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Vol. XI. JUNE 1938 No. 10.

PRES. CLIPPINGER RESIGNS NORRIS-ELLIOTT CUP GOES TO ARNOLD Many friends of Presid-ent vV. G. iC lipp.in,ger were very mu,~h surprise,'J Vincent L. Arnold, diminutive Ot­ Friday, June 11, when at the close of terbein s tar received the Norris-Elliott reading. his annual · report to the Cup representing the . highest athletic honorary award presented annually tu D-oar-d of Trustees he . subt'J'!•itted his the Cardinal senior who receives at resignation to !become effe·ctive Sept. least foµr varsity lett'ers in, ·two o r I, 1939. President C1ip-p·inger is fin­ more sports in addition to having the ishing his twenty-ninth year as presi­ highest scholastic standing. . Ani:old d ent of the college and ,by ;Sept. 1939 hails from Barberton and , has been an outstanding athlete in ., football, bas­ ,nil have completed thirty years of ketball and baseball in which sports :service to the institution. This ,is of he has r.eceived five letters. course the longest term of service of Letters also were presented to th e .any of the -thirteen presidents who following men: have served in that capacity, and is also Easketball-Clayton \Nolfe ( honor­ :a record which ,is not equalled by many college .presidents, in fact he is ary captain, Vincent · Arnold. Joh11 the Senior ·College iPr-esident ,in Ohio McGee, Dwight Ballenger, \i\lillian1 at the present . time. Henry, vVayne ,B inton and Lloyd Schiering, manager. During President ,Clippin.ger's ten­ iire the student 1body has incr-eased Baseball-] ohn McGee ( honorary from 175 to 3-85 and the faculty from co-captain), Lloyd Schiering (ho11or 0 ary co-captain), J cihn 'vVilson, \JVayn ~ 18 to 3;7_ Six new 1build-ings were :a lso erected during this ·period and Hinton, John Kundert, Harley Lear­ cndo·wments have increas-ed from ish, Nathaniel Shope, William Young, Sl5·0,000 to $1,2:5'0,000 most of this Vincent Arnold,- Ronald Beck and having ,been raiised during the D-ia­ Clarence Critchfield, manager. mond Jubilee ICampa•ign when the Track-Elmer Funkhouser (honor­ president secur·ed a gift of $2•50•,1000 ary captain), Clayton \Nolfe, Emer­ from the General Education Board and son Shuck, Robert Tinnerrnan and $7'5,000 from the Carne,gie 1Corpora­ Donald Hanawalt. :tion. I 11 addition to the above awards, Pres,ident Clippinger ,s widely Honorary Varsity -O's and sweaters ki10wn as a crusader for the advance­ wen; presented by ·the Varsity O A s­ ment of temperance .and re_ligious edu­ sociat:on to Harry Vv. Ewing, head ·cation. He is president ·of the Ohi-o coach in football and track; Fred Eu­ Anti-Saloon League and the Colurnbu,; verard, custodian of buildings and Torch Club, vice cha,irman and ,board ;,thletic grounds and equipment, and member of the Internatio·nal Counc,il John K-t111dert, manager of intramural of Religious Education, a member of 5ports in ;ppreciation of their continu­ the Intercollegiate Prohibition Asso­ e d aid to the Association. Presenta­ ciation and of the No.rtl1 Annei-ican tiun;: were made in Chapel by• Ath­ Administrative Council :of the \Norld let,c Director Royal F. Martin and Sunday SchoQl Ass,ociation. (r.,acli H. E. Ewing,

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ALUMNI NEWS 56 STUDENTS AWARDED COMMENCEMENT AW ARDS ,berta ElJune 13 . Dr. III. Prizes In Speech women had joined the ranks of Otter­ Walte·r Jessup, President -of the Car­ Dr. Howard H. Russell Prizes l'ublished by the Coll ege in the Inter­ bein Alumni. These graduates with negie Foundation fo.r the Advance­ Declamation 1Contest~First Award t>s t of her Alumni and Friends. their degrees are: ment of Teaching, delivered a very RosemaTy McGee, '41, Rittman; Sec: Bachelor of Arts fo rce.ful address in whi-ch he -counsell­ ond Award, Virginia J ererniah, '41, Donald B. App, Rockhill , Furnace. ed the seniors. to go out and face the D ayton; Third Award, Autumn Mor­ R. R. EHRHART, Editor Pa., cum laude; V incent L. Arnold. world with the d-eterminati-on to put ton, '40, Rixfo.r cl, Pa. ; F ourth Award, Barberton; Sarah Ayclelotte, Green­ forth their best effort wherever they June Courtright, '40, Westerville. ville; Dorothy Beck, Greensburg, Pa.; m av find them selves. Oratorical ,Con test - First Awar·d. l ssued m onthly except July a!1ll E ula I. Black, Westerville; George R. Three sons of Otter,bein who have Meredith Ros,ens,teel, ''39, Am'brid,ge: August ,Brooks, Rio Grande; William L. Cali­ done outstanding work ,in their re­ Pa.; Second A ward, Ralph Ernsber­ han, Swissvale, Pa.; William Catalana. spective field s were awarded honorary ger, '39, ·westerville; Third Award, Akron; Helen M. Dick, Westerville ; degrees. George Vance, '39, Greenville; Fourth The honorary degree of Doctor of Award. J ane N orris, '.38, Dayton. ALUMNI OFFICERS ELECTED Foster H. Elliott, Westerville; Hornet· E. Felty, Dayton ; Helen D . Fogel­ Divinity· was awarded to· Rev. R. N. J. 0. Cox Freshman~Sophomore Shaffer, '26, A.B., D .D., SUiperinten­ Debate Prize The result of the election of officers gren, Mansfi eld ; True V. Gehman. dent of the •We.st Vir,ginia •Conferen,ce. \Vinning T eam Composed of J ohn ior the Alumni Assoc,iation for the Canton; Lora K. Good, M cK eesport, Buchannon, W. Va., and Rev. Ulsie Clipipinger, '41 , Dayton; James Shu­ year 193-8-39 follows : Pa.; Leonard R. Griffith, Philipsburg. P. Hovermale, '21 , A.B., B.D., D .D ., ma·ker, '41, Allentown, .Pa.; Ric·hard F. 0. Van Si,ckl e, '06, president: Pa. F rance. E. H amil t·on, D ayton, cum recently elected secretary ,o.f the Board Wa£T ner, '41, Jamestown, Pa. Homer B. Kl:ne. '1'5, Verda Evans, laude; Charles W . Harding, Worth­ of Home Missions of the United Interpretative Reading Contest '2'8 and Elmo Lingrel, '17, vice-presi­ Brethren Church. First Award, Grace Burdge, '39, dents ; O li ve Shisle r, '3,1, s-ec retary : ington; Miriam Haynes, Newart: J ohn H. Hendrix, Clarksvill e; Emer­ The honorary degree o,f Do-ctor of Canton. l· luy d J . Van ce, '16, treasurer ; Edgar Laws was awarde-cl to Mr. Roy E . Dramatic Interpretation Contest J. vVeinland, '9•1 and Homer .P. Lam­ son Hillegas, Fairhope, Pa.; Robert Hohn, Dayton; Frank Jakes, Newark : Offenhauer, '05, A.B., M .A.. Ped D .. First Award, Eileen Wilkin. '3-8, bert, '12, trustees: E hner Loomis. '23, president of the Bowling Green State \Vesterville; Second A ward, Gerald member of Alumni Council at large. Glenna Jordan, Dayton, cum laucle: Gladys McFeeley, Windber, Pa.; John U niversi ty, Bcw'·ing Gre-en, Ohio. Riley, '38. M.idd:etown. The Alumni banquet, held in the U. Mc Gel·, Rittman; Helen Miller, Day­ Other awards made during the year IV. Ohio State University Graduate 8. Church Saturday evening was well ton, cum laude: vVilma Mosholder. and decognized in the commencement Scholarship attended. The address was ,given by Somerset, Pa., cum laude ; Levenia 1-J. program follows: John Flanagan, '3•8, Miamis,bur.g. lv[ r. Raymond Schutz, proifessor J. ' 14, Orlidge, Wes terville, magna cum \aude ; I. Literary Prizes V. Representative Men and Women of Sociology at Manchester •College, E lizabeth JJroctor, Beums Point, K . · J. A. Barne, Short Story !Contest­ Chosen annually from the seni or .North Manchester, Indiana, and was. class by the studen-t body as- 1best rep­ Y.; Gerald Riley, Middletown; Della First Award, Sarah Aydelotte, '38, gr-eatly appreciated ,by all present. resenting the spirit of the college. Roop, Marion ; I sabelle Rushworth, Greenville; Second Award. Sarah Gerald Riley, '38, M·iddletown; Ger­ J amestown; N. Y .; George R ussell, Shuck, '38, New Lisbon, Wis.: Third CLASS PRES,ENTS GIFT trude Vv'illiams, '38, Bigler, Pa. ; !Sarah Willard. Award, Emerson Shuck, ''3'8, Findlay. Shuck, '38, New Lis1bon, Wis.; Emer­ Charles E. Schick, Westerville ; Dr. Roy Burkha rt Essay Contest­ During the class day exer,cises, son Shuck, '3·8, Findlay. Lloyd Schiering, Parma; Sarah B. F,irst Prize, E,merson Shuck, 'JS, which were held, Saturday, June II, VI. Norris-Elliott Cup Award Shuck, New Lisbon, Wis., magna cum Findlay: S-e,cond Award, Meredith th e class of 1938 presented a very finP Vincent Lenard Arnold, '38, Barber­ laude ; J am es C. Smith, Afton, T enn:: Rosensteel. '38, Arnibr-idge, Pa.: Third memorial to the co ll ege. The mem­ ton. Robert Stoffe,·, Newcomers town; Con­ Award, Jane Norris, '3'8, D av ton: orial ·was in the fo;. m of a display VII. Rosselot Scholarship stance Thompson, J ackson; Robert Fourth Award, Sarah Aydelotte: '38, case for pictures of th e athletic teams To a senior w ho shall have made a Tinnerman, Dayton ; Rosanna Toman. Greenville. · and has provision for an Sx!0 picture special study of some phase of in ter­ Dayton; E il een \,Vilkin, Westerville; Quiz and Quill Contest (Autumn)­ of the football, basketball, baseball, national relations. Gertrude W illiams, Bigler, Pa.; J ohn 'First Award, Mary Louise My~rs. lra-clc and tennis teams of eac-h year Helen Dick. '38, \,Vestervill c. Wilson, Bowers town; and Clayton '41, Vv' e.stervi!·le: Second Award Lou­ for a period of 48 years 'beginning with ise Gle,im, '41 , Cleveland; 'Third the year 1900. The case is mounted Wolfe, New Philadelphia. Bachelor of Science Award,, Dorothy Allsup, ':l-8, Dayton: Mrs,. .Mary Ripple N eedham, '29, is o n the East wa II on the running track Fourth Award, Harriett Thrush '40 Probation Officer in the Court of Do­ in the Alumni Gym. The pres,enta­ George Curts, Kansas City, M o.; John Flanagan, Miamisburg, magna Detroit. (Spring)-First Award.' Bet'. mestic R elations, F ranklin Countv. tio n was in char•ge of El,mer Funk­ rv Ruth Woodworth, J amestow n. cum laude: Elmer Funkhouser, H a­ '41, Ohio. She receive-d the M.A. degr~e houser, president of the class of '38. N . Y.; Second Award, Pauline ,Steg­ gerstown, Mel.; Alice McCloy, Wes­ from Ohio State in 1932. man, '40, Dayton; Third Award, Ken­ terville; Mary Musser, Bucyrus; Jane Mr. All en H . Bauer ,, '28, i, Plant neth Foltz, New York City. 1"orris, Dayton; Emerson Shuck, '41 , Dr. J. Milton Owen, '2:2. is a p'hy'si­ Pathol ogist for the Pennsylvania II. Greek Prizes Findlay, cum laude. cian in Dayton, Ohio. He· ·received Agriculture Extensio n Bureau, State Dr. Lawrence Keister Foundation his. M:D. d-egree from O hio State in College, Pa. ( Continued on Page Four) Classical Greek- First A ward, Ro- 1931. Four ALUMNI NEWS

FACULTY ELECTIONS PERSONALS

At the meeting of the Board of 1-Ir. Albert Mattoon, '24, teacher i,, Trustees Dr. Ernest L. Snodgrass, the Findlay High School will repre­ Ph.D., Chicago, Ill, was elected head sent the Findlay Education Associa­ of the department of sociology for one tion at the N. E. A. convention to be year to serve during the absence of held in New York City, June 26 to Professor E. M. Hursh. Professor J uiy 1. Hursh will spend the year in study and travel. Rev. Frank S. McE.ntire, '23, is Miss Ina P . Nichols, M.A., Penn serving his 6th year as pastor of th~ State College, was hired as head of \,Vhite Memorial U. B. Church, Buff­ the Home Economics department to al c , N . Y. He has been in Buffalo succeed Miss Orlea Wahl. 12 years. He is president of the Buffalo Ministerial Association, the Mrs. E. L. Porter, '06 (Nora Ethel first U. B. minister to hold the posi­ \.Vills), was elected to succeed Miss tion. H e is also chairman of the Margaret Anderson, '31, as dean of Board of Christian Education of the women. Miss Anderson is to be mar­ Buffalo Council of Churches. He has ried to Prof. Thomas Vannata in also been a member of the staff of August. She received her M.A. from the western New. Y or,k School of the University of Syracuse in 1933 Christ:an Education'.' du-king the past and has served as dean ,of women dur­ 16 years. The school is held at Silver ing the past four years. Lake, N . Y. Professor and Mrs. L. L. Shackson were elected manager and matron of Rev. Vv. N. Roberts, '21, Ph.D., pas­ King Hall. They will succeed Pro­ tor of the Fort McKinley U. B. i essor and Mrs. Gilbert Mills, '20, who Church, Dayton and instructor of have served in that capacity for four Practical Theology at Bonebrake years. Prof. Mills will c-ontinue his Theological Seminary was elected teaching of French and German. Prof. P resident of the Seminary at the an­ Shackson 1s instructor of public nual meeting of the Board of Trustees school music. on June 6. Dr. Roberts succeeds Dr. A . T. Howard, '94, who has served as WEDDINGS president since 1925. Word has recently reached the Mjss Mary Neikirk Baker, '06, is offi ce of the marriage of M1orris All­ the librarian at the Osterhout Free ton, '36, to Miss Marjorie Vance at Library at vVilkes-Barre, Penna. Bowerston, Ohio on ·Oct. 19, 1937. He was, married by his father and im­ Mr. H. E. BonDurant, ' 14, Colum­ mediately read the ceremony . uniting bus, Ohio is Public H ealth Lesturer his bride's sister, Miss Evelyn Vance for the Institute of Family Relations. to (Mr. Clank Crossen. M:iss Alice Foy, '30, is an in structor An interesting coincidence has been of English for the University of Pitts­ called to -our attention. Sarah Wag­ burg at the Johnstown Junior College, ner, '36, was married by her father to Johnstown, Penna. Paul Pfeifer, on Easter Sunday, Mar. 28, 1937. On Easter Sunday, April 17, 1938 they announced the birth of 56 STUDENTS AWARDED a daughter, Judith Ann. They are DEGREES · living on Park St., Navarre, Ohio. (Continued from page o ne) Rev. J . R. Love, '21, pas.to. of the Bachelor of Music High Street United Bre_thren_ Church, Dorothy Allsup Dayton ; Leah L ima, Ohio, delivered the baccalaure­ Roop, Marion; Rosa Swezey, Canton, ate sermon to the 268 gradu~.tes· of the and Kenneth Young, Newark. Di­ L ima High Schools, Sunday evening, plomas in Voice went to Dorothy June _5. The service wa~_ l1eld- 1n the Allsup, Robert Hohn and Rosa Swe­ South High School auditorium. zey.