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

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Above: The Convocation Banquet Right: Convocation Tea in Alpha Living Room. Alumnae pour- ing are Mrs. John C. Zug and Mrs. Wilbur Carman. Guests are Mrs. G. N. Falkenstine, widow of the first acting president of the college, and Emma K. Ziegler, missionary to India. Missionary-teacher Sarah C. Shisler and A. Stauf- fer Curry. Moderator of General Conference, Church of the Brethren, were two of the twelve alumni and friends of the college who were awarded citations for outstanding service to their communi- ties. Other citees were a civic leader, an orthodontist, a juvenile court judge, a mayor, a business woman, an elementary school principal, a college dean, a former dean of women and professor of English, a general practitioner of medicine, and a teacher in a school of dentistry. A fitting finale to the commemorative weekend was a sacred concert presented by the York Chorus Sunday evening. With the week-end activities ended, the tea tables shoved back into their normal positions, and stu- dents recovering from an abundance of information disclosed by the speakers, phase two of the Devel- opment Program, the area campaigns, began with the solicitation for capital funds in Elizabethtown and the surrounding district. Elizabethtown and the surrounding region set the pace for the succeeding campaign areas — Lancas- ter, Lebanon, Palmyra-Hershey, Harrisburg. York, and Philadelphia — by exceeding the area goal by $8,000. To attain the immediate goal of $350,000. each campaign was organized in two phases, the special gifts contacts and the general solicitations. In following a plan for installment giving pro- posed by solicitors, many contributors subscribed to the $150 Development Shares which are paid in monthly, quarterly, or annual payments. The money contributed during the campaigns is designated as capital funds for the construction of new buildings and for renovations, not for college current operating expenses. History has been in the making at Elizabethtown College in 1954-55. E-town students will be able to look back with pride and satisfaction ten years hence and say. I remember when .... ' 10

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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.

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