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Vol. X APRIL, 1937 No. 8

MAY DAY DAN HARRIS IN OPERA

Miss Rosa Swezey, Canton, Ohio, Dan Harris, ('23), baritone, New was crowned May Queen at the York City, has be·en given a con tract usual May Day program held Satur­ with the ·Metropolitan Opera com­ day, May 1. For the entertainment pany for its, spring season with an of the Queen and the guests the option on his services for two years. Freshmen and Sophomore g:rls pre­ After graduating from Otterbein Dan sented a very colorful program unde.­ was a pupil of the late Cecil Fanning the d,rection of Miss Rachel Bryant, and a piano pupil of Frank Murphy. physical education instructor for girls. of Columbus. The program, ·"A Festival of Nat:ons", For a numhei of years he has been ·was un,que and well presented. A singing in opera i11 France and Italy. crowd o{ nearly a thousand witnessed He returned to this country last the presentation. spring and made his American oper­ The activities of the day began with atic debut with the Zoo Opera com­ the May Morning breakfast in Coch­ pany in Cincinnati. ran Hall. In the afternoon the ten­ His Metropolitan debut will be nis team met Marietta and lost to the made in the new' Walter Damrosch visitors by a 5-2 score. opera, "The Man Without· a Coun­ The baseball team defeated Ken­ try," to be given its world premiere yon by the score of 5-4. in a few weeks. He will also have a In the evening at 8:30 Theta Alpha leading role 111 Raubaud's opera Phi presented the comedy, "The Im­ "Marouf" which is to be one of the portance of Being Earnest" by Oscar principal novelties of the Metropoli­ vVilde, in the Alumni Gym. The cast tan spring season and which Mr. included Bill Anderson, Lou · Rutter, Harris has sung, numerous times in Carol Beachler, Eileen Wilkin, Europe. Evelyn Brehm, Robert Hanson, Dor­ In Italy Mr. Harris, studied with othy Rupp, and Gerald Riley. Sammarco and in France with La­ A .large number, ,of visitors stayed pierre. He has also coached with over for the Church services Sunday Emilio de Gorgorza. morning which made a fitting climax Good luc'k to' you, Dan. . for the activities of ·the week-end. PERSONALS PERSONALS Rev. Vernon L. Phillips, ('17). A. L. Mattoon, ('26), Findlay, executive secretary of the Corinecti­ Ohio has been appointed Dean of cut Christian Endeavor Union, has Boys in the Findlay High School. been elected general secretary of the A. P. Rosselot, ('05), was re-elected Lord's Day League of New England. secretary" of the Ohio College Asso­ He resides in West Haven, Connecti­ ciation at the recent meeting. cut.

Published by Otterbein College. 'v\i esterville. Ohio, in the interest of Alumni and Friends. Entered as second class matter at post office in Westerville, 0., 1mder act of Aug. 24. 1912. Two ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Three

ALUMNI NEWS SCHOLARSHIP DAY A WARDS COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER INDIANA ALUMNI MEETING OTTERBEIN COLLEGE The annual Scholarship Day exami­ Dr. Albert 'vV. Palmer, of the U ni­ The Northern Indiana Otterbein WESTERVILLE. OHIO nations were held, F riday, versity of and President of Alumni met Friday, April 23 for a with 78 contestants from 50 high the Chicago Theological Seminary six o'clock "Get-to-gether" dinner in Published by the College in the Inter­ schools participating. The winners (Congregat ional), wi ll deLver the the lovely dining rooms of the Cal­ est of her Alumni and Friends. in the General Scholarship Examina­ commencement address, at the eighty­ vary U. B. Church in Fort Wayne. tions were: fir st annual oommenccment, Mond:iy, Thirty-two attended, coming from all R . R. EHRHART, Editor First P lac·e-$200.00 Scholarship­ June 14. Bishop Ira D. Warner, over the northern part of the State. Melvin Ne;lis, Stivers H igh School, bishop of the Pacific Coast Area and The Fort Wayne group consisting I ssued monthly except July and Dayton, Ohio. (Engli sh and Mathe­ father of Donald, who graduates this of six couples acted as hosts and hos­ year, wi ll deli ver the baccalaureate tesses. They were Mr. and Mrs. August. matics). sermon, Sim day, June 13. Henry Schryver (Ilo DeHoff), . Dr. Second P lace-$200.00 Scholarship and Mrs. Howard Dill (Dorothy -Roberta Addleman, Fairview High ANOTHER PLEA Ertzinger), M r. and Mrs. Glen Lam­ School, Dayton, 0. (English and OTTERBEIN AT GENERAL bert (Mabel F leming), Rev. and Mrs. U. S. H:story and Civics). CONFERENCE The college year is fast drawing to A lva Sholty (Ruth Conley), Mr. and a close and there are still a ' large Third Place-$200.00 Scholarship­ Otterbein Coll,ege will be well r ep­ Mrs. Glen Kiracoffe and Rev. and George Unterburger, Stivers High nu111 ber of alumni who have not yet represented at the General Confer­ Mrs. S. A. Well s. made any con,t.ributi<0n to the Alumni School, Dayton, 0. (Engli sh and ence at Chambersburg, Penna. The The dinner was served buffet style F und for this year. I am sure that ·Mathematics). conference convenes on Tuesday, and the room wa.s very beautifull y you have just overlooked this matter \ i\T inners in the Music Contests: May 11 , at 9 :3-0 a. 111. and closes with decorated in Tan· and Cardinal. Fol­ a nd want to make a contribution. If Voice the afternoon session, W -e dnesday, lowing the dinner Harry Richer, ('14) you feel that you cannot send $2.0J First Place-$100.00 Scholarsh:p­ May 19. of Peru, led in many old Otterbein (the regular amount of dues), send Doris Ebright, Columbus, Ohio. President Clippinger will give an songs which was later followed with $1.00. Second Place-$50.00 Scholarship­ address, Wednesday evening on the the reading of original poems and Beth Eilen Bierly, Lewisburg, Ohio. subject, "Trends jn Modern E duca­ playing many amusing games. NEW CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR Piano tion." R. R. Ehrhart will be 111 Officers elected for next year were: First P lace-$100.00 Scholarship­ charge of the exhibits and will show James Parrish, ('15 ), Elkhart, presi­ Dr. A. A. Alberts, is the successor Robert Rooks.tool, Lewisburg, Ohio. moving pictures of college life and dent; and Miss Mary Chamberlain, to Dr. A. D . Boston in the Chemistry Second Place-$50.00 Scholarship­ activities. ('23), South Bend, secretary. These Department. Dr. Boston resigned to Doris Blackviood, Freeport, Ohio. Mrs. E. M. Hursh and Pr-of. J . F. succeed Rev. 'S. A. Wells, ('23), Fort take a sirnilar position at Antioch Smith are also delegates representing Wayne, p,resident; and Mrs-. Alva College. KAMP FOLTZ IN the South East Ohio Conference. Sholty, ('18), Fcirt Wayne, secretary. Dr. .Alber ts is a native of South BENEFIT RECITAL Plans are being made for an Otter­ (Reported by \M rs. Alva Sholty, Dakota, having graduated from the be;n A lumni meeting and banquet ('18). University of South Dakota in 1923 Mr. Kamp Foltz, ('13), pianist and during the conference. with a chemistry major a nd mathe­ teacher in New Y.ork City, gave a PERSONALS matics minor. He took hi s m aster's piano recital in Steinway Hall, 11 3 NOTICES OF REUNIONS degree from the University of Okla­ West 57th Street, New York City, Mr. George D. Bender, (ex-'06), home and his Ph. D. from Ohio State 0 fficers of classes planning re­ Saturday evening, ,May 1st for the certified public accountant, Seattle, in 1934. union s this y-ear are asked to com­ benefit of the scholarship fund being Washington was a v1s1tor on the He has held positions of Assistant municate w ith R. R. Ehrhart, Alumni raised by the Netv York City alumni. campus, Monday, ' MaJ 3. to the M etallurgist of the State Engi­ Secretary, so that proper announce­ group for a deserving Otterbein stu­ ncer.ing Experimental Station, in­ ment and ar rangements may be made. Rev. J ames Walter, ('29), pastor of dent each year. structor in the division of general These. announcements should reach the Church of Christ at Orange, Con­ chemistry, and Assistant Research Mr. Foltz is a pupil of Philipp, Paris, the office b efore May 25 in order necticut, has just been elected asso­ Engineer at the Exper:mcntal Sta­ and is also a graduate ·of the New that a complete li st can be published ciate secretary of the Missions, Coun­ tion. He still occupies this position England Conservatory, Boston, Mas,. in the next issue of Alumni News, cil and will be assigned to the Bos­ in connection with hi s work at Otter­ He is this year 's president of the w hich will be out June I with a ton office. In addition to the general bein. N . Y. C. Otterbein Alumni group. sched ule of commencement activities-. promotion uf missionary work in New Charles Sidney Clarke, a lyric con­ England, he will be active in young Dr. T . E. Newell, ('23), Dayton, cert tenor of New York City, assisted Courtland Baker, '32, is supervisor people's summer conference work. Ohio is enjoying a two months cruise on the program with French and Old of recreation for the WP A in Chilli­ His new address is 14 Beacon St., to South America. EngEsh groups. cothe, Ohio. Boston, Mass. Four ALUMNI NEWS

BIRTHS PERSONALS

Mr. and Mrs. John Cochran (Mary Lois Sellers Stearns, '22, is engag­ Carter, '3 1), announce the birth of a ed in Resettlement work in the North­ son, John Robert, on March 12. east Ohio division with h eadquarters T heir address is 518 E. Hamtramck, in Akron. Mt. Vernon, Ohio. David A llaman, '30, and Merlin Smelker, '34, h ave joined the force of Mi-. and Mrs. Albert 1Mattoon, the D ayton office of the Retail Credit (Mary Hummell, '26), announce the Company of Atlanta, Georgia. birt h of a son, A lbert L ee, on . Their address is Findlay, Ohio. R ay Harmelink, ('19), assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian DEATHS Church, Omaha, Nebraska has r e­ cently been made Director of Chris­ Rev. S .. R. Seese, ('00), Scottdale, tian Education fo r t he Presbytery of Penna., passed away at h is h oi'ne Pittsburg, and wil l be responsible for \ Vednesday, and was buried the program of Christian Education in the Scottdale cemetery, Saturday, in 133 Presbyterian Churches in the May 1. Rev. Seese di ed suddenly Pittsburg district. w hile attending another fun eral. Dr. J ohn A. Cummins, ('87), on the evening -of March 27, participated Mrs. Peter G. Naber (Mary Or­ in the 50th anniversary of the alumni thell o Grise, '14 ) passed away at her association of the Sycamore, Indiana, home in Chicago Saturday. May 1 high school. He organized this high and the funeral was hel d Tuesday, school in 1887, has taught 52 years, and May 4. She is survived by her hus­ has been a member of the faculty of band and fi ve children. Indiana Central Coll ege since 1905. Clar ence Birch _Stoner , ('96) , secre­ (From the Lancaster, Ohio Eagle tary and treasurer of H otels Statler Gazette). Company, Inc. died , of a h eart The annual district meeting of dis-ea-se at his home in Short Hills, Otterbein College Alumni was held N. J. after an illness -of several Thursday evening, ,, at months. Mr. Stoner who was sixty­ M umaugh Memorial. five years of age, had been associated Officers elected for the -ensuing wi th the Statler Company fo~ the year include M r. Raymond Axlin e, past 22 years. ('23), president; Mrs. J . W. Clark. Surviving are his wid-ow, Mrs. Lucy ('24), vice president; and Mi·ss Lucy F . Stoner; a daughter, Mrs. Constance Seall, ('30), secretary-treasurer. L eggett, Boston, Mass.; and t wo Retiring officers were Mrs. M. E. brothers, W. W. Stoner, ('93), Day­ Nichols, ('23) , president; Mrs. R ob­ ton, Ohio and Frank S. Stoner, Fres­ ert Shaw, ('26)_, vice president; and no, California. Mrs. Paul J . Miller, ( ex-'22), secre­ tary-treasurer. Duane Mill s, '37, W est Decatur, A covered dish supper preceded the Penna. has been accepted as a student business session. at Temple Medical School. Clar ence Counties compns111g this distri ct Pope, '37. Zanesville, Ohio has been include, Fairfield, Hocking, Perry and notified of his acceptance at Wes­ Pickaway. tern Reserve Medical School. J oseph Fields, '37, Bucyrus, Ohio has been Dr. and Mrs. L. J . Newell, ('24), awarded an assistantship in the Ohio Dayton, O hio, enj•oyed a vacation in State U nive rsity Chemistry Depart­ the lower Rio Grande Valley of Tex­ ment. Congratulations to these boys. as and Mexico during the winter.