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On the Hit!New TrusteeArthur G. Broil, of Margate, New Jersey,native of Baltimore, has been elected toathe Board of Trustees.Election was held at the annual fallmeeting of the Board Friday, October 15, inWestminster. Board memberships are forlife. Western Maryland's Board has 40members.Mr. Broil is president of The Pepsi-ColaBottling Companies of Atlantic City andVineland, New Jersey> and of Wilmington,Delaware. The new trustee is a past presidentof the Hotary Club, the Chamber ofCommerce, and the Miss America Pageant,all Atlantic City.A 1929 graduate of Western MarylandCollege, Mr. Broil was captain both theofbasketball and tennis teams while on campus.He held an Army reserve commissionfor many years and served during WorldWar Il in the Navy. "It. Broil, whose businessoffices are in Atlantic City, is marriedand has three sons. His home address is 111South Quincy Avenue in Margate.VietnamTalkSenator Joseph D. Tydings discussed hisrecent visit to South Vietnam on Tuesday,November 30, at the College.Senator Tydings spoke for about one-halfhour on Southeast Asia and the 89th Congressand then was available for questionsfrom the audience. He came to Westminsterfrom the western part of the state.The Senator, a Democrat, was elected tothe Senate in 1964. He defeated the incumbent,Republican Senator J. Glenn Beall.Mr. Tydings has previously been a memberof the Maryland House of Delegatesand U. S. District Attorney for MarylandThis appointmcnt came from his friend, thelate President John F. Kennedy, for whomhe was campaign manager and politicalagent in Maryland's 1960 Presidential primary.A graduate of the University of Maryland,the Senator was a member of OmicronDelta Kappa, played varsity lacrosse, andwas president of the student body in hisjunior year. He graduated from the Universityof Maryland School Law ill 1953.ofODKOmicron Delta Kappa has initiated twostudents and a faculty member in the nationalleadership fraternity. Those inductedwere John C. Ballard, III, Chillum, andDavid L. Carrasco, Silver Spring, and "IT.William L. Tribby, assistant professor ofdramatic art and English. Dr. Ensor wasmnde an honorary member.Helen G. HoweryMemorial Gifts may be made to theLibrary.Faculty NewsMrs. Georgina S. Guemica, assistant professorof modem languages, has been granteda graduate fellowship by The Johns HopkinsUniversity. The fellowship, for the year1965-66, covers total tuition. Mrs. Gucrnicais working in the field of Romance languages.She has been a member of the facultysince 1963.Dr. Theodore M. Whitfield, professor ofhistory, took part in November in the GettysburgBattlefield Preservation Association'sanniversary of Lincoln's address. At the sametime a monument was unveiled and dedicatedcommemnrating the generosity ofAmericans and others who have made possiblethe preservation of a portion of thehistoric battlefield. The celebration was inhonor the third piece of property whichofthe Association has managed to secure andgive to the government. This all becomespart of Gettysburg National Military Park.Dr. Whitfield is president and a member ofthe board of the Association.MAC HostWestern Maryland College was host tothe Middle Atlantic Conference athletic dtrectorsNovember 22 and 23.Athletic Director Richard A. Clower, alsohasketball coach and associate professor ofphysical education, said that more than 30institutions were represented. The executivecommittee of the Conference met on Monday,November 22. Members stayed overnightto attend the general session on Tuesdayat the Col!ege. During the generalConference, members discussed membership,scheduling, and administrative problems.At a noon luncheon, hosted WesternbyMaryland, President Lowell S. Ensor spoke.A TRIBUTEby WilliamM. DavidDean Howery's death came to me, as toeveryone else on the campus, as an unbelievableshock. I considered her a permanentpart of Western Maryland and an indestructiblepart at that. It is impossible forme to think of the College without her.I had the privilege of working with herfor many years of complete harmony duringwhich we weathered many a crisis together.Our most serious disagreements, if I recallcorrectly, were over the number of hoursduring which women could visit in the men'sdormitories on weekends and the relativenumber of men and women who "ought tobe" nominated to "Who's Who" in certainyears. Perhaps only one who has had towork as closely with someone for as long atime as I did with Helen Howery can fullyappreciate the friendship, the humor, andthe firm support which she gave me as I performedmy administrative and teachingduties. I have reason to be grateful in particularfor her material help to me in thecompletion of my dissertation.Dean Howery was not noted, I believe,for the complete efficiency with which sheconducted her dennly activities. Her weak,ness in organization, nevertheless, grew outof the same personality as all the generoushuman qualities she expressed. She waspatient beyond normal human endurance.Her work was characterized by an unerringand uncompromising sense of honor and in,tegrity. When things were difficult, as whenthe "phantom" roamed the campus, she didnot panic. She took no delight in penalizingstudents. \Vhile she was dean many punitiveprocedures were changed. For example, shelooked upon excessive absence from classnot as a punishable offense but as an indicationof possible need for counselling. Sheapproached emotional problems with understanding,a desire to see constructive stepstaken to deal with the underlying difficulties.A sensitive person she was too easily hurtin some ways to enjoy the greatest piece ofmind in a position where sometimes a thickskin is beneficial. However, her very sensitivitymade it possible for her to relate inan especially significant way to her students.There was no malice in her. I do not hesitateto say that through her own life andthrough the values of which she gave evi,donee in practice she helped a host of studentsto learn matters of greater importanceto their lives than the subject matter theylearn ill our classes. She was warm and lovingin a world in which these qualities seemto be disappearing. Western Maryland willnot see her likes again.WiWam M. Daoid, associate profes.wr ofJio/itical science, served as Dean of Men witllDean Howery. Dr. David ioined the facultyin 1952.pagethirteen