Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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we ehitate . . . Once in a while we encounter some one who leaves a mark on our lives so profound and penetrating that we are never quite the same afterward. In our search for solid stability in a tottering, neurotic world, that person often furnishes the raft to which we cling before we reach our own strength. We, the Class of 1954, have found encouragement and inspiration from one such person in our own faculty. Our development in his classroom has tran- scended the narrow, pedagogical requirements, for he has abandoned conven- s tional methods in his efforts to stimulate active thought and opinion on con- troversial issues. Governed by a sincere faith in the individual's prerogative to free expression despite the scorn of popular opinion and guided by a deter- mination to raise the cultural level beyond that of the intellectual pygmy, he has strengthened our belief in ideas we might have squelched. By his own admission he is a rebel-a professional debunker. We, however, can see beyond this humble self-effacementg for with quickened appreciation we realize that here is a modern frontiersman, a crusader and fearless critic of the accepted evils of our times. In the shadowy gloom of the wave of anti-intellec- tualism and glorification of the low brow he has kindled the beacon of truth and understanding. Fully conscious of our obligations and responsibilities as citizens in a free so- Cletl' and newly Prepared, by his example, to accept them, we gratefully dedi- cate our Year Book to . . r. bnlumnn Ylipp