Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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ke year of our Cord, J 950 . . . A d, Cord permitting, tke year of our graduation, M tke new kalf-century opens Wellesley is eelebrating ker seventy- f if tk anniversary of tradition z to us it seems tkat we are leaving a known area for an unknown era, yet we do not leave entirely tkat wkiek during four years kas become so muck a part of our lives, Zaking witk us a certain essence of tke knowledge, tke experience, and tke spirit found kere in tke Known, we feel more tkorougkly prepared to meet tke emting years of tke Unknown witk confidence and courage.

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yf president of Wellesley, Mrs. Horton in- • stilled in her students not only faith in the importance of learning, but also belief in the necessity of using our education for purposes beyond self-interest. We of the class of 1950 are grateful to her for the theme of our year- book. In her Letter to the Alumnae, written in October, 1945, she said: Wellesley ' s ' ivory tower ' has clear win- dows and outward swinging doors. From its windows students see a wide and profoundly interesting world. Through its doors they emerge to serve that world with faithful honesty and honest faith. There is no doubt that we are living in an ivory tower at Wellesley; but we, too, feel that this atmosphere is the very one which best prepares us for facing the world of reality. We are getting something precious here — call it Education, an Ideal, or a Sense of Value. We do not deny having lived in an ivory tower : we do claim that we have discovered here that the just and the good are more than words. They are ways of life.

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