Mansfield University - Carontawan Yearbook (Mansfield, PA)

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The college experiences of the class of 1944 have had as a background the disrupting overtones of three college administrations and four years of global conflict. The college is grateful to them for their patience and loyalty under most adverse conditions. During this period many mem- bers of the class enlisted in the armed forces and scores have been and now are in actual combat in remote quarters of the world. Of their deeds of valor Mansfield is eternally proud. To them and to you we suggest as your class motto the words of William James; The great use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it. There is the great challenge to your college education and its great- est contribution. The primary function of your college has never been the grim business business of educating fighting men. The men and women of M ansfield, who are spending their lifes today in defense of a philosophy of Ufe we hold dear, will have spent their lives for something which out- lasts them only if we are capable of educating America ' s youth in con- structive democratic principles so that the basis of a world worth fighting for may be attained. This is our task. — James G. Morgan, President. OF THE COLLEGE The President at Home

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• PRESIDENT • In The President ' s Office

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DR. CYRIL L. STOUT, Dean of Men MISS DOROTHY M. WASLEY, Dean of Women The evidences of the war are nowhere more apparent upon our campus than among our men. So many have been called to do their bit in the armed forces that your ranks have been greatly de- pleted. Many of you have entered upon your college career knowing full well that it would be short. Those of you who are permitted to complete the work for a de- gree have an equal responsibility. It is for you to acquire the knowledge, poise, judgment, and qualities of leadership which are necessary to keep the educa- tional front intact so that those returning from the battlefront may find a dynamic not stagnant society Opportunities for developing the personality are provided for you through contacts with other stu- dents and with the faculty Here a two- fold responsibility is involved. One is that of the college in providing the rich- est experiences for you. The other means that you must make the most of these op- portunities to the mutual benefit of all. —Cyril L. Stout, Acting Dean of Men, We as college women must focus cur attention on the responsibilities we are assuming and will assume in building the kind of world we want. Two basic fac- tors, world cooperation and the develop- ment of human beings, challenge us. Cer- tainlj ' a college campus is an appropriate place to practice cooperation in effective living. Here at Mansfield may each of you use every opportunity to develop your character so as to be Sympathetic, understanding, and tolerant, and your mind so as to develop a realistic basic philosophy and resomxefulness in meet- ing the uncertain future. This is my sin- cerest wish for you. — Dorothy M. Wasley. Dean of Women