University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Q4 Wo1'b fo tba Kg!-ubenfs The craving oT mankind To learn and To aTTain higher levels oT knowledge has always been characTerisTic oT civilized socieTy. This is The mosT imporTanT reason Tor The enduring qualiTies oT educaTional insTiTuTions. Wars come and peace Trea- Ties are made, buT universiTies conTinue ThroughouT The ages. UniversiTies-True universiTies-have never changed in Their essenTial obiecTives-The search Tor TruTh. They vary in Their emphasesq They are oTTen made The Tools oT special inTeresTs: buT They conTinue To be The nurseries OT new ThoughT abouT The welTare oT conn mon man. T UniversiTies have a sacred duTy To preserve The heriTage oT Tree people and To mainTain The digniTy oT The individual. The people oT China believed ThaT The seeds oT learning were so imporTanT ThaT scholars were Torbidden To join The army, and The universiTies were moved Thousands oT miles inTo The inTerior oT China in order To re-esTablish in relaTive securiTy The cenTers oT learning which PresidenT Chiang Kai-shek TelT were The seeds oT hope Tor The posT-war era. lT seems clear, ThereTore. ThaT universiTies dedicaTed To pushing ouTward The TronTiers oT knowledge and allowing men and women To discover The TinesT in Them- selves are increasingly imporTanT in an age when The invenTions oT man can be so readily Turned To desTrucTion insTead oT being employed in The inTeresTs oT human happiness. Today There is a war To be won. And ouT oT This sTruggle musT come a world ThaT holds no reins on opporTuniTy. The UniversiTy oT Denver will conTinue To oTTer young people an opporTuniTy To search Tor TruTh ThroughouT These years oT world conTlicT, and dedicaTes iTselT To keeping alive The undying Tlame oT learning. Very sincerely yours,