Temple University Ambler - Amble Yearbook (Ambler, PA)

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Dedication MILLARD E. GLADFELTER President The Transition which changed the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture into Ambler Junior College, a new division of Temple University, was a challenging and rewarding one. We therefore feel that the yearbook of the class of I960 should be dedicated to one who played a great part in our change as well as underwent a transition himself. Millard E. Gladfclter was inaugurated as Temple University's new president in November, 1959. His transition was preceded by his outstanding record as an educator. President Gladfeltcr has won the complete confidence and support of Ambler students in the short time we have been a part of the University. President Millard E. Gladfelter, we hope to show by our support ol the University our thanks to you. In appreciation of all you have done for us, we hereby dedicate the Transitional, the yearbook of the class of 1960, to you. Appreciation WILLIAM HALE We cannot leave Ambler without giving our appreciation to one who has helped us greatly in the past two years. Mr. Hale's cheerfulness and facility for taking all crises in his stride will always be remembered by us. Sunshine’s endless tasks are matched by his great enthusiasm. Never turning down our requests, he has continuously gone out of his way to help us in many frantic situations. Mr. Hale, our gratitude is best expressed by a simple, but hearty, thank you. 4

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A dream became a reality when Jane Bowne Haines purchased the McAlonan Farm and founded the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture .for Women in 1910. This new institution was given the stamp of approval, by -the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania erfd opened its-doors to its threo .applicants.-Itv loVely one hundred' and fifty qcrelcampu£ jpg country setting was idedl Tor thp stady of horticulture, agriculture, and-landscape design. Shortly before the school's fi heth anniversary,' it underwent o% transition which lead to the expansion of thtf eurriculum ond accreditation.-This transition was a merger with Temple, University, whereby the name of the institution officially became Ambler Junior College. For the first time its enrollment included both men nd women, liberal arts were offered, dnd each of the three major programs now leads to an accredited Associate in Science Degree conferred by Temple University. TIONAL

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JONATHAN W. FRENCH, JR. Director To each and every one of you in class of 1960 go my warmest wishes for happiness, success, and the courage you will need to lace those certain disappointments that lie ahead. You are the first coeducational class at Ambler, the first to have been Temple University students throughout your two years, and the first to live and study with students majoring in the liberal arts. You have all weathered these changes with equanimity and good grace, and you have consistently demonstrated a maturity of which you can be proud. May you look back upon Ambler with appreciation and affection as the years go by; and may the Lord bless and keep you! A DM INISTR A TION MRS. REED S. FISHER Dean of Women Dear Friends: We shall miss you. As you go out into a larger world, with an enlarged sense of the wonder of life, may the gentle grace of the opening flower and the wondrous joy of an Ambler spring be ever with you. 5