Niagara University - Niagaran Yearbook (Lewiston, NY)

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Man is an inquisitive being, constantly probing, searching, and in- vestigating his own mysterious environment. All that he learns, all that he experiences, becomes an integralpart of him, stored forever in the vast recesses of his mind. It is to the cumulative total of all these experiences that we give the name knowledge, Knowledge is an elusive quality which must be sought out and cap- tured. Our entire lifetimes are devoted to the unrelenting pursuit of it. During our college years, this search for knowledge is direct, total, and enthusiastic. The pressure, the inevitable problems, the crushing work- load are, indeed, very real struggles. But from these seeds spring our strength. We struggle, yet ultimately we must triumph. Our minds are gradually opening, seeking broader, deeper thoughts. No trite cliches can satisfy our cravings now. Truth and Beauty fascinate us and flash deep-faceted lights that tantalize our longing spirits. And so we turn, with open hands, to learned people, asking to be filled with the maturity of their learning. Then, strengthened with their planting and pruning, we turn to the unplumbed root-depths of our own minds and, painfully perhaps, we follow in the way these wise men who can tell us only to will, to work, to try, and to try again. Daily, our gratitude for their direction and their prodding grows. And daily, as they have wished, our need for that prodding grows less. Now we await the day when, weaned from their support, we face the world as men and women of depth, perception and appreciative inde- pendence. FACULTY

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BISHOP i MOST REVEREND JAMES A. McNULTY, D.D Bishop of Buffalo