Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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I)r. Donald L. Helfferich H.B., L.L.B., L.L.D. President of the College Dr. Donald Lawrence Helfferich. H.B., L.L.B., L.L.D., the eighth president in the ninety-two year history of the college, is a graduate of Ursinus College and Yale Law School. Dr. Helfferich served as vice-president of Ursinus from 1936 to 1938, when he assumed the duties of president. Dr. Helfferich firmly believes in liberal education and in the future of Ursinus College. In his own words: “Liberal education as we conceive it will instill in each student intellectual curiosity, will develop a capacity to think critically and to weigh dispassionately ... It is perhaps the most effective means of wiping out the mass ignorance and intolerance in which ideologies hostile to free enterprise system breed. “Ursinus College of the future must he built on the old foundations. The pervading influence must be Christian. The objective must be to continue to produce men and women who are intellectually superior, men and women who will strive for excellence in their homes and in the business and social circles in which they move.” As a freshman himself embarking upon his new administration in 1958, Dr. Helfferich requested membership in the class of 1962. In his four years of association with this class, Dr. Helfferich has performed his duties faithfully and efficiently, winning a special place in the hearts of this year’s graduating seniors. Dean of Men Richard J. Whatley, M.S. Mr. Whatley joined the Ursinus faculty in 1959. in the threefold capacity of Dean of Men, football coach, and physical education instructor. A graduate of the University of Maine, Dean Whatley has undertaken his duties in a capable and responsible manner. His interest in Ursinus College and Ursinus students makes him a valuable part of the administration.