Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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DR. E. H. STEVENSON

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ill HE STYLE OF COLLEGE ANNUALS m the course of time has undergone evolutionary changes. No longer is it the fashion to build up a highly fanciful theme to tie together the diverse parts of the record; for such a theme, more often than not, really is a faulty mirror distorting the true image of college life. An annual is not pub- lished for the day only, but it is a book to be treasured, to be taken from its shelf o ' wintry evenings when the wind whistles and the flames of the hearth stream skyward, to be leafed over slowly while memory crowds on memory until all sense of sepa- rateness fades and images blend into one dreamily pleasant abstraction. Such reveries of days past are induced neither by a symbolistic literary theme nor an elaborately ornate art scheme, but rather spring from a simple pictorial story briefly told. For the reflect- ing mind uses the book itself merely as a starting-point from which it wanders in reminiscence into the labyrinth of experi- ences that never found their way into print, of persons remem- bered for one outstanding contribution to the lighter side, in short, of all that made up the four happiest years of one ' s life. And yet in achieving simplicity and reality a sacrifice need not be made of unity. And what more fitting symbol could be used to join the various phases of the 1940 Quittapahilla than our beloved stream herself? The Quittie possesses no boathouse row, and no stalwart eight sweeps over her rippled surface in its racing shell. The Quittie is far too modest for that. But once every year, early on a crisp October morning, she too furnishes the scene for a gruelling struggle. Crowds line her banks to watch and cheer on sweating crews who on opposite sides of the disturbed stream pull on a rope rather than on oars. The Quittie ' s experience of college life is not always noisy. Even more often she witnesses the calm, silent meanderings of persons atune to nature ' s beauty — and to each other ' s. Nature ' s scenery and backdrops change as the seasons succeed each other, but the stage is always set, and the music of the rippling water ever in harmony. It is with the Quittapahilla Creek in mind that the Class of 1940 publishes its own Quittapahilla.

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3n emortam To the esteemed memory of Dr. Eugene Hendrix Stevenson whose brilliant mind and magnanimous spirit made him an ideal professor and a true humanitarian, the Class of 1940 dedicates this annual, in the hope that it will serve to keep alive in the remembrance of the students of Lebanon Valley College the personality of one whose part in the unfolding drama of life was interrupted, we feel, all too early. Yet his character has not disappeared, his manuscript has not been discarded, nor his lines forgotten. To the end that they may be preserved and perpetuated this volume is inscribed. Dr. Stevenson ' s activities on campus were in various fields. His contribution to the general stream of life at Lebanon Valley was not confined to one narrow channel, but was diffused through many streams. Nor was it the less deep or profound for its diffusion. He had an exceptional and well-deserved popu- larity as a professor. Not only was his knowledge of his field matched by his ability to interpret that knowledge to his students, but his tolerance and sympathetic attitude readily made friends and held them to him with hoops of steel. Through his interest in the International Relations Club he stimulated among students a humanitarian interest in and evaluation of world affairs, and at the same time encouraged independent and constructive thinking directed toward ridding civilization of the ills besetting it. Though his chief claim to our enduring memory is his scholastic ability, Dr. Stevenson aided in the administration of athletics and participated in actual play as well. He was a skilful tennis player and not only took an interest in the game for the pleasure it afforded him, but because of the qualities of good sportsmanship it engendered. Although his service was so diversified, it had one goal, and that the fuller realization of life for mankind. His life ivas gentle, and the elements So mix d in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world ' This was a man! '