Harvard Business School - Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION X AFR Ti I- I 4 H I

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NATHAN MARSH PUSEY President Harvard University OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT As the graduating class of 1957 takes leave of Harvard. it is my pleas- ure to send you, its members, a word of congratulation and best wishes in your future endeavors. Through four years of college life at a wide variety of institutions, and through two more years of professional training at Harvard, you have had unusual opportunity to come to understand the part which our colleges and universities play in providing a balance between training in special skills and encouraging the development of those qualities of mind and heart which are necessary for any intelligent citizen. Underlying the whole enter- prise of higher education is the conviction that no matter what calling a man may take up, he should be broad-gauged enough to realize that he is part of a community and that his ultimate satisfaction in life will come from giving a substantial part of himself and his days to the betterment of that community, Surely this notion makes part of the conception of Hbusiness responsibilityl' of which you have here heard so much. It is chiefly because of your educational experience that you now find your talents and judgment are of the sort for which there is general de- mand. Your college and this School, therefore, hope that you who have had the beneht of good educations will hereafter manifest, whatever the busy- ness of your lives, exceptional concern for the full well-being of your com- munities, and above all that you will feel a lifelong responsibility for education. X'Vith the experience of education there is acquired a special obligation to contribute to wider understanding of its role and to work steadily toward an enlargement of the opportunities which one has oneself enjoyed. XN'e count on you to help in this work. As you leave these halls, Harvard's congratulations and best wishes go with you in every aspect of the many-sided task you now confront. Nathan Bl. Pusey OQab'taMf'YY7. G3