bers of the profession and the public at large. The point is that while
we look back with pride upon the glorious past of the College of
Dental Surgery we must look forward to the future with optimism
and determination.

This city and our State enjoy an enviable reputation in the whole
area of the medical sciences. Let us resolve that this good reputation
will be preserved. The year 1840 marked the beginning of a new
era in dentistry as Marylanders, we are proud that it had its begin-
ning in this city. There are unmistakable signs that we are entering a
new era in the development of the art and science of dentistry.

It is my hope that the Dental School of the University of Mary-
land again will be in the forefront of this movement to improve the
health of our people.

May I conclude by expressing my profound appreciation to Dean
Salley and the faculty and administration of the Dental School for
affording me an opportunity to take part in these commemorative ex-
ercises.

ADDRESS, COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, TOWSON STATE

COLLEGE

TOWSON

June 7, 1965

This is a ceremony of deep significance to all of us. For one thing,
it is an occasion on which some 470 young men and women are cele-
brating the completion of an important phase of their intellectual
development. For another, it is an event at which a great institution
of learning begins the celebration of its one-hundredth anniversary.
Certainly, I am profoundly pleased and highly honored to have a part
in such a ceremony.

May I begin by offering my congratulations to those of you who
on this day, as a result of the work you have done and the energy you
have applied, are being certified as worthy of wearing the laurels of
this college. You are well aware, I am sure, that in passing this mile-
stone of intellectual attainment you are entering another phase of
life in which the skills and faculties you have developed here — the
ability to think, to question, to perceive, to understand — will be
taxed to the utmost. You have every reason to feel confident that

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