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"Litemcy class in a pig pen" is how Joy Holloway captioned this photo.Service, Commencement,CrecerThere are not many millionaires among 'Western Mary,land alumni but there are a lot of people who are wealthyin more important ways. It is almost a cliche to say thatWestern Marylanders are more interested in service.Teaching, the ministry, missionary work, medicine, governmentresearch and projects-all of these seem particularlyattractive to those from the Hill.Students have become more involved in service, too.50S is growing; teams have helped in Baltimore's innercity and in voter registration in Virginia. The PeaceCorps continues to attract graduates-members of theclass of 1966 have been accepted for training.An editorial this winter in The Gold Bug referred tothe Spanish word crecer "which means to grow out of,to develop from within and connotes the responsibilityof the person or thing in question to establish andstrengthen itself. " The editor, David Carrasco, whowrites sports for this publication, went on to say that "aperson is not alive if he doesn't extend his own. inne~life be~ol1(lthe confinesof his background. Cr~ci~:~t~isDavid wasn't talking specifically about se~vl~eue havewords are applicable. The three writers in this ISS d regone beyond the confines of their backgrounds an .mshelping the society of man strengthen itself. This ~eetheto be a meaning for service which goes beyondictionary. 1966Crecer also fits commencement. The class of willhHSnow grown out of Western Maryland. Manycontinue this attitude toward service. It may be as aP~A member or as a regular voter; it m.aybe in ~~~:~thing more obviously removed from their backgr 'tThis is a class which has been searching and i~ ;::;:Ceknow what for. Possibly it is for a chance to be a .in some way, to relate to humanity.N,L,W,pagefour