Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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GRADUATION 1957 The traditional robes were donned and soon after the seniors wended their way into the Chapel to attend Baccalaureate services. The service that fol- lowed was probably the most important religious ceremony in the four years of attendance at Muhlen- berg. Reverend Walter H. Eastwood spoke on the topic, What do you respond to?” Immediately following the service Dr. and Mrs. Seegers received the seniors and their parents at their home. This was the last group meeting of the class before commencement. A week of festivities drew to a close. The Graduation Ball, dinners, par- ties and luncheons had come and gone. On Sunday, June 10, the Gideon Egner Memorial Chapel was the scene of Commencement exercises. The grove adjoining the Chapel was the perfect outdoor spot to hold the affair. Dr. Theodore A. Distler, executive director of the Association of American Colleges gave the address to the seniors and the many people that appeared to view the exercises. There were one-hundred sixty nine seniors, and they were presented individually to President See- gers to receive their bachelor degrees. Dr. Seegers also awarded four honorary degrees. The Grad- uation lasted about one and a half hours, but the men involved will never forget these moments.

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Conferring of Honorary Degrees Doctor of Divinity Walter Holmes Eastwood Doctor of Divinity Francis R. Edwards Doctor of Science W. Clarke Wescoe Doctor of Letters Edmund Augustus Steimle HONORS SUMMA CUM LAUDE Alfred K. Hettinger, Jr., Valedictorian Richard R. Bernecker, Salutatorian Robert H. Miller Paul C. Sherr MAGNA CUM LAUDE William T. Anderson James S. Biery, Jr. Leonard D. Boclair Dale T. Kidd Norman R. Robinson Morton J. Sanet Edward O. Smith, Jr. Robert A. Tust Theodore Wasserman CUM LAUDE Lewis G. Anthony Robert L. Diaz Richard O. Keim Jon F. La Faver Donald O. Ramsaur Harvey Weintraub

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WILLIAM SHERIDAN AGEE B.S. Wyncote, Pa. Choir 1, 2, 3, 4; College Quartet 1, 2, 3, 4; Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4. LEWIS GEORGE ANTHONY B.S. Jim Thorpe, Pa. WEEKLY 2; Track 2; Class Vice President 3; Pre-Med Club 2, 3, 4; Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4. WILLIAM PAUL AMEY A.B. Allentown, Pa. Phi Alpha Theta 4; Newman Club 2, 3, 4; Commuters Club 2, 3, 4. HARRY CHARLES ARGESON B.S. Paterson, N. . Economics Club 3, 4. WILLIAM T. ANDERSON A.B. Somerville, N. J. Alpha Tau Omega 1, 2, 3, 4; Omi- cron Delta Kappa 3, 4; Student Council 4; Corresponding Secretary 4; Assembly Committee 4; Choir 1, 2, 3, 4; Color Guard 1, 2, 3, 4; Frosh Proctor 2, 3, Pre-Med Club 2, 3, 4; Committee on Exams. Pro- cedure 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Student Chairman 2, 3, 4; Mermaid Tavern Society 3, 4. JOHN JAMES BASILE A.B. Belleville, N. ]. Alpha Tau Omega 1, 2, 3, 4; Eco- nomics Club 2, 3, 4; Mermaid Tavern 2, 3, 4, IFC 3, 4; ATO Vice Pres. 3; President 4; Jazz Society 4; Intra- murals 2, 3, 4; Newman Club 4.