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essence of what I mean. He loves me, I know. But to him I am a mixture of the fun we have when I visit him in Iowa — of his satisfactions of digging into the sweet golden oranges I send from California, I suspect mostly, though, that he smeared a lemon grove to my Valentine because of his delight every day in watching and dancing to the SUNKIST lilt on Queen for a Day: Remember to Remember Lemons. That program, the oranges he eats, and our letters regularly link me to him even though we are thousands of miles apart I must admit that winter visits in my sunny Southern California home have influenced his idea about this particular grandmother. To him Fm all mixed up with such ideas as California — which to him is synonymous with SUNKIST — and tidcpooIs. Until he waded into one out on the West Coast, he associated one of astronomy's great subjects, "tides," with "Tide's In — Dirt's O u t " That is just a personal aside to point out that we like to be liked for what we do: The help we give another, the way we ask for help — the security and warmth of friends, old and new. For me as an individual it is a strength to know that I can do the tasks of today and tomorrow, if I set myself to them. And I can in my small way help others if I understand their problems — their capacities. I like the Indian adage: Don't judge a man until you have walked two days in his moccasins. And so, all we have to do to accept the challenge for Home Economics in Business is to do what we are doing every dav with energy and fun, but to do it knowing we are taking from the past, the present, and working toward the future. The challenge is not a question of my partaking of the knowledge of others but of my capacity to take. The concept of our profession as a dynamic unfolding activity allows for the highest possible expression of growth on the part of each of us. In fact it demands individual action — but creative, intelligent action that grows in full rich knowledge of our true goals. We are growing toward — building — a profession with rich variety and unity, I believe the years ahead will be exciting ones in our fields. Home economics and indeed, business itself, is living through a challenge to play a constructive part in maintaining a full and healthy economy. Home Economics in Business is on the threshold of new developments in basic information, subject matter, and techniques. Are we building a profession worthy of such tangible evidence of trust as we find on the campus at the University of Illinois today?

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