University of Massachusetts Lowell - Sojourn / Knoll Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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those things which make Lowell Teachers College more than a four-walled building of learning. You have incited in us a greater appreciation of the finer, deeper, more beautiful things of life. For, as you have shown, in the end these alone are lasting, steadfast and impenetrable. Be- cause of your love for the verities you have instilled in us a greater realization of the true meaning of our chosen profession and we have been imbued with the desire to attain our greatest possible goal. You have guided us safely through four years of uncertainty and unrest; you have imparted to us true knowledge, skills, attitudes, ideals and habits which will serve as a background for our entire lives; we have been enriched intellectually, spiritually, socially, and aesthetically. Through this integration, we have truly been taught the art of living. ' - ' When one receives a gift which means a great deal to him, he not only tries to prove worthy of this gift but desires to give something in return. In like manner we, as seniors, in return wish to make a gift of ourselves, — living and displaying the ideals and principles you have infused in us. We hope that our lives and peda- gogical efforts may prove that your faith in us has not been in vain. Above all, we pledge that everything we do in our future lives will reflect most favorably on our alma mater and we will prove worthy addi- tions to Lowell Teachers College gradu- ates. As long as truth, beauty, and culture prevail in our lives we can never forget what you stand for, — as Wordsworth more deftly expresses it: — And when the stream was passed away, It had left deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, — images and precious thoughts of thee That shall not die, and cannot be des- troyed. [9]

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FACULTY To President Dugan, and our Faculty, we the class of nineteen hundred and forty-three, humbly offer our sincere grati- tude for the many ways in which you en- deared yourselves to us. We thank you for your unending patience, untiring helpful- ness, genuine friendliness, willing guid- ance, sympathetic understanding, and un- failing confidence. These words can convey so little, yet mean so much to us through the years. They are qualities which de- mand and maintain our deepest admiration and respect. However, you have exhibited to us other qualities which we find difficult to express in words. Perhaps they can best be understood by saying that they are [8]

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FRIEND « WILLIAM E. RILEY