COLLEGE ARCHIVES

THE STATE TEACHERS COLLIDE
AT EDINBORO

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Program For ·
THE CCJ.!MENCEMENT DINNER

January 21,

College Dining Room

1957

6:45 p.m.

Invocation •••••••••• Re-verend Linford C. Wilcox

Presentation of the Class •• ••• •••• ••• ••••• H. -L.· Offner
Dean of InstructiQl.
Conferring

or

Degrees .................. Thanas R. Miller
President

MENU

DIDREE GRADUATES

V-8 Juice

JanuaryJ 1957

Stuffed Porkchops
Whipped Pot4toes

Buttered Peas

Lettuce Hearts with Thousand Island Dressing
J.ssorted Relishes

Dinner Rolls and Butter
Strawberry Shortcake
Coffee or Milk

!lrt_

Herbert Christy
Clyde AtkinSOEl Daugherty
Clara Janet Deitrick
Catherine Jean Hager
Donald Ray Miller
Paul Ramon Minnis
Charles Clinton Pitcher
Guy

Gene G~ylord Rtmsey
Elizabeth Sorensen Anderson

Elanentary
El.don Paul Estes
Patricia Ann Felchniller
Donna Kathl.cen Mullen
Rita ,111Il Schneider

Rodney Marvin Beals

Charles Allen Bish
Frederick Charles Byham
Manuel Ganez Canales
Bertelle Daheim Cottrell
Robert Mitchell Fish
!Duis Funciello
William Levant Garfield
Bruce Keller Gross
Bruce Paul Hamilton
William Ellsworth Kramer
Ronald Price
Melvin Russell Walker
Ral1Jllond Winfield Wiard

Anthony stellato

Benediction•••••••••••••••••••Reverend Linford

c.

Wilcox

COLLEGE ARCHIVES

CENTENNIAL CONVOCATIONS
December 12, 1957

A Century of Service in Education

AFTERNOON CONVOCATION

I

Thomes R. Miller

Presidina
MUSIC

EVENING CONVOCATION
Presiding

President of the College

March and Chorus from Judas Maccabeus
College Band

Handel

William E. Whybrew, Director

ADDRESS

Harry N. Rivlin
Air and March

ORGAN PRELUDE

Mrs. Dorothy Griffiths
Organist

Executive Dean of Teacher Education, City of New York

MUSIC

Thomas R. Miller
President of the College

Henry Purcell

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS of
Edinboro State Teachers College

A Series of T ableaus
I. Beginnings
II. Civil War Days ·
III. The Literary Societies

*INVOCATION

The Reverend Lnford Wilcox

Pastor, The First Baptist Church, Edinboro,Pa.

CENTENNIAL GREETINGS
from
'The Dl!partment of Public ln1tructi011
Superintendent of Public lnst~ction
The Students
President, the Student-Facuity Council
The Faculty
Senior member
The Alumni
President, General Alumni A110Ciation
The Board of Trustees
Vice-President
The Pennsylvania State Education Association
President
The General Auembly of Pennsylvania
Representative

MUSIC
IV. The First Homecoming as a College

College Choir

Aime H. Doucette
Lawrence G. Blaney
Malcolm 8. Mershon
Kermit Stover
Allen M. Gibson

G. Shreck

Esther W. Campbell, Duector

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f.xN:utive Dean of Teacher Education, Gty of New York

MUSIC
Written by Michael Rehner
Produced by Edinboro Collegiate Players
Directed by Lawrence C. Vincent
Musical arrangements by Esther W. Campbell
Musical numbers by members of Edinboro Collegiate Choir

Grant Olson '58

The Advent Motet

ADDRESS
V. The Present and the Future

Charles H. Boehm

Harry N. Rivlin

Glory to God from "The Messiah"

G. Handel

ADDRESS
The Honorable George M. Leader
Governor, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
*THE ALMA MATER
Choir and Audience
*BENEDICTION
The Reverend S. James Schmittle
Pastor, The First Methodist Church, Edinboro, Pa.

ORGAN POSTLUDE
* The audience will please stand.

Printing by College Print Shop, Art Department

Reception, immediately following the program, in Crawford Gymnasium.

THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS
One hundred years ago, almost to the day, some public-minded citizens of Northwest Pennsylvania participated in the dedication at Edinboro of a private academy for the training of teachers. Four years later,
the academy was chartered by the Commonwealth as Pennsylvania's
second normal school.
Providing educational opportunities for youth has always been a
p,,rt of the Pennsylvania tradition . .Even as far back as 1683, the Second
Assembly saw to it that children should be "instructed in reading and
writing, and be taught some useful trade or skill."
It is indeed fitting that 1857 should be the year when the Edinboro
Normal School, as it was then called, inaugurated its long years of service
to education. That year is memorable in the annals of education, both in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and in the nation as a whole. It was in
1857 that the General Assembly of Pennsylvania created a Department of
Public lntsruction. It was in 1857, too, that the National Education Association had its beginning. During the last century, Edinboro State Teachers
College has played an integral role in the remarkable progress which has occurred in education. Purchased by the Commonwealth in H)l4, the College began to offer a four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1g26. In 1957, during its one hundreth year of service,
it begins its offering of a Master's degree in Elementary Education.
The founders of the Edinboro State T eachers,College built well, indeed. Music Hall, the earliest structure on this campus, yet stands sound
and whole. The steady growth of the institution during the last one hundred years has been reflected in the constant extension of the grounds
and facilities. The original acre has grown to 176 acres, and plans for future growth provide for the construction of an additional men's dormitory,
a library building, a dining room, a student union building, and two women's dormitories.
During the last one hundred years, the curriculum at Edinboro has
undergone some radical changes, Courses such as "Sallust and Ovid,"
in Latin, have been replaced by courses such as '·Science in Modern
Civilization.'' The curriculum will continue to change. But the basic purpose of the College has not changed. Edinboro State Teachers College
reflects with pride that it has fostered generations of teachers whose goal
it has been to aid youth in the fulfillment of their personal and civic potentialities.

COlLEGf ARCHIVES

BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
NINETY-SIXTH
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
AT EDINBORO
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL "Holy, Holy, Holy" ---------------------- Dykes
College Choir
INVOCATION ______________________ The Rev. James S. Schmittle
Pastor, Methodist Church, Edinboro, Pa.
"Once to Every Man and Nation" -------------------------- York
College Choir
Scripture ------------------------------ The Rev. Linford Wilcox
Pastor, Baptist Church, Edinboro, Pa.
Baccalaureate Sermon __________________ The Rev. William A Smith
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Meadville, Pa.
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" -------------------- Howe-Ringwald
College Choir
Benediction ________________________ The Rev. James S. Schmittle
RECESSIONAL "Faith of Our Fathers"---------------------- Herny
College Choir

SUNDAY,

MAY TWENTY-SIXTH,

NINETEEN

HUNDRED AND

FIFTY-SEVEN AT 3:00 P.M .
(Eastern Daylight Saving Time)

Immediately at the close of the service, graduates, their parents and
friends, and the faculty, are invited to attend a reception at the home
of the President.

COLLEG

NINETY-SIXTH ·

ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
AT EDINBORO

Monday, May Twen!y-seven!h, Nine!een Hunclred fifly-seven
ai 10:00 a.m.
(Daylight Saving Time)

CANDI DATES FOR GRADUATION, MAY 27, 1957

GRADUATES, JANUARY 23, 1957

ART

ART

Sally Ann Bechtel
Audrey Claressa Boyer
Kathleen Ann Campana
Joseph Dean Cooper
Doloras Estel la Davison
Eleonora Louise Doucette
Patricia Lee Filer
Ruth Elaine Goodrich
Janet Ruth Hatch
Albert Leroy Heckert
Gayle Ann Hickman

Joseph Arthur lacovetta
Lois Margaret Krampert
Joan Cammack Marino
Robert Burton Miller
Steve Pavlisin
Carole Jane Schmitz
Richard Raymond Siegel
Thomas Egwin Timcheck
Virginia Anne Vance
Nancy Jean Wygant
Robert William Zentis

Elizabeth Sorensen Anderson

Catherine Jean Hager

Guy Herbert Christy

Donald Ray Miller

Clyde Atkinson Daugherty

Paul Ramon Minnis

Clara Janet Deitrick

Charles Clinton Pitcher
Gene Gaylord Rumsey
ELEMENTARY

Eldon Paul Estes

Donna Kathleen Mui len

Patricia Ann Feldmiller

Rita Ann Schneider
Anthony Stellato

ELEMENTARY

SECONDARY

Edith Brown Buttermore
Jeanette Louise Capwel I
Maryann Cimprich
Charles Holowach
John Alexander Johnson
Nancy Claney Johnson
Edward Jonathan Jones

Jane Rose Schaper
Florence Herrick Smialek
Joyce Culver Stoudt
Phyllis Ann Trask
Carmen Charles Violi
John Burns Warthman
Mary Margaret Whitney

Dolores Marie Juchno
Keith Owen McLean
Helen Louise Marsola
Mary Schaper Page

Laurel Ila Wilcher
Mary Jane Withington
Patricia Ann Woodhouse

Rodney Marvin Beals

SECONDARY

Doris Frey Benoit
Wendall Bruce Bertram
Joan Novelli Bianco
Charles William Cutshall
Paul Ralph Dillon
William Alley French
Joseph Michael Frisina
Willis Phelps Gill
Arnold Leonard Jeschke
Ralph Norman Johnson
Roberta Mae Sanford Kendall
James Mackres Kelly
Eugene Merrill Lillie

William Levant Garfield

Charles Allen Bish

Bruce Keller Gross

Frederick Charles Byham

Bruce Paul Hamilton

Manuel Gomez Canales

William Ellsworth Kramer

Bertelle Daheim Cottrell

Ronald Price

Robert Mitchell Fish

Melvin Russell Walker

Louis Funciel lo

Raymo_
nd Winfield Wiard

STUDENTS WHO HAVE EARNED A "B" AVERAGE IN THE

Joyce Eileen Meabon
Allen Clarence Ogden
Donald James Oless
Charlotte Lucille Phillips
Gary Arthur Rathbun
Richard Homer Schlessinger
Robert Lee Seddon
Frank Gordon Shay
Isabel le Elson Shesman
John William Shesman
Charles Edward Thompson
Grace Josephine Tigani
John sa·lvatore Villella

DENTAL HYGIENIST

Kathleen Ann O'Leary

FOUR YEARS THEY HAVE ATTENDED THE
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AT EDINBORO

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Rodney Marvin Beals

Donna Kathleen Mullen

Doris Frey Benoit

Mary Schaper Page

Velma Watson Burnap

Steve Pavlisin

Charles William Cutshall

Gary Arthur Rathbun

Marjorie E. Barnhart Gillespie

Richard Homer Schlessinger

Thora E. Blystone Harris

Isabel le Elson Shesman

Bruce Paul Hamilton

John William Shesman

Gayle Ann Hickman

Virginia Ann Vance

Arnold Leonard Jeschke

Mary Margaret Whitney

Joyce Eileen Meabon

Marcia Coleman Wood
Patricia Ann Woodhouse

GRADUATES, JUNE 22, 1956
ELEMENTARY

Marjorie E. Barnhart Gillespie
SECONDARY

Nancy Mae Gilson

GRADUATES, AUGUST 3, 1956
ART

Thomas Richard Brown

Marza Fae Dearmeyer Kelly
Ronald Lewis Refsland
ELEMENTARY

Al.MA MATER
Dorothy Mays Sharrar
Violet Van Epps Wheeler
Rebecca Bell Wilson

Gladyse Donaldson Bulard
Verlma Watson Burnap
Juniata Cook Engel
SECONDARY

Louis Harry Sherwood

GRADUATES, AUGUST 24, 1956
ART

Richard Glenn Clark

James Nagy
George Michael Vargo
ELEMENTARY

Ruby LaVerne Busch
Edythe Barlow Donnell
Marian Marguerite Harned Collins
Thora E. Blystone Harris
Ellen Marie Carney Coughlin
Lucille Silvis Heath
Helen Mary Donaldson
Helen Lyndal Skelton
Mazie Kurfess Thompson
SECONDARY

Allen Algot Anderson
William Harry Campbell
Arthur Edward Budzowski
Jack Eugene Downs
Peter Robert Nenni

Hail to thee, our Alma Mater glorious,
Fresh wreaths we bring to bind thy brow;
Trials past thou hath withstood victorious,
Never fairer, never statelier than now.
0 Edinboro, Edinboro, We revere thee,
Love thee, serve thee eNer,
While class speeds class, As swift years pass
To thee our hearts are true.