Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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DR. HERBERT T. WEBSTER A member of the faculty of the College of Liborai Art in the department of English, Dr. H. T. Webster was made an associate professor in 1950. He came to Temple University in 1938 from the University of Wisconsin where he had roceived his doctor's of philosophy degree. Few were the students who were not awed by his vast store of knowledge in all fields of the arts and sciences. Dr. Webster's intellectuality will be remembered by all who were fortunate in having the experience of journeying through literature with him as a guide. MR. HOWARD CHIVIAN Howard Chivian, director of Temple University's Diamond Band since 1953, died on March 5. He was 35. Chivian, who will be sorely missed by all Temple students, was of immeasurable help in making the band one of the most active organizations on the Temple campus. Under his direction, the Diamond Band made great strides, no small part of which is attributed to Chivian's brilliant services to the group. Temple has lost a truly valuable man. 21

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in metnmatn . . . DR. JOSEPH A. MEREDITH Dr. Joseph A. Meredith, professor of Romance languages and chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, was an eminent scholar whose work is recognizod as authoritative in his field. He imbued his course with the depth of his aesthetic appreciation and illuminated them with his scholarship. During his twenty-five years at Temple he exemplified to thousands of students tho essence of a humanist. His unexpected doath last spring saddened his many former students and his colleagues. DR. WILLIAM L. HUGHES Temple University lost one of its leading members of tho Teachers College faculty, Dr. William L. Hughes, who joined us in September, 1945 as chairman of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Previously. Dr. Hughes was on the faculty of Columbia University, where he received both his masters and his doctorate. During his years at Temple University he organized the Student Health Service, the women's varsity and intramural program and men's intramural activities. 20

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toe pay tribute tc • • • Official host of Mitten Hall. 70-year-old Samuel H. Read will retire this spring after 27 years of service to the University. Engaged as manager of the checkroom when Mitten Hall opened in 1930 he has been the recipient of eight awards from campus organizations for service beyond the call of duty and outstanding loyalty and devotion.' Mr. Read has greeted more than 200,000 students as 27 classes have entered and left the University. He has been so intrinsically identified with Mitten Hall he has often been dubbed Mr. Mitten. SAMUEL H. READ 22