Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Helen Channing Pollock To honor one whose faith in Northeastern University and its future is strong and appreciable, we take great pleasure in dedicating this volume of the CAULDRON. The thoughts and acts of Miss Helen Channing Pollock in establishing the Channing Pollock Library express a genuine affection for our University and for the ideas and ideals which, are Northeastern. . . . Life is a procession in vvh c i we march, falling out before ffie end, but only after we have advanced the line . . . one drops his torch and another carries it on . . . And none of us knows how tar the light will be seen. Channing Pollock

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i4e Pne Medii i Me4 icu e You are completing - o-ax college edu- cation at a time when the foremost question before the world is whether the individual shall be merely a tool to serve the state or whether the state itself shall be an instrument of freedom for the in- dividual. We are living in a century of progress, accelerated by mechanical means until our social adjustments lag far behind our scientific accomplishments. The great task of tomorrow is to bring to the solu- tion of our social and political problems that same spirit of inventive genius, courage, persistence, and faith in the search for the truth which has brought about the technological developments of the past. The world today has unlimited faith in education and its value to the individual and to society. Educated men and women therefore bear a greater responsibility than ever before for taking their place in the onward march of social progress. You brought with you to Northeastern a purposeful attitude which has been of inestimable value in acquiring the knowl- edge and skill which will enable you to earn a better living. I hope you have obtained here a breadth of vision which will help you to use that knowledge in making life more meaningful to those with whom you come in contact. It has been said that education repre- sents the cutting edge of progress. Educated men and women . . . the grad- uates of our colleges and universities . . . must take their places in the front ranks if they are to be effective forces for good. Your sphere of influence may be limited to your own home and place of business; it may include your church and com- munity; it may be in the larger field of the state and nation; wherever it is, remember that the most important thing is . . . Not your age, but the kind of ideas you have; Not your ability, but your sense of values; Not your knowledge, but the use which you make of it; Not your means for a high level of living, but the level on which you choose to live. J . f i A.B., M.S., Ed.M., Sc.D. President of the University