Rocky Mountain College - Yellowstone / Poly Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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President Lawrence F. Small TO THE CLASS OF 1971 Ten years ago, as Dean of the College, I prepared my first message to the graduating class. Thumbing through the pages of previous annuals brings back warm memories of associations and events. Much has happened since then in terms of the development of our school and, also of the deepening tensions and growing unrest on many campuses and throughout the land. Gone, perhaps forever, is the ivied tower as the symbol of academic iso- lation and calm. In the midst of change, however, some things abide. One quality still matters most, I believe, in the make-up of the educated man. In my words of ten years ago: It is his concern for the spiritual outreach of life, involving an awareness of the meaning of manhood, of the endless possibilities for human betterment, of nature ' s ever- broadening horizons, of the truths that lead to the truth divine. Thus, his life devel- ops from within, his hospitalities are for the highest, his identification is with the best he knows. To the deep, demanding seriousness of life he brings the joy of be- lieving in a task worth doing, in a cause worth serving, in a world in which he feels truly at home. The best wishes of your college go with you. Lawrence F. Small President 26