Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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DEAN JAMES H. DUNHAM COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS FACULTY wcntyfour

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To the Templars of 1928—Greetings! Templars! What a vision it brings of those who went forth on great crusades to make mankind happier. The costs were heavy but the rewards are with us to this very day. Nine crusades do we say, ninety nine times nine and yet the tale would not be half told. Not in the Middle Ages alone but in every age men and women have ventured forth giving all, often their very lives, trying to make their world happier according to the light within them. In hoc signo vinces- In this sign conquer; the rights of others, the brotherhood of all mankind, the ultimate triumph of truth, beautiful living, the achieving of your best selves and the recognition of the universal Fatherhcxxl of God. What crusades await you Templars? knights of a great University! Go forth from her gates with courage, with clear vision, with a strong dctermi' nation to win. Come back to her when the years are accomplished with heads unbowed, “sans peur et sans rcproche.” Tiveuty'thrcf

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To the Class of 1928: The modern college aims to prepare its students to penetrate at least one segment of the vast body of knowledge now open to the inquiring mind. Yet it does not expect to graduate specialists. Certainly it has no intention of making an equation between the information gained in the college course and the contents of a pay-envelope. The studies in the curriculum are liberal—they liberate the mind from its inherited superstitions and uncritical impulses. They join in common quest a group of eager aspirants, who, coming from a great variety of preparatory schools, bend their energies to the single task of mastering the principles of thought and some of its mystical implications. The struggle to attain this end is not simple. Through four long years the student must accept the burden of solid work, a burden lightened, in moments of inspiration, by the hope that every new conquest, every new repudiation of the lure of indolence, will make the path of future service more level and attractive. It matters not what be the nature of our career, the realities won in the studies of the college will accompany us unchanged throughout a busy life. For one who knows the heart of any realm of knowledge there can be no revolting tedium. Each day is full of Platonic charm; each day the Eternal Idea becomes a closer companion and guide. Twenty five