Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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PRESIDENT . . Several years ago, I took my courage in my hands and tried to say what I thought the college students of the mid-1960's were like. I said that they had grown up more rapidly than earlier generations-that they had come to an almost premature maturity. I said that they rarely sought to escape from involvement with their changing world, but instead were impatient to participate in righting its wrongs. Finally, I said that they had a strong respect for each man's separate, individual worth, and wished to live in a society governed by a rule of law and reason, not by a rule of man. Today, I have deep concern about certain, extreme aspects of student behavior, but I also have a deep belief in the common sense, the decency, and the lawfulness of the vast majority of our students. Their commitment to their education is real, their questions are tough but balanced, and they are honest with themselves. We have had, and will have, our campus troubles, but we have a strong tradition of cooperative action among students, faculty, and administrative people which, I am confident, will carry us through whatever turmoil tomorrow may bring . . . Dr. Charles H. Watts, II , 1 -. t Tb 37-24 ' aw mtv-he , I . . - Eoeruous, F10 :......saY,,, ,, ' ' .ri-J 4 , l 1 STU LE .lr 'l :VIH-5 3, -,,,.n s...,,, - 1 .. r1.,,,lg.' . i :lil fr E H-V, ego. .,' . '11 pw mes mam sm tcor.a-vw:-sau. EH Bl ' 0,1 hal'- CUC' A

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VICE PRESIDENTS . . . Somehow, we have to convince our constituency that a place like Bucknell does not represent just one point of view-that the purpose of a university is to pro- vide an opportunity for young people to explore different ideas and to have leeway to make some mistakes-that a place like Bucknell should have the kind of academic freedom that per- mits people to make mistakes and take off on ideas which perhaps are not the conventional ones. Our job is not to be concerned if people don't under- stand this policy as much as it is to concern ourselves with forwarding it... 1. F. Zeller, III l or s ,- W' X Fiiiiiiiil V '-i1 26 VICE PRESIDENTS-TOP TO BOTTOM: Ronald I. Pedrick, Iohn F. Zeller, III, Mark C. Ebersole.