Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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make possible its proposed new Field House-a drive that to date has brought in nearly SB420,000 of the s5oo,o0o that will be the minimum needed to erect the building as soon as materials become available. The College's last civilian commencement was held in June 1943 when Louis P. Lochner, former chief of the Associated Press Bureau in Germany and Central Europe spoke as degrees were conferred on a class of fifty-one seniors. Through the years the accelerated program was in operation commencement exercises, each of which brought a top-ranking Naval officer to the campus, were held at the close of every term. In October 1945, Rear Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, spoke as seventeen seniors received degrees and seventy-one Bluejackets and Marines were presented with special certificates. Rear Admiral Wat T. Cluverius, Naval veteran recalled to special duty, was the speaker in February 1944 when sixteen seniors were graduated and 125 trainees completed their college work. In june 1944 Captain john Kelvey Richards, then commandant of the Midshipmenis School at Columbia and Director of Training in the Third Naval District, spoke to the thirty-three seniors and the 129 Bluejackets and Marines who received degrees or certificates. Captain Arthur S. Adams, Director of the Administration Division of the Navy's Training Activity, was the speaker for the graduation ceremonies in October 1944 when the College conferred fourteen degrees and awarded 160 certificates to Navy men. At the same ceremonies the unit was reviewed by Captain James Holloway, then Director of Training in the Bureau of Naval Personnel and now Superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. In February 1945 Dr. joseph W. Barker of the Columbia University Faculty, war- time special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, delivered the commencement address and the College conferred ten degrees and awarded sixty-seven certificates. In june 1945 Rear Admiral William M. Fechteler, Assistant Chief of Naval Per- sonnel, spoke to the group that included ten seniors and 180 Naval trainees. Speakers at three commencements for men of the Academic Refresher units were Lieutenant Samuel W. Miller '26, Lieutenant Commander Winfred Slemmer '26, and Rear Admiral O. S. Colclough, Judge Advocate General of the Navy. In June 1946, when the College held its last combined graduation ceremonies and awarded sixty baccalaureate degrees and 129 Navy certificates, and itself received the Navy's Mark of Commendation, the speaker was Vice-Admiral Richard L. Conolly, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. As Muhlenberg made the temporary Faculty adjustments necessary to main- tain teaching standards and at the same time meet the needs of a student body that generally numbered more men in uniform than in sports jackets, it also sought to strengthen its staff for the post-war period. Added to the Faculty as full professors prior to july 1, 1946 were: Dr. John W. Doberstein, chaplain and professor of Religion, Dr. Elmer K. Kilmer, professor of Education, and Floyd B. Schwartz- walder, professor of Physical, Education and head football coach. More joined the ranks as assistant professors and as instructors and others came and left when Right, top: The College Commonsg bottom, The President's Home. L 161

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