Alcalá 1975

Dear Students: The essence of life is time, yet time is a void. This is not to imply that life is necessarily empty, quite the contrary. It is challenged and shaped by each and every one o f us. It is only in this manner tha t dreams are fulfilled. The unknown offers us all of everything, yet some chose a p ortion of nothing. To acquiesce to this fear, is to reject experience, experience which is the present o f future time. I can see no finer utilization of time than that of devoting all of one's talents to the thoughts and needs of others. It is in this vein, only, that our s uccess can be meas ured. Reflections are "the present" of our pasts and, as sure, a necessary tool for shaping our future. A future which years from now , will be a se ries of images. In many w ays, the epitome of living was put in words by a far greater man than I: "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with these poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, be­ cause they live in the grey tw ilight that knows not victory or defeat" - Theodore Roosevelt It is ever so precious for each a nd every man to at least have said that he tried his best. Sincerely,