Mount Vernon Community College - Pyramid Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IL)

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UUNI 'Zz 5 DEAN'S MESSAGE Last October, while civilization teetered on the brink of oblivion, the peoples of the world saw, in stark relief, the contrasting progress of scientific and sociological education. Our scientific development had given us the capacity for mass self-de- structiong our sociological development had left us the methods of the Stone Age. The ultimate instrument of diplomacy was still the threat of force. Yet, the same mind which is capable of probing the secrets of the atom is capa- ble of unshrouding the mysteries of human behavior. Education is more than preparation for a vocationg it is more than an assimilation of the cultural heritage of the past. lt includes, or should include, a struggle toward a maturity which enables the individual to adapt himself to an ever-changing world and to ever-changeable human moods. The responsibility for educational growth rests not alone with the planners and the educators of society. It rests also with the recipient of the education. There is not growth without struggle. The unused muscle atrophies, and the unused mind becomes a stagnant pool wherein only platitudes and trivialities flourish. H. G. Wells' oft-quoted aphorism, Civilization is a race between education and catastrophe, implies a termination and victor. Whether you will it or not, you are a part of that race. Perhaps one of you will assure the victory of education by discover- ing the pathway which leads to universal brotherhood and understanding among the peoples of the world. s I'1'l fff vrnwx f Q. I? l ' 2 2 O O Z V

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the Nineteen Hundred and S MOUNT ixty Three VOLUME 6 Annual Publication of VERNON COMMUNITY COLLEGE Mt. Vernon, Illinois

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1-ug ' 4 r ,r ,r 1 i ig DEDICATIO To DEAN HOWARD RAWLINSON and GUID- ANCE DIRECTOR BETTY ANN WARD for their devotion to the school and its better- ment. HOWARD RAWLINSON Dean BETTY ANN WARD Guidance Director