The radiance of culture does not begin and end with the campus but reflects in the community and on the whole of eastern North Carolina.
Knowledge gained here, however, will go with each student into his fu- ture life and a shaft of light from East Carolina is sent out as each student takes his place in the world. Prerequisite to commencement, the academic disciplines are often thought to end with graduation. Not the least brilliant of the four beams is the academic. The Polaris shines in four distinct directions: academic, cultural, social, and physical. An observer sees not only the source of the light but also the area illumined. As Polaris, the guiding star of earth, illuminates the planet with visible light, East Carolina College radiates educational light.
