Lycoming College report

LYCOMINQ

us. SUSAN K. BEIDLER BOX 22

COLLEGE REPORT January 1978 / Volume 31, Number 1

PRESIDENT'S CORNER

Recently my wife and I visited a group of
Alumni from the Rochester area. It was a
group easy to relate to and to enjoy. We had
dinner together and as you might expect,
their conversations soon turned to the cam-
pus they had known. However, they didn't
simply reminisce about the good old days.
They really wanted to know whether the pow-
erful influence of certain teachers who had
contributed so much to their lives was still
beii^ felt.

Are the giants still there ? No more profound
question can be asked about a college. It pen-
etrates to the heart of the institution. Although
I know some of our youngest and newest teach-
ers will surely be remembered with apprecia-
tion like that expressed by these Rochester
alums, that doesn't answer the question, not
completely. Alumni inquire by name.

As they talked on, with pride and gratitude
leading their thoughts, my mind silently re-
turned again and again to a poem written by
a friend who surely won't mind my sharing
it. I believe it is a poem about giants — those
senior faculty members who quietly guide us
by example, who show us what only experi-
ence can reveal, who provide the heart and
character of our alma mater. We know we
owe them a part of ourselves because they
are those who kindle and inspire our best,
those whose gentle encouragement keeps our
eyes turned toward what can still be accom-
plished even in the face of doubt and disap-
pointment.

By Old Stump Fires

Two Faculty Members Honored
At Annual Chrislnias Dinner

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With anticipation we look to the future oppor-
tunities which face Lycoming College in 1978.
Willi gratitude our inner lives are warmed by
glowing embers from old shamp fires that
heat our college hearth.

Two members of the Lycoming faculty' were
honored on December 16 at the annual facul-
ty-staff Christmas dinner in the college din-
ing room.

Cited were Mrs. Mary Landon Russell, asso-
ciate professor of music, who will retire at
the end of the present academic year after 42
years on the college faculty, and John G. Hol-
lenback, professor of business administra-
tion, who was given a 25-year award for ex-
emplary service to Lycoming.

Mrs. Russell was presented with a silver
tray and HoUenback a watch on behalf of the
college by Dr. Frederick E. Blumer, presi-
dent of Lycoming, Testimonials praising the
two faculty members for their dedication and
loyalty to the college were presented by Wal-
ter G. Mclver, professor emeritus of music,
and Dr. James K. Hummer, professor of

Mrs. Russell, who teaches piano at Lycoming,
is a graduate of Dickinson Junior College,
the forerunner of Lycoming College; Susque-
hanna University, and the Pennsylvania State
University. She also attended the Juilliard
and Eastman Schools of Music. She has been
active In church and music groups in the city
for a number of years and helped organize
both the Williamsport Civic Choir and the
Williamsport Music Club. She is a manber
of several professional music organizations
and several years ago was awarded the Penn-
sylvania Federation of Music Club's presti-
gious Keystone Salute for outstanding civic
leadership. She has also been awarded the
Outstanding Alumnus Award presented by the

HoUenback, a native of Shamoldn, also grad-
uated from the former junior college and re-
ceived his bachelor and master degrees from
the University of Pennsylvania, He is pre-
sently head of the business administration de-
partment and marshal of the college. He
taught at the University of Oklahoma for two
years before joining the Lycoming faculty in
1952, He is also active in college and com-
munity affairs and is a member of various
civic, fraternal and professional organiza-
tions. Jack served as faculty adviser to
Lambda Chi Alpha, social fraternity on cam-
pus, and is a member of the Williamsport
Rotary Club and the Ross Club.

January Graduates

Twenty-three seniors have completed all
degree requirements and were awarded thei]
degrees on January 1, 1978. No formal
commencement is held for January (
and their diplomas are mailed to them i
npproximately six weeks.

■ongratulate tho
nts, wish them
mess, and welc
iming alumni;

; listed below and their
s, good health and
; them to the ranks of

Uiam Gedon

othea Horner

David McDon
ene McElrath

m MUler

SS'San.

Uer Sellais
n Seuren, mazna cum laude

James George Tkach
Bruce Robert Tucker
Nancy Kathleen Turous
Diane Louise Yuska

A New Record!

We are delighted to announce that the 1977
Lycoming College Ftmd drive has exceeded
its $100,000 goal. At this writing, checks
with December dates are still arriving so
no final accounting has been possible. It is
clear, however, that the fund drive has been

This sets a new record for the annual unre-
stricted Lycoming College Fund. Last year's
fund was also a record with over $85,000 re-
ceived. Needless to say, we are very
pleased and most grateful to those alumni,
trustees, parents, friends, businesses and
industries that contributed this year.

We also appreciate the numerous and gen-
erous restricted gifts we received. They
are, however, designated for specific pur-
poses and are not credited to the Lycomii^
College Fund.

A full accounting of all gifts and grants will
be published in the March issue of this re-
port. It will include donor lists, prestige
club memberships and a complete financial
accounting for 1977.

Unfair Competition?

A month or so ago, a letter went to parents
and some other friends pointing out that Ly-
coming's fees were below the average of
quite a few other area colleges with which
we must compete. We received the following
letter from one parent who shall remain

"We know that Lycoming i
other daughter is at

bargain! Our
(close to

But the envel ope contained a check I

Meet Lycoming s Trustees

read* u rollows:

The College slull be under the nunafe-
meut and direction of a Board of Truateea,
the oomber o( wtalch ahall be Qxed from
time to time by Ifae Board and aball be
DO frwer than thirty and no more than
forty members.

Prcacnlly, the board baa thirty-two members,
exactly half of whom are alumni. Twenty*
Rlnr arc men and three are women. They
rcprcarnl the professions, business, indus-
tr> and government. Some are retired or
"soml-retlrcd. "

The Board of Trustees have a number of ro-
sprfnalbtlltlm. Thr> select and .ippolnt the
presldmt and approve the nppulntmoU uf all
faculty and administrative officers. They
have the resprjnalblllty of directing the Invest-
ment of endowment and other funds and ap-
provlnft the upcratlng budget of the College,
They wrtiocrn themselves with the proper
maintenance of college property as well as
with the nature, design and cost of new facil-
ities.

Trustees operate nt the policy-making level
of governance. Ulille many significant poli-
cies originate with the Inculty and administra-
tion, only the Board of Trustees can approve
or change them. It Is the responalblllt>' of
their executive nfficer. the President of the
College, and his administrative staff to Im-
plement policy.

Finally, the trustees are the court of final
nppcni. There tn nt* b<>dy other than the
courts or the legislature which can legally
challenge their decisions.

Those and other respoofllblllUes trustees as-
sume without any compensation whatsoever.
They contribute their wealth, work and wis-
dom U> the College and we arc grateful for
their services.

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plss a spot that must students pAss at least
once a da> . It Is nearlng con^letloo and
will prortde a cratral location for posting
tia|>ortani anoivncrmenis, notices, etc.

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:x:.^^-* ;» ±t u-UdU;v .-^iitr ioti their officers.
Note that trustees are divided Into three ap-
proximately equal clasaes and that the three-
year term of each class expires In a different
year. The board elects Its own members,
hence. It is self -perpetuating. The Aliunnl
Association nominates a candidate for each
class, bat only the board can elect a mem-
ber. However, over a period of years alum-
ni have been elected or reelected so that they
now hold half the current memberships. The
By-Laws of the College specify that two-
thirds of the trustee body be members of The
Umted Methodist Church; there Is no other
restriction controlling the selection of board
members.

In subsequent issues of the Lycoming College
Report, we plan to publish brief biographical
sketches of individual trustees so that all
alumni, parents and friends of Lycoming will
kno«- them better.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS

Wjhrr i. t{«lm Vice OtAlrmiB

Piul C. ClImoM SeCTvtilY

Fr*J A. PcnalBCKn Cli«lnnjB tmcrttui

HONORARY TRUSTEES

[obn C, DftwllOT DalriY (W«ch, Flondj

Bbhop HtrmtBD W. ta«balck,D. D. Hcniiry

L.H.D., Ll.D.

FUlpfa E. K«ld)Mr |*n«Y 9>af«

AnwU A. nilpfN, tl WUlUmiport

Cvona L. Staira, tl WllUimipcvt

Th« H«v. L. QImr Wiboa, D. D Ori«»ki, Flcrldi

TRUSTEES

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□•ct*d

1969 Rkh«rJ R. Crtmtt, D. D, S M«r*«v

197J Ct»y M. 0*T(« L*BcaM«r

1975 Sai«D A. D««fy, U.D. . . . WlllUDuburi, Vlntlal*
(Alamnl lUpnacflUttra)

1969 Samuel H. Even Scwmtbwt

19?? Th« R«v. Man A. FancmuB Ktrrbbtfi

I9«S Millar |. Halm MoaounvlUa

1969 KauMtb E. HlmM WUll*mtpa«t

|97J lohn W. Laady WUlta rrvpcwt

1964 Vki. DoaaUC. Ramlcy WailiBMpoR

117? Harold H. Shnc IwHalt, ft lanUMown

"^ Tht Rn. [>eajUH. TrcaM, D.D Caribla

Tarm EapIrM 1979

.^.H.f T 'mti-.-o, D. D. S RUUtUlpfala

WUIUnupoR

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V«i, D. D.*. *. '. '. , Hanfa«r

Macbaalabwt

>ntOT Berwick

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C^npHUl

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'4 I. Ktihmn FahMMock WailamHt

< :<.B>.1 C. r«lD PlBitMd, Nn York

•» I S. CormjB Yotfc

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EXECUTIVE COMynTEE

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Pa»l C. Cartmm

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Final Bu*>y Month

.Mth-xiJiS: the winttr sports season was already
be) end the halfwa> point on the calendar at
the start oi the second semester, all three
L>'comlng intercollegiate sports teams hsl
approximate^- two-thirds of their regularly
scheduled dates remaining.

The lopsided scbcdale was caused by a roooth-
loog la>-of( for the combined three-w-cek
Christmas holiday and semester break for
both the wrestling and swimming team and a
light schedule involving tiro tournaments and
a game with Army for the Warrior cagers.
A5 a result, all three teams will be facing a
heav>- schedule of action In the final fl\-e
weeks of the regular season.

The baskcttiall team with a 2-6 record had 17
games left at the end of the holiday break.
The wrestlers opened activities .ifter the
semester break with a 3-1 mark and eight
dual, one triangular and t«-o quadrangular
meets left, and the swimmers were winless
at the conclusion of the holidays after four
meets into a lo-card schedule.

The basketball team coached by Dutch Burch
opened its season with n victory over Juniata
in a Middle AtlanUc Conference conU>st be-
fore losing tn Scrnnton and Bucknell prior to
the start of the hollda>- break. After a two-
week layoff, the Warriors entered the Loyola
Christmas Tournament and upset the host
team, 78-71. behind 20 points each by Mark
Moleskj' and Ray Graff, before losing to
King's, 78-64, In the championship game.
Mike Brown, who nddetl 18 points to the War-
rior total against Loyola, led Lycoming with
21 points In the loss to King's. Ikith Rrow^
and Mole8k> were named to the tournament
all-star te.im fur their performance in the
two games, and Drown was also cited by the
Eastern College Athletic Conference for his
efforts when he was named to the weekly
honor roll of outstanding players of the week.

The Warriors didn't fare as well In the sec-
ond tournament nt Lebanon Valley. Despite
23 points by Molesk)- and dtKible-flgure scor-
ing by Graff, Brr.wn .ind Bill Cunroy, the
Warriors dropped the firBl-nHinel conU'St U»
Lynchburg, 83-76, and also failed In the con-
solation game, losing. 66-60, to Leiinnon
Valley. The Lycoming attack was hurt in the
consolation contest when Illness kept Molesk)'
out of the game for all but the first seversl
minutes.

The Warriors stepped up to major college
compcUtion during the holiday break when
they went to West Point u> lose to Army, 68-
50, In the first game ever played between the
two teams. Although the Warriors lost, they
wire In contention through most of the first
90 minutes against a Cadet squad which wvnl
Into the game with an h-S record compiled
pla>-lng some of the best teams In the ccun-

to.

Despite the 2-6 record, Darcfa remained op-

Umlstlc that the Warrlcm * -ul'l '.< m the

thick oi the battle for ^ i

Hlddle Atlantic Coofrr' •■ >u

came CD foreign courtj*

toughest opposiuoo th<-

thls year. Lyoomlngh'

record with 12 MAC gi:: i •

remalalag as the schedu i o-

tMts. ladodtag six at the L'.<Jrf:a' '■ games,

will be is Hilltop Gym.

S« anger wtw look ito picciu-e.

How pleasaat life would be if people who bm«
OKiaey ued It the ws> people mto h«vn*t
■■y s^ they would if they dfaJ.

Editor's Note: Printed here is an exact copy
— reduced from the 9" x II5" original — of
the cover of the November, 1879, issue of
The DickinsoD Liberal. This 24-page liter-
ary magazine was published monthly during
the academic year by seminary students —
members of two literary societies known as
the Belles Lettres Union and the Tripartite

We selected this issue because of the inter-
esting cover. While it may appear to be a
somewhat immodest, hard-sell pitch for
students, certain items are fascinating and
factual. Keep the publication date in mind as
you read it.

But don't judge the publication by this single
cover. Inside each issue are forthright edi-
torials, feature articles, poetry, personals,
college items from around the world and
other assorted information. The single page
of advertising includes at least twenty differ-
ent type faces and covers local shops hawk-
ing everything from millinery to good cigars.

The remarkable aspects of this student publi-
cation are the breadth and depth of the arti-
cles, the research they reflect, and the gen-
eral excellence of the writing. It was, after
all, the work of prep school students but its
quality suggests that they were held to high
standards.

For those who may not know, Williamspbrt
Dickinson Seminary was one of Lycoming's
predecessor institutions (1848-1946).

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You can tell when you are getting old when
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going.

CLASS
news

Out of the Past . . .

iltil SidmiMit lilrOTl

■WILLIAMSPORT, PA., NOVEMBER 13, 1879.

WlLLIAMSPGRT DICKINSON SemTnaRY,

REV. EDWARD J. GRAY. A. M.. President.

A FIRST GRADE INSTITUTION OF LEARNING FOR BOTH SEXES,

Special Attention to Common English. Unusual Appliances for the Study of Languages.

MOD 3^: Tt >r M p: t h o d h.

»S*TEACHING ADAPTED TO NEED OF THE STUDENT.-
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CALENDAR FOR SPRING SEMESTER 1978

January
March

8 Sunday

9 Mond ay
3 Friday

13 Monday

24 Friday

28 Friday

29 Saturday
7 Sunday

9 - June 2

Residence Halls open 12 noc
Classes begin 8 a.m.
Spring Recess begins 5 p.m

Good Friday. Afternoon cla
Semester ends 5 p.m.
Residence Halls close 12 noi
Commencement

May Term 1978 {4 weeks)

Summer Term 1978 (6 weekf

esidence Halls close 9 p.
5 suspended.

married October IS, 1977, a
i Episcopal Church in New Lo
DERMOT McDERMOTT '77
at man, and TODD NOfDD ''

DEBBIE UNCO b vs^tking for Arthur

PATTI SHARPIEY, after spending nine-
teen weeks at officer candidate school ia
NovpoK, Rhode Island, was commission
and assigned lo the Naval Security Croup

mple Unlvenity in Ruladelpbi:

-KATHRYN BOGGS
RLES HENRY

Y ElAWLINS, JR.
Lapolif, MD on

i physlci

■DAVID A. FYtEd
He lived in Taney
ived by his wife.

Hospital, Fredericksburg,

a doctor of ch '

Naval Research Laboratory, Washington.

1963 - STANLEY L. PETERS died Sep-
tember 7, 1976, in the Polyclinic Hos-
pital, Hairisburg. He had suffered tiom
acute leukemia, Stanley had worked

survived by his wife and two daughters.

1975 - MICHAEL F, STEINBRUNN, age

in puiTuit of a law degree, but
while. Mike was making his b