East Carolina University - Buccaneer Tecoan Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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1 Dear Class of 1943 For the past four years you have conquered the ditticulties of college life as you have met them day by day. We trust you have gained strength for the tasks that are ahead. Your job is to re- build a world that is tottering on the verge of ruin ; a world where nation is set against nation; race against race, and slavery against freedom. In your eflforts to meet the responsibility that has been placed upon you may I urge you to eliminate hate and in its place substitute love for humanity; be tolerant toward all; look for the best in life and you will find it; learn to evaluate properly time, things, ideas, and people; carry your share of the community load — more than your share if necessary; exercise initiative; preser ' e a fine sense of humor; render the best service you can to others. Your Alma Mater follows you with her prayers. Sincerely yours. LixjN R. Meadows, President.

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RDmmisTRRTion The message I wish to give you has been well expressed b) ' Patience Strong when she says: One life and one alone we have to live upon this little earth. One life in which to learn so much — to seek and find and prose our worth. So waste no time on fruitless quests that get you nowhere in the end. The gold of Time is yours to squander or with care to use and spend. Annie L. Morton The national emblem of democracy and freedom so gloriously uplifted by our sons throughout the world today is the sole ray of hope in an almost hope- less, subjugated, and oppressed world. Let us as teachers of youth perpetuate the spirit and the reality of democracy, not through words alone, but by democratic living, democratic thinking, and democratic practices in teaching. Herbert ReBarker