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J. F. CRAMER Dean General Extension Division 12 This has been a very good year for Portland State. The newest program of the State System of Higher Educa ti on has shown signs of healthy growth and development. Nearly $300,000 has been spent in the last three years in improving our building, and there is more that needs to be done. The growing student body has spilled over into rented space in the neighborhood, and still we are crowded. The faculty has been growing too , and the addition of new staff members of distinction has strengthened the academic program, and helped us in our constant drive toward higher standards. The student activities have been varied and successful, and school spirit has been good. One advantage of having a short history is that we constantly look forward instead of backward. Instead of resting on achievements of the past, we look ahead to still better days in the future. There is nothing about Portland State that we can look at with complete satisfaction; everything we do can be done still better. In the next two years upper division courses will be added to our offerings, and more and more Portland students can plan on attending college at home for more than two years. Before Portland State can expect to have more buildings, the present facilities will be even more crowded. But the program that will be carried on will be of high standard, and if everyone, students, faculty a~d administration, continue to work together, it will be a program of which we can all be proud. DEAN