Allegheny College - Kaldron Yearbook (Meadville, PA)

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Fra+erni+ies and Social Groups Sociefies serve +0 enhance group living by providing opporfunHies for cooperofion and leadership H1rough workingon various ol+ruis+ic proiecfs and fine planning of spec- ial social high-ligh+s ........................ pages 86-l l3 Spor+s Par+icipo+ion in sporfs on He Allegheny campus brings 0qu physical well-being and desirable chorocfer froifs, essenHol +0 group Hving ...................................................... pages I l4-l33 Freshmen . The newes+ members of our Allegheny campus bring refreshing life +0 campus oc- +ivi+ies. while gaining insigh+ in+o group liv- ing experiences ........................... pages I34-l39 The College Year Serving as a resource reminiscen+ of group living. varied scenes of s+uden+ in- ciden+s do n01L escape +he eye of He can- did camera .................................... pages l40 l47 Alumni LeHer .......................................... page I48

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Seniors As a vi+ol member of Hwe col- lege communHy. +he senior com- ple+es a final proiecf in prepara- fion for his fu+ure based on group living and learning experiences 01' Allegheny .. ............................ pages l8-45 Ac+ivi+ies An infegrol parf of communify life. ocf- ivifies serve c1 fundamenfol purpose in bringing s+uden+s Jroge+her in +he cooper- aJrive working of our group experiences .. ............. . ...... pages 46-73. Allegheny Undergraduai'e Council The basis of our communify life, +he Allegheny Undergraduo+e Council, com- posed of s+uden+ represenfofives. ads in +he bes'r inferesf of all groups +oword good campus governmenf ...... pages 48-49 Feafures and Eveni's Special social and ofhlefic e,ven+s +ho+ make up Hue diversify of our school year, help draw sfudenfs closer +0 +he campus communHy life pages 74-85

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We Dedicate this Kaldmn to LAWRENCE LEE PELLETIER This year Hwe sfudenfs and facqu welcomed Lawrence Lee PelleHer as +he l6+h presidenf of Allegheny College.;Dr. Pellefier has been professora 01c qovern- menf of Bowdoin College. He is a graduafe o1c Bowdoin wifh +be class of I936. and has earned +he Masfer o$ Arfs and Docfor 01c Philosophy degrees af Harvard. In addifion +0 his +eaching a+ Bowdoin, Dr. PelleHer has been ac+ive in govern- menfal work a+ bo+h local and sfafe levels, In I945 and I946 he heId-a Social Science Research Fellowship for work on local qovernmenf and finance. During l953-54 he was associafe Direc'ror of We Cifizenship Clearing House 0? New. York Universify Law Cenfer. an organizaHon inferesfed in developing programs similar fo Allegheny's Falk Foundafion Projecf in Cifizenship. During +he war Dr. PelleHer was .achive in Hue Army Specialized Training Pro- gram of +he Universify of Maine. Dr. Pellefier has published sfudies on The Inifiafive and Referendum in Maine . The Managing Plan for. Maine , and was a confribufor +0 a fex'r Fundamenfals of Government He has also confribu'red +0 a recenf sfudy on Presidenfial Nominafing Polifics. . Dr, PelleHer was named +0 be We PresidemL of Allegheny College iusf I40 year: and five days affer Timofhy Alden. +he Hrst was seleded as head of whaf is now America's 32nd oldes'r insfifufion of higher educafion.