Southern Connecticut State University - Laurel Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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DISCOVERY

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,,- 2 f . . . is that cornerstone of education inherent in all real learning. Education is discovery. As Seniors about to graduate, we find our- selves beseiged from all sides by pressures to acquire professional skills, take jobs, and to fill established niches in society. In time these functions must be met. But we must be care- ful not to put the cart before the horse. The earning of a degree or the achieving of a se- cure position, economically or socially speak- ing, hold less significance than the exercise of mental and physical powers necessary to ac- complish these ends. Transcending the degree or the position are the possible by-products of self-identification, self fulfillment, and the abili- ty to place ourselves meaningfully into the con- text of our civilization. More important also are the processes of growth and discovery that we have experienced at Southern in our ever deep- ening capacity to understand the relationships between things-ourselves, our fellows, and our world. These voyages of discovery will serve us throughout life in our search for purpose, meaning, and individual identity. They will en- able us to fill constructively our chosen roles in society, no matter what field we may enter. In a few years, when the glow of our college education has dimmed, we will be forced to draw on our own inner resources for motiva- tion and direction. If we have taken from our college career more than a degree, we will have the capacity to meet this challenge, we will continue, through discovery, to grow. None of us can look into the future. We can only hope that we have sufficiently sharpened our awareness and developed our sensitivities to continue throughout life to experience the joys of discovery and the fruits of personal growth. It is with these thoughts that we present to you the 1968, 75th anniversary edition, of the Laurel. the laurel staff