Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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Board oF Trustees EAST PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE Rev. S. C. Enck Rev. p. B. Gibble Rev. O. T. Ehrhart Rev. D. E. Young Mr. E. W. Coble Rev. W. A. Wilt Rev. H. E. Schaeffer Mr. John Hunsicker Mr. J. R. Engle Mr. John E. Gipple Mr. M. H. Bachman Rev. H. E. Miller Prof. H. H. Baish Harrisburg, Pa. Palmyra, Pa. Lancaster, Pa. Harrisburg, Pa. Lancaster, Pa. Annville, Pa. Penbrook, Pa. Lebanon, Pa. Palmyra, Pa. Harrisburg, Pa. Middletown, Pa. Lebanon, Pa. Harrisburg, Pa. Rev. J. H. Ness Rev. G. I. Rider Mr. Albert Watson Mr. O. W. Reachard Rev. p. E. V. Shannon Rev. F. B. Plummer Mr. E. N. Funkhouser Mr. R. G. Mowrey Rev. C. Guv Stambach Mr. Harold P. Lutz Rev. M. R. Fleming Hon. W. N. McFaul Rev. Ira S. Ernst York, Pa. Hagerstown, Md. Carlisle, Pa. Dallastown, Pa. York, Pa. Hagerstown, Md. Hagerstown, Md. Quincy, Pa. Mechanicsburg, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Red Lion, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Carlisle, Pa. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE Rev. J. E. Oliver Mr. G. C. Ludwig Rev. E. E. Miller Rev. W. H. Smith Petersburg, W. Va. Keyser, W. Va. Martinsburg, W. Va. Elkton, Va. Rev. Millard J. Miller Martinsburg, W.Va. Rev. J. Paul Gruver Roanoke, Va. ALUMNI TRUSTEES Mrs. Louisa Williams Yardley Philadelphia, Pa. Prof. C. E. Roudabush Minersville, Pa. Mr. A. K. Mills Annville, Pa. TRUSTEES AT LARGE Bishop G. D. Batdorf Harrisburg, Pa. Dr. H. M. Imboden New York City Mr. Maurice R. Metzger Middletown, Pa. Members of the college faculty who are heads of departments are ex officio members of the Board of Trustees. r y 1

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The story of Lebanon Valley College, now approach- ing its seventy-fiith anniversary, is an interesting and stimulating account, not of a few brilliant or wealthy men, but of a people and an ideal. The people were the members of the eastern conferences of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ; the ideal, that of estab- lishing and maintaining a co-educational institution of learning in which the highest scholarship should be fostered and encouraged in a Christian atmosphere, and in which religion should subsist without sectarian- ism. Form was given to that ideal when that people founded Lebanon Valley College at Annville, Pa., in 1866. To an outside observer the history of the college from its opening by the first president, Dr. Thomas Rees Vickroy, on May 7, 1866, in a building donated by the old Annville Aca demy, which is now South Hall, might seem to consist merely in increases in the student body and corresponding increases in the faculty, the pur- chase of new grounds, and the erection of new buildings. The inner history, however, was marked by a long and bitter struggle against insuperable obstacles, a struggle carried on by heroic men and women on the faculty, among the students, and in the conferences. Many people doubted the wisdom of providing higher education for the Church ' s young people. These per- sons launched a violent attack against the educational policy of which the college was the fruit. Their an- tagonistic efforts almost put an end to the college in the first year of its existence. But the conference stood loyally by the institution it had created and fought the matter through, though it meant in the end the drop- ping of many valued members from the Church. Another crisis developed about twenty years later over the question of relocating the college. This problem so seriously divided the supporters of the college that all progress was halted. In the emergency Dr. E. Ben- jamin Bierman was called to the presidency in 1890. On the wave of enthusiasm which he was able to set in motion, a policy of permanency and enlargement was accepted, resulting in the renovation of buildings and an increase in the number of students. Dr. Roop became the chief administrative officer in 1897. Under his guidance the college entered a new period of expansion in which Engle Music Hall, the Carnegie Library, and North Hall were first built. When the old Administration Building was destroyed by fire, old friends and new patrons rallied to build a new Administration Building, a dormitory for the men, and a heating plant. Dr. Roop also provided proper quarters and modern equipment for the science de- partments. Administration Building The inauguration of the late President George Daniel Gossard marks the beginning of the greatest era of prosperity. In the course of his term of office the student body trebled in numbers, the faculty standard was raised, and the elimination of all phases of secondary education gave the institution true college status. During this same period two great endowment cam- paigns were completed, the college ' s economic position . made sound, and her permanency placed beyond question. The future of Lebanon Valley College, now a matter of conjecture and wishful thinking, will resolve itself into the continuation of the story of a people and an ideal. The people will still be, for the most part, the members of the eastern conferences of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, with their numbers augmented, to be sure, by other friends who have been attracted to the support of the college in the passing of time. Moreover, the ideal must be found to be identical with that which three quarters of a century ago was deemed of sufficient worth to be advanced even at the risk of foundering an infant denomination. At the present time President Clyde A. Lynch is writing the title for the next chapter of the dramatic story. The turn that the story is to take is dependent upon the extent to which his ambitious plans can be projected into realities by a people aroused to the energetic, and perhaps sacrificial, support of their ideal.

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President Clyde A. Lynch Dr. Lynch, as president of Lebanon Valley College, finds himself in the unenviable position of coordinating factor between all the many groups that are in any way connected with the college: trustees, faculty, students, parents, alumni, patrons, and a host of others. His ability to fill this exacting executive position efficiently is evinced by the institutional progress since his inauguration in 1932. Probably the most wearying of his multiple duties is the necessity for speech-making, both far and near, in the performance of which task he has been of immeasurable value as the college ' s ambassador of good will to the general public. Annually Dr. and Mrs. Lynch become the gracious host and hostess to the three lower classes at the traditional afternoon teas and to the graduating class at the impressive Senior Banquet. Dr. Lynch is very much interested personally in theology and psy- chology. In connection with his pursuance of the latter subject, he has as his helper. Foxy, the singing dog. Long walks round out the daily activities, and if favorable weather happens to coincide with one of those scattered breathing spells, he might be seen playing a creditable game of tennis. 10