Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Dr. William W. Hall, with Internal Memoranda and Related Material

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June 1, 1951 NIGHT LETTER DR. WILLIAM W. HALL.X< PRESIDENT, WESTMINSTER FULTON, MISSOURI. x1225 IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEND HEARTY FELICITATIONS AND WARMEST PERFONAL GREETINGS TO YOU AND THROUGH YOU TO THE ALUMNI AND ALL FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ON THE HAPPY OCCASION OF ITS CEN- TENNIAL COMMENCEMENT. THE SURVIVAL OF THIS FINE OLD SEAT or HIGHER LEARNING THROUGH A FULL CENTURY - INCLUDING YEARS or GREAT TRIAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR - BEARS AMPLE WITNESS TO ITS IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION. THE NOST INSPIRING THING TO YOU AND TO ALL ENGAGED IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH# MUST BE THE CHALLENGE xPP725 PRESENTED BY THE FACT THAT THE WORK IS NEVER FINISHED. THE GENERATIONS COME AND GO BUT EACH YEAR BRINGS YOU A NEW CLASS OF RECRUITS TO BE TRAINED AND DISCIPLINED IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND BEST OF ALL IN THE UNCHANGING TRUTHS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. XPP7260 I SHALL ALWAYS BEAR IN GRATEFUL RENEMBRANCE THE HONORS x200-I ACCORDED MR. CHURCHILL AND ME FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE PRIVIA LEGED TO VISIT WESTMINSTER TOGETHER. X PP7327 MY ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE IS TO EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT FOR LONG DECADES TO COME WESTMINSTER COLLEGE WILL GO FORWARD WITH X 4B PROGRESS WHILE HOLDING FAST TO THE NOBLE TRADITIONS BUILT UP DURING ITS FIRST CENTURY. HARRY S. TRUMAN