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Vol. 29, No. 4 | December 1953

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VOLUME XIX DECEMBER, 1953 NUMBER-3 Church Dedication Bridgewater College Trustees Plans have been set for the dedication of the new sanctuary of the College I Street Church of the Brethren on Sun­ day, D--ccember 13. M. Guy \Nest '26, pastor of the First Church of the Breth­ ren, York, Pa., has been engaged to give the dedication address at the after­ noon service. The new unit is attached to the old church and is located on the north side adjacent to Third Street. Colonial in design, it will seat 600 in th·e auditorium and balcony. It will accommodate the entire children's Sunday School depart­ ment on the ground floor. It has been built at a cost of $150,000. I. James Eshelman is pastor of the Coll­ ege Street Church, and C. C. Ikenberry '28 is elder.

The Board of '::.'rnstees-·of BTidgewatcr College, meeting in --thci;· regular fall Messiah Scheduled session at Bridgewater, Nov. 2, inaugurated I. C. Senger of Linville chairman to succeed C. W. Wampler of Harrisonburg who resigned because of the heavy pressure of other duties. The College Glee Clubs under the di­ rection of .Prof. Nelson T. Huffman are Besides installing a new chairman and three new members, the board au­ practicing hard for the annual presenta­ thorized President Warren D. Bowman to secure a landscape architect to plan tion of Hancl-el's Messiah in December. the planting of shrubbery on Bridgewater's campus and the locating of future More than one hundred voices will be buildings in the development program. heard in the presentation in Cole Hall The board also received and approved with commendation, reports from Dean John W. Boitnott on enrollment on Friday night, December 11, and in for the session of 1953-54, from Rufus King on the new sanctury of the College Street progress of the develpment program, from Cecil Ikenberry and Harry Driver on Church on Sunday night, December 13, the financial status of Bridgewater, and from President Warren D. Bowman on as a part of the dedication program for the over-all program of the institution. the new church unit. Those in the photo : The Messiah will also be given at the Front row, (I to r) A. D. Miller, Roanoke; the Rev. John T. Glick, Bridge­ First Baptist Church, Staunton, Dec 6, water; Chairman I. C. Senger, Linville; Aaron M. Horst, Hagerstown; W. E. and at the Harrisonburg Church of the \!Vine, Parker; and J. C. Myers, Broadway. Brethren Dec 9. S·econd row, Mark Bower, Winter Park, Fla.; Amos Holsinger, Burlington, The Glee Clubs gave their annual fall W. Va.; Mrs. Katherine Flory Blough, Penn Laird and New York City; the Rev. hymn sing in Cole Hall November 1. Guy E. \\/ampler, Bassett; and Lowell N. Layman, Cloverdale. Third row, 0. R. Hersch, Manassas; Dr. Warren :p. Bowman, President of Institutes Dates Set Bridgewater College; Leland C. Moomaw, Roanoke; Elmer A. Jordan, Bridge­ wat·er; Charles W. Wampler, Harrisonburg; R. Douglas Nininger, Salem. The Spiritual Life Institute will be held at the college February 2-4, 1954. Fourth row, Harry Driver, Weyers Cave; Henry 0.. Poling, Kasson, W. Va.; Dr. Elmer U. Hormrighausen of Prince­ Ross Speicher, Accident, Md.; Dr. C. C. Wright, secretary of Board of Trustees, ton Theological Seminary, Princeton Bridgewater; John A. Pritchett, Nashville, Tenn.; the Rev. Jacob Replogle, Balti­ University, will be the main speaker. more; H. Gus Muntzing, Moorefield, \IV. Va.; D. Wilmer Garber, Woodbridge; Dr. Hormrighausen is one of the leading the Rev. Simon Glick, Dayton (absent); Malcolm Long, Baltimore, (absent) ; and theologians of America, is a popular Dr. Fred Dove, Hagerstown, Md., (absent). speaker, and author of several notable books. Other leaders will be Rev. Directors Convene New Trustees Charles E. Zunkle of Elgin, Ill., and Dr. H. Stover Kulp, missionary to Africa. At a meeting of the alumni directors The new trustees were installed and a An attempt will be made to emphasize on Novemb-er 7 at the college, B. 0. fourth one elected when the college trus­ three important phases of our church Miller '23, vice-president, presided, in the tee board met on November 2. life: theology, the ministry, and miss­ absence of 0. P. Jon-es, '25BR, president, H. 0. Poling, Kasson, succeeds Fred. ions. ( Continued on Page 2) Continued on Page 2 PAGE 2 BULLETIN OF BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE BULLETIN OF Holsinger Publishes Alumni News BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE Kathleen Miller Roche '53 is home THE NEWSETTE Dean Justus Holsinger '33 of Hesston economist for the Shenandoah Valley PUBLISHED SIX TIMES A YEAR College, Kan., has had published a book, Electric Cooperative. "Serving Rural Puerto Rico." This very

.EN fERED AS SECOND CLASS MA TTER AT THE splendidly bound book of more than 300 Dorothy Richardson '53 is located at

POS TOFFICE AT BRIDGEWA TER, VA. , UNDER pages tells the story of the Mennonite Culpeper where she is a trainee as a

AC T OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912. rural rehabilitation work 111 Puerto home demonstration agent under the Rico which started in 1943 with the Virginia Cooperative Agricultural Ex­ Martin G. Brumbaugh Reconstruction tension Service. Vol. XIX DECEMBER, 195.3 No. 3 Unit of the Church of the Brethren. The book is well illustrated with some beau­ Carl Shull 'SO has accepted a pos1t10n tiful photography of island scenes, some as assistant professor of music education Letter of Appreciation provided by the insular government. at Greensboro College in North Carolina. This story will appeal to those who Dorothy '52 is teaching in the Greens­ In appr eciation of the improvements are students of rur al community build­ boro City Schools. Both Dorothy and that have been made on the Bridgewater ing and are at the same time interested Carl received their master of music de­ campus which were put into use with the in the ·establishment of Christian stan­ grees from Northwestern University in 1953 -54 session, the faculty of the coll­ dards of living in the Ii ves of people and June. ege compiled the following resolutions the organizing of churches as a part of and presented them to the trustees. The the process. Educational, social, econ­ Mr. '41 and Mrs. '46 Ray Miller and trustees in turn take a bow to the liter­ omical, and religious approaches are as­ family have moved to Parker, Va. Ray ally thousands who have given to the pects of community building that are de­ has gi ven up his insurance business to Development .P rogram which has made scribed. go into a farming partnership with Will­ it possible to car ry out these improve­ Justus has a master of arts degree in ard, his brother. ments. political science from the University of The text of the re solution is as fol­ Virginia. He has also attended the Uni­ Dr. George Row '33 is erecting a new lows : versity of Kansas. He has taugh t at modern office in Bridgewater at the "Since the Administration of Bridge­ Blufton College an d has spent a number ma in intersection of the town adjacent water College has made many valuable of years in Puerto Rico as director of to th e Mick or Mack store. Thi s was changes and impro vements in the build­ th·e Mennonite program. Recently he th e location of th e former Lowman res­ ings and grounds of the institu tion th is wa s given l1onorary membership in the idence wh ich has been to rn clown. past yea r, and since these ch anges and Mark Twain Soci ety beca use of the im­ impr ovements have been made wi th the plica ti ons for international peace !11 The Mi ll Creek Church of the Bre­ wishes and needs of both faculty and "Serving Ru ral Puerto Rico." thren, in Rockingham Coun ty, pastored student body in mind, and fur ther, since The Martin G. Brumbaugh Reco n­ by Ceci l 0. Showalte r '30, won second these changes and improvements will struction Unit of th e Ch urch of th e place in state- wi de competition for the con tri bute greatly to th e edu ca ti onal ad­ Brethren in Puer to Rico was di rected rural church makin g the most advance vance of the in s titu tion : by Ru fus B. King '36 from 1943 to 1947. durin g th e past year. The contest is Be it resolved th at the faculty as a sp onso red by th e Sears- Roebuck Found­ bod y unanimo usly commen d and thank ation an d directed by Emory University. th e Administration and Board of Trus­ Chapters To Meet The church received a certi ficate an d a tees for th e splendi d plann ing an d erec ut­ $100.00 check. in g bo th these bodies performed in mak­ Local al umni ch apters have star ted ing these mu ch -needed ch anges an d im­ plan s for thei r annual ge t- toge thers. The DIRECTORS CONVE NE provemen ts ; namely, th e ne w science Ri chmond Ch ap te r has schedu led a din­ hall, th e execu tive offi ces con s tructed on (Continued from page 1) ner at £war ts Restau rant on Sa tu rday firs t floor of Fou nclers Hall, the faculty wh o was un a ble to come from Mary­ night Novem ber 21. Edgar ·Wilkerson of fices cons tructed on the second floor , land cl ue to th e sn ow-dri fted road s. '49 will re presen t th e college. of Fo unders Hall, th e remodel ing and Th e alumni di rectors clecicl ecl to take The Baltimore Ch ap ter has ten tative­ reno va ting of the fi rs t floor of Me­ th e initi ative in havin g a por trait of ly se t Januar y 8 for th eir meetin g ti me morial Hall and the making of tha t hall . Vi rgini a Garber Cole Stri ckler made to Preside nt Warre n D. Bo wm an '20 plan s in to a musi c building, th e cons truction of be hung in one of the co llege buil di n gs. to be presen t for this meeting th e spacious and attractive books tore . Ru fus King repor ted on th e revised and snackbar in the baseme nt of Me­ program for th e Ten- Y.ear Development morial Hall, th e hard surface drives and Program for the remainder of the de­ splendid ·walks cons tructed on the cam­ Alum ni News cade ending in 1960. Fo llowin g the fin­ pus, and the redecora tion of Warclo Hall ancing of the science building the pro­ and the classrooms in Founders Hall." La wre nce H. Hoover '27 and Charles jects in order include a new gymnasium, Signed by Clare nce E. May in behal f \A/ . 'vVampl·-" r, Jr., '3Sx were successful a home economics unit, increasing the of the faculty. candi dates for the Vi rginia House of endowment by a half million and a men 's Delegates in the November election re­ dormitory. For the remainder of this prese n ting Harrisonburg and Rocking­ co llege year the gifts promotion will be NE W TR USTEES ham Co un ty. Ru nning on the Demo­ devoted to retiring the indebtedness on (Con tinued from Page 1) i cratic ticket, they won by large maj or ­ projects completed. This goal approxi­ R. Clayto n as the trustee fro m the Sec­ fres. Law rence was an incum ben t. mates $100 ,000 .00 excluding unpaid ond West Virgi nia District. Jacob F. pledges. Rep logle '37, Baltimore, succeeds Samuel Oien G. Mi ller '27x has been electe d A proposal to change the method of Ha rley '28 as the trustee from Easter n president of the Ha r risonburg Baseba ll electing off icers by eliminating the mail r Ma ry land, and Orvi lle Hersch, Manas­ Club, Inc. Olen was a co llege hurle ba l lot was adopted, subj ect to approval sas, succeeds Mrs. Olive Hooker from while at Br idgewater. A we ll -known at the next annual meeting of the Asso­ Easte rn Virg inia. Fe rne Hoover ,'25 business man in Rock ingham, he has also ciation. Madison Co llege lib ra rian, was elected by been active in Repub lican po litics, serv­ Reports of off icers, the annual audit, the boa rd to succeed Vi rg inia Ga r­ ing as chairman of the local organ iza­ and a message from President 'vVarren r ber Cole Strick le r, deceased. tion for seve ral y·ea rs. Bowman were othe items on the agenda. BULLETIN OF BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE PAGE 3 Hockey Girls Win All Nancy Hollar '54 Homecoming Queen The varsity girls' hockey team, coach­ ed by Ruth Tandy, assistant professor of Physical Education, won all of its games this fall for a perf.ect season. In doing so, the team won the mythical crown as champions of the West Tour­ nament held by Hollins for several years. Three players were chosen for the allied team for 1953: Lavonne Iken­ berry '57; center half-back; Louise Owen '56, right inner; and Mary Hook­ er '54, goalie. The former two girls are ·from Bridgewater and Miss Hooker is from N okesville. Dolores Heatwole, Harrisonburg, and Helen Wild, Dover, Del., were designated for honorable mention. The scores for the season are B.C. 5 Lynchburg 1 B.C. 4 Madison 0 B.C. 5 Lynchburg 1 Miss Nancy Hollar '54 of Timberville was crowned Homecoming Queen on a B.C. 6 Roanoke 0 wind-swept field at Bridgewater November 7 before 1,000 shivering visitors·:·by B.C. 6 Roanoke 3 Eagle Co-Captain James \iVhitmore '54 of Staunton (right) as Co-Captain San1 B.C. 2 Stratford 0 Goulclthorpe '54, Micllancl, (left) looked on approvingly. B.C. Hollins The crowning ceremonies took place just before the Eagle-Shepherd football game, which the Eagles won 9-7, and culminated a parade through the town by Total points the student body. B.C. 29 Opponents 6 Rebecca Hall with a float, which was a replica of their dormitory, took first prize in the parade. North Hall with a float that depicted both the lighter and more serious sid·es of college life took second place. The .Psychology Club took third J opsonmen Compete place honors. Miss Hollar's attendants in the crowning ceremonies were Miss Frances Fulcher '55, Bassett; Miss Ada Glover '54, Swoope; Miss Joan Isenberg '54, Johnson City, Doc Jopson's Cross Country team Tenn.; and Miss Ann !'ir>igle '54 of Troutville. closed a successful season on Saturday, November 20, with a close one in the annual Mason-Dixon Conference meet in Basketball Prospects Best Football Yet Washington. As in the Little Six Meet, the Eagles were nosed out of first The Bridgewater College Eagles will place by a slim margin, this time two open their 1953-54 22-game basketball The Bridgewater Eagles closed its points by Johns Hopkins. Their conso­ schdL•le with the VVashington & Lee season in Football on November 14 with lation was in being ahead of Roanoke, Generals at Harrisonburg High's gym­ a record of 3 victori·es and 3 losses. This the third place team, by four points. nasium on Saturday night, D-ecember 5th. was undoubtedly the best season for the Roanoke had won the Little Six l\ileet The Eagle squad, numbering 33, has Eagles since the early football days at earlier in the fall by a one-point mar­ been drilling hard. Returning lettermen the turn of the century. Coach Paul gin ahead of the Eagles. Ten colleges are: Charles Kurtz, Freel Pence, Ray Gunsten in his first year as head coach were represented in the Mason-Dixon Shull, and John Gardner, Bill Dovel, Lee has clone a splendid job and has won the event. Echard, and Roland ·wampler. esteem of players and the entire college Coach Geiser will miss the services Losing the Little Six title this year community. this season of Captain Jimmy Utterback, marked the first time in five years that The game with Shepherd was one of a Little Six All-State selection last year; the Jopsonmen have not come through the most thrilling and splendidly played Johnny Vance, a fast floor man and a on top. Likewise, the Eagles had won games ever put on by an Eagle eleven. good shot; and John Boitnott, a steady, the Mason-Dixon title for the past Rated as underdogs by two touchdowns dependable center. These men were three years until the November 20 con­ the Eagles scored early, later added a graduated in June. test. safety and then allowed the determined To offset these losses, Coach Geiser Shepherd team but one touchdown and The fall record saw the Eagle runners is counting on the improvement in his a conversion in the second half of the come through with a clean slat·e on dual returning lettermen and the services of game. In spite of the cold weather, one or triangular meets for the fourth ( Continued on Page 6) straight year. of the largest paying crowds ever to see \Vith no outstanding star, the Eagle 2. V.M.I.; 3. Roanoke; 4. Bridgewater. a football game was on hand for the squad had balance and depth. Mainstays Bridgewater 26; Lynchburg 31. fine performance at Riverside Field. were Capt. Chester Bowman, Boones Bridgewater 22; Catholic University The closing game with Shippensburg Mill; Roy Cunningham, \i\/aynesboro; 40. found the Eagles outclassed in weight Dorsey Clayton, Kasson, W. Va.; Jim­ Little Six Meet at Bridgewater: Roa­ and balance. The Shippensburg team my Beahm, Vienna; Doug Miller, Ma­ noke 37; Bridgewater 38; Lynchburg SO; came to Bridgewater with an average nassas; Rodney Layman and Dick Oben­ Randolph-Macon 126; Hampden-Sydney, of 45 points per game for the season shain, Blacksburg; and Jimmy Lohr, no score. and a string of 16 victories. They rated Indian Head, Pa. Mason-Dixon Meet: John Hopkins 81; fourth in the nation in defense among Season's results: (Low score wins) Bridgewater 83; Roanoke 86; \iVashing­ small colleges according to N. C. A. A. Bridgewater 27; W ashintgon and Lee ton College 88; Townson 115; Gallaudet statistics. The Eagles held the Ship­ 35; William and Mary 77. 138; Catholic University 155; Lynchburg pensburg team to -seven points at the Virginia AAU: 1. Quantico Marines; 204; Loyola 239; Randolph Macon 266. (Continued on Page 4) f,'AGE 4 B�LLETIN OF BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE Marriages Myers Succumbs Alumni News

Waunita Liidden '53x and David Bow­ Fred P. Myers, '13, 68, lawyer, educa­ Dr. Mark Myers '32 has moved from man '54 June 27 at Jacksonville, Fla. At tor and author, died on Monday, Oct. Cleveland, where he was head surgeon home : Bridgewater, Va. 26, at his home 1326 18th St., N. W., of the Marine Hospital, to Norfolk \1\/ ashington after an illness of three where he has assumed the same respon­ D. Earl f;T/oodward '49 and Eleonore months. sibility in the Marine Hospital there. Behrendt June 13 at Baden, Germany. He was born at Greenmount, Rock­ At home : Stanley, Va. ingham County, and was the son of the M. B. Leavell '27, for the past eight late P·eter H. and Elizabeth Myers of years principal of 'v\l eyers Cave School, Betty Jo Eng '52 and Allen Soong that community. has accepted a position as guidance di­ Yaples June 20 in Mount Vernon Place A tendency to scholar ship, manifest re:::tor of: Harrisonburg High School. He lvf ethodist Church, \1\/ ashington. At ear ly in Ii fe, resulted in his gr a:luation holds a master's degree. home : Los Angeles, Calif. from Bridgewater College, (B.A.), fol­ lowing which he was principal of the Rev. Elvert F. Miller '37x is pastor of Har old Garner 'Sl and Ruby Peder sen McGaheysville High School, Shenandoah the First Church of Christ Congrega­ A111g 9 at the Bethany Biblical Seminary High and Lacrosse High School 111 tional at Unionville, Conn. He has com­ Chapel. At home : 3435 Van Buren St., i\lf ·ecklenburg County. He also gradu­ pleted his r·esidence for a doctor of edu­ Chicago, Ill. ated from theUniversity of Virginia (,'vI . cation degree in guidance at the Univ. of A.), National University Law School Conn. and is presently working on a pro­ .T ohn. M. Lin.dse)' '52x and Lenora (LL B.), and the American University ject toward the completion of his degree Jean \1\/ atson Aug. 23 at the Calvary (LL.M.), and pursued graduate studies program. Methodist Chur ch, Martinsburg, \IV . Va. at Johns Hopkins University. At home : $hepherdstown, W. Va. Mr. Myers was a member of the Har­ \IV . D. Clague 'Sl clean of men at risonburg Home Guards and later joined Bridgewater, has been appointed coor­ Ger ald Cadmus Hic ks '47 and Wilda the U.S. Army in 1918. He also ser ved dinator of basketball officiating for El izabeth Comer Aug. 29 at th e Hag­ in the Vir ginia N a�ional Guard and th e 1953-54 in District M, Group III of tl1 e gersto wn Church of the Brethren. At D.C. National Guard. He was a chart­ Vi rginia High School Athletic League. home : 136 Broi �l way St., Hagerstown, er member and treasurer of the Society This is the third su ccessive year that he Md. of Virginia in Vl ashington ; member of has se rved in this capacity. St. Thomas Episcopal Church ; member Fern Je nkins '53x anii Carey Barker of th e Di strict of Co lumbia Bar Associa­ Dr. Bernard St. Clair Logan '38 has Wa shburn Aug 29 at Jacksonvi lle, Fla. ti on ; mem ber of th e American Legi on ; been ap pointed assistant professor of At home : Ro u te 2, Periho ok, Va. historian -gen era l and pas t commander of econ om ics at th e Un iversity of Pitts­ Sons of Confederate Ve terans ; author burgh. Fo rmerly, he ta ught z.t the Uni­ Jo hn. Edward Huffman '52x and Dolly of histori cal and legal works ; prin ci pa l ve rsity of Akron. He ho ld s a Ph.D from Ann Armentr out Sept. S at the Broad­ of Em erson Institute ; an d a member of the University of \,Vi scon si n. way Fello wship Me thodi st Church . At the law firm of Abbott, Puller an d home : Aug us ta, Ga . Myers. Lt. Col. William L. Bu rns '22 USAF Sur vivors are his wi dow, th e former is sti ll in Ko rea with th e 75th Air Depot Doris Elaine Eye '53x and Stanley Myra :M cCathran Marks, an d a stepson, \,Ving. He advised th e alumn i of fice Lewis Craig Oct. 3 at the Frankli n, W. Lt. Harold Marks, U. S. Nav y. recen tl y that "tim e has dragged" since Va ., Methodist Church . At home : Burial was at Arl ington Na tion al the si gn ing of th e truce, "and we are Franklin, W. Va. Cemeter y. looking forwa rd to returning Stateside in th e near futu re. " Hi s permanent ad­ Lois Elaine Glick '53 and Ph ilip Mor­ dress is 120 1 Mu l berry Lane, Bel laire, ton Wine Oc t. 3 at the Beaver Cr-eek Mrs. N. D. Cool Texas. Chu rch of th e Bre thern . At home : San Mrs. N D Cool '98x, th e former Bernardino, Calif . . . D. C. Acker '88x Broadway, president Daisy Cline, died on October 24 after of th e Rockingham Farm Bureau Coop­ Mariel Smith '53x and Wade Fails ei gh teen years as an invalid. Memorial era tive and th e Fi rst National Bank of Oct. 24 at th e \Ves tmorelan cl Bapti s t rites ,vere hel d at the College Street Broadway was honored this fal l as the I , Church , Hun ting ton , \V . Va. At home : Ch urch of th e Breth ren on Monday, "clean " of th e volunteer crop reporters Omaha, Neb. October 26, with Presiden t Warren D. in Vi rginia when the Virginia and Na­ Bowman officia ting. She is su rvived by tional Crop Reportin g Service cited h im her hus band, Pro f N D Cool '97 a re­ George W. Simmons 'SO and Betty . . . , for 52 years of crop repor ting. Willsclen Furry Oc t. 24 at the Bridge­ ti red Bri dge water professor, and chil­ wa ter Methodis t Church. At home : dren : Olivia '27, a teach er at the coll­ BEST FO O TBALL YET Chillum Heights, Hyattsville, Mel. ege ; Raymond '22, professor at Madison College ; and Den si e '28, wife of Frank (Continued from Page 3) l Edgar Metzger '53 and Peggy Lou P. Cl ine who resides at Bridgewater. encl of th e first hal f on y to give in to r Bower '53x Nov. 21 at the First Church ove wh elm ing odds as th·e game moved had passed away. Th is was Kitty Dan­ of the Brethre n, Roanoke. At home .: into th e second half. ner Hoover of the class of 1886 who re­ Rou te 1 Box 113, Johnsto wn, Pa. Football scores for the season : , ceived the Bachelor of Engl ish degree . B. C. 6 Apprentice School 0 r }.1[rs Hoover died in the win ter of 1952 Anma Sc/wJaqiinge '53x and Dudley . . B. C. 0 Hampden-Sydney 26 The re we re th ree mem be rs in th is class l Ebli ng No v. 28 at the Easton Chu rch of B.C. 12 Rando ph- Macon 27 Wi lliam K. Fra nklin and Da niel B. Gar­ th-e Breth re n, Easto n, Mel. At home : B. C. 7 Ga llauclet 0 b-er in additio n to Mrs. Hoover. Greensbo ro :Mel. B. C. 9 Shepherd 7 , Mrs Hoover was the Mother of Dr. . B. C. 0 Shippensburg State 52 Roy Hoover of Roanoke a former coll­ , Teach·ers (Pa. ) Hoover ege trustee and a member of the Spon­ Kitty Danner i i so ring Co mm ttee for the Ten- Year De­ Jun ior Vars ty Scores : A few months back it came to the at­ v-elopment Prog ram. Mrs. Hoover made J. V. 33 Augusta Mil. Academy 7 i r r r tentio n of the alumn office that the her home w th Dr. Hoove in he late J. V. 52 Montevideo H. S. 12 i r last survivor of the fi rst graduating class yea rs until the time of he death. J. V. 14 Massanutten Academy 35 BULLETIN OF BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE PAGE 5

Alumni Follow Social Work Careers Orientation Program Joseph D. Garber '33x graduated from In recent years Bridgewater gradu­ R P. I. in June and was appointed as A new orientation course for begin­ ates have increasingly b-.:eome interest­ a probation officer for Henrico County, ning students was started this fall under ed in social work as a vocational object­ working exclusively with boys brought the planning of Dean John W. Boitnott ive. The great exp:msion since 1930 in befo1-;, Henrico Juvenile and Domestic and Edgar F. \,Vilkerson '49, :::dmis­ this profession on all governmental Relations Court. sions counselor. levels has been a contributing incentiv·c. Ernest 'vValker '42, a former case The new Bridgewater freshman orien­ The need for trained social workers is worker in Page County and then Alex­ tation course is divided into th1·ee parts. very great. The field of adminisi.ration andria, is presently located at Marianna, First, entering students cxr;-ericnce in this type of work is especially attract­ Florida. He graduated from Bethany Freshman Week. During this period ive to both m-�n and women. Biblical Seminary and has had other they are tested, registered, assigned to Helen Glick Pearcy '33 is presently gra:luate training. quar,·crs, and given physical examrna­ the · case work supervisor with the OTHER ALUMNI tions. Washington Home for Foundlings. She :Mabel Palmer Basore '42 has been a Following Freshman \,Veek, they at­ is probably the first Bridgewater gra:lu­ case worker in the Washington County tend thirteen class periods in which they ate to receive a master's degree in social (Mel.) 'vVelfare Department since short­ tackle such problems as academic reg­ work. This she earned in 1938 from ly after her college graduation. ulations, student government, care'' of what is now known as the Richmcnd Rebecca Myers '30 holds a significant property, student activities, college social Professional Institute. She has also welfare position in New Jersey, having life, the student's relation to his Goel, studied social work at the University of formerly worked at St. Elizabeth's Hos­ the coll-ege health services, personal Pennsylvania and at Catholic University. pital in 'v\lashington. grooming, good manners for all occa­ She is a member of the Am-�rican As­ 0. Leon Garber '42 is an area parole sions, scholarships and student employ­ sociation of Social Workers. officer for the State Parole Board in ment, and principles of study. Dale E. Landis '49 is a Psychiatric the Roanoke area. These classes are taught by the coll­ Social Warker in the Northwest Guid­ Charles P. Chew '33 is the executive ance Center in Lima, Ohio. He earned ege clean, ,hen cleans of men and wo­ officer for the Virginia Parole Board men, the profossor of religion, the pro­ a JvISSW ('Master of Science in Social with headquarters in Richmond. fessor of heal th and physical education, 'vV'clfare) degree from the University of Sara Anna Wampler '40, now Mrs. Tennessee School of Social Work last and the counselor on admissions. All John Baxter, pursued a graduate pro­ freshman are required to attend these June. 'v\lhile there he received a stip­ gram in social work at the University of end from the U. S. Public Health Serv­ classes, but they are allowed no credits Pennsylvania and served for a while in toward graduation for th·eir attendance. ice toward his graduate school expenses. several counties in :Maryland and in Bal­ The third phase of the new orientation Formerly he was a child welfare worker timore as a case worker. She is present­ program is individual counseling. This in Fairfax County. ly a mother and housewife, living in work begins with the student's aclmiss­ James Mason '48 is the Chief Occupa­ Ohio. .ion, ancl it continues until the studenLi.s tional Therapist at the V. A. Hospital Other alumni in social work are lviar­ reasonably well adjusted. The counsel­ at Fort V..Tayne Indiana. He received his garet Glick '46 and Richard Driver '49 ing is clone by the cleans, other adminis­ Occupational Therapy Certificate at R. with the City of Harrisonburg Welfare trative officers, and faculty members. It P.I., College of \,Villiam and Mary, in Department, Ethel Sipe '18 and Lula is coorclinalecl by the Council on Student Richmond which involved 19 months of Miller '28x with Rockingham County as training beyond college and passing the Personnel. welfare workers. National Registry Examinations. "By means of our freshman orienta­ H. B. 'vVhitmer '47 is the superintend­ tion program," says Dean Boitnott, "we ent of the Bon Air Industrial School hope to assist each freshman to adjust near Richmond. It is the only Virginia Gym Plans Drawn to Bridgewater's total program, both institution for white girls that have been curricular and extracurricular, in such a committed to the Department of Wel­ The faculty committee to develop plans way as to derive the maximum benefit fare and Institutions. H. B. had been for a new gymnasium as announced in from it." "We also feel," the clean add­ Assistant Chief of the Virginia Depart­ the August NEWSETTE has been at work ed, "that successful adjustment to coll­ ment of Welfare's Child Care Bureau this fall and tentative plans are being ege life on the part of freshmen will before his present appointment. He is drawn. The services of J. Nielson and curtail failures." the first man to serve as head of the Company of Harrisonburg are being Bon Air School. H. B. attended R. P. used for the preliminary drawings. I. where he received his MSSW. He The proposed building will be located Hersch Chairman attended V. P. I. for a year in the on the south side of Yount Hall, now graduate school of sociology and for a occupied by the trailer camp. The plans Lauree Herch, a college Junior from time worked in the Rockingham Coun­ propose tl,at the new gym will seat a­ Manassas, Virginia, was recently chosen ty \,Velfare Department. round 1500 people for a basketball game Chairman of the National Church of the Raymond ]\If. lviarsh '51 received his and will provide three practice courts. Brethren Youth Fellowship. Young :MSSW from R. P. I. in June. While It will accommodate both men and wo­ people representing the five regions of pursuing his graduate degree he held men in physical education, anticipating the Church of the Brethren and students positions with the Richmond Juvenile a college enrollment of 600 students. on the campuses of the six colleges of and Domestic Relations Court and at the Provision will be made to acid a swim­ the Church of the Brethren elected Veterans Administration's McGuire Hos­ ming pool at some future date. Lauree to this position of honor. pital. In the second year of his gradu­ An effort is being made to keep the l\l[iss Hersch is the daughter of Or­ ate program he received a V. A. scholar­ cost in the area of $300,000.00. How­ ville Hersch of Manassas who is the ship. He followed the psychiatric se­ ever, the committee is determined to plan trustee to Bridgewater College from the quence which qualifies him for mem­ ad·equately a unit that should serve for Eastern Virginia District. bership in the American Association of the next fifty years or more. Psychiatric Social Workers. Faced with the draft, J\/Iarsh entered the Army 111 POSTPONED gym until the present un-financecl cost September and is presently located at In the meantime the administration of the science building and other summer Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, as and trustees have concurred in an action improvements are taken care of, approx­ a Psychiatric Social Work Officer. to postpone the kick-off dinner for the imately $100,000.00. BULLETIN OF BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE New Snack Shop

Gifts Since July

The Bridgewater College Development Program continues in high gear with many needs of the college yet to be serv­ ed. Since July 1, gifts approximating $30,000.00 have been received. A. R. Showalter, who works in th·e churches has covered the Mardela Dis­ trict this fall and has practically complet­ ed the Eastern Maryland District with the exception of several churches that are schedul·ed in the spring. Beginning :March 1 he will work in the Middle Ma1;yland District. This is a photograph of the new Snack Shop on the campus taken right after ALUMNI GIVE th·.� Bridgewater-Shippensburg football game. This was formerly the chemistry Since July 1, 201 alumni have given laboratory in the basement of Memorial Hall. Not seen is the adjoining college $8,595.00 to the 1953-54 Alumni Loyalty book store wl1ich had been the chemistry supply room. Students and alumni a1·e Fund. Last fical year 852 alumni gave high in their praise of this improvement ·which was completed in the week prior to $59,223.68. Homecoming. The students have purchased a television set for the Snack Shop.

BASKETBALL PROSPECTS Records Added (Continued from Page 3) Enrollment Facts three freshman stars. These freshmen The Bridgewater College Music De­ are Dick Miley, a 6 ft., 2 in. center from partment recently acquired 620 classical Dayton High; Lawren�e P'ence, who was Distance does not always lend enchant­ music records to add to their collection an exceptionally good forward at Mon­ ment, according to enrollment facts and in the record room. These are new 78 tevideo; and Dorsey Clayton, a speedster figures released by the Bridgewat·.�r rpm records. This type of record is de­ from Kasson, W. Va., who had a 22- College's registrar's office. sirable for purposes of music instruct- game point average last season. In one These facts reveal that 44 per cent, or 10n. game last year, Clayton bucketed 37 178, of the total student body at Bridge­ The new coiiection gr·eatiy increases points while the best the opposing five water comes from Rockingham County, the facilities of the record room. The could do was to score 35. Harrisonburg, Augusta County, Staunton record room has been used for several Coach Geiser says his five will be as and Waynesboro. years by students and faculty members strong in their lid-lifter this season as There are 130 from Rockingham who wish to use this facility. It has t!Tey were at any time last season. Last County and Harrisonburg, and 65 from been greatly appreciated, particularly by year the Eagles won six _and lost sixteen. Augusta County, Staunton, and Waynes­ the music students and faculty. The schedule is as follows: boro. The Bridgewater enrollment totals December 411. 5 W & L Univ. Harrisonburg H.S. There are other students from 15 Why Freshmen Come 7 Gallaudet College Away states and three foreign countries. There 8 Apprentice School Away are 16 different religious denominations. 11 Randolph Macon College Away A survey of the 175 freshmen entering The enrollment represents an increase 16 Catholic University Home Bridgewater College this fall reveals that of teri per cent over last year. The en­ 18 Alumni Home the great majority of them chose Bridge­ rollment increase country-wide is around January water because of its ideals, its church re­ 3.5 per cent. 7 Roanoke College Home lationship and its scholastic reputation. After Rockingham and Augusta Coun­ 9 University of Baltimore Home The survey was conducted by Edgar ties, Roanoke County with 24 and Henry 13 Lynchburg College Away F. Wilkerson '49, admissions counselor. County with 17 follow in number of stu­ 14 Richmond Professional Inst. Away dents enrolled. Only a small percentag·e chose Bridge­ 16 Gallaudet_ College Home water because of its athletic program, 27 Shepherd College Home By states Virginia has 332 students at its social progran and because some 30 Medical College (Tentative) Home Bridgewat-er, or approximately 80 per friend or relative had attended the coll­ February cent, with Maryland at 25 students, West ege in the past, the survey further re­ 1 Catholic University Away Virginia at 17, and Pennsylvania at 14, vealed. 2 Towson State Teachers Away the four highest states in enrollment. Only five of the 175 entering fresh­ 6 Randolph-Macon College Home men gave the school's athletic program 10 Lynchburg College Horne as the first reason for their having 12 Hampden-Sydney College Home Sanger Leaves Gift chosen Bridgewater; only three gave 17 Shepherd College Away some friend or relative having attended 20 Hampden-Sydney College Away Bridgewater as the first reason for their 24 Richmond Professional Inst. Home Rev. Martin G. Sanger '89, who died choice; and none gave the school's social 27 Roanoke Coll-ege Away in September, bequeathed a gift of program as the first reason for their $450.00 to Bridgewater College through choice. Garland Reed '48, a chemist with the his will which has been probated in Twenty-eight chose Bridgewater be­ Food and Drug Administration in Bal­ Harrisonburg. Rev. Sanger was an eld­ cause of its ideals, 38 because it is a timore, is co-author of a study that re­ er in the Church of the Brethren and church-related college and 20 because of cently appeared in the Journal of Agri­ had a long tenure of faithful service in its scholastic reputation. cultural Chemists. the ministry.