Slippery Rock University - Saxigena Yearbook (Slippery Rock, PA)

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Thomas T. McCord Dean of Men When you entered Slippery Rock four years ago it no doubt seemed to you that graduation was a long way in the future. Now you have achieved your goal, and we congratulate you and wish you great success in your efforts to teach the youngsters in our public schools. There never has been a time when the need for teachers of excellent character, fine personality, honesty, and integrity was as urgent as it is at the present time. The Faculty of your Alma Mater have placed their confidence and hope in you. Only time and your efforts will justify that faith. Good luck, and God bless you. John Eiler Assistant Dean of Men

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Dr. Leonard Duncan Dean of Instruction TO THE SENIORS: “What you are speaks so loud, I can’t hear what you say,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. What a terrific responsibility this places upon teachers! In a world which cries for moral leadership—a world in which we sec so many doing what they can “get away with” — teachers must set an example by adhering to high standards of moral integrity, and must teach, above all other things, that right comes ahead of wrong. Be proud to be a teacher. Be the kind of teacher who merits the respect of boys and girls. This is the challenge I would like to place before the Class of 1952. 13

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As you leave S. R., you become a member of a larger family; it is a happy family and a very important one —our alumni. You, as an individual, become more important and happier as we on campus gain any prestige; the school, in turn, succeeds as you gain. May you take with you into your work a vision — one great enough that as you teach you give others that vision: a vision of their potentialities, of their trusteeships, of the value of simple integrity and honesty. Lois J. Harner Dean of Women