Viking_Yearbook_62

Let the burgeoning of steel, glass and concrete without be no end in itself, but merely evidence of life within. It has been said the only evidence of life is growth. Made highly flexible, this word is scarcely adequate as a definition of the achievement at Portland State in 1961-62. Ours is a school that is growing up fast. New buildings are moving out and up, expanding from the sturdy bedrock of Old Main. At the same time, concrete growth is being matched by intellectual accomplishment. The aca­ demic image of Portland State is being care­ fully constructed to carry as much weight as the sturdy foundations of her new halls of learning. Our Middle East program is unique and nationally respected. A new graduate school in social work and a new Division of Business Administration have been added this year. Our Music Department supplies many members of the two Portland Sym­ phony Orchestras. We have a new language lab, a bigger art department. We have more space, but most important, competent teach­ ers and interested students to fill this space with ideas. At Portland State College, tomorrow comes soon enough. Here history must be only prologue, and past growth just the budding of a not so distant future. This year at our school, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking on another topic, said: "We have come a long way, but have a long, long way to go," And this year, too, another man said: "Let us begin ..."