Shepherd University - Cohongoroota Yearbook (Shepherdstown, WV)

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PRESIDENT Since I87I, Shepherd College has been dedicaTed To The higher educaTion oT The youTh oT WesT Virginia and The NaTion. The T954-55 academic year marlcs anoTher impor- TanT page in The hisTory oT The building oT a beTTer and greaTer Shepherd College. The college enrolled The IargesT sTudenT body in The hisTory oT The insTiTuTion wiTh 563 Tull- Time sTudenTs, an increase oT I4 per cenT over The pasT year. The residence halls Tor men and women were Tilled To capaciTy. Shepherd Col- lege can be iusTly proud oT The ouTsTanding men and women who are members oT The T954-55 sTudenT body. The high academic, social, and moral sTandards oT our sTudenTs are giving Shepherd College The repuTaTion oT being a College oT QualiTy. Shepherd has been assembling an ouTsTand- ing TacuITy To serve The educaTionaI needs oT our rapidly growing insTiTuTion. During The year The college TaculTy has been engaged in a sTudy oT The academic program oT The college. College classroom TaciliTies were enlarged wiTh The renovaTion oT The Tormer gymnasium inTo WhiTe I-Iall, a modern new classroom building Tor Business AdminisTraTion. The I-Iome Economics program was expanded wiTh The esTabIishmenT oT a new I-Tome Manage- menT I-louse on The campus. STudenT organizaTions and acTiviTies have had a successTul year and we congraTuIaTe The STudenT SenaTe Tor The leadership ThaT They have given The sTudenT body under Their new consTiTuTion. We are graTeTul To our annual sTaTT and Their capable sponsor Tor The T955 CCHONGO- ROOTA. Shepherd College is moving ahead in a Pro- gram oT Progress because oT TaiThTul TaculTy members, successTul sTudenTs, loyal alumni, and Tine Triends. PRESIDENT IKENBERRY 1151 J' W. ,Alh- ffw' ,M

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ar, ,fs W7 DEDICATION To l-l. G. Wells' lisT oT ouTsTanding personages, The Shepherd sTudenTs would happily add ThaT oT Miss Flor- ence Shaw, ProTessor oT ElemenTary EducaTion aT Shepherd College. To all who lfnovv her she symbolizes vicTory Tor The cause oT abundanT living Through educaTion. Believing in The su- preme worTh and digniTy oT The indi- vidual and his righT To develop ThaT di- vine poTenTial, she has TaughT wiTh a vision and a spiriT oT sacriTicial love and devoTion To TruTh ThaT has served To in- spire and lighT The way To TulTillmenT Tor many. ln knowing her, one glimpses a rare TruTh and beauTy oT living. She is a mod- ern-day sainT whose immorTaliTy is The impress upon all morTal beings whose lives have Touched hers. So as an expression oT graTiTude and appreciaTion on The parT oT sTudenTs, TaculTy and Triends oT Shepherd Col- lege, The COHONGOROOTA sTaTT happily dedicaTes To lvliss Shaw The I955 COHONGOROOTA. MISS FLORENCE SHAW

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DMINISTRATION 'Q 'W JOE C. HUMPHREY, Ed.D. Academic Dean JOHN L. EGLE Business Manager VALBORG E. FLETTY, Ph.D Dean of Worr.en A. G. SLONAKER, M.A Regisirar CLYDE ARNOLD, A,B. Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds