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

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en ice nrouak the Uje euvS Vera R. Hackman A.B., A.M. Dean of Women

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Dean Vera R. Hack man or s uletj f Deuoted REACHING FAR BENEATH the earth many roots support the giant oak towering into the heavens. Unseen and unknown, these roots arc the very lifeblood of the tree. Walking across a college campus one seldom stops to think about how Nature pro- sides the surrounding foliage. Fewer times still are those persons remembered who labor industriously, often quietlv or behind the scecns, to keep the college abreast with the changing times. Almost seventeen years ago Miss Vera R. Hackman began her duties at Elizabethtown College. Serving since that time as a teacher of English, historv, and journalism. Sock and Buskin ad- isor. ad ' isor to both the ETOWNIAN and CONESTOGAN, Director of Student Acti ' ities, and Dean of Women, she has shown an undixided interest in each student seeking her help. Watching long dresses and high stockings give way to short skirts and bobbv socks. Miss Hackman has pioneered in many areas of college life. She initiated a journalism course on the campus and made the College newspaper, the ETOWNIAN. conform to modern newspaper standards. In 1956, under her guidance, the CONESTOGAN staff produced Elizabethown ' s first AU-American yearbook. Two years ago social activities were enhanced with the holding of super ' ised dances on campus for the first time. Last year Junior and Senior women gained the prixilege of living in honors houses. Reccnth l lizabethtown College was appro cd for membership in the American Association of Universit - Women, Miss Hackman played a significant role in all of these endea ' ors. Throughout the years the influence of this dvnamic personality has been felt in countless other situations, from students ' personal problems to administrative difficulties. With deep respect and in appreciation for a uc cr ending dedi- cation to a never ending task, we dedicate the u)6i CONES- ' I ' OGAN to Miss Vera R. Hackman, the i ean ot Women of Elizabethtown College.

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dministrcttion and ucultu Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. • • • One impulse from the vernal wood May teach you more of man. Of moral evil and of good. Than all the sages can. —William Wordsworth When this poem is read in college English classes, the professor usually smiles and says, These lines were not meant to be taken literally. This may be true, but it does not rule out the fact that much of what the poem says is also true. Nature is a teacher, but by no means the only one. Here on the college campus students en- counter many teachers— Nature, classmates, activ- ities, books, and the faculty. These latter teachers are the forces that guide and interpret the knowl- edge acquired from all other sources. As winter is the season of mature serenity, so the faculty exhibits its mature serenity in guiding students toward their goals. Snow-laden pine af the College Avenue entrance fo the campus