Lycoming College - Arrow Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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IN MEMORIAM J. MILTON SKEATH, from 1921 to 1968, served Lycoming College with a dedication known to few men. His love for the institution led him from professor, to athletic coach, and finally to department head where every action reflected his belief in the precepts of educa- tion. We, (he staff of the 1969 Arrow, pause in memory of a gentleman who immeasurably enriched the lives of all those who had the honor of knowing him.

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' ? . FOREWORD Ignorance and injustice have always been the enemies of a free people. Intellectualism and freedom of speech will forever be its defenders. Responsibility and perspective must be their temperance. With this as our guide the staff of the 1969 Arrow has compiled a history of this past tumul- tous year. Although never able to please every individual, we sincerely hope that we have pro- vided a meaningful record of these, our college years.

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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINOTOX TO THE 1969 GRADUATING CLASS LYCOMING COLLEGE Each generation, shaped by forces outside and within it, asks the question it must ask. Some generations, concerned with the building of a nation, ask How? Other generations, needing to set priorities for the future, ask What? Your generation has asked Why? As Americans we must together ask all of the big questions and seek to find answers . How we build a better America, what kind of nation we want, why we pursue certain goals instead of others -- these are not problems to be faced by one generation and ignored by another. lll of us must face them. A college education in the humanities and sciences teaches us that the real power to deal with these problems comes out of the human mind and the human heart. All power must be disciplined by trained intelligence and tempered by compassion. Each of you is a center of power. Your professional or social or religious or political activity will determine the shape of the future of your nation and of the world. The question asked by your generation -- Why? -- is one that must be ansv ered not only by the quality of your rhetoric but by the quality of your lives . It was in your college years that we were first made aware of those people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening. ' . at you have brought and will continue to bring to -imerican life is not the sound of silence, but the sound of a generation which will work to ensure that, in the words of V illiara Faulkner, ...man will not merely endure: he will prevail.