Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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session of the College and made it possible to dream of a greater Gaucher. In 1929, after sixteen years of splendid service for Gaucher, Dr. Guth died. The vacancy left by his death was filled by Dr. Froelicher, the lifelong friend of the College, who became acting president, and who was followed with trust and devotion until his death, in 1930. It was then that Dr. David Allan Robertson, Goucher's fifth president, took ofice. His inauguration was outstanding and will remain one of the most memorable in the history of the College. The Lyric presented a most colorful scene as the presidents, deans, professors, and students from more than two hundred foreign and American universities and colleges filed into the hall where the nine hundred Gaucher students were assembled. At that nme four 'Mts. Hoover received an honorary degree at President Robertsonbs honorary degrees were conferred; inauguration 1931 , . a Doctor of Literature to Lizette Woodworth Reese, and a Doctor of Laws to Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Dr. Florence R. Sabin and Dr. Winifred C. Cullis. President Robertsonts elaborate plans for the jiftieth anniversary cele- bration of Gaucher were typical of the enthusiasm shown by him at all times during his seven years at the College. It was this same enthusiasm that prompted him to dejim'telyformulate plans and to ask for bids for the actual building at Towson. A contest was conducted amonghfty-five leading architects of the country and the winner of the design selected was announced at the anniversary exercises at the Lyric-thefirm of Moore and Hutchins of New York. Thus afterfifty years of distinctive service Gaucher can look forward to a still greater Gaucher.

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Dr Guth looking over the first copy of uWeekly, 1916. Gaucher Girls and chaperon at 9. Hopkins musical. the honorary scholastic society. Dr. Van Meters and Dr. Welsh's efforts and work were highly successful, for the exploiting of Goucher's high standards and prominent role in the development of higher education for women in the South ended triumphantly. Goucherts debt was cleared and she now stood on firmer ground due to the pledging of requisite funds. The greatest task now to be faced was that of a soundfinancial reorgani- zation. This task fell to the new president, Dr. William Westley Guth, who was inaugurated in the fall of 1913 at an impressive ceremony at the Lyric, attended by representatives from many of the leading colleges of the United States. The inaugural address stressed Dr. Guth's emphatic stand for wo- man sufrage. Dr. Guth also assumed an unquestionable rank among the great benefactors of Gaucher for his work in increasing the enrollment, in enlarging the curriculum, in encouraging student activities, particularly college publicationsethe first Weekly appeared in 1916-and for his interest in the problem of a new college location. In 1920 he was authorized by the Board of Trus- tees to inaugurate a campaign to raise funds to secure a new site. The program was successful and four hundred and twenty-one I acres at Towson became the pos-

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9 I Donnybrook Fair ofers for your enjoyment, our collegevits 6;, its em, aanuture'Fe give E: Gouch histomhich IS been gathered from many sources and carefully illustrated by an artist. We show you the Gaucher of today through the administration and faculty, through the classes, the organizations, and the activity features; for the College is unquestionably the student body. We welcome the Gaucher of tomorrow in the Fiftieth Anniversary section of the birthday activities and the Towson campus plans. The staf sincerely hopes that each reader gets as much pleasure out of reading Donnybrook Fair as it has had in compiling it.