Middlebury College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Middlebury, VT)

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There are times when a college president wishes that the student year book could convey in pictures and prose the intellectual growth that actually does take place in a student between matriculation and graduation. The proverbial Visitor from lVlars would get perhaps a curious impression of a liberal education if his only source of information was a casual perusal of this college pictorial review 0? campus life. Yet if he studies our Kaleidoscope with care and discrimination he would find, I think, the three pillars of a hiiddlebury education - the playing Fields, the ClaSSe room, and the Chapel. A well rounded development of body, mind and spirit is and will be a proper goal for your college to strive to achieve for Middlebury students. It is my belief that in the years ahead, when glances at this 1956 Kaleidoscope bring to mind your college years, you will find in your memories more than recollections of the good times and the work and fun of extracurriculat activities. I think you will recall people and events, books, and mental experiences that in retrospect you will label significant milestones in your march toward intellectual maturity. If I am right, then Middlebury will always have and deserve your affection, and those of us who remain in the classrooms and offices of the campus will find satisfaction in our pleasant duties. PRESIDENT SAMUEL S. STRATTON.

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THE FACULTY. . . WHO HAVE TOILED MANY YEARS IN THEIR PURSUIT OF THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR ENDEAVOR TO INSTILL IT WITHIN THE MINDS OF THE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS WHO PASS THROUGH MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE.

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One of the earliest acts of Creation was the command iiLet there be Light. The same phrase should be the motto of every educational institution which, like Middlebury College, seeks to train young men and women in wisdom as well as knowledge. It is our task to guide our students, first7 in a patient and thorough search for facts and information; and then, in an objective and unhurried interpretation of the facts. Unlike the act of Creation, Light does not come to us mortals at our command. Wisdom must be sought after, earnestly, through months and years, and at the cost of great pains. Often it does not come at all, and we are deluded into thinking that darkness is light. Let us not forget that when Light flooded the world, it Stopped at no national boundaries and selected no favorite races. Americans must not make the mistake of thinking that they are a Chosen race, with a monopoly on the intelligence of the world. As a world leader, we need more than ever the humility of seeking the light wherever it may be found, of listening to the voice of wisdom whatever its source. Our schools and coiieges must raise up a new generation which understands, or is willing to try to understand, the minds of other peoples - their achievements and their needs, their problems and their ideas. Through the sympathetic study Of another language and another culture, our Citizens can escape provincialism, and learn to recognize wisdom even when it comes from beyond our boundaries. Middlebury College stands for this kind of a liberal educaiton. From its hiile top on the Otter, looking to the horizons east and west, it prays iiLet there be light in all the earthy VICEPRESIDENT STEPHEN A. FREEMAN.