Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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Dr. Joseph I. Arnold Dedication To Doctor Joseph I. Arnold Professor of history we dedicate our book in recognition and loving appreciation of all he has done to inspire and instruct us.

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Message from President Kelly You are students today . . . leaders tomorrow! No greater public service can be rendered than that of helping to build the minds and characters of those who in turn will build a better world. Throughout the world, as never before within the memory of man- kind, there is a fervent desire for lasting peace and security. But the task of attaining these aims is not an easy one, and our responsibility as Americans and teachers cannot be overstated. The job will be doubly difficult if American education, business, and industry do not plan a way to tackle it together. There are no boundaries or limitations to the scope of education offered to America ' s teachers, especially to you who are about to enter into the complexities of world problems or confine yourselves to the intimate pleasures of the Arts. From the classrooms of America come our future citizens, the bulwark of our way of life. No phase of American life should be overlooked in a well- rounded curricula. Boys and girls are the material of which democracy is made. They must be taught the material and spiritual values of living. Fortified by the philosophy of your Alma Mater, the love of God, country, and service to fellow-man, and the traditions of Bridgewater, go forth to meet the challenge. May success be yours. JOHN KELLY, President

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Zhrcads and Patterns Personality and world culture are the master threads of life. They are mutually creative, so modify each other as they are woven into the patterns of life. Two things are important — the quality of the threads and the patterns into which they are woven. Education has a threefold task — to improve the quality of the threads, to aid in selecting patterns, and to guide the process of weaving. Democracy is vital to each of the three. Emergent world culture had its most meaningful origin in personality, and has become the most promising expression of personality. It is the only field dynamic enough to save for personality the immense achievements of nationalism and to save personality from the dangers inherent in nationalism. Personality and world culture are congenial to the field of human values. It is in this field that current educators in democratic countries seek the most significant educational trends. Democracy walks on two legs — democratic personalities and democratic institu- tions. If either leg is weak, humanity can scarcely hobble along. Educators in a democracy integrate personalities and institutions in democratic processes to achieve human values. May the Class of Ig48 enjoy to the very fullest its creative walk with democracy in the achieve- ment of human values — within the classroom and outside in the broader fields of life! Joseph I. Arnold