Haile Selassie

Name: Graduation Address
Author: Haile Selassie

Graduation Address (1966)

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“Graduation Address”, published in 1966, is a work by Haile Selassie. It explores elements such as university, today and education.

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ Higher Education Ranks Must Be Filled Today, Our eyes and Our hopes are on all you graduates. We hope that the seeds of learning which you have received will, in the service which you render, ripen into an abundant harvest. We assumed the obligation to foster and expand education in Our nation both as a solemn duty, because the nation can flourish and grow only as the ranks of the teachers and students are expanded and filled: as a matter of free will, because man would prefer to speak of his nation in terms of its educated men and women rather than by recounting the size of its population. ”

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ Dynamism, coupled with a conscientious concern for the well-being of the nation are the necessary qualities of the youthful mind. You have had a better educational opportunity than many. Evaluate your ideas: separate the good in them from the bad. Your hands once put to the plough, do not look back. Education moulds human elements in man. It develops him from adolescence to manhood. Let usefulness be your hallmark today, not adolescence. ”

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ It is Our most earnest wish that this University meet all of these requirements so that the full force of the promise which it holds out to the future of Our beloved country may be well and gloriously realized. You graduates, who have had, through your year of service to the nation, the opportunity to see at first hand the impact of your education upon your country and to observe at first hand the nation's needs, are in a better position to understand and evaluate the extent to which this is today being accomplished. ”

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ Although you have reached this high landmark in your academic training, your education is not complete; there is no end to learning. During your years of study we hope that you have come to understand and appreciate the significance and the importance of education, educational institutions, and of this University in particular. We hope that you have come to realize what this University is today, what its role in the life of the nation is in 1966, and what its potential is for the future. ”

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ Practical Aspect Emphasized And since a university is established and maintained through the will and support of a people and a government, we may consider, lastly, the use to be made of the knowledge which it has acquired or developed and which it is now transmitting to others. Clearly, this knowledge must be devoted to the ultimate fulfillment of the needs and desires of those to whom the university owes its being. ”

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ In order to attain Self-sufficiency, we must givee priority to overcoming this shortage. We cannot depend always on others. "The disciple is not above his master." We urge you, the teachers, who have a close acquaintance with the conditions of your Country, to use your education for conducting valuable research directed towards the alleviation of the problems of your country. Teach, learn, and thereby extend increasingly, the frontiers of your knowledge. Some of you graduates of the Class of 1966 were unable to pursue fulltime university education. ”

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ A university which does not expand the frontiers of learning through research can only be short-lived.
3. Third is the discharge of the obligation to teach others which the very creation of such an institution implies and embodies. This is its supreme function. The creation of the institutional framework alone does not guarantee that teaching will be effective; nor does the growth of learning within the university's walls by itself ensure that knowledge will be spread and diffused: The mere existence of a fund of Knowledge is not enough ”

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ These words remind Us as well of the need for more universities, for more teachers, more schools, more students and more work. They commit us ever more fully to the search for the outer limits of the frontiers of learning. ”

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ A university which is unconcerned with the practical impact of the work on the people and the nation, which limits its horizons to the theoretical and the abstract and its activities to the; library and the laboratory, cannot long expect to enjoy the support of the people and the nation. ”

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Haile Selassie, Graduation Address (1966)

“ This is the essential purpose of the National Service Programme: the development within each one of you of the Inner sense of service to the nation. Only through dedication and sacrifice can one truly help and benefit his country " Although the pressure imposed by the need for training: more teachers is still felt, We note with great satisfaction that the number of Ethiopian teachers has increased in the five years of the University's existence. ”

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