Shippensburg University - Cumberland Yearbook (Shippensburg, PA)

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and the rest of the ' gang students old and new enter the building? across the bridge and assemble on easy divans in the girls ' court. Pleasant chatter permeates the usual calm dignity of the atmosphere as the girls formulate plans for the coming year. Here are held the stu- ilent teas and here also the dates arrive to be gazed upon by pajama clad figures at the railings above. The men, it was be- lifvrd, reciprocated the glances and drapss were luirehased to reinforce the bannisters a.uaiiist surreptitious eyes. Under famed Solomon ' s temple, learned Senior Duane Kirssin outlines plans for the year and gives scholarly advice to winsome Willard Kerr of the Junior class. Sopho- more Richard Nell following the camera- man eavesdrops and gleans inestimable knowledge. During the quiet lull in the general tumult of the Day Men ' s Room, Worry Willy Rotz and Chess Hoover play to a thrilling draw as the Rowland sponsored group prepares for a match. A step up from the Chess Club we view the pinochle tycoons as they go into the first week of play in the year long contest. The above mentioned groups account to a considerable extent for the vacant seats as Dr. Rowland makes his initial chapel talk and welcomes the students to the campus. He also indicated that our campus would be dominated by a rush of P. W. A. projects made possible by our generous government. Runner up for the most unusual shot is the picture of Tennis Coach Allen actually standing on a tennis court. As the picture indicates, he is very much at home as he re- counts one of the anecdotes from his noted collection. Formality withdrawn, the students cavort, and play good or bad tennis on excellent courts.

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in Reputation And so the editor asked me to write my impressions of the faculty. Faced with such an important commission I was momen- tarily dumbfounded and truthfully a little dubious about the ad- visability of expressing my sentiments in print. After seriously pondering over the problem I accepted the challenge. Never having known any other, I would say that our group seems typical to me. They can readily be classified in several ways — tall and thin, tall and sturdy, short and round or just plain medium. As to dignity some have vast quantities while others are continually fluttering around in search of it. Learned doctors of philosophy and pedagogy add nominal prestige to our faculty list. By the end of four years the average student has, to his own satisfaction, decided that several of our instructors should have prepared for some other profession. Others are lauded and are cited as examples of what a college professor should be. This judgment is often based upon the manner in which A ' s are dis- tributed, the relative age of the pedagog ' s jokes, and his ability to allure with adept remarks. (See below). A few of our teachers are susceptible to bluffs and lines at all times. The alert student realizes however, that great discretion must be used in the manner in which these substitutes for knowl- edge are handled in the various classrooms. There are several of our faculty who are satisfied with nothing less than bare facts. and Quotation SHIPPENSBURG FACULTY MINDS (With 710 apologies to Judge) ' Robert Burns never drew a sober breath in his life, but he wasn ' t a drunkard. ' I never make a mistake. See. ' La Martine loved women and he put ' umph ' into it. ' I stand informed. ' Call me Doctor, plea.se. Don ' t you think I ' m clever? ' Only the good Lord knows that. ' Democracy is like the weather. ' It works with levers in the fourth dimension. ' Man embraces woman. ' ' The public be damned ! ' 1 17 ]

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classes and organi- zations begin The minature camera addict in his flights about the campus catches many pertinent shots of the students and faculty. Clearly symbolic of the lofty aspirations of the incoming students is the famed tower of Old Main. Steps resounding on the walk to the library ami s-eiu ' s such as the Saxe- Shetron coir.liiiialiuii grinding away on the books indicate thi- industrious beginning of the new year. Incredulous ones need be reminded that no trick photography placed King of the Buckles Laird on the walk leading from the library. Tied with this shot for the years ' most unusual one is the candid view of the Day Men ' s room showing Buckie Reese workin ' away on the books. A fleeting moment of pleasure is gone as the Coarh arrives in time for classes and the ardent fans of the latest swing hurry to meet waiting professors. Spangler and Eichelberger are as usual together; Walck is free lancing but Dog- gie Clippinger was there to gape and help fill the stag line compossd indiscrimi- nately of lads and lassies. Through sleepy eyes the boys greet the morning mist under Solomon ' s Temple. By mid-day Miss Mary Keys York is seen, the last mortal leaving Old Main, as we scramble in response to the latest fire drill. Photographer Stanley Rotz met some friends who refused to be candid but posed quite prettily. Typical of the romantically inclined was the tendency to avoid the crowds and ren- dezvous in obscure corners. Though unusually vacant, the library could well be used by the pinochlers caught here. Treher polishes his Ford and later es- corts Frank Leslie Coffey down to teach. Prof. Mark stands in the lime-light and looks for something apparently lost. Prof. Stewart who lends classical scholar- ship to our faculty pauses in his morning stroll to puff a Robert Burns cigar whilj the cameraman clicks the shutter. L ly I