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

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PROFESSOR ELIZABETH NEILSON To give light to them that sit in darkness, to guide our feet in the way of peace. Class Adviser ' s Message The Clipper Ship has completed its last voyage. To each member of this experi- enced crew, congratulations. You have all passed the many qualifications necessary to afford you the rating of a navigator. Your undergraduate professional duties have been completed. You are ready to leave the training ship. You will now await your assignment to take your place as the navigator of your own ship, as you embark upon new waters with every ex- pectation of bringing your ship to port safely at the end of each yearly excursion. Your work is just beginning. If you wish to remain as the navigator of your ship and soon become a captain, remember, Life ' s greatest achievement is the continual re- making of yourself so that at last you know how to live. Avoid following the pattern established by the mass and, as an individual leader, as a navigator in your community, lead others to higher levels desired by all true Americans and by God. i niPlPniMHii I.M1 [Uttlll PttMiknrxiiiiitfl

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Dedication To you, Miss Neilson, we dedicate this book. In doing so, we have many happy memories and grateful thoughts. You have been our guiding light, our inspiration, and our constant helper. As Freshmen, new and inexperienced in college, we unanimously chose you as our class adviser. Despite the many duties with which you were already burdened, you accepted us wholeheartedly. Freshmen need so much assistance, and you gave generously of your time and effort. We were poor little Sophomores who had gone astray, but you were there to lead the way. Would some of us have ever reached our present point in our voyage with- out your assistance? We know the answer is Never! Our Junior year came, and with it we were separated. The question of remaining unified was paramount in our minds. Seeking your admiration we worked together for the benefit of our class. In such a way you helped people going in different directions to continue to work as a unit. As Seniors, reaping the reward of four years of study, we bow and pay tribute to you, Miss Neilson. Thank you for every minute you have spent with us and for every hour you have spent worrying about us. You have shown us how we should live in a world of changing values. You have taught us to put our faith in God and in the good life. By your life of service to humanity you have encouraged us to aspire to such a noble calling.

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DOCTOR DANIEL O ' LEARY Build me straight, Worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel! That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle! President ' s Message You are leaving us to enter what is perhaps the noblest of the pro- fessions and the finest of the arts, whose true rewards cannot be stored up in earthly banks. You will give to our youth in their impressionable years, the enduring truths by which they will live and die. To be a teacher is to be one of the company of the greatest of mankind. To be a good teacher is an art, an art so great and so difficult to master that a man or woman can spend a long life at it without realizing much more than his limitations and mistakes and his distance from the ideal. None deserve better of the nation than our teachers. None are more forgotten. Yet the joy of conquering ignorance, of bringing thought into the world, is itself sufficient reward. Recall how Dante greeted his old teacher, Brunetto Latini, when he met him in the Inferno, M ' ise- gnate come l ' uomo s ' eterna - You taught me how man makes himself immortal. Be this your goal in life and in your new profession.