Lewis and Clark College - Voyageur Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Dr. Charles W . Howard College Dean MESSAGE TO VOYAGEUR The Voyageur is here again to record in pictures and word the personalities and activities of this college year. This record is always of interest, but especially so when the year is done and the book hits the campus. It is then that experiences are relived, the success, the exciting moments, the quickened heartbeat and even moments of resentment well up to remind us that another year has been lived. Disappointments fade into the abyss while the fragrance of roses and rhododendron calls us to the quiet places where we can ponder over the past and dream of the future. This year has been fruitful. It has brought more than T450 students to this campus with a graduation class of more than 250 bachelors and masters. Curricula for maior studies have been expanded to include nursing, home economics and philosophy, and an educational program to prepare elementary teachers is in the offing. Other departments have been strengthened by faculty, library and instruction equipment. Our choir and other music ensembles have extended the campus and its art to thousands in this community and across Oregon. This department has again received national recognition by the recent installation of Phi Mu Alpha. Our speech arts department has been better housed and has spread its influence through the production of plays, and by debate, radio, oratory and after-dinner speaking. lt has been recognized by the establishment of Alpha Psi Omega and Pi Kappa Delta, National Honorary Societies. We have ranked high in major and minor sports. Our teams have consistently not only hit the line, the basket and the ball, but have also hit the front pa Although new in the Northwest Con-ference we have an enviable record. Our newspaper h ' American rating by the National Collegiate Press Association. ge. as attained an All

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Qirrv-5' Dr. Morgan S. Odell College President MESSAGE TO VOYAGEUR The cu rrent school year is the seventh on the new campus. It might be thought of as the lucky seventh or the seventh inning stretch. Probably the latter term more nearly characterizes our expe- riences during this year, for we have not had any unusual luck in connection with gifts to the College or in the college ac- tivities. We are able to record a rolling tide of great goodwill toward the Col- 'fzn lege which we find expressed every- where. Self-examination and improvement have been the chief characteristics of T948-49. The fac- ulty has examined the teaching methods and the curriculum and have definitely stepped up the academic accomplishments which we seek at Lewis and Clark College. More attention has been given to individual guidance and counseling. Students and faculty have carefully considered the matter of national social organizations and have weighed the advantages and disadvantages both to the individual and to the college. More time in the schedule has been freed for meetings of the various student activities because their value for personal growth has been recognized. Even though no major building has been done, the College has been able to add essential equipment, furnishings and facilities. These have included the athletic field, the speech arts workshop, the student center, the science works hop, audio-visual aids to instruction and other essential items. lt has been good to have had such a year to re-examine our purposes and our program. Because of it our students, our faculty, and our trustees are all stronger. There are great needs for buildings, more endowment, strengthened library and faculty advancement. The new in- sights and the new fellowship of this year will help us realize some of these needs in a nearer future. Morgan Odell

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of .WM George W. Ennis Dean of Men 57 Dr. Freeda O. Hartzfeld Deon of Women William H. Norris Registrar ,qx is-5.