Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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FACFLTY OF THE TEACHERS COLLEGE DEAN GEORGE E. WALK .QI 20 Ig..

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I 1 1 I M, r f-41235 1 gl l 'I'O THE CLASS or 1930: I The college graduate has become an important factor in 5 i American social life. He brings the resources of a trained and r disciplined mind to the consideration of the dilficult problems of i H economic-s and politics. He introduces the technique of a scientific l Un method into the traditional, processes of business enterprise and industrial production. He shares the treasures of his historical y H studies with his new associates urging upon them the oft-forgotten i 1 'sl fact that human thought is a continuous development, and that i f l earlier records have a distinct and important bearing upon the move- , i 1 ments and aspirations of the present generation. He fosters his Q i ip l instinct for aesthetic appreciation implanted in him by four years of , - y college instruction, and endeavors to proclaim by dignified behavior pw E i , and gracious manners that art and letters can beautify the social i 1 - i scene as no other human creations can. y But intimate acquaintance with the past may, by a subtle para- A ' i dox, encourage Within him a suspicion that he differs in some respects Q Q if from his fellowmen that he possesses elements of superiority by virtue W A of the very adx antage he has enjoyed and that he may consequently .H , i - demand an attention and regard which ordinarily come after the most arduous efforts. It is Wise to offer a cautionary remark. Sound 'l y purposes and hard Work are the sole guaranties of professional or y business preferment. If college men and Women have learned the l i meaning of the one and the methods of the other they will find a 7 1 safe and satisfactory place in the great community of intelligent minds which control and guide the destinies of the modern state Sincerely Dean College of Lrberal Arts and Scwnces A I f l N y .f , in X v i l w f , x i . . . . . 5 Q ' it ily i ly A i s iii I 'XI 1 . . i W , u . . P 2 i i' -ip 5 ll ll? f l lm 5 H H H fe as s 1 ffl: -ire 5 fc' ?5ff.Q iii r it s.1 or erratic' rits, 1-xp:-H., -awp

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In s H ,sf , he -5--'-1v..+er H 5 Us 9 f 'I O MY DEAR FRIENDS or THE CLASS or 1930: y Some one has cynically suggested that if we wish to make a parody H ' on Browning's Pippa Passes , we could say not All's right with the l ki T world , but Allis riot with the world. 'i I . One thing is certain: nothing is static. Everything is in motion. l Politics, industry, economics, government--all these are receiving new l interpretations. Education is also meeting the challenge of unprecedented y 9 l demands. Teaching is having to adjust itself to conditions it has never , ' before confronted. 3 T , H I very sincerely trust that out of all you have seen and heard and W 'Q studied and learned in the pursuit of your training at Temple a few V? ' facts clearly emerge: The teacher of tomorrow must have a technique and a ' i skill, a mentality and personality not inferior to those demanded by any 1 'j other profession. Many indeed are called but few are chosen. He must V know that his supreme mission is to bring to his pupils not subject-matter but life-abounding life. He must realize that education for him as well ' T T as for them is not so much information as an attitude, a veritable philos- X- ' y ophy of life, and that like life itself, it is ideally a process of continuous p 5 and uninterrupted development. He must not fail to apprehend that v ll there are no short circuits to final goals of worthy endeavor and that lf. W. education in school or out of school is an empty shell if it fails to impart ' , to either the teacher or those taught a proper sense of abiding and eternal ' l values. V ii The best of all books puts it tersely: f'Where there is no vision, the T llf H people perish , and again Wisdom is the principal thing: therefore get 7 wisdom, and with all thy getting get understanding. H You now go forth to 6 1 T your several fields of high opportunity and strenuous endeavor. It is p i j my earnest wish that you carry to them a vision that with experience h l will ripen into wisdom and will enable you as ambassadors of Temple to ll render a service ennobled by a true understanding. Good-bye and 5 T H I buen viaje! Sincerely, Q T T' f ' . i Dean, Teachers College. T ' ,QI 21 Ig..