Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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PRESIDENT RALPH N. TIREY We, the students ol lndiana State Teachers College, wish to tal4e this opportunity to extend our welcome to our new president, Dr. Ralph N. -lnirey. We loolc lorward to our vvorl4 under his leadership.

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Indiana State Ceaehers College Gerre 'I-laute, Indiana OHIILC of 'President Our American Democracy represents the highest form of government yet achieved by man. It is founded upon the fundamental assumption and philosophy that all men are free and equal in their opportunities and rights to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. No country in all the world has done so much in providing and guaranteeing these blessings to all of its citizenry. A casual glance at the other great nations of the world today will convince one that there is little liberty and happiness to be found in most of them. But we must not permit the faults of other nations to obscure the mote in our own eyes. During the last few decades too many of our people have been disciples of materialism. Profit making has become the rule of life in too many cases, and is the only golden rule practiced by many. There is danger that dollar-seeking may stand in the way of the things that we cherish most in life. Another pronounced and dangerous tendency of the times is found in the increasing wave of moral laxity and crime. These are cancerous growths on thc body politic that threaten the very life of our social and political institutions. They must be removed if the patient is to be saved. The solution of these and other challenging problems is possible only through education. The American teacher during the next ten years will have a larger op- portunity in the re-making of our social order than any other individual. Many of you will be privileged in the immediate future to guide the youth of our state during the most formative period of their lives. The influence which you will wield for good or evil cannot be measured. The lives of your pupils will be as plastic clay in the hands of a sculptor. God grant that you may so fashion their lives and char- acters that they will be upstanding American citizens who have achieved their greatest possible self-realization and are thus prepared to get the most out of life for themselves and to give the most possible for the well-being and happiness of their fellows! ' ' A I can wish nothing greater for any graduate of Indiana State Teachers College. Sincerely, Ma, 71,