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094425 1 (1971-05-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacuiy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COIENCEMHENT ADDRESS ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE, ELIZABETHIOWN, PENNSYLVANIA -. BY ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 1971 , 11111 Il l|11H111111 MAY 30, 197 09425 INDIVIDUAL ACTION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE I consider it a great honor to have been invited to speak to you this afternoon on the occasion of commencement exercises of Elizabethtown College. I feel much at home here today for several reasons. One is that I am a graduate of McPherson College, a sister institution. Another is that we have deep family ties here in Pennsylvania. The third is a continuing interest in supporting, wherever possible, the deep commit- ment made to teaching and learning by the smaller educational institutions which have contributed so much to American life. We tend to think these days in terms of large organizations and institutions; we generalize from massive statistics and broad hypotheses. I would like to focus more today on the role of the individual and the part which he can play in changing social institutions for the better- ment of all of us. Let me start with a quotation from an American political leader: Almost everywhere we look, the story is the same. In Latin America, in Africa, in Asia * * * there is now renewed confidence in our country and our convictions. Your first reaction might be to guess that this was a speech made by Richard Nixon, but you would be wrong. Even Mr. Nixon would not

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