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Congressman
McEwen
delivers
Graduation
Address
Congressman
McEwen
Gives
Address
Congressman
Robert
McEwen
delivered
the
graduation
address
at
Paul
Smith’s
College
in
a
packed
Buxton
Gymnasium.
In
addressing
the
graduates,
the
Representative
from
the
31st
Congressional
Dis
trict
centered
his
talk
on
the
American
system
and
the
place
youth
will
have
in
it.
He
said,
“
Don’t
sell
the
American
system
short
.
.
.
ask
anyone
who
attacks
it
to
show
you
one
better.”
He
also
noted
that
it
is
our
competit
ive
society
and
industry
which
had
a
great
part
in
the
making
of
Paul
Smith’s
College.
“
Our
society
has
given
us
more
goods
and
services,
including
this
very
college”
,
he
said.
The
Congressman
went
on
to
trace
the
biography
of
Paul
Smith
—
who
came
into
the
Adirond-
dacks,
started
a
small
lodge
for
hunters
and
fishermen,
expanded
upon
that,
acquiring
lands
for
cot
tage
sites.
“
He
realized
there
was
a
need
for
materials,
and
went
into
the
businss
of
providing
the
same,
as
well
as
starting
an
elec
tric
railway
and
generator
station.
He
was
a
self-made
man,
helped
by
a
good
wife,
who
did
the
cook
ing.
A
perfect
example
of
a
man
succeeding
in
the
American
free
enterprise
system.”
He
concluded,
“
The
career
of
Paul
Smith,
like
the
history
of
this
nation,
is
a
lesson
in
the
advantages
of
liberty,
equality
of
opportunity,
and
the
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Friends,
relatives,
faculty
and
graduates
shown
outside
Buxton
Gym
nasium
after
graduation,
1971.
316
Graduate
From
Paul
Smith’s
College
A
graduating
class
of
316
re
ceived
diplomas
at
Paul
Smith’s
College
on
Sunday,
June
6,
1971.
The
24th
Annual
Graduating
class
included
192
graduates
in
forestry,
96
in
hotel
management,
24
in
liberal
arts,
and
4
in
business
ad
ministration.
The
four
graduates
in
business
administration
were
the
first
to
receive
an
A.A.S.
in
Business
Administration
from
Paul
Smith’s.
Some
members
of
the
class
were
not
present
because
they
had
completed
their
degree
re
quirements
in
February.
Graduating
with
honor
in
for
estry
were:
Ralph
Bowering,
Ful
ton,
N.Y.;
Paul
Burakowski,
Lan
caster,
N.Y.;
Mark
Gorey,
Mont-
ville,
N.
J.;
Eric
Happ,
Rochester,
N.Y.;
Gregory
Karson,
McKees
port,Pa.;
Michael
Long,
MacKey-
ville,
Pa.;
Robert
Stahl,
Johns
town,
Pa.;
Charles
Tupper,
Canton,
N.Y.;
Yan
Wong,
Nanuet,
N.Y.;
and
Charles
Ziegler,
Lessport,
Pa.
Students
in
hotel
management
who
graduated
with
honor
were
David
Allen,
Beaconsfield,
Canada
Daniel
Butterfield,
Chester,
VA.
Michael
Falvey,
Delmar,
N.Y.
Sandra
Flynn,
North
Syracuse,
N.
Y
.;
Gary
Klenovic,
Chenango
Bridge,
N.Y.;
Timothy
Koller,
York,
PA.;
Lawrence
Krouk,
Clark,
N.
J.;
Gregory
Stuart,
Al-
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