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• FOREWORD TO A BACK~W ARD GLANCE Once a year, we look forward and backward. We attempt to assess our achievements and to look toward our potential. Portland State College is young, but already the college has distinguished itself. Only four years ago, Portland State College did not exist. Today the college has a brief but bril­ liant record. Each year more and more students fill the classrooms faster than the State Board of Higher Education can provide more space. We, the students, are an integral part of Portland State College. A school can be only as good as its students. The students must assume their respon­ sibility if the college is to continue to grow. As students, we can look back in pride because 1958-59 was a successful year. For those students who will be returning in September, their task is ·only partly finished. For those students who graduated, their job IS com­ pleted. They will be searching for new fields of endeavor. The 1959 Viking is a backward glance. We should not live in the past, but taking a glance once in a while gives us a clearer picture of our current position. This book is a memento of a yesteryear. Gordon Hunter Editor 14