Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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The Class of 1967 will doubtless look back on its four years at Gettysburg as a period - of transitioneprobably a time of awakening for the individual and certainly one for the college. It has been a- span which has seen Gettysburg's silent generation begin to stir and personally involve itself in the search for better answers to vexing problems, This change has been manifest in the seemingly renascent interest, not only in camPus iSSues but also affairs external to this locus of provincialism. Serving to illustrate this metamorphdsis is the planned expansion of facilities, the suggested curriculum changes, and the reappraisal of the role of fraternities on the campus, along with a. perhaps less spontaneous awareness of such formerly subliminal problems as Vietnam Born amidst the country-wide explosion of activity in the Sixties and nurtured by an increasing diet of challenging proposals and provocative speakers, ranging from Robert Theobald to James Pike, new ideas have sprung from the fallow environment and piqued the interest and heightened the reexamination of our institutions. While certainly not in the vanguard of intellectual activity and reevaluation of methods and goals .of the academic community across the nation, Gettysburg has begun to realize that the spirit of meaningful dissent and change encourages-in fact breeds- ingenuity. As Edmund Burke said: HHe that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper? Responsible disagreement and novel proposals have found their way to Gettysburg where a. newly-d'iscovered atmosphere receptive to criticism and experimentation awaits them.

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DR. ROBERT L. BLOOM Dedication For the students of Gettysburg College, the SPECTRUM Dedication is a singular opportunity, a distinctive expres- sion . . . It is an opportunity to offer thanks and to express respects and admiration for a distinguished member of the faculty. This yearis selected professor has long captured the imagination and endeared the loyalty of the iimost crit- ical of criticsf his students. He remains most highly favored among students, a refiection, in part, of their values, goals, and aspirations. It is with great pleasure, therefore, that we, the students of Gettysburg College, dedicate the 1967 SPECTRUM to the Adeline Sager Professor of History, Dr. Robert L. Bloom. As Chairman of the Department of History, Dr. Bloom fills a position rich in the tradition of excellence; he succeeds the late Dr. Robert Fortenbaugh, an infiuential figure in Pennsylvania historical Circles. Within our battlefield set- ting, it seems only fitting that Dr. Bloom should be a Civil War expert and Lincoln scholar. In that capacity, he brings to bear a remarkable blend of sharp intellectual skills and scholarly expertise, of talent and ability that it matched only by his wit, charm, and splendid sense of humor. With his broad appeal, his classes enjoy tremendous campus-wide popularity. He is frequently called upon to deliver talks in the area and has published a number of articles in scholarly journals. Dr. Bloom is an historian and teacher par excellence. As the interestingly recreates the thoughts and activities of the historical past, he displays as keen understanding of the forces behind events and the people who shape them. Engaged in a discipline that is an unusual blend of art and science, Dr. Bloom is a master craftsman. As one of his enthusiastic students remarked, iihistory has suddenly come alivef, Dr. Bloom would insist it never was otherwise. 1 i 4