Bulletin, Lycoming College

LYCOMING BULLETIN

FEBRUARY 1950

ATHLETIC FIELD ENTRANCE

BULLETIN

LYCOMING COLLEGE. WILLIAMSPORT, PENNA.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS:

This issue of the Bulletin is intended particularly to call your at-
tention to the big event of the Winter, the Greater Lycoming Banquet.
The date this year is February 24. Please marke this date in your cal-
endar and plan now to return for the da\ . A special program of visita-
tion and inspection of the campus and buildings is planned for the after-
noon. \\"c are attempting to secure a speaker of national note for the
banquet in the evening. Things are happening rapidly here at the Col-
lege and we are happy to have our Alumni show their interest and pride
by visiting us as often as possible.

This issue also carries an announcement which is a substantial proof
of the interest of our Alumni in the College. Thirty-seven young people
are here as students who come from the homes of Alumni. Many others
are here because they have been directed here by friends. A typical letter
received recently from a friend of the College who is not an alumnus
says, among other things, "You may rest assured as the opportunity
presents itself, I shall continue to direct other young men to Lycoming."

Your attention is called again to two items of particular importance
to the future success of the College — students and finances.

STL'DI.NTS — With the enrollment of veterans growing smaller
their place must be taken by others. You can tell your friends about
Lycoming with pride. Our educational program is varied and modern,
our faculty is strong, our facilities getting better all the time. We can
accommodate 8 00 comfortably and adequately. Rich Hall is the latest
word in convenience and gracious living for college women. This num-
ber will enable us to operate within our budget. At the same time it
will make it possible to maintain the personal touch — which is one of
the advantages of the small college — and provide a full program of in-
terests and activities which will make the college experience rich, mean-
ingful and of lasting benefit.

FINANCES — The College has recently received an annuity of
S2 5,000, several memorial endowment gifts and at least three wills have
come to my attention from which the College will benefit substantialh/.
Surely there are many others among our 5,000 Alumni and host of
friends who are able to do something of this kind. Write me of your
interest and let me tell you of the many ways by which you can endow
a lasting memorial to yourself or some loved one.

Yours in the interest of Lycoming,
John W. Long, President

Alumni Dinner

Plans lor an All-Pennsylvania
College Dinner in the Sapphire
Room of the Mayflower in
Washington, D.C., on February
20, have been announced by the
All-Pennsylvania College Alum-
ni Association. It is hoped that
the more than 30 Lycoming Al-
umni who reside in the Wash-
ington area will plan to repre-
sent the College at the dinner.
Cost of the meal is S5.5 0 a plate,
and reservations must be made
bv Fcbruarv 6.

BULLETIN

LYCOMING COLLEGE

Published Jan., Feb., April,

July, Oct., Nov.

by Lycoming College

Katherine R. Woolever, Editor

Entered at the Post Office at
Williamsport, Pa., as Second Class
Matter under the Act of Congress,
Aug. 24, 1912.

FEBRUARY, 1950

Former Faculty

Member Receives
New Appointment

Dr. James Morgan Read, in-
structor of German and history at
the College from 1932 to 1934,
has been appointed director of the
division of educational and cultural
relations for the high commissioner
of Germany. For the past several
years Dr. Read has been affiliated
with the American Friends Service
Committee and spent part of his
time in Germany directing relief
and rehabilitation activities. In
making the appointment, Ralph
Nicholson, director of public af-
fairs in the high commissioner's of-
fice, said, "We think Dr Read is
one of the best qualified men in
the United States for the position.
He has many essential qualities
which make him eminently fitted
for the job: Fluency in the Ger-
man language, knowledge of the
German scene, a deep sense of mis-
sion and demonstrated administra-
tive ability."

GREATER LYCOMING BANQUET
DATE FEB. 24; DANCE AT HOTEI

Program Expected to
Attract Many Alumni

The College is preparing to wel-
come its Alumnni and friends at
the Greater Lycoming Banquet on
Friday night, February 24.

Plans arc underway to serve this
year's banquet in the gymnasium
at 6:30 p.m., and the dance which
follows the dinner and program
will be held at the Lycoming Hotel.

Since details of the program had
not been released when the Bul-
letin went to press. President John
W. Long said that literature con-
taining full information will be
mailed to each alumnus in the near
future. He indicated that a "Back
to College" theme is the idea around
which the banquet is planned. Dis-
cusing the event President Long
indicated that following a plan of
last year, invitations will be ex-
tended to alumni to visit the classes
and inspect the college grounds and
buildings. A large number of for-
mer students returned to the cam-

pus for this purpose on the ^\i\ v
the 1949 banquet.

COUNCIL MEETS

Members of the Alumni Council
headed by Josephine Gann Huff
man, '12, and President Long, me
in early January to check lina
plans for the dinner. Arising fion
this meeting was the decision tc
serve all guests at one meal instc.u
of last year's two-meal-plan wind
separated students and alumni.

Present at the meeting in atldi
tion to President Long and Mrs
Huffman were John B. Willman
'38; Paul Arney, '50; Howard C
Beach, '49; Eva L. Keller, 13
Rev. Leland W. Keemer, '36; M.u
garet Smith Hunter, '06; M,ii-\
Elizabeth Flock, '36; Alice C.lics-
ton Hicks, '84; Martha Virgim,
Slate, '11; Margaret Schustei
Welker, '3 1 ; Mary Pyles, '13; Amc
B. Horlacher, '23; Rebecca Slicp
herd Browne, '16; Robert G. \\ li ir
ton, Jr., '34; College business iiim-
ager, and Katherine R. WooIcmt
acting alumni secretary.

Obituaries

SETH L. KAST, '26
Seth L. Kast, '26, of Campbell,
died in the Corning , N. Y., Hos-
pital on November 16, 1949, fol-
lowing a heart attack. He was in
the hardware and feed business in
Campbell with his brother-in-law.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dor-
othy Crumbling Kast, and one
daughter, Sandra Jean.

MRS. H. R. RILEY, Sr., '97
Mrs. Frances Basil Riley, '97,
died at her home in Boalsburg on
November 4, 1949. Her survivors
include two sons, H. Ridge Riley,
executive secretary of the Penn
State Alumni Association, and the
Rev. Joseph T. Riley, of Cockeys-
ville, Md., and one daughter, Mrs.
Stanley Black, of West Worthing-
ton, England. Her husband, Hugh
R. Riley, Sr., died in 1940. Mrs.
Riley was buried in St. Anne's
Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.

REV. P. T. GORMAN, '14
A heart attack proved fatal to
the Rev. Philip T. Gorman, '14,
superintendent of the Altoona Dis-
trict of the Methodist Church, on
December 5, 1949. Death occurred
at his home. The Rev. Mr. Gorman
was named superintendent of the

AltooTLi District in 1946. Previoui
to that he had served pastorates ir
Dudley, Riddlesburg, Reedsville
Milroy, Williamsburg, Clearfielc
west side, Altoona Eighth Avenue
Hanover, Harrisburg Trinity, anc
Chambersburg. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Ethel Vaughn Gor-
man; one son, three daughters, twc
brothers, both of Ireland, and foul
grandchildren.

H. M. SHOW ALTER, '98
Harry Miller Showalter, '98, of
Lewisburg, died in the Evangelica
Hospital at Lewisburg on Satur-
day, December 17, 1949. Death
followed an illness of severa.
months.

An attorney, Mr. Showalter was
70 years of age. A graduate of
Dickinson Law School, he served
four terms in the state legislature
as Union County representative,
and introduced legislation estab-
lishing vocational training in pub-
lic schools and legislation to pro-
cure land for the Laurelton State
Village. During the administration
of Gov. Arthur H. James, Mr.
Showalter served as chief counsel
of the Public Utilities Commission
for more than four years.

He leave his wife, a son, two
grandsons and a brother.

BULLETIN

LYCOMING COLLEGE, WILLIAMSPORT. PENNA.

NOTES FROM THE ALUMNI

Editor's Note: It will help the editors expand the columns of personals
if alumni report engagements, marriages, births, deaths, special recog-
nition and changes in work and addresses.

The following were recent vis-
itors at the Alumni Office: Warren
Hall, Nolan Smith, Rick Knight,
all cx-'50; WilUam Spotts, '48.

1913

Eva L. Keller, supervisor of
art/education in the Williamsport
schools, has been awarded a certifi-
cate for service and loyalty by the
Eastern Arts Associatinn. The As-
sociation has membership in the
New England anl Middle Atlantic
states.

1918

New addresses: Isabel R. Proc-
tor, 116 Greenwood Road, Middle-
boro, Ky.

Rev. Charles BolHnger, 206 N.
Fourth St., Glean, N. Y.
1925

New address: Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Spence (Marjorie St. Pierre,
'30) Windsor Hotel, Wheeling, W.
Va.

1926

New address: Chaplain George
R. McCahan, Olmstead Air Force
Base, Middletown.

1927

New address: George P. Fores-
man, Jr., Lacey Park, Hatboro.
1928

New addresses: John A. Malony,
200 Oxford Hill Lane, West Gate
Hills, Havertown.

Mrs. Edward Reed (\'iolet Du-
vall) 966 Wilcoxson Ave., Strat-
ford, Conn.

1930

Anna L. Forrest and William
W. Burfeindt were married in the
Presbyterian Church of Teaneck,
West Englewood, N. J., on Dec.
15. Their address is .^2 Chad wick
Road, Hillsdale, N. J.

New addresses: Mrs. Richard L.
Brown (Charlotte Hills), Milton,
R.D. 1.

Rev. John H. Barnes, Jr., 480
Green Lane, Philadelphia.

Kay L. Wood is a member of
the editorial staff of Ladies Home
Journal, in charge of Readers' Let-
ters. Her address is .^27 S. Smedley
St., Philadelphia }.
1932

New address: Mrs. John D. Gut-
shall (Dorothy M. Poulson), Apt.
234, Bldg. 12, Arlington Heights,
Pittsburgh 10.

1933

New address: Mrs. D. L. Rob-
erts (Jane Whipple) 2774 Web-
ster Ave., Long Beach 10, Calif.

1934

Birth: A son, John Philip Bent-
ley, in, to Mr. and Mrs. John Philip
Bentley (Anna Hayes Bubb) , 1019
N. Orange St., Stockton, Calif.
1936

New address: Paul A .Ford,
10 34 Bryan St., Drexel Hill.
1937

New address: Mrs. Albert Vich-
iarelli (Albertine L. Rice), 719
Spruce St., Williamsport.

Mrs. E. R. Bathgate (Beverly
Johnson), 327 W. Linn St., Belle-
fonte. Mr. and Mrs. Bathgate are
the parents of three sons. Jay, 11,
James, 7, and Jeffrey, 19 months.
1938

New address: Mrs. Joseph Baier
(Harriet Neff), Proctor Star
Route, Williamsport.
1939

Dr. William R. Brink, and Mar-
gene Rudnlck, of Drayton, N. D.,
were married in the chapel of the
Francis E. Warren Air Base in Wy-
oming on Nov. 17. At present Dr.
Brink holds the rank of captain in
the Army Medical Corps and is di-
rector of clinical research at the
Streptococcal Disease Laboratory in
Wyoming. After April 1 Dr. and
Mrs. Brink will reside in Rochester,
Minn., where Dr. Brink has ac-
cepted an appointment with the
department of medicine and medi-
cal research at the Mayo Clinic.

New addresses: William Arnold,
1372 Willshire Road, Lyndhurst,
Cleveland 24, Ohio.

Robert R. Owens, 3219 Fifth
Ave., Knoxville, Tenn.

Edward C. Sucher, Farley Drive,
Renssalaer, N. Y.

Births: A son to Mr. and Mrs.
Harold E. Hazen, 75 44 Wyandotte
Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

A daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Reese (Jeanne MacMinn), of
3 57 Eldred St., on Nov. 20.
1940

Dr. Henry C. Wray, Jr., is prac-
tising dentistry in Washington,
D.C., and is clinical instructor in
operative dentistry at Georgetown
School of Dentistry. His wife, the
former Esther Williams, is super-
visor of the emergency ward at
Garfield Memorial Hospital.

Birth: A daughter, on Dec. 2,
to Mr. and Mrs. William Vanderlin
(Phyllis Meek, '43), of Carlisle.
Mr. \'anderlin is attending Dickin-
son Law School.

New addresses: Mrs. Jean Stew-

art Houseal, 2941 Rumson Drive,
Harrisburg.

Mrs. Arnold M. Mattson (Vir-
ginia Gilbert) 26 Hoffman Ave.,
Geneva, N. Y.

1941

New addresses: Mrs. Robert
Graham (Jean E. Flook), 13 363
Flanders, Detroit 5, Mich.

Harriet L. Foresman, 3 111
Brightwood Ave., Baltimore, Md.

Births: A daughter on Dec. 8 to
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bennett, Jr.,
of Espy.

A son to Mr. and Mrs. William
Maule (Elizabeth Harrison), of
S56 Louisa St., Williamsport, on
Nov. 8.

1942

H. Ivan Dunkle and Carol Cole,
of Williamsport, were inarried re-
cently in the Methodist Church at
East Hartford, Conn. Dunkle is
a senior at New York University
and the couple resides in East Hart-
ford.

New addresses: Mrs. Charles Ar-
nold (Charlotte Sanders), 2084
Noble Road, East Cleveland, Ohio.

Mrs. Richard C. Russell (Ruth
A. Doebler) 426 Washington Ave.,
Jersey Shore.

Birth: A daughter, Nancy Lou-
ise, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ar-
nold (Charlotte Sanders), of 2084
Noble Road, East Cleveland, O.,
on Oct. 29.

1943

New addresses: Mrs. Max Wor-
thington (Arlene Fries), 7054 N.
Paulina St., Chicago 26, III.

Mrs. James Clancy (Patricia
Hendren), 58B lozia Terrace, East
Patterson, N. J.

1944

New addresses: Mrs. Raleigh W.
Walker, Jr., (Kathryn Morse, 115
Davis Ave., Hickam Village, Hon-
olulu, Hawaii.

Barbara L. Walter, 20 Calumet
St., Rochester 10, N. Y.

Mrs. Lois Wheeler Swoyer, 1 0 1
N. Tenth St., Reading.
1945

Barbara Kay King became the
bride of John C. Dowling in St.
Francis Rectory, Harrisburg, on
Sept. 17. Mr. Dowling is a gradu-
ate of the University of Pittsburgh
and Dickinson Law School. They
are living at 2022 Chestnut St.,
Harrisburg.

Doris Spotts and Henry F. Frey,
of Williamsport, were married at
the home of the bride's brother and
sister-in-law on Thanksgiving Day.

They are residing in Pittsburgh
where the bridegroom is a senior at
the University of Pittsburgh.

Engagement: Ruth Jane Lorrah,
to Norman A. Henry, of Williams-
port. Miss Lorrah is a member of
the Delaware City High School,
Delaware City, Del. Mr. Henry is
guidance counselor at the Margaret
Brent High School in Helen, Md.

New address: George D. Wolf,
413 Fifth Ave., Williamsport.

Birth: A son to Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Flock (Ann Carter), 801
W. Third St., Williamsport, on
Dec. 17.

1946

Engagement: M. Joan Evenden
to Charles S. Stoever. Miss Evenden
is a member of the administrative
staff at the College and Mr. Stoever
is with L. L. Stearns and Sons in
Williamsport.

1947

Joyce Hughson became the bride
of Robert D. Goodman in a recent
ceremony performed in the Sacred
Heart Church, West Reading. The
couple lives at 391 Oak Terrave,
West Reading.

Engagement: Margaret Bastian,
to Ralph A. Fritts, of Easton.

Birth: A daughter, Deborah Lou,
to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Dyer
(Mary Lou VanHook), on Nov.
15. The Dyers live at 4329 Marple
St., Philadelphia.

New addresses: Mr. and Mrs.
Carl E. Dahlgren (Virginia Moore)
270 Bay State Road, Boston 15,
Mass. Moore is a student at Boston
University Theological Seminary.

Births: A daughter to Lt. Rob-
ert A. Stuempfle and Mrs. Stuemp-
fle (Betty Lamade, '40), on Nov.
18. Their address is Box 507, Ran-
dolph Field, Texas.

A daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart Whittier (Joyce Lassinger)
of Montoursville R.D. 2, on Dec.
19.

1948

Elsa \'anGlahn, and Re\nold
\'ail, of Long Island, N. Y., were
married in the First Congregational
Church, Gorham, N. H., on Sept.
17.

Engagement: Lucy Tremaync to
John R. Spicer. Mr. Spicer is an
advertising representative for the
Sun-Gazette Company in Wil-
liamsport.

Harry Lee Upperman, '18, an
alumnus and former instructor at
the College, recently marked his
2 6th anniversary as president of
Baxter Seminarv in Baxter, Tenn.

BULLETIN

LYCOMING COLLEGE, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNA.

LYCOMING'S LEGACIES

First Row, left to right: Janet Brown, '52, Baltimore, Md.; Joan Winter Ryder. '52, Williamspcrt; Shirley Williams, '52,
Williamsport; Peaslee Hoskins, '52, Williamsport ; Suzanne Whitehead, '52, Williamsport; Friuices Furry, '52, Loysburg.
Second Row: Janet Bechdel, '53, Blanchard; Margaret Macona?hy, '53, Prospect Park; Barbara Ann Fite, '52, Philadel-
phia; Gloria Zaner, '52, Williamsport R.D. 1; Ann Achard, '52, Westfield, N. J.; Thomas Subock, '50, Baltimore, Md.
Third Row: Hatton Zimmerman, '51, Huntingdon; Vernon Hevner, '53, Williamsport; James Moff, '50, Williamsport;
Jack Peril. 52. Williamsport: Harry Canon. '52. Norwood; (behind Canon) Stanley McFarland. '.52. Randallstown. Md.;
Mardell Wagner. '52. Mechanicsburg; David Dawson. '50. Piinte Frederick. Md. Fourth Row: Douglas Bastian. '53, Wil-
liamsport R.D. 1; Richard Zeiglcr. 'SO, Williamsport; Richard Hinkeiman, '50, Williamsport; Gerald Spotts, '53, Wil-
liamsport; Robert Edkin, '52, Hughesville; Robert Calehuff, '50, Williamsport.

33 SECOND GENERATION STUDENTS

ON CAMPUS, ALUMNI ROLLS SHOW

Ties with the College go back a generation for 3 3 undergraduates,
and three women students boast an unbroken family association with
the school for three generations.

These three are senior Marjorie
Ferrell, daughter of the late Robert
\V. Ferrell, Sr., '12, of Picture
Rocks, and a granddaughter of
Mrs. Mary Little Ferrell, a semin-
ary alumna and a resident of Pic-
ture Rocks; Shirley Williams, a
sophomore, whose father is Harry
L. Williams, '30, and whose grand-
mother is Mrs. Cora Burrows Tom-
linson, of Proctor, a seminary alum-
na; sophomore Peaslee Hoskins,
daughter of Mrs. Helen Peaslee
Hoskins, '14; grandniece of the
late Mrs. Cornelia Wilson Lehman,
a seminary alumna and one-time
preceptress; great, great grandniece
of Dr. Edward J. Gray, president
of Dickinson Seminary from 1874
to 1905. Her maternal grand-

mother, Mrs. Helen \<'ilson Peas-
lee, was also a preceptress at the
seminary and the wife of a faculty
member, Clarence Loomis Peaslee.
Eight members of the Class of
195 3 are sons or daughters of al-
umni. They include Douglas Bast-
ian, son of Clyde E. Bastian, '11;
Janet Bechdel, daughter of Joseph
W. Bechdel, '27; Vernon Hevner,
Jr., son of X'ernon L. Hevner, '28,
deceased. Joseph Johns, son of the
former Ethel Mertz, '15; Margaret
Maconaghy, daughter of the Rev.
Samuel J. Maconaghy, '22; Ronald
Moore, son of the Rev. J. Fred
Moore, '22; Sally Schoch, daughter
of the former Alice Simpson, '22;
Gerald Spotts, son of L. Emerson
Spotts, '28; Mardell Wagner, son

of the Rev. Norman R. Wagner,
'21.

Sophomore legacies are Ann Ac-
hard, daughter of the former Len-
ita Daub, '12; Janet Brown, daugh-
ter of Rev. Raymond H. Brown,
'2 3; Harry Canon, son of Rev.
Walter H. Canon, '22, and the for-
mer Miriam Haefner, '22; Barbara
Ann Fite, daughter of the Rev.
Alonzo S. Fite, '12; Frances Furry,
daughter of J. Lloyd Furry, '2 1 ;
Mahlon Hurlbert, Jr., son of Mah-
lon D. Hurlbert, '23; Stanley Mc-
Farland, Jr., son of Rev. S. J. Mc-
Farland, '23; Lee Panuebaker, son
of Rev. Foster L. Panncbaker. '27;
Jack Peril, son of the former Rae
Shapiro, '23; Suzanne Whitehead,
daughter of the former Kathryn
Stopper, '24; Mrs. Joan Winter
Ryder, daughter of Harry A. Win-
ter, '15; Gloria Jean Zaner, daugh-
ter of the former Ernestine Usmar,
'28.

The second generation juniors

S-P-0-R-T-L-I-G-H-T

Sophomore Bill Graft, of Wil-
liamsport, has turned out to be th<
white hope of the Warriors cage
squad. In four games he has scored
68 points.

Coach Smith's courtmen got off
to a flying start on December 1
when they trounced Juniata 42-38
and turned around to beat Phila
delphia College of Pharmacy,
65-48. Inaccuracy at the foul line
cost the Warriors a hard-fought
game with Hartwick. The score
was 5 9-63 and it gave the fast-
moving Hartwick its first real
scare this season. Amos Alonzo
Stagg's quintet lost to Lycoming,
6 5-48, at Susquehanna before the
College adjourned for Christmas
vocation.

Students Represent

19 Denominations

A religious census of the under-
graduate enrollment indicates that
19 different denominations are rep-
resented this year.

The breakdown by denomina-
tion is as follows:

20 Baptists; 135 Catholics; 3
Christian Missionary, Alliance; i
Christian Church; 1 Christian Sci
ence; 7 Church of Christ; 7 Con-
gregationalists; 44 Episcopalians;
14 Evangelicals; 17 Jewish; 111
Lutherans; 22 5 Methodists; 1 Mor-
avian; 60 Presbyterians; 2 Quakers;
12 Reformed; 1 Seventh Day Ad-
ventist; 20 United Brethren.

Sixty-three students listed them-
selves only as Protestants and 20
gave no religious preference.

are Thomas Subock, son of Rev.
Charles E. Subock, '23; Hatton
Zimmerman, son of Rev. R. A.
Zimmerman, '22.

Second generation seniors are
Robert Calehufl', son of the former
Ethlyn Moore, '17, deceased; David
Dawson, son of Rev. Jesse P. Daw-
son, '22; Robert Griggs, son of the
former Ethel Peters, '14; Richard
Hinkeiman, son of Rev. Ralph D.
Hinkeiman, '2 3; James Moff, son
of the former Marjorie C. Staib;
Robert Smith, son of Rev. Dennis
Smith, '26; Richard Zeigler, son of
Roscoe C. Zeigler, '16.