Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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Senior Cap And Gown Ceremony Sister Therese, honored guests, family and friends, members of the class of 1985: It has been said, things come to pass as they do because the time is ripe. Events come into being be- cause the world is ready for them. Is the world ready for us - the class of 1985? I was told (by my parents, of course), college years are the best years of your life - but they are short, so enjoy them to the fullest. I believe we have experienced the unforgettable, have attempted to mature fully as women, and have grown intellectually and spiritually. The friendships we have formed will be everlasting ones and these years will be for- ever remembered. That is why today, September 30, 1984 is such a significant day for us. As we were receiving the blessings on our caps and gowns, I stopped and thought about what was happening as our gowns were being placed on us. We are coming to the end of our college years, but actually it is a beginning, a new awakening, a new opportunity for growth into the world, an exciting, challenging world. Let this world be the beginning of a new life in each of us. Live neither in the past nor in the future: rather let each day’s work absorb our entire ener- gies and satisfy our widest ambi- tions. Lord Shaftsbury once said: “The measure of a happy life is not from the fewer or more suns we behold, the fewer or more breaths we draw, or meals we re- peat, but from having once lived well, acted our part handsomely, and made our exit cheerfully.” On graduation day, the class of 1985 will exit cheerfully, but bet- ter yet, PROUDLY! Thank you, Cynthia J. Rufo Senior Class President

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