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REPORT
May 1984
Commencement '84: Board chairman honored
The chairman of Lycoming's Board of Trustees joined the C lass ot 1«84 in receiving degrees at the 136th commencement on May 6. The annual ceremony took pla< e I >n the campus quadrangle and flag court under sunny skies with temperatures in the high 60s,
Several thousand persons looked on as W, Gibbs McKenney '37, chairman of the board since 1976, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Lycoming President Dr. Frederick E. Blumer They also saw 178 seniors receive their bachelor of arts degrees and 45 January and September graduates be recognized at Lycoming's only graduation exercise annually.
McKenney, 71, a prominent Baltimore attorney, was ciled for "renowned dedication to the practice of law, your contributions to the literature of your profession, and your many years of outstanding service to higher education." A partner in the law firm of McKenney, Thomsen and Burke, McKenney has been a Lycoming trustee since 1964. f Us ( ontac t with Lycoming, however, dates back to the school's days as the Dickinson Seminary.
McKenney went on from there to Dickinson College, where he earned a bachelor of philosophy degree, and the prestigious law school of the University of Virginia He started his private practice in 1947, specializing in taxation, corporate finance, and estates and trusts, McKenney has proficient in these areas that he is listed in the volume. The Best Lawyers in America/' as one of the finest in these separate Fields of practice. He is the only Maryland lawyer to appear in three categories.
The board chairman, who is retiring from the post on July 1, also is the author and editor of a variety of publications used widely by trust companies, the insurance industry, hospitals, and colleges nationwide Among his publications are the monthlv bulk-tin Taxes and Estates," circulated to more than 400.000 readers; The Educator. " a bulletin used by colleges across the country; "Minimizing Taxes," a quarterly bulletin for insurers; and The Patron, ' a quarterly used by hospitals.
McKenney is a frequent lecturer at the American University Tax Institute, the Mount Vernon College Tax
Institute and Southern Methodist University. He also speaks of ten before trust conventions, seminars, estate planning councils, tinance forums, and bar associations. In addition to serving as a Lycoming trustee, McKenney
has served on the boards at Dickinson College, Goucher College and Wesley Theological Seminary He is tin' president ol the Kelso Home for Girls and a trustee for the Franklin Square Hospital and foundation Hi- also has been j dim tot ol Goodwill Industries, the Baltimore Civic I Iperat ompany, the Baltimore Estate Planning Council, and numerous Baltimore corporations.
McKenney is a director ol Equitable Bancorporalion
.iii.l i K.nrrnan of the trust committee ot the Equitable
Hank N A, in Baltimore. He is listed in Who's Who in the
World and Who's Who in Ami ru a
Honored as the summa cum laude graduate of the Class
of 1984 was Martha R Detwiler ot Williamsport. an
accounting major and wife ol another trustee, John T
Detwiler, Fifty-three other seniors graduated with magna
aim laude or cum loude honors, including It ffi
Beckstead ot Woxall, a physics and computer science
majoi who was No Zinthi
Pi Shirley V.in Marter, Dean of the College,
introduced the honor students and presented all ot the
graduates i"r their degrees, Pr. Blumer awarded all but six
of the diplomas Those he didn't present were handed to
six graduates by some very familiar faces — members ol
theii families who are Lycoming emj
ees taking advantage of the Lycoming custom ■ isurer William! Baker 57. who handed a
diploma to his daughter, Katherine: Larry R Strauser '59,
assistant professoi of criminal justice who gave a diploma
to his son, Ned, the Rev Jerry L, Eischeid, campus
minister who awarded! .ih her degree;
Elizabeth C Cowles, Secretary m the career development
center, who got to hand out two diplomas, one to her son,
Russell and the other to her daughter. Kimberlv; and
Chairman of the Board W. Gibbs McKenney 37. poses with Lycoming President Dr. Frederick E. Blunter (left}. In the photo on the right is Martha R Detwiler. of Williamsport . the summa cum laude graduate of the Class of 1964 Belowis the assemblage gathered for the 136th graduation exercise.
Bemadint G Hileman. oltice services coordinator, who performed the honor for her son. Rocky. In each instance, this meant some instant hugs and kisses were spread around.
After awarding the diplomas, Dr Blumer spent a few minutes addressing the graduates And as he does each vear. the President asked the new graduates to salute their parents and other relatives and friends who supported and sacrificed for them during their four years on campus.
Music tor commencement and the morning baccalaureate service was provided by Lycoming's choir and concert band. Organist Charles Kaufmann. a junior music and religion major from lermyn, played a carillon concert before commencement and played at the worship service.
Speaker for the baccalaureate service was Father John J. Tamalis, chaplain to Roman Catholic students on campus. The very popular priest also prepared with John G. Nugent 84. of New York City, and Brian P. Trava '84, of Franklin Lakes, NJ. a slide presentation It was shown after his sermon in the darkened Lamade Gymnasium in the Physical Education and Recreation Center, where baccalaureate was held. The slides were shown to the rune of the popular song, "The Way We Were
After baccalaureate, luncheon was served in the Wertz Student Center dining hall. Graduate-sand their families were guests of Lycoming,
On the day before commencement, the gradual ins seniors also were honored at a graduation reception in Burchfield Lounge of the student center
President's corner
When someone mentions to you that Lycoming College is related to the United Methodist Church, what does that suggest to you7
"Church-related college" suggests to some a haven against temptation, a morally safe environment, or even a place for indoctrinating students. To others it suggests a place like any other, a campus indistinguishable both in organization and curriculum from larger state institutions Both images are unfortunate. But whatever the sterotype that flashes to mind when someone reminds you that Lycoming is church-related, let me suggest two features of this relationship worth remembering.
First, Lycoming College is an active part of a larger history. Recently. I made a quick trip to Baltimore to help celebrate the bicentennial of The United Methodist Church. The celebration was in Baltimore because it was there in 1784, 200 years ago, that the early Methodists organized in America. It is noteworthy that one of their first actions was to establish a college As Tom Trotter, General Secretary of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry observes. "The United Methodist Church is unique among the denominations in that it was bom in a university. No other Protestant church movement has
been so intimately and consistently involved with higher education. ...More than 1.000 schools, colleges and universities have been founded in the two centuries of the American Methodist movement, .." Lycoming College is a part of that educational tide,
Second, Lycoming College benefits from the Bicentennial Scholars Program now being launched by the United Methodist Church, a new scholarship program. "One thousand United Methodist high school graduating seniors will be designated Bicentennial Scholars in the fall of 1985 and again in the fall of 1986, for a total of 2.000 scholars [across America] for the 1985-88 quadrennium. They will be nominated by local churches to the institution of the students choice. The institutions will nominate students to the National Bicentennial Scholars Committee, which will make selections. Subject to the availability of other financial aid, a Bicentennial Scholar will be offered up to $3,000 in the first year, including grants of up to $1,000 each from the local church, the institution of the student's choice, and [the denomination]. In the second, third, and fourth years, the institution will provide financial aid packages for the scholar. In the third year, | the denomination] will make a second grant to the
scholar, equal to the award in the first year " (Note: Information about the Bicentennial Program is available from the Division of Higher Education, P.O. Box 871. Nashville, Tennessee 37202)
Whether you prefer grandiose visions of participating in the sweep of American history or whether you prefer bread-and-butter images of scholarship aid to attend college, both illustrate what being related to The United Methodist Church means to Lycoming College. As United Methodists celebrate their bicentennial in America, Lycoming College is quietly beginning preparations for our celebration of the 175th anniversary of our founding in 1812. We have come a long way together. It felt good to be in Baltimore celebrating something I knew was also rooted in Lycoming College!
Campus notes
FORREST KEESBURY, of the education department, and Dr. Mary Anne Doyle, of the University of Connecticut, delivered a paper at the annual meeting of the National Association of Development Educators in March. The paper is titled "Exploring Ways to Evaluate the Progress of Developmental Students: Case Studies of Procedures Used by Selected Four Year Liberal Arts Colleges."
TRACY LEWIS, of the foreign languages department, presented a paper at the Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures. The conference was held at Louisiana State University in early March
At the 28th annual conference of the Pennsylvania School Counselors Association in Hershey, KATHLEEN PAGANA, of the nursing department, presented a workshop titled "Educational Preparation for Nursing: Preparing the Nurse of the Future."
STEPHEN GRIFHTH, of the philosophy department. has been invited to participate in two National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer seminars. One is titled 'Physicist in Historical Context"; it will be held at Yale University. The other is titled The Metaphysics of Events "j it will be held at Syracuse University,
OWEN HERRING, of the philosophy department, also has been invited to participate in an NEH summer seminar Titled The Ethics of Research With Human Subjects," it will be held at the University of Maryland
JACK D1EHL and ROBERT ZACCARIA, of the biology department, attended the Eastern Colleges Science Conference in Providence, RI, in April with eight Lycoming students presenting undergraduate research More than 200 students and faculty members from 35 colleges were represented Diehl is a member of the board of directors of the conference.
GEOFF GORDON and BRUCE WEAVER, of the business administration department, will teach two seminars to AT&T employees in the midwest in June. Titled 'Tinancial Analysis for Decision Making," the seminars will be taught in Minneapolis and Wausau, WI,
RICHARD HUGHES, of the religion department, presented a paper titled "Aggression and Violence A Typology" to colleagues on the Committee on Theological Consultation of the Pennsylvania Conference on Interchurch Cooperation in late March. The session was held at the Trinity Spiritual Center in Shiremanstown.
As a Pennsylvania Humanities Council speaker for 1984, DIANE'LESKO, of the art department, lectured at two other Pennsylvania colleges in March. At the Hazleton campus of The Pennsylvania State University, Lesko spoke on 'The Nude in Art: Questioning the Litany." At Susquehanna University, she discussed "Our Neglected Heritage; Women Artists from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century."
Lesko also spoke in March at the fifth international conference on the Fantastic in the Arts at Florida Atlantic University Her talk was titled"James Ensor's Tribulations of St. Anthony."
JOHN WHELAN, of the philosophy department, is a member of the National Endowment for the Humanities evaluation panel evaluating institutional grant proposals.
A national metal-sculpture competition at Millersville University included a bronze sculpture by ROGER SHIPLEY, of the art department, Shipley's work is titled 'Pictorial Participation #48," one of a series of sculptures he has completed. The exhibition ran from March 20 to April 15.
Shipley also will have two sculptures in the same series. "Black Cube" and Transitions," displayed in the 1984 Juried Art Museum Exhibition of the Greater Harrisburg Arts Festival The exhibition begins early this summer at the William Penn Museum in Harrisburg,
Nurses and nursing students from throughout the northcentral region gathered at Lycoming in mid-April for a one-day workshop sponsored by the nursing department. Titled "Human Needs and Nursing Process," it was led by Dr. Helen Yura, a nationally recognized consultant and a professor and graduate program director at Old Dominion University. The workshop centered on ensuring person -centered and family-centered nursing care
'The Testament ot Adam and the Angels of Qumaran. " an article wrtten by STEPHEN ROBINSON, of the religion department, will be published this summer in the Revue d'Qimuan.
JANET RODGERS, of the nursing department, has been appointed to a three-year term as an editorial advisor for National Fonim: The Phi Kappa Pht Journal.
In April, Rodgers also moderated a panel titled "Counter- transference, Transitional Phenomena. Dreams and Societal Interactions'' at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatry Association in Toronto.
CAROLE MOSES, of the English department, has published an essay on Daniel Defoe in Magill's Critical Survey of Long Fiction. She also has published three book reviews in Magill's Literary Annual, 1983
Moses also presented a paper titled "Beatrix Potter: A Reevaluation" at the session of the Northeast Modem Language Association in March,
The largest turnout of student voters in years elected new 5 tudent -government representatives, judiciary members, and class officers at Lycoming in early April, The results saw Patricia Ryan, a mass communications major from Bound Brook, NJ, elected president of the Student Association of Lycoming College (SALC) She will be assisted by vice-presidents James Barron, of Hazleton, and Mary Shaul. of Chambersburg; secretary Tina Muheim, of Philadelphia, and treasurer Robert Rossi, of Wyckoff, NJ Almost 40 percent of the student body cast ballots.
Oops!
The "class news" section of the April issue of Lycoming College Report incorrectly listed Janet L. Robinson '83 as being associated with Phillips, Cramer & Hoffman. The correct name of the firm is Phillips, Kramer & Hoffman Associates, Certified Public Accountants, of Williamsport, PA, We regret the error!
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Honor society inducts 11 members
The Lycoming chapter of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society inducted eight seniors, a junior, a January graduate, and a faculty member into its ranks at the annual spring initiation ceremony in March.
The initiation ceremony followed a dinner in the private dining room of Wertz Student Center. Each initiate's family and friends were invited to the affair
Speaker for the ceremony was the faculty initiate, Dr Stephen E. Robinson, assistant professor of religion. He spoke on "Pseudepigrapha." A special guest at the event wasDr JamesT. Barrs, Eastern regional national vice president of Phi Kappa Phi. The professor emeritus of English at Northeastern University also participated in the initiation
Among the student initiates were four from the Wiliiamsport area and two from northcentral Pennsylvania.
Greater Williamsport initiates were Ann E, Collins, a junior philosophy and political science major from Williamsport; Esther L Lester, a January psychology graduate from Montoursville; Harriet J. Luhta. a senior accounting major from Williamsport. and Mary Jo Zwisle, a senior math and computer science major from Williamsport.
Inductees from the northcentral region were Bruce A. S. Andrien, Jr., a senior physics and computer science major from Troy, and Elizabeth A. Landon. a senior English major from Canton
Other initiates were Josephine A. Elia, a senior psychology major from Reading; Diane L Witherow, a senior art and mass communications major from Gettysburg, Anthony M. Bucco, a senior business administration and economics major from Boonton, NJ and Lynn M Johansen, a senior art and mass communications major from New Milford, NJ.
To be eligible for membership in Phi Kappa Phi, juniors must carry a 3.85 grade point average and rank in the top three percent of their class; first -semester seniors must carry a 3.75 grade point average and rank in the top six percent, second-semester seniors must carry a 3 50 average and rank in the top nine percent of their class.
HOMECOMING '84 September 28-30
Trustees take two steps toward science building
Lycoming's Board of Trustees tool, two more steps toward construction of a new science building at its annual spring meeting on April 27. The trustees also adopted an $11.2 million operating budget for 1984-85, and elected a new chairman of the board
The board authorized the hiring of two consulting firms to help Lycoming explore its capacity to finance a multimillion dollar package of construction projects and purchases, including a new science building.
Drexel, Bumham, and Lambert, a professional bond consultant, will be hired to offer advice and counsel on floating a bond issue of up to $8 million to finance the package of improvements. At the same time, Thompson and Pendel, a professional fund-raising firm, will be hired to counsel Lycoming in anticipation of conducting a 175th anniversary capital campaign to help pay off this debt if the trustees decide to approve the construction projects and purchases. Lycoming's 175th anniversary is 1987.
Among the issues to be explored by the consultants will be when might be the best time for Lycoming to float a bond issue, if it is feasible at this time to undertake such a project, including the conducting of a capital campaign to help pay off the bonds, and the internal fund-raising capability of Lycoming.
The results of the two firms' studies will be correlated for review by the trustees before they meet again Their next meeting is Oct. 19. although it is possible a special meeting may be called before the fall if the studies are completed well in advance of the fall meeting.
In addition to the science building, the projects and purchases being considered for funding by the bond issue are a new campus-wide telephone system, replacement of Lycoming's computer system, remodeling the two former fine arts buildings, and making the campus more accessible to handicapped students.
The former and latter projects are underway already, with the new phone system expected to be fully operational by Thanksgiving. Improving the accessibility of the campus lo handicapped students will be done over the next several years, using the compliance guidelines of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Act 504). Lycoming work crews will complete this project.
The new $11,223,581 budget is approximately $1 million more than the 1983-84 budget, and approximately $60,000 more than the tentative budget approved by trustees last October. The increase reflects Lycoming's nine percent increase in fees announced earlier this year.
Harold H. Shreckengast, Jr. '50. a prominent Philadelphia accountant, was elected the new chairman of the board. He will replace W Gibbs McKenney 37, a well-known Baltimore attorney, on )uly 1, when McKenney retires from the post.
Shreckengast is a partner with Price Waterhouse and
Company. Philadelphia. The chairman -elect has been a trustee since 1972. He has been serving most recently as chairman of the finance committee and as a member of the executive committee. Shreckengast also is currently the president of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
McKenney. who has been a trustee since 1964 and chairman since 1976, received a Steuban Glass Eagle as a parting gift from Lycoming. He also was named chairman ementus. The alumnus of Dickinson Seminary, Lycoming's forerunner institution, is a partner in the law firm of McKenney, Thomsen, and Burke. He is the author and editor of a variety of publications used by trust and insurance companies, hospitals, and colleges nationwide
Other officers of the board re-elected were Nathan W. Stuart '36. a Williamsport attorney, as vice-chairman, and Paul G. Gilmore, of Williamsport, as secretary. William L. Baker '57, Lycoming treasurer, also was re-elected.
Two new members of the board were elected {see other story in this issue), and eight current members were re- elected.
The new members are Congressman Robert W. Edgar
'65, and D. Stephen Martz '64, a banker from Hollidaysburg. The Congressman represents the 7th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. He is one of three alumni representatives on the board. Martz is president and chief executive officer of Hollidaysburg Trust Company.
Members re-elected were Samuel H. Evert '34, of Bloornsburg; the Rev Brian A Fetterman '54, of Harrisburg, Harold D Hershberger, Jr. '51, of Williamsport: Kenneth E. Himes, of Williamsport; JohnC. Lundy, of Williamsport; William Pickelner, of Williamsport; John Y. Schreyer, of Little Falls, NJ, and Shreckengast Each will serve another three-year term.
In other action related to the science building, Evert. chairman of the grounds and buildings committee, reported that it is not possible to convert the current building into a new structure. An analysis of undertaking such a conversion shows that it would not be physically or financially feasible, given the age of the building That building was converted in 1957 from an old bottling plant for a Williamsport brewery.
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W. Gibbs McKenney '37 presents the gavel to board chairman-elect Harold H Shreckengast. Jr. '50.
A very special gavel
A gavel is a gavel is a gavel. Not always.
When the new chairman of Lycoming's Board of Trustees brings order to future meetings, he will do it with one of the most unique gavels anywhere.
Harold H. Shreckengast, Jr. '50, a partner with Price Waterhouse and Company, Philadelphia, will wield a gavel carved from a piece of lumber salvaged from the White House after the British army bumed it in 1812. That also happens to be the year Lycoming College was founded as the former Williamsport Academy, an elementary school.
The unique gavel was handed over to Shreckengast by his predecessor, W. Gibbs McKenney '37, a Baltimore attorney, who used it for almost nine years while presiding over meetings of Lycoming's trustees. McKenney is retiring from the post officially on July 1. but he presided over his last meeting on April 27.
McKenney actually presented the gavel as a gift to Lycoming. He received it from his father, a woodturner who carved a variety of items and other gavels out of lumber saved from that fire almost 175 years ago. The attorney said the gavel was in his possession more than 25 years.
Before bringing the gavel to his last meeting, McKenney had it refinished to help preserve it for future use After all, a gavel is not always just a gavel,
Meet new trustees
Two alumni, one a well-known Congressman and the other a prominent Blair County banker, are the newest members of Lycoming's Board of Trustees.
Congressman Robert W. Edgar '65 and D, Stephen Martz '64 officially assume their posts on July 1. Edgar is the third representative of Lycoming's alumni association, replacing John B. Ernst '58, of Doylestown, who completed a three-year term. Martz replaces Dr, M. L. Sharrah, now of Wilmington, DE, who served two three- year terms.
Edgar is in his fifth term as the representative of the 7th Congressional District of Pennsylvania A Democrat, he represents a heavily Republican district. Considered a liberal, he has earned a reputation as a diligent, hard- working representative with high principles. Edgar was elected most recently by the widest margin of any of his previous races
In addition to his Lycoming degree, Edgar holds an M .Div degree from Drew University and a certificate in Ptistnrjl psychiatry from the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital in Philadelphia. Before being elected to Congress in 1974, he was Protestant chaplain at Drexel University, a social service agency director in Philadelphia, and pastor to several United Methodist Churches in Pennsylvania, including several Central Pennsylvania congregations while a Lycoming undergraduate
As a Congressman, Edgar has worked on the Public Works and Transportation and Veterans Affairs Committees and their sub-committees, and has chaired the Northeast-Midwest Coalition Organizations that have honored him include the Pennsylvania Jaycees, the Sierra Club, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Lycoming Alumni Association Lycoming awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1981 .
Edgar lives with his wife. Merle, and their three sons in Annandale, VA, when he is not in Springfield.
Martz is the president and chief executive officer of Hollidaysburg Trust Company. He was named to the
Robert W Edgar '65
latter post in January, after serving as president from May, 1983.
The new trustee has been with the trust company since 1964, when he began his banking career. He was made an assistant trust officer in 1967. an assistant vice president in 1970, and a trust officer and vice president in 1971 , Martz was named to the bank's board in 1974. He served as executive vice president from 1981 to 1983
In addition to studying at Lycoming, Martz has studied at the P.B.A Trust Training School at Bucknell University
D Stephen Martz '64
and at other banking schools.
Active in civic and comminity affairs, Martz is past president and executive board member of the Blair County American Cancer Society; a trustee of the Hollidaysburg Free Public Library and the Nason Hospital; past chairman of the P.B.A. trust division, and a Hollidaysburg Rotary Club member.
Martz lives with his wife, Sandra, and their daughter in Dun cans ville.
Conferences keep campus jumping
As in the past, incoming students attending orientation sessions with their parents and a couple of thousand visitors atending conferences are expected to keep Lycoming jumping again this summer.
The conference season led off with the Full Gospel Businessmen on May 17-20. More than 125 persons attended the four-day event.
The businessmen shared the campus on May 18-20 with more than 500 Pennsylvania Jaycees attending their annual conference. One of the largest groups to convene on campus in recent years, the Jaycees were housed in five of Lycoming's eight residence halls.
A convention of Christ Crusaders followed the Jaycees and businessmen to campus on May 25-28 More than 450 attended the weekend affair.
The |une conference schedule begins with a reunion of the 1974 Lycoming choir More than 35 former members are expected to gather to reminisce about their trip to England and sing together again on the weekend of June 1-3
Lycoming's Alumni Board gathers on campus on the weekend of June 15-16. At the same time, the annual visit of the Northumberland Presbytery is to bring another 175 persons to campus.
The first Lycoming orientation session is scheduled for June 17-19, with 300 incoming freshmen and parents expected to attend. Elderhostel I. the first of two summer education and vacation programs for senior citizens, also begins on June 17, It ends on |une23
Lycoming's second orientation session is scheduled for June 24-26. An estimated 350 freshmen and parents will attend that session.
More than 250 leaders of Parent-Teacher Associations (FTA) from across Pennsylvania will converge on the campus for their annual summer leadership session on June 27-30.
A similar nember of persons will attend the Northeast Jurisdictional School of Evangelism on July 2-6.
The International Cheerleading Foundation returns to campus again on July 8-11 with more than 250 high school cheerleaders ready to out-shout each other. They will share the campus for a few days with the World Division Missionary conference on July 9-14, expected to draw 150 persons.
The annual antique car show of the Susquehannock region comes to Lycoming on July 14 This exhibition always draws hundreds of automobile buffs and spectators to the quadrangle and Wertz Student Center.
Trustees (continued)
After the board meeting, a luncheon was served in the private dining room of Wertz Student Center. It included the presentation of a plaque recognizing Shreckengast as Lycoming's "Outstanding Accounting Alumnus " for 1984. Shreckengast was ill and unable to attend the awards banquet in January where it was announced he was the 1984 recipient of the award.
'Distinguished' economist named
Di Warren L Fisher '67 receiving award from Dr W. Opdahl fright),
Roger
Dr. Warren L. Fisher '67, a senior policy analyst for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, is the third recipient of Lycoming's "Distinguished Economics Alumnus'' award.
Fisher, a Wiltiamsport native now living in Fairfax, VA, received the honor in mid-April at a dinner at a Williamsport restaurant. It was sponsored by the economics department and the Omicron Delta Epsilon economics honor society on campus
After being honored, the economist addressed the faculty members, students, and administrators at the banquet on his research with the agency. Fisher currently is one of three analysts responsible for designing and executing the 1980 and 1985 National Surveys of Fishing, Hunting and Wild life- Associated Recreation. These surveys gauge the economic impact and value of outdoor recreation in the U.S.
Before moving to the wildlife service. Fisher taught at several colleges and universities, including SUNY at Fredonia, Manchester Community College, the University of Connecticut, and Lycoming in 1969-1970. His most recent academic position was as associate professor of economics at the SUNY campus.
A frequent author and speaker, Fisher has published numerous papers on his research projects and spoken at scores of meetings and conferences on fish and wildlife economics. He earned his master's and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Connecticut,
As the old cars leave, Lycoming's third group of new students arrives on July 15 for an orientation session. It runs through July 17. Just as the incoming students leave, they are replaced by more than 125 dairy princesses from around Pennsylvania. The training session runs from lulv 18-20.
The Central Pennsylvania Conference Weekday School of Missions brings 225 persons to Lycoming on July 23-26. Another 275 persons follow them to campus on July 27-29 for the conference's Weekend School of Missions. This is followed by the conference's Youth Assembly on July 30 and August 1.
The 125 conference youth will be joined by 75 All-Star Cheerleaders on July 30 through Aug. 2
The Reformed Baptist Family Conference will bring 600 persons to the campus on Aug 6-10, making it the largest conference of the summer Six of Lycoming's eight residence halls will be occupied.
The summer schedule closes out with the Northeast Jurisdictional School of Worship on Aug. 12-17 and the second Elderhostel program on Aug. 12-18. More than 200 persons are expected at the school of worship.
Ewing lecture held
A distinguished professor of history at New York University delivered the 11th annual Robert H. Ewing Lecture at Lycoming in mid-April, The lecture honors the professor emeritus of history.
Dr. Carl E. Prince spoke on "The Great Riot Year: Jacksonian [Democracy and Patterns of American Violence in 1834.'' The address was given in the new Fine Arts Center lecture hall
Prince, a well-known scholar and lecturer, is president of the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic and chairman of the history department at New York University.
The public lecture series is funded through an endowment established by friends, colleagues, and former students of Ewing, who retired in 1973 after teaching at Lycoming for more than 25 years. Sponsored by the history department, the lecture series annually features a well-known historian.
Student spotlight: Larry Estes '84
Harold H Shreckengast, }r '50 receives award from members of the accounting departments (left to right) Logan A. Richmond '54, Eldon F Kuhns '70, and Richard E, Wienecke '67.
Helping others "enjoy themselves and forget their problems'" has been a guiding force for Larry Estes The senior's "helping hand" has been evident as a member of three musical ensembles, the Campus Activities Board (CAB), and the LGA staff at Lycoming.
While holding down a double ma]or in business administration and music, the Carlisle native seems to have had his hands in everything on campus that can best make use of his talents. For example, the four-year membr of CAB has worked on practically every committee within the organization. Most recently he was the chairman of the dinner-theatre committee This post kept Estes busy last spring when he was in charge of coordinating the very successful Elizabethan banquet in Wertz Student Center
"When we first brought-up the idea," he recalls, "there were a lot of restrictions that said we couldn't do it,"
But the senior and his committee worked around these barriers, including the limiting space of Burchfield Lounge, to accommodate and entertain a large crowd in the taste of Merry Olde England,
After all of the hard work, Estes said: The best part of the whole evening was just watching the people leave and seeing what a good time they had,"
Estes currently is chairman of the new Union Governing Council, a recently established committee that is working to improve and better utilize the student center The construction of a stage area for coffeehouses and other events and creation of the Chatterbox Cafe are works of the UGC
Since his freshman year, Estes has taken advantage of almost everything on campus related to music. He has been a member of the Lycoming concert and tour choirs for four years This spring he is the choir's executive assistant to the tour manager, who plans the tour choir's annual spring and weekend tours.
Estes also plays in the college band, and has performed in several Arena Theatre productions, including The Robber Bridegroom" and "Godspell. "Indeed, his involvement and skill in music have paid off in a President's Fellowship in Music. Estes has been a recipient of the award in both his junior and senior years. The Fellowship is awarded by audition
Estes also has been a living group advisor (LGA) since his sophomore year.
larry D. Estes
"Although part of my decision to become an LGA was because of the financial aid that the position offered," he said, "I saw the job more as an opportunity to help out and leam more about people "
The 21-year old hopes to combine his talents in business and music in a sales career. With a love for travel, Estes looks forward to the mobility a sales career can offer.
Greater Boston alumni club gets off ground
More than 40 Lycoming alumni from New England gathered on April 12 for the first-ever meeting of the Greater Boston club It was held at the Anheuser-Busch. Inc. brewery near Merrimack, NH.
Organized by James G. 70 and Sande Myers Scott 70 and |ames Pietrovito 71 , the event included a hot-and- cold buffet dinner, a tour of the Merrimack brewery, and a talk by Lycoming President Dr Frederick E. Blumer titled "Lycoming College, Plan tor the Future
The alumni relations office also showed a slide presentation on Lycoming, featuring some recent changes on campus and a variety of student activities. There also was plenty of time for alumni to reminisce and swap stories
lolning the President at the gathering were Ralph E. Zeigler, |r 70, director of alumni relations, and Dale V director of planned giving.
Among the alumni at the event were Charlotte Kotzen '39. who walked away with the prize for earliest class represented, and Wenrich "Nick" Green '65, who traveled the farthest to get to Merrimack. HelivesinLongmeadow, MA
The Merrimack brewery was built in 1970 to better serve customers in the northeast, according to Anheuser- Busch ll produces nearly three million barrels (93 million ■ i beer annually.
elped organize the meeting
Annual senior show exhibits art majors' work
Lycoming's eight recently graduated art and advertising- photography majors put on their annual Senior Show in the Art Gallery until May 5.
Each of the recent graduates displayed a variety of works for I he graded exhibition which was their final projecl .it I yearning and the final Art Gallery exhibit of the .I. ademlc year
Showing oH their work were Ann R. Corner '84. of ! oyalsoi I. (Township; Peter). Rider 84, of Williamsport;
Melanie M. Galdieri '84, of Morristown, NJ; Scott P. lensen '84, ot Delphi. NY; Lynn M Johansen '84, of New Miiford, NJ; Jane A. Morey '84, of Painted Post, NY; Michael K Ryan '84, of Armonk, NY, and Diane L, Witherow '84, of Gettysburg.
Corner, an art major, plans to seek a master ot architecture degree beginning next fall At Lycoming, she concentrated on painting and drawing, especially of architecture. She describes her hours in the studio as an
attempt "to achieve a direct approach to my work... to escape the boundaries of stone realism to express myself in a more spontaneous manner," She adds that her future in architecture "will benefit not only from a better understanding of different methods and mediums, but also from the ability to approach any subject matter directly, without hesitation."
Rider, an art and biology major, plans to go on to (Continued on Page 6, Col. 3)
Three of the works of art in the annual Senior Show at Lycoming's Art Cattery
Her graduation ends dynasty
Lycoming's 136th commencement on May 6 ended a dynasty a sorts for a Philadelphia family.
After Lynea Anderman was handed her diploma that Sunday afternoon, she was the last of eight members of her family who have graduated from Lycoming, including seven since 1971 , There are no more brothers or sisters at home to carry on the tradition.
The Anderman family's parade through Lycoming began with Lynea's father, the Rev. Thomas E Anderman '49, pastor at Juniata Park United Methodist Church in Philadelphia. He graduated as a member of the first class to graduate from Lycoming after it became a four-year school.
A cousin of Lynea, Mrs. Nancy Anderman Guenther '71, became the next member of the family to earn a degree at Lycoming. She is a librarian at Montgomery Area Community College. Lynea plans to follow in her cousin's footsteps by earning a master's degree in library science beginning next fall.
Lynea's sister, Mrs. Clarita Anderman Krall 73, and her brother-in-law, the Rev. Stanley Krall 73, of St. Philips United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, were next in line,
Mark J. Anderman 75, Lynea's oldest brother, followed his sister to Lycoming, where he met his wife, the former Doris Ripley 75. They are now living in Onole, a small town not far from Witliamsport, where he works as a commercial photographer,
Lynea s youngest brother, James D 77, was next He is now a store manager for Minnesota Fabrics in Laurel MD.
Why did so many members of the same family attend Lycoming 7
"I came because of the small-college atmosphere, the school's academic reputation, the financial aid available, and the outstanding choir," said Lynea, a literature and religion major, 1 didn't even apply anywhere else. I always knew I wanted to attend Lycoming.''
Her brothers and sister had similar reasons for attending Lycoming, she said. None of them received any pressure from her father to matriculate at Lycoming.
"Dad never put any pressure on us," she said "He let it all up to us."
Lynea Anderman
Lynea's mother, Carol, is the only member of her family not to attend Lycoming. She earned a nursing degree at Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing in Philadelphia
Lynea said that her graduation exercise was a real family reunion. Everyone got together before and after the ceremony, which was the final Lycoming commencement for an Anderman-at least for awhile
Lynea has several nieces and nephews to whom she has already given bibs emblazoned with the college name. Who knows? she said. The dynasty might not end after all
Campus minister the Rev jerry L Eischeid presents his wife. Nancy, with her diploma at commencement {left) as President Blunter looks on, and (right) students and faculty process through the memorial gate at the north end of the quadrangle on their way to the flag court
SHARE, internship sponsors feted
Lycoming feted more than 100 Williamsport-area sponsors of SHARE students and interns at a gala luncheon in late March.
Held m Burchheld Lounge of Wertz Student Center, the luncheon "is just one way we can recognize all those people who make the SHARE and internship programs at Lycoming work so well for our students,'' said Joanne B. Day, director of Lycoming's career development center.
SHARE (Student Having a Real Experience) is the program designed to allow students to explore possible careers by observing and working with Williamsport-area professionals already working successfully in careers. Students and sponsors spend several hours a week together for six weeks.
The internship program allows students to earn four to 16 credits over an entire 15-week semester by actually working on assigned tasks and responsibilities at a variety of businesses, non-profit agencies, and other organizations throughout Greater Williamsport and other areas. Each intern is assigned an on-site sponsor who works with them and evaluates their performance along with a faculty sponsor.
Sponsors were joined at the luncheon by SHARE students and interns and faculty sponsors. Making comments were President Dr. Frederick E Blumer; Dr. Fred L, Grogan, assistant dean and internship coordinator^ Dr Shirley Van Marter, Dean of the College, and Mrs. Day.
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medical school. His art work "reveals an interest in abstracting natural forms and experimenting with volume and implied motion." Sculpture is his primary means of expression.
Galdieri, an advertising -photography major, plans to work for an advertising agency. Eventually, she would like to become an art director.
Jensen, an art and mass communications major, plans a career as a graphic artist and editorial cartoonist. His cartoons have been appearing in his hometown newspaper for several years. He was the subject of a story in the February, 1982, issue of the Lycoming College Report.
Johansen is most interested in the printing industry, specifically with the preparatory work of photography, layout, and design. The art major also has a strong interest in watercolor painting.
Morey, an art major, is interested in advertising design. She also is considering an advanced degree in art history.
Ryan's ultimate goal is to become a commercial photographer. The advertising-photography major also is considering graduate school in photography
Witherow plans to continue the study of drawing and painting, although she may begin her career with an advertising agency Her work includes oil and watercolor paintings, etchings, ceramics, and drawings.
Summer theatre schedules 3 plays
The curtain at the 1984 Arena Summer Theatre at Lycoming will rise on a classic operetta, a comic masterpiece, and a nostalgic bit of Americana.
Gilbert & Sullivan's merry musical, "H.M.S. Pinafore, " opens the season on June 14-17 and 21-24, The play is a sprightly tale of mistaken identity and class distinction played out on the good ship H.M.S. Pinafore,
'The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia" is the second show of the summer playhouse Written by Preston Jones, it plays June 28 to July 1 and July 5-8. Part of the Texas Trilogy, it is a comedy that tells the simple yet sad and funny story of an outdated southern fraternal order in its death throes.
The final summer production is The Dining Room," by A R. Gumey, Jr. It runs on July 12-15 and 19-22, and is described as a delightfully nostalgic look at an American institution— the dining room. In thai room, characters and relationships intertwine to reveal a warmth and humanity that is charming, sensitive, humorous, tearful, and honest.
All three summer productions are being directed by Dr. Robert F. Falk, theatre director and professor of theatre at Lycoming. Jolyne Jeffers is the musical director for H.M.S. Pinafore,"
Beginning its 20th year, the Arena Summer Theatre features plays cast with local and regional professionals, amateurs, and students. It is considered one of northcentral Pennsylvania's outstanding theaters.
Fraternity repeats run for charity
It may have been April Fool's Day. But there was no fooling around by the 54 runners who competed in Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity's third annual "Five Mile Run for Easter Seals" on April 1
Co-sponsored by Susquehanna Transit and Herbalife Food Companies, the race raised approximately $250 for the Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and AduJts of Lycoming County. And according to Thomas Kinee, a junior from Ridley Park who coordinated the run and fired the shot to get the runners started, it showed that Greek organizations at Lycoming care about the community.
Leading the runners was Lester Loner, of South Williamsport, who toured the course with a time of 28:11 The top female finisher was Kay Dietrick, of Montoursville, who ran a 34:26 race.
Bill lnglis, of Dover, NJ, was the No. 1 Lycoming student, running the course in 29:33. Lou Ann Miller, of Montoursville, was the top female Lycoming student. She ran a 49:31.
Taking team honors was the tandem of Joe Abbott, of Bridgewater. NJ; Jeff Gummo, of Beech Creek, and Steve I_eininger, of Northumberland. The No. 2 team included faculty members Jack Diehl, Jofin Whelan, and Brad Nason.
The five-mile course began at the entrance to the Physical Education and Recreation Center and wound its way north and east through Williamsport to Loyalsock Township and then back over the same course in reverse order, finishing at the nearby Brandon Park tennis courts.
Alumni live across the country
There is at least one Lycoming alumnus living in each state in the union, according to the Office of Alumni Relations. As themapshows. the heaviest concentrations of alumni are in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, with Maryland, Florida, Virginia, and California having the next heaviest concentrations. Two other northeastern states, Massachusetts and Connecticut, also have sizable groups of alumni. The map was compiled based on information available as of January.
One-woman show ends Artist Series
"Everywoman," a reincarnation of nine famous American women of the past, took the Arena Theatre stage at Lycoming for three shows in March as the final
ition of the 1983-84 Artist Senes, She left her audiences enraptured with her messages, and groaning for more.
"Everywoman" is actress Tulis McCall, who has been described as a "female Hal Holbrook." Her solo performance, titled "What Everywoman Knows," chronicled events in the lives of a variety of American female leaders of the past Among these women are birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger, journalist Nellie Bly, < ivil n>;his Jttivist Harriet Tubman, and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth,
Through her Mark Twain-like narrator, "Everywoman,'' McCall guided her audiences through fragments of their lives. She imparted a history lesson in
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Mr<. all, a New York City resident, began putting together her program 10 years ago as a way to pay the rent" while shining some light on the profound heritage left by these women. It evolved out of her initial one-woman show titled "Women I Have Known," which grew out of her research into women in history.
As McCall does the shows, she says, she continues to learn more and more about women's place in history, while iliO icjihmg her audiences. The result is that her show remains fresh. She honestly feels that she can go on portraying Everywoman for the rest of her hie
McCall graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1973. She spent a year with the Storymimers Children's Theatre, before leaving to become her own production company. She also is producing director of the Potter's Field Theatre Company founded by Muhje! Moriarty
McCall has toured the country with her performance. playing at theatres, churches, and colleges. The actress performs with a minimum of props— a chair, a shawl, a walking stick Her show embodies her idea of relevant and portable theater.
"We leam the white man's history in school, " she told a local reporter in a published interview. "We re told that America is a melting pot, but we don't leam much about women or blacks from our history books.
The melting pot is a contradiction, and we learn as children not to ask questions our parents can't answer We grow up with a fear of the unknown. We all have a lot of places inside that we don't examine through fear.
"I think the theater should be a place we go to leam about ourselves and those dark places we don t like - to leam a way out."
McCall's performances at Lycoming definitely opened a few eyes to some of those dark places
Prospective freshmen spend weekends on campus
More than 150 students who have been accepted into Lycoming's 1984 freshman class were the guests of the admissions office at two Spring Visit Weekends on campus in late March and early April, Guests were assigned a current student host or hostess, who escorted them to a variety of scheduled activities and classes and gave them a tour of the campus. The activities included a computer graphics demonstration, a multi-media program by well- known religious author Robert Short, an ice cream social, the Arena Theatre s final performance of the year, a career planning seminar, and question-and-answer sessions on admissions and financial aid.
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