Caption: Commencement - 1937
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ccs or to rhi enrichment an 1 ust ih *$$ o* • It a Ks the >phomore < [pre I est i Ge u« In the breast ofevet id< th re 10I tn spark ofg< liu hich when watt 1 nthesp ngo Icn .... je A ill burst into flame I ie metapl >r * a I h mixc I but you know w\ he janr J hope ou \ remember this particular oc I fl marl )§ | definite uid important mile st ie in your lives. It will not be 1 ause of v.hat I a i going to say o \ou that \ou will remember this oc on. Far -om it, as my remarks will soon be forgott n ong with much else that has arrested >our attention during .our college course. But, nevertheless, you v 1 all remember th , 1 your commencement da simply because i definit ly marks the achievement or a major a ibition in ea h o: your lives. After four or more J\ > >u have ar red at a goal toward which you have been lspsred or impelled by a variety of motives. Regardless of what re; >on or lack o reason bn ght you here, or what motives have kep: >u I re . : .• vc at least demonstrated both your initiative a i abilit to undertake a really serious long t rm program aiu complete it. That accompli nment r ^ardleswha you have learned in class or out may be the mos able product of your University experience. That in itself should give you confidence in your abilin • undertake another program which is going to a n % your attention from now on throughout m< i not ( your active life. I r fer, of course, to a prog i livii r. ab Ut which I shall now speal \<\i t of ill let me ask what did you get our Xl ;r edu in nal experience here at the University? \\ cj for one thing, you have di ivon I sonu j ;l{, i>y
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