Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Here rests the final and most persistent bond of any class — not a mass of stereotyped men, but a diversified group of similar responsibilities. No two will face society in the same manner, no two will be chal- lenged by identical difficulties; but all, to be part of a successful class and a respectable counterpart of Lehigh, must assume the burden of propagating the ideals, not of Lehigh in particular, but those of the ideal university. 13

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Lehigh will survive only if it will con- tinue to serve the society which maintains it. Once its usefulness to the community falters, its existence is immediately en- dangered. If uncorrected, this situation must inevitably lead to the disappearance of the institution as a burden to the community. In the words of the UGC Report, a univer- sity seeks to serve in three ways: 1) Pre- serve and impart knowledge; 2) Create new knowledge; 3) Utilize knowledge on behalf of society, all in response to the needs of society. These three functions, though apparent- ly ascribed to the university alone, can reach their fulfillment only through the actions of its graduates, whose collective needs and experiences far outweigh those of the in- stitution itself. In essence, then, can we not view the individual graduate himself as a little university — with the same goals and responsibilities as those of his alma mater? SITE OF LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ' S ;•„-„« ■■■! nt) mi « in mi mi l l ' ■ ' Yt t -ws« ,r «..- |, W V» ,| fSS FRANCIS MACDONALD SINCLAIR MEMORIAL LA] HOME OF THE NATIONAL PRINTING INK RESEARCH I AND THE CENTER FOR SURFACE AND COATINGS THIS NEW GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH FACILITY IS BEING MAI I ' 6 ™ 1 FR0M MRS. JENNIEH.SINCLAIR. GIFTS FROM NPIRI MEMBEI OTHER RESEARCH SPONSORS. AND A GRANTJflDM THE U.S DEPT. OF EDUCA THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING IS A JOINMBan RENEWAL PROJECT OF UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY OF BETHLEHF Rapuano inc landscap 12

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The UGC, along with its views of uni- versity — communi- ty interaction, pro- pounded the Ele- ments of the Ideal University to which Lehigh Aspires as an appendix to their final report. In reali- ty, a close analogy to the ideal university is one which will con- tinually adjust it- self to the demands of the community, then readjust itself as these demands change. These goals cannot be specific nor very descriptive, but they do provide Lehigh with a direc- tion and a means of maintaining her re- sponsiveness. 14