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“ No lower can a man descend than to inter-his dreams
into gold and silver.

— Kahlil Gibran

Recently a college president wrote a blunt message to a
graduating class: “Welcome to THE ESTABLISHMENT.
You have excelled in criticizing it. Now let s see you change
it!” Undoubtedly this terse stricture to “ put your money
where your mouth is” reflected the annoyance of the old at
the impatience of the young, but one also senses a deeper
frustration imbedded in a feeling of guilt.

Dreams of youth are magnificent. They are dreams of ac­
complishment, of building a better world. That these
dreams are made of solid stuff has been clearly demonstrat­
ed in recent years by thousands of young people who have
given of themselves for little financial reward in Peace
Corps programs and in similar domestic service to say noth­
ing of more brutal sacrificies in jungle warfare. In fairness
to the annoyed college president, of course, it might be
pointed out that the young people who read his message
had not yet made these contributions.
Dr Knute Larson,
Superintendent of Schools Young people want to create a better world. They want to
serve their fellow man. Somehow, however, these aspira­
tions become subverted in the daily struggle for material
things in a materialistic society. If you really want to
change THE ESTABLISHMENT, you can only do it
through a more effective control of greed — in yourselves
and in others. And you must always remember that greed is
SCHOOL not an exclusive disease of the wealthy. It infects us all, rich
and poor alike. No generation has yet managed to control
BOARD th is disease effectively. Perhaps yours can. Then your
dreams will not be interpreted into gold and silver. Then
can the community of man rise to a brighter dawn of a fresh
day.

SEATED: (1. to r.) John Jenkins. Mrs. Ann Weiser, Thomas Walsh, Mrs. Pauline Radavith, Adrian Cini. STANDINCi: Dr. Knute Larson. Joseph Hirsh, Jo­
seph Lehman, Philip Rush, David Uoyd III, Joseph S. Szafranski.