Bulletin, Lycoming College, July 1951

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NEWEST BUILDING ON LYCOMING COLLEGE CAMPUS
Perfect skies form a backdrop for the John W. Long Library at Lycoming College
student use this Fall. The new building is named for the president of the college.
ifhich will be opened for
eluded a meeting of the Board of
Directors, a faculty-senior baseball
game, captured by the seniors, an
ilumni luncheon which was very
well attended, an alumni associa-tion
meeting, unveiling of plaques,
and a concert by the college band.
The Reverend Benjamin F. All-good,
D.U., '20, who is Director
of Advance and Special Gifts,
Board of Home Missions of the
Methodist Church, delivered the
main address at the Alumni B.-in-quet,
Saturday evening. At this
meeting, the members of the grad-uating
class were admitted into
the Alumni Association.
Activities of the day were con-cluded
with the formal spring con-cert
by the a cappcUa choir of the
The procession to the Baccalau-reate
Service in Pine Street Meth-odist
Church began at 10:.^0 Sun-lay
morning, June 3 The Rev.
Mr. Allgood, '20, was again the
peaker. He is a former W'illiams-lort
resident who entered the min-stry
from the Pine Street Meth-
)dist Church. He is a graduate of
Dickinson Seminary and continued
his studies at the University of
Pennsylvania and Temple Univer-sity.
Previous to his present ap-
(Cont. on page 2)
Commencement Activities
1 ycomiiig College graduated its
thud class from the four-year col-lege
on Sunday afternoon, June 5,
at the one-hundred and third an-nual
commencement exercises of
the institution.
Ilii^/tlinhf i)f //)! prccomiiicucc-mciif
acliiilici was reached Sat-urilay,
jiiiir 2, wbrii Robert F.
Rich. prcuJeii/ nf the Board of
Direr/i.<s a u n o ii ii e e d that the
Board had rated iiiiaiihiioiisly to
name the new library building in
honor of Dr. John \C . Long, who
has serred for .iO years as president
of tin- college. Former Congress-wan
Rich emphasized the ro'.e Dr.
Long has played through the years
in /'ringing tlie college to its pres-ent
four-year level.
Students, alunuii, and faculty
members spontaneously applauded
the announcement by Mr. Rich.
At 10;()() a.m., Saturday morn-ing,
the Senior Class Day exercises
were held in the Clarke Building.
Shirley Williams, Sara McGar-vey,
and Harvey A. Hartmm, all
of Williamsport, were awarded the
top honors from the school.
Miss Williams received the cov-eted
faculty prize, considered the
highest honor accorded to a grad-uating
senior. It takes into ac-count
the student's contribution
to the school, as well as academic
work.
Miss McGarvey and Mr. Hart-man
were named to the Sachem,
select academic honor group estab-lished
this year. Hartman became
the first underclassman to gain
such recognition by miintaining a
2.7 average for his first three
years.
Other activities of the d,i\- in-
A difficult situation confronts the college beginning
with the opening September 17 next. On another page
there is a brief article which undertakes to estimate the
situation for Liberal Arts Colleges during the next few
years. I hope you wilt read that carefully.
Since the war Lycoming College has made progress
which has been equalled by very few other institutions
but uncertain world conditions and the attempt to build
up a strong defense program on the part of our govern-ment
has made the future of young people, so far as their
college education is concerned, very uncertain and Ly-coming
College will be afl^ected unfavorably as well as
other institutions.
The enrollment at the present time is only slightly
below that of last year but we cannot tell how many for-mer
students will return.
You can do your college a most important service by
thinkinrr of the young people in your circle — church.