Portland State University - Viking Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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It is said that any government rests upon the humor of its subjects, the Wisdom of its officers, and the bravery of all men. To these I Would add that men must fear any government that believes itself righteous, and men must fear any government that believes ends justify means. The image of Portland State has undergone change. People no longer think of us as a poor man's prep school. People no longer imagine us as the amorphous, plasticized and mentally impoverished. We are now what all universities must be- a center of controversy, discussion and learn- ing. It is up to others to fulfill that most severe of challenges: to make Portland State a place where men must think. When your friends ask you, Where did you go to school? , if nothing else this year you can have said, At an interesting college.

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Remember that a university is not what the Rotary wants, it is not what I want, it is not what your Mom and Dad want, it is not what you Want. It is a place where men gather to learn, to argue, to study, to discover, and it is a place where all of us must deal with disappointments. It is natural that there should be times when, for whatever reason, the voices of the absurd, the angry, and the amused are drowned out by the sound of the bureaucrats, the button push- ers, and the reasonable. Progress is made by men who know joy and sorrow and who know how ambiguous progress is. I remain as I have always been, and, with deference to those who succeed me, I offer them the last flowers from the trees which once grew where the new buildings will stand. -Joe Uris