Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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• • • than t V(i years in the college classes of the L ' ni ' ersity shall he eligible to Associ- ate Membership upon nomination (if the J ' xjard of Managers and election liy the Association. The first puiilic exercises were held in the ISaptist Church, where, after a choice collection of vocal music by the choir. Mr. J. lerrill Linn delivered an oration on American Civilization. and ; Ir. George O. Ide read a poem on the Power of Song. At the second meeting. August 17. 1853, It was moved to submit to the Executive Committee the ])ropriety of having a I ' ublic Dinner. Several years after this the Alumni Dinner was furnished by the Alumni ; but after some years the Alumni ceased to pay for the dinner, and it was taken up by the college corporation and became the Corporation Dinner. The Alumni Association has been a staunch friend of the University. Among the very early mimites are found references to steps that should be taken for the good of the University. In the equipment and teaching force of the insti- tution the Association has always taken a keen interest. In the raising of endow- ments at various times the . lumni have, to the extent of their ability, come to the help of their . lma Mater. The Tustin (gymnasium is an alumni monument to an alumnus and a lifelong instructor and professor in the institution. The large number of sons and daugh- ters who are now attending the L ' niversity bears witness to the fact that a large number of those who once climbed the college hill have not lost their faith and love in old Bucknell. As has often been repeated, one of the happiest moments in the life of an alumnus is when he returns and meets old friends and renews old friendships amid surroundings of which he seems a ])art, and once more looks upon the University whose advancement is his special ])ride. To get the true spirit of the Alumni every student should take a true interest in his surroundings and meet as many as he can of the old students as they return, so that when he joins their ranks he may feel himself one of them and join with them in helping along a cause which is a lasting power for good. ' iLLi. M G. OwExs, Secretarv. 19

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Bucknell Alumni Association Presidfiit EUGENE EMLEY, ESQ., ' yj First icc President REV. J. RIADISON HARE, ' 85 Second ' ice President SAMUEL BOLTON, M. D., ' 85 Secretary PROF. W. G. OWENS, ' 80 Treasurer T. L. P.UTLER, ' 97 $ ORIGIN AND PURPOSE OF THE BUCKNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CARCFLV hail the first class been graduated from the L ' niversity at Lewisburg until the Alumni Association was formed. Lender date of August 20. 1851, the minutes read: On the afternoon of the First Commencement at Lewisburg the Graduating Class held an adjourned meeting in the Academic Chapel ; at which time it was moved and voted that the class hereby resolve itself into an organization to be known and styled henceforth as the ' Society of Alumni. ' Officers were chosen and a com- mittee was appointed to draft a constitution and re])ort the following year. It was immediately decided to hold public exercises the following year, and Mr. J. Merrill Linn, of Lewisburg, was elected Orator and Mr. George Osman Ide, of Philadelphia, was chosen Poet for the commencement of 1852. From that date to the present time the Alumni ( )ration and Poem have been a feature of Com- mencement. At the meeting held August 18. 1852, a constitution was adopted. This constitution declared the object of the Society to be the promotion of lit- erature, the preservation of pleasing associations, and especially the welfare and advancement of the University. Those entitled to membership are all who shall have receivetl the degree of Bachelor or Master of Arts or the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy at the Lewisburg L ' niversity or who have received from that University the degree of Doctor of Divinity or of Doctor of Laws. In the year 1859 a new constitution was adopted in which under Section 2, Object, The promotion of pleasing associations was put before The promo- tion of literature. The public exercises were held on Monday evening. At a meeting during Commencement week, July 30, 1862, the evening was changed to Tuesday. At Commencement, June 22, i8c)2, the name was changed as follows : This Societv shall he called the Alumni Association of Bucknell University, at Lewisburg, Pa. The membership was also enlarged to include all those who had received degrees from the University, and all those who have spent not less 18

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Representative Alumni EDWARD M. TOMLINSON, ' 67. Edward Mulford Tomlinson was born at Roadstown. N. J., October 22, 1842, and was prepared for college at Union Academy, Shiloh, N. J. He was graduated from Bucknell University in 1867, with the degree of A. B., and was immediately elected Professor of Greek in Alfred Uni- versity. Resigning his position, he spent considerable time in visiting the leading colleges and universities in this country. He then went abroad and studied for two years at the universities of Berlin and Leipsic. Upon his return he accepted a position as Professor of Greek, Latin and German in Germantown Academy, Philadelphia. In 1881 he returned to Alfred as Professor of Greek, in which position he has been in continuous service to the oresent time. Dr. peter N. K. SCHWENK, ' 76. Dr. Peter N. K. Schwenk graduated in 1873 from the Lewisburg High School. He immediately entered Buck- nell University, from which he graduated in ' 76 with hon- ors. During the following three years he taught school in Northumberland County. In 1882 he graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving there high class honors. Ursinus College con- ferred upon him in 1900 the degree of M. A. He is a member of all the Masonic bodies. Dr. Schwenk ' s Medical career has been a very suc- cessful one. June 22, 1883, he was appointed a Clinical assistant in the Eye and Ear Department of the Penn- sylvania Hospital and in 1896 was elected one of the At- tending Surgeons in the same Hospital, which position he still holds. In 1883 he received an appointment as Clini- cal Assistant to Dr. G. C. Harlan at Wills Eye Hospital; was elected an Assistant Surgeon in 1890, and an Attend- ing Surgeon in July. 1898, which position he holds to- day. He filled various positions in the Northern Dis- liensary from 1882 to 1896. ♦ ♦ ♦