Lycoming College report

yrfis^iijtiiK:

Sft^H^KSl

wcomin

December 1978

COLLEGE
REPORT

us. SU3AN v.. BEIDLER BOX 22

"olume 31, Number 10

I

m

(•RESIDENT'S CORNER

CHRISTMAS METAPHORS

Christmas can be summarized by a few bril-
liant images, a handful of metaphors which
etch the story of Advent indelibly in our
minds, "The star of Bethlehem," "the three
wise men," "shepherds watching their flocks
by night, " "a babe in swaddling clothes. "
These are phrases so precious that we use
them only once a year — like our mother's
best china or other heirlooms.

Supplementing these images shared with all
mankind we also have a few very personal
images, private metaphors which nonetheless
resonate the experience of common people
everywhere. As the Christmas spirit began
to move me, I sat by an open fire one Sunday
afternoon and jotted a few of these down.
They aren't intended to replace the star of
Bethlehem. They are merely examples of
the sort of thing you'll find in your mental
attic if you probe around in the Christmas
corner.

If you enjoy Christmas as much as I do, let
me suggest you find an open fire and warm
to your very own Christmas metaphors.

OvU6tmai> li a ui'u.Hfe£ed gfiandma
fi&meitjbeAing he/i mommy and daddy

topi and whAAtiQA^i,
a Hctv dott

ly/io imztU like. Eucfung in PafU6.

CiifU&ttnoi ij, a tuning ^oik

nckoitiQ anXfVLctic tone^ made tunbeA
monotony inviX&d to dancz

muXzd b<Llt&
iotU&peAi.ng mtZodio^ icoAnzd in ckitdiwod.

C(VLiiitma& ij> lemiiuAcence

(/cj^CAycoA Ktbonn, not jiut imejn-

bsAed
cdofu onwfccnfcd (JAom fUbeAnation

boicdom
6taAtlQd Ukz a iJown.

Civil&tmai i6 Ganzhz^

CA-cip itafLtigiU, EuJJaktit
roiLtine. caught by ioapTcic

aivtidpation
u'(ien the. uxjfild wzldi u)hoZ&.

Cfuii&tma& iA hope. 6tandii^ upfUght

an ijnmigfuuit Awfeo-toig joy
in the compatuj c^ Vandie.&

A luaXdwoid
Good God Abniglity ! F^cc at IoaV.

CtifUitmoi ii a poAJxdox

commonplace yeX unique and nxvie
McLd i twiobeAA^ei in the. &nou}

a mctaphoi
iung in tune icixh the ApheAe^.

FREDERICK E. BLUNtER
President of the College

Meet Lycoming's Trustees . . .
. . . And Fund Drive Chairman

Two long-time and dedicated members of the
Lycoming College Board of Trustees have
accepted important positions of leadership in
the recently announced Partners in Progress
Campaign to raise funds for the new physical
education and recreation center.

NATHAN W, STUART, a member of the board
since 1961 and an alumnus of the college, has
consented to serve both as chairman of the
National Campaign and also the Campaign
Planning Committee, and JAMES G. LAW,
who has been on the board since 1965, will
be chairman of the Leadership Gifts Com-
mittee.

The two board members were appointed to
the key positions in the fund campaign by W.
Gibbs McKenney, chairman of the Board of
Trustees, and Dr. Frederick E. Blumer,
president of the college, on recommendation
of the Campaign Planning Committee,

Law has already announced two substantial
leadership gifts of $200,000 from the Pew
Memorial Trust and $60,000 from the late
Walter J, Heim, who was a meniber of the
board for nine years before his death last
August.

Construction of the new physical education
center is expected to begin next spring and
will cost an estimated $3,700,000. Target
date for completion is September, 1980,

Stuart, a partner in the law firm of Stuart,
Murphy, Smith, Mussina, Harris and Rieders,
has taken an active part in board functions in
various roles since he was first named a trus-
tee in 1961. He is presently chairman of the
Executive Committee and also a member of
both the Nominating Committee and the Ad
Hoc Committee on Alcohol Control.

However, he has not confined his community
service efforts to his alma mater. He is a
member of the Trinity Episcopal Church.
Williamsport, and is a licensed lay reader
and chalice bearer. He is a member of the
board of trustees of the Episcopal Church
Home for Aged at Shippensburg and is chan-
cellor of the diocese and an ex-officio mem-
ber of numerous diocesan boards and com-
mittees. He was elected deputy to the Na-
tional Episcopal Church Convention {held
every three years) in 1964, 1970, 1973 and
1976 and will also serve in that capacity at
the upcoming convention in 1979.

Stuart has also been active in Lycoming

(See TRUSTEES , page 2)

<^

i» •'

fl

Niith.in W. Stuart
TKUSTEES (continued from pnge \)

United Fund drives, having served as presi-
dent and campaign chairman. He is a mem-
ber of the Lycoming County Chapter of the
Pennsylvania Association for the Blind, the
Family and Children Services of Lycoming
Countj', local, state and national bar asso-
ciations, the Ross Club, the Williamsport
Country Club and is also a member of a num-
ber of Masonic organizations, including the
North Jurisdictionf33rd degree) York Rite
bodies. He is a former member of the na-
tional board of the Family Service Associa-
tion of America and is also past president of
various organizations with which he is asso-
ciated.

Stuart graduated from Dickinson Junior Col-
lege in 193G, Dickinson College in 1938 and
the Dickinson School of Law in 1941. He
entered the United States Armv as a private

CAMPUS NOTES

MORTON A. FINEMAN, astronomy/physics
department, attended the fall session of the
NSF Chautauqua-type short course, "Lasers
and their Applications," at Pennsylvania
State University. The primary objective of
the course is to assist physics teachers with
incorporating into their courses some of the
diverse variety of laser applications. The
second half of the course will be held at
Penn State on March 22-23, 1979.

Five members of the faculty pax'ticipated in
a pi^lic forum held in Clax'ke Chapel on the
Jonestown tragedy in Guyana in which more
than 900 members of a religious cult com-
mitted mass suicide in the South American
country. The roundtaJ^le discussion was
moderated by MICHAEL G. ROSKIN, politi-
cal science department. Also participating
were STAN T. WILK, sociology/anthropoIog>'
department; KAREN L. SALLEY, psychology
department; JOHN F. PIPER, JR., history
department, and O, THOMPSON RHODES,
religion department.

STAN T. WILPC, sociology/anthropology de-
partment, read a paper entitled "Don Juan
on Balance" in a special session devoted to
Carlos Castaneda and his critics at a recent
meeting of the American Anthropological
Association in Los Angeles. The paper will
appear in a forthcoming book. The Don Juan
Papers, to be published by Ross-Erickson.

EDWARD GABRIEL, biology department,
pai-ticipated in the NSF Chautauqua-type '
short course, "Recombinant DNA: Social and
Scientific Perspectives, " held at the Univer-
sity of Maryland.

in 1942 and was discharged with the rank of
captain in 194G. He is a resident of Wil-
li amsport and is maiTied to the former Jean
Otto, a graduate of The Katherine Gibbs
School and Webber College. They are par-
ents of four children, Mrs . Marv Louise
Ewing, Mrs. Patricia Ann Rolley, Mrs.
Janice Elizabeth Kachoogian, and Charles N.
Stuart.

Law, retired president of Magee Carpet
Company, Bloomsburg, has also devoted
many hours of service to Lycoming since
being named to the board in 1965. He is
presently a member of the important finance
committee and also the development commit-
tee.

He is chairman of the board of the Blooms-
bur g-Columbi a Trust Company and is a
member of the Wesley United Methodist
Church, Bloomsburg, which he serves as
chairman of the board of trustees and as
chairman of the pastor-parish relations
committee. He has also been active in the
Bloomsburg Chamber of Commerce and has
served on the boards of the Bloomsburg Li-
brary, the Bloomsburg Rotary Club and the
Boy Scout Council. He is a past chairman
of the board of The American Carpet Insti-
tute and was formerly a director of the Penn-
sylvania State ChamJDcr of Commerce. He is
a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and
is also a 33rd degree Mason.

Law graduated from Lehigh University in
1926 and received an honorary degree, Doc-
tor of Textiles, from the Philadelphia Col-
lege of Textiles and Science, He is married
to the former Fern Schott, who is a graduate
of the University of Michigan. They have
two children, Mrs. Robert J, Sukenik and
Mrs. George V. Shanno.

EDITOR'S NOTE The preceding article at-
tempteJ to"kill two birjs with one Jtone" by
combining a biographical feature series recently
introduced in the LycominR College Report (o
acquaint readers with members of the Board of
Trustees with information on the latert develop-
ments in the recently announced capital gifts cam
paign, Partners in Progress.

Kep. Roben W. Edgac

James G. Uvv

Lycoming College Fund

Uncle Sam will soon be expecting a report on
1978 income and only a short time remains to
make a tax-exempt gift to qualify for a de-
duction.

So, don't delay! Send your check today to
the 1978 Lycoming College Fund and help us
reach our goat of $125,000. the largest an-
nual fund goal in Lycoming's history. To
date, we have received $83,850. and we do
need your support if our campaign is to go
over the lop In 1978.

Congressman '65 Cited
By Alunnii Association

The Washington, D. C, , Area Alumni Club
recently hosted a reception paying tribute to
Rep. Robert W. Edgar {D.-Pa, ), Class of
1965, for "bringing honor to his alma mater;"
as the representative from the 7th Congres-
sional District, Delaware County.

Presentation of the "Outstanding Achievement
Award" by action of the Alumni Association
was made to Congressman Edgar at the recep-
tion held in the Bayburn Building on Capitol
Hill and attended by a number of Lyco alums
from the Washington area, Charles J, Kocian,
Class of 1950, was chairman of the event.

Special guests attending from Lycoming In-
cluded Dr. Frederick E. Blumer, president
of the college, and Mrs. Blumer; Dale V.
Bower, Class of 1959, director of alumni
affairs; Richard J, Edgar, brother of the
award recipient and a sophomore at Lycom-
ing, and David G. Argall, president of the
Student Association of Lycoming College.

Congressman Edgar, who also holds a mas-
ter of divinity degree from Drew University
and a certificate of pastoral psychiatry from
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital,
began his professional career in the ministry
before entering politics. He served a num-
ber of pastorates In churches in Pennsylvania
prior to being appointed Protestant chaplain
at Drexei University in 1971. He served in
that capacltT,' until 1974 when he was elected
to the House of Representatives as the first
Democrat to be named to that position from
Delaware County since 1858. He was re-elect-
ed to his third term in November,

The Lycoming graduate lives in Broomall,
Pa., with his wife, the former Merle Deaver,
and three children, Robert William, Jr.,
Thomas David and Andrew John.

"ALL I SAIO IV HINI WAS.
THERE APE 87 ANNUAL, „
GjFTS INThr MORNINS MAIL

^J*^tan

Warrior Sports iii Review

Nme Lyco Players Named
To MAC All-Star Squad

Nine players from the 1978 Middle Atlantic
Conference Northern Division championship
fonOjall team at Lycoming have been named
to the conference All-Star squad chosen by a
vote of the MAC coaches. In addition, four
were given honorable mention.

Five of the nine were on the offensive unit,
three were named to the defensive team, and
Robbi Bleistein, the Warriors' fine placement
bootcr, is Kicker of the Year. Juniata had
six named to the 24-man (including a punter
and place kicker) first team, Upsala had five,
Albright three. Wilkes one and Susquehanna
and Delaware Valley were shut out.

The five Warrior offensive players include
sophomore quai'tcrback Rick Burd, the lead-
ing passer in the conference; senior tailback
Kevin McVoy, who led the MAC in rushing;
senior receivers Gene Daly and John Jordan,
and senior guard Fran Miller. The Lyco de-
fensive unit is represented by senior tackle
Jerry liutler, sophomore linebacker Ron
Hoover and sophomore defensive end Francis
Harvey.

Honorable mention went to senior defensive
end Tim VimSyckle, junior defensive tackle
Tony DiSandro, sophomore linebacker Bob
Sinnott and junior offensive end BUI Kilpat-
rtck,

Lycomii^*s sti-ong representation on the All
Star squatl was not unexpected. The 13 named
played an important part in helping the War-
riors win the Middle Atlantic Conference
championship for the first time with a 5-1
record (7-2 overall). Lycoming captured the
championship before a large Parents' Day
crowd on College Field with a thrilling come-
from-behlnd 12-10 Wcton.' over Upsala in one
of the most exciting games ever played on the
Lyco field. Trailing 10-9 with four minutes
to play, Burd calmly engineered the Warriors
on an 85-yard sustained march highlighted by
three crucial pass completions and capped by
a 27-yard field goal by Bleistein with 32 sec-
onds remaining in the contest.

The All-star selectees, along with the entire
team, will be honored at a banquet to be held
February 3 at the Genetti-Lycoming Hotel.

Bbice L. Swanceh

\^ arrior Capers Looking
To Another Playoff Spot

If the Warriors can carry the momentum
gained during the final half of 1977-78 into
the upcoming season, they may again get a
craok at the Middle Atlantic Conference
championship they missed by a proverbial
eyelash in the playoffs last February,

After a slow start, the Blue and Gold cagers
came on with a rush in the second half to
compile a 9-5 conference record (13-13
overall)aiid a second-place finish in the tough
U-ague. In the playoffs for the conference
championship and an N.C.A.A. post-season
berth, the Warriors advanced to the finals by
defeating Elizabethtown but lost a close 52-50
decision in the championship game to Scran-
ton University, the team which finished ahead
of Lycoming in the regular season competi-
tion. If Lycoming can make the playoff this
year, it wilt mark the fifth time in the last
seven years the Warriors have been in the
championship competition.

And the three top scorers of the 1978-79 team
will be back for another shot at winning the
championship. The returning starters who
finished one-two-three in pointmaking last
season include Mark Molesky, a 6-3 senior
(455, 17.5); Mike Brown, also a 6-3 senior
(379, 14,6) and 6-5 junia: Ray Graff (348,
13.4). But coach Dutch Burch must find
among the 1977-78 reserves and incoming
freshmen two players to fill the capable
shoes of the graduated Bill Conroy, the 6-7
center who led the Warriors in reboundir^
throughout his four-year intercollegiate ca-
reer, and playmakcr Jim DiMarco.

points. 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in
his final year of scholastic competition.
Other holdovers from the 1977-78 varsit>- and
junior varsit\- squads expected to battle for
starting positions will include two juniors,
Tim Hill (6-4) and Steve Russell (6-0i, and
four sophomores, Dave Brown (6-2), Pat
Dieter (6-5), Mark Dugan (5-10) and' Jim Gil-
lies (5-10). Dieter, Dugan. Hill and Russell
all have varsity experience.

The Warriors open their 22-game season on
Wednesday. November 29, by hosting Lock
Haven in Hilltop Gym and close against Bap-
tist Bible at home February 19. Both are
non-conference games. In between, Lycom-
ing wiH play 13 conference games, partici-
pate in two holiday tournaments and meet
three non-conference teams, including Navy
at Annapolis on Saturday, December 9.

The format for deciding the Middle Atlantic
Conference playoff spots has again been
changed this year. The Northern Division
has been divided into an East and West Sec-
tion and each team within a section competes
in a double round-robin plus playing schools
from the other section one time.

Women to Make Debnt
In Varsity Basketball

Lycoming's first women*s varsity basketball
team will be making its debut in the Middle
Atlantic Conference this winter after two
years of competing against area colleges as
a club team,

A preseason squad of 10 candidates for the
five starting varsity spots reported for the
opening practice in early November. Nine
of the ten members of the squad are return-
ing from the club team of last year, includ-
ing five sophomores and four juniors. The
tenth is a freshman. Juniors on the team are
Karen Clark (5-5), Paula Klauger (5-6), Laur-
ie Lesher (5-3) and Pat Levan (5-8). Sopho-

Bud Ostrander, a 6-7 freshman out of Wild-
wood(N. J.) High School, could hold the key to mores include Kathy Minick (5-8), Terry
solving Burch's problems of replacing Conroy. Rhian (5-3), Crystal Smith (5-2), Paula
If Ostrander adapts quickly to the Warrior Spangenberg (5-3) and Debbie Ulrich (5-1).
offensive and defensive patterns, he may find The freshman is Jan Aurand(5-5). Honored
himself in a starting role early in his inter- with the distinction of being co-captains of

collegiate career. Two sophomores, Char-
les Bonner, a 6-6 varsity letter winner as a
freshman last year, and 6-5 Jim Curry, a
junior varsity standout in 1977-78, will be

the first women's varsity basketball team
are Clark and Rhian, who is expected to be
the team scoring leader again this year after
a fine season in 1977-78. The diminutive

the holdovers fighting Ostrander for the cen- sophomore was the top scorer with an aver-
ter spot. Another freshman, Adam Zajac, =»ge of more than 15 per game last year,
out of Archbishop Kennedy High School, Con- She was also voted the most valuable player

shohocken, is expected to be in the thick of
the battle for the guard spot vacated by
DiMarco. Tlie (i-0 Zajac averaged 20.6

Solid Nucleus Returning
To Lyco Wrestling Team

Two Middle Atlantic Conference wrestling
champions along with three who finished
among the top three in their divisions in the
conference championship tournament cap-
tured by the Warriors for the second consec-
utive year last February will be returning
to form the nucleus for the 1978-79 squad
coached by Budd Whitehill.

the five returning veterans have a combined
1977-78 dual meet record of 39-23 recorded
in regular season competition. Rather im-
pressible considering the records were corn-

in the Elmira College Tournament and waa
named to the tournament all-star team.

Deborah Holmes, who has been coach of the
team since it was first organized on a club
basis two years ago, is looking forward to
the first season of varsity competition. Al-
though the squad lacks height, most of the
members have had at least one year of ex-
perience and she is expecting them to be com-
petitive against most of the 1978-79 opponente.

Lycoming will open a 12-game schedule, In-
cluding nine conference games, at Wilkes on
December 12 but will not play again until
after the three-ft'eek holiday-semester break.
The season will end at Kings on Thursday,
February 22.

4ie opposition will be Division I squadg.

MAC champions returning Include heavyweight

piled in a schedule which included nine major Dick Driver, a junior who compiled a 10-4-1

college teams. And 1978-79 appears to be
just as tough with eight Division I schools
among the 17 to be met in dual meets during
the season. In addition, the Warriors will
compete in two tournaments in which most of

dual meet record, and 190-pounder Ed Allen,
a junior who was 4-4 during the year. Also
returning will be Russ Granato, a senior who
finished second in the 118-pound division in

fSee WRESTLING, page 4)

Seven Letterinen Return
To Lyconiuigt Swim Team

Although coach Dave Hair will again be faced
with working with a small squad in his second
year at the helm of the Warrior swim team,
seven of the nine earned letters last year to
give Hair a solid nucleus of veterans. Lead-
ing the returning veterans will be Mark FuUz,
a junior, and Glenn Klages, a senior. Both
earned the Warriors a large number of points
in individual events last year. Fultz, who
specializes in the freestyle, recorded 73 and
Klages, whose specialty- is the breaststroke,
garnered 60. Other lettermen include two
seniors, Frank Bartuski and Robert Lewis;
two juniors. Bill Raynor and Bill Torney
and John Murray, a sophomore.

The swimmers will open a nine-match sched-
ule with four consecutive home meets prior
to the semester-holiday break. They will
host Franklin and Marshall on Nov. 29;
Dickinson, Dec. 2; Ursinus, Dec, 6, and
ElizaJjethtown, Dec. 9, before breaking for
more than a month until January 13 when
they travel to Rider for a triangular meet
with Kings and Rider. Remainir^ meets will
be at Wilkes, Jan. 24; at Jersey City, Jan.
26; Wilkes at home, Feb. 3, and the conclud-
ing meet at home with Western Maryland,
Feb. 17.

WRESTLING (continued from page 3)

the championship tournament and recorded a
fine 13-2 dual meet mark last year; Mike
Bradley, a senior who finished third at 150
and was 5-5 in season competition, and Tim
Spruill, a junior who captured third at 167
despite a disappointing 5-8 season record.
When Whitehill gets beyond the five veterans,
experience becomes limited. Only one other
letterman, sophomore Chris Shaner(142), is
returning. Shaner had a 5-4 dual meet rec-
ord but did not compete in the MAC cham-
pionship tournament because of injuries.

Whitehill has 18 freshmen on the pre-season
roster with at least one competing in each
of the 10 weight classes for a starting spot.
The remainder of the roster includes nine
sophomores, six juniors and just four seniors.

The Warriors, who have two dual meets and
two tournaments on the schedule prior to the
three-week break between semesters, will
not appear before a home audience until Jan-
uary 13. They open in the Bloomsburg tour-
nament December 2, travel to Kings for a
dual meet December 5, compete in the Lock
Haven tournament December 9 and lo, and
close out their pre-holiday activities at Mans-
field on December 14.

Competition in the Bloom tourney will come
from the host school, Bucknell, Duke, Hof-
stra, Morgan State, University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga and University of Virginia.
Entered in the Lock Haven tournament in addi-
tion to the host school and Lycoming are Mil-
lersville, Ohio State, Tennessee, Temple,
Rhode Island and Wtest Chester. Most arc
Division I teams. Major wrestling colleges
on the dual meet schedule include University
of Pittsburgh, Rider, Franklin & Marshall,
Wilkes, Harvard, Princeton, Bucknell and
University of Maryland.

LYCOMING

COLLEGE REPORT ^^^_ j,^. S54300,

LYCOMISC a publuK*^ monlhly (*iwpt July ind Auguirl
by Lycoming College Second Cl»ii poiligr paid at
W.llitmipon. PcnniylvKDia 17701

Uitl Editor -Oliver E. Hiiru

Aitociite Editor - Dale V. Bo«er "59
Sporti Editor - Bruce L. Swtoger

Out of the Past . . .

EDITOR'S NOTE: If the accrediting agency's schedule runs true to form, Lycom-
ing College will be examined by the Middle States Association of Colleges and
Schools in 1980. Colleges on their accredited list are visited and evaluated every
ten years, and Lycoming's accreditation was last reaffirmed in 1970.

But then, evaluations are old stuff. Handwritten records from 1849 provide am-
ple evidence that the institution — then Dickinson Seminary — was visited and ex-
amined for three days that July. That was less than a full yeai* after the seminary
opened its doors. The report of the evaluation team follows and speaks for them
in most reassuring terms.

The undersigned, having attended the examination of Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, on the 17th of July, 1849, take pleasure in stating that the exercises abundant-
ly proved the assiduity of both teachers and pupils in their respective labours during the past
year. From the examination of the Junior Department held on Wednesday the 17th July, it
was apparent that the Instructors Rev. Mr. Barrett and Miss Crever had endeavored not onlv
to cultivate the memory by storing it with facts, but also to discipline the understanding of
their pupils by training them to reason upon the facts presented to them.

The Classes in Mathematics, under the care of Rev. Mr. Barrett, acquitted themselves ad-
mirably. Their readiness in Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry evidently proceeded from a
thorough understanding of the principles of those sciences respectively.

The classes in Natural Science, under the care of Rev. Mr. Crever, deserved all the praise
bestowed upon them by the audience; every one perceived at once that the examination was
bona fide; and calculated to show what they knew upon the subject. Their knowledge exceeded
the expectations of every one, except their teacher. We have always considered this depart-
ment as highly important in our Seminaries, and the practical knowledge, so useful in ordi-
nary life, displayed by the pupils, has served only to strengthen us In our opinion. Their
teacher showed also by his peculiar way of instructing and questioning, that he is well quali-
fied for the post he holds in the Institution,

The Classes in Mental and Moral Philosophy under the care of the principal. Rev, Mr. Bow-
man, seemed to handle their respective subjects more like veterans than tyros; memory was
plainly a handmaiden to their reasoning faculties.

The Classical Department under the care of Rev. Messrs. Bowman, Crever, and Barrett,
showed above all what well trained instructors can accomplish when they set eai'nestly to
work. The classes were composed of students that had come to the seminai'y within a few
months (all within the year) more or less imperfectly drilled in the first principles of the
Languages, and many of them not at all. Notwithstanding, they had generally acquired so
thorough an acquaintance with the rudiments, that it appeared no labour to them to turn any
simple Daglish phrase that was given to them into Latin, or a Latin one into English. The
parsing was unexceptionable. We could not help inquiring of the Principal, how he had been
able to accomplish what has always been considered the work of two or three years in so short
a time. He explained the facilities afforded to him and his assistants by the use of McClintock
& Crooks First Book in Latin & First Book in Greek: two works he considers as invaluable to
the instructors of Latin & Greek in as much as, they by pursuing a natural and systematic
course, lead the pupil by a judicious alternation of principle and practical lessons, to acquire
with ease and thoroughness, in a short time a sufficient knowledge of the Latin and Greek /^

Grammars for elementary purposes.

The compositions of the young ladies were read at the close of the examination, before a large
and evidently qualified audience. It is not too much to say that all that were read were credi-
table to the teachers and pupils, while some compared favorably with the efforts of students of
older Institutions of the same grade.

The addresses and declamations of the boys and young men, gave a fair promise of the per-
fection to which they may attain, if they persevere with the same industry, which they must
have employed in order to obtain the degree of efficiency evidenced before us. • ,

The whole Exhibition was a very enviable effort for so young an Institution, one which need
not fear comparison with any Academy or Seminary in the State.

The Government of the Institution is all that parents or guardians could desire when sending
their children from home. The Principal and his assistants are Gentlemen and calculated by
their deportment which is gentle tho' firm, to inspire their pupils with respect and attachment.
And the general aspect of the classes as well as the individual conduct of the pupils convinced
us of their happy influence they exercise over those under their care.

Mrs. and Miss Crever, who have the charge of the deportment of the young ladies, have justly ^
merited the thanks of the parents of the young ladies; they have trained those under their care,
to judge from what we have seen, in such a way as to entitle them to the full confidence of all
who have daughters or wards to educate.

The Seminary is located in one of the most lovely spots of Pennsylvania noted for its health-
fulness and salubrity. The spot upon which the building is located has been very judiciously
selected. The building stands upon a hill in the rear of the town and is surrounded by spacious
grounds, affording ample room for healthful and invigorating exercise.

In conclusion, we heartily recommend this Institution to the patronage of all, who have sons
and daughters to educate, and who are anxious that their mental, moral, and physical facul-
ties should be thoroughly trained.

-^T v.^^ ~fc^-^