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

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Lest We Forget Staff Editor Jim Covington Asst. Editor Ed Arquitt Class Editor Len Orr Feature Editor Emily Fuller Sports Editor Frank Dyer, Jr. Organizations Editor Shelia Rhodes Marty Springer Art Editor Melinda Russell Jill Russell Betty Holly Business Manager Phillip Dame Jim Jones Mack Taylor Photographer Earl Harrison Typist Nancy Upchurch Advisor Jesse Smith I 1

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Dr. Warren F. Jones The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. ROBERT FROST After quoting these lines before a university audience, Mr. Frost was asked what he meant by ng he had promises to keep. Mr. Frost replied he had promises to keep to his ancestors, to contemporaries, to his successors, to himself, and to God. Those were the words of a poet, but ley have been the life of Dr. Warren F. Jones . . . Because he has kept his promises to his ancestors by accepting the challenge to continue to im- prove Union as an academic institution from a lone building one hundred and thirty-eight years ago, by exemplifying by his own character the personality of Union ' s whole administration, and by main- taining the fire of Union ' s spirit. Because he has kept his promises to his contemporaries by completely devoting his life for eighteen years to Union University, by adding or rehabilitating nearly a dozen permanent buildings, by estab- lishing the accreditation of this University, by expanding its curriculum, and by adding and strength- ening new departments, but yet never losing sight of Union ' s goal: to create a center of intellectual activity with a spiritual end. Because he has kept his promises to his successors by working for the future well-being of both the student and the college and by establishing a University with an undefeatable spirit of progress and pioneering that will remain a challenge for the people who will follow him. Because he has kept his promises to himself, by even in the midst of his busy life, finding time to read and think, and grow, by never being impatient with people and never being too busy to stop and talk, to offer a kindly word, and by bringing himself to be respected as a worthwhile citizen, not only of the college but the community in which he lives. Because he has kept his promises to God, by continuously trying to strengthen the magnitude and stability of his Christian character, by bringing to students a larger concept of the intellectual con- tent of religion, and by serving his denomination through leading in all areas to help find the truth. And because of these and all other reasons which we are unable to express — because he did for this University in eighteen short years what many thought a century could not accomplish, we dedi- cate this, the 1963 Lest We Forget to DR. WARREN F. JONES President of Union University

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