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and encourage the pursuit of interests other than those areas directly related to getting a job or earning a living - although those goals should not be ignored either. Third , we can encourage early participation in community activities- at church, at school or in the neighborhood. Active involvement in group activities where group interests are placed first provides the satisfaction of accomplishing goals that we cannot accomplish by ourselves. Finally, if public policy is initiated for voluntary community service, we can support it. Better yet, we can initiate it. Our young people represent a tremendous reservoir of hope for the future of our civilization. Many young men and women daily demonstrate great capacity for service and leadership. If, however, we desire to achieve a future world in which men and women as second nature reach beyond their own needs to serve others, we must rededicate ourselves to demonstrating - both through words and through action - that giving is more important than rece1vmg.

Virgini a Wagner, clinician at the School of Education's Learning Center, guides a Holy Family School student rh rough a reading lesson.

Debbie Dyar was one of a group of students who collected a p lentiful variety of food, clothing and toys from the university community during the annual holiday drive for the Linda Vista neighborhood.

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