Fairmont State University - Mound Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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Vtt f%eiuo Ua K Not all of the students, nor the faculty at Fairmont State College know whose hand planted the hundreds of beautiful trees on our campus. A tree is like a life, it develops slowly, it shows the storms and the scars of living, but at its prime it is a thing of beauty. It has utility; it is useful. So it is with life— so it is with a teacher. A teacher ' s influence never ends. We cherish the memory of Professor Charles Moore Roberts, who spent a quarter century on this campus as a teacher and as superin- tendent of building and grounds. We shall miss him, his teaching, his humor, and his interest in things that grow, whether they be plants or people. He had a green thumb , a magic touch in his dealings with horticulture and humans. . . . And when he fell in whirlwind, he went down As when a lordly cedar, green with boughs, Goes down with a great shout upon the hills, And leaves a lonesome place against the sky. —Edwin Markham Last year ' s Mound was dedicated to Miss Bessie Crystal who also spent a quarter century as a teacher at FSC. We the staff do not think that we can improve on the beautiful dedicatory statements about Miss Crystal which w ere presented last year. In the meantime, we are sorry to note the passing of Miss Crystal at her home in Missouri where she went after retirement. We know that we express the sincere regret of all our students and faculty in that Miss Crystal did not long experience the rewards and enjoyment of retirement. That she will be missed is too mild a statement to describe the void left by the death of this woman whose humor, strength of character, and force of per- sonality had become almost an epitaph for Fairmont State College.

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Herman Arthur Shutts ? e Vedccate 7 SW . . . Sometimes a student doesn ' t know how things add up in life. They don ' t know how to divide their time between work and play- between responsibilities and trivialities. Sometimes they learn the hard way a lesson in subtraction: that too many borrowings from their study time makes the difference between passing and failing. Truly there are many angles to life. It is fortunate that we have had on our faculty a man who has spent a lifetime in finding the answers, whether it be answers to problems in mathematics or an- swers to the multitude of problems which face young people. HERMAN ARTHUR SHUTTS first came to Fairmont State Col- lege in 1930, and now after years of service to the college, to the students, and to the community, he is retiring. Whatever the vicissitudes of life all of us who have had some contact with Professor Shutts will continue to draw dividends on the investments we have made in being associated with him.

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Qo6a 70. Settee Like the author of any good book tries to make all the action of his story focus toward one cen- tral point, the administrator of any college will make as his aim a better school. Fairmont State College is very fortunate in having just such a president. John Wesley Pence has served as president of FSC since 1952. His association with the col- lege, however, dates back to 1926 when he came to Fairmont State as instructor in Political Sci- ence and Economics. He held the position of Dean of Men from 1928 to 1946. He served as acting president during 1947-48 while President Joseph Rosier was serving in the U. S. Senate. He became Dean of the college in 1947 and held this position until 1952 when he was appointed president. For his untiring and faithful service during these years, we acknowledge the addition Presi- dent Pence has made in the growth of our school.