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

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Zhe ROBERT S. YOUNG Administrative Assistant Below: Campaign committee chair- men meet at the Convocation Banquet. John H. Wenger. Elizabethtown Gen- eral Chairman; Ethel M. B. Wenger, National Associate Chairman; Horace E. RatTensperger. National General Chairman; Paul M. Grubb, Elizabeth- town Special Gifts Co-chairman; and Dr. I. Wayne Keller, National Special Gifts Chairman. K. Ezra Bucher, director of the Development Program, briefs a student committee on Convocation procedures. Bruce Smith, clerical assistance; William Bechtel, ushers; Jay Gibble, traflic; Jaywood Brubaker, reception.

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Mid-CeHtury Convocation Te ► ' ENNYSON ' S PHRASE, the old order chang- eth, yielding place to new, well describes the pur- pose of the Ten-Year Development Program ini- itiated this year. The construction of a women ' s residence hall, en- largement of the Gibble Science building, erection of a new Physical Education and Health building. and the remodeling of the gymnasium into a Chapel- Auditorium have been stated as the objectives of the project. Directed by K. Ezra Bucher. the program is di- vided into three phases: the Mid-Century Convoca- tion, brief area campaigns, and periodical contribu- tions over a long span of time. Mr. Bucher worked with Charles S. Dice, representative of the Marts and Lundy Company, professional counsellors, in directing the campus convocation and the area cam- paigns. The Liberal Arts college must produce free men and women if we are to have a free society, com- mented E. Fay Campbell in the opening session of the Mid-Century Convocation held October 22-24, Developing the theme Educate for Service, the speakers for each of the Three Great Days of the Convocation represented three types of partnerships — the professions, business, and home and church. Dr. G. D. Timmons, Dr. William P. Coleman, and George H. Ruschhaupt joined Dr. Campbell in speaking on Partners in Professions at Friday ses- sions that emphasized the Liberal Arts. Lecturers such as Dr. Ralph C. Hutchinson, Dr. Wilbur K. Mc- Kee, and J. Roger Deas in the Saturday morning session presented the business operations of a col- lege, the changing trend in business education, and methods of advertising the product. The main speaker for the Sunday topic. Partners in Living, was Dr. Elmer G. Homrighausen who traced the in- terrelationship of home and church. A political figure appeared Saturday noon as State Senator Fred P. Hare, Jr., addressed alumni at a luncheon at Aunt Sally ' s. Europe — the Far East — the U. S. — their pasts and futures were discussed by world-traveller Rob- ert H. Kazmayer in his address, The Changing World Scene, at the Convocation banquet. General chairman of the Convocation committee Dr. L Wayne Keller, Armstrong Cork Company control- ler, presided over the banquet. Citees seated: Harvey A. Gross. Rebekah S. SheatTer. Mary Sachs, Sara C. Shisler. and Claude R. Robins. Standing: Dr. Jay H. Eshelman, Dr. Caleb W. Bucher, Jacob N. Olweiler, Pres. A. C. Baugher. Dr Clifford E. Schott, Dr. A. G. Breidenstine, Dr. Herbert K. Cooper. Not pictured: Dr. A. Stauffer Curry.