St Francis College - Motus Yearbook (Biddeford, ME)

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Saint ?caam'd Galley: Bikideg'azd, 772mm 04005 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT June 7, 1973 To the Class of 1973: I regret that my first year at Saint Francis College has been your last. I would like to have gotten to know you much better than has been possible in a year marked by the hectic pace of preparing for sweeping changes in the direction and curriculum of the College. The moments for leisurely conversation and casual meetings have been far too few, but I cherish those that did occur because they have given me an understanding of what a remarkable group of people the Class of '73 is. Yours is a class with character iand certainly more than its share of choractersl. In my office, the cafeteria, the halls of Decary, the hang , at the Winter Weekend dance - wherever I have met you as individuals or in groups - l have been impressed with your candor, your humor, your warmth, most of all your sense of identity. You have lived through four of the most difficult years in the history of American higher education, and certainly four very trying years for Saint Francis as a college. On the national scene there were protests, sit-ins, teach-ins, riots, beatings, even death; internally, the College underwent a crisis of purpose and leadership that threatened its very existence. Yet you found it within yourselves to come to terms with it all and emerged with a heightened awareness and a sense of purpose that belies your youth. You are uniquely ready for a world of uncertainty and often painful choices because you have already coped with these, and done it sucess- Fully. We will miss you at Saint Francis College. Your maturity, adaptability and insight would be invaluable in helping us make the changes that will assure the Future and advance the distinctiveness of Saint Francis College in the 1970's and beyond. Though you will be pursuing your own new directions in the future, we hope that the progress of Saint Francis College will always give you cause for just pride and that the classes that follow you here will emulate the contribution you have made to this college. Remember to keep in touch. There are many people at Saint Francis College who care about you, and always will. Sincerely, Robert L. Horn President

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MOTUS 1973 The Fourteenth Volume St. Francis College Biddeford, Maine

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