Clarion University Venango Campus - Pathfinder Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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The Charles L. Suhr Libnary at Ve.nan.go Campus includes an eclectic selection oh n.esean.ch materials , is operated in an ehhi iznt mannen., and is penmeated with a e.eLLng oh help- hulness. This is because oh Mary Elizabeth Williams, Libnanlan since 1962. Uns. Williams joined the iacuJLtij oh Venango Campus the yean, hollowing the institution ' s -Inception. She was instru- mental in the onA.gi.nat planning hon. and moving into the new llbnaxy building which opened in July, 1976. The blueprints o the hloor ' plan had disappointed hex because the total an.ea seemed inadequate. Consequently, the blueprints were changed and the h°- Jtlty was enlarged. She is a native oh Clarion. Clarion State College ' s own Vr. Dana Still was one oh hen. h orlte teachers dusting hen pn.e-ColZ.ege yeans. She received hen. Bachelor oh Science Vegn.ee h om Clarion State College. The University oh Pittsburgh awa ided hen. a Hasten. ' , Vegn.ee in Libnary Science. She has done additional graduate work at Pennsylvania State Univensity where she eaAned an Advanced Cenlihicate in Library and Tnhor- mation Science . Leisure time coupled with Many Williams ohten result in someone else ' s gain. The Venango Chorus has been honlunate to include hen. as a dedicated member since 1978. She has devoted her love and labors since 1976 to carehully hiding appropriate costumes and pn.openlles hon. the Campus play productions . She is active in many community ahh°lM such as the Ped Cr.oss Board, lonta, and vanlous other gn.oups. Mns . Williams has also served on several committees oh importance at both Venango Campus and Clarion Wain Campus . The Sean.ch Committee hor the Vixector oh CanZson Library [1982], and the Search Committee hor a new administrator at Venango Campus [19 S3) are two oh her most recent endeavors. The 19 S3 yearbook stahh oh Venango Campus dedicates this yearbook to a teacher and reherence llbranlan held in the lUghest esteem by all who have had the privilege oh knowing hen.. Thank you, Mary Elizabeth Williams, h ofl being there lohen we needed you. But, most oh dl, thank you hon. being our hriend. '

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r Q CLARION STATE COLLEGE i j Venango Campus . «i i ' u 76-6591 1801 Wesl First Str.-fl Oil City, Pennsylvania 16301 Dear Student: Education should increase one ' s awareness not only of the hopes and aims of human beings, but also of one ' s awareness of the injustice and intolerance of which they may be victims. With such increased awareness comes increased responsibility. To the question of what constitutes one ' s responsibility, Goethe answered, What the day demands. Antoine de Saint-Exupery has said, A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. My wish for you, as students and as graduates, is not that you may have acquired skills alone during your time at Venango Campus; but that you may have broadened your conception of your responsibili- ty — that you may recognize what the day demands of you, and that you may have the imagination, the discipline, the ability, and the courage to perform that duty, however large or small, to your satisfaction. The appropriateness of the combination of awareness and action is conveyed in Ruskin ' s claim that thought can be made healthy only by labor, and that labor can be made happy only by thought. May this felicitous union of healthy thought and happy labor bring you not contentment, but encouragement to continue determining and doing that which you perceive as your responsibility. Sincerely, V C rh, £ jL. Frank M. Clark Acting Administrator