Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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To ever thin there is a season and a time to ever u ose under the heaverW . . . Pro ression throu h develo ment, 3' g , y P rp g g perxerverance, ambition, character . . . Initiation because of experiment, experience, explanation . . . Perfection of ideals, attitudes, goal; . . . Urgency in understanding, the questing spirit, and attainment of an intangible . . . All are a part of the deliberating mind, developed and devoloping in the academic community. Yet life here is so fullewhat is to be individually remembered? Can all experience be categorized? Selective neglect of certain events leads to specxfc recapturing of others. A yearbook may stimulate car replace memory, be a gateway or an end to retrogression, a window or a shade which forever remain; closed to the splendor of the seasonal perpetuity it thus obscures. But there is anticipation of times not yet or to be recorded, plan yearning to be realized. These fluctuating phases formulate the future . . . 5

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Dedication There is much to be said when remembering the life of Dr. William K. Sundermeyer at Gettysburg. To faculty and students who knew him he was as full at man as ever followed in the Renaissance tradition of virtu. To those who never came in his contact, he was at best the tall, elderly chap who always tipped his hat to the lowliest coed and, at least, another professor. In the summer of 1964, Dr. Sundermeyer retired. He had taught at Gettysburg College since 1939 and had become an institution synonymous with the German De- partment. He was instrumental in strengthening all areas of the developing college curriculum and supported Delta Phi Alpha. His influence was as broad as the branches of his oft-cited Linden tree. With his departure goes a bit of the college, for the whole G-Burg experience will be the less for it. His class- rooms were warm with interest, participation sparked by his familiar Come along-Speak up, America!,, His awareness of student aEairs and lively comments provoked reciprocation of his friendliness and concern. His was a dimension of existence that many envied and strived to attain in themselves. Instead of buildings, grants, and foundations, Dr. Sundermeyer left a standard for his fellow professors and an example for his students of an educated man. The best that exist: cannot be expresxed, we can only hint at it? .