Viking_Yearbook_67

I t is said that any government rests upon the humor of its subjects, the wisdom of its officers, and the bravery of all men. To these I would add that men must fear any government that believes itself righteous, and men must fear any government that believes ends justify means. The image of Portland State has undergone change. People no longer think of us as a poor man’s prep school. People no longer imagine us as the amorphous, plasticized and mentally impoverished. We are now what all universities must be— a center of controversy, discussion and learn­ ing. I t is up to others to fulfill that most severe of challenges: to make Portland State a place where men must think. When your friends ask you, “Where did you go to school?”, if nothing else this year you can have said, “At an interesting college.”