West Texas A and M University - Le Mirage Yearbook (Canyon, TX)

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To Our Students: This is an important era in the history of the world. The many changes now being made in governmental activity, in economic ideals, in industrial organization, and in social and spiritual concepts are basic factors in rebuilding national, state, and individual security. So far as I can tell, only one class of our people fail fully to feel the immediate or permanent ef¬ fects of the depression. That class is represented by the earnest seeker of truth—the efficient stu¬ dent. Power to think effectively, the ability to live worthily, and a genius to create permanent values are not bound by time, place, and material alone. These qualities are the fruitage of people who would seek to know. In the hands of such individuals, the disturbing changes now produc¬ ing a distressed world will become a blessing to God’s children everywhere. I congratulate you upon the opportunity you have at this time! Sincerely, PAGE 27 03 lOU o-rioi -Q-TPt- H A SOtT® «IXLJJ-V0;b;

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Dear Friends: The quality of one’s life is pretty much revealed by the strength of his aspiration to learn. To be ignorant is no disgrace if one has an unquenchable desire for knowledge; to be ignorant without such desire is to be a part of the burdensome mass of human driftwood. The value of one’s life is pretty much determined by the use he makes of the learning he ac¬ quires. A learned crook is a greater social liability than is an ignorant one, but a learned gentleman is the republic’s greatest security. It is hoped that your college experience has both strengthened your desire to know and given social purpose to your increased knowledge. In such results are to be found the main purpose of all true education and the most abiding happiness of mankind. Cordially yours, President of College. U i PAGE 26

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DEAN OF WOMEN The threefold aspect of the work of a dean of women is administrative, academic, and social, all of which terminate in the welfare of women students. In substituting for Dean Geraldine Green, I have been impressed by the fact that her duties are limited only bv her strength and by the hours in the day, and that the desired result of the work of every dean of women should be a unique womanhood, broad enough to utilize all her de¬ veloped possibilities for service, deep enough to insure stability in all the stress of life, and flexible enough to adapt her to any right demand of changing social conditions.’ The effectiveness of the dean’s work for 1935-36 has been due to the support, co-operation, and good-will of the faculty and student body. For this happy ending of the year we are most mateful to you. Sincerely, PACE 28