Elon University - Phi Psi Cli Yearbook (Elon, NC)

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To the Seniors: When your class arrived on the campus in the fall of 1957, I was just beginning my first year as Dean of the College. These four years have been significant ones for all of us. You have no doubt understood that I, as Dean of the College and under the direction of the Pres- ident, am responsible for the total academic pro- gram of the institution. Accordingly, it is my sin- cere hope that such program has given you the maximum opportunity to grow — both mentally and spiritually — and has established in you enough enduring, compelling, unextinguishable intellectual interests to insure a lifelong process of growth. The failure to realize potentials is tragic, par- ticularly at this fateful moment of history. Each one of you should continue to strive for the very fullest development you can achieve. Sincerely yours, H. H. Cunningham Dean of the College Dean H. H. Cunningham

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J. E. Danieley President TO THE CLASS OF 1961: You came to Elon College as freshmen in September, 1957, two months after I assiomed the duties of the presidency of the College; and we began that academic year together as freshmen. During these four years many interesting changes have taken place on our campus. We have removed old buildings, constructed new buildings, and made other improvements in the physical facilities. There have been many changes in the academic life of the College - we believe that the instructional program has been enriched and strengthened. These changes are important - they are a part of the overall plan for the development of Alma Mater. But there have been other changes which are more significant. These are the changes which have taken place in you as individuals during your college life. You have encountered new ideas. In the classroom, in the library, and on the campus you have found teachers, authors, and fellow students asking questions. It is our hope that you have learned to ask questions, to seek for the truth. Remember that it is much more important to ask the right questions than it is to be able to give rote answers. Don ' t ever lose the joy of this spirit of inquiry. You have had a new experience. It is our hope that some of these experiences have been spiritual and that your life has been enriched by them. We hope that you will never lose the joy and strength which come to those who profess and practice the Christian faith. As you graduate, remember that you have acquired only the basic tools which are required if you are to complete your education. Continue to read, to study, and to search for the truth in partnership with Him who is the Truth, the Way, and the Life; and you will discover the abundant life. You have our very best wishes - Sincerely yours. -. .. - X.- President and Mrs. J. E. Danieley and family (1. to r.) Ned, Mark and Jane Elizabeth.

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. Wf - To The Seniors: This year you have passed a significant mile- post on the road of life. It is my sincere hope and fervent prayer that while at Elon you have sought for knowledge and found a full measure of it ; that through religious experi- ences your faith in God has been strengthened ; and that you have grown in every respect in preparation for a life of service to your fellow man and to your God. Always remember that true growth comes through service and not through being served. Most sincerely, Robert Benson Dean of Students To The Seniors: You have successfully reached an important plateau in your allotted life span and I take great pleasure in offering my most sincere con- gratulations. Your school years have been spent in mentally bending over your desks ; now you should stand up and look around. The facts you have so laboriously acquired are no longer bare facts ; they are invested with all of their possibilities. Imagination, intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm, and a desire to achieve rich satis- faction in daily living are the means through which you wilj be able to develop and expand those possibilities. My single wish for you is for a life of happiness. Sincerely, Virginia A. Epperson Dean of Women %T(