Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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'ltr 1fII'P5ihPIlf,5 fllllvmfiagr l.ile has been described by :L yzirit-ty nl nu-lztpliors. It has been calleil il battle, :L journey, :L voyage, an adventure, a walking slizulowf' an empty ,, . . .. . . . , dream. I think ol lile in all these terms, but I think ol it also as :L sue- cession of acliu-veuients which llli'IlFlll'l' the worth ul :L man. I think ol it as an edueative process spanned by the cradle and the graxe, :L process whose ultnnate value Is assessed by the degree l.- which the lacullu-N nl the soul have been exercised, and the clireetioii in which the soul ilsell has been propelled. XX'e are all huni:Ln beings. l'rt-cisely what does that mean? It nu-:ins that we are potentially closer to perfection thzzn any other living thing. XX-lc are the inasterpieees uf the t'rt-ator. l'nder I-lini we rule. l'nder lliin we fashion our rlestinies, and direct toward their ultimate ends the designs and objectives of civilization. XX'e are the music makers, .Xnd we are the dreaniers of dreams, XX'andering by lone sea-breakers, .-Xnd sitting by desolate streams, XXlorlrl-losers and world-forsakers. On whom the pale moon beams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world forever, it seems. XX'e ai'e capable alike of sublime accomplishment and of inordinate depravity. Often both may be found in the experience of a single man. Consider Henry X'llI and Lord Byron and Edgar Allan Poe and Stanford XX'hite and .Iohn lfarrymore. Consider all the geniuses. past and present. who have explored the reaches of the stars P-and touched the depths of hell. Free-will is a determining factor in the final appraisal of a life. XXX- make our own itinerary: we chart our individual course. XX'e are not dra- gooned into virtue or vice. XX'e are not predestined for success or failure. XX'e are not inhibited by circumstances or surroundings. XX'e are, in a very literal sense, masters of our fate and captains of our souls. This yearbook is the result of the efforts of The Forty-niners. Chro- nologically, that is an appropriate designation, since you and the California gold seekers are exactly a century apart. You resemble one another, too, in undertaking a common search for something precious, you for the realiza- tion of the satisfactions of your profession, they for deposits of that elusive metal which more than once has changed the course of history. XX'e should not press the comparison too far, because the original forty-niners were a heterogeneous group: scholars and roustabouts, criminals and clerks. mer- chants and adventurers. Among them were soldiers who had deserted their posts, sailors who had abandoned their ships, worshippers who had fled from their churches, officials who had forsaken their responsibilities. Yet, by and large, and in a more elemental fashion. I suppose they repre- sented. as you do, a fair cross-section of humanity. They had the same capacities for good and evil, the same incentives to spiritual enrichment. the same frailties of the Hesh, Your future is obviously more secure. By training and temperament you are equipped for worthwhile accomplishment. It is unlikely that your lives will be turbulent, or that you will ever be driven to frenzy by mirages in the California hills. It is our fondest hope that you will leave at least some footprints on the storied sands of time. zz. MW