Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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Dear Class op 1932: The dean will surely miss the class of ' 32. Just about the time we get a flock of one point five and two point students all nicely catalogued, away they go. For four years we have been getting ready to graduate a class in honor of George Washington ' s Bi-Ccn- tennial. Well, here they are, George. Some of them had to be prepared in two years, but we feel that they are all worthy of the benevolent smile of our first President. While none of you can be first in the hearts of all your countrymen, we trust that as a leader of youth each one of you may be first in the hearts of those whom you teach, be ever loyal to the community you serve, and true to the highest ideals of the profession of teaching. W. B. SuTLir F, Diciii of lustruclioii. Twenly-fiie

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WILLIAM B. SUTLIFF Dean of Instruction f EAN SUTLIFF is a native of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. I J Having exhausted the patience of a series of teachers in the one- room school near his home at Town Line, he was considered ready fur high school work. Huntington Mills had a well-organized academy at that time with the unique distinction of having a graduate of Harvard at its head. Here he discovered the existence of such extraordinary things as Latin, Algebra, and Plane Geometry, and noted that English Literature could become a task. After several years of this diversion someone suggested a trial of County Superintendent ' s Examinations. The next thing he knew he was teaching a one-room country school. This was such a pleasant experience that a serious purpose of trying to find how to make teaching more valu- able to the children landed him in the Bloomsburg State Normal School. From there to Lafayette was a natural step. Graduating at Lafayette in 1898, doing graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Universit}% and receiving his master degree at Lafayette were events worth noting. Mr. Sutliff spent many years as an instructor in mathematics at Blooms- burg. During the administration of Dr. Charles Fisher he became Dean of Instruction. This was in 1922. When the Normal School became Bloomsburg State Teachers College the enlarged work of the Dean ' s office continued to be his work. Dean Sutliff has served as teacher and dean during the administration of Dr. J. P. Welsh, Dr. D. J. Waller, Dr. Charles Fisher, Dr. G. C. L. Riemer, and is now serving under Dr. Francis B. Haas. As an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Bloomsburg and an honorary member of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, Dean Sutliff has made himself many friends in the town of Bloomsburg and on the campus. Tuciily-foiir

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MARGUERITE W. KEHR, Ph.D. Dean oF Women To THE Class of 1932: Commencement is a time for looking back and this book will mean much to you be- cause it will help you remember. Work and play, activities serious and frivolous, friend- ships, discoveries about oneself and the world we live in, struggles and victories, plans and hopes for the future, a goodly proportion of fun, with enough darkness to heighten by contrast the brightness — these make up the kaleidoscopic pattern of college life. Commencement, as its name implies, is also a time for looking forward. We who have followed your progress through college shall miss your presence here and we hope that you will return often as alumni. As you go forth to measure yourselves against the demands of life we wish you that real success which satisfies the heart. = Tuenly-six