Bulletin, Lycoming College, January 1951

              LYCOMING BULLETIN
JANUARY, 1951
GREATER LYCO BANQUET FEB. 23
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The President's Message
Dciir Aluiniii and other
friends of Lycoming College:
Plans are now complete for the
Greater Lycoming Banquet to he
held at the Lycoming Hotel, Friday
evening, February 23, next. This is
the main mid-winter event at the
college both for students, faculty,
and alumni and as such is attract-ing
cten greater than usual interest
this year.
With world conditions affecting
every interest of our country it is
possible that this may be the last
Lycoming Banquet for some time,
all depending, of course, on future
deielopmenfs. For this, as well as
for other reasons, let me urge you
to make your plans early to attend.
Come early in the afternoon and
let us show you through the build-ings
and grounds so that you will
hare a recent impression of the fine
progress that the college has been
making.
At this banquet we hope to an-nounce
plans by which the college
will undertake in a more effective
way to keep in touch with the Al-umni
and show how you can help.
We need your help for next year
especially, both in directing new
students to us and in a financial
way.
We particularly want you to see
the new library which is now about
^0% completed and from the out-side
at least you can gather a fine
impression of this imposing struc-ture
which is to be one of the lery
finest on the campus. Opposite
Rich Hall and ivith the same gen-eral
lines, it will help you to see
the plan of the college in working
toward Washington Boulevard,
on each side of the extended, beau-tiful
campus.
1 am looking forward to seeing
you and hope lie shall haie the
largest attendance of Alumni and
other friends that we have ever had
at the mid-winter banquet.
Faithfully yours,
John W. Long, President
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Dr. Robert T. Oliver
Pictured above is Dr. Robert T.
Oliver, professor and head of the
Department of Speech at Penn
State, who will be the guest speaker
for the Greater Lycoming Banquet,
February 23.
Dr. Robert T. Oliver, who in
1949 was appointed professor and
head of the department of speech
at the Pennsylvania State College,
is one of the outstanding authori-ties
on Korea and Korean affairs in
this country.
Prior to joining the Penn State
faculty. Dr. Oliver was manager
of the Washington Bureau of the
Korean Pacific Press and counsellor
of the Korean Commission. The
Korean Commission was the diplo-matic
agency of the Korean Re-public
in exile and was dissolved
in 1948 when the Korean Embassy
was established. He served on the
faculty of the University of Korea
in Seoul in 1946 and in 1948 was
with the Asia Institute in New
York, N. Y.
Born in Sweet Home, Oregon,
Dr. Oliver was graduated from
Pacific University, Forest Grove,
Ore., received his master of arts
degree at the University of Ofegon,
and his doctor of philosophy de-gree
at the University of Wiscon-sin.
Last October (1949), Pacific
University honored Dr. Oliver
with the degree of doctor of laws.
Dr. Oliver served from 193 3 to
193 5 as dean of Clark Junior Col-
ANNUAL BANQUET AND DANCE
SCHEDULED FOR LYCOMING HOTEL
DR. ROBERT T. OLIVER TO SPEAK
The Greater Lycoming Banquet will be held Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m.,
in the ballroom of the Lycoming Hotel. This year the banquet prom-ises
to be the greatest in the history of the annual affair.
Dr. Robert T. Oliver, noted authority on Korea and Head of the
Department of Speech at the Pennsylvania State College, has been se-cured
at the guest speaker. At one time. Dr. Oliver was manager of
the Washington Bureau of the Korean Pacific Press and counsellor of
the Korean commission. Full details on the well-known speaker appear
elsewhere in this issue.
Encertainment for the banquet is being handled by Walter G. Mclver,
associate professor of voice. Mr. Mclver has arranged several skits and
[ a selection of musical numbers
which will lend to the general en-joyment
of the evening. In addi-tion,
he has intimated that there
will be an "extra-added-attrac-tion",
the exact nature of which
he is keeping a secret.
Dancing will be from 9 until
I 12. Gerald Kehler and his orches-
Banquet Cost Explained
Because of the larger plans for
the Greater Lycoming Banquet this
year, a price of three dollars per
person has been set. The rise in cost
became mandatory when it was
proved necessary to transfer the
scene of the dinner from the col-
, ,i , ,• i i t-l-lege
campus to the Lycoming ! "^ '^'il' P'^X fo^ ^he dance. This
j-j(j(g] orchestra has been in great demand
The increase in interest in this i throughout the Williamsport and
annual affair has made it impos-
] surrounding areas. Last summer,
sible to hold it on the campus. Fa- the orchestra was heard regularly
cilities there are not sufficient to ^yg,- ^^e of the local radio stations,
handle the number of people ex- ^ jjj.gg response will guarantee
pected. Therefore, the Lycoming
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was the logical choice.
A breakdown on the price indi-cates
that it actually does not com-pletely
cover the cost of the eve-ning.
$2.25 goes for the dinner
and 2 5 cents for the tip, leaving
only fifty cents to apply to the
decorations, printing of tickets,
advertising, programs and so forth.
lege, Vancouver, Wash., was pro-fessor
and head of the department
of speech at Bucknell University
from 1937 to 1942; and from. 1942
but for succeeding years, of the
banquet.
Where to Make Reser-vations
for Banquet
Alumni reservations should be
made immediately because it will
be necessary to limit the number
available. Alumni living in Wil-liamsport
should contact Miss
to 1947, was professor and chair- j Martha Virginia Slate, 361 Mul-man
of the department of speech berry St., Williamsport, Pa. Those
at Syracuse University.
Three recently published books
by Dr. Oliver are: "Why War
Came in Korea", published Sept.
2 5, 1950, by Declan X. McMulHn,
22 Park Place, New York, N. Y.,
and two text books, "Persuasive
Speaking", and a revision of "The
New Training for Effective
Speech" co-authored with Rupert
L. Cortright, of Wayne Univers-ity,
Detroit.
residing outside of Williamsport
should make their reservations with
Rev. Lawrence Lykens, Jordan
Avenue, Montoursville, Pa. Only
those tickets paid for in advance
will be reserved. These tickets may
be obtained in the lobby of the
hotel the night of the banquet, or
they will be mailed if a self-ad-dressed
envelope is enclosed with
the reservation.