College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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10.0 4'- , l I I ll x . Y A ha As another Class received the diplomas which were to be their passports from Wooster to the world, Prexy Wishart prepared to hand over the reins of the college to the new president. Dr. Howard Foster Lowry. The black robes, the multicolored hoods, and the im- pressive solemnity of the academic procession recall the lnauquration ceremonies in October when Dr. Lowry was installed as Wooster's :seventh president. l I ,-ri'

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the diP1OmaS from Wolgsfi ared T0 a D10 lhe new ry. The black and the lm' pc processwn J in October is Woosters rf' Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New Seventh president of the College of Wooster is Dr. Howard Foster Lowry. A Wooster graduate, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a scholar, Dr. Lowry came to Wooster via Princeton where he was a member of the English Department. After months of eager speculation last spring about who would be the new president. the appointment was made and Woosterites rejoiced. Dr. Lowry was inaugurated amid proper pomp and circumstance on October 21-the academic pageantry a climax of a week-long house- cleaning. Speaking at the Inauguration ceremoneis were Dr. Harold W. Dodds, president of Princeton, and Dean William C. DeVane of Yale, while 389 representatives from 196 American colleges, universities, and learned societies payed tribute to Wooster and to Dr. Lowry. Young and forward-looking, the new president who succeeds Prexy Wishart has long been counted one of the most distinguished and best loved alumni of the College on the Hill. Dr. Lowry brought with him the promise of a new future including an independent study plan which we discussed pro and con. Students heard and were inspired by Dr. Lowry's chapel talks full of wit and wisdom. To the student body he has become more than a president, more than a prophet of of the greatness toward which Wooster aspires, more than an educator. He has become our friend. Consulting with us as well '1- ',r- Y'fr'M,445 .,'!j,. K ,yr NE N .. Q as with trustees and alumni through open discussion or the newly organized Student-Faculty Committee, we have become a part of something bigger than the Class of '45 or '46 or similar groups. We, the junior members of the Wooster family, are proud to have such a man for our president, but more particularly, for our friend. With Dr. Lowry directing our course, the college faces hopefully the brave new World . .U ,A fi A , . f Hi