Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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To The Class Of 1980, Anyone who writes a message for the senior yearbook takes a big risk. Unlike the pontifications of newspaper columnists, which are consigned to the next day ' s trash, yearbooks endure. Ten years from now, or 20, when you take this dusty tome from the bookshelf to show friends and children what life was like at Temple in the old days, you may find my text far more out of date than the photographs of the smiling seniors encapsulated in these pages. But a yearbook has an immediate value as well. If it is a good one it is a compact summary of one of the most important times in one ' s life. With that fact in mind, I want to share a few thoughts I have about you and Temple as you prepare to leave the University for careers or advanced degrees. First of all, I hope that you will stay close to Temple in spirit. The General Alumni Association offers an unparalleled opportunity for alumni to participate in the daily life of the University, from service on impor- tant campus committees to appointment on the Board of Trustees. At the same time, the Alumni Relations Office can help you take advantage of a remarkable array of services and activities to which you are enti- tled as Temple alumni. I hope, too, that in the years to come you will support Temple. I am not only speaking of financial sup- port — although the fact that less than 1 per cent of our alumni contribute to the University shows there is ample room for improvement on this score. Just as important, we need your moral support. It is no secret that higher education finds itself in perilous times. As the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education recently pointed out, some of our colleges and universities will not survive the fiscal and demographic turmoil of the next two decades. As Temple alumni, you can play an important role in the future of your University by your strong belief in the worth of higher education and by your strong support of Temple ' s mission and goals as an urban Commonwealth university committed to excel- lence in teaching, research and service. Finally, your professors and the administrators who served you know that your education does not end at Convention Hall on May 29, 1980. In Commencement speeches years ago, it was fashionable for col- lege presidents to exhort graduates to continue their education and the pursuit of knowledge once they left the classroom behind. As we approach the conclusion of this century, the continuance of education is not a luxury but a necessity dictated by the knowledge explosion and the fast pace of modern life. Yet, this statement needs qualification. There is a good chance that, soon after your departure from the University, part of the knowledge you acquired here will have been made obsolete or altered by new information from research and scholarship and by new technology. At the same time, another part of your education — we hope — will never become obsolete, but will continue to serve you throughout a lifetime. If we did our job well, you possess the tools to think, to rea- son, to make responsible and ethical decisions and to take part in the intellectual pleasures of human existence. This component of your education will lead you back, at age 40 or whatever, to re-read a clas- sic text in Psychology, to find solace in Sophocles and Shakespeare, and to help succeeding generations cope with the problems of the city, the nation and the world. In this effort, the trustees, faculty and staff at Temple University wish you good luck and Godspeed. Marvin Wachman 17

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President Marvin Waclnman 16 14

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Temple University Vice-Presidents 1979-1980 Mr. Marvin B. Klein Executive Vice President, Temple Hospital Dr. Leo M. Henikotf Vice President for Medical Affairs also Dean, School of Medicine Mr. Jannes Logan Vice President for Financial Affairs 18 :