Students who attended The College of Wooster during the Lowry years have often shared their memories of sitting in the old Memorial Chapel to hear President Lowry’s famous “Chapel Talks.”While The College of Wooster Archives Collection does include many typed drafts and transcripts of his speeches, the collection also includes many of his scribbled notes for such talks, often consisting of no more than a few quotes taken from his favorite works of literature. He would use these touchstones to link the fiction that he embraced to the reality of current events. The following audio files span the later Lowry years, 1959-1967, with the last chapel talk dating just months before his death on July 4, 1967.
Addresses from 1967
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday March 7, 1967, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Speech On The Rlevant" Sunday June 11, 1967, Howard F. Lowry
Addresses from 1966
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Friday April 1, 1966, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Monday February 21, 1966, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday December 13, 1966, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday February 8, 1966, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday November 8, 1966, Howard F. Lowry
Addresses from 1965
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Monday November 22, 1965, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Monday October 25, 1965, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Thursday April 8, 1965, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday February 23, 1965, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Liberal Studies - King Lear" Monday May 3, 1965, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Report On Centennial" Wednesday September 22, 1965, Howard F. Lowry
Addresses from 1964
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday April 28, 1964, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday March 17, 1964, Howard F. Lowry
Addresses from 1963
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Monday March 4, 1963, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Monday November 4, 1963, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Thursday March 14, 1963, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Thursday October 3, 1963, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday May 21, 1963, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Wednesday October 16, 1963, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "It Was Another Country" Friday October 4, 1963, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Westminster Church Service" Sunday September 22, 1963, Howard F. Lowry
Addresses from 1962
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Friday November 16, 1962, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Thursday December 6, 1962, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Thursday October 11, 1962, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday March 27, 1962, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Tuesday May 22, 1962, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Robert Frost" Thursday May 10, 1962, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "The Buried Life" Thursday February 8, 1962, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "The Problem of Human Goodness" Tuesday March 6, 1962, Howard F. Lowry
Addresses from 1961
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Thursday October 19, 1961, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Address" Wednesday April 12, 1961, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Chapel Falstaff" Thursday May 11, 1961, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "One Out of Ten" Sunday September 24, 1961, Howard F. Lowry
Howard F. Lowry: "Thoughts on Sophistication" Monday September 18, 1961, Howard F. Lowry
Addresses from 1960
Howard F. Lowry: "The First Night" Wednesday October 19, 1960, Howard F. Lowry
Addresses from 1959
Howard F. Lowry: "The Tempest" Monday September 28, 1959, Howard F. Lowry