Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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 Mr Lyon's indoor repatriation of a coolly barren, natural wasteland implies the immutable end of progress. Anxiety and loneliness permeote the sensual, self-assured countenance of this ultramarine ultramodern woman 5

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DEDICATION DEFINITION OF ART: Art is first and last, communication. Whether one believes it to be the language of emotions or a pure representation of the absolute. Art embodies the intuitive expression of the creator to creation. As a function of an artist's sensitivity, will and emotion, Art represents the reflexive and contemporary outlook of a man, synthesizing, abridging and reproducing what he perceives as on aesthetic response to life. A year ago we were introduced to the creative talents of a man who has been influenced by the same factors inherent in our generation that hove affected the obvious change at Millersville. We looked at the pointings in the lobby of Lyte Auditorium and observed that they were representative of the confusion that reigns in our fast-moving, power-oriented world. We admired this art for its artist's creative use of color, space and form, but few of us realized that the man who is responsible for these pointings represents the new society which our generation has produced. We sat in his classes and saw the art of our time emerge os a sequel to all that has come before it and as an introduction to all that is to follow, but few of us appreciated this teacher's endeavors to introduce to us a magnanimous portion of our cultural heritage and expression. Therefore, in order to honor him for his admiroble expression of the world which surrounds us, in order to thank him for giving us the opportunity to share his talents, and in order to recognize him as the embodiment of Millersville's Modernity, we, the staff, dedicate the 1965 Touchstone to Mr. Robert A. Lyon, 4

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In Memoriam j IVe honor him for honoring us by sharing with us his world, the world of music. We thank him for introducing to us the tonal beauty which enriched his life and which is his legacy to us. He provided us with inspiration through sound, and for this we are grateful. Melzer R. Porter, 66, the oldest faculty member in point of service ot Millersville, was stricken suddenly at his home and died unexpectedly at 6:30 p. m. Jon. 24 in St. Joseph's Hospital. Mr. Porter, an assistant professor of music and head of the music deportment, began teaching at Millersville State College in 1929, the same year he established residence at 129 Kready Ave., Millersville. He was born in Fostoria, Ohio, and was a son of the late Henry L. and Jennet Thomas Porter.