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

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DENNIS J. ROBERTS Governor STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Cr PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS EXECUTIVE CHAMBER PROVIDENCE DENNIS J ROBERTS GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE To the Graduates of 1958: It is a privilege to extend to the University of Rhode Island Class of 1958 the sincere congratulations and best wishes of the people of Rhode Island. We honor you for your having accepted the disciplines of intellectual life, for your advance in know- ledge, and for your diligence and perseverance in a chosen course of study. The achievement of a degree from your Alma Mater is a coveted honor which we all recognize and respect. Also, it is our hope that your graduation from the University of Rhode Island will mean for you the com- mencement of a life of opportunity and accomplishment, both for yourself and your fellow man. May you know the joy of personal success and may you also experience the rich reward of service to the community. As Governor of Rhode Island, I salute you and wish you well as you move forward in the challenging adventure of life. With kindest regards, I am Sincerely your Dennis J. Roberts Governor

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DEDICATION We, the Class of 1958, dedicate this book to President Carl Woodward. As 1958 marks our last year at the Uni- versity of Rhode Island so does this year also mark the retire- ment of President Woodward. He has long been a tireless worker for Rhode Island and the outstanding additions which have been made here are an undeniable testimony to his achievements. Hailing from New Jersey and a graduate of Rutgers University he has brought to this university qualities of patience perserverance and hard work as a scholar and rec- ognized leader in the academic world he may well leave U. R. I. with a strong sense of accomplishment. The 1958 Grist is dedicated to a man who unmistakably possesses the highest qualities of scholarship and tenacity of purpose. 6

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE To Members of the Class of 1958: For a number of years the editor has invited me to give a personal message to the senior class in the columns of the Grist. This year I am especially grateful for the privilege because, with the time of my retirement approaching, it will be my last message as President of the Uuniversity to the members of the graduating class. This means that we share something in common. We are both graduating” from the University at the same time! Hence I shall always feel associated with the Class of 1958. While commencement next June will mark the termination of our full time engagement in University affairs, of course this does not and should not mean our permanent separation. I hope all of you as alumni will keep alive and close your ties with your alma mater, always to feel a sense of indebted- ness for what it has done for you, of dedication to its best interests, and of responsibility for its good name and its future welfare. Just as you must feel that your past four years on this campus have been rich and rewarding ones, so I can testify that my seventeen years at the University of Rhode Island have been equally so. There is one difference between your situation and mine. While I shall now be looking back upon the main part of my professional career, all of you have yours to look forward to — in one of the most interesting and stimulating times in the world’s history. In entering upon your chosen careers, I am sure you will find your four years of college a priceless preparation for meeting the challenges of the future. May life’s richest blessings ever attend you! ) — CARL R. WOODWARD DR. CARL R. WOODWARD President J