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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
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. Ty- , Vi faithfully for live years. Then fur a year he was pastur oi the Memorial ,7; Christian Church at .tnn .trhm', Michigan, leavingr it in I905 for the newly- eriated uftiee of religions and educational director of the Pennsylvania Rail- t read Department of the Y. M. t. A. Here was tiCYCitlpCtl another side of - , the man. He was hruught intu close contact with a mass of wnrkiner men, and it- it devolved npnn him tn learn their needs, their point ut' view. their possibilities. i lie organized afternoon and evening classes. he directed their social activities, i and set in motion all the nntltitndinons forces associated with the Y. M. C. A. ; movement. At that time it was a new tiehl eailine; fur originality and inspired 1 leadership. He was tireless in his aetirities. he Ieetnretl constantly. and he I organized sehuols until at length there were enrolled twn thnnsantl students with seventeen instructors, nut to eunnt the large CUI'YCSINllltiCHCC eunrses in all parts of the PCIIIIS'YiYuHiZI system. 1 Always was 11: a student. Duringr the whole periml of his residence in Philadelphia he funntl time to pursue philosophical courses in the L'niversity. gt In IQOIJOJ he held a scholarship and in 1003304 he was a fellow in Phil- usuphy. During the year at .tnn Arhnr he was .hnlitur in Philosophy in the linit'ersit't' mt. Miehig'an. Jlllti upon his return to Philadelphia the liniversity ui Pennsylvania conferred 111nm him the degree of PhD. Then eame the call to the lk-partment of Philosophy, rare eumpliment indeed. for they knew his work. then four years Hf hrilliant university prae- , tiee. ln long he was made assistant tiiI'CCIUI' of the psyehulugieal clinic. a 3 unique institution whieh rapidly won for itself national and international fame. llis wnrk with defective ehihh'en became widely CUHHIICHIUi 111nm and he was i snnght more illlti more as a lecturer and demonstrator. It was in this eapaeity that he came to Penn State in wig, to give in the free leetnre eunrse an illus- trated talk npun defectives. their treatment and their enre. hut irmn the nin- i nient he eame upon the platform Hi the Sehwah Xnditm'inni it was a foregone 'j , mnelnsiun that he belonged to State and that his wurk was to he merged with ,1 vl- hers. It was felt by all that at last the D 1111 of the Cullee'e had appeared and ;:t it was nut lung het'ore he ilitti ennsented tn ahantlon what he had supposed was tn he his life work in the L'niversit't' 0i Pennsylvania iahnratnry tltltitlu i take up his new work in the great free e1 illege oi the people of Pennsylvania. The persnnality 0i Dean llnhnes is peenliarlix' winning. He has the heartiness Illlti the ireetlmn and the humor of the. West with the cultured re- st aim of the liast. Few are th . after-tlinner speakers anywhere who can snr- pass him. He nails an argument with a story that is nninrgetahlt and then elinehes it with a paradox. lle delights in such places as iiag'les Mere or Y. M. ti. .t. eunx'entiun hails or Sunday evening gatheringr runnis 10 surround himself with eager qnestirmers whu lmnr intn him all their pent-np tlunhts lelti t fears. And always he semis them home helped. or. what is hetter. furnished i with the IUtJiS fur self-help. No more telling example of his peculiar atti'aetive- i ness to thoughtful stntlents than the fact that his 0 :30 p. 111., Sunday evening: 1 meetings uften till the 01d tihapel, and that once when his train was delayed J the whale grnnp waited for him until IO :30. JMNRLL 'thm,irt',lf.i,2.t'r'.:nhoih' L34 3 13:18:? 9; JAAIrJ ! h
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