Bulletin, Lycoming College, April 1953

              LYCOMING BULLETIN
Vol. \'l APRIL, 19 5 5
Xo. 2
Special Reunions
Six classes will be celebrating
anniversaries this June.
1903—Golden Reunion
1908—4 5 th reunion
1918—3 5 th reunion
1928—25th reunion
193 8—15th reunion
1948—5th reunion
Two members of the class
of 1918 are now college presi-dents.
Dr. Harry Upperman is
president of Baxter Seminary
and Dr. John Steven is president
of Grinnell College, Ohio.
^"hat about your classmates?
Or what about you, yourself?
With commencement time al-most
upon us, why not make an
extra effort to come see us and
your old friends?
Dr. John Gross
Dr. John Owen Gross, executive
ecretary, division of educational
institutions, Board of Education,
if the Methodist Church, will be
he baccalaureate speaker at Ly-
:oming's 105th commencement ex-
Tcises, June 7.
A native of Folsom, Grant
bounty, Kentucky, Dr. Gross re-ceived
a bachelor of arts degree
roni Asbury College, Wilmore,
Kentucky, a bachelor of sacred the-
'logy from Boston University. He
las graduate work and received
lonorary degrees from numerous
nstitutions. Among them are Un-
3n College, Ky., Mount Union,
)hio, West N'irginia Wesleyan Col-
:ge, Florida Southern College,
lorningside College, and the Uni-ersity
of Chattanooga, Tenn. Dr.
iross' first pastorate was the First
lethodist Episcopal Church, Bar-ourville,
Ky. He was later super-itendent
of that district, president
f Union College in Barbourville
nd president of Simpson College,
owa. He was a member of the
3wa State Board of Educational
Examiners, and secretary depart-ment
of Educational Institutions
f which he is now executive sec-
;tary.
A member of various confer-nces
and organizations of the
lethodist Church Dr. Gross is
rustce of various colleges through-ut
the South. He is also a mem-er
of Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi
[ilpha in addition to being a 3 2nd
egree mason.
I
As an author he has written
ducation for Life; Cokesbiiry Col-
'ge, You and Your College and
ontributed to many publications
f the Methodist Church.
Coiigrmiiiaii Hays to Speak at (^oiiiiiienieiiieiit,
Baccalaureate, Dr. (Jross; lluiiiiii Events
Commencement week end for 1953 is shaping up as one of the most outstand-ing
events of the year. Two excellent speakers have been obtained for Sunday
June 7, It has been announced by Dr. John W. Long, college president. Baccalaureate
speaker for the service on Sunday morning at Pine Street Methodist Church will be
Dr. John Owen Gross. Commencement speaker will be Congressman Brooks Hays.
Berkeley Square will be the pres-sentation
of the L)coming College
Plajers for the start of Commence-ment
week end. This three-act fan-tasy
was recently presented on
campus with huge success
The traditional theme of love
and romance receives a very unique
treatment in the powdered life of
ISth century England.
Jack Glidewell, a freshman from
Montoursville, plays the lead of
Peter Standish. Others in the cast
include Pat Braun, Frank Roman,
Beverly Morrison, Joann Pray,
Henry Wells, Peaslee Hoskins, Ruth
Glazier, Harold Ader, Frank Mitch-ell,
Wayne Allen, Ralph Wikstrom
and Jean Davies.
Saturday morning all alumni
will register in the gymnasium any-time
after 9:30. At noon an alumni
luncheon will be held in the dining
hall followed by the annual alumni
association meeting.
Immediately after the associa-tion
meeting some new placques
will be unveiled and at 6:30 the
Alumni Banquet will be served in
the dining room. At this time the
class of 195 3 will become members
of the alumni association.
Saturday night will be highlight-ed
by the annual Choir Concert
and Choir banquet for choir mem-bers
and alumni of the choir.
Sunday morning will be the bac-calaureate
service at Pine St. Meth-odist
Church at 10:30 and Sunday
afternoon on campus Commence-ment
will take place at 3.
For seven years Mr. Hays was
chairman of the Democratic Na-tional
Committee and directed Sur-veys
and was chairman of the Ark-ansas
Rural Church Committee and
the Pulaski County Hospital Com-mittee.
He was at one time labor
compliance officer for NRA and
a special assistant to the adminis-trator
of resettlement. He also
worked as assistant director of rural
rehabilitation for the Farm Secur-ity
Administration.
Mr. Hays has been a member of
congress for the last 10 years.
Director of the Arkansas Tuber-culosis
Association, and former
president of the Children's Home
and Hospital, he was at one time
president of the Arkansas State
Conference Social Work. Mr. Hays
is a member of the Board of Trus-tees
of George Peabody College,
George Washington University and
is a member of the American Bar
Association.
A member of three fraternities
Sigma Chi, Phi Alpha Delta and
Tau Kappa Alpha in addition to
the masonic order, Congressman
Hays is listed in Who's Who.
Honorary Captain
On Wednesday, March 4, im-mediately
after the final game with
Yeshiva University, the Varsity
Club presented Don Moser a trophy
as the team's most valuable player
of the year. Don, a senior, was also
elected honorary captain by the
team. The presentation was made
by Rodger Ludlum, president of
the N'arsity Club and also a senior.
Brooks Hays
Brooks 1 Li\'s, congressman from
Arkansas, will be the guest speaker
at Commencement exercises Sun-day
June 7 .
Congressman Hays recciv-.-d his
degree from University of Ark-ansas,
George Washington Univer-sity
and the College of Ozarks. He
has been a member of Hays, Priddy
and Hays, assistant Attorney Gen-eral
in Arkansas and a member of
Havs and Turner.
GOOD REPORT
Dear Alumni
Again Commencement is already just a few weeks ahead. This
means the close of another college year.
As I look back over the year I hardly know how to describe
it. We have had no crises, we have had no spectacular or startling
advances. We have, therefore, nothing very unusual to report at
Commencement except to say that we have had a good year and
that we are making satisfactory progress.
The coming of Rev. Lawrence W. Lykens as Assistant to the
President is meaning a great deal to us and will mean more as he
gets to know you better and becomes more familiar with the possi
bilities of his position, particularly in the field of student recruit-ment
and alumni relations.
Of course, his success will depend very largely upon your re-sponse
and he and I are both gratified at the generous response he is
receiving. We are glad to report a slight gain in the enrollment this
year. We are happy about this because for the last three years the
trend has been downward. Now we feel that trend is checked and
we may begin to welcome an ever larger student body. Again I {
want to thank you for your part in this. A very large number of |
our students come to us from the homes of Alumni and through \
your recommendations to your friends. \
A much larger number of classes than usual are planning re- {
unions this year. My secrctar)-. Miss Gorgas, has had a great deal *
' of fun in promoting these reunions and I have kept in touch with
their progress through her. I shall look forward with the greatest
pleasure to seeing you and greeting you at Commencement and par-ticularly
Alumni Day, Saturday, June 6.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
JOHN W. LONG, President