Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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MSC CELEBRATES ITS 125th ANNIVERSARY We celebrote onniversanes not to commemorote oge but becouse we need reossuronce of good institutions soid New York Times Foundation President Fred M Hechmger, the guest speaker ot the convocation commemorating the 125th anniversary of the founding of MSC ot Lyte Auditorium on May 3 A musical introduction to the program began ot obout 9 40 a.m os the MSC wind ensemble conducted by Dr Paul G. Fisher presented four orrongements os an audience of approximately 350 people filed into Lyte Auditorium The oudience consisted of current and retired faculty staff administration students, alumni and friends of the college A processionol of faculty and Board of Trustees members, dressed in block caps ond gowns with various color soshes was led by Dr. Mary Elizabeth Dixon faculty morshol os the wind ensemble accompanied the march Following the playing of the Notional Anthem the Rev. Edword A. Blackwell began his invocation with a quote from G. K Chesterton The most important giving we can give is thanks giving He then closed the prayer ond Dr Williom Duncan president of MSC introduced the next three speokers. William H Bolger. chairman of the Board of Trustees: Thomos L. Showers president of student senate ond Dr Marion L Oliver provost and vice president for ocodemic affairs. Bolger os an olumnus. remorked on the preporotion MSC s foculty hos given him. ond Showers expressed appreciation from the student population for the preparation current students ore receiving from oil aspects of the college Introduced by Oliver os on author, a scholor a journalist, o histonon ond on educator Hechmger begon his address by saying ihot MSC s 125th anniversary represents 125 years of quality in teochmg ond quality In oil areas of life Hechmger held the crowd when he said It's time to toke o stop It's time to get our beonngs on a world that is changing and mokes demands on us and our institutions Hechinger soid In order to moke less become better there must be a return to quohty o common core of shored experiences thot people con rely on when making decisions, a need to regom respect for our languages on extension of this respect of language to respect ond acquire knowledge of other people's ways and words the building of bridges between school ond society, and between education ond the community. and trommg to seriously view education os Horace Mann colled it. the bolonce wheel of our society A musicol interlude took place before the introduction of audience ond plot-form guests by Duncan. The platform guests included Oliver. Showers Bolger President Emeritus D L Biemesderfer. Dixon. Hechinger Frances Keller, co-chairperson of 125th onniversory committee. Dr. Gory Reighord vice president of student affairs, ond Duncon. Keller presented presidential scholarships nomed in honor of Dr and Mrs William Duncan and Dr ond Mrs D L. Biemesderfer os on anniversary gift to the college Biemesderfer expressed his deep appreciation ond Duncon gave thanks ond also took honor in the surprise gift of the scholarships The singing of the Alma Moter ended the convocation ond the recessionol took pioce os the wind ensemble accompanied The convocation wos port of the weekend celebration thot ended o month-long celebration of the 125th anniversary of MSC We cetebrote anniversaries not to commemorate oge but because we need reossutonce ot good institutions said New York Times Foundotion President Fred M Hechmger speoke ot the convocation (photo by Ron Weils) Retired foculty. staff administration students, ond olumm of MSC stond ond sing the Alma Motet (photo by Ron Wells) 18 Anniversary

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MSC LOSES KEALY'S TALENTS Fi Hubert Keoly contemplates mon s continuous life ond its humon values (photo by IVon Wells; Fother Keoly served the MSC ond F6M communities for six yeors culmmoting April 24. 1980 On thot dote Fother Keoly begon his new oppoiniment os postor of Our Lody Of The Blessed Socroment in Horrisburg ond os the com-pus minister to the Horrisburg Areo Community College. Fother Keoly will be missed by oil who knew him. He brought o sense of wormih ond coring wherever he went. All of the people thot I tolked to soid thot even though they moy not hove known him very well, he mode on impression on them ond their beliefs. Moss become on enjoyable time —something thot wos looked forword to. The Saturdoy evening mosses were olwoys jammed full with students These students come to moss becouse they wonted to ond not becouse their parents dragged them there Moss wos olwoys soid for the students. Whot Fother Keoly hod to soy wos reloted to the students ond where they were in harmony with their physical ond mentol locotion. Relating to students seemed to come noturolly to Fother Keoly; he wos interested in the students. He never come down on anyone Fother Keoly is pro-life; by this. I meon he did not yell ot students for being bod or not following the rules'; he picked up on the good ospects of students lives ond activities He also osked the students to deal with the good of life not the bod thus creotmg on atmosphere of respect for o mon who shored his beliefs with the students. Fother Keoly hos been described os o friend who wos olwoys there to talk to. As o very contemporary priest, Fother Keoly did not tell you how to feel or whot to believe He put things, no mot-ter how bod they moy hove seemed in o better perspective Enjoying life is more importont than just living A sense of humor, coring, being sensitive, ond going out of his woy to know students ore oil ospects of whot Fother Keoly wos to many students on compus ot MSC! Geraldine (Deonne) Ryon Ft Hubert Keoly 17 Fi Huben J Keoly cothoiic compus minister, leoves behind his speool impression on the m$C compus (photo by (Von Wells)

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The bond s ptoyen reverberote mony sounds ot the bo1! he'd in Goidmier m commemo'OiKxi o' MSC % 125th Anniversary (photo by Denny Dubbs) Distinguished guests W.Hiom H Oolger ond Dr D L Oremsderfer otong with Thomos Showers ond D Mon on L Oliver review the program of the morning s festivities (photo by (Von Wells) • M's Ronald E Syhes donee the r . .voy onmversory bon (photo by Oerny Dr ond Mrs Wii rom H Duncon ond Dt ond Ms D L Oiemsderfer join together (photo by Denny Dobbs) Dr MoryElizob» -on focolty Morsholi lead the p c faculty ond Ooc ustoe members (photo by fton'i. n of Aruiiv .19