Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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Foreword Evolution was defined by Charles Darwin as the descent of closely related species resembling one another because of their com- mon inheritance, and differing from one another because of the heredity differences accumulated since the separation of their an- cestors. Thus the Class of 1955 found itself at Bucknell Universi- ty as a tiny series of single cells. All were alike in that they were all seeking to develop into complete individuals; all were different in the various ways in which they chose to achieve this individuality. But the basic structure was there with the ADMINISTRATION to serve as the skeleton around which the growth must begin. The ACADEMIC departments of the college separated the growing or- gans of the new body and determined structure and relations. OR- GANIZATIONS and SPORTS provided the opportunities which the new organism needed to function and exercise. The SENIOR CLASS became the personification of the developed cells which functioned in the new en ironment of FEATURES. We have become complete individuals through this evolution- ary process of development by Bucknell University. Through the media of our L ' Agenda, we wish to show how this development has been achieved through four years of college life. Soon the Class of 1955 will set out to prove that it can function alone without the guiding hand of the college.

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I ' anaiiiH ictiiilauta UNIVERSITY 8 ACADEMIC 19 Liberal Arts 19 Science ♦.♦.♦♦. 37 Engineering 53 Contents ATHLETICS 150 FEATURES 172 ADVERTISEMENTS . 179 DIRECTORY 185 SENIORS 62 ORGANIZATIONS . . 96 Leadership and Government . . . ♦ . 98 Publications and Radio 106 Activities 114 Fraternities and Sororities ♦ . . .126 , :• -•: • ■

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C r4. f i n • 4y.4f 4 .: . • .J-. ■■»•,• Vi Man of Good Will 7 ■ HE dedication of our 1955 L Agenda is a small token indeed when the true stature of the man to whom it is dedicated is considered. For over forty years he has been Mr. Biology to countless classes on the Hill. In the Scopes Monkey Trial days of the mid-twenties, he was the brief target of some fanatic fundamentalists. Later the same group was astounded to learn that Dr. Stewart ' s basic doctrine, per- taining to the derivation of life, insisted that the deeper one delved into the mysteries of nature, the more profound became that per- son ' s belief in the Divine Creator. His measure of true intelligence was and is the openness of a man ' s mind. Although a well-earned retirement looms ahead for our belo ' cd Dr. Stewart, he will be with us forever in the minds and hearts of thousands of alumni and students to whom he has imparted his price- less love of nature and mankind.