College graduates face the contradictory and inconsistent beliefs of a society that seems to be struggling between a desire to either degrade or enhance the dignity of man. Amid all the current mechanical marvels there exists social ills of nightmare proportions. In the turmoil to find solutions to the many problems many have lost sight of the basic principle of serendipity at work. Seek first the basic values and all other things will come. Those basic values are courage, judgement, integrity, and dedication. The pursuit of them will help to insure their attainment, as well as help to cure the complex dilemmas facing society today. (PPB)