Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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1853-1977 Sat. Nov. 5th s u n d a y N o V 6 t h Dr. Robert Gibson, past presi- dent of Monmouth College, re- turned to the campus to partici- pate in the 125th anniversary celebration. Former students, faculty, and friends all joined him to watch the traditional Bronze Turkey Game. Dr. Weeks, Dr. Gibson and Dr. Sorenson Monmouth Community Choir and Monmouth College Choir sing the Messiah

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Dr. Cutler— Changes of our Times Gracie Peterson 1 2 5 t h A n n • V e r s a r y Helen Wagner Willey— Nancy Hughes from As the World Turns 15

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RICH MARTIN Monmouth certainly has been an experience. Entering Monmouth a long, long time ago, or so it seems, never even having seen the place be- fore I got here, you couldn ' t ask for friendlier people. The climate of Monmouth was so alien to a New Jersey boy that I did have trouble adjusting. Having absolutely no desire to become a frat- rat, and enter a ridiculous Greek system, I im- mediately pledged the ZBT. You can ' t imagine how one group of men could so change, broaden and enlighten another person. I was never an outgoing person in high school, and certainly not a leader. After serving as president of the fraternity and co-chairman of Freshman Orientation for two years running, I ended up as Editor of the Oracle. In addition, Inter-fraternity Council, Kappa Delta Big Brothers, and a host of other activities added to incredible years of college. I ' m sorry it had to end before I tried everything. V E R Y I N T E R E S T I N G P E O P L E PA UL McCLA NA HA N Dr. Paul McClanahan has been at Monmouth College since 1964. Before that, however, Dr. McClanahan has had other ties with the college. Members of his family have been associated with the school since it was founded. His father was a member of the faculty at Monmouth Col- lege and held the position of chaplain. Dr. McClanahan now holds the position of chaplain of the college as his father had years ago. Dr. McClanahan has made students aware of Monmouth College ' s far-reaching influence. Be- fore taking his position at Monmouth College, he was associated with Assad College in Egypt. Many of the faculty in earlier years have taught in Egypt and then returned to Monmouth. In the eyes of Dr. McClanahan the major achievement of Monmouth College is the way they made it through the 1960 ' s. He felt that through a more open relationship between fac- ulty and students, some explosive situations were defused. 17