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Vol. X. JUNE 1937 No. 10.
MICHAEL, ANDERSON OTTERBEIN OBSERVES JOIN FA CUL TY COMMENCEMENT
Two new member have been add Sixty-nine graduates received d:plo ,ed to the fac11!ty cf Otterbe:n for the mas at the e:ghty-first annual com 11ew school year wh;ch will beg;n rn mencement of Otterbein Coilege. Dr. September. They are Dr. Lyle J. Albert \Al . Palmer, president of the Michael, head of the department of Ch;cago Theological Seminary, in ad ,chemistry; and Dr. Paul B. And crson, d, essing the cbss, stressed the fact head of the department of English. that "v\That the world needs today is Dr. Anderson received hi s A . B. a re~ove ;- y -of the realty and presence fr.om the University of Minnesota· of God". Besides the awarding of with cnm laud2 honors in 1925. He the 69 diplomas, Dr. W . G. Cl:pping• received bis ,Master's degree from er, president, awarded honorary d e H arvard University in 1927, and also grees to four men. his Doctor 's degree in 1931. During The honorary degree of Doctor of .the summer ,of 1935, Dr. Anderson D :v:nity was awarded to Rev. Blake visited L ondon and spent three S. Arnold, superintendent of the East mont hs at Oxford University. He Ohio Conference, Church of the l1as served as instructor in English at United Brethren ·in Christ, Barberton; Massachnsetts -state College, head of Rev. Paul S. Weaver, B:S., B.D., .the department of Engli sh at Parsons D.D., superintendent of the Erie Con Coll ege, and associate profess-or at ference, Church of the United Breth Tusculum College. ren in Christ, Jam es town, N Y.; and Dr. Michael is an Otterbein gradu Rev. Roy A. Burkhart, Ph.D., pastor :ate of the class of 1919. After gradu of the -First Community Church, Co ation he attended Ohio State Univer lumbus, 0. sity and received his Master of Sci The de'gree of Doctor -of Pedagogy ence degree. He worked as ceramic was g:ven to William H. Fouse, Published bY Otterbein College. \,\iesterville. Ohio. in the interest of Alumni and Friends: Entered as second class matter at post office in Westerville, 0 .. under act of Aug. 24. 1912. Two ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Three A :, L U M N I _N E W S bridge, Pa.; Lewis Carlock, '40, WEDDINGS 69 T AKE PLACES AMONG Greenville; Don Patte:·son, '40, Spring OTTERBEIN ALUMNI OTTERBEI N COLLEGE field. Interpretative Reading ·con News of many weddings of Otter WESTERVILLE. OHIO test, First award ((Men) Gerald Riley, bein alumni has ccme to the A.umni With the close of the Commence '38, lVIicldletown; ' Second award Secretary. ment exerc:ses, 69 young men and Published by the College in the 'Inter (We-men) Carol Beachle1-, '37, Wes women had joined the ranks of the est of her Alumni and friend:;. fl:s hop Ira D. Warner, '1 1, Port terville. Dramatic Interpretation a '. umni of Otterbein. These gradu land Ore., and Miss Ada May Visick. Contest,. First, (Men) G;;rald Riley, ates, with their d2grees, are: La Verne, California, were marrieJ '38, M:dclletown; Second, (Women} Bachelcr -of Arts : Bill Ander R. R. EHRHART, Editor on June 6 in Cal.fornia and then R. Jane Norr·is, '38, Dayton. son, Akron; Pauline G. B-arton, Suri crossed the country by automobile to Ohio State University Graduate bury; Carol S. Beachler, magna cum Westerviile where Bishop Warne: Issued m onthly except July and Scholarship: L. · \i\Tift:am Steck. '37, cleliver ecl the Baccalaureate sermon to laude, Westerville; Harold W . Bell, Brookville. Representative Men and A ugust. the graduating class. Lancaster; Pauline V . Bowman, Ger vVomen : Russell N . B·ro·.v n, Center mantown; Martha L. Bowser, Wes- ville; Dorothy J. Burdge, Canton; terville; Evelyn W. Brehm, cum OTTERBEIN .OBSERVES Edwin Gearhart, '28, Bucyrus, and COMMENCEMENT Virginia K . Hetz:er, Ge1'mantown; L. Ernestine Ho!tshouse, '33, N ew vVin laude, Hatbor-o, Pa.; Russell N. \Villiam Steck, Brookvill e. Norris chester, were married June 6 in N e,v Brown, Centervill e; William S. Bun Continued From Page One.) Ell"ott Cup Award: Donald Ray Mar Winchester. gard, Johnstown, Pa.; Dorothy J . tin, Westerville. Burdge, cum laude, Canton; Ruth J. one!, Arthur L. Duhl, '39, vVellston ; Cook, Dayton; Mary A. Cross, Wes Third, Kathleen Norris, '37, Wester A l.ic e Dick, '34, Westerville, and ALUMNI NEWS NOTES terville; Denton W. E lliott, Defiance; ville; Fourth, Pauline Stegman, '40, Donald D. K ick, L oudonville, were G,adys M . Forwood, cum laude, Dayton. Quiz and Quill Contest, married in the college U. B . Church Rev. Louis W. Norris, '28, has been Spr-ir1gfield, Ill.; Robert B. Hanson, P oetry, F :rst, \,Vilma Mosholder, '38, and will live in LoudonviLe. retained as professor of relig:on and vVestervill e; Virginia K. Hetzler, cum Somerset, Pa.; Second, Evelyn L. philosophy at Bald·w in-Wallace. He Another wedding held in the col laude, Germantown; Bevis A. Hill, Kintne1·, '40, Clyde; Prose, First, received his Ph.D. degree from Bos lege church was that of Florence M. Clarksburg, W. Va. Harriet Thrush, '40, Detroit, M ich.; ton U niversity this year. Lincoln, '30, Westerville, and Bev:s Second, Nancy Lght, '39, Dayton. Dorothy J . Hummell, Cleveland; Hill, '37, Clarksburg, W. Va. The Greek Prizes: Dr. Lawrence Keis Lola D . Jennings, Condit; Sara K. At the June Commencement exer couple will attend Bonebrake Semi ter Foundation, Classical Greek, Keiser, Westerville; B. Lorena Kun c:ses of Ohio State Univers:ty, Mer- nary in Dayton in the fall. dert, Dayton; Ronald E . Lane, ~ifid First, Evelyn L. Kintner, '40, Clyde; 1·:ss Cornell, '33, received the degree Second, Jean Sowers, '40, Bellville; dletown; George L. Loucks, Canal d m aster of arts in social administra The wedding of Dorothy PhilJ:ps, Third, Clar <:n ce H . Connor, '40, Winchester; Harry C. Lunsford, Jr., tion, and Jay B. Mitchelson, '36, mas '29, Portsmouth, and Mr. Hydron, Rockhi:t Furnace, Pa.; New Testa Monterey, Va.; Marjorie L. McEn ter of science. Los Angeles, CaEf., took place June ment Greek, Equal Awards, Con tire, magna cum laude, Buffalo, N . Y.; 25. Mr. and Mrs. Hydron will Eve R. F red McLaughlin, Lancaster; stance L. Thompson, '38, J ackson; Verda Evans, '28, is the d:rector of in Los Angeles. Donald R. Martin, Westerville; Mary and Arthu~ L. Duhl, '39, \i\T ells ton. the Interdenominational summer M. M-oomaw, Sugarcreek; Ruth A. Prizes m Speech: Dr. Howard H . youth camp at Ind:anola, near Lan- 1:Mrs. Margaret Carroll, '32, and Morrison, Pomeroy; Katherine G. Russe'.! Pr:z;; s, Declamat:on Con caster, Ohio, this summer. Dean Conklin, '31, both of Wester test, F:rst award, Meredith Rosen Newton, cum laude, Charleston, ville were married on June 16 and W. Va. steel, '39, Ambr.dge, Pa.; Second, Carol Beachler, '37, has been will live in the Wlesterville vicinity. Doris Ann Brinkman '39, vVestervill~; awarded an assistantship in F r ench Kathleen Norris, Westerv·ille; Cor Third, Don Patterson, '40, Spring schools for next year. After a two Dorothy Grabill, '35, Westerville, nelius H. O'Brien, Greenville; Cath field; Fourth, Ralph Ernsberger, '39, months' tour with her mother, Mrs. and J. Edwin McNeer, Jackson, have. erine F . Parcher, Marion; Robert E. Westerville. Oratorical Contest, Be:ichler, through· - England, France, announced their marriage and will Perry, Akron; O·dile' M. Peugeot, First, Gerald Riley, '38, Middletown; Holland, - Belgium, Germany, Switzer live in Jackson where Mrs. McNeer Mowrystown; Marjorie B. P hillips, Second, Louise Bowser, '37, Wester land, and Italy, Miss Beachler will h2s taught music -in the high school cum laude, Marengo; Margaret E. ville; Third, Robert Tinnerman, '38, remain in France for a year to study for the past two years. Roush, Parkersburg, W. Va.; Jerr-old Dayton; Fourth, Denton E lliott, '37, and assist in the English departments B. Rudner, Barberton; Dorothy M. Canal \i\Tinches ter. of the French schools. Professor and M rs. J. S. E ngle an Rupp, magna cum laude, Lakewood; P.i Kappa Delta Provincial Contest, nounce the coming marriage of their L ouis H. R utter, Toledo; Robert C. (Women) Evelyn Brehm, '37, Hat New to the announcing staff of daughter Bonita, and Rev. Edwin Ryder, Dayton; Ralph E. Scherer, boro, Pa.; J. 0. Cox Freshman radio station W ADC, Akron, is Rob Burtner, both of the class of 1933, to Vandalia; Clarissa E. Shaffer, Car Sophomor e Debate Prize, Winning ert Hanson, '37, who graduated with take place in the Westerville U. B. lisle; Roy M. Shoaf, Herminie, Pa.; "ieam, Meredith Rosensteel, '39, Am- a major in speech. Church, July 22. (Continued On Page Four) Four ALUMNI NEWS 69 TAKE PLACES AMONG CLASS PRESENTS GIFT OTT·ERBEIN ALUMNI During the class· day exercises (~ontinued f,0111 Page 3) w hich were held Saturday, June 12, Anna L. Smith, J ohnstown; L. vV:11- the class of 1937 pre:;ented six m iam Steck, magna cum laude, Brook direct-lighting study bmps to the v-iile; Betty Thuma, Fredericktown; college for use in the library. I vy Marian R. Trevorrow, I i: man, Va.; wa& planted beside the Administration Jane M. \i\Tagner, Lakewood; Donald bui'. d:ng as is customary, and the Dw'ght Warner, Weste, viil e; V. class will and prophe:y were read. Jeannette White, Westerville. Degrees of Bachelor cf Scien :e ALUMNI OFFICERS ELECTED were awarded to : H oward E . East man, Belle Vernon, Pa.; Joseph E . After the ballots had been counted, Fields, cum laude, Bucyrus; J ay R. the list of the officers of the A'.umni Hedding, Martel; Ralph R. Lohr, Association for , the year 1937-38 Monterey, Va.; Melvin D. Mills, stood as follows: West Decatur, Pa.; Clarence M. F . 0. Van Sickle, '06, w .; s re Pope, Zanesville; Frank E . Samuel, elected· president, and Dennis D . ·A. B., Westerville; John A . Sm,th, Brane, '21; Horner B. KLne, '15; and A. B., cum laude, vVestervJle, anJ Ruth Snyder W"illitt, '24, were elected Charles H. Stull, A. B., Granville. vice pres:dents. -The music degrees were as follows: The secretary of the association is Bachelor of Music: V iola L. Bab.er, A li ce Dav:dson Tro:i p, '23, and the Orangeville, Ill.,- organ; Paul R. treasurer, Floyd J . Vance, '16. Th e Jones, Westerville, piano and organ; two trustees repre:.:en ti ng the alumni Edna Van Scoyoc, Deshler, piano; are Mabel G. Gardner, '08, and Vance Harold \f\T. Greig, North Braddock. E. Cribbs,- '20. Roe G. Anderson, '24, Pa., violin; Harold A. Miller, College was elected member of the A lumni dale, Tenn., v,oice. Council at large. Seven degrees of Bachelor of Pub lic School Music were given: Mary ALUMNA LEAVES FOR KOREA E. Arndt, Lancaster, Pa.; Harold W. Greig, North Braddock, Pa.; Paul R. Dorothy Sowers, '3 1, has, received J ones, Westerville; John C. PhilEps, an appointment to teach 111 the North Braddock, Pa.; John R. Shu Pyengyang, Korea. She will teach maker, New York, N. Y.; Ardis G. music in the school which is for Steffanni, Green Springs; Edna Van twelve grades and which is attendee! Scoyoc, Deshler. by children of American and English missionaries to Korea, Ch:na, and DEATHS J apan . Mrs. Glendora Barnes Wales, '30, Waldo Keck, '28, was graduateJ wife of Dr. Craig C. Wales, '28, from George W1lliams Coll~ge, Chi passed a,vay Sunday, June 13, in _the cago, June 7, with the degree of Mas hospital at Youngstown, at the age ter of Science in Group \i\T ark Edu of 29 years. Besides her husband, catio n. He received the Edward she is survived by a ten-weeks old Earle Eubank Scholarshi p, Medal, the so_n, John Waldo. Harry W. Baumgartner Scholarship, and was elected to Kappa Delta Pi, E . L. Porter, '07, superintendent of national honorary Society. On A ug schools in Buford, Ohio, died May 7. ust 13, he will assume the dut;es of Mrs. Maxine Lewi,s (Maxine J en executive of the West High Area kins), ex-'33, died in Mt. Vernon, 0 . Branch -of the Y. W. C. A. in Minne on June 4. apolis, Minn.