University of Maryland Eastern Shore Campus - Hawk Yearbook (Princess Anne, MD)

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DR. lOHN TAYLOR WILLIAMS PRESIDENT

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT In 1947, John Taylor Williams said, like Archimedes, If I had a place to stand, I could move the world of Maryland State College. Twenty-one years later, the President is standing firmly on his place. He has seen major and minor miracles of growth that moved miniscule Princess Anne College to an institution of strength, not only on the Shore but throughout the nation. Contributing to the strength have been quadrupling the enrolment; quadrupling the actual buildings; and multiplying efforts to build new levels of academic accomplishment; for example, making scholarly research a reality on the campus. The full measure of valor, wisdom, sweat, toil and perhaps heartache given into his first twenty-one years by the President may never be written. But the reward is in the lives of hundreds of men and women whom Maryland State College has trained to become responsible, respectably employed citizens — be they scientists, educators, technicians, home-makers, or professional athletes. Challenged by unparalleled, fast-moving events toward the twenty-first century, our President re- dedicates himself, in his twenty-second year, to the ideal of development of the individual. He re-states that the College was founded for the individual student, and that this truth will never change.

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DEDICATION When one hears the peal of laughter and joy, all sorrows are forgotten. Smiling faces, warm hellos, and gleaming eyes make life wonderful to behold. But there is a place where souls are down-trodden and hardly is there gleam, laughter or joy. No echoes of laughter! No, just a mist of tears, for why would one smile when sickness, disease and wounds kill fast. No sun, no stars, no moon at all just mud and hills and gunshot sounds, death hews a ravaging path. Are these the sounds of victory, my friend, are these the signs of hope? Vietnam, in terms of distance today, is hardly far away from anyone ' s home. But to men who are like toy soldiers on the battlefield of death, in the woods of hell, or in the swamps of despair, home seems to be as far away as the sun. The situation in Vietnam today has enveloped the lives and futures of countless men, and altered, by death, the destinies of many. Barriers of hate are set between people and there are but very thin lines between caring, living, or dying. Our staff realizes the devoted involvement of our men in service of our country. We realize that their responsibilities are great and their job a very difficult one. Our tributes would be endless if we should endeavor to enumerate each noble virtue or accompHshment of these fighting men. Men of Maryland State College are also helping America ' s role in Vietnam. It is to these men from our campus we pay the highest tribute, and especially dedicate this yearbook. LOUIS M. HAYWARD 1943 - 1968 Viet Nam Hero MSC 1962 - 1965 HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE