Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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D E D I Creating unity from confusion is one of the most difficult tasks known to man. A task so great can only be performed by those with a capacity for guidance, coupled with patiefice and understanding. Four years ago the class of 1963 needed just this. We were a part of a new and exciting world. Noth- ing seemed to fall into place. It was as though we were individual strands in a great tapestry. But the strands needed to be drawn together by skillful weavers; needed to be guided patiently and with understanding into a com- plete, unified design. This weaving took much time. Slowly and carefully each strand was brought into place. 10

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Through your constant efforts for improved communications for others you will, yourselves, have grown into the new patterns of thinking and acting needed in the twenty-first century. As you return to the campus you will find the faculty and administration have the same feelings of regret, hope, and good wishes for the graduating class that we now have for you. I believe that you will be able to assure the Class of 2003 that the challenge of learning to use what w e have can be met if enough individuals are able and willing to accept their personal responsi- bility for extending their own understanding and for working for even more effective communication for others. 9

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C A T I O N JOHN CHASE As the hues became brighter, the pattern more depnite, our four years at Emerson were slipping by. We had sought guidance; we found it. We needed patience; it was given. We wanted understanding; and it was there. Behind us was the confusion in which the class was born, the difficulties of past years. Before us now is the promise of our future. Each of the pne threads represents one of us, showing us the pattern of our lives, carefully brought together by these weavers into a beautiful unity. Now we leave. But the design is not destroyed because we are always a part of the tapestry. To the skillful weavers Lora and John Chase we dedicate this our yearbook. 11