Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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Patient with the tedious, challenging with the brilliant, and devastating with the pompous, Dr. Katherine Van Eerde has earned the love of most who know her. She is at once the terror of the library and the blessing of the collegium. She teaches with clarity and thinks with a relentless passion for the rational. In the classroom, she follows the state- ment of each mind as it is expressed and is guided in her discussion by what each person says. Because she credits her students with the ability to under- stand what they read, her lectures reveal new people and new perspectives as she fills the gaps left by historical generalization. We write to remember Dr. Van Eerde for her bicycle, for long talks with the lovers of Bach, for a crisp smile, a searching look, a word as accurate as arrows. She has mastered the idea of what one might call taste: not just a habit of pleasant clothing and fine music, but a quality more elusive to define, more ephemeral and rare. At once an elegance, a joy, a pride, a courage — it is a splendid force in living. It is there in the bright, swift words of her speech and in her light, determined step into the classroom. It is there in her catholic interests and cosmopolitan sentiments. She leaps with eloquence from author to statesman, from politician to com- poser. She is an Anglophile, an aristocrat, a demo- crat, and a friend. 3

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DEDICATION

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CONTENTS “The college years ...” Seniors Administrators and Academicians . Administrative Groups Faculty and Academic Groups . . Associations Fraternities Sports Special Events Senior Biographies Patrons Advertising 5 38 68 70 85 106 124 148 172 200 208 209 4