Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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:Artbur Tl'folmes. 33.1., '33wa By lt'ulan lacms PA'I'TI-w: 0 term in .Mncrican college tci'minnlugy is s1; elastic. s0 amhig'uuus even. as tho wtml Dean. To say that a man is Dean of :1 college faculty is to annoy 1111 very exact infurmatinn concerning his tlll- '. r Mn: ' 1.93am: l3 tics or his linpurtancc. L sually thc Moan is the cxcusmg uthccr, : thc i't-cm'tling' angel of collcgc cuts. the listener with dry eyes to tcarscmnpclls ingj tales of the death of grantlmuthcrs and of the ravages of tllSCilSC anmng' n . . . . . . . . g the stmlcnt ranks. At btatt- tnllcgc the Dean IS all this. hut he is mlmitcly 3 He is director of the student council. chairman of the freshman iltl- more. if visors. tlcan 0f deans, executive ulliccr in thc aliscncc of thc llrcsitlcnt, chapel lcatlcr aml scmtinizcr 11f '1'l1apcl cuts, emergency preacher, niHC-thirty, p. 111. ii Sunday lecturer 1111 thing's pcrplcxiiig-hc is all this, but he is inlinitcly more. 5 llis othcc is clinic, clearing linusc. mnfcssiwnal. frenc'al headquarters for lirst 1;; aitl whatcx'cr thc llCCtl. dispensary intellectual. spiritual, physical, neutral tcri'i- l1: tory hctwcen the cruel prufcssurs :11111 the llUUI' tlmx'n-trmltlcn students. On ll its tluur should be written in lmltl letters: WHEN IN TIUH'HLIC 011 IN imt'm', wiry. ., i L :. 1 t e mlzk w .vlw ' iiN'rlca 11121115. 'llu till such a position, nm- will rcatlily sec, requires no nrtlinary man, rc- qttircs it WUllltl seem not, a man lmt a cmnmittcc. One man docs till it. always has filled it. fur the tililicc was created for him and was cntluwcd with tlllllCS that would lit his varied powers. and for live y 1:11's he has tilled it to the full. llcrmit l..1 Vlli to present as its 111-1licatc1- it' Wchstcr will allnw such :1 Wul'tl sll-an Arthur llnlmcs, moldcr of State College men. lly heritage and by training- Dr. Holmes is peculiarly titted for his diffi- cult position. 1 lo is a sun of thc Mitltllc chst. horn May 5, 1872, in Cincinnati, Ohiu, sun of William and .loscphinc lluhncs, sturdy stock that had migrated xx'cstwartl with the great titlc duringr these vital lllltltllc years til the last cun- tni'y. the father English. the IHUIllCI' uf Now linglaml lin 1am: Ilis iarly train- inkr was western.---r-carly years on :1 farm, gr 'atcst littingr school physicall; and morally; it gave him scllli'cliancc, individuality. sant- philnsuphy of life. His CtlltCllIltm in the sturdy rural st-hnnls thVClOpCtl him mumlly. At twcnty-txx'o he was a stmlcnt in llothany titillcgc. West lilirginia. .X year there aml he wont to lliram Uillcgc, alma mater uf llrcsitlcnt liarliclil, where he was grail- natal with the HA. degree in 181m. 'lihis m'h' and vital contact with the lirCC West was Dr. llulmcs's hcst heritage. lt developed within him individualism, catholicity of soul, hearti- ncss 0f 111:11mcr, sturdy st'll-rcliancgahcst fruits of our WCSlCl'll democracy. Then came the tcmpcring of thc Iiast, residence in Ultl l'lhilmlclphia, pastoral work in :1 city parish. aml study in thc L'nivcrsity of Pennsylvania in the fields It gave him balance, perspective, broad- ot' Scmitics. philosophy leltl ethics. ness of vision. llis CllUSCll pmlcssiun was the ministry. mater directly tn the Sixth Christian Church in Philadelphia, which he served He had gone from his alma x .g'. u srcxx. zsrju t +31 ARAJST'WTA ' : r