Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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“Our task — the central mission of the liberal arts — is to teach as much as we are able about the necessary universe — to be surveyed, about how to define problems, and about probabilities and projections which allow the solving of problems. We must train our students in questioning and caring. To be liberally educated, they must know something of the history of mankinds’ thinking, economic and social realities of choice-making and planning: They must learn to see themselves through another’s eyes with colorful per- spective: they must know enough of the mind of the scien- tist so that they will not be the victims of mindless technol- ogy; and they must learn to communicate with even greater precision and beauty.”

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At first we felt but shadows-small and wished Our Swift return to realms of peace, half-vague Where laughter, music, nectar sweet had ruled With Jove in airy court, touched o’er with stars; But plucked by Prometheus from that bliss, flung down Through space, to earth we came, from earth we grew, And on a round and crusty globe we found Our home on dimple small near sparkling pond Which we here praise and hail with love; for here Swift-snaring ’wareness enveloped our minds with proof Of heavens high, horizons wide, and on The clear, sharp, frosty nights, we raised our eyes To gaze upon the milk-white stairs Rose tier on tier to reach the topmost crust Of grave Olympus; on its heights, her hand Outstretched, with smiling pride, our Nike stood, Her wings, unfurl’d thundering bolts of wisdom clear, Her pearl-grey eyes flash’d thundering bolts of strength, With steel-bound bridle sent Pegasus whose reins We all part guide; and now, o’er striving years Upon his winged back, the summit we tred And Vict’ry’s welcome meet; her hand sweeps wide, Our gaze, in following, surveys the earth... . “There buds the promise of celestial worth!”

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PRESIDENT ALICE F. EMERSON “We are surrounded by ITIES. table opportun iInsuUrmMOUN