Salve Regina University - Regina Maris Yearbook (Newport, RI)

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Dedica tion As students we are separate from the world while at the same time deeply in- volved in it. We are trying to learn how to cope with the world as it exists today, and perhaps at the same time learning how to make it a better place. We are noisy and we are quiet, happy and sad; we are inter- ested and we are apathetic, realists and idealists. We desire to lead meaningful lives; there is so much to learn which is not found in books. We want to help others, and we want others to help us. We want to touch the world, and we want to be touched. We, the Senior Class of 1988, find it befitting to dedicate this edition of the Re- gina Maris to Mr. John Rok, a man who has disciplined us, taught us, helped us, and cared about each one of us as individuals. Thank you for touching us and allowing us to touch others. 22

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To A Friend You entered my life in a casual way And saw at a glance what I needed; There were others who passed me or met me each day, But never a one of them heeded. Perhaps you were thinking of other folks more, Or chance simply seemed to decree it; I know there were many such chances before, But the others — well, they didn ' t see it. You said just the thing that I wished you would, And you made me believe that you meant it; I held up my head in the old gallant way, And resolved you should never repent it. There are times when encourgement means such a lot And a word is enough to convey it; There were others who could have, as easy as not — But, just the same, they didn ' t say it. There may have been some who could have done more To help me along, though I doubt it; What I needed was cheering, and always before They had let me plod onward without it. You helped to refashion the dreams of my heart, And made me turn eagerly to it; There were others who might have — But, after all, they didn ' t do it! — Grace Strieker Dawson 21

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VI Mr. John Rok Dean of Students 23