Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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x gisllms y f y Foreword COLLEGE, for most of us, presents many aspects: the in- .tellectual, the social, and the ordinary, day-by-day ex- Peflences connected with the change from the adolescent to the adult, the process of growing up. To some, college life aPPeHI'S to be just the piling up of experiences, a life without any focus. But we of the L,AGENDA staff see our past four Years HS an integrated whole. All our experiences, all our Separate lives, have been aimed toward one goal: the day of our graduation. This June, approximately 450 young Eilgndand women will receive a piece of parchment. Although also LP10ma signifies scholastic achievement, we feel that it I HS another symbolical meaning-it is the tangible evldeflfle of four years of life . . . In this, L,AGENDA 1961, we have offered some of our Concepts of the significance of the diploma's well-chosen words. In them, we see not only the end of a period, but all of the elements of that period as well. We hope that our c0nCePtS will augment your owng we hope that they will make yoflf diploma as meaningful and as inspiring as it was Originally intended to be. -

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F a stranger were to walk into one of Dr. John S. Wheatcroft's classes, he might have a momentary difficulty in locating the professor. What has happened to the stereotyped image of the ivy-covered instructor? Since when does a professor look and act as young as his students? But once the class has begun, the right to teach of one so apparently unorthodox becomes ap- parent. The very popularity of Dr. Wheatcroft's courses belie the notion that college students do not like a challenging-type of learning experience. It is hard to explain the atmosphere in a classroom when Dr. Wheatcroft starts to lecture. His vitality, his love of his subject, begins to pour out of the man, he seems to have a direct line to every one of his students. But this man is not just an instructor. The atmosphere of his classroom is a very personal one. To Dr. Wheatcroft, a student is not just a seat occupant, he is primarily an individual. John Stuart Wheatcroft graduated Cum Laude, With Honors in English Literature, from Bucknell in 19495 the next year he received his M.A. from Rutgers and in 1960 his Ph.D. from the same university. Dr. Wheatcroft came to Bucknell in 194-9 as an assistant instructor. Before that, he had taught in the English departments at both Rutgers and the University of Kansas. In 1957, he became an assistant professor at Bucknell. I In him, love of the English language has always been strong. Pro- fessionally, his greatest interest lies in a study of the novel and in creative writing. Many of Dr. Wheatcroftis poems have appeared in The Target, a quarterly of modern poetry, last winter, the Bucknell Actor's Lab gave his fantasy, Ufoti the Troll, its first stage presentation. For relaxation, Dr. Wheatcroft likes to play an occasional game of chess or tennis. And of course, his brood of children always keeps his house an interesting and vivacious place to live in. I , In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer describes a scholar in these words: gladly would he learn and gladly teach. We of the Senior Class cannot think of a better epithet for Dr. Wheatcroft. It is a tribute to him-as a man and as a teacher-that a yearbook should be dedicated to one who is so young and has been a member of the Bucknell faculty for so short a time. But we believe that the honor is deserved. It is with respect for his scholarship, affection for his personality, and admiration for his accom- plishments that we, the members of the Class of 1961, dedicate our yearbook to Mr. John S. Wheatcrof t. 'tlssfii -Qt: I .s ,f'f'tfli'i',ziif5'tW -, r l , ..,. i rj . . ,yai ,., , , gf. if ff' ftwfi 3' W Q53 1+ 'wer isis' fir n ,jg . , ,Z,,,., Y.. V . -W ,Q ' K ft: w ' Y ' '1': . , bglri r ff.. 1 V s fi , i 4 ll 1 at f I .ra ' if 1' 4 1 ag. :Nt .fx ' ' ,M 2565-1 jg, wiv 'iff' 1 ,s . Ai ,fa .. , . SN? f-1 ' V , Witt. ,yt-, '. A7 5 :hul k ' is 1. jpg' iii ,,