Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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university. John Henry Newman described such goals in Idea of a University over a century ago better than anyone had ever described them before. He looked upon a university as an ‘’assemblage of learned men. zealous for their own sciences, and rivals of each other” who could adjust together the claims and relations of their respective subjects of investigation” and who could learn to respect, to consult, to aid each other.” Thus, he said, is created a pure and clear atmosphere of thought, which the student breathes.” These arc the aspirations of Radford University. Some arc already realized: others are in the future — Becoming. If we could point to a single human Jim LopK being at Radford University who. in our opinion, reflects most exactly the kind of zealous dedication to work, to students, and to cooperation with colleagues that John Henry Newman speaks of — we would be pointing to the man to whom this issue of our yearbook is dedicated: teacher, scholar, administrator, and loving. caring person. Introduction 9

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so closely, and caring about how they feel — all in a new responsible way; we find that we have learned to somehow manage that information thrown at us; and we have, miracle of miracles, learned — more or less — how to budget time: cutting it into usable segments for work and for fun! What does all this add up to? What have we become after the years of course drudgery, all-nighters, gritted teeth, joys, fears, close-in living? How do we tell if we’re educated, if we got our money's worth? How do we measure it all? Educator George N. Rainsford sums it up like this: ‘The end product of a liberal arts education is ... a total human being . . . ” A total human being who can adjust to living situations, concentrate on learning, think clearly, and set goals for the future. That’s nothing to sneer at! That’s what we are — and that’s what we've become. All along the way we have had company in our becoming. Our very college, our alma mater has been doing some neat, quiet becoming of her own. She, too. has been maturing and growing along with us. In July of 1979 a clear sign of that continuing metamorphosis was greeted by everyone as we became Radford University. Are we different, many asked? The young school had grown and fleshed out over the years, enlarging curricula. adding to faculty, establishing graduate divisions. More than that, it had gained with experience a new set of aspirations which clearly were those of a Jim l.ottuc

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Dedication Dr. Preston Durrill Dean of Graduate School 10 Introduction