Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE There is a time in man ' s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for. better or worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact, makes much impression on him, and another none. This sculpture in the memory is not without pre-established harmony. The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray. We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope. Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemors, and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort and advancing on Chaos and the Dark. RALPH WALDO EMERSON (Selection from Self Reliance ) 27

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Donald Wrighrington President SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Newsome . Maples Vice President Robert Richards Treasurer ADVISORS Naomi King Assistant Treasurer Mr. Barnett and Miss Gloster 26 Elaine Perry Secretary

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Albert Abelha 31 Concord Street New Bedford Elementary have lived to know that the secret of hap- piness is never to allow your energies to stagnate. — Clark M.A.A. 1,2,3,4; Newman Club 3, 4. Barbara Rodrique Aguiar 141 Apponegansett Street New Bedford Elementary Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straightforwardness are. — Alford Newman Club 3; W.R.A. 1,2,3,4. ELEMENTARY 31 Green St. Elaine Amiro Elementary Fairhaven The best of healers is good cheer. — Pendar W.R.A. 1,2,3,4. Krystyna Jean Andruk 985 Pleasant Street Bridgewater Elementary If the soul be happily disposed, everything becomes capable of affording entertain- ment, and distress will almost want a name. — Goldsmith Chapbook Art Editor 3,4; Glee Club 2,3; Newman Club 1,2,3,4; W.R.A. 1,2,3,4.