Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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TRUSTEES, Back row: Orville NofFsinger, Fred Priser, Clay Syler, Leland Emrick, George Strausbaugh, Vernon F. Schwalm, T. A. Shively, Ray Petersime, N. B. Wine, Pres., Wilbur S. Barnhart, Secy. front row: Harold A. Hofif, Moine Landis, J. Roy Ohmart, Dwight Butler, Edith Dresher 5, rustees Working behind the scenes to promote the best interests of Manchester College are the trustees. Periodic meetings draw these admin- istrators from five states in the Central Region of the Church of the Brethren to do the too often thankless tasks of planning, organizing, and directing. Important decisions made this year included the selection of the new dean, the new college treasurer, continuing plans for the Winger Me- morial, and the acceptance of the social security system for faculty and staff. One is naive if he thinks a trustee is a bearded patriarch or some reactionary oblivious to the world today. On the contrary, while the ages of the trustees vary from 34 to 70, the average being 56, Manchester ' s trustees are outstanding leaders in many fields of accomplishment. Four are high school superintendents or principals, two are teachers in public high schools, three are ministers, one is an engineer, and five are manufacturers. These are the men and women who help plan for Manchester of tomorrow. 11

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J resident S chwaim President Vernon F. Schwalm is a Manchester man. Graduating in the class of 1913, he re- turned to his alma mater to serve as dean and professor of history from 1917 to 1927, and for the past ten years as her president. During his administration numerous curric- ular and physical improvements have been realized. With an ever forward look the presi- dent states, As a church college we should keep on strengthening the cultural, character building and spiritual aspects in every way we can. For twenty years Vernon F. Schwalm has served Manchester College. In this tenth anni- versary of his presidency at Manchester, the cam- pus community says, Prexy, well done. In college his wife-to-be called him Thun- der . Back at Manchester, Mr. Schwalm is known as Grandad to Judy, Peggy, and Jean Kimmel. 10

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oDeun ji aruer Upon the appointment of Earl S. Garver to succeed Carl W. Holl as dean, President Schwalm declared, It has been a source of gen- uine pleasure for me to learn of the general and widespread approval which the appointment of Dr. Garver as dean has received. Young, short and lively, Dr. Garver is well qualified for his new position. Graduating with honors from Manchester College in 1933, Dr. Garver received his Ph.D. from Yale Uni- versity in 1943. He has held numerous teach- ing posts, including those at Trinity College, Yale, and Northeastern University, before be- coming head of the department of economics here at Manchester. He chose to return to Manchester because he felt that a small, co-ed, church related college could offer the best in educational oppor- tunity. Dr. Garver is a speaker and author with keen wit and sound judgment; the college commu- nity remembers his chapel address, In Defense 12