Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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Dedication Dean Dutcher, Ph.D. To Dr. Dutcher, whose kindliness, good humor and tolerant wisdom have endeared him to all of us, tve dedicate our yearbook, appreciatively, affectionately.

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I 9 - t I INK TOI’CIIS I O N E Marion Allhouse Quarry villa. Pa. INTRODUCTION TdE staff of the 1934 Touchstone was, from the outset, faced with a very difficult problem —that of producing a hook at less than half the cost of previous Touchstones and, at the same time, upholding the precedent set by them. A less expensive hook called for a treatment which would not he a cheap copy of what the hook could have been if more money were available. The fact that the year 1934 marked the centennial of free public schools in our commonwealth offered an opportunity to do the hook in the style of a century ago and thus eliminate one of the most expensive items in hook production; namely, copper halftone engravings. However, the splendid co-operation of the various school organizations made it possible to include a separate section of these halftone illustrations. All illustrations in the hook proper are done in the woodcut style, the method used, to a great extent, one hundred years ago. The paper is an antique finish, and the Bodoni type-face, popular at that time, is used in the printing. This combination brings forth a book which does not aim to follow the traditional college annual. Sections have been broken down and advertisements have been omitted from its pages to be carried on through a bulletin board system. The staff has tried to make a book which will live on and be a cherished possession of each student. y X To our faculty adviser, Mr. Burl N. Oshurn, who, though lie had no official connection with the class, very graciously gave much of his time and talent to the production of this work, goes the sincere appreciation and gratitude of the entire class of 34. The portraits were done by a local commercial artist. M iss Florence Taylor of Lancaster. Pennsylvania; and we were most fortunate in having been able to have the bookplate done by J. J. Lankes, internationally famous woodcut artist, whose bookplates are eagerly sought by collectors. Two of bis plates arc reproduced in the Encyclopedia Britanniea. The staff wishes to thank Miss Elizabeth Conard for the use of her grandfather's diary, written while he was a member of the state legislature at the time of the passing of the Free School Act of 1834. Thanks are also due the State Department of Public Instruction and the Free Library of Philadelphia for their kind assistance and cooperation. Albert W. Bender Millersville, Pa. Nine