SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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THE CARDIAL

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the: cardial gnstoer to Metrication To the Members of the Class of 19)2: You arc about to enter upon the great adventure. Young, hopeful, virile, you are starting down the road at whose terminal looms the eternal question mark. May this road be rilled with zestful sunshine and refreshing shadow and may the journey itself be not too exacting. If the end of the trail does not reveal the wealth of the pot of gold, may it bring you the wealth of well-earned happiness and contentment. As a class and as individuals, you have shown marked improvement during the past three years. You are going out into a world whose society is undoubtedly more complex than that of any other period of civilization. Adjustments will not always be made easily. However, among the mazes of radical suggestions and conservative ad- monitions, there are certain fundamentals which always have been fixed in value. There are no substitutes for honesty, tolerance, industry and character. Give these four friends a chance to influence your life and the results will not be disappointing. 1 congratulate you upon your graduation. You have made a fine start in your chosen profession. Remember there is no service of greater value than that rendered by the true tf.acher. As you succeed or fail, you will not only bring happiness or sorrow to yourself but you will also bring one or the other to those who are spending their lives that you, and others like you, may be of service to mankind. My relations with you during the past three years have been pleasant indeed. In one sense I am sorry to have you leave the Normal for you will be missed. How- ever, in another sense I am glad that you have achieved this particular goal. My part- ing wish is that Life may deal kindly with you and bring to each of you the fullest measure of success and contentment. !. j »

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To the Class of i )}2: You are about to enter a well-organized field of activity. There is no apparent lack of machinery in it and its operatives are plentiful. In this field you are becomingly ambitious to achieve some place of honor and distinction and this ambition is seconded by our sincerest hopes and encouragement. All places to which you may aspire are places of honor if you will make them so and may be developed also into places of distinc- tion through your own efficiency and spirit of concentration. But well-recognized places of distinction which have been made so by the brain-toil and the heart-toil of those who have preceded you are more difficult to come by. They are the prizes which wait for superior excellence and superior effort and superior courage in a competition as keen and strenuous as that which won the laurel crown in ancient days. Be assured that our interest will always follow your careers, that our helpfulness will always be at your service and that success commensurate with your deserts will bring to us rejoicing. « 1 1 »