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

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A COLLEGE consists not only of ivied buildings, associations and administrative policies, but rather of people. The college can progress only as each person involved strives to improve himself. An im- pressive number of our professors are studying for graduate degrees, writing books, doing research and in many other ways working to make themselves more learned. Four professors have taken a leave of absence this year and will be back with us next fall. Miss Zoe Proctor completed her residence requirements for her Ph.D. at the University of Delaware. Mr. Edgar Bitting was working and studying in Phila- delphia to meet his Certified Public Accountant re- quirements. Dr. Robert Byerly and his family spent the year at the University of Marburg in Germany. As advisor to the Brethren Students Abroad pro- gram. Dr. Byerly accompanied students from six Brethren colleges to Germany and France. Mr. Lee Byers studied this year at Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. Other professors took advantage of the summer months for further study. Professor Irvin Bossier studied at Rutgers University for eight weeks last summer under a National Science program for col- lege mathematics professors. Dr. Rao spent the summer at the University of Texas, working on a re- search project. Professor David Willoughby attended the Eastman School of Music in New York for a choral and voice program. As the director of the Teachers for West Africa program, Dr. James Berkebile has travelled to Africa, visiting the homes of teachers in Nigeria and Ghana, and meeting with Ministry of Education officials from both of these countries. The purpose of the trip was to give him a better understanding of the coun- try and to arrange placement for the next group of teachers. The Doctors Apgar spent last summer travelling in Florida. They cruised up the west coast of Florida in a houseboat. This summer they plan to travel to New England to retrace a trip they took in the 1930s in a Model-A Ford. Professor Bossier and his family spent Christmas vacation in Hawaii and visiting on the West coast. Dr. Shull and his family took a three-week trip last summer to New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Ontario. Dr. Zaccano has been spending his spare time working on a biography of Senato r Dirksen. Professor Nevin Fisher was the conference pianist for the national Annual Confer- ence of the Church of the Brethren at Champlain, Urbana, Illinois. Members of our faculty have been working to deepen their own knowledge and understanding. All these activities make them better professors — more valuable to the college and to their students. Department heads get together to discuss college expansion; they ar Bossier, Mathematics; O. F. Stambaugh, Chemistry, (standing) David Physical Education. Lehr, Langauge. Elmer Hoover, Education; Irvin t. ; Clyde K. Nelson, History; and Owen t. Wright,

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Dr. Charles S. Apgar (Biology), Ronald Copeland (Business), Richard W. Bomberger (English), and Dr. Nevin W. Fisher (Music) discuss ng the cut system. WITH EACH NEW YEAR come new ideas, new faces, and new changes to our college campus. This year has been no exception. Each academic depart- ment has been constantly working to deepen and widen its scope. This has been the second year for our growing Music Education program. Many new courses have been added to accommodate the new major in music — including Applied Music, Advanced Harmony, Ad- vanced Sight-Singing and Ear Training and Key- board Harmony. The Music Department is planning to add seventeen hours of new courses next year. The Chemistry Department has undergone a mod- ernization program and is providing a new outlook to students through new courses and new faculty. The Business Department has added four new facul- ty members. The Sociology Department boasted three new courses this year. One of these, Cultural Geography of Africa, is the first course the college has offered in relation to the Teachers for West Africa program. The college as a whole can progress only as each department strives to offer its students more and better courses. Dr. Carl Zeigler (Bible and Philosophy) and Dr. Herbert Custer (Physics) discuss some of the year ' s academic highlights.

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Professors BESSIE D. APGAR Biology A.B. Muskingum College; M.S., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. CHARLES S. APGAR Biology Department Head B.S., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., University of Pitts- burgh, Ph.D., Universtiy of Pittsburgh. NEVIN W. FISHER Music Department Head Graduate, Blue Ridge College, Department of Music-Piano, Voice; Teachers ' Certificate, Peabody Conservatory of Music; B.M., Eastman School of Music, University of Roch- ester; M. Music, Northwestern University. RICHARD W. BOMBERGER English Head, Department of English A.B., Franklin and Marshall College; A.M., The University of Virginia. ELMER B. HOOVER Education Department Head, Director of Teacher Training B.S., Juniata College; M.Ed., The Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. O. F. STAMBAUGH Chemistry Department Head, Director of Summer Sessions B.S., Lebanon Valley College; M.S., The Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.