Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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A dimension of any college is its outstanding professors, those whose office doors are open to students at any hour, whose kindness, per- sonal values, and dedication to their profession inspire students and faculty alike year after year, who by their example provide continual encouragement, and for whom it is always a privilege to help another human being. Such a person we have chosen to honor: a man who for twenty-one years has been a member of the Northwest Missouri State College faculty; a man who has served on the faculty council; a man whose classroom instruction has always been of the finest quality; a man whose unob- trusive actions behind the scenes of classes in the business department have taken burdens ' from the shoulders of countless students as he opened his office doors to students of all major fields when they needed advice, encouragement, or just a friendly ear; a man who, by his quiet example, is endeared to all who know him. To Clifford Kensinger, we, the TOWER staff of 1967, dedicate this yearbook.

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TO THE 1966-67 STUDENTS OF THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE COLLEGE: Viewing our student body from the perspective of a college president, there appears to be a high degree of certainty that most of our students are destined to assume roles of leadership. What a privilege it is to be alive at this wondrous time and to participate in decision making that will effect changes in the whole globe structure. The entire world is in the throes of social and political revolu- tion, knowledge is proliferating at astronomical rates, and leader- ship is faced with challenges never before encountered : These conditions are so obvious that they seem platitudinous, but they are nevertheless true. Because this college and others like it are charged with the responsibility of preparing leaders to cope with the multifarious and sophisticated problems inherent in our generation and generations to come, it is incumbent upon this college to give perspective to these future leaders. In my judgment all students must be deeply aware of the trials in their lives ahead; they must be deeply aware of their heritage in order to see these trials in perspective. Students must perceive the rationale, the virtue, the stability in a broad balance between the various components determining their total abilities. If our leadership is to succeed, indeed, if our civilization is to prevail, a depth of moral, spiritual, and ethical perception must be regenerated throughout the world. 1 am committed to the belief, however, that whatever the demands may be your generation has the fiber and the fortitude to make the correct decisions. I believe, further, that because you will have the perspective to make the correct decisions the world will be made a far better place for your having been here. Robert P. Foster President