American International College - Taper Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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REAR ADMIRAL JOHN F. HINES PRESIDENT 4 . AMN N-. S l 1 K 1 1 4 n V ,M-4 ,W

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TABLE UF CONTENTS Page Board of Trustees ....... ..,,. 2 President's Address ..... ,,.,, 5 Administration ......,,, , ,,,, 6 Dedication ......-..... ,,,,. 7 Faculty .............-..,.... ,,,,, 8 Overseas Branches ....... 15 Seniors .............,,,,,,,, ,,,,, 1 7 Clubs ..........,........, ,,,,, 5 0 Senior Activities ...., ,,,,,,,, 1 13 Advertisements .... ,,,,,,,, 1 2 1 THE TAPER STAFF Co-Editors ........... ......., E lla St. Amand '55 --.Gordon Jenks '56 Photography Editor ...... ..... Thomas McGovern 55 Business Manager ........ ......... G ordon Snook 54 Art Department ....... ........ R eno Savoia 54 4 Bruce Harvey 54 Advertising .............,.... .... .......... I u dy Margolis '57 Men's Sports .................................. ......... . Donald Geary 54 Senior Pictures and Biographies ..... ....... I. OuiS6 BiCkfOrd 154 ----,Al Di Pietro '54 Faculty Advisor ...........,.................................,., Miss Lois Eldridge Contributors: Eleanor Wolfson, Regina Sobolewski, Audrey Waskewitz, Barbara Druska, Norma Thornton, Rose Levine, Raymond Mazan. Photographs by: Bosworth Studio, Springfield Clinton Williams, American International College Taper Staff Members Printed by: Bradbury, Sayles, O'Neill Co., Inc., New York 3 .Quia .- --a--' - -- - '.. -- f - - r. ---v .....-..:1 M.. .. - My-AWK,

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Eff Q Ez, i': - 1 f 7 u , 4, 4, V f , Z fl z?E5-4 2243? E254-i 5552124 Ziff fi -., . gf?-l -ZZ .,- i Ii -Y-.V-+!:,-,T, -- - - A W.. ,--, ,,,,, , V: -ff -:1,:- INAUGURATIO ADDRESS Mr. Chairman and Members of the Board of Trustees, Members of the Clergy, Mayor Brunton, Distinguished Guests, Members of our College fa- mily and friends, I am deeply impressed by your charge to me. It is with a sense of humility and of deep devo- tion to this College that I accept your charge and the tangible evidences of the office. The responsibilty will be great, but I am proud to feel that I will have an even larger part inthe future building of the College . . . Those of you who happened to attend the 150th anniversary of Deerfield Academy a few years ago may remember President Conant's definition, when he remarked that a College President was a person who wore a worried look-on his Vice-President's face. Having been one of those Vice-Presidents for the last three years, I doubt very much if all my troubles are over now. Many a headmaster, principal, superintendent and College president I know has the same look of deep concern for the present and future welfare of his school or college. The task is always an enormous one and I begin it with serious feelings, but also with enthusiasm and confidence . . . I am thankful, though, for the good works brought to this College by my predecessors . . . all of them gave of themselves, and the College profited under them. For that heritage I am grateful. We at this College are proud and'fortunate to have so de- voted a group of unselfish Trustees, so fine a Faculty, such able and earnest students and so loyal an alumni body. With such an army we cannot fail to prosper and progress . . . But our progress at the College should be sure. We must be certain of where we are going. Recently I have grown a little weary. of hearing complaints that the student of today is .not as good as yesteryear . . . For some reason or other, students are never as good as when we went to school! I am convinced, however, that the good old days were not really so good-or at least, that people are not so greatly different now. Let us take what we have and make the most of it, for the young men and women in College now will provide the business and professional leaders of tomorrow-and they will measure up to the standards that have always been considered good . . . And here, by the way ,is a special problem for all of us to face-for it is necessary now to attract to the teaching profession these young people who have the intellectual capabilities and leadership fiat? ff-'Y f- e - qualities that are so necessary for this important life of service to our youth. In the next brief span of years before 1960, it will be necessary to train and provide 15,000 new college instructors in the Social Sciences and Humanities alone . . . and some 26,000 more within the five years after that, so it behooves us to recognize this tremendous repsonsibility well be- fore the need is actually upon us. The State Universities and Teachers' Colleges cannot and should not be forced to do this job alone. We must plan to do our share and do it well . . . Here at this College, perhaps we can emphasize to a greater extent what we offer, what we are doing, and what we can do for the community . . . It is not enough, though, to place the entire em- phasis on the major academic programs alone . . . Our plans will include several additional build- ings to provide for science laboratories, new and additional classroom space for the use of all divisions of the College, an auditorium where our students may assemble, a student activities center and an adequate gymnasium. We cannot do all of this in a year or two, but we can set our goal to meet the needs of our faculty and students. Because the academic capabilities of our youth are not and never will be determined by the financial status of their families, it is a sad thought that so many brilliant high school students cannot plan for college. We must help them receive the educational benefits they deserve . . . We must not waste the human resources available at our doorstep nor de- prive the nation of this great potential of brain power. Financial aid in the form of grants or work scho- larships must be provided . . . At ,American International College we will con- tinue to stand for and practice freedom of inquiry and the right to study, discuss and examine contro- versial matters regardless of whether or not the ideas or theories happen at the moment to be popular. We must insist and emphasize that rigorous intellectual training teaches men to think for themselves. We can continue to live and practice democracy only as long as men are free and we do not bow to false outside pressures and propaganda, for in this way only will our independent educational system survive. Let us continue to seek the truth and open wide the dark curtains. Our predecessors chose wisely when they selected our motto inscribed on the seal of our College: POST TENEBRAS LUX.