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Vol. XI. MARCH 1938 No. 7.
Scholarship Day Set for April 29 th
Otterbein College w ill hold its a nnual Scholan;hip Day on April :Z9. The contest is open •to any high scho·ol senior who ranks in t11e highest third of hi s high school class and wbiose. character can be recommended by hi hig h school princi1)al. H igh school graduat e:' w ho have been out of school on -or two years a nd who have not at tended college are al o eligible.
Contestants are required to take a n exa,rni nation in English and m another subject of their own choice. T hree full tuition scholar ~h ips of $200 each a:re awarded to the three highest ranking con testa111ts.
In vocal and piano m usic, first 1w ize in ei ther contest 1~ $100 to be appfa:d on tuition, and second prize $50.
Aipplicatvons must reach the office of F. J. 'hrnce, r egistrar. 1) _1- ·wednesday, April 27.
O n Saturday, April 30, th e day after Sch olarship Day. the s tudents a nd faculty of O tterbein College w ill e ntertain high c:c hool seniors in a Hig h School Day prograim. Students interested in at tending O tterbein are invited to be present. Classes w i11 be rn ses- ion and a number of interesting features h av been planned.
Additiona l in formation on either Scholarship or I-J igh School Day c!an be obtafoed from the registrar.
Alumni are ·asked to c·ooperate w it h locaJ h i:gh schools in helping 1.o provide transportation for worthy students who are interested in :a ttending ei ther Schohti· s.hiJ) Day or H i:gb School Day.
l'ublishec\ by Otterbei11 College. \1Vestervil1e. Ohio, in the in'ter1:st of Ah1rnn: :a nd F ri ends. Entered as second clas.s matter at post office i 1l \1Vestervilie. O .. m1der :act of Aug. 24, 1912. Two ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Thr ALUMNI N-EWS PRESIDENT IS HONORED W. H. FOUSE RE,TIRES BIRTHS Pres:dent vV. G. Clippinger was William H. Fouse, '93, first negro Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bundy, '31 0TTE'RBEIN COLLEGE one of 12 coll ege presidents to be hon g raduate ,of Otterbein College and for (Hazel Forwood, '34) announce the WESTERVILLE, OHIO creel , at a cl:nner at the annu:il meet 25 years, principal of the Lexington, birth of a son, John Francis, Satur in g of the Association of American Kentucky negro high school will re day, February 26, at Athens. Mr. I 'ubiished by the College in the In ter Colleges in the Stevens H otel, Chi t ire this spring from 45 years of work Bundy is teaching physics and electri est of her Alumni a11d Friends. cago, J anuary 20. in advancing the educational stand cal engineering in Ohio University. The pres:clents who were honoree[ ards of his race. Mr. Fouse who is represented the 12 chapter member 70 years of age will become a profes A daughter, M:argaret Rose, was R . R. EHRHART, Editor colleges, that had the same presidents sor emeritus. born to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Pounds, in office at the time of the organiza Mr. Fouse has observed the growth '3 1, (Ruth Parsons, '31) on March 9. tion 'Of the ass,ociation in 1915. of negro education from the time They have another daughter, Sally Issued monthly except July and The other colleges whose presidents when it was nothing short of a felony L ynette, 2 years, 10 months old. Mr. August were also honored were Randolph in the Suuth to assist a negro to be Pounds is superintendent of York Macon College, University of Ri ch come literate to the clays of scientific School, West Mansfield. mon cl, Carleton College, Ripon Col and industrial schools and colleges. In this progress, he has played a large Rev. and Mrs. Waldo E. Byers, '28, ALUMNA DATA NEEDED lege:, Duke University, J amestown College, R ice Institute, :Mount U neon part. (Elsie Bennett, '30) , announce the birth of a daughter Miarcile on Febru College, Hendrix College, Salem Col Immediately after his graduation On the last page of this issue of ary 20. Rev. Byer s received hi s lege, and Lake Erie College. from Otterbein, Mr. Fouse went to Divinity degree at Capital University the Alumni News there is a blank for Corydon, Indiana where he founded a President Clippinger is also one of and is now serving in the Lutheran information for the Alum ni files. The school. Then, after serving principal the 16 presidents in the list of those Church at Lodi. Alumni office receives, so many re w ho have served their institutions a: ships in Gallipolis, Ohio and Coving ton, Kentucky, he went to Lexington quests for up-to-elate information co n p resident from 25 to 35 years. · He 1s Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Eckelberry where he has devoted his time to cerning alumni, and this informat:on now servi ng his twenty-ninth year at (Helen Vance, '19 ) announce the making Dunbar Hig h School one of Otterbein. · birth of a daughter, Martha Helen at is not always. available nor is it up to the best negm schools in the state. University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, cl.ate. Consequently,-· we are asking The enrollment there has increased PERSONALS February 3, 1938. Dr. Eckelberry is from 87 in 1913 to 446 at the present all alumni to fill out the blank and re professor of History of Education at time. turn it to the Alumni office. T.his L. E. Garwood, '08, was one of the Ohio State. Mrs. Eckelberry taught will help us to keep our files up to committee w hich planned for a public Since he has been in Lexington he Piano in the Otterbein School of conference on family relations, held at has. been inst1·umental in founding the date and wi ll al so enable us to give Music from 1924 to 1928. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Bluegrass Oratorical Association, the correct information when it is needed. Bluegrass Athletic Association, the February 24 and 25 . Mr. Garwood is WEDDINGS Your cooperation in filling out this a professor rn the department of Pennies Saving Bank, and the High School Insurance Project. The in sur blank and returning it will be greatly sociology at Coe College. Miss Hazel Dehnhoff, '22, ,vas The conference was the fir st c011· ance project was a plan to insure appreciated. fe rence of its kind to be spons,orecl by against careless breakage on school married to William Morton Young of an Iowa college and one of the first prem,ises. A "company" was formed Columbus at the home of the bride PERSONALS public conferences. on this subject to which paid half the damage incurred, in Vv esterville, March 16. Tviiss Dehn be held in the United States. and the person responsible, the other hoff has been employed as a secretary A copy of the Southern California Laymen as well as students of so half. All "premiums" were returned in a Columbus law office, and Mr. Business Review (January 1938) has ciology attendee! the conference and to those who had caused no damage. recently reached our desk. This little took part in the discussions. In a few years the plan was found to Young is associated with the Monarch magazine is edited by Mr. Thurston he unnecessary due to the caution on Life and Accident Insurance Com H. R oss, '17, Ph.D., director of the Miss Floretta Peters, '35, is teach the part of the "policy holders". Dur pany. College of Commerce and Business ing her second year in the Hayfield ing the 10 years of the operation of the Pennies. Savings Bank the pupils Administration of the University of Township school. She took one year "I am not bound to win; but I am at the school saved $10,000. Southern California. of special preparatory viork at th e bound to be true-I am not bound to Last year 'M r. Fouse was elected Edinboro State Teachers College. succeed; but I am bound to live up president of the Kentucky Negro Mrs. J ohn H . Strange (Helen Bal to what li ght I have. I must stand Education Association, and last sum linger, '20) of Hamilton, Ohio attencl Prof. J. Raymond Schutz, '14, direc by anybody ,that stands, right~stancl mer he received the honorary degree cci the convention ,of the Daughters tor of sociology and economics of w ith him w hile he is right, and part North Manchester College, at North of Doctor of Pedagogy from Otter of the Revolution in Columbus on from him when he is wrong."-Lin :viarcli 15 and 16. She is the state Manchester, Indiana was recently bein College. coln. editor of the D. A. R. paper, chosen President of the Standard Life Tn surance Company of Indiana. He '·Being ignorant is not so much a DON'T FORGET succeeds former Governor Harry C. shame a!; being unwilling to learn." "The man who wakes up and find s YOUR ALUMNI DUES! Leslie, w ho died early in December. B. Franklin. himself famous hasn't been asleep." 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