Suffolk University - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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DOROTHY M. McNAMARA Bursar JOSEPH H. STRAIN Alumni Secretary

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j-xOm the, U £.an To the Class of J 950: As graduating seniors, you are to be heartily congratulated for the success you Iiai e thus far achieved and for tlie proficiency you have attained in your formal education. You are now ready to commence your informal education — to study the problems of life, ivhich are not assigned from textbooks. The years you hax e spent here at Suffolk—that have just slipped by so quickly— are in sad fact gone, but you can just as surely and as clearly remember the many happy experiences for the remainder of your lii es. Make sure you re- tail} the memory of them and re-live your university days at alumni gatherings or whenever you gather tuith Suffolk friends. Remember, too, your university experiences, for they will take on sur- prisingly new meanings as tlie years pile up. You will be able to draw new in- terpretations of these experiences for strengtli and for encouragement. You will also enjoy the pleasures of recollection for their own sake. As happy as your undergraduate days ivere, far happier experiences lie ahead. Otlierwise yoa xvould be working without tlie spirit that is derived from hope and anticipation. Our association has been of too short a time for me to look back with you over the last four years. But I do not consider tliis important , since four years back is a relatively short internal of time. It is at best a shadoiu. Consequently , we together, are forced to look ahead and that is good, for ahead is the light by which you will find your worth as creative thinkers and reasoning persons. Recall the attitudes developed in your days at Suffolk, but do not try to remember the detail of what was said or done in the formal classroom sessions. The classroom, text book and instructor are but symbols of a restricted and guided life of preparation and of promise. The fulfillment comes when you commence to think big, talk to the point and perform well in the ivorld of affairs and of people. Caste yourselves into worthy roles with respect to your pursuits, whether in work or in pleasure. But temper this role with a good degree of culture, sociability and humility. The world will ahvays need actors who have the finest personal characteristics, initiative and creatix e imagination. I shall more than merely congratulate you and ivish you well in your future endeavors. I will always rejoice with you in your success, happiness and abundant life.

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DONALD W. GOODRICH Registrar EDGAR L. DeFOREST Director of Student Affairs CATHERINE FEHRER Advisor to Women LEO LIEBERMAN Director of Guidance