I think the most valuable discovery for me as a student at the University of Rhode Island has been an awareness of its professors and their attributes (or lack of them) . I recall that as a freshman my chief academic concern at the beginning of each semester was the hour a course might be given: wou ld I be lu cky and get a ten o'clock class or would I get stuck with an eig ht? As a sophomore I matured only slightly. My primary concern in my second year seemed to be with course titles. If a course sounded good in the catalogue I could only assume it would prove equally exciting in the classroom. My naivete was overwhelming. It wasn't until my last two years here that I began to realize the value of any course was directly proportional to the sensitivity of the man who was teaching it. To seek out valuable teachers and to get to know them, academically and socially, both in and out of the classroom should be one of the fundamental desires of any student who has any hopes of growing intel lectually. Brian E. Gorman Class of 69
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