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

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Rightly, wisely and justly have you chosen the theme for the 1955 Knoll. In the past four years you have ex- perienced some of the trials and discomforts as well as some of the joys and triumphs of progress. You have shared in the realization of part of what is envisioned for our college. The sharing has meant adaption on your part to unavoidable confusion and change. You have always responded with patience, versatility and ingenuity in making these necessary adjustments. We have watched you grow in stature and in wisdom as you, too, have moved forward. Next fall you will assume your place among those who guard our heritage and transmit our culture. You will help prepare young minds and personalities which can adjust to this rapidly changing scientific and technological age. Help the children you teach to grow as you have grown and to react to change as you have reacted here. In addition to all these responsibilities you will have a share in the progress of our democracy . In the young people you will teach is the hope for progress of our great country. Work with them as you have worked with us. Bring to them the fine examples of character you have shown here. They will be better citizens for having known you. hncuoJ d % A ' coup corJ A measure of progress demands an understanding of the aims and objectives of a group. When first you came to the College, your aim was primarily to do what you could toward becoming an elementary or music educator. As you sought to achieve this goal, you recognized that many academic and social advancements were necessary to become a worthy member of the teaching profession. Now that you are ap- proaching graduation, you have realized the ultimate ob- jective. But progress, personally, academically, and pro- fessionally are not easily and completely attained. The future holds many years of continued growth and develop- ment. That your potential is abundant, you have already proved, but let us hope that you have learned the lesson of Chaucer ' s Clerk of Oxenford, who humbly realized this truth .... And gladlv wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. Ic ' A-

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June, 1955 Dear Mr. Malone, When we were freshmen, four years was an endless length of time. Yet one by one, they have slipped away, and now, almost without warning, we are about to leave our college for the last time. We take with us unforgettable memories— some carefree, some more serious— but all warm and vivid because you are part of them. Do you remember our first days together, when the Class of 1955 hobbled up and down stairways, preceded by the clanking of tin can belts , and the rattling of newspaper blouses? You must have been impressed— or perhaps stunned is a better word— by these, the future teachers of America. During this time of initiation, we became convinced that Juniors had but one aim in life, and that was to make Freshmen as miserable as possible. We soon learned, however, that this was but a superficial impression, and that beneath the stern faces were laughing hearts filled with a spirit of kindness and sincerity. Soon after initiation, we were made acquainted, through our Orientation Class (sub- title— What Every Freshman Show Know ) with what our future life at L. T. C. was to be. Our teacher, Miss Marguerite Gourville, then dean and now director of placement, was then as she is now, our guide. During our years here she has given us many messages, but this, her last to us, will remind us of the helpful advice of them all. 9