College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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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

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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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1 l , li . AUNKQ dal Dean Triumvirate Sits on College Lid A welcome home from Dean Taeusch was the greeting he received last September upon returning to Wooster. No stranger to the whys and wherefores of our college, he is a loyal alumni and former facult member O D y . ur new ean of the College comes to us from Western Reserve. He proves his theory, Theres time for everything if you plan it by c-omlnining with aplomb his duties as Dean, professor of English, and father of two boys. Countless curriculum conferences, planning chapel programs, cajoling elements of compo- sition into the cerebrums of struggling frosh, business trips, speeches, family, and acting as mediating angel for students and facultyev-all these and many more are included in his :rchedul . D T ' A e ean aeusch has al.vays been a part of Wooster and is now even more so. He iss, too, a part of the new spirit which we hope will remain for many years to come. Dean of Women that is another newly filled office. Miss Guille, in addition to her position in the French de art- impressive all-powerful guardian of the campus date book A P ment, has shouldered those diverse and mysterious duties of counselling and consoling the flock of females who are busy making Wooster their Alma Mater. She guides the girls through the chaos ranging from helpful hints on what to wear when, how to eat soup, or dating the Navy, to the ever-present problems of grades, health, and time scheduling. Through her offices pass the longed for weekend pers. and precious late passes. In spite of her teachin ' A g position in the French department, conferences. and the hundred and one unfore- :sc-en duties which such a position entails, Miss Guille also manages to hold t'l a ite as one of the best dressed women on campus in clothes which awed undergraduates learn. she inakr-rx herself. Also in Ad, building may be found Ralph A. Young, Dean of Men, but his duties appear to the :students as a nebulous conglomeration of all the campus problems. As lim-rtor of Arimrsxaions Rackev has visited schools, talked to prospective students. and started tnany on the path to Vllooster. Through his office pass all the complicated employment pmirl-:ns of the '.'.'orI-:ing students. Vv'ho needs a job. where one may be found, getting the two tofu-tht-r tlnwse are his headaches. The men too. enter his domain, Plans for Living- rrtwzth l,OflfIl, !iO1'N1'!i Houses, dorm government and so forth still find Rackey energetic -:touch to come along for a good time. Hts students were mournful when, at the end of l:-- f:t:.1 :zezxwratt-i, llackey had to give up teaching religion in order to have time for his 'i 1 :tu dimes: Hut :t a good thing now, perha ,5 h-'ll p Q get a little sleep. Vi knowli from C and ql tntriw' stem gzchlel Be or 'Th' wakmQ behind is gssu Thi duties 1 Bulletin unifOfm Navy C bert, M XQP 6, re tx