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The Exquisite Work of the Self

The task of self-exploration and self-formation was the topic as Dr. Ray welcomed and challenged new students at the convocation of Elmhurst's 138th year.

At the Convocation of Elmhurst College's 138th year, new president Dr. S. Alan Ray welcomed new students with an address on the task of self-formation that awaits an incoming college student.  His address in Hammerschmidt Chapel on Wednesday, August 20, explored the words of former Elmhurst president H. Richard Niebuhr, as well as the July 1966 address of Dr. Martin Luther King, also in Hammerschmidt Chapel.

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