Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR E. 6. LENTZ FirsT To receive The honorary rank oT Univer- siTy ProTessorI' aT SouThern Illinois UniversiTy was Dean Ely G. LenTz. In recogniTion oT his services and achievemenTs and as a demonsTraTion oT sTudenT esTeem, an assembly was held in Pro- Tessor LenTz's honor December 8, I948. An unexpecTed surprise To The Dean came when a Tormer Teacher oT TiTTy-Two years ago, Ed SToTIar oT Ivlarion, showed up To presenT him wiTh a per- sonally inscribed book as . . a biT oT horne- workf' OTher speakers oT The occasion included PresidenT D. W. Ivlorris, ATTorney John G. Gil- berT, represenTaTive oT The Alumni AssociaTion, and Dr. Norman Caldwell, one--lime sTucIenT oT Ivlr. LenTz. Speaking Tor The sTudenT body, Dale KiTTIe oT Wayne CiTy, expressed The graTiTude oT The sTu- denTs Tor The Deans wise and kindly counsel and his guidance along IIThe paTh oT scholarshipf' INIexT, as a giTT oT recogniTion Trom The sTudenT body, Mr. I.enTz was presenTed wiTh a hand- somely inscribed gold waTch. SOUIISIFQPIJS Clll ol IIIQ QUIZ In reply To such pIaudiTs, Dean I.enTz spoke brieTly and simply. There is no honor I prize more Than ThaT ex- Tended me by The sTudenT, he said. I am Tilled wi+h a deep sense oT humiIiTy. I'Iow can I live up To The responsibiIiTies you have heaped upon me? Joining The UnviersiTy hisTory TacuITy in I9I4, Mr. LenTz served as dean oT men Trom I935 To I945, and was appoinTecI curaTor oT The CIinT Clay -I'iITon special library coIIecTion in I945. AT presenT, he is serving as chairman oT The Dia- mond Jubilee commiTTee and wriTing a brieT his- Tory oT The UniversiTy Tor ThaT occasion. I'Iis many acTiviTies include The RoTary Club, Masons, BapTisT STaTe SecreTary, SouThern Illinois I'IisToricaI SocieTy, GreaTer EgypT AssociaTion, Founder oT I-Iarwood I-Iall, Kappa Phi Kappa, and Co-Pounder oT The Sphinx Club on The Uni- versiTy campus.