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

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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(

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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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IN MEMORIAM John Willis Barney Julv 8, 1881 — July 6, 1960 Graduate of Elon College — 1910 Professor of EiiRlish. 1925-1958 Ned Faucet le Brannock November 27, 1873 — January 16, 1961 Graduate of Elon College — 1899 Professor of Chemistry, 1908-1959 In 1911, Elon ' s president, Dr. W. A. Harper, asked the question, what is the secret of the true greatness of a college? and answered it in these words: it is the character of its teachers — the moral and religious atmosphere they create and with which they surround their pupils. Professor Barney and Doctor Brannock were Christian gentlemen, whose influence on the lives of their students symbolizes one of the most important aspects of the mission of the Christian college. Professor Barney and Doctor Brannock were master teachers — thorough in scholarship and dedicated to the task of stimulating young minds in their search for the truth. Through the years, Elon alumni have spoken of Professor Barney and Doctor Brannock with real affection and deep appreciation. Their distinguished service to Alma Mater and the imprint of their lives and living on their students and on the College are the fruits of the labors of two great men.