Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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4Jt ' «eeffSs Hxi f LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE- 1914 U j work done here. In connection with the Departments of Chemistrj ' and Biolog} ' , the Departments of History and Political Science and Philosophy and Education deserve special mention, while all the other departments o( the school, after the present holders of the chairs have had sufficient time to develop their plans, will probably equal in efficiency the depart- ments of which special mention has been made. Thus we might go on lauding our faculty and its work, our buildings, our equipment, etc. ; but space does not permit our doing so. Let it be borne in mind that we realize that our alma mater is far from being perfect. We realize that many changes are necessary. Our most imperative present need is a large endowment. If Lebanon Valley has accomplished so large a volume of good in the past without an endow- ment, how much more good would she accomplish with an endowment ? Imagination is impotent to picture it. Our next most important need is a gymnasium. We need a place, well adapted to the purpose, sup- plied with the proper equipment, and under a competent, well-trained, scientific, intelligent instructor, where our physical needs can be admin- istered to as well as our intellectual and spiritual needs are administered to elsewhere. With an adequate endowment and a gymnasium a brighter day will dawn for our alma mater. Another stage in her evolution will be ush- ered in. Pervaded with the same old spirit which gave her birth, im- pelled by loftier ideals for the symmetrical development of well-balanced men and women, and dominated by newer customs better adapted to this purpose, Lebanon Valley will move onward, majestically and trium- phantly, a greater force than ever for righteousness, helping to lighten humanity ' s burden of ignorance, feeding human souls with the Bread of Life, aiding Happiness to overcome Sorrow and Love to annihilate Hate. Page 14 .. . ,. J -| ;:. J;ll2 l yjrf , ' ■• ' ' : m !.y - ■=§:. % I-

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-Oxi LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE- 1914 U f So from the ashes of the old Lebanon Valley there arose, Phoenix- like, a new and greater Lebanon Valley, an institution which grants the palm to no small college in the state. We admit that in athletics we do not rank very high ; but when we consider that our school has always had practically no endowment to carry on even her main work and much less to carry on athletics, beneficial tho they may be, we are perfectly justified in our assumption that a season is a success if the team wins about half of the games. However now that a compulsory athletic fee is collected from every student we feel sure that we shall soon raise the requirements for a successful season and that our teams will measure up just as well to the new requirements as they have to the old, or better. Our literary activities compare well with those of any small college in the state. Com- petent critics tell us that the work done in our literary societies is seldom surpassed. Our Annual Junior Oratorical Contest has given birth to undergraduate productions which are hard to match anywhere. In view of the high standard of the literary work done here it is strange that Leb- anon Valley has not taken a more active part ii; intercollegiate debates and oratorical contests ; but as it is she secured first place in the State Intercollegiate Prohibition Contest three years ago and this year the first debating team in her history would have defeated Juniata if the contest had not been judged by men utterly incompetent for the task. However it is in the work of the class rooms and laboratories that Lebanon Valley has secured her greatest prestige. Our faculty is composed of earnest men and women, all of whom have, not only a wide general knowledge of their respective fields of learning and an intensive knowledge of the particular courses which they are conducting, but also the ability to pre- sent their various courses in such ways that the best possible educational results are obtained. In the wealth of its attainments and the scope of its scholarship, our present faculty — with all due respect to the noble men and women who have served here so well in the past — has never been surpassed in the history of the institution, nor is it equalled by the faculty of any other small college in the state. Our laboratories are large and roomy, taking up the entire north wing of the Administration Building, and are equipped for all the work done in the science courses that are offered. The truth of this is demonstrated by the fact that Johns Hopkins, a school whose severe requirements are almost proverbial, gives advanced standing in its Department of Medicine for some of the A

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LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE- 1914 U f The Corp oration RUSTEES BOARD OF T President George D. Gossard , and Faculty, E.x-Officio nnsylvania Conference Representatives from the Pe Rev. W. H. Washixger, A. M., D.D. Chambersburg 1915 Rev. John E. Kleffman, D. D., Chambersburg 1915 Rev. a. B. Statton, D. D., Hagerstown, Md. 1913 S. H. Bowers, Esq., Lemovne 1914 Rev. John W. Owen, A. M., B. D., York ■ 1915 George G. Snyder, Esq., Hagerstown, Md. 1914 W. O. Appenzeller, Esq., Chambersburg 1913 Rev. L. Walter Lutz, A. B., Dallastown 1913 Rev. D. M. Oyer, A. B., Boiling Springs 1914 Rev. J. F. Snyder, Red Lion 1915 Representatives from the East Pennsylvania Conference Isaac B. Haak, Esq., Myerstown 1913 John Hunsicker, Esq., Lebanon 1913 Rev. J. A. Lyter, D. D., Harrisburg 1913 Jonas G. Stehman, Esq., Mountville 1913 Rev. D. D. Lowery, D. D., Harrisburg 1913 George F. Breinig, Esq., Allentown 1913 Hon. a. S. Kreider, Annville 1915 S. F. Engle, Esq., Palmyra 1915 Rev. D. E. Long, A. B.. Annville 1915 ■Rev. U. S. G. Renn, Harrisburg 1915 Representatives from the Virginia Conference Rev W. F. Gruver, D. D., Martinsburg, W. Va. 1913 Rev. a. S. Hammack, D. D., Dayton, Va. 1913 W. S. Secrist, Keyser, W. Va. 1913 Rev. E. E. Neff, Berkeley Springs, W. Va. ,1915 Prof. J. N. Fries, A. M., Berkeley Springs, W. Va. , 1915 Elmer Hodges, Winchester, Va. 1915 Trustees-at-Large — H. S. Immel, Esq., Mountville; Warren A. j| Thomas, Esq., Johnstown ; A. J. Cochran, Esq., Dawson. Alumni Trustees— Prof. H. H. Baish, A. M., ' 01, Altoona; R EV. L E. RuNK, B. D. ' 99, Harrisb Lirg; Rev. F. Berry Plummer, || A. B. ' 05, Baltimore. ■ Deceased. Page IS ' iW mW smSiMi imP-; t il ' - i B ■zA