City College of New York - Microcosm Yearbook (New York, NY)

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the city college CONVENT AVB. « ■»! T NEW YORK 51 NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT holds a special meaning for me - jus. as i, does for you. You and I arc classmates in a very real sense. Havmg begun together as freshmen back in September, 1952, we can now look back together on four of the most stimulating and rewarding years of our lives. I hope you have been as enriched by your stay at (aty College as ha c. We have received, each in our own way, the finest education a democratic society has to offer. Yours has been the result of your contacts with your fellow students and professors, both in the classroom and outside of it. Mine, too, has been largely the fruit of my contacts with my “fellow students” and colleagues in the faculty and student body. Long before I came to the College, I had heard of the high academic reputation of its undergraduates. My four-year “course here has merely confirmed what I had already been told. However, it has taught me that in addition to his academic achievement, the City College student has a deep and real interest in the world about him and is not afraid to speak up for what he believes. And even when he believes strongly in a principle, he is not afraid of the opinions of those who disagree with him. He wel- comes such divergent viewpoints, in fact, and is willing to display his intellectual wares in the open market of free debate. It is this free-wheeling approach to the world of ideas that is the pillar of true liberalism and the foundation on which our democratic society rests. I hope you will carry this part of your City College education with you, proudly, wherever you go. However, this is not meant to be a parting message only. It is also a message of greeting as I welcome you into the ranks of CCNY alumni. During your years as students, you have seen the fulfillment of a long- standing dream. You have witnessed the birth pangs of a new era in the College’s history and have been present at the birth of an expanded Alma Mater and a magnificent Student Center. To a large degree, all of this was made possible through the efforts of our organized alumni, the men and women who preceded you as students. As you prepare to leave our Gothic halls, I hope you will consider yourselves alumni m every sense of the word and will take an active and permanent interest in the College and work in its behalf. As a City College y0U f,U ’C” a grC! tradilion; you have every reason to be proud of your Alma Mater. Sincerely, President

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BUELL G. GALLAGHER Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Lilt.D., L IU). President HARRY N. WRIGHT Ph.D., LL.D. President Emeritus MORTON GOTTSCHALL J.D. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Science 8