Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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knowledge is capable of being its own end. such is the constitution of the human mind that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward ... it is an object in its own nature so really and undeniably good, as to be the compensation of a great deal of thought in the compassing, and a great deal of trouble in the at- taining. John Henry Newman DEDICATION The dedication of a yearbook often is nothing more than a personal whim of the editorial staff of that yearbook. We believe that a yearbook dedication should be more than this, in that the yearbook is the personal possession and integral part of everyone connected with a university. Our dedication, we hope, expresses greater feeling on the part of the whole university. There are very few men who can look back at their life ' s work and see the development and produce of an institution dedicated to learning re- vealed before their eyes. A man who has devoted himself to such an institution,- who has devoted much thought, and gone to a great deal of trouble in the attaining as Cardinal John Henry Newman put it in his work The Idea of a Uni- versity, is known by his fellows and associates as deserving much more than this meager presentation. Perhaps, how- ever, this dedication becomes more significant because it is presented on behalf of the student body to a man whom we do not know well, yet respect and admire for his work to make the knowledge we desire more attainable. We dedicate our 1962 Epitome to Dr. E. Kenneth Smiley, vice president of the university, with our sincere best wishes and appreciation.