Catawba College - Sayakini / Swastika Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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President A. R. Keppel. LL. D. To My Good Friends of the 1955 Graduating Class, Believe me when I say that it becomes increasingly difficult year after year to say farewell to a group of college seniors who have completed their academic work and are about to stake new claims in new and strange lands. I believe this is true for two reasons: first, because I have become more conscious through the years of the many shortcomings of a so-called college education and of the very decided limitations of those of us who, although we attempt to give our best in terms of guidance and leader- ship, nevertheless fail so often in our task; and secondly, because it seems that year by

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The 1955 SAYAKINI is dedicated with love and respect to Dr. David E. Faust, who has served Catawba and its students faithfully and well with his knowledge, his friendship, and his guidance. His devotion to the develop- ment and advancement of the college is admired by all. We extend our gratitude and appreciation to one who is Catawba. DR. DAVID E. FAUST PROFESSOR OF RELIGION AND HISTORY

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fiw. ' d-, year the world in which we live presents ever more baffling problems, particularly for novices who by no choice of their own are suddenly catapulted into either a hot or cold war — a war which seemingly defies rhyme, reason or victory. And yet in my more reflective moments I am led to believe that your plight, if it be a plight, is not too different from that of every other outgoing group of college men and women in every other year or age. Any difference that may exist is to be found, I believe, only in the character of the specific problems that obtain at a particular time, rather than in the basic, psychological problem of the readjustment itself or the challenge which that new environment presents. In the light of such reasoning, my farewell word to you is not one of condolence and sympathy, but rather one of earnest congratulation, tinged with a bit of envy — envy of youth to be able to face and to solve these so-called insoluble problems which today confront our world. We shall miss you here at Catawba, and be assured we shall be thinking of you often. Thank you for all that you have done while in college which has made both you and Catawba richer. Please never lose contact with those of us who remain behind or with you r Alma Mater in particular. She will need you in the future even as she has needed you and you have needed her in the four years just ending. My very best wishes go with you and my standing invitation to call upon me when- ever you think 1 may be of assistance. 1 pray that God may ever guide you and that you may ever yield to His direction. Good luck and good-bye. Most sincerely, A. R. Keppel President Administration RAYMOND JENKINS Ph.D. Dean of Faculty DONALD C DEARBORN Ph.D. Dean of College ELISABETH R. SCRANTON M.A. Dean of Women DAVID J. SESSOMS M.A. Dean of Men