be action . . .and honor . . . end faith! From the pages of the Eternal Word comes a timeless message, at once a challenge and a benediction: Ee strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. ID Jesse Belmont Barber.

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A Message From the Dean of Men To the Class oj 1945 Greetings: These are days when hope is being reborn within the hearts of millions of people in all parts of the world. Lights that had been snufied out seem now not to have been extinguished forever. Other lights that were burning dimly in the darkness are coming up again to illumine the pathway of mankind and, perhaps, to guide us along the way to the city of our dreams. Will this rebirth of hope end in illusion? Will these lights ficker faintly for a brief hour and then fade into utter timelessness? You contain within your- selves a part of the answer to these questions. There is need of other things than hope and light. There is hard work to be done and much pain yet to be endured as we move toward the kind of world that affords deep satisfactions and dependa- ble security for the children of earth. Young strong hands are needed. Clear heads and disciplined minds must come forward in increasing numbers. Difficult tasks beckon to all of us who would venture daringly into the future’ The ranks of the builders of the city of our dreams must be replenished by those who, like yourselves, have caught a fresh vision of a brave new world. In the fullness of your strength and supported by all of the spiritual, intellectual and moral resources at your disposal we send you forth to take a larger share in erect- ing a worthy habitation for mankind from the wreckage of a world that lies torn and bleeding. As you work and think and fght rr?y the God of all truth and justice and love give you strength and courage. Sincerely yours, Frank T. Wilson, Dean of Men. 9

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♦ SOME MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY Professors Barber, Nkrumah, Havilancl, Hall and Wilson Professor Gaskins confers with two Seniors II