Gorham State College - Hillcrest / Green and White Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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Adminidfrafiue J455 id fartf GGHHAM STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE GDHHAM, MAINE A eellege. like an individual, eennet stand still: either it metres ferward at it regreeeee . The accreditation ef Gurham State Teachers Cellege ie a eigetfieaet achievement in its history. It is .11 step tewerd greater eetuevemeute end eenriee te edueatienv -hut enljr e etep- -a means of lifting eur ceiling. It epene new avenues twer which we can preg'reee toward goals. Elf great eigeifieanee tee are the fine new building which provide modern and expanded feeilitiee en en: campus . In the pier:- Iu'ng at new feeilitieenhujldinge, lehereteriee, eempue expeneien, we must plan net enly fer the type of activities fer whjeh theyr will he used today: we meet eeneider that temerrew er menty-five years frem new new frentiere in education mayr demand eetivitiee dynamic- tallyr different from these 01' teday. We salute the accomplishments ef the preeent; we leek ferwa rd eamfiuientljalr te eentinuetl preg'reee and achievements in the future. W 6.9M 20

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, redolent d Weddage Gown STATE TEACHERS CeLLEet GDHHAH. utter. Efftee of the President Each time we in America enter a new decade we are inclined to prejeet our thoughts ahead and attempt tn visualize the problems we tire to thee. In the thirties the depression wee of major eeneet'n; in the tertiee the war eleutle havering ever the weritl; end in the fif- ties. the eelti wet with the menace of eemmuniem was the center of our attention. New as we fete the sixties there is a grewing tide of apprehension ever the cultural develepment of our country. We can- net eeeepe Item the teatlityr that if we are to held our peeitien as at free eeeiety, unprecedented educational advancement must take place in the next ten years. You are, then, graduating and entering teaching et une ef the meet eppnrtune times in the hiettrr-tlr hf uur eeuntry. Peepie every where are eeneerned with the education hf their children, demanding the best in facilities. equipment, and EBPEEiaH? the heat of teachers . They realize that the real wealth of any titaut'ietj,r is net the material gains, but rather the children and youth whti held DUI future in their hands. You as Gerham graduates are well prepared to meet the chal- lengee ef the sixties. Like the Biblical heuee feunded uprtm e reek. yen 113le e eelid feundetien on which to build for the future. But eeeretii- tetien this year is tangible preef that this is true. I have confidence in you te lead in America's surge toward the betterment Df educatien. I shall eeneider it an hener to have jmii at 1961 as my first graduating class. 19

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leegidfrar GQHHAM STATE TEACHERS Ceueee GDRHPLM, MAINE The eld nrder elungeth yielding place tn new and End fulfills himself in n-nmjar weye . These wnrde nf Lnrd Tennyenn eeern pertirenlerlj.1r pertinent tn thie perind nf great change thrnngh- eut the world. A fresh new spirit. vibrant and ennfident--e veritable modern renaissance-+ie inescapably discernible everwhere. Yen, ynnreelf. have experienced it an thie eempue within the recent peet, en clearly evident :in the immediate present, and en prnmietng nf a dynamic and exciting future. Almnet spectacular has been the keleidneenpe nf change that hes trenefermed enr enllege within the ehn rt interval ef ynur enjenrn here. Amnng the meet memnrehle nf theee events have been the retirement of out much helewed Preeident, Dr. Frenele L. Bailey. the inauguration nf an alumnus tn the presidency. the attainment of eeereditatinn, end the reengni tinn of Mine Ethelyn Uptnn in the dedicatinn nf enether new reeidenee hall. With all due reengm'tien ef the importance ef gend buildings and equipment and at a enuml and adeque te pregrem, a college 15 its penple; and it ie the quality at its feeultj,1r end ef its students that determines the reel wnrth nf any enllege. Yen will lnng remember the fruitful influence which men? nf theee dedicated individuals have had upnn yeur liven. Yen, tnn, have made a eelLIt.er;.Ir impteee upnn thie enllege, fer which we stand indebted. Ae Gnrhern alumni we are ennfinent you will enntinue te- eetively ennperete with us in seeking tn enable Gnrham tn render the greateet possible service tn the eeuee nf education in the ensuing years nf challenge. 21