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In the Library there is a yellowed, 'faded picture of Franklin and Marshall Col- lege in its infancy. Taken from the middle of an open field - where now the Library itself stands -it shows Old Main, flanked by the Literary Society Halls. I never look at this picture without musing on the changes that have occurred since Marshall College and Franklin College merged in 1853. The infant college had five professors and a handful of students. It had a new seal, bearing the profiles of Benjamin Franklin and justice john Marshall, and a new motto- Lux et Lex- as a guide for its future. And at its opening ceremonies Dr. john W. Nevin spoke some words that we need to keep in mind: No second or third rate college will do. We must either have no college at all or else have one that may be in all respects worthy of the name. Dedicated men have labored long and hard to make those words come true. The Franklin and Marshall from which you now graduate is still laboring to make Dr. Nevin's dream a reality. But giant steps have been made toward the goal. Founded to serve the educational needs of its own area, Franklin and Marshall now serves the entire nation. You have been part of a student body selected from many states and a number of foreign countries. You have been given the opportun- ity to study under a curriculum designed to enable skilled teachers to work as effec- tively as possible with you, a curriculum designed to provide you with the best pos- sible basis for entrance into the professions, into business, into the living of a full and meaningful life. There is much that we can be proud of in the Franklin and Marshall of 1961, but much that we must do in the years ahead. And it is my pleasure - and duty -to summon you to join us in this task. A college, it has been said, is just as good as its faculty, or just as good as its students. I think that it might equally well be said that a college is just as good as its alumni. Franklin and Marshall College has had reason to be proud over the years of its alumni, we are assured of being able to be equally proud in the future. But we want also to be proud of the part that our alumni play in supporting the College. Currently only 19.4Wv of our alumni contribute to the Annual Fund, a vital and necessary undergirding of our on-going program. May I urge you, you who are about to become part of the more than 10,000 Franklin and Marshall men who are on our alumni rolls, to dedicate yourselves to the support of your College in the years ahead. It is your College. . JJ!
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.' L' .. 1- ,E-gf 4 I. L, ' .3 J' 515' qi, I nv . , - .1 I --- .f-,1-v , , , f. jg f2.i+:9-1829.24 ici -Q IAMES MCCOWN DARLINGTON Dean of the College, Vice-President GARLAND WAYNE CLICK Assistant to the Dean ANTICIPATIIJN There are two events which are of si fnal importance to Franklin and Marshall in the year of publication of this Oriflamme. One is the inauguration of a new cur- riculum and the second the inauguration of long range planning. At no time in the long history of the College has such searching inquiry been made into its academic program and into the purposes and objectives which shall direct it in future years. The new curriculum is the product of three years of intensive study by faculty, administration, students, alum- ni and trustees. In essence it provides a broader educa- tion for the under raduate in that a greater diversity and an increased numlllner of courses are a part of the gen- eral educationn or distribution, requirements for grad- uation. At the same time it reduces the course load to four per semester thus concentrating the student's efforts and giving greater opportunity for independence and individual initiative in his pursuit of knowledge. The study of a discipline in depth has been retained. Con- stant evaluation of the new program will be carried on in order that its potential will be realized. The prevailing assumption underlying the initiation of long range planning has been that excellence should be the concern of every public', connected with Frank- lin and Marshall Colle e, and that it should extend to all areas of college life. The problem of improving student quality is one of the most immediate and pressing problems we face, and demands the highest priority of concern. It is clear that we must strengthen admissions procedures in every
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