Union University - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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MRS. GRACE WILLIAMS

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DEDICATION... When the Staff of 1957 selected the theme of track, they felt it essential that this edition be dedicated to one who has contributed much to our athletic department. Mrs. Grace Williams, who has been consistent in Union ' s race for many years, making outstanding contributions along her course, has always pressed on toward higher goals. No one in West Tennessee has helped to train more of our coaches or knows more about our coaching problems than Mrs. Williams. Her guidance continues even beyond graduation day. This lady is well-known for her unique artistic talent in producing floats that are winners in any parade. Thanks to her efforts, if Union is entered, Union is the victor. Mrs. Williams has never embraced defeat; in fact, her spirit of optimism has been a source of inspiration to everyone at Union. Therefore, it is with humble admiration and appreciation that we dedicate this, the 1957 Lest We Forget, to one who has been a constant source of encouragement to every member of Union ' s complete team— MRS. GRACE WILLIAMS.

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Dear Friends: It is eminently fitting that your annual staff has chosen TRACK as the theme for the 1957 issue of LEST WE FORGET. This is appropriate not only because track is rapidly finding an important place in the athletic program of Union University, but because of more fundamental reasons and associations. The indivi- duality expressed and developed through the medium of track events is not unrelated to that which is cultivated and emphasized in the total purpose of liberal arts education. Self-confidence, self-depen- dence, self-assertiveness are qualities and attributes aligned with both. The Olympic Games in their original form combined athletics, poetry, and music, evolving in the process of time to athletic events only, and these events largely in the area of track. So, as we muse upon the theme of our year book we readily see that it is not farfetched, but an integral part of the philosophy of our college. One other application. Union is a college of Christian purpose. One of the most pungent scriptural analogies is found in the twelfth chapter of Hebrews in which the Christian is portrayed as a runner who lays aside his hindering impediments and launches out on a course with high purposes toward a clear objective. Lest You Forget the worthy goals toward which your college has directed you and the rich experiences which have been yours in the maturing process of college life, read often LEST WE FORGET. Sincerely, Warren F. Jones President =« ' 3 10