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An unidentified male student ascends the ramp to receive his diploma from Lycoming College President, Dr. Frederick E. Blumer. Dean Shirley Van Marter reads the list of graduates.

This photo appeared in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette with the caption: "Sue Strohmenger, Lycoming Cheerleading Captain, flies high after training at national camp this summer." According to the accompanying article, Sue, a junior and squad captain at the time this photo was taken, attended a cheerleading camp where she received specialized instruction on the various aspects of cheerlading. This photo can be found on reel #8, image #518 of the Lycoming College Scrapbooks in the college archives.

This pictures shows two switchboard operators possibly sometime in the 1950s. Long Library, which was built in 1951, can be seen through window. It can be assumed that the ladies are in Rich Hall, a women's dormitory built in 1948, as Rich Hall was (and still is) the building directly across the quad from Long Library, now known as Long Hall and home to administrative offices.

Graduate Thomas Ungard poses with his parents, Pauline Pribble Ungard and Kenneth R. Ungard. His parents are members of the Class of 1950 of Lycoming College.

The Lycoming Tour Choir, under the direction of Walter G. McIver, practices in Clarke Chapel.

Members of the newly-formed Varsity Club pose with the athletic staff on the steps of Hilltop Gymnasium. The athletes are wearing their letter sweaters and dress slacks. This photo is from the fall of 1949, the Varsity Club's founding year. Pictured are, l. to r., row 1: Alton Carlson '50, John Maltby '52, ? Coffey, John Sowers '51, Charles Winters '51, Elmer Peake '52, Lee Baer (football coach); Row 2: Coach Robert Smith, ? Bellak, Paul Shadle , Bill Walter '52, ? Weiss, Elmer Peake '52, Frank Ader; Row 3: Bill King '50, Richard Frederick '51, Tim Brodmerkel, Tom Brennan, Frank Smith '50, Stew Kane; Row 4: George B. Houtz, Eugene Schramm '50, Harold Hurwitz, Richard Frederick '51.

Ground was broken for the new men's dormitory on November 11, 1955, the same day that Dr. D. Frederick Wertz was inaugurated as the 9th president of Lycoming College. According to the Lycoming Bulletin, during his inaugural speech Dr. Wertz stated, "At noon today we broke ground on the campus for a new dormitory for men to be financed through the Federal Housing an Home Finance Agency. Our application for the government loan was approved in the amount of $400,000. But this is only the beginning. This dormitory will meet a desperate need for dormitory facilities for men which will approximate the splendid facilities for women in Rich Hall." Pictured from left to right are: George L. Stearns, building committee chair; F. Wagner, architect; Robert F. Rich; W. H. Hartman, architect; President D. Frederick Wertz; Bishop G. Bromely Oxman.

This photo appears on the cover of the April 1959 edition of the Lycoming Alumni Bulletin. Left to right: Mary Ann Lincoln, Sally Vargo (Physical Education Instructor), Ann Campbell, unidentified, Carol DeHollander, Connie Nicodemus

Dr. D. Frederick Wertz shakes hands with Yats Esool at at the train station. The mascot was created in 1948 by Lycoming students in an effort to help rally the College's football team. Yats Esool, 'Stay Loose' spelled backwards, was a masked UCLA football player that traveled in his football uniform carrying a suitcase and a fish bowl. He was portrayed by Lycoming student Jim Marcinek, who is credited as the brains of the idea. Yats Esool was to arrive at the Train Station by Park Hotel. Through a mix-up, he arrived at the wrong station, and students had to sneak him into the Park Hotel station so that he could be greeted properly. When he arrived, the band played the school song, and he was driven in a 1925 Model T to the pep rally. He participated in a mock practice with the football team. When the team finished the season with a 0-7 record, they brought him back. The tradition continued through the 1950s and 1960s. On back of photo: 'Pres. of the College greeting arrival of 'Yats Esool' spirit of football.' A cropped version of this photo appears on page 129 of the 1957 Arrow Yearbook.