Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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From Our President Institutions do not age. Their leadership determines the quality of their being. Since it changes, certain character- istics are made manifest. According to these, judgment is passed on the institution. Elmhurst College has existed for seventy-five years. This year, its Diamond Jubilee Year, merely reflects the variety of these influences that were brought to bear upon it in these years. No step forward can be taken, except as you start from where you stand. Nonetheless, you are always carried by those who have gone before. You stand, as it were, upon their shoulders. To them you owe much. It is doubtful whether the debt can ever be fully paid by those who come after. Each successive generation of students, therefore, looks back in appreciation. Each group looks forward with determination. Institutions do not age, except as they fail to sense in their leadership and component parts the oppor- tunity that presents itself, year upon year. We are grateful to those who laid solid foundations. We accept their beacon, lighted, and carry it forward. Students, faculty, administration, those who teach and those who learn and those who make in accordance with their particular talent any contribution to this institutional structure, here and now rededicate themselves to make good use of the facilities and instruction provided and to testify by word and deed to the obligation incurred. Loyal be thy sons and daughters, to thy memory. Dr. Timothy Lehmann.