Rose Hulman Institute of Technology - Modulus Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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The President’s Message To the Class of 1955: For the past two decades the world we live in has been faced with crisis after crisis. During this period of time half the peoples of the globe have lost their freedom and that of the other half has been continuously under threat of loss. For the greater part of the life of each of you in this year’s graduating class your country has either been at war or threatened by war. During your college years you have faced the possibility of being called upon for service in some branch of the Armed Forces, and this faces most of you after graduation. It has been gratifying to those under whom you have studied that, in spite of all this, you have been earnest in preparing yourselves for a career in a profession that permits no demagoguery and which directs its efforts toward increasing the standards of living of your fellow men. You have shown that you have the ability to live for the day in a period when the future offers the prospect of great unrest. The bright side of it all is, however, that never before in the history of the world have the free peoples been so determined to remain free. In spite of the threats of war and the tremendous uncertainty of the years ahead our country is at the peak of prosperity with the standard of living at its highest level. Maintenance of that prosperity and a continuance of a high standard of living are our greatest assurance of successful resistance to the forces of evil. Each of you has been educated for the purpose of assuming a definite place in the vanguard of those resisting the ever-present threat to the personal liberties of us all. We in the faculty, after four years of intimate association with you, are sure of your abilities and purpose. We have no hesitancy in presenting you to the engineering profession firm in our conviction that you will take your places in the ranks of Rose men who for over seventy years have been the leaders in the nation’s progress. The faculty join me in wishing you God Speed in the fruitful but uncertain years ahead. Sincerely yours, Ford L. Wilkinson, Jr. President