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THE PRESIDENT Early each morning one can see him walking from the big white colonial house toward EI- derdice Hall. He is probably wearing the large brown hat and seems to be deep in thought. President Lowell S. Ensor is on his way to his office, getting organized in his mind all that he must do in the hours to come. For all his con- templation, however, there isn't much that Dr. Ensor does not notice and there are few students that he doesn't know by name. He has come a long way from the days of his childhood, when he would disrupt his minister father's church by running up the aisles. Now he is a minister in his own right, inspiring students with his chapel sermons and invocation addresses. President Ensor's day follows only a general routing, for his responsibilities cannot always be confined to specific times. In the quiet solitude of his wood paneled office he interviews all prospec- tive faculty members, dictates letters for alumni, lawyers, businessmen, church leaders and many others. His duties on the Hill are many, but he makes frequent trips to represent Western Mary- land College in the Horace Mann Suit, to interpret the role of higher education to prospective bene- factors or to give his personal touch to plans for the Expansion Program or the Centennial soon to come. Instrumental in the merger of the Methodist Church in the 1940's, elected a trustee of Western Maryland in 1944 and President in 1947, Dr. Ensor has still remained an active Methodist leader with frequent speaking engagements, attending meetings of the University Senate of the Methodist Church, and conducting Protestant Mission Program for Air Force Bases in Green- land and the Far East. Western Mary land has a reputation for being a warm, "family" college and as would be fitting, its President is a warm, family man. Through the window of his office he can see the students as they cross the campus, wishing only that he could find the time to chat with each one of them. But time to spare is not something he is often granted. When leisure hours do come, he may be found attending sports events of all kinds, playing golf, swimming, working in his flower garden, or, with Mrs. Ensor, babysitting with their new granddaughter, Nancy. Working amicably with students, faculty, and alumni; yet getting the busi- ness of a college done effectively are all part of a President's life. The respon- sibilities are great and the man must be equal to the task. Dr. Lowell S. Ensor is such a man. 29