University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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Board of Trustees A. Livingston Kelley, A.B., Chairman — North Kingstown Henry J. Blais, Jr., L.L.B., Vice Chairman — Pawtucket Sara L. Kerr, Ed.M., Secretary — Central Falls R. A. DeBucci, B.S. — Edgewood Virginia V. MacLeod, A.B. — Providence Francis I. McCanna, LL.M. — Providence Michael F. Walsh, Ed.D.— Newport 8

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The Class Advisor ' s Message Dr. Hartung A week or two before your editor asked me for a mes- sage to the class, I had a visit from an alumnus who had been away from Kingston for several years. During our discussion of the University he expressed some surprise over an item. Golly,” he said, are they still doing it that way here? When are they ever going to change and do it . . . and here he explained in great detail how the situation could be much improved. Have you ever written the Administration and made your views known,” I asked, After all it is still your Uni- versity.” No,” he replied, to tell the truth, I never thought about it until now.” This frank statement from a man who had been a leader in his class set me to thinking, and I decided to raise the point with the Class of ’54 at my first opportunity. This invitation to write a few lines for the Grist has provided the opportunity most significantly. During your four years here your class has distinguished itself not only in group performance, but also by the striking individual records, scholastic, intramural, and athletic which many of its members have made. Although I am not acquain- ted with each of you personally, the cross section which I do know has generally impressed me and won my respect. In short, ’54 is a fine group, and a group whose ideas and active support Rhode Island will continue to need. My message to the class, therefore, is a call for your mature interest in the University as alumni. By mature interest I am not referring merely to financial support, for money without ideas is sterile and gifts without thought and meaning are hollow indeed. What I would have from you for your Uni- versity is your enthusiasm, your continuing attention to its problems as it grows and has to meet new challenges, and your loyalty. Above all I would have these tangible and oft expressed. Interested alumni are the hallmarks of all our great colleges and universities. If you continue to work for U.R.I. you will contribute immeasurably to its sound growth. And as it grows it will continue, in turn, to reward you, its men and women, not only in the intangibles of satisfaction and pride, but concretely in service to the state. Perhaps an appeal of this sort is unorthodox coming from a faculty adviser; a hail and farewell,” is, I realize, far more usual. But it seemed to me most important that you hear from one who knew you well during your undergraduate days, that your University’s needs from you, for your ideas and thoughts, and its interest in you will continue to wax in the future as they have during the past four years. In closing with a wish of good luck and success to all of you, let me assure you, that I, too, as a part of your University, will follow your careers with warm interest. DR. ERNEST HARTUNG Class Advisor

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f The Executive Council George A. Ballentine, Ph.D., Dean, College of Business Miss Olga P. Brucher, Dean, College of Home Economics John F. Quinn, Ph.D., Dean of Men Mason H. Campbell, Ph.D., Dean of College of Agriculture John C. Weldin, Ph.D., Dean of Administration and Registrar Carl R. Woodward, Ph.D., President of the University Harold W. Browning, Ph.D., Vice-President and Dean of College of Arts and Sciences Evelyn B. Morris, Dean of Women Miss Mary-Jane Bacon, M.S., Assistant Professor of Food and Nutrition Kenneth Mairs, Met.E., Associate Professor of Metallurgy T. Stephen Crawford, Ph.D., Dean of College of Engineering Miss Louise White, A.M., Director of the School of Nursing 9