Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

 - Class of 1980

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During the month of April. Millersville Stote College celebrated its 125th birthdoy. The compus sprowls over 225 ocres of well-tended grounds ond includes some dromotic new buildings os well os severol 19th century structures. One of the most beoutiful is the elegont Old Libroiy. now known os the Biemesderfer Executive Center The oppeoronce ond poce of today s compus is bosed on 125 yeors of od-justing to societal needs. The college got its start because public schools of the 1850's were very poor ond the teochers were poorly prepared. A Lancaster County man. Jomes P Wicker-sham. wos dedicated to public education ond convinced of the importance of trained teachers On April 17. 1655. he opened the Lancaster County Teochers Institute with 147 teochers in the little Borough of Millers-ville He used a building which hod just been constructed by local citizens os a pnvote ocademy for their children. The building wos to hove been loaned to Wickershom for his three-month workshop for teochers. but within weeks ofter the beginning of the institute, he gained widespread support for the idea of o permanent normal school for the ‘ preparation of teochers The ocademy trustees willingly gave up their building for this important couse In November 1855. the first normol school in Pennsylvania opened ot Mil-lersville under the nome of Lancaster County Normol School. In 1859 it become officially recognized by the stote ond the nome changed to The First Pennsylvania Stote Normal School. | Gradually it become known os Millersville Stote Normol School, its official nome until 1927 when it wos elevoted to college status ond authorized to gront bachelor degrees. Then it become Millersville Stote Teachers College As public higher education become available to more ond more young people following World War II. soaetol needs changed ogom. In response so did Millersville. In 1959. it wos authorized to offer Bachelor ond Master degrees in fields outside of teacher education. Its nome wos changed to Millersville Stote College. In the 20 yeors since then, the college hos continued to odjust to o chongmg world, adding new programs in business, in allied health fields, m technological fields, os well os m the traditional arts ond sciences Its reputation hos been one of high quoliry among stote colleges, especially in its vorious science programs Eoch year dozens of groduates win competitive fellowships for groduote study in science ot major Amencon universities Mony groduoies go on to medical schools low schools ond other professional institutions. Others join the professional stoffs of area businesses, industries government agencies ond schools. Millersville is currently planning for long-range curriculum changes so that it con continue to odjust to the needs of the public it serves Happy 125th onmversory Millersville Stote College. 125th Anniversary Bulletin 81 Yeors Celebration of Publication but only 70 for the Touchstone!! Eighty-one yeors ogo. Millersville published ns first yearbook, ond did you know thot the Touchstone was not the official first title, but the third? In 1899 the Wickershom wos published. named after one of Millersville s first principals, Jomes Wickershom In 1901, the name changed to the Miller-svillion considered o more popular title by the staff This title remained until 1910. The yeorbook then published few photographs, mony Itterory works (poems stories, lost will ond testaments). and other tnvio-type articles Then in 1910. another change come oboui. one thot held until todoy: The Touchstone wos given birth thus carrying on for 70 yeors. Todoys Touchstone Is very different than the post yeorbook The yeorbook consists of mony phoiogrophs of foculty seniors, compus life, happenings, dubs, orgonizotions. sports, fraternities, sororities olong with some body editorials and stories Color pictures ore also o small spectacular of the 264 poge volume one of the biggest ever!' Trying to copture the campus of 1899 wos not difficult with on enrollment of a hundred or so but 81 years later ond five thousand more students the compus is ever growing Some may ask. whot is the Touchstone or whot is the Touchstone s meonmg? A Touchstone can be o type of stone thot helps in the determination of whot is gold or silver but more importantly is its second meaning Thot being o standard o criterion that is bemg upheld year ofter year. This year s staff is still upholding the standard of Millersville s Touchstone HAPPY 70th TOUCHSTONE BIRTHDAY Touchstone Editors Editor-in-Chief Steven A DiGuiseppe Co-Editors. DonnoM Bulmo Keith R Ebner Adviser: Dr Ronold E Sykes Secretory: Mrs. MaryLou Kouffmon Sections Excitement: Lorraine E Wherley Enrichment: Robin M Shadle Enthusiasm Jodie L Carpenter Friendship: Richard A Yednock Transitions: Down C Boumgard

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