University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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DR. JOHN A. PERKINS, President People who do not really know what higher educa- tion is about may be shocked that there should be any doubt of what you have gained from your undergraduate education, or, indeed, from the graduate studies some of you have carried to completion, After all, the un- initiated say, you are receiving a degree! Certainly, all concerned should know why, Indeed, we do know why, But a degree is not the true purpose or significance of your education. The degree 15 but the end of the formal educational accounting process. In the accumulation of credits for a bachelor's, master's, or doctor's degree, obviously you have garnered more than credits. You have accumulated some knowledge. More important than your sum total of knowledge, you have come to the realization that there 1s an infinite lot still to be learned. Some college graduates have been led to believe that not only is the world their oyster, but it would be served to them on the half-shell. Let me disabuse your minds of that notion. The oyster may be yours, for the world belongs to each peneration as it matures. But to open it and enjoy a feast of happiness presents a hard, disagreeable job. Cuts and bruises are certain, You may not open the oyster at all. It could slip out of your hands into the abyss of a timeless future. Given leisure, an intelligent Greek would, of course, employ it in thinking and learning. That was what made leisure priceless. And the same idea, the same reasoning, must hold for you. The cuphoria on our campus stems, in part, from a growing sense that ours is a singular purpose and a very high calling. Together we are all in the business that matters maost ta our civilization's progress. It must succeed if all else is not to fail. Knowing this, and where we are, and whither we are tending, we shall, pray God, know what to do and bew to do it. e

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REFLECTIONS IN STILL WATER I watched the pond without lifting my eyes; Shadow of leaves on shadow skies; Scarves of color twining through haze And a bright bird flying with wings ablaze; A bird flying over, the day in flight, And I watched him pass without lifting my eyes. It was enough, the shadow of delight, The shadow of a bird over shadow skies. The first white star unbound her hair; The water trembled, and she was there Setting her foot on the darkening mirror While round her the trees of night leaned nearer; They gathering dark, she gathering light, And I watched the pond without lifting my eyes; It was enough, the shadow of night, The shadow of a star in the shadow skies. R. S Hillyer Copyright, Alfred Knopf, 1947

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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ex Officio The Governor of the State of Delaware, J. Caleb Boggs 1953, Dover The President of the State Board of Education, Vincent A, Theisen 1957, Wilmington The Master of the State Grange, Paris C. Kirhy 1958, Milford The President of the University, John A. Perkins 1950, Mewark From New Castle County Walter J. Beadle 1951 - BRR. o P J. Bruce Bredin 1957 John P. Cann 1933 R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. 1945 S. Carpenter, Jr. 1959 HEcnry B. du Pont 1944 .. . S P Henry F. du Pent 1918 Life Term Trustct: Madalin W, James Mrs. Albert James 1939 John G. Leach 1948 George Burton Pearson, Jr., 1119511 Granville M. Read 1954 Richard Rodney 1932 H. Redney Sharp 19135 Life Term Trustcc James M. Tunnell, Jr. 1954 b 5 e T R S Ernest S. Wilson 1954 .. T e T George M. Fisher 1939 J. Allen Frear, Jr. 19350 Harold W, Horsey 1926 Charles L. Terry, Jr. 1956 Arthur F, Walker 1933 Henty V. P. Wilson 1939 . From Sussex County Elbert M. Carvel 1943 Joseph L, Marshall 1945 Warren C. Newton 1921 Otis H. Smith 1958 Naomi P. Townsend Mrs. Charles P. Townsend l:l942:i Preston C, Townsend 1941 G. Franklin Waples 1948 LT OFFICERS OF THE BOARD W, 8. Carpenter, Jr., President Warren C. Newton, Vice-President John P. Cann, Secretary and Treaswrer Honorary Counselor to the Board Hugh M. Morris . Wilmington Wilmington MNewark Montchanin . Wilmington . Wilmington Winterthur Wilmington .. Wilmington . Wilmington Wilmington MNew Castle .. Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Woudmd: .. Dover ............. Milford