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

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E$mwv+;?xiiff1 -5 7:1 1, 1, ., ,iiim . - , ,1 ' . 1-11, 11:, 5...,1'151; !:L..!:';' r11 1 c. . 0- Wilt: m 14 51' - :Ii 1:1 . . . . . I 9 His hnmc in the 11111 YICC presulcm s nmnsmn ml the Itust Lumpus IS an $51 . . .. . . . , . 1; 1111111 unc. Ills mic. Annie 1. P1111011. 111 Philadelphia. to whom he was main 1?; ricd March I3. 1898, hits cmlczlrcrl herself to State 51111101115 by hcwming :1 mcmhcr of the class of 1910 mid receiving her degree last June. In thcii' hos- pituhlc parlors hzu'c hccn entertained during the 1x131 live ycnrs :11 least three- fnm'ths ul' 2111 the freshmen. 'lihcir nnh' Chihl, David. is :1 mcmhcr of the local high school lilting hillhtlf for his course :11 State Cullcgc. , lh'. Holmes has hccn called in mcmhcrship in many scholarly 11ml sncial nl'gzlnizntinns. He is :1 munhcr of tho .Mncrican Physinlugiczll Assuciulinn. the Pennsylvania State Iidnmtiunzll Association, the Ohiu Society of Phila- delphia. thc L'nivcrsity Huh of State 111116340, the National Geographic Sn- cicty. Ihc Miicrican Genetic Assuciutiun, the Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi hmim'nry sncictics, 111111 the 'lihcln Xi Social Paternity. . He is 1111 author 111' The Decay of Ratiunulism, 1909; The lescrvutiun Hi the Child. 1012:1in Principles m. Character Making; IQ I 3. and joint :mthur 111' When 10 Send fur the antnr, 1015. 11nd lucszml Children. 1915. His helicf :15 tn the 911115 :11111 aims of the Pennsylvania Stuu- Cullcgc he has summed up :15 fulltm's: lb 1m mlUIL' tho 1in 111 :11111 11'ac1ic111 c1111cutiun uf lhc industrial classcs' is the greatest article of tlcnnwrzuiznlinn yet penned in this vuunlry. I1 is the fmlcmlly mimitutml itlcnl of Penn State. :1 great Cui- lt'gc Hi the cummnn 110011111. n ..-'m :1 : 1.54

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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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