University of San Francisco - USF Don Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Dedication: Zo the continued expansion of the University, both academic and physical Progress is as essential to the life of a University as it is to the exist-tence of a city. It was progress that struck the keynote of the academic year 1957-1958: Two huge edifices rose at opposite comers of campus, the Memorial Gymnasium and the Faculty Residence Building; plans were announced for the landscaping of the middle of campus and plans formulated for the proposed science building, next structure in the University’s multi-million dollar expansion program; from the Vice-President’s office came the announcement of a Psychology major to be initiated next year, with groundwork beginning for a Sociology department. It is to this progress, both physical and academic, that we of the Don staff wish to dedicate this year’s annual; may the University in years to come continue in its growth and scope for a greater University of San Francisco and the greater glory of God.

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Dear Graduates Yours is the first class to step into the dawn of a new era, the Satellite Age. The launching of the first satellite moon by the Soviet Power was a challenge not only to our scientific, military, and educational processes, but to our very existence. As our good fortune would have it, our expert scientists have responded by sending our own satellites into the sky. The University of San Francisco will join its resources with those of other institutions of learning in meeting this problem that confronts our country. Most of you who are graduating will not be able to contribute directly in this race towards ballistic superiority. In another way, your contribution will be of the greatest value to your country. It is living day by day according to primary educational objectives set up by your University, namely the development of your moral, intellectual, and physical potentialities, with a view to promoting your individual and social good in this world, for eternal happiness in the next. In this way, you will be better men and women for your country, as well as for God.