Lincoln University - Lion Yearbook (Lincoln University, PA)

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 JfSK 'Vr-V .. «H54 y ’■4fL.j -uaif v.«p U % r«5T Office of the President The Class of 1974 leaves Lincoln at a time when higher education in America is suffering its greatest trauma of self-doubt. At least that is the feeling of the prestigious Carnegie Commission on Higher Education which is conclud- ing its monumental six-year study at this time. We at Lincoln wonder about that. We wonder because one hundred years ago, in 1854, Lincoln closed two schools, its School of Medicine and its School of Law, which in terms of public need should never have been closed. So Lincoln in 1974 should be looking towards the restoration of programs that it once had. 2

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Away from this dreamy fantasy That taught us hard Reality That challenged our Sanity That gave some Humanity And others Vanity. We are here now And gone tomorrow. And as with sweet sorrow We carry a vial of memories That shall haunt us for All our days; As we reflect on Our youthful daze, Uplifted and cleared by Four long years filled To the brim with the beauty And the sad and the gay And the narrow and the dreams of youth That fight so hard to learn truth. I.EC. Class nf '74

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We have no self-doubt. In a society with more than 300,000 physicians, but with less than 6,000 of them Black, when 40,000 would be Black had there been true equality of opportunity, Lincoln knows its role clearly. And, of course, medicine is only an example — in engineering the situation is even worse: last year more than 44,000 degrees were granted in engineering with about 400 being earned by Blacks. Thus, you leave Lincoln at a time when the overall climate is filled with pessimism, but at a time when you and I know full well that your talents, your dedication, your involvement are needed now as much or more than they . have ever been before in our history. Hard work is a necessity: these things are beyond the reach of good intentions. • You have made the beginning. Somewhere I read, If a man neglects education, he walks lamely to the end of his life. Graduating from Lincoln you can stand tall and walk vigorously — but with conviction not with arrogance. Lincoln has been that supportive but non-restrictive community in which you have been able to explore, to experiment and even to fail, but you have been supported in a net of meaning so that a fall has not been forever, nor was a failure final. ( Very cordially yours. Herman R. Branson President