Lincoln University - Lion Yearbook (Lincoln University, PA)

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t Dean of Students To the Class of 1959: What is the image you have of yourself--five, ten, twenty-five years from today? What is the level of your aspirations? Too many people err in this life by making the limen of their strivings below their a- chievement potential. Today Lincoln men may hope and strive with confidence to achieve higher planes in personal living, vocational choice and societal contribution than they ever dared before. In the less formal language of our time, don't sell yourself cheaply. James Bonner MacRae Business Manager To the Class of 1959: Privileged over the past four years to share in op- portunity for rich experience in higher education, your Class is challenged, no less than older Classes in their time, toward higher duties and responsibilities that fall to those favored with privilege and opportunity. A unique advantage of your Class lies in its being newer to the prospect that the future is yours in the making. We shall follow your progress in earnest hope that meaningful accomplishment and deep personal satis- faction in serving worthy ends are yours in store. We shall also hope that you in turn maintain a lively interest in the Alma Mater you so proudly honored in song. Director of Public Relations To the Class of 1959: 1 feel a special closeness to the members of the Class of 1959 because many of you were in the first class I taught at Lincoln University. I got to know others of you through various activities, and it has been a pleasure to teach and to work with you. Watching you grow and develop has been the source of a kind of pleasure that only a teacher can appreci- ate. Four years can be a long or short time, depend- ing on how you look at them, but in the years to come, I certainly hope you will consider them among the best years of your life. H. Alfred Farrell Austin H. Scott

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Dean of the University To the Class of 1959: You have come to the end of your college work. You have, it is hoped, learned to become independent thinkers. The most important thing you will do in your lives is to make decisions. To do this properly you must show courage of conviction and the integrity of self-discipline. If the decisions are well made you will be productive and successful. May you always be too young to be satisfied and too knowing to under- estimate the need for growing. Real education is a continuing process. H. F. Grim Dean of the College To the Class of 1959: You are aware that you belong to the Royal Line of Phi and thus are expected to do great things for Alma Mater as you leave these sacred walls to serve your fellowmen. You are indeed fortunate to enter a world in which so many barriers have been broken but you must be mindful too of the sacrifices of others who have made these opportunities possible for you. Need I remind you that there are new valleys yet to be cultivated and higher mountains to climb in the aesthetic, social, political and scientific areas of living. May the dreams and aspirations which have come to you here continue to inspire you as you re- call these lines: For thee our Alma Mater dear, We'll rise in our might. Leroy D. Johnson Dean of the Seminary To the Class of 1959: June, 1959 will bring to a close the work of the Theological Seminary at Lincoln. While there is sadness in ending a tradition which has existed for over a century, there is also faith that its influence will continue in the service of its graduates throughout the world. As one of the first American seminaries to be completely integrated, Lincoln points the way that others must ultimately follow. It is also our hope that a new program of religious activities may be devel- oped at Lincoln to take the place of the Theological Seminary. Andrew E. Murray

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Dietitian To the Class of 1959: All through the past four years my statements and my signs to you have consisted mostly of don'ts and stops. Although they applied to your conduct in the Refectory, they were the basis for good manners. Good manners arc the foundation of success. Remem- ber, Many are called but few are chosen. The chosen ones have success in their hands; as to the others, I pray for their contentment. Best wishes to all. Cladys W. Renwick Accountant To the Class of 1959: As you are about to enter your world of tomorrow, 1 congratulate you. Do not think that your educa- tion is nearly finished. It has just begun. Since a man's life consisted» not of the abundance of things he possessed», the highest motivating aim of your continuing education, should be, not to get, but to become. May your lives be well spent, crowned by the joy of knowing that you have done your best. Samuel T. Washington Registrar To the Class ol 1959 Who, ever aspiring, struggles on, For him there is salvation. (Goethe, Faust, Part 11) Thus sing the angels, while they carry the soul of Faust to Heaven. The struggling and striving which saved Faust in spile of temptations and trials, will certainly also point the way to your salvation and success. Paul Ktichncr Librarian To the Class 1959: The best fruit of your years at Lincoln is not the knowledge to which your Bachelor's degree testifies; it is the disciplined intelligence which makes your knowledge meaningful. My chief l»ope for you is not that you will prosper professionally (although I wish that too), but that you will have the courage to live in the light of the free intelligence, respecting the opinions of others, but never abandoning your right and your obligation to form your own independent judgments. Donald C. Yellon