1''l'.K.'' REPORTSIn farewell to you, 1 want to present YOU!new Executive Secretary, Philip Uhrig. Ihope it will be only a short time before it willbe "Phil" to you, and that he and you willteam up in an all out effort to make WesternMaryland <strong>the</strong> finest little <strong>college</strong> in this oldU. S. A.~I mean to such an extent that outsiderswill agree with you that it is so.Who is this Uhrig fellow anyway? Well, ifyou were to start out around Carroll Countyand plant a white flag at every farm and door.way where he has relatives or lnlaws, youwould think <strong>the</strong> whole County had stu-ren.,dered.He was born in Philadelphia. He went tolower grade school and high school just likoyou and I (only I never went to high school)and he is a graduate of <strong>the</strong> University ofArizona.After <strong>the</strong> war he came to Westminster, enteredWestern Maryland and started on hisMaster of Education degree, winding up witha full time teaching job in <strong>the</strong> New WindsorHigh School. His wife is a Westminstergil"l-he has an aunt who was a member of<strong>the</strong> class of 1901, and Hering Hall was namedafter one of his great-great-uncles. He hasbeen Director of Public Relations here at <strong>the</strong>College for <strong>the</strong> past twelve months. He has"know how" in, making contacts and in makingfriends; he has energy, lots of it, though he isnot a "cracked atom"-you will like him-solet yourself go--get to know himHe cannot do his job here without your personalcooperation; make him have <strong>the</strong> feelingthat you want him to succeed, and you will beamazed at <strong>the</strong> kind of team he and you willmake.You make <strong>the</strong> first move; drop him a line;tell him your class year; offer to help, if andwhen you can. Then stand back and when yousee him coming, grab his hand with a warmwelcome. Remember <strong>the</strong>re is but ONE ofhim, and <strong>the</strong>re are around 5,000 of you; givehim a chance to prove he's a real WesternMarylander. And I want to sincerely thankeach and everyone for a quarter of a centuryof real friendship that I hope will last rightup to <strong>the</strong> beyond.Yours,"T. K."Editor's note: To find one's self in debt at<strong>the</strong> beginning of a job usually spells troubleahead, and yet this is one time when a debthas turned itself into an asset for <strong>the</strong> debtm-,and I trust for you too.During <strong>the</strong> past twelve months through <strong>the</strong>untiring efforts of one whom you all know sowell as CoL T. K. Harrison, a colt has been"broken to <strong>the</strong> traces."It is with a SinC€I'e'feeling of indebtednessto your former Executive Secretary that Jcomment in brief upon <strong>the</strong> send-off which hehas given me in <strong>the</strong> few paragraphs above.The greatest task that faces me in takingover where "T. K." left off, I am sure, will bein learning to know you as he has known youIt will take more than time alone to accomplishthat. However, at this writing witb"T. K." having planted in fet'ttle soil <strong>the</strong> seedsfor <strong>the</strong> future gr-owth of <strong>the</strong> western 1\1\I1'YlandCollege Alumni Association, I shall endeavorto nourish <strong>the</strong> and wltlt y0'-11harvest ucrop.Sincerely,"PHIL" UHRIG,Executive Secretary1950 INVESTITURE ADDRESSTo Dr. John D. Makoskv, Dean of <strong>the</strong> Fucfell<strong>the</strong> honor this year of addressing <strong>the</strong>class on <strong>the</strong> OCCasion of <strong>the</strong> InvestitureService, a traditional ceremony at westernMaryland College more than half a centuryold.You]" editor joins those who heard him in<strong>the</strong> feeling' that <strong>the</strong> entire Alumni body shouldhave <strong>the</strong> opportunity of hear-ing Dean Makosky'saddress which was presented in AlumniHall on Apr-il 11, to <strong>the</strong> members of <strong>the</strong> midcenturyclass.This occasion mat-kg your neal' approach to<strong>the</strong> bachelor's .dcgree. As investiture speakerI am supposed to say in 10 minutes <strong>the</strong> equivalentof what 60 faculty members have beentrying to transmit in rein- years. For, in afew weeks, Western Maryland will have doneall it can for you.J should like to speak of <strong>the</strong> two main PUI'-poses of this collcge and to make some commeriton <strong>the</strong>ir- function in life off and after<strong>campus</strong>.Fhst-a purpose which Western Mar-ylandshares with many o<strong>the</strong>r institutions: a dedicationto <strong>the</strong> liberal arts. This means that thcprime purpose of <strong>the</strong> <strong>college</strong> is lIot to developconversational talent, to create big-gel' and bettel'breudwinners--even cakewinners-Lto educatefor leisure or for cit'iaenshlp (importantas that is), or even to make nicer wives tocome home to. These are legitimate. byproductsof <strong>the</strong> liberal education; 1 hope WesternMaryland is achieving <strong>the</strong>m. But <strong>the</strong>yaren't <strong>the</strong> liberal education itself.May 1 Mr. Bernard De veto's definitionan essay in Halper's about15 years ago.
a\'erything p,escnteJ n~ tcutb. ability to diaLin_guishbet .....""naJJpearanceandrelllity .... re_fusal to accept a\!thorily or as r.n~1.traditionakcptidsm t.e .•. <strong>the</strong> liberaJly edu_c~t.ed mlLn iij 8uPP!Oe
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