Bulletin, Lycoming College, April 1949

              BULLETIN LYCOMING COLLEGE, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNA.
April, 1949 Vol. II, No. 3
Alumni Council
Posts Revisions
In Constitution
Association to Vote
At Annual Meeting
Alumni are asked to read care-fully
the following proposed
amendments to the Alumni Asso-ciation
Constitution and By-Laws
that will be presented for voting at
the annual meeting on June 4.
CONSTITUTION
Arfrclc HI
Membership
The membership shall consist of
two classes (a) Annual (b) Life.
Article V
The Executive Board
There shall be an executive
board which shall consist of the
officers, 1 5 members of the Asso-ciation,
the last retiring president
and three designated class repre-sentatives
elected during their sen-ior
year.
Article VI
Standing Committees
There shall be the following
standing committees: (a) Finance,
(b) Alumni Day Reunions, (c)
Nominating. Other committees
may be added by the executive
board at any time. The chairman
and members of such committees
shall be appointed by the president,
with the approval of the executive
board, to serve for a term of one
year.
Article VII
Annual Meeting
Section 1. To be added, "lor the
election of officers, the receiving of
annual reports, and any other busi-ness
that may come regularly be-fore
the Association."
Section 2. To be added, "Offi-cers,
except the treasurer, shall be
limited to a maximum of three
terms. Members of the board who
have served three years shall not be
eligible for re-election until after
the expiration of one year."
Section 3. The terms of five of
the board members and one class
representative shall expire each year,
and the vacancies thus caused shall
be filled by five newly elected
members, and one representative
elected by the senior class.
Section 4. Nominations may be
made from the floor.
(Cont'd pase i. col. 1)
46 Candidates for
Baccalaureate Degrees
Forty-six men and women
will be candidates for the first
baccalaureate degrees in arts and
science to be conferred by Ly-coming
College at Commence-ment
on Monday, June 6.
In addition to these students
who comprise Lycoming's first
Senior Class, there are 28 stu-dents
completing two-years ter-minal
courses in music, secre-tarial
science, laboratory tech-nology,
and medical secretary
work who will also be graduated.
17 Grads Turn In
Life Member Dues
Seventeen new life memberships
were paid in full to the Lycoming
College Alumni Association during
March. This brings to 40 the num-ber
of persons holding life member-ships
in the association.
The new life members are: Sarah
R. Proctor, '08; Martha Ann Went-zel,
'42; Florence M. Hilbish, '12;
Benjamin F. Hilbish, Ruth P. Car-son,
'42; Esther H. Heefner, '22;
Kathryn Rich Sykes, '04; George
W. Sykes, 05; Benjamin F. All-good,
'20 Eugenia Wiggenhorn,
'76; Myrtle Gray Herriott, *93;
Robert F. Rich, '03; Margaret
Fowler Lander, '41; Martha Frown-felter
Miller, '29; Lulu McDowell
Ponder, '01; George R. Nye, '27,
and Margaret Shuster Welker, '31.
Transfer Memberships
Alumni whose life memberships
have been transferred from the
Williamsport-Dickinson to Lycom-ing
Alumni Association are: Mary
Stuart Otto, '82; Alice Cheston
Hicks, '84; Bessie Bly Clapp, '8 8;
Jane L. Green, '92; George A. Bow-man,
'02; Rev. J. Merrill Wil-liams,
'04; Janet Forrest William-son,
'07; Phoebe Rhoads Lyon, '08;
Genevieve Watkins Steckcr, '12;
Eva L. Keller, '13; Keith W. Rob-bins,
'18; Martha Virginia Slate,
'19; Edith Knight, '19; Ethel
Whitely, '19; James W. Sterling,
'19; Rev. Milton Rogers, '22; Rev.
W. A. Keese, "22; Dorothy Rogers
Bernhardt, '22; Dr. Clarence Bris-co,
'27; Mary Mosser, '34; Dr.
Burton L. Williams, '34; Jean
Slack, '37; Mary Rich Snyder, '3 8;
WiUiam K. O'dcU, '41.
ALUNMI DAY SET FOR JUNE 4;
NINE CLASSES PLAN REUNIONS
Alumni Day on Saturday, June
4, is planned as one of the high-lights
of Lycoming's first four-year
Commencement week-end.
Arrangements for the class get-to-gethers
and reunion of one-time
students and graduates of the form-er
Dickinson Seminary and Junior
College will be worked out by key
persons among the reunionists and
alumni from various geographical
centers.
P-R-O-G-R-A-M
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
All Morning—Registration of Al-umni
in Gym.
9:30 a.m.—Class Day exercises in
Clarke Chapel.
12:00 p.m.—Alumni luncheon in
Gym. Class Reunion lunches at
same time and place.
Group Singing.
2:00 p.m.—Alumni Association
business meting.
3:30 p.m. — President's Reception
at home of Dr. John W. Long
and Mrs. Long.
6:00 p.m.—Banquet in Clarke din-ing
room.
Entertainment.
8:30 p.m.—Formal Concert by A
Capella Choir in Clarke Chapel.
SUNDAY, JUNE 5
Baccalaureate.
MONDAY, JUNE 6
Commencement in Clarke Chapel.
Although the limelight will
naturally fall on the nine classes
planning reunions, the College has
extended a special invitation to all
alumni to visit the campus Satur-day
through Monday, June 4-6.
Mrs. J. E. D. Huffman, president
of the Alumni Council, announced
that a program has been planned
for Saturday that will interest all
alumni.
The classes scheduled to hold re-unions
include: 1904, 1909, 1924,
1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, and
1944.
An Alumni Luncheon for all
classes will be one of the features of
the day. Scheduled in the gym-nasium
at 12:00 noon, it will be
served as a box lunch and those at-tending
will be guests of the Col-lege.
Musical entertainment has
been arranged in connection with
the meal.
Aininal Business Session
The annual business meeting of
the Alumni Association will begin
at 2:00 p.m., and from 3 to 4 p.m.
Dr. Long and .Mrs. Long will en-tertain
at a reception at their home.
Time of the evening banquet has
been set at 6:00 p.m., in the Col-lege
dining room. The reservations —$1.50 per person—must be made
by May 27, the committee said.
Details of the banquet program had
not been completed when the Bul-letin
went to press.
The College announced that
sleeping accommodations can be
provided in the dormitories for per-sons
wanting this service. The cost
is 75 cents a night. Alumni wish-ing
room reservations are requested
to notify the College, giving the
number in their party, time of ar-rival
and departure, whether quar-ters
are wanted for married couples,
or others. Dormitory officials
stated that it is impossible to pro-vide
hotel service, and alumni will
be expected to bring towels and
soap.
Alumni registration will be held
in the gymnasium all day on Sat-urday
and visitors are invited to use
this building as a meeting place.
LYCOMING COLLEGE
ALUMNI DAY RESERVATION
will
I will not attend the Alumni Luncheon in the gymnasium
at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, June 4. Please reserve tickets
for the Banquet in the dining room at 6:00 p.m. at $1.50 each,
need
I do not need sleeping accommodations for myself and
a.m.
other person. Our party will arrive at p.m., June 4 and
a.m.
leave at- p.m __ _
Return reservations and banquet ticket check to
Katherine Woolever, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pa.