Elizabethtown College - Conestogan / Etonian Yearbook (Elizabethtown, PA)

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they teach Above: Ronald Goodman consults Dean Bucher about admission to junior class standing. Transferring to Elizabethtown from a junior college, he learns about rat- ing sheets as Ruth Zimmerly, secretary to the dean, evaluates the record. Left: Mr. Bucher in administering the central treasury handles many problems of finance. Checking on the budget for Varsity E Club are Mary Ann Beck and Nelson Kline, president. Freda Franklin, secretary to Mr. Bucher, pauses tor the check. S. undamental to the progress of the curriculum is the financial base maintained by Mr. Bucher. Day after day we take for granted the breakfast hour, well-lighted classrooms, a supply of textbooks in the college store, a clean campus, and dinner at 6:10 p. m. Believing that a college student learns better in a home-like environment, our administration provides for congenial living. Concerned too with the health and safety of the students, our college supplies infirmary service and accident insurance. Long before we come to the campus the college prepares for us by renovating the buildings, ordering new supplies, and assigning classrooms. HENRY G. BUCHER, Ed.D. Dean of Instruction K. EZRA BUCHER, M.S. Treasurer ;: Upon our arrival the Dean of Instruction directs our final registration. His is the responsibility of choosing our advisers who guide us in our curricular choices. The semester schedule of courses and instructors is formulated by the dean. Patiently he explains required courses, elec- tees, and quality points. Dr. Bucher gives the final approval for a change in curriculum. In close touch with the scholastic progress of each stu- dent, he posts the dean ' s list quarterly. As we progress in our college programs, there are others who help us with our personal and social relationships. 11

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Gladly do i t is 1953 and the fifty-first class is about to leave Elizabethtown College for lives of service in many professions. Each graduate takes with him a degree, an open mind, treasured friendships, and a Chris- tian ' s faith in the future. College for us is not only preparation for life — it is living now. Our concepts broaden to include the past and future as well as the present. Keeping in mind the needs of the students and the growing demands of the world in which we live, our president is ever alert to new ideas to incorporate into the continually changing curriculum. Dr. Baugher has expressed many times his firm belief that men and women can serve God through any vocation which serves the needs of mankind, whether it be teaching, business, the healing arts, or the Christian ministry. Our curriculum is designed to prepare us for service in these and related fields. We at Elizabethtown are quick to catch this spirit — the spirit of the Christian college. C. BAUGHER, Ph.D, LL.D. President At Etownian reporter George Frost ' s request, President Baugher ex- plains for the staff the position of the Church of the Brethren on com- munism. The request was prompted by the statement of a chapel speaker reporting on the European situation. Others pictured in the routine press confer- ence in the office of the president are Paul Grei- ner, editor of the Etownian ; Patricia Kratz and Marigrace Bucher, cub reporters. 10

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Advisers to student government groups, Vera R. Hackman, Dean of Women, and Joseph H. Dodd, Dean of Men, consider with student leaders some problems in scheduling and plans for the year ' s activities. Robert Allison and Jean Roland, chair- men of the Committees on Men ' s and Women ' s Affairs, together with C. Frederick Horbach, president of the Student As- sociation, represent all the students. The deans jointly advise the Student Senate and individually advise the respective committees. giving us this wise counsel — to each one his own decision. V lose is the relationship between the student and his dean. Even before we arrived on campus we received a wel- come and a taste of college life from our deans through their letters and the student handbook, the Rudder. Our dean guided us in those first difficult college choices, assigned us our rooms and our roommates, and made us feel at ease in a new atmosphere and routine of living. And the dean continues to guide us through the rest of our college experience, faithfully recording our per- sonal and academic growth. The deans keep a cumulative record of each student. Many times we have sought that warm and experienced advice on personal matters. Both Dean Hackman and Dean Dodd are sensitive to the needs and interests of the students and interpret these needs to the administration. The door of the student activities office is always open, welcomes the letter from the dean to the new student. We soon find that our steps lead many times to this open door. This office, rendezvous for the Etownian and Conestogan staffs and the student government or- ganizations, is the center of all extra-class activity. From the office comes the low hum of people working — the newspaper staff writing copy, elections planned and ballots counted, yearbook copy checked, minutes of all organizations filed, social events in the planning stage. Dean Hackman serves as tireless adviser to all three student publications: the Etownian, the Conestogan, and the Rudder. Aside from his many other duties, Dean Dodd acts as adviser to the four classes. From the college mailbag come postcards and letters addressed to our deans telling better than words of the continuing relationship between student and dean that does not end with graduation. 12