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dr. james s. lightner western maryland college means a great deal to me in many ways and for many reasons. my seventeen years of association with the college, as a student, alumnus, and faculty member, have helped me to see the rather special nature of this institution: its long-standing tradition and heritage, it's firm foundation in the liberal arts, it's stress on close student-teacher and student-student relationships, it's broad and significant contribution to our society. i think it is precisely because of all of these things (and more) that the college is what it is today; a strong, viable institution which will survive when others around it may fail. i hope that, as the college changes in these 1970's toward larger enrollments and expanded physical plant, it will not lose sight of its basic character and purpose which transcend specific academic disciplines, buildings, policies, and current trends in academia. we need not be like "all the rest." western maryland college is, at least to me, a very special entity. i hope that the students of future years will feel likewise.