University of Arkansas Commencement Address, 1958

University of Arkansas Commencement Address given by University president Dr. John T. Caldwell.Thoug we have this class the LLB's, the Ph. D.'s, the MA's, veterans, married folk and much-experienced men and women, along with the more typical bach- elor's graduate Commencement time, I trust we are not too sophisticated to in- dulge these sentiments, for that is what they arem and to add one more. The Uni- veristy desires not to smother you with the parental concerns of Alma Mater, but to free youm and in doing so I hope, even as a mother does, that you will return, or not returning, love and remember from afar. But best of all, we want you to fulfill our hopes that our offspring from this partly mysterious world of learning can think of us as would Lord Tennyson as he wrote in "In Memoriam" of his friend: "...Strange friend, past, present and to be; Loved deeplier, darklier understood; Behold I dream a dream of good, And mingle all the world with thee..." Your life will continue to unfold in countless ways forever. Fresh ex- periences will teach new duties, will compel you to learn more, to understand more. But you will always be building to some degree upon what you gleaned from your Alma Mater, "strange friend" indeed. Time will make it for you less of a stranger and less remote, but always past and present to be, as is this mo- ment, helping you to "dream a dream of good". Mingling as you will with all the world, your University will also be there minglingwith you, lifting you and your world higher and higher --- because of hope in the ways dreary lighted. - 6