Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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1968 MASSASOIT STAFF STEVEN A. G0LD8ERG ................................ BUSINESS MANGER J. ROCKWELL ALLEN ADVERTISING MANGER GARY A, BURKHART............................ PHOTOGRAPHY PETER S. SINNOTT ........................... PHOTOGRAPHY DANIEL L. COSTER PHOTOGRAPHY JONATHON BOZBECKIAN PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN P. MATTHEWS PHOTOGRAPHY MICHELE B. SINKEZ ........................... LAYOUT EDITOR JOHN E. NEWLIN............................... SPORTS EDITOR SUSAN KOLLER .......................................SECRETARY MRS. MARY LOMBARDI............................... ADVISOR CREDITS VICTOR O'NEILL STUDIOS OF NEW YORK CITY: SENIOR PORTRAITS HOFFMAN PHOTO LABS OF NEW YORK CITY: PHOTO PROCESSING SPECIFICATIONS: PAPER STOCK: MOHAWK SUPERFINE. EGGSHELL FINISH. 80 LB. TEXT WEIGHT TYPE FACE: NEWS GOTHIC 2

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PREFACE I WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS MOST FROM ITS PEOPLE IS NOT THAT THEY BE EDUCATED. BUT THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERSONS AND THINGS: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING RESPECTED AND BEING USED. UPHEAVAL AND REBELLION IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY IS NOT THE RESULT OF DEFIANCE—IT IS RATHER A SEMI CONSCIOUS. CONFUSED. PASSIONATE ATTEMPT TO ASSERT THE MEANING OF THIS DIFFERENCE-TO RE-EMPHA- SIZE THE ONCE VALUEO AMERICAN IDEALS OF HUMAN DIG- NITY AND WORTH. AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON THESE PRINCIPLES AND THE PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN PERIODICALLY DEFENDED WITH THE BLOODSHED AND LONELINESS OF MEN AND WOMEN. WHO. ACUTELY AWARE OF THE PR08LEMS OF THE WORLD AND THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES. FEEL OBLIGATED TO LEAD THOSE WHO ARE CONFUSED BY THE CONFUSION OF OTHERS TO AN EXISTENCE. PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL. THAT MAKES LIFE WORTHWHILE. AND TODAY. IDEALISTS IN PROTEST AGAINST HATE. UN- FOUNDED PREJUDICE AND IGNORANCE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF A PEOPLE TOO READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THINGS IN AMERICA AND NOT CAPABLE YET OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO FORM A MORE PERFECT SOCIETY. AS A LAND OF THE PEOPLE. AMERICA CANNOT BE A NATION ANYTHING OTHER THAN ITS PEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. AMERICA IS THE LAND OF MONEY. MORALS. AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: AMERICA BELIEVES IN MATERI ALISM AS THE BEST MANIFESTATION OF HUMAN INITIATIVE AND SKILL-ASSERTION OF ONE S BEST PHYSICAL AND INTEL LECTUAL ABILITIES; AMERICA BELIEVES IN THE JUDAEO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND LAW. OF RIGHT AND WRONG. OF THE HIGH VALUE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE AND CHARITY; AMERICA BELIEVES IN EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY. OF FREEDOM TO ASSERT ONES INDIVIDUALITY-ONES ABILITY ACCORDING TO THE JUST LAWS OF THE SOCIETY. YOUNG AMERICANS TODAY ARE ENGAGED IN A STRUGGLE TO BRING THESE PRINCIPLES BACK INTO AMERICAN LIFE. TO REVEAL THE DEEPER MEANING OF THESE PRINCIPLES. HUMANITY NEEDS OPEN MINDED PEOPLE WILLING TO LIS- TEN TO ITS PROBLEMS WITH UNDERSTANDING HEARTS. PROBLEMS INVOLVING MINDS AND HEARTS CANNOT BE LEGISLATED AWAY. FOR LEGISLATURES ARE THINGS. AND THE ONLY RELATIONSHIPS WHICH CAN PRODUCE CONSTRUC TIVE CHANGE ARE THOSE BETWEEN PERSONS-CAPABLE OF JUDGING EACH OTHER RECIPROCALLY. SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE MAKES THE ATTEMPT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER-TO STIMULATE SUCH RELATIONSHIPS. SOMEWHERE. WITHIN THE CLASS OF 1968 (INDEED WITHIN THE ENTIRE COLLEGE COMMUNITY). ARE PERSONS OF UNBEARABLE SENSITIVITY WHO STRIVE EACH DAY OF THEIR LIVES TO EXPRESS THE TORMENT THAT FOR THEM LIFE IS ONE BIG ACHE-BECAUSE THEY CANNOT IGNORE THE PLEADINGS OF THOSE IN NEED. OF THOSE WHO FEEL THE QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF LOVE. OF THOSE WHO FEEL AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND OR EXPRESS THEMSELVES. SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE EXPERIENCE REFINES THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THE WORLD NEEDS. CLAUDIA F. SAMMARTINO CO EDITOR-IN CHIEF AMERICAN STUDIES 1969