Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Dear Emersonians: It is my happy privilege to speak in the name of all of the thousands of members of our College Family in greeting the Class of 1961 and extending congratulations and good wishes to each member as you approach the end of your period of undergraduate study and development. In the past four years the Class of 1961 has had an increasing influence in our campus life. You have now handed your positions of campus leadership and, as an alumni class, will begin building your influence and leadership in the College as a w’hole. As the years go on you will assume more responsibility in alumni activities, you will supply members of the Corporation and Board of Trustees, some of you will return to the campus as members of the faculty and administration. The world of change in which you and your children will live offers a constant and increasing challenge to individual growth and development. Our Double Decade program affirms that we, as a College, are accepting that chal- lenge. We feel that your twentieth reunion will prove that you, as a class and as individuals, have responded nobly to the challenge. Happiness is something that accompanies the balanced use of your capacity for intellectual, emotional and physical activity. I could wish you no better fortune than to always have worthwhile achievable goals; goals which are within your reach but for which you must stretch to achieve. But in a society with so many dynamic forces this implies a lifetime of study; study of new ways of doing things, study of the new knowledge of how things work to be provided by the physical and social sciences and, ever more important, study and thought about what is worth doing. We who remain on campus will miss you and look forward to your letters and return visits. But please remember that even when all of us have left the campus, your College is in a very real sense your home. No matter where you live or how long you live, it is here you will always find those who arc interested in you, concerned with your sorrows and rejoicing in your successes and sharing with you many interests and worth while goals. Sincerely yours,

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s. Justus McKinley President of Emerson College Able, well-directed leadership is the parent of progress. In the past four years, the Senior Class has come to realize and recognize the strong capabilities of S. Justus Mc- Kinley, President of Emerson College, as he has guided us and this institution to the status we now hold. But he will be remembered by the class for more than the increased physical plant. We will remember that he was never so busy that he would not take time out to talk to us as Freshman, to learn our names and to make us feel a part of the Emerson Family”. We will remember that his door is always open, both at school and at home. His advice and council freely given. We will remember his abiding interest in all of us; his concern for our growth and development. We thank him for his loyalty and belief in us, and the Emerson system of education from which we have gained so much in four short years. We thank him here, secure in the knowledge that we are trained for today and prepared for tomorrow. 10