Framingham State University - Dial Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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The pages that follow are a history of the Class of 1945 at Framingham, yet how can that story ever be properly told? To be sure, you will find listed here the names of students present and past. Here you may loolc upon the faces of the seniors, those who perse- vered to the end. The pictures of present faculty members are here as well as of those who have answered the call of our country and are serving in the armed forces. Here, too, you may read of May Day, of Stunt Night, of Junior and Senior Proms and of other activities which for so long have been an essential part of the Framingham tradition. But how can one ever truly measure the impact upon this class of the most devastating war the world has ever known? What of minds that were sorely troubled over the problems of how they might serve their country best? What of the ever-present urge to put aside those cherished plans that they might talce advantage of large war-time salaries so easily attained? What of the temptation to serve in a more spectacular way, wearing the distinctive and glamorous uniforms of our enlisted women? What of the heartache caused by the absence and loss of loved ones? Through it all they have clung desperately to their purpose with a tenacity that can only result in success - conscious of the fact that education is the present need, that education will be the need of the future. We are confident that this class which now talces its place in that long line of graduates who for over a century have been going forth from our college will achieve new successes for their Alma Mater, will add new lustre to her name. Martin F. O'Connor, President 7