La Salle University - Explorer Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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DEDICATION We respectfully take this opportunity to dedicate this 1965 edition of the Explorer to a distinguished La Sallian: Brother Daniel Bernian, F.S.C., Ph.D., LL.D., twenty-fourth president of La Salle College. Here is a man who is sincerely respected, and who has been an inspiration to the Student Body. Brother Daniel has constantly pointed out that a college should, among its other endeavors, work for the good of the community and not be divorced from it. His profound understanding of the purpose of a college and his foresight in planning for the future of La Salle are well known to the students, alumni, and friends of the College. During his tenure as President, Brother Daniel has consistently advocated an enlarged role in education for the College and has warned of the necessity of future expansion. His leadership and determination have been decisive factors in the realization of primary objectives. Brother Daniel is not only a scholar, but also a very competent administrator. Since assuming the office of president in the fall of 1958, Brother has seen admission standards raised, faculty teaching loads reduced with accompanying increases in salary, the construction of four new campus buildings — two dormitories, a College Union Building, and a Science Center. The projected plans call for two more dormitories, a new classroom building, and a physical recreation building. There are many within our College Family who deserve recognition in the small way that we may impart it to them through the dedication of a yearbook. In our attempt to single out one person, we realize that we are liable to present an incomplete picture. However, we feel that the man who comes closest to representing what La Salle really means is our President, Brother Daniel Bernian.

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CAMPUS LIFE Classrooms provide the basic back- ground for the educational program of a college. But the student also learns by participation in the various activities of campus life. These events, the key to life in a social world, constitute some of the aspects which make up the total view of the College. While the physical side of a scholastic institution reflects only a small p art of its essence, it is here that a dedicated faculty strives to bring the intellectual and spir- itual potential of its students to fruition. Also involved, each to a varying degree, is an academic, religious, and social spirit which, when taken in the aggregate, forms the Spirit of La Salle. This force, in- trinsic and implicit, is essential to the vitality of the present and the growth of the future.