Viking_Yearbook_67

Remember that a university is not what the Rotary wants, it is not what I want, it is not what your Mom and Dad want, it is not what you want. I t is a place where men gather to learn, to argue, to study, to discover; and it is a place where all of us must deal with disappointments. I t is natural that there should be times when, for whatever reason, the voices of the absurd, the angry, and the amused are drowned out by the sound of the bureaucrats, the button push­ ers, and the reasonable. Progress is made by men who know joy and sorrow and who know how ambiguous progress is. I remain as I have always been, and, with deference to those who succeed me, I offer them the last flowers from the trees which once grew where the new buildings will stand. —Joe Uris