Rowan College - Oak Yearbook (Glassboro, NJ)

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Commencement ... a moment in the sun ... a pause on the threshhoid between two worlds ... a time to look ahead, but also a time to look back . . . A new and youthful administration met with mixed success the challenges of the New Frontier. . . . The emergence of new nations hastened the decline of colonial rule as Ugan- dan Independence was celebrated by the Gov- ernor ' s Proclamation on the Glassboro cam- pus . . . Common enemies were making uncom- fortable alliances among the nations of the world ... An uneasy peace continued to be maintained . . . The passing of Eleanor Roose- velt marked a break with the past ... A new concept in aid to underdeveloped countries created the Peace Corps . . . Plans proceeded for a cultural center in Washington, while Lincoln Center in New York City was completed . . . The New York Times lamented the failure of the promising authors of the late forties to mature into great writers, while the world mourned the passing of Hem- ingway and Faulkner . . . The frontiers explored by Gagarin, Titov, and Glenn gave man a giant step forward in his conquest of space, and revolutionized the attitudes and thinking of Americans toward public and higher education . . . Scientists were predicting the discovery of the secret of life as they probed the mysteries of DNA . . . Russia exploded a 100 megaton bomb, and the Unit- ed States answered by lighting up the mid- night skies of the Pacific . . . Look back upon an era of change and un- certainty. Look back also, upon the academic years that have influenced your lives, your val- ues, your personality, in a word YOU. The adolescent has become an adult, the student has become a colleague of his teachers, and the challenge of the world beckons the novice to practice his skills. Look back, the experi- ences are an inseparable part of you, and then . . . Look ahead. 13