Bulletin, Lycoming College, April 1951

              Lyccming College
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APRIL, 19U
103rd Annual Commencement—June 3
LIVING ENDOWMENT
A living endowment plan for Lycoming College is being discussed,
w itli the Alumni Council working out the details of the proposed plan.
The establishment of a living endowment plan will have several ob-jectives.
In the first place, its purpose will be to keep the alumni well
informed about the activities of the college. Secondly, the suggested
plan is designed so as to encourage the alumni to represent the college
lin their respective communities. Thirdly, it is hoped that the living
endowment plan will induce each
member of the alumni to make an
annual contribution proportionate
the ability and inclination of
each.
The publicity office is working
directly with this program, with
pecial publicity emphasis on al-umni
activities. Also, Donald G.
Remley, now representing the col-lege
in the field, is contacting al-umni
in their own communities
with respect to this plan. Ken-neth
E. Himes, college treasurer,
will assume responsibility for set-ting
up clerical procedure and su-pervising
the administration of
the program. Dr. John W. Long,
lege president, is in charge of
general supervision of the entire
broad program.
The proposed plan will be of-fered
to the alumni in June for
adoption. Personal information
forms will be distributed to al-umni
this summer.
Summer School
Lycoming College will offer
another varied summer schedule
during the \acation months, ac-cording
to Academic Dean VC'il-liam
S. Hoffman.
Approximately twenty-five
courses are included in the plan-ning
for the summer sessions. Dates
for these classes are, June 18 to
July 26, first session, and July 17
to August 30, second session.
A trial questionnaire concern-ing
summer school was issued to
the members of the student body
recently. Those interested in the
program indicated the courses
which they were desirous of tak-ing
during the summer program.
I rom this response. Dean Hoffman
Jicu up the revised schedule.
Commsncemenf
Program
(A// Act.vit'.ci on Daylight
Saiing Tunc)
Saturday, June 2
1U:00 a.m.—Meeting, Board of
Directors (Girls' Day
Room, Rich Hall)
10:00 a.m.—Senior Class Pro-gram.
Distribution of Prizes,
Announcement of Hon-ors,
etc. The public is
welcome.
12:30
—
Luncheon — Dining
Room, Clarke Building.
Reunion of Classes.
1:30—Annual Meeting of the
Alumni Association.
3:00
Baseball game—Fac-ulty
vs. Seniors.
6:00—Alumni Banquet, Din-ing
Room.
8:30—Concert by A Cappella
Choir of the College
Sunday, June 3
10:30—Procession to Pine St.
Church
10:45—Baccalaureate Service
4:00 p.m. — Commencement
Exercises. Conferring of
Degrees and Awarding of
Diplomas, Chapel of
Clarke Building.
A detailed Itrogram iiill route
to \oH later.
Old Diplomas
The response to the college's
request for old diplomas has
been gratifying. The editor of
the Bulletin and the alumni
secretary wish to extend their
sincere "thank you" to all
those who sent in the historic
old diplomas. The number re-ceived
was more than sufficient.
One Hundred Twenty-nine to Graduate
One hundred twenty-nine stu-dents
will be graduated at the
103rd annual commencement ex-ercises
to be held June 3, accord-ing
to an announcement from the
office of President Dr. John W.
Long.
Included in this figure are 107
students who will be awarded four-year
degrees and 22 who will be
granted two-year diplomas for the
completion of terminal courses.
The graduation exercises will
embrace all students who have
completed their work since grad-uation
last year, including those
whose undergraduate work was
completed in summer school, those
who ended their studies with the
first semester of this academic
year.
Reuning classes this year arc:
1901, 1906, 1911, 1916, 1921,
1926, 1931. 1936, 1941, 1946,
and 1950. The college is now
working on a plan whereby it can
accommodate returning alumni. It
is hoped that every reuning class
will be strongly represented.
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Ai uMNi AND Friends:
Another year at Lycoming will
soon become history. In sl>ite of
generally unsettled conditions
steaih progress has been made on
our cainjuis in all lines except en-rollment.
El en here conditions are
encouraging with an enrollment
for the year of 718.
Mr. Walter G. Mcher's groups
of singers are in increasing demand
both in Will'amsport and through-out
the territory seried by Lycom-ing
College.
Air. James Sheaffer's Band is also
grouing in popularity.
A new Placement Service has
been inau gurated with Russell
Brounlee, '45, in charge.
Student interest in campus af-fairs
is showing a gratifying in-crease.
The new department of
Rural Church Work, under Rei.
Henry Shisslcr, is meeting a re-sponse
which promises well for
this important department. The
basketball team had a most suc-cessful
season, thinning 16 out of
19 games. These are some of the
highlights of student actiiities on
the campus.
The new Library is making
rapid progress and should be ready
for occupancy for the opening of
the ne\t college year.
Alumni actiiities are receiving
1 special attention. Mr. Richard
Wolf, '50, is general publicity di-rector,
Mr. Don G. Remley, '17,
is devoting full time to Alumni
affairs and to student recruiting.
Miss Nellie F. Gorgas, '38, is de-toting
about one half of her time
to the important office details of
Alumni work. President
Amos B. Horlacher, Dean of Men
at Dickinson College, together
with the Alumni Council, has held
several meetings during the year
at which the larious plans of Al-umni
activities and interests are
receiiing careful attention. Home-coming
in October and the Greater
Lycoming Banquet, February 23,
brought together many Alumni,
both from Williamsport and else-where.
The response to the annual
dues notices sent out by the Al-umni
Association brought nearly
S700 /;; dues and Life Member-ships.
Announcement of Commence-ment
actiiities and dates appears
elsewhere on this page. Make your
plans to spend both Saturday and
Sunday if possible. Reservations to
accommodate 150 alumni are
available if you will notify us of
your wishes by May 20. A hearty
welcome and many interests await
you. Come!
Faithfully yours,
John W. Long