Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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DR. GEORGE S. WARTHEN

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, 4 l L UM 1954 T f OE GETTYSBURG COLLEGE GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA MARY KAUFFMAN O EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ROBERT WELLIVER BUSINESS MANAGER

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IN MEMORIAM STudenTs aT GeTTysburg College will noT soon TorgeT Dr. WarTh- en's quieT kindness, his willing helpTulness, and his genuine love oT mankind. lT has been said ThaT George WarThen never knowingly hurT anyone, and ThaT he never said an unkind word abouT anyone. Dr. George Saylor War+hen served as head oT The English DeparT- menT oT GeTTysburg College Trom I947 unTil his deaTh This pasT win- Ter. l-le became a member oT The TaculTy in l924 aTTer having com- pleTed several years oT graduaTe work aT l-larvard UniversiTy, where he received his lv1asTer's Degree. Dr. WarThen aTTended high school in Danville, Virginia. T-le re- ceived a BA. degree Trom The UniversiTy oT Virginia in I92l, and was given an MA. degree Trom ThaT UniversiTy in l922. Johns Hopkins granTed him a Ph.D. in l948. The Tollowing verses were wriTTen To Dr. WarThen some ThirTy years ago by Francis Mason. They serve as a TribuTe To a man who gave The beTTer parT oT his liTe in service To GeTTysburg College, a man whose inTluence will noT be quickly TorgoTTen. By whaT righT do we call each oTher Triend Unless There lies some more Than morTal mesh In Tingers kniT in The hardy, Tlesh-To-Tlesh, Male grip oT honesT greeTing? IT an end lviusT be To all ourwork and goodly game, IT all our Talk oT women, books and words Take Tinal TlighT like winTer-banished birds, Why do we mock our momenT wiTh The name? ls There some secreT wisdom under all This lyric hour oT Tellowship we know, Some wind oT ThoughT ThaT moves us as iT musT Toward knowledge OT +ha+ kinship ThaT shall call lThrough unredempTive silence, when we gol BroTher To broTher, as The dusT To dusT?