Framingham State University - Dial Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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SENICJR INVESTITURE At lnvestiture Convocation seniors are attired for the first time in their academic robes. The donning of academic attire calls to mind the revival of interest in leaming which took place in Europe in the eleventh and twebfth centuries when the custom of academic robing began in such medieval universities as Bologna, Paris and Oxford. In a ceremonial way Framingham State College seniors in this convocation join the ranks of countless thousands of students from these and other historic universities. Today, as in medieval times, academic robes serve as symbols of office or honor and as a reminder of the commitment and the rewards of academic life. Class of '86 president, Paul Murphy welcomed his fellow robed seniors and FSC faculty to the Investiture Convocation on September 23, 1985, extending a special welcome to new FSC president, Paul F. Weller and guest speaker Congressman Chet Atkins. In his remarks to the class, Murphy stressed the need for everyone's enthu- siasm and support to make it a successful year. Hlnvestitures signify a new beginning, a beginning of serious consideration of what comes after FSC, said President Weller in his first speech before students at FSC. Fell l 1' Rllrfit 'Wi was Who said we were camera shy? 4 The focus of Congressman Atkins' speech revolved around the idea that a college education is a tool, a prism through which you can look at the world and have some control over the direction of your life. Higher education is an investment not an expenditure. said Congressman Atkins as he pointed out that it would be up to such classes as ours to see that other people have the same opportunity for such education. After the convocation, members of the Class of '86 commented on their feelings. They expressed appreciation for the seriousness of the ceremony, but also felt it was the beginning of their best year at FSC.

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The first job that faced the DIAL Staff was finding a theme We had to find one 1dea that tied together our four years at Framingham State This turned out to be more difficult than we thought Our four years have mvolved many different events different attitudes different personalities etc It was hard to find one aspect that represented all we have done With this idea in mind we decided the best way to show all we had accomplished was to use the stage as a basis for our book Just as an actor plays many different roles so have we played many different parts in our four years here As we grew from freshmen to seniors our roles have changed We started as naive freshmen As we slowly took on more roles we leamed more about ourselves and others Our individual roles vaned but we all benefitted Some of us became involved in campus polmcs through SGA some of us Joined social orgamzatlons and others concentrated on academics At one time we camed the roles of student employee family member and fnend Each of us did not play the same part and we have tned to keep that in mmd We will all look at this book differently but hopefully whichever role meant the most to you will be remembered in these pages An actor is not a show by himself and we could not have been as successful in our roles without the help of many individuals Through the years we have relied on faculty tlmes and enjoyed the good times We hope 1n some way this book demonstrates our appreclahon and gratitude for their support Our four years at Framingham State have taught us many things With the roles we played here as our foundation we are ready to take on more roles and contmue to leam We will always remember our time here and we can look forward to our reumons in the future We will meet agam as a class and share our expenences and accomplishments Again we will leam from each other For us the curtain did not fall the stage merely tumed and we face a larger audience LMK Qfwft Lt, f Eilxfftt KZUL Hi, administration, underclassmen and each other. With their help, we got through the hard ff . 'fl 7 fl l 'X 1. 1. .17