FOREWORD “JT WAS the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superla¬ tive degree of comparison only.” Most of you know that this is the opening sentence of the “Tale of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens sometime after 1850. The setting of this story was around the period 1775, but as the sentence is reared we realize that the idea is just as applicable to 1956. It is interesting to note that Dickens thought that “superlatives” were overworked in 1775. He would be amused and dismayed were he to see to what degrees we are influenced by superlatives today. We are beset on all sides by advertising mediums entreating us to use a bewildering array of products each of which is claimed to be the only possible solution to our expanding needs. “Education for All” has become part of the creed for our present democratic way of life. Education has given more people than ever before a desire for reading,—and writing; so we have clever words, phrases, and jargons penetrating our thoughts and lives. By means of radio, television, books, newspapers, and magazines we are numbed with the extraordinary, the sordid, the brilliant, the dull, the social injustices, until it is difficult to locate the simple truths that are the basis of our civilization. No matter what race or culture a man has been born into, regardless of all extremes, he still requires such basic needs as food, shelter, companionship with family and friends, and spiritual aid. The paths we take to get these necessities have been varied but truthful¬ ness, kindliness, and the helping of those less fortunate are as fundamental as the air we breathe. I would not wish for you a soft, easy way of life. But I hope that with your native intelligence and scholastic training you will learn to distinguish the differences between the true and the false, between right and wrong. Do not in your youth and inexperience confuse wisdom with education, nor tolerance with vacillation. When you have an opportunity to do something worth while—do it. “I shall pass through this world but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do, let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” (DeGrellet). —LOU GOODWIN. 4
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