Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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MRS. RUTH SOUTHWICK MAXFIELD Counsellor of Women If you have a task to be done, give it to a busy person.” An instructor is many personed, with many and varied problems. But add to the duties of the classroom, the care of the academic and social problems of some six hundred Emerson students, and life can become complicated. Many of these duties can be delegated, but responsibility does not end there. Then exists the duty to see the delegated work carried but with a kind word and a smile. A kind word and a smile — this is the manner of Mrs. Maxfield and Mr. Nickerson. The Class of 1962 has come to recognize and value the strength of their character and ability. 12

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DR. RICHARD D. PIERCE Dean of Emerson College He who knows not and knows he knows not — He is a child — teach him.” Arabian Proverb We believe, Dr. Pierce, that this may be part of your creed. When we entered this college, we were children. Some of us dared to believe that we knew. You taught us we did not ! Some of us tried to show the rest; you showed us all. Some of us knew that we knew not”; you accepted this challenge and directed our energies. In many ways we are still children, for we have much to learn. We do not shrink from this challenge, as our perspective is more clear and our thinking properly channeled. As Socrates said, The unexamined life is not worth living.” Let this be our guide and our goal.

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MR. HARRY N. NICKERSON, JR. Counsellor of Men The days and weeks of our college life are too short; the problems are sometimes too many. We are thankful for their advice and council — their efforts and successes in our behalf. Conferring with our counsellors is a learning experience, for it helps us to see the trees or the forest,” and enables us to better face tomorrow with the ability to stand alone, because they have once stood with us. 13