Lycoming College Report, October 1982

              LYCOMING COLLEGE REPORT October, 1982
Homecoming 1982: Another winner
Homecoming 1982 attracted hundreds of
alumni back to Lycoming's campus Oct. 1-3. They
enjoyed a cornucopia of activities, including an
outstanding choir concert and a hard-fought and spirited
football victory
Homecoming's principal activity, the football game
matching the Warriors against Waynesburg College drew
(in ire than 3.000 spectators to College Field. They didn't
leave the athletic complex disappointed, as the Warriors
scored on their first possession and then made it stand up
fora 7-0 win over the NAlA-power Yellow lackets.The
non-conference clash came on a sun-drenched. Indian-summer
afternoon
Kimberly Arthur, a senior from Mechanicsburg, was
chosen 1982 Homecoming Queen The candidate of
Gamma Delta Sigma sorority is a French major. She was
crowned by Susan M. Oampa, a |unior from Lewistown,
who was the 1081 Homecoming Queen.
Miss Arthur's attendants were Diane M Evans, of
Cambridge. N.Y.. a senior psychology major sponsored
by Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, and Jill A. Zamarra, of
Point Pleasant, N.]., a sophomore sponsored by Sigma I
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fraternity [nail, 25 women competed for the title of
Homecoming Queen, the largest field in many years.
Other awards announced during halHime of the football
game were for the annual faculty-student-alumni golf and
tennis tournaments and the antique cars displayed and
driven in the Homecoming parade.
Ronald C, Travis '67. of Williamsport, won the tennis
tournament Michael L Chianetli '68, of Beacon N.Y.,
David A. Street 75, of Seymour. Conn., and I. Martin
Kutney, a senior from Montoursville. finished 1-2-3 in the
golf tournament.
A 1920 Ford owned by Ferd D Page, of Montoursville.
took the award for the Oldest Car The People's Choice
Leading a Homecoming chet
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A happy Homecoming face
1982-83 Artist Series debuts
Lycoming s 1982-83 Artist Series debuted Sept, 28 with
a performance by the Fitzwilham String Quartet, of Great
Britain, one of the world's finest string ensembles. The
series continues on Nov 2 with a performance by the
famous Preservation Hall lazz Band, of New Orleans; on
:th a concert by Roll Smedvig, the former
celebrated first trumpet of the Boston Pops, with the
Susquehanna Valley Symphony Orchestra and on March
25 with a perfi irmaru e bj William Windom of television
and movie lame as 'Thurber "
Clarke Lhapel was the scene of the Fitzwilliam concert,
which drew a large audience for the Tuesday evening
show
Iii » ilium began playing together as a group at
Cambridge, but didn't begin its professional life until 1971,
when it became the quartet -in-residcnce at the University
c4 1 ork where it now has a permanent residency The
quartet s choice oi repertoire is spread across the past 200
years, although they prefer the neglected masterpieces ot
mantic era Viennese classics, and the works of
Dmitri Shostakovich tht great Russian composer The
quartet premiered Shostakovich's last three quartets at
I incoln Center m New York City in ApnlandMav
The quartet has performed throughout England, and
broadcasts regularly on the BBC It also has made two
concert tours or the Soviet Union, and debuted recently in
Pans. Geneva, Amsterdam, Dublin and Montreal. They
-. ting on the Decca label.
i 'reservation Hall is considered the greatest of the
Original New Orleans )azi bands Comprised of musicians
who art in their 60s. 70s. and 80s, the band has not only
made musical history but is perpetuating it as well Most
ol the band members have made and played this music,
orginally called "Jass," for more than 50 years. They are
among the musicians who brought together the marches,
quadrilles, blues, spirituals, and ragtime to create what has
become known as New Orleans jazz Each of their shows
is different, because they play in large part music based
on the composition of the audience
Smedvig, a Seattle native, debuted as a soloist with the
Seattle Symphony at age 13. After studying for several
summers at Tanglewood. he entered Boston University,
where he came to the attention of Leonard Bernstein. He
invited Smedvig to play the trumpet solo in the world
premiere of his "Mass" at the opening of the Kennedy
Center in Washington, DC Shortly thereafter, Seija
Ozawa chose Smedvig, then 19, above 130 other
trumpeters to till the assistant principals chair in the
Boston Symphony. He became principal trumpet in 1979.
a position he held until resigning in 1981 to pursue a career
as a soloist
As a soloist, Smedvig has won acclaim for his
performances in major U.S. cities. He also is a regular
participant at Tanglewood. In addition to his performance
schedule, he is director of the Empire Brass Quintet
Symposium at Tanglewood, as well as a faculty member
at the Berkshire Music Center and Boston University,
Windom does four one-man shows — two on |ames
Thurber and two on Ernie Pyle. It is a show on Thurber,
the noted humorist and writer for the New Yorker
magazine, that he brings to Lycoming The show has been
hailed as among the finest ol one-man shows, ranking up
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College sells
local company
Lycoming has sold the LubriKup Company, Inc oi
Williamsport to Colt Industries. Inc., it was announced
by Dr Frederick E. Blumer. President, at an Oct. 1 news
conference on campus.
With the sale, a unique chapter in the history of the
college has come to a close
This chapter, which spanned almost 12 years, directly
involved Lycoming in the corporate community through
the ownership and management of a manufacturing
company This ownership began when a majority of the
stock of the company was acquired in 1971 through
bequests from the late Miriam Wendle, a long-time
Williamsport teacher, and Mrs. Hattie Wendle, her
mother The remainder of the stock was purchased by
Lycoming over the next few years.
During this period of ownership of LubriKup by
Lycoming, the company grew to become the primary
manufacturer of precision fit cups and packings for the oil
industry Since 1971, thecompany twice hasbeen
expanded in size, re-equipped, and its work force increased
by almost 40 percent to 74 employees. With these
improvements, the company's sates volume is now about
v ; times what it was a decade ago,
In LubriKup, Colt purchased a profitable company with
modem facilities and equipment and a favorable product
market position, and looks forward to future growth. The
company's work force has been stable, steady, and skilled,
and it is the intention of Colt Industries to continue to
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