University of Wisconsin Stevens Point - Horizon / Iris Yearbook (Stevens Point, WI)

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PRtSIDtNT MYtR As a parting word, permit me to express to you students who read these lines my sincere appreciation for the many fine things which you have said and done and for the exceptionally fine spirit which you have so continually manifested toward all of the better things of college life. Your Alma Mater has been particularly successful in all of its activities during the past year because you have so willingly and cheerfully done your part. If you enter into your professional life with the same fine attitude that has characterized your student life, success in marked measure should be yours. Personally, I shall always remember with joy the years spent with you, and my good wishes will go with you through life. Yours sincerely,

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REGENT MARTENS Herbert Spencer said that the function of education is to prepare one for complete living. The keynote of a full life is service to others. That entails not only forgetfulness of self, but also real self-sacrifice. Paradoxical as it may seem, happiness and contentment are attained to a fuller degree by a life consecrated to the service of others rather than by one dedicated solely, or even principally, to self. In training you young men and young women for your future careers, Central State Teachers College has that aphorism constantly in mind. Its faculty has emphatically demonstrated that it is imbued with the principle of doing for others unselfishly on many occasions, especially in giving its time freely and whole-heartedly to the work of the night school without expectations of any reward other than the satisfaction that doing for others gives. No class of individuals has so many opportunities for social service as have teachers of the young and adolescent. No class does more to regulate the habits and thus mold the characters of our future men and women. The school-room is a worthy adjunct of the home and of the church. It supplements and completes the work of each. This trinity—the home, the church, and the school —pre-eminently exemplifies the spirit of unselfish devotion for the good of others. Yours, young men and young women, is a high calling. If you carry with you through life the ideas and ideals mculcoted at Central State, your careers will be thoroughly happy and contented ones—ones devoted principally to the welfare of your fellow-man.