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AMERICA'S DATE WITH DESTINY
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growth of the state which nurtures it. Always Kansas has prided itself in its University and always the University has striven to reflect credit on the state. The deep interest of our people in K.U. and higher education was never more clearly shown than by the action of recent Kansas Legislatures, with the active support of the state administration. The University as well as the state of Kansas owe a great debt of gratitude to these representa^ tives of the people which I am glad to acknowledge here. We especially appreciate the establishment and the subsequent realistic adjustment of the Educational Building Fund. Now, for the first time in history, the state supported institutions of higher edu' cation, through the Board of Regents, can plan systematically for the replacement of obsolescent or temporary buildings and for the expansion required by the increased enrollments certain to occur in the near future.
Yes, K.U. is grateful to the people of Kansas and will strive to express its gratitude in a quality of performance which will bring satisfaction to the state.
N ow let us be on with our business. The day-to-day affairs of this complex world allow little time for mutual admiration. From earhcst times man has been continuously engaged in a physical and spiritual assault on the hard cliffs of prejudice, ignorance and intolerance. Slowly, painfully, he has climbed from barbarism and darkness toward civilization and light. It has not been an easy ascent. Often he has slipped at a critical juncture in history and found himself, physically and spiritually bruised, back where he started a generation before. But always„draw' ing upon a limitless store of courage and faith in himself and the future, he has immediately turned to the task of reconquering the lost ground. As we follow the dramatic curve of his net gain through recorded history, we can not but be filled with a sense of wonder at the magnitude of his endeavor and success. At the same time we must feel the heavy obligation this record imposes on us. Have we the skill, the imagination, and the fortitude to carry our fair share? Will our generation be recorded as one which slipped and fell, thereby setting back m^ankind s time table for a century or two?
Yes, this generation has a crucial date with destiny. It is the terrible yet exciting responsibility of the University of Kansas to prepare men and women so that they may bring to this meeting VN^sdom, courage, vision and understanding. We pledge our effort to this end, and with the help of God, the father of all peoples in all lands, we will not fail — we dare not fail.