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

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Each of these characteristics is vital. Should any of them he deficient, the University is proportionately less a “University. It cannot fully function as a society or as a member of society. Excellence in many facets cannot counterbalance shortcoming in even one other facet. A University may justifiably boast of its new buildings, its athletes, and its location; but if it cannot boast of this excellence in its faculy. its curriculum, and its relative standing among other institutions, it is not a true University. Those who personify these ideals arc the cohesive, vitalizing. and motivating forces of this University. It is their involvement which propels the University in its quest for excellence. The 1965 Don is dedicated to these many who, in ways both great and small, have committed themselves to their University and their society. The 1965 Don is dedicated to dedication. 7

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To be able to recognize the value of ideas, the mature student must take an active part in developing his human faculties. He must rise above the modem tendency toward self-security and passivity. Unless he suppresses the self-centered spirit which inhibits his involvement in anything but his own world. the student will condemn himself to exile from society, unable to develop his human potentialities. Essentially this development demands commitment to conscience. The individual must honestly arrive at his own beliefs, giving due consideration to all facets and viewpoints. Only by doing so will he be able to fully identify himself with those ideas in his everyday life. But beyond this internal commitment to self, the individual must make a positive commitment to his society. For the world in which he lives belongs to and exists for him. He cannot withdraw from the world around him. but must recognize the unique contribution which he has to make to it. Society, like the human beings which comprise it. has distinct capacities, goals, and needs. These ran only be fulfilled by the self contributions of each of its members. The University itself is a member of a still larger society. As such. it. too. has definite commitments and responsibilities demanded by its relationship to this society. Just as the University stimulates and contributes to the development of its members, so also should it extend this stimulation and contribution to the larger body of which it is a memlwr. It should do so by commiting itself as a whole, and by graduating mature, competent members of society.

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Table of Contents Administration and Faculty-10 Students - 66 Activities -164 Athletics - 258 Highlights of the Year - 314 8 IK I