Albany College of Pharmacy - Alembic Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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 CLASS OF 1920 yr y ?. ry , v-AXX-X

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DEAN’S MESSAGE Graduates of 1965: I am happy to congratulate you on the occasion of your Commencement, the first to be held under the five year program. The completion of your undergraduate program means that the time has arrived when you must make a decision for your future activities. Some of you have already decided to con- tinue your education. Your immediate future will be essentially a continuation of your present activities although your responsibilities will be greater. But for most of you Commencement means a termination of full time formal education and a beginning of your professional career. You will seek a place in a community of your choice to work and to live. I am confident of your professional ability and I hope that we have impressed upon you the necessity for continued growth not only in professional matters but in your contribution to the civic ac- tivities of your community. Do not make the mistake of considering yourself a “self made person” as a result of your individual ef- fort with no help from society. You are deeply indebted to the past and present generations who by their hard work and profound thinking have made possible the many scientific, cultural and educational advantages you enjoy today. You are expected to repay at least a small part of this debt by contributing of your skill and your knowledge for the continued enrichment of present and future generations as urell as your own personal progress. You cannot live and expect to be respected for your past achievements alone. You must continue to achieve or you will soon be relegated to the junk pile of forgotten human beings who are no longer useful to society but must be tolerated by it. The age of learning has been extended to the time of retirement. A continuation of learning is necessary if you are to avoid the personal obsolescence that begins the moment you terminate it. Fortunately you will have this opportunity by participation in post graduate seminars, professional and civic meetings that sponsor continued intellectual growth and by taking advantage of the many programs presented by the press, radio, and television which are devoted to the dissemination of knowledge. I have enjoyed my years with you and extend my best wishes to each of you for a happy and useful professional, home, and civic life. I hope that you will from time to time refresh my pleasant memories of you by keeping me informed of your future activities in which I am so very much interested. FRANCIS J. O’BRIEN Dean

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LAMBDA KAPPA SIGMA 1923