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

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DR. RICHARD A. SABATINO Class SbbisorS jWeSSage To the Class of 1937: Greetings! Congratulations! Well Done! What good luck, too, to be graduating at the peak of the boom! No class has ever had better opportunities. Lest you become intoxicated by the prospects of material success, however, let me remind you of a few sobering facts. We have a literary rate of above 90 per cent of the population. We have radio, television, movies, and a newspaper a day for practically everyone. But instead of giving us the best of past and present literature, music and thought, these media fill the minds of men with the cheapest trash, lacking any sense of reality or good taste. We have reduced the average working hours to about one-half what they were one hundred years ago. We have more free time than our forefathers ever hoped to have. But what has happened? We don’t know how to use it. We try to kill” the time we have saved. Instead of thirsting for knowledge and seeking the truth, we strain for riches and release from boredom. Beware! Good Luck! Sincerely, d ' DR. RICHARD A. SABATINO Class Advisor

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To the members of the Class of 1957: A t the opening convocation last fall, I ventured the forecast that the year ahead — your senior year — would be a year to remember. As I write this in the middle of November, only two months later, events have already indicated that, indeed, the year 1956- 57 will be a year to remember, for noteworthy things have been happening here on the campus and throughout the world. Having seen senior classes come and go, I know how quickly this year will pass for you. Also, as commencement time approaches, you will have a sense of regret that your rich experiences must come to a close. Undergraduate years are now receding in the background, and more and more as these months have passed, you have been concerned with the pro- fessional and specialized phases of your study and with your post-graduation plans. You are about to make the transition from undergraduate to alumnus. You will take with you many fond and lasting mem- ories of your past four years. Sometimes the college years have been defined as the richest years of one ' s life. True, college is and should be an enriching experience, but if it has accom- plished its purpose, you will not be able to say, at some future time, that those were your richest years. Rather they have been the preparation for a greater fulfillment which lies ahead. If while at college you have achieved the dual objective of learn- ing how to live and how to make a living, then the college is but the foundation upon which you will build the structure of a still happier, more rewarding time to follow in the achievement of life ' s great objectives. Because of the role college has played in your growth, it should become a permanent part of your life. Your alma mater has become an inseparable part of your personality. You may leave the campus physically, but will always carry it with you spiritually. Yes, 1956-57 will be a year you will long remember. And the 1957 issue of THE GRIST will help you to remember it. Our best wishes will always attend you. Sincerely, 8 CARL R. WOODWARD President DR. CARL R. WOODWARD President

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15oarb ©f Trustees Members of the Board of Trustees of State Colleges meet on alternate 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, Arthur F. Hanley, and Dr. Michael F. Walsh. (l.-r.) George A. Ballentine, Stephen T. Crawford, Olga P. Brucher, John F. Quinn, Mason H. Campbell, John C. Weldin, Dr. Carl R. Woodward (chairman), Harold W. Browning, Robert W. Harrison, Joseph Cain, Evelyn B. Morris, and Louise White. ©xetutibe Countil