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

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T)edicaiion With pride and gratitude and at the same time a deep sense of humility and inadequacy we dedicate this fifty-third edition of the Phi Psi Cli to the men and women serving the cause of free men in Vietnam. They join the company of Americans who througli the years have responded to the urgent call of their country. In true democratic fashion the merits of the cause have always been debated but the dedication of our soldiers has always been without reservation. Our men and women in Vietnam are demonstrating the deep- seated yearning of people everywhere that this conflict may be the last and that from it may spring a new day and a new hope and a world at peace. Our soldier in Vietnam clutches a rifle with one hand and extends the other in a gesture of helpful- ness. He is there to give himself as a protector with his rifle and a helper with his hands, his mind and spirit. Previous American generations have fought to gain and pre- serve democracy. Our generation is also fighting to maintain this liberty. Many alumni of Elon College have and are now serving in the different branches of the armed forces. Because these men are dedicating their all to preserve freedom and democracy, we not only dedicate our yearbook to them, but our love, our support, and our prayers. iW P

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And so we added rings of experience, awareness and thouglit. Our wisdom and our knowledge had increased, yet we were still not satisfied. We needed to find a direc- tion for our lives. We wanted to learn more as we realized how far our lives were from being fulfilled. We decided to come to the Oak College because we thouglit that it would give us a purpose, that it would give us knowledge, and that It would fulfill us. But college did not give us anything. Instead, it offered us many things and said take them if you want them. Take them if you care. It showed us the books, but it did not turn the pages. It showed us new people, but it did not make them our friends. We were shown the tree of knowl- edge, which grew up beyond the sky. We reached for the fruit within our grasp, we shook the tree until more fruit, and leaves, and even small branches fell down; and then we picked them up. Then we started to climb the tree, limb by limb, and we are still climbing. We know we can never reach the top. we cannot even see it, but we climb anyway be- cause we are alive. Soon it will be time to leave tlus college. So many things must be left undone; yet there is no time to long for what might have been. The world i s calling us out, and we wonder what it will offer us. We hope that we are ready, that we have become mature. Yet maturity is not what we really want; for to be mature is to be fully developed. And the Oak College, Elon, has shown us that the man who thinks he is fully developed is no longer a tree but a dying weed, for he has lost the desire to learn and has ceased to wonder at the mysteries of hfe.

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C cademics If you have knowledge, let others light their candles by it. 4 -4