Southern Methodist University - Rotunda Yearbook (University Park, TX)

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nr, The 1965 Rotunda is dedicated to President Willis McDonald Tate, whose courageous and visionary leadership has guided Southern Methodist University through ten dynamic years. This significant year marks both the 50th anniversary of the opening of SMU and the 10th anniversary of the inaugura- tion of President Tate, who was born in the year of the Universityis founding. An alumnus ,of SMU, Dr. Tate took a B.A. degree in 1932 and an M.A. degree in 1935. Dr. Tate also did graduate work at the Universities of Texas and Chicago. He holds hon- orary degrees from five colleges and universities. A respected lay leader in the Methodist Church, President Tate has given leadership and support to many educational, cultural, civic and religious concerns in and beyond Dallas at the same time that he has led SMU to national recognition. Dr. Tate is a past president of the Southern University Conference and was a member of Governor Connally's Com- mittee on Education Beyond the High School. He now serves as president of the Texas Association of Colleges and Universities, vice president of the University Senate of the Methodist Church, chairman of the Council of Protestant Colleges and Universities, and chairman of the Inter-University Council of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. Dr. Tate is also president of the American Association of Colleges. . Members of the SMU community of learning value highly President Tate,s role in instigating the tremendous academic and physical development of the past decade, culminating with the ambitious Master Plan program to build a University of full dimensions and national stature. Students and faculty are indebted to President Tate for his emphasis upon the Universityfs motto in upholding a splendid tradition of free inquiry, which was recognized nationally in the presentation to him of the Alexander Meiklejohn Award in de- fense of academic freedom by the American Association of University Professors in April, 1965. At the 1965 Commencement, President Tate was honored for his ten-year leadership with the presentation of a gold medal hearing the original seal of the University. Willis M. Tate personifies the dynamic spirit of this University. He has given unselfishly and wholeheartedly of his life to SMU. The beneficiaries of his leadership owe him a ,great debt of gratitude. , xg , egg ,ikfl

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Foreword i .f The foreword of any hook is designed to give the reader an ight and preview as to what the author is trying to accomplish. Therjdre, the foreword gives the editor of the Rotunda an opportunity to expQ'n some of the reasons the hook is presented as it is. The Rotunda, 1965, attempts to capturebriqfly thgjgsf of fifty years of SMU within its pages. To do this, the xjarlous division pages were em, I9l0YCd'ef1Ch delfictinf-T Something Olil and traditional as well as something new and Colllemporary- Each of these pages can he viewed as representative Of SMU75 fiflY Year hlSt0fY- for while the University has many well es- tablished and Cheldslled tmliitioris, SMU is young enough that new traditions may still he added. Thi' Colm' Used reflects various aspects of our campus in the full Ualufal C0l0f in Whhh we see them. College life is one of the most colorful times in living experience. It is the colorful life of the campus that we have tried T0 P0ft1'aY not only on the division pages but also on every page of the b00k- The lniform Georgian architectural styling of the campus is worthy Of Temembffhce, but the Rotunda also depicts the daily and seasonal events Of impoftalcc. The campus is more than tradition, more than architecture, and more 'llsau headline happenings-it is the people and their daily lives as well. Thfs is the Rgflmdg? 1965,

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