Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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i “Some students take risks and explore areas which seem alien to them, areas in which their skills will probably not test out to an “A”. But risking fearlessly the humiliations of an average-destroying “C + ”, these students explore different areas of the curriculum. From the point of view of the portfolio review board, these students have a heroic quality and the Board develops its list of heroes and heroines, some of whom appear on a list called Distinction at First Review or Superior at Final Review, and some of whom Board members remember as simply outstanding for their capacity to take risks to achieve growth.” Catherine Myers Dean of Studies 15

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Convocation Starts 80-81 Academic “ . . . the teacher encouraged us to follow our hearts — to reach for our wildest ambitions because we would never be in such a position again. What position? That of having no responsibilities except to ourselves — the freedom to dare to be who we wanted to be, perhaps only to fall on our faces. The freedom to fail is still freedom.” Siobhan Flynn ‘81 14

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Last Davs of Summer 16