Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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Dean of the College .4 DEAN ALVEY As Dean of the College, Dr. Edward Alvey is concerned chiefly with the academic program. Aided by other members of the administration and by the faculty committees, he works toward the at- tainment of the scholastic goals embodied in the college ' s Statement of Purpose. The college cata- logue schedule of classes, student academic stand- ing, and financial aid awards are among the re- sponsibilities of his office. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Dr. Alvey has been Dean since 1934. Currently, he heads the Association of Academic Deans of Southern States. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Raven Society, Dean Alvey writes articles on education for the Americana Annual, the Americana Encyclopedia and various professional journals. An experienced traveler, he and Mrs. Alvey have made many trips to Mexico to visit their daughter, a graduate of Mary Washington Col- lege. Dr. Alvey also recently completed a study tour of educational systems in the soviet countries of Eastern Europe, a tour which combined his in- terests in education and in travel. Dr. Edward Alvey, Jr.

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THE THEME 18 GET AT THE CHANCELLOR ' 8 CONVOCATION September 20, 1962: The Questing and the Questioning It will be tragic for our world ... to lose sight of or to submerge the concept of the college as a place of questing and questioning . . . where truth is pursued for no other reason than the love of truth and the beauty that emanates from the pursuit. September 19, 1963: The Intellectual Climate of a College An education liberates each of us ... to learn to know and respect complexity, to reckon with anx- iety, and profit from it — and to serve our day and our age in a manner that is for each of us — our finest hour! September 17, 1964: And That is Saying a Very Great Deal Instruction and the act of learning must awaken and develop the intellectual and the spiritual powers in the individual before he enters upon his chosen practical career, so that he may bring to that career the greatest possible assets of intelligence, resourcefulness, judgment, and character. September 16, 1965: Education: An Odyssey o-f Fascination and Excitement The experiment of knowing will be only partially valid for you, if you find only that part of Truth that has been, and can be, revealed by discovery — and if you miss part of the odyssey of fascination and excitement which concerns itself with the concept of Truth as creation and generation. It is not only desirable — it is essential for the future of our civilization that our educational oppor- tunities provide . . . Informed intellectuals, whose experiment in knov ing will be both discovery and creation — not one or the other — but both. You have a marvelous and wondrous odyssey before you in the years ahead — and I trust the journey will be as fascinating and as exciting as it was for Homer ' s Odysseus as he journeyed across the wine- dark sea.

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Dr. Reginald Whidden, in his capacity as Associate Dean of the College, is known to every Mary Washington student, whether she is an incoming freshman or an outgoing senior. He is an integral part of our campus life, and he functions as one of the many links between the student body and the administration. A stu- dent knows that when she has a personal or academic problem. Dr. Whidden can provide the necessary guidance. hHis counselling ranges from such areas as academic programs, scheduling of classes, and major guidance. He is always willing to share with the student his vast wisdom and reason. Because of the unique role he plays on the Hill, Dean Whidden is and will be a well-re- membered part of our college years. Dr. Reginald W.WhIdder sociate Dean of fhe College