University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Chester M. Alter Chancellor 6

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The next four years will witness the placement of special attention in the areas concerned with the enrichment of the mind through inquiry and creativity. Liberal fields of study will be enlarged; more doctoral studies will be offered; and the improvement of admission requirements will be provided. A Fine Arts and Communication Center, the completed Boettcher Center, a new UPC location for the College of Business Administration, su- perior lalwratory, library, and faculty advising facilities, a new health center, modern classroom buildings, and additional physical education facilities will all appear on the campus within the near future. It is to the Centennial Class, the Graduating Class of 1964, with the hope that it will fufill its theme — for the University of Denver, for the community in which it resides, and for itself — that this 1961 Kynewisbok is dedicated.

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 1961 KYNEWISBOK WELCOME A hundred years is a long time in the life of a man. But in the life span of a university, the first one hundred years is a time for putting down roots, for gathering strength, for accommodation to the soil in which it grows. In the life of a man, a one-hundredth anniversary can only be a time for looking backward; in the life of a university, it should be a time for examination of an inspirational past, but with an eye to a more productive future. To a university, in a special sense, ‘the past is only prelude.’ “A university, principally and uniquely, lives in the future, in the thoughtful and productive lives of those young men and women who each year pour out of its halls and into the mainstream of the world's life which surges only forward toward tomorrow.” The above words were written more than five years ago when the University first formally looked toward plans for its Centennial Celebration in 1964. This autumn our Centennial Class, to whom this edition of the Kynewisbok is dedicated, was admitted, the graduation of its members to come on our 100th anniversary'. Induction of the Centennial Class marked the introduction of the Centennial theme, culminating that five year search: “THE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL AND A FREE SOCIETY IN AN EXPANDING UNIVERSE. It followed by four days announcement of an historic $5 millon grant from the Ford Foundation to implement our plans to reach new peaks of excellence. And the ceremony climaxed those years of planning in which one thought has been paramount: that the Centennial period should be a period, not so much of surface celebration but rather a time of renewed dedication to the central function of the University itself. That obligation, I l elieve, cannot better be expressed than as it was in the charge to the Class of 1964, not only for their college years but the whole life that lies ahead: To value the life of the mind; To enlarge your capacities for curiosity and doubt; To devote yourselves to honest inquiry; To cling to seriousness of purpose; To earn the right of assurance; To live ahead of your time; To assume the obligations and the ethics of your intellectual gifts. To become responsible individuals, working together to build a free society in this universe that constantly expands in dimension and opportunity. Toward the fulfillment of these obligations, I urge you all and in the high effort their accomplishment demands, I wish you well. The times will accept no less from us. Chester Nl. Alter Chancellor 7