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- :,.."'<;. DR. STEPHEN E. EPLER Director, Day Program Portland State exists to serve the needs of its students. If you, the students, leave here better equipped as citizens of a democracy to serve effectively in the prufession of your choice, Portland State has done its j ob. Your Alma Mater will live on and its future depends in a large measure upon you. If the product is good, more students will come, as will new courses and programs to meet their needs. The progress made so far by Portland State is featured by student effort. One student, John Hakanson, wrote the original draft of the Wilhelm.Logan Bill of 1949 that made your school permaRent and provided for the purchase of the present campus. Countless students have organized and carried on the programs in student government, music, dramatics, athletics, publications, speech and club activities which have given vitality and spirit to Portland State. Your interest in Portland State after you graduate will decide its future. Portland State, in its strategic location in one of the metropolitan centers of the Northwest, can become one of the largest and best institutions of higher education in the nation. You can help by encouraging more students of superior ability t~ attend. More than half of the high school graduates in the top quartile do not attend college, a tremendous social loss to America. Our best wishes go with you and our hope is that your lUture and the future of Portland State will be filled with service to humanity. Sincerely, STEPHEN E. EPLER Director, Day Program 13