Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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The Faculty Administration, ever conscious of the student’s needs and alert to the changing times of society, is continually engaged in shaping the destiny of Muhlenberg College. The student body as part of the framework within which the College functions constantly is meeting new demands and new conditions. Maintaining many activities under their own management, Student Administration provides excellent oppor- tunities for practical experience, recreation and fellowship. This is our great human asset— the bond that links the Student and Faculty Administration in all phases of student activity.

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speaks to the seniors . . . We are living in an age of rapid advances in many fields of endeavor, in a time when nations find it difficult to work together in an atmosphere to secure peace. Advances in the study of nuclear- energy have contributed much to beneficent uses of this magnificent discovery, but have also added significantly to the military strength of some na- tions, which helped compound the confusion and uncertainties of world peace. The nuclear bomb testing moratorium was broken by Russia in Sep- tember, 1961, an action which forced the United States to reconsider its program of atmospheric testing of nuclear bombs. The question of the desirability and feasibility of a national bomb shelter program has been raised. During your senior year, the United States suc- cessfully launched a manned space capsule which circled the earth three times. Programs are being planned for manned flights to orbit the moon, with perhaps a landing by about 1970. We are indeed living in an age of rapid change. Colleges in general cannot ignore these changes and their effect on higher education, now, and in the years ahead. Muhlenberg recognizes this clear- ly. During the present academic year, various pro- grams have been initiated. Last fall Muhlenberg instituted an honor system in the academic area, with voluntary signing of the honor pledge. Sign- ing this pledge is now required of all entering students. It is too soon for a final appraisal, but the honor system appears to have gotten off to an excellent beginning. It is my hope that this will become one of the fine traditions at Muhlenberg. The athletic policy which has been adopted states that our intercollegiate program will be one in which Muhlenberg will compete with those insti- tutions having enrollments, academic and athletic policies similar to ours. Financial aid will be avail- able on the same basis to all students. A thorough study of the curriculum is being made by the Dean of the Faculty, the faculty Curriculum Com- mittee, and a consultant from another institution. We hope that the final result of this study will be an improved program that will be of greater bene- fit to all students. During this academic year, construction has begun on the J. Conrad Seegers Union which, when put into operation, will con- tribute immeasurably to the social, cultural, and academic atmosphere of the college. These are some of the items with which we— students, faculty, administration, and board of trustees— have been concerned, all directed to- ward a better educational program. Muhlenberg College has always stressed a liberal arts education within the framework of the Christian gospel, a program which attempts to give a comprehensive knowledge of all phases of human experience, so that its graduates may relate themselves, in a useful and meaningful way, to their fellow men. To the Class of 1962: I extend my best wishes to each of you as you leave Muhlenberg, to take up your life work, or to continue your learning at another institution. I sincerely hope that your experiences at Muhlenberg will serve as a source of strength as the years unfold, and that you, in your own way, may make a worthwhile contribu- tion to society, in order that eventually all nations on this earth may experience a secure peace. May your pride in Muhlenberg College continue to grow.