Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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The President Dr. Donald L. Helffcrich, H.B., L.L.B., L.L.D. Dr. Donald L. Helffcrich, 1LB., L.L.B., L.L.D., is a graduate of Ursinus College and Yale Law School He served as vice-president of our school from 1936 to 1958. In this capacity he was responsible for administering the financial and business needs of the college. In addition to this demanding schedule. Dr. Helffcrich acted as an advisor to the Curtain Club. Dr. Helffcrich has a firm philosophy concerning the goals and objectives of a liberal education. This philosophy became the cornerstone of his inaugural address delivered November 2. 1958. in Bombcrger Hall. The following arc excerpts from this speech, which well express Dr. 1 lelffcrich’s point of view. The inauguration ceremony. Liberal education as we conceive it will instill in each student intellectual curiosity, will develop a capacity to think critically and to weigh dispassionately. The students will become tolerant, temperate, and charitable, but in unequal degree. 'The end product of a liberal education defies definite description. Its utility never has the same size and shape for every student. Liberal education is essential to the kind of free society in which business moves ahead and prospers. It is perhaps the most effective means of wiping out the mass ignorance and intolerance in which idealogies hostile to the tree enterprise system breed. Maintaining the private liberal arts college as a genuinely indepedent institution. I believe, is indispensable to our way of life. We must prepare for the future by developing men and women with enough intellectual and technical competence to play versatile roles. Such individuals will be drawn increasingly from the ranks of those whose education and experience have included both the depth and the breadth and particularly the effort inherent in a liberal education.”

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Dean of the College W illiam S. Pcilit. M.S., lias served as Dean of Ursinus since 1954. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pettit also instructs as a professor of chemistry. With all his administrative duties he fills an additional role as guidance counselor to many students. His door lias always remained open to those seeking his help. As a personality Mr. Pettit is a man of great spiritual strength and warm understanding. Dean of Men G. Sicbcr Pancoast, Ph.D., was graduated from Ursinus College in 1937. As Dean of Men. instructor in political science, and coach of the Ursinus baseball team lie has served the college with genuine interest and devotion. Known on campus as Sicb”, he is a popular and very amiable administrative figure. Dean of Women Miss Camilla B. Stalir, A.B., LL.D., has been Dean of Women since 19 8. Miss Stalir was graduated from Wilson College, studied at Oxford University and received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Ursinus College last year. This dignified and charming woman has won the hearts of the Ursinus women by her sympathetic and understanding assistance with their problems. More than merely a Dean of Women, Miss Stalir has become a friend to all who know her.