La Salle University - Explorer Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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More than a teacher. He is a teacher of teachers. Paradigm of the scholar. La Salle ' s mentor and friend for nearly half a century. He is Joe Flubacher. He came to La Salle as a freshman in 1931. Since that time he has accompanied the collegiate family through calm and crisis. The small, all male school that he entered in the wake of the Depression has grown to an ever-expanding coed institution. Yet Joe Flubacher still fondly recalls the time when College Hall was a dormitory and the teacher staff numbered twenty-five. Throughout LaSalle ' s expansion, Dr. Flubacher has emphasized the human aspect. He speaks of the warmth and kindness of his former teachers, the good Brothers. He takes utmost care to show the same qualities to his own students, many of whom have subsequently joined LaSalle ' s faculty and staff. The eternal waiting line outside his office attests to his concern for the students and to their respect for him. The human dimension is always a part of the syllabus in Dr. Flubacher ' s courses. Economics is a human science, he says. No course of his is complete without a thorough discussion of ethical and philo- sophical foundations. Ask him why he teaches and he simply says, Be- cause I enjoy it. He enjoys his students and col- leagues. And vice versa. More than a teacher. A philosopher and friend. Perhaps that ' s why Joseph F. Flubacher, Ed. D., was chosen to share the first Lindback Award for Dis- tinguished Teacher with Dr. Roland Holroyd in 1961. It is the reason that we dedicate this book to him. An Explorer for nearly half a century. The Law of Diminishing returns does not apply to Joe Flubacher.

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DEDICATION

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GOLD La Salle College is a myriad oi colors. Rich, rull autumns. Stark, bleak winters. Hallways and offices of orange, green and red. But the dominant colors are our own blue and gold. They glisten as our banners and shine upon our fields. We even wear them on our T-shirts. It ' s more than a matter of pride. Blue Gold. Just a part of what La Salle is all about. Feel free to explore.