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-' :Xxx tx NFXQW, ate in une, 1950, highschooi students aii over the United States were hearing words o u iaiioyed optimism. Our future had been assured by our oider brothers. Worid 'tr ii was a memory, and we were ieit free of aii obiigations save to compiete our V, ec ueation and then go out into a worid at peace, confident that we couid do nothing but improve the iot of our fehow men. I ' en days iater the worid was again at war. Q ' mce that war began most of us have been at Dickinson. Never in the history of our country have four years seen so much turmoii, so many changes in principies of government, in ideas ot freedom. And we at Dickinson were not in an ivory 'iowerf' in fact, it wouid seem that the sheitered existence which the term implies bciongs to other and oider years. We saw our ciassmates go to warg we saw some return. in four years we saw ciassmates marry. We saw them campaign for poiiticai G parties, we saw them perform on the athietic fieid and on the stage. We saw them v a ipy and we saw them hurt. We saw a ciassmate die. And yet it seems oniy yesterday we rode into Cariisie for the first time. Laughing, N - irash, seif-assuredfwe crowded together in Conway and Metzger haiis to make ii lf our first friendships. Not iong after, we were wearing the embiems of our chosen raternities, where friendships are made for iite, and where our iives wouid be cent- W g,,.' ered tor aii our coiiege years. We cheered and were accused oi not cheering g we saw ' deans and professors come and gog we saw the Commons come down Qwith a i crashj and Drayer Haii go up twith a speechi 3 we knew and ioved Mac g we J were known as reguiars at snack bars and cocktaii barsfand at the iibrary. Yes, and we managed to find time for a coiiege education in these years. This may have been the important thing, but perhaps more urgent isfwhat wiii we do f Y X with that education? Our country has been changing in these tour years, penduiums , are swinging in new directions. if Benjamin Frankiin couid speak at our Com- , mencenient he might say again, if passion drives iet reason hoid the reign. We, 1 I1 , ' 't as coiiege graduates, wiii be expected to hoid them very tightiy. 1 it H We thank you, Dickinson, for furnishing to us whatever moid we desired to pour i ourseives into. The piaster has set and we are anxious to test it against the outside ii worid. We are not iaughing, brash, seii-assured any more. We stiii reaiize that there are great things to be buiit, but we aiso know that they must be fixed on firm iound- ations and erected with smaii biocks. x iii iii ' iii: I If fl 1
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...-du I51 C-X15 1- William C. Kennedy Alton B. Taylor Assistant Professor of Mili- Assistant Instructor, Reserve tary Science and Tactics, Reserve Officers Training Corps. Sergeant Officers Training Corps, B. S. First Class, U.S. Army. Niagara University, 1949, Cap- tain, U.S. Army. Business Staff REGISTRAR'S STAFF BUSINESS STAFF MAILING STAFF 4
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