SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Empire Forester Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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Dedication A professor or dean she is not, but because she has so ably used her vast amount of experience and sense to aid each one of us on this cam- pus, we dedicate this 1969 edition of the EMPIRE FORESTER to Mrs. Bea- trice Spear. As a student's first contact in any situation he should encounter, he will find Mrs. Spear to be sometimes strict, but always warm, friendly, sympa- thetic, and most helpful. Through her efforts and initiative room 107 Bray Hall has found the solutions or channels for student problems of all kinds. Mrs. Spear is a person whom we feel works closely with the students, often to the point of putting them first in her efforts. She has earned the admiration and respect of faculty, staff, and students by her willingness and skill in bridging the gap in communications. 4

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Editorial Few people are really aware of the growth and change in their environment. They only perceive the total accumulated changes of size, development, reform, ideals and personali- ties. The differential transitions go by unnoticed. The staff of the Empire Forester has worked hard to expose the growth and change at our college whether large or small. The photo- graph captures an entity of time, momentarily freezing all changes. The copy serves as a supplement to the pictures, and also summarizes the new developments in and around the college. Robert Frost seems to bear direct relation on the senior class in an excerpt of his poem Out From Here. As seniors we can look back on our four years here at the college and now turn to face the future. We realize that the freshman will face many of the same problems, but some will find things a little easier as a result of our innovations. New facilities will provide a greater opportunity for the future students to sur- pass our discoveries. Certainly we too have changed, if only to move a little closer to those goals and truths we hold most dear. To communicate this feeling and produce a natural sponta- neity in the yearbook, we relied predominately on candid pho- tographs. This puts more emphasis on the student as an indi- vidual in his relationships with his peers and with the faculty. To brighten this effect we have introduced the use of color. A yearbook is designed to be interpreted and accepted differently by each individual. Hopefully within the book, there is something to which each student can relate. But be- cause only a few took the responsibility or accepted the job, our scope has remained limited. Those who contributed their time and efforts, shared in the responsibility, experienced a feeling of accomplishment, and suffered with sleeplessness and anguish can only feel satisfied that they have tried to bring you an original and meaningful 1969 Empire Forester. j.e.h. 6