SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

Page 13 text:

To the Class of 1931: All of the facts of the world with which we arc familiar and of which we have yet to learn exist merely for that procedure which you have chosen for the theme and purpose of your living -the education of man. Hooks, libraries, paintings, poetry, music, oratory, science, practical arts and all the vari.d human reactions in behavior to every recorded thought since time began, possess a spiritual unity and are hut commentaries upon that ideal sell which none of us has yet attained but which we all feel is not utterly unattainable. Your value as great teachers, then, will consist not chiefly of dexterity in manual or even intellectual skills but in the deeper apprehension of that spirit which can also awaken other souls to greater appreciation and self-activity. Eleven