Lycoming College - Arrow Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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president dr. John w. long Dec. 31, 1953 Dear Friends : I am writing this on the last day of the old year. The echoes of Merry Christmas and inspiring Christmas carols have about faded out for this year and the bells ringing in the New Year will be sounding within the next few hours. The papers during the last few days have been appraising the outstanding events of the year 1953 and making pred ictions for the new year. The atomic age seems to bring with it uncertainty and fear. Perhaps the main rea- son is the fact that its destructive power has been publicized rather than its possibilities as a servant of mankind. These lines will reach you when the Arrow is released sometime before commencement. At that time you will be facing a situation somewhat similar to the one we are facing today as we leave the old year and are about to enter the new. That is, you will be leaving the sheltered halls of Lycoming with its many pleasant associations and friendships and will be facing a future which will be, though hope- ful, still problematical. Under these circum- stances I want to leave with you words which were spoken by the late King George in one of the darkest hours of World War II. I re- member hearing them spoken over the radio and though I had been familiar with them before they never seemed so impressive as when uttered by the King when he faced the uncertainties and responsibilities of that par- ticular hour. I pass them on to you, therefore, with that historical background. I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year: Give me a light that I might tread safely into the unknown! And he replied: Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than the known way! Faithfully yours. 14

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A ' hirst Acw, Lett to Right — Long, Rich, Wilson. Second Row — Myers, Miller, Hennmger, Stecker, WatkJns, Lyon, Williams, Adams, Phipps, Gilmore. Third Row — Lykens. Dunham, Sykes, Banks, Kelchner, Case, Himes, Wertz, Tyson. board of directors Officers HON. ROBERT F. RICH MR. ARNOLD A. PHIPPS REV. L ELBERT WILSON - MR. KENNETH E. HIMES (not a director) President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Term Expires 1953 MR. ALFRED A. DICENSO MRS. H. MARSHALL STECKER BISHOP G. BROMLEY OXNAM, LL.D. MR. GEORGE W. SYKES HON. DON M. LARRABEE, LL.D. REV. W. GALLOWAY TYSON, D.D. DR. CHARLES A. LEHMAN, SK. REV, G. CECIL WEIMER MR. SPENCER S. SHANNON Terr MR. HAROLD A. BROWN MR. IVAN E. GARVER (deceased) MRS. LAYTON S. LYON MR. JOHN H. McCORMICK REV. ELVIN CLAY MYERS, D.D. Expires 1954 MR. ARNOLD A. PHIPPS HON. ROBERT F. RICH MR. GEORGE L. STEARNS, II MR. CARL F. STROEHMANN JUDGE CHARLES SCOTT WILLIAMS MR. CHARLES V. ADAMS REV. W. W. BANKS BISHOP FRED P. CORSON MR. FRANK DUNHAM MR. PAUL G. GILMORE Term Expires 1955 MR. RALPH E. KELCHNER REV. A. LAWRENCE MILLER, Ph.D. REV. W. EDWARD WATKINS, D.D. REV. L. ELBERT WILSON 15