University of Bridgeport - Wistarian Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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The TiTle of This arTicle, slighTly alTered, becomes The keyword oT our generaTion. Forward. The word iTselT connoTes The resT- less undercurrenT ThaT has inTensiTied man's recenT advancemenT. We are now riding a cresT of invenTive achievemenT. New ideas have spurred manuTacTure and Trans- porTaTion. Very recenTly men have begun To musTer Their Trail sTrengTh and uTilize Their inTelligence To probe The mysTeries of The universe. Gropingly. sTeadily. man' conTinues To exTend his masTery over The elemenTs. The world we are abouT To enTer is brillianT. Tense, and challenging: iT is a place where new achievemenTs and new dangers are born simulTaneously. During This Time oT explosive advances, we here aT The UniversiTy have lived exacT- ly The same collegiaTe paTTern which our predecessors lived years ago. We sTudied unTil daybrealc: Then TorTiTied wiTh blaclc coffee. we wenT doggedly To class To be TesTed: we shelved our books in Tavor oT The baslceTball games. bull sessions. or daTes when The ThreaT oT menTal combaT was less imminenT: we spenT counTless hours discussing The adrninisTraTion, The world siTuaTion, The TaculTy, our classmaTes. Dur- ing our meTamophosis Trom adolescence To adulTs we shed coaTs of innocence. arrog- ance. and superficial independence, re- specTively. Finally, as The Time Tor gradu- aTion grew near, we grew senTimenTal and misTily Tond oT The place we had alTernaTe- ly libeled, boasTed oT, and complained abouT Tor Tour years. All This happened iusT as iT had years ago. This boolc is more Than a linlc beTween our TuTure and The secure and comTorTable pasT. IT is a reminder oT whaT we will be sTriving To mainTain. College - all The sTudy, companionable sTriving, and silly cusToms ThaT are an inTegral parT of ThaT insTiTuTion - is a segmenT of our Ameri- can way oT life which is noT a myThical, inTangible Thing - an absTracT Term - buT a composiTe oT all The ordinary daily rou- Tine Things our people do. FraTerniTy dances: examinaTions: The slow. paTienT cul- TivaTion of The mind: The sTeady Triclcle of nuTrienTs To The inTellecT: all are viTal To The healTh of our people and our na- Tion. So long as These seemingly mundane occurences are Tree To happen unmolesTed. our counTry will be able To provide men wiTh The abiliTies To harness successfully The new powers They engender. The pic- Tures in This boolc. Then, represenT more Than The pleasanT memories oT each of us: They represenT The way oT life iT is our duTy and our honor To preserve.

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There are men whose abiliTies To mold and nurTure indusTry mark Them as gianTs in American busi- ness. There are men who, prompTed by love oT mankind, share unselTishly Those resources which They pos- sess in greaTer abundance Than Their fellows. Such men are known as philanThropisTs. BoTh oT These deTi- niTions are exempliTied by lvlr. Charles A. Dana. When The new science building rises To grace our campus, iTs exisTence will be due largely To The ToresighT oT This man. The audiTorium which is To be a parT oT The building will owe iTs exisTence To The business man wiTh The idea ThaT The UniversiTy need- ed a place where sTudenTs mighT hear lecTures or, more imporTanT, parTicipaTe in religious services. Mr. Dana's varied and exTensive career illusTraTes his characTer. ln his youTh Mr. Dana aTTended The CuTler School and Columbia UniversiTy where he received his B. A. and M. A. degrees in law. l lis early career in corporaTion law led To a posiTion on The sTaTT oT The New York DisTricT ATTorney. For Three Terms Mr. Dana served as a prominenT Republican on The New York STaTe LegislaTure. l'-lis career in poliTics culminaTed in his serving as campaign manager Tor Theodore RoosevelT. As one mighT expecT oT a broad-minded, vigorous person, lvlr. Dana's inTeresTs cover a broad scope. While a young lawyer he spenT his vacaTions working as a cowhand on a Mexican ranch which he now owns. lvlr. Dana's presenT business aTTiliaTions include The Dana CorporaTion, oT which he is presidenT, and many oTher corporaTions in This counTry, Canada, England, and France, which necessiTaTe his Traveling aT leasT Twice The disTance around The eguaTor each year. Age and experience have sharpened Mr. Dana's abiliTy and heighTened his achievemenTs: iusT lasT year The UniversiTy oT Toledo awarded him an honorary degree Tor his abiliTy To organize new indusTries. lvlr. Dana is primarily a business man. l-le considers his paTronage oT The UniversiTy an invesTmenT - an invesTmenT in youTh and in a sTronger naTion. WiTh ToresighT - ThaT same ToresighT ThaT has enabled him To amass a business empire - lvlr. Dana saw ThaT The TaciliTies oT The UniversiTy soon would be in greaTer demand and ThaT a new science building would in- crease opporTuniTies Tor many. l'le has remarked ThaT all successTul businesses succeed because oT good organizaTion. l-le believes, as do The sTudenTs, ThaT The U.niversiTy has an exemplary organizaTion in iTs TrusTees, adminisTraTors, and TaculTy. l-le has placed his conTidence in The organizaTion: conTidence ThaT Those oT us who are leaving will do crediT To The UniversiTy by succeeding in our chosen Tields: ThaT Those oT us who remain will conTinue To uTilize To The besT oT our abiliTy The opporTuniTies Tor beTTermenT ThaT we Tind here. lT is in appreciaTion of This TrusT'ThaT This book is dedicaTed To Charles A. Dana.