SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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We dedicate this ... our 1942 CARDINAL . . . to the raw material out of which a better world will be built — children, all children, everywhere. 7

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ALMA MATER As the evening shades arc falling, And the day fades into night; Pause a moment in the gloaming To salute the Red and White. Flag of red, our badge of courage With your gleaming letters white; Emblem of our Alma Mater Guide us onward toward the right. Though our ways may part forever, In our hearts there shall be bright All the golden memories gathered ' Neath the Banner red and white. Flag of red, our badge of courage With your gleaming letters white; Emblem of our Alma Mater Guide us onward toward the right. 6

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P.S.T.C. April 13 will hereafter be known in Pittsburgh as a date of great joy and thanksgiving, for it was on this day in the year of our Lord one thousand nineteen hundred and forty-two that Governor Lehman signed the Fein- berg Bill. With that little gesture — that slight expenditure of energy — our future and that of our school was brightened as by a thousand-watt bulb. From now on we can proudly say, We go to Pittsburgh State Teachers College. That is, we can say it after July 1, which is practically as good. The legal red tape which prevents our immediate adoption of the title cannot hamper our joy. The news which came as such a welcome surprise was in reality not a surprise at all when you consider the time and unfailing energy which Senator Feinberg and so many others spent toward achieving this goal. We who benefit directly by the passage of the bill can ' t give too many thanks to those who were responsible for it. Good things always come in bunches, and while the latest news tends to cover up that which has preceded, the granting of degrees earlier this year to elementary students can ' t be overestimated. The past year has been so chock full of great events that as grandpappies and grandmammies we ' ll never lack for something to tell the little kiddies that flock ' round our knees. Lest we forget, in these years of excitement, our school ' s past history has been long and illustrious. For fifty-two years it has been growing and ever changing to keep in line with the latest trends of education. The story of the Fire has become a part of everyone ' s store of school lore. What is most important to us is that everyone banned the black despair and built again anew. In the words of Dr. Ward, The task wc have is to make our college richer in the lives of all who may come to the Plattsburgh State Teachers College in the years that lie ahead. 8