William Carey College - Crusader / Pine Burr Yearbook (Hattiesburg, MS)

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A Generation of Great Expectations

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Carey: e all have them. They are the natural outgrowths of our hopes and dreams, what we have been, what we are now, and what we hope to be. Expectations are often grand and far-reaching. Yet, they are usually satisfied in the smallest ways: a shared moment oi touching, a note ot earnestly -played music, a handshake of congratulations, a laughter- inspiring performance . . . the list could Through Greek mythology, we learn that Pandora opened her box and released sorrow and misfortune to make their ways into the world. However, she is most remembered for freeing hope from that same box. The gifts of the gods to Pandora became eternal. Thousands of years after the ancient Greeks worshipped the Olympic gods and the gods chose to bestow upon them the gifts of Pandora, we are still acquainted with the contents of her box. Sorrow and misfortune — we all have dealt with them. They have holds on our lives as surely as they had on those of the Greeks. Hope is found in our expectations as Christians. We expect to succeed, to feel joy, to experience tomorrow after today. Hope is the deciding factor in overcoming misfortune and sadness. Hope can be found in the faces of the students of William Carey College. Great expectations — we all have them. They are the natural outgrowth of our hopes and dreams.

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ombining expectations and realistic plans — this is the purpose of college students. Many worlds merge together in the college experience; including the academic, the religious and the social. Dreams and visions of greatness are found in every facet of life, but the most universal vision of the college student is academic success. It is the one dream that reaches into the future and determines the extent to which we can succeed in life. We are given certain things upon which to build our futures, some of which are talents to develop, weaknesses to improve, emotions to define, and strengths to clarify. Many tasks are performed to perfect the base materials with which we begin. Every day brings any number of large or small tools we use to shape our inner selves. But, how much of the shaping of ourselves do we control? How much of our success is determined by our original gifts and how much of it do we determine in our shaping of those gifts? At William Carey College, we are given many things upon which to build our expectations. When we become students of the college, we inherit its traditions of Christian faith, educational achievement, and visions of greater tomorrows. May our individual dreams of excellence propel us toward the future in following the tradition of the future vision of William Carey College. 4 Theme