Bulletin, Lycoming College, July 1948

              BULLETIN LYCOMING COLLEGE, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNA.
July, 1948 Vol. I, No. 1
LYCOMING COLLEGE'S FIRST COMMENCEMENT
The Centennial commencement
of the old college, and the first
under its new name, Lycoming
College, was auspicious. Many of
the alumni were back to see what
it was all about. New buildings,
and the rapid work on the women's
dormitory, betokened a new at-mosphere.
Most of all, the gaiety
and animation manifest, and the
dignity and stimulus of all the ex-ercises
of the Commencement
week-end gave ample assurance
that Lycoming College was indeed
on its way to a commanding posi-tion
in the collegiate world.
Students' Music Graduation
The music department began
the order of events by giving a
graduation recital in the Clarke
Building on Friday, June 4, of
two of its outstanding students
—
Phyllis Dahlgren, soprano, of Wil-liamsport,
and Loris Gohl, pianist,
of Jersey Shore. Miss Dahlgren
has appeared many times in pub-lic,
particularly as soloist with the
local Civic Choir, and Miss Gohl
has been in demand on various
community programs. Aftetward,
a banquet was given at the Village
Inn for the members of the a cap-ella
choir, with Dr. Long and wife
and members of the faculty as
guests.
Prior to this event, the faculty
had an enjoyable picnic at Sports-men's
Park. The sophomore class
also held a picnic at Rauchtown,
while other groups had informal
get-to-gethers before parting for
the summer.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, June 5, in
the Clarke Memorial, the sopho-more
class held Class Day exer-cises,
with Al Mortimer as master
of ceremonies. Paul Dawson gave
a piano recital and Phyllis Dahl-gren
and Mary Klingensmith sang.
Robert Allen and Dorothy Cicco
read the class prophecy; Eloise
Snyder described class doings the
past two years, and Mrs. Virginia
Smith, class adviser from the fac-ulty,
gave an address. Following
this program, which was carried
out in a spirit of fun, Dean Skeath
made the awards for scholastic at-tainment.
Following this program the Al-umni
Association met and elected
the following officers: E. Lester
Lewis, president; Mrs. J. E. D.
Huffman, vice president; Eva Kel-ler,
recording secretary; Martha
Slate, corresponding secretary;
Dorothy Hoagland, treasurer. Con-gressman
Rich, President of the
Board of Trustees, gave a short
talk. During the day the classes of
1898, 1913, 1917, and 1918 held
reunions.
The Alumni Banquet
At 6:30 p.m. the commencement
banquet given to the alumni, stu-dents
of the graduating class, and
faculty was held in the dining
room. Don Larrabee, instructor of
business law, presided, and called
on various members of the alumni
for responses. Dr. Long gave a
talk relating the history and fu-ture
plans of the college, and a
group of students presented a skit
contrasting the past with the fu-ture
of the college.
Following the banquet, at 8:15
in the chapel, the a capella choir,
under the direction of Walter G.
Mclver, gave a splendid rendition
of a varied program including re-ligious
compositions, negro spiri-tuals,
compositions from the Rus-sian
and German composers, and
modern American. The excellent
work of the students was well re-ceived
by a capacity audience.
The program was followed by a
dance in the gymnasium which was
attended by a large representa-tion
from the alumni and student
body.
Baccalaureate Services
At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon the
colorful procession of college ex-ecutives
and speaker, faculty
members and students wended its
way across the campus from the
Fine Arts Building to the Clarke
Chapel where the baccalaureate
.services were held. Included in the
program were the reading of the
scriptures by Rev. Clair J.
Switzer, responsive reading by
Dean Skeath, prayer by Rev. G.
Cecil Weimer, benediction by Rev.
John A. Frehn, and the bacca-laureate
sermon by Dr. Hugh C.
i^tuntz, President of Scarritt Col-lege,
Nashville, Tenn.
Dr. Stuntz chose as his text the
lines from the Bible enjoining us
to "love thy neighbor as thyself,"
using the last two words. His
On and Off the Campus
Faculty Changes
We regret that the following in-structors
will not be with us next
year: Cretyl Crumb, of the biol-ogy
department, will return to re-search
work; Margaret E. Fowler,
physical instructor for girls, will
be married in July to Raymond A.
Lander, Jr., of Rochester, N. Y.
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Mabon, instruc-tor
in the preparatoi-y depart-ment,
will leave, as that depart-will
no longer be conducted; Dr.
Clarence R. Athearn, instructor
in philosophy and education, will
not return, as those courses will
no longer longer be offered; Gar-vin
R. Peffer, instructor in chem-istry,
and Peter 0. Ramirez, in-structor
in Spanish, will accept ap-pointments
in other institutions.
Piano Auditions
The Williamsport chapter of
the National Guild of Piano
Teachers held auditions for piano
students of the college and city
during the week of May 17 in the
Fine Arts building. Miss Inez
Buell, of New York City, was the
judge. Miss Buell is a talented so-prano
as well as pianist. She is a
graduate of the Julliard School of
Music, and has studied with Olga
Samaroff. She recently made a
concert tour of the British Isles,
and will give a recital in Carnegie
Hall next spring.
This work of the National Guild
is a notable achievement in piano
instruction. There are about 300
centers in the United States, and
over 100 judges. This year about
25,000 young pianists participated
for the scholastic ratings given
them. Judgment is made on 37
phases of pianistic interpretation
and ratings given for those who
expect merely to become accept-able
pianists in their community
as well as those who have profes-sional
aspirations. In all, this
unique program is a stimulus both
to the teacher and to the student,
as the basis of judgment conforms
with the requirements of the Na-tional
School of Music.
The chairman of the local group
is Hazel B. Dorey, and other mem-
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thesis was that we could not love
our neighbors unless we loved our
own body, mind, and spirit on a
sufficiently high plane so that it
could be a criterion.
The a capella choir sang and Dr.
Long presided. The occasion was
most impressive throughout.
Commencement Exercises
The climax of the Centennial
Commencement of Lycoming Col-lege
was reached with the presen-tation
of diplomas to the 150 grad"
uates, the last under the Junior
College regime, and the final for
the Preparatory class, at the ex-ercises
held in the Clarke Chapel
9:30 Tuesday morning, June 7.
After an opening prayer by the
Rev. E. Lester Lewis, and an an-them
by the a capella choir. Dr.
Roy L. Smith, Editor of the Chris-tian
Advocate, delivered an in-spiring
address. He drew a picture
of post-war conditions, to reveal
the facts that the great European
nations either no longer exist as
nations, or are on the decline, and
that the hope of the world lies
with the republic of the United
States. His message to the classes
was that they would now be com-pelled
to consider themselves world
citizens, not just American citizens.
He pointed out that the world
still, as always, is a world founded
on moral law, to which we must
subscribe. He added that the mem-bers
of this and all other graduat-ing
classes had natural rights
given them by our Constitution
and Declaration of Independence —rights which the young people
elsewhere throughout the world
would give anything to possess.
This masterly address was the
high light of all addresses deliver-ed
before the student body during
the year.
The excellent a capella choir
sang another anthem. Dr. Long
presented the diplomas to the
classes. Rev. Ralph D. Hinkleman
pronounced the benediction, and
the 100th Commencement came to
a close.