Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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Homecoming ceremonies add Cullen Above: President Fleming formally accepts the new building. Below left: Last-minute touches are added before Homecoming visitors arrive.

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. . .as two SU veterans depart Two men who have invested years of tneir lives at Southwestern decided to leave their posts this year. Dr. B. F. Jackson, head librarian, officially retired on September 30, 1977, and continued to serve as a con- sultant to the library. Jackson, who had been at Southwes- tern previously as a student and later as a teacher, was head librarian for two years. Dr. Jackson said he views the library as an education force in its own right apart from the curricular programs. . . the point at which new knowledge being created becomes available to the cam- pus community. . . the repository of earlier achievement . Dr. Angus Springer, chairman of the Department of Theatre Speech, ended 35 years of teaching at Southwestern with his unique Theatre of Celebra- tion course, which was taught in con- junction with several other professors. Perhaps Springer ' s feelings about the theatre are best expressed in an essay which he wrote for the 1970 Sou ' wester: The arts came into being when man discovered his need to express himself in ways which transcended his physical battle for survival. Fine Art became his humanizing leaven which, mixed with his struggle to acquire knowledge and skills in science and business and social development and the humanities, contributed greatly to his position as master of the animals. At no time in man ' s history are the arts more important than they are today in helping man to interpret his hopes and dreams, his aspirations and his desire for fulfillment. Drama, the art which embraces all other arts, describes and explains character behav- ior and conflict; it presents and inter- prets social and psychological problems; delves into man ' s strongest emotions and desires; creates beautiful and powerful language; it is always most concerned with man ' s inner nature. (Upper left) Dr. Angus Springer (Lower left) Dr. B. F. Jackson

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to our campus and our vocabulary Amid the traditional pomp and cere- mony of Homecoming Weekend, October 14-16, was a note of special significance: the 77-year-old Administration Building was rededicated as the Cullen Building, in honor of the Cullen Foundation of Houston, donor of the funds which made possible the renovation and restoration of the campus ' oldest structure.