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

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Page 7 Advisors’ Message To The Class of 19 % During the past four years you have been a student at the University of Rhode Island. You began your work at the University in September 1952 with en- thusiasm and high hopes for the future. We hope that you have enjoyed the four years of your life here on the campus, that they have been profitable and that your dreams of college life have been realized. A milestone has now been reached in your career. As you leave the University of Rhode Island we hope you will take with you not only the memories of four years of gracious living but also the substance acquired by association with your fellow students and faculty which will enable you to live effectively throughout your entire life. The faculty has passed on to you their personal experiences and interpreted the recorded history built up through the ages in whatever your selected course of study. We hope you will reflect on the fortunate experience that has been your privilege. Wisdom comes with age and experience based on a firm foun- dation which you have now received. Happiness and a useful life are the results of wisdom. You will remember many times in the future the pleasant experiences you have enjoyed at the Univer- sity of Rhode Island. Do not close this chapter in your life as completed. Remember and maintain throughout life the friendships you have established here. Use continuously the information and knowl- edge you have received here. As the years accumulate you will more and more realize the unique experience that has been yours. Our hope is that you have some appreciation of the value of a successful college career in order to immediately begin your future. You now disperse in many directions following your chosen path in life. Our sincere wishes for suc- cess and happiness go with you. Return to your Uni- versity whenever you have an opportunity in order that we may share your success and shine by reflected glory. We are proud of you. Ave atque vale. Parks, Margaret M. and W. George Class Advisors

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President’s Message To Members of the Class of 1956: Those of you who heard Robert Frost when he visited us last December will recall that he referred to the sacred right to know” as reflecting the philosophy of higher educa- tion, particularly of a land-grant university such as ours. The sacred right to know,” as he put it, what you are smart enough to find out — and what you are deep enough to understand!” Your four years in college have given you the opportu- nity to exercise this right — to find out and to understand the things which make life meaningful, which prepare for useful, successful careers, and which contribute to personal happiness and satisfaction. You have learned these things not only from your teachers, but also from your fellow stu- dents; not only in classroom and laboratory, but even more, perhaps, in campus activity — in dormitory and fraternity house bull sessions,” in the relaxed atmosphere of the Union snack bar, in the harmony of music, in team play on the athletic field, in dramatic production, in campus walks and talks, and in dozens of other ways. Here you have found a valuable educational experience. These enriching adventures are mirrored in the pages of The Grist. Here, permanently recorded, are the varied incidents of college life, which, pieced together, form the background scene before which you have played your role in the campus drama of the passing year. For years to come your copy will serve as a reminder of the people and the events which have contributed to your personal develop- ment and helped to prepare you to be of service to the world.” You could not take away with you a more appro- priate memento of your college days. Carl R. Woodward Page 6

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BOARD of TRUSTEES AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Members of the Board of Trustees of State Colleges meet on alter- nate months at Kingston. They are (l.-r.) Walter F. Farrell, Mrs. J. M. Ramos, Frederick C. Tanner, Dr. James P. Adams, chairman; Miss Caroline E. Haverly, Dr. Michael F. Walsh and Arthur F. Hanley, the U. R. I. alumni member of the board.