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

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President A. C. Baugher Elizabethtown College, A.B., 1922 Franklin and Marshall College. B.S,. 1922 University of Pennsylvania. M.S., 1928 New York University. Ph.D., 1937 Franklin and Marshall College. LL.D.. 1949

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Man of Vision The dedication of the 1956 CONESTOGAN is a small token indeed when the vision and service of the man to whom it is dedicated is con- sidered. For over forty years he has been building into a growing institution his vision of a greater Elizabethtown College. In the classroom, in the laboratory, in the office of the dean and now as president. Dr. Baugher has challenged students, demonstrated the scientific method, guided young men and women in their academic and personal choices, and within the first decade of his presidency achieved for the college full accred- itation by the Middle States Association. The measure of his dedication to the purposes of the church-related liberal arts college is reflected in his continuing vision of expansion to meet the demands of increasing numbers of college students. Right: Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Baugher graciously pose for the Conestogan photographer. Below: Dr. Baugher discusses plans for future Senate-sponsored student assemblies with William Bechtel as Mrs. Doris Lewis, secretary to the President, takes notes on the conversation.

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College Expansion The program of EUzabethtown College, paralleling a national trend in higher edu- cation, is running ahead of her facilities. Although the 485 students who entered her classrooms in Sep- tember 1955 were using the same physical plant as the 375 students enrolled in 1950, they were being instructed by more professors. But there were also many other differences. A Ten Year Development Program launched in 1954 closed its first phase with more than $350,000 pledged for college expansion. Most important to the growing number of women students, a new residence hall out- lined in concrete during the opening months of the college year stood in bold steel outline by May Day despite a six-month delay in steel shipment. Careful scheduling of classes, laboratories, and classroom facilities effected the maximum use of space. Scheduled for many purposes the recreation room doubled for band practice, club meetings, coffee hours, men day students ' room, and ping-pong tournaments. The dining hall, open four hours a day to accom- modate a cafeteria breakfast and two seatings at lunch and at dinner, served pre- and post-game meals in addition to the regularly scheduled meals. Day student women shared the second floor Alpha Hall room reserved for commuters with off- campus boarding student women and in addition filled the adjoining Green Lounge. Eighty off-campus boarding student men enjoyed the Alpha Hall living room before and af ter meals. More students meant more activities for a busy Student Senate. The social committee prepared and executed a varied program of weekend activities to meet the needs and changing interests of students. The athletic committee administered an intramural program that ranks high for student participation Student publications reflected the increased en- rollment and pace of activities. The Etownian cir- culation ran to 3600 with two eight-page editions. The CoNESTOG. N. larger than ever, numbers 144 pages and 500 copies. Additional reprints of the first five signatures will be incorporated in the October bulletin for the next few years. Traveling 1 800 miles the college choir presented their sacred concert in churches, high schools, and on radio. Meanwhile, the Board of Trustees and the Ad- ministrative Committee continued to implement long range plans for the growing college. Trustees of Elizdbethtown College attending the October, 1955, board meeting are; seated, left to right: first row, D. C. Stambough, W. W. Leiter, Joseph N. Cassel, K. Ezra Bucher, treasurer; N. S. Sellers, vice-chairman; J. W. Kettering, chairman; Cyrus G. Bucher, Howard A. Merkey, Norman K. Musser; second row, Horace E. Raffensperger, S. S Wenger, Carl W. Zeigler, Jacob L. Miller, Paul M. Grubb, A. C. Baugher, president of the college; Ethel M. B. Wenger, John E. Sprenkel, J. Aldus Rinehart, John G. Hershey, secretary; Chester H. Royer.