Susquehanna University - Lanthorn Yearbook (Selinsgrove, PA)

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■ . 1 ■ ■ ■ ADMINISTRATION

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■ Presenting m m I ' Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. — Longfellow ■ Wi w

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The President DR. G. MORRIS SMITH As President of the University, chairman of various committees, and friend of the students, Dr. G. Morris Smith has been an active part of Susquehanna for the past twenty- eight vears. Born in Strasburg, Virginia, he began studying for the ministry in 1907 at Roanoke College. Me received his A.B. degree from Roanoke in 1911, and then began graduate study at Princeton University from which he received his A.M. degree in 1912. In 1919, Dr. Smith received his diploma from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Phila- delphia. Dr. Smith continued to ardently study the scrip- tures and preach the Word of God, and in 1928 he received the decree of Doctor of Divinity from his Alma Mater, Roanoke College. Dr. Smith continued his graduate study at Columbia University and in 1940 he received the degree of LL.D. from Bucknell University. Through his bright personality and assuring smile, Dr. Smith has gained the respect and admiration of the entire student body. Along with the strenuous task as president of the university, Dr. Smith still finds time to receive numer- ous students into his office and to offer them advice and guidance. The home of the President, a beautiful example of Georgian architecture, is known to all students as Pine Lawn. Here, the president and his charming wife are gracious hosts to dozens of campus organizations and a large number of visitors throughout the year. Dr. Smith has more than succeeded in upholding the purpose and objectives of Susquehanna University. Through his guidance Susquehanna provides for its students adequate educational facilities and competent Christian scholars as teachers. We speak so much of the atmosphere of Susque- hanna University, and when we stop to think, we find that it radiates from the true Christian character of our President. We rarely realize how much we as students owe this man, but on that spring day in May when he offers the Convoca- tion clasp, we know that we have been led through the paths of Christian Devotion.