Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Foreword Each year this space in the Techmila, or any other good yearbook for that matter, is given the task of setting the theme for the rest of the book. Almost with- out exception graduates are told to hold high the standards of their class. Usually a few rather sad, and sentimental paragraphs have told graduates that that is exactly what they were, graduates. This is their last look at their days spent at R.I.T.g they never again will attend their various classes, or the many school events. They are ad- monished to make their Way in the world, while maintaining personal integrity, developing individual character, and setting high moral and social standards. They are told that they are well equipped to go forth in this world, and that they should have every confidence in their abilities. To be sure this is very heartening, but there is a certain amount of sadness in leaving college after four years. We feel that this year our graduates should not have a sentimental, heavy, attitude about leaving the Institute, rather they should look upon these days as some of the happiest of their life. Possibly the past four years embrace some of the most memorable experiences they will ever have. As an individual you became a part of this concrete campus, just another face in the crowd. Upon graduation you must again become an individual and apply your knowledge to break through the worldly barriers and establish for yourself a place in the sun. ' In one sense, this book is a measure of your accomplishments. Yet it is much more than that. It is each student, it is the Institute gi it is a record of the harmonious combination of the two. 1 l

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Presidenifs Message People make R.I.T., and in turn TECHMILA pictures our students and faculty in their characteristic settings. So it is always a personal greeting that I convey to you from the men and women of your Board of Trustees, Administration, Faculty and Staff. Many of them you have come to know well, some of them you have not met, for the Institute is already large and is still growing. As I write this greeting I think also of the many earlier men and women who with intelligence, devotion, and imagination, set and maintained a great human purpose for the Institute. They were vital and great people. We of the present R.I.T. will do well to remember them as we seek wisdom and courage sufficient for the wonderful but terrible challenges ahead. You, who are pictured amid the wealth of human contacts that you have made here, are unique members of a large continuing body of men and women who have come to the Institute. You have sought a way of life-education for competence in your chosen career, yes, but more than that, a role in the society that you inherit only to remake it in some image that you will deem worthy of the free man in his fullest creative aspiration and boldest accomplishment. R.I.T.-that is, its students, faculty, and staff already here and those who follow -will continue to work with you on this forward edge in the struggle for full human dignity. WM