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

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In an age faced with conflicting ideologies, in a world in which knowledge has reached truly staggering proportions, it is trite to note that man has virtually lost his identity. And it is equally banal to comment upon the singular lack of success with which he has abrogated his conscience for the security of organizational iden- tity. Both points have been made ad nauseam by every public moralist. As a teacher, nevertheless, your most important task will be to restore the confidence of the individual in his own judgment by promoting a conscious knowledge of the self as well as of the world in which the self exists — to make it clear that the indi- vidual has existence beyond the conceptual world of which he is a part. Unless you can do this, your teaching will be in vain. No small part of your task as a teacher will be to impart to your students a vision of man ' s spiritual greatness while also developing a deep sense of suspicion for the Utopian — to give them a reference by which to distinguish the necessity for evaluation from the questionable luxury of relativism. To cope with these de- mands which your profession will make upon you, it will be necessary that you view your students as being something more than the antiseptic ingredients of a laboratory experiment and that you direct yourself by an interior sense of excel- lence which will make your opinion something more than another opinion in an or- ganization of opinion. Only to the degree that you can perceive yourself as a being capable of im- mense personal growth and that both the kind and extent of your development are clearly within your control can you make your students comprehend that their growth is irrevocably related to the growth of mankind. Carry with you into your teaching the encouraging words of Marcus Aurelius, who being assigned the task of preserving an order which had lost faith in itself accepted his responsibility man- fully. If thou workest at that which is before thee, following right reason se- riously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract thee, but keeping thy divine part true, as if thou shouldst be bound to give it back immediately; if thou holdest to this, expecting nothing, fear- ing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activities according to nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this. j£tyj f- y . f 7

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The Editors Dedicate the 1962 Knoll to Robert J. Foy During our collegiate life, the Class of 1962 has been proud to have you as our faculty advisor. To you, Mr. Foy, we dedicate this yearbook. Your scholarship has inspired a greater scholastic initiative on the part of your students. Your sincere interest in our class affairs has encouraged us to put forth our best possible efforts for their success. Your unfailing and generous help and advice have enriched our four years at this college, and have won our heartfelt gratitude.

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