Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Foreword Only with the passage of time is man able to develop his poten- tial to a significant extent. Yet each year, as each day, provides the individual with the opportunity to grow. Today we young people are surrounded by more excitement and activity than any other modern generation. Ours is the advantage of living in a society rich with resources for material advancement. We have only to observe the world around us to know that it is full. At the same time the pressures and crises peculiar to our age should make us equally aware of the responsibilities awaiting us and of the value of spiritual growth as the basis for all achievement. This year has given us an excellent chance to understand the paradox of life in an historical sense. We saw the death of Winston Churchill, symbolizing the end of an era, yet even while the world was mourning the loss of this leader, she had faith in her ability to carry on with a commensurate degree of brilliance and courage. We also witnessed the inauguration of a president, symbolizing a beginning based on a faith in the past and a hope in the future. In each case we observed that society does not reject the past but uses its traditions of values as foundations upon which to build its future. Throughout the past four years Mount Vernon has also tried to awaken within us the realization that the past and the present cannot be separated, that they are composite ingredients of the future. The course of our future remains in our own hands, and the historical lessons of devotion and effort should make us more aware of our heritage as members of a world constantly striving for improvement. As we increase in self-knowledge, we should be better able to assess our values and goals. There is no better way to achieve this insight into self than by observing distinctly, always welcoming change with a perceptive mind. Achievement is a personal matter and can only be realized through sincerity of purpose. Our education at Mount Vernon has prepared us for accepting this challenge. The opportunities which she has offered us are clear, and in turn we must go out to meet the future.

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eaudershi I see only the ideal. But no ideals have ever been Fully successful on this earth. -ISADORA DUNCAN