Lycoming College report

•■'■■•■'" 1 '""■•■- m, ' -

■18 w^H

£?hE£

LYCOMING COLLEGE

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!

ivcominc couici

REPORT

LYCOMING COLLEGE REPORT is published 10 times
a year by Lycoming College. Third Class postage paid
at Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17701
Staff: Editor — William H Rupp

Associate Editor — Ralph E Zeigler, Jr.

Assistant Editor —

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.

(Continued on Page 4, Col. 1}

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.

Annual (continued)

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

■ .

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.

Have I got news for you!

Please report the information below in the Class News section of a future
Lycoming College Report.

Name .

Spouse.

. Class year .
_ Class year _

Address
City

. State .

.Zip.

Telephone
Send to:

Office of Alumni Relations
LYCOMING COLLEGE
Williamsport, PA 17701-5192

so

1°-

OUU

sHsF Jtk^U

wJBBi

•*1$^- i

ms]1

I j|^ ■ ; 1

'^Wii-

|kj£'"^3

.^4i:t|

^*?K#9l

•/ :

JSj

c

■>

o

I,

o o

T3 Z (?i

8 5

I ?

O I z

£ .*

LYCOMING COLLEGE

REPORT

May. 1984 Lycoming College, Williarmport, PA 17701

(Address correclion requested! Volume37, Number 5

Non Pi of 11 Org
US POSTAGE

PAID

WlniamspoFt, PA

<

II

n4E
£ E i

3i^ a

ill

z

if

11

I

« §

:

i $

33**1

hit

-Ax

3 *""?

s

= 51

II

1 S'S

c E
c J

IS

11

IIS II

2 I

=! ■ ;5 =- S

|.S.5S IE

r:

ill

-2 < e

3 ■- :■•

= f -

m

< < -s

Pi

85 1

e
t

|

i x a 5 s

= 1

S ^

llJ

1 1 s | i |

O ^U ;

SI

&2

lis!

St

Ill Q-ll

ill

lilBiillleiil

Wm I

J=v^i:S_i