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

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PRESIDENT DANIEL J. O ' LEARY Our Conductor Confucius once wrote : A good singer makes others follow his tune and a good educator makes others follow his ideal. For in teaching, it is the learning that counts, not the teacher; the music, not the musician; the student, not the College. Baton in hand, we have con- ducted you through the symphony of Col- lege years. Soon this performance will be over. But the music itself is immortal and the search for truth and knowledge never ending. So we trust that your eudaemonic quest may continue long after Com- mencement ends, when you leave us as Vergil left Dante, to proceed toward a region where our guidance can avail you no further. [6

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DEAN MARGUERITE L. GOURVILLE Our Assistant Conductor Why have you chosen the Symphony as your theme? Could it be that this musical composition which usually has four movements reminds you of the tem- po of your four years at college? First Movements sound happy and complacent — Allegro; Second Movements often have a quiet intensity and an atmosphere of tenseness and of melancholy — Andan te; Third Movements are beautifully clear and simple in structure with the middle section moderating the tempo — Minuet; Final Movements have occasional out- bursts but mostly note seriousness and drama — Finale. Remember that the final movement of a symphony may take the mood dic- tated by the composer - - but is usually brilliant in style. [7]