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The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher 1946-1948

The Choice of a New College Head

In response to President Paul Haynes Bowman's formal resignation of his office on April 9, 1945, the college's board of trustees instructed its chairman, John C. Myers, to appoint a committee to search for and recommend a successor. The committeemen were Charles W. Wampler (chairman), Malcolm A. Long, R. Douglas Nininger, John A. Pritchett, and Isaac C. Senger.1 On November 6, 1945, the trustees, accepting the recommendation of its special committee, unanimously elected Jacob Ira Baugher as president of the college, and Dr. Baugher agreed to serve in the position, his term of office to begin on July 1, 1946. In choosing Dr. Baugher, the trustees had considered a statement, presented by Earl M. Bowman and Jacob F. Replogle (representing 16 Church of the Brethren clergymen of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland), of what they believed to be desirable qualifications for a president of Bridgewater.2 The choice of Dr. Baugher was applauded by those who knew him. "I cannot think of anyone in the Church [of the Brethren], whom I would prefer having as my successor," declared President Bowman,3 who, in the intervening months, did all he could to help his successor make the adjustment to his new office, in the matter of making plans and faculty appointments for the coming session.4 Others who knew the president-elect also felt that his native ability, his training and experience, his character and personality eminently qualified him for the position to which he had been chosen. At Dr. Baugher's request, the college undertook no elaborate inauguration affair. He preferred instead, a planning conference. 5

1TrM, April 9, 1945. 2TrM, Nov. 6, 1945. 3PHB to Jacob I. Baugher, Nov. 6, 1945 (copy), AMML. 4rhe Baugher-PHB correspondence, 1945-46, is in the AMML. 5TrExCornM, May 17, 1946. 435 436 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948

The New Leader

Jacob Ira Baugher (1889-1949), the son of Aaron S. Baugher and Lydia M. (Buser) Baugher, was a native of York County, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Elizabethtown College (B. A., 1923) and at Teachers College, Columbia University (M. A., 1925; Ph. D., 1930). He was professor of education and psychology at Elizabethtown College, 1923-29; superintendent of the public schools in Hershey, Pennsylvania, 1929-42; and visiting professor at Pennsylvania State College during the summers, 1938-42. During the war years, 1942-44, he was a senior education specialist in the planning research branch of the War Production Board. From 1944 to 1946, he was director of teacher education and professor at Manchester College, and in 1946 he assumed the presidency of Bridgewater College.6 Bridgewater's retiring president, Paul Haynes Bowman, referred to Dr. Baugher as "the first professional educator" to be Bridgewater's administrative head.7

JACOB IRA BAUGHER

President of the college, 1946-48

6Who's Who in American Education (1947-48), p. 76. 7PHB, Southeast, p. 269. Bridgewater College: The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980 437

President-elect Baugher, 57 years old and robust in appearance, was a person of strong character, high principles, and progressive ideas. His "kindly and friendly manner," his unpretentiousness, his straightforwardness and courtesy, and "his truly democratic spirit" inspired respect, confidence, and cooperation. He was an able speaker and a strong churchman, and he had a pleasing personality. He had already demonstrated, in previous offices he had held, commendable administrative ability.8 He and Mrs. Baugher were the parents of seven children, already grown to adulthood. Their domicile, in Bridgewater, was the former Yount-McCann-Bowman house (no longer standing) along the northeast side of East College Street, opposite Founders' Hall. A number of problems confronted the new president. One was that of completing faculty appointments for positions left vacant by resignations. Another was that of providing housing accommodations for the burgeoning student population in the early post-war years. Other problems awaiting solution were the need for more classrooms and laboratory equipment, more books and larger quarters for the college library, a new and larger gymnasium, an athletic field not soggy after rains, and a campus center building; also the need for higher salaries for faculty members and administrators, and the need of an adequate college endowment fund. These problems, and others, President Baugher set out to tackle with vigor and enthusiasm, and with high hopes and aspirations.

Other Officials

President Baugher found it necessary to make some appointments to the college's administrative staff because of the resignation, in 1946, of certain officials, among them Everett R. Shober, the faculty's "executive secretary'' (academic dean and registrar) since 1943, and Morley J. Mays, assistant to President Paul Haynes Bowman, director of public relations, and the alumni association's executive secretary. Charles C. Wright became acting academic dean and Mrs. Betty M. Ray acting registrar for the session, 1946-47. John W. Boitnott (B. A., Bridgewater; M. A., Ph. D., University of Virginia) became academic dean and registrar, as well as head of the Education Department, on July 1, 1947. Ida E. Shockley (B. A., Manchester College; M. A., University of Chicago) became "Dean of Students," a new position in which she served, 1946-48, while also teaching English. W. Earl Breon (B. A., McPherson College; B. D., Bethany Biblical Seminary) became for two years, 1946-48, director of public relations and of the Expansion Movement (for financial support). Rebecca Gene Bowman (B. S., Bridgewater) became the college's dietitian and instructor of home economics in 1947, and served in those capacities for two years. Rufus B. King (B. A., Bridgewater; M. S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute) became the alumni association's executive secretary in 1947, and remained in that position until 1956.9 Professor Rudolph A. Glick, of the Bridgewater faculty, was director of the college's summer sessions of 1946 and 1947.10 In 1948, Dean Boitnott became the director. Cecil C. Ikenberry continued to serve as the college's business manager and treasurer.

8Bee, March 21, 1947, p. 1; Oct. 17, 1947, p. 1; PHB, Southeast, pp. 268-69. 9TrM, Feb. 25, April 25, 1946; Newsette, Aug., 1946, pp. 3, 4; B, Dec., 1946, p. 8; Oct., 1947, p. 3; Dec., 1947, p. 3; Oct., 1948, p. 3. l°'rrM, April 25, 1946; B, Oct., 1947, p. 4. 438 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948

JOHN W. BOITNOTT

The college's academic dean, 1947-67; its registrar, 1947-62; and director of its summer sessions, 1948-61, and 1963-66.

CECIL C. IKENBERRY

The college's business manager and treasurer, 1941through1957; its superintendent of buildings and grounds, 1941-49; and the supervisor of the college's farm, 1941-47, and 1953-57. Bridgewater College: The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980 439

The Students and Their Living Quarters Dr. Baugher's presidency witnessed a considerable increase in student enrollment, due largely to an influx of World War II veterans. In the session, 1946-47, the enrollment was 445, more than 55 percent greater than that (286) in 1945-46; in 1947-48, it was 512. In the 1946-47 session, 140 (31 percent) of the students were war veterans; in the next session, 185 (36 percent). The students came from 16 of the nation's states. About 75 percent of them were Virgi:aians. Half of the students in both sessions were members of the Church of the Brethren. Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists were the next largest church groups. 11 In the session, 1947-48, there were three Chinese students, who left Canton when the communists were coming into power in their country. One of those students, Lillian Wai Lan Chan, received the B. A. degree from Bridgewater in 1948, and the M. D. degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1953. The resident male students were housed in Wardo Hall and in North Hall, the name Professor Rudolph A. Glick suggested several weeks after the dormitory was opened in September, 1946. 12 The resident female students were lodged in Yount Hall, Rebecca Hall, the George B. Flory House, the Alumni House, and the Apartment House. Resident married students and their families lived in the 14 trailers stationed in front and on the site of, what is today Nininger Hall. Other students, not living with their families, found rooms in or near the town of Bridgewater .13 During the summer of 1946, three students, Arby H., Paul V., and Raymond C. Phibbs, brothers, by agreement with the college, built a five-room dwelling for themselves and their families back of what is now Kline Campus Center. They made it from two garages which they placed parallel to each other and then joined by constructing an intermediate section. College officials, however, persuaded them to give up their dwelling and move into other quarters (which they were to have rent-free), so as to enable the use of "The Cottage" (as it came to be known) as a residence for 11 college girls. Arby and Paul, and their families, moved into the trailer village, and Raymond into Wardo Hall. In later years, the Cottage (which stood until 1970) was occupied at times by married students, at other times by faculty or administrative staff members and their families. 14 In the summer of 1947, the college had the Nielsen Construction Company, of Harrisonburg, build (at a cost of $24,295.56) another temporary men's residence, an L-shaped, one-story structure, adjacent to North Hall, the two buildings together forming a rectangle. "North Hall Annex" (as it was called), occupied in October, 1947 (and removed in 1959), housed 37 male students and a resident director. 15

11From BC catalogues and reports of the registrar. 12FacM, Nov. 5, 1946. 13FacAdmComM, June 26, 1946; B, Dec., 1946, pp. 3-4. 14Arby H. and Paul V. Phibbs to FFW, June 15, 1984. 15TrExComM,June 11, 1947; TrM, Oct. 23, 1947; B, Oct., 1948, p. 6. 440 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948

THE TRAILER VILLAGE

Some of the 14 trailers that were used as additional student dormitories, 1946-56. Located on the southwest side of East College Street in front of, and on the site of, what is today Nininger Hall.

"THE COTT AGE"

Built by Arby H., Paul V ., and Raymond C. Phibbs, brothers and students at the college, during the summer of 1946, as a dwelling for themselves and their families. Occupied later by college girls, by married students, or by college personnel and their families. Located back of what is now Kline Campus Center. Removed in 1970. NORTH HALL AND NORTH HALL ANNEX

North Hall (erected in 1946), on the left side, and North Hall Annex (built in 1947), on the right side, each with its own entrance, were temporary men's dormitories, located along Third Street between Dinkel Avenue and Wright Hall. North Hall Annex was removed in 1959, and North Hall in 1963. 442 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948

Other Buildings In 1947, two other temporary buildings, constructed of lumber from dismantled Army camps (provided by the Federal Works Administration), rose on the college grounds: "East Hall" (so called upon Dean Boitnott's suggestion) and the ''Physics Building." East Hall, an L- shaped structure located back of Rebecca Hall, housed in one wing a snack shop and recreation center, and in the other wing an infirmary. After the construction of Bowman Hall in 1953, the snack shop and recreation center were moved to the basement of Memorial Hall. In the summer of 1956, the classes in secretarial studies and the Art Department's studio were moved into East Hall, which stood until 1970. The rectangular Physics Building, located on the terrace back of Wardo Hall, stood until June 3, 1951, when it was destroyed by fire. The two structures, erected (from government-provided materials) at a cost of $2,455.32, were dedicated on May 26, 1947.16 The college's trustees continued to make and implement plans for the construction of a new women's dormitory, for which the architect's plans had been nearly completed and substantial funds raised during Paul Haynes Bowman's presidency. The trustees decided to name the new facility "Blue Ridge Hall," and its construction got under way in March, 1948. 17

Student Organizations and Activities The student government organization underwent further development in March, 1947, with the establishment of an ''Honor Council," to consist of the president and vice president of the student body, the presidents of the four classes, and two faculty members (elected by the Student Council and approved by the college faculty). The Honor Council could take disciplinary action "in all cases not involving suspension or dismissal from college," but could recommend dismissal to the college's Council on Administration. Cheating, stealing, and lying "in academic and social phases of college life," and failure to report such conduct, were among the infractions of the Honor Code.18 During Dr. Baugher's presidency, Bridgewater's debaters and other speakers continued to be active under the aegis of the college's Council on Forensics and its chapter of Tau Kappa Alpha. Prominent among them were Alvin E. Conner, Keith R. Crim, Fay A. Jaynes, Myron S. Miller, Alfred Valjean Prather, Isabelle M. Sheetz, Robert L. Thomas, William D. Wampler, Peggy P. Wright, and Sara V. Zigler. In intercollegiate competition, they succeeded in gaining a majority vote of the judges in a good proportion of the contests in which they participated. Detailed reports of some of the debates, however, are lacking. Sara V. Zigler was president of the Tau Kappa Alpha organization in Virginia in 1946-47, and Fay A. Jaynes was the state chapter's secretary-treasurer during the next session. Bridgewater's debaters were the hosts of the Tau Kappa Alpha tournament for the Virginia chapters in March, 1948, when the debate question was "Resolved: That a federal world government should be established." The year before, the question was "Resolved: That labor should be given a direct share in the management of industry." Professor Frederick D. Dove, of the college faculty, continued to be Bridgewater's debate coach, as well as chairman of the college's Council on Forensics.19

16TrExCornM, Jan. 21, July 2, 1947; FacM, March 15, 1947; FacAdrnCornM, July 13, 1956; B, Oct., 1947, p. 4; Oct., 1948, p. 6; Newsette, Aug., 1947, p. 1. 17TrM, June 3, 1946; June 2, 1947; May 31, 1948; Bee, March 12, 1948, p. 1; Newsette, April, 1948, p. 6. 18student Council constitution as revised, with the FacM, March 24, 1947. 19The files of the Bee; minutes of the Council on Forensics; Ripples for 1947 and 1948. BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN 1949 The map below is an extension of one found in the college's files. These pages provide particulars. The dates indicate the time of construction or acquisition.

1947 1946 1931.

CONSTRUCTED 1946-49 North Hall The Cottage North Hall Annex East Hall Physics Building Blue Ridge Hall President's House College Heating Plant 1921 444 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948

The combined men's and women's glee clubs, under the direction of Professor Nelson T. Huffman, presented a concert in Constitution Hall, Washington, D. C., May 14, 1948, and again, April 29, 1949, and each time won praise from critics. "These young men and women ... produced some of the finest choral singing heard in Constitution Hall," wrote Alice Eversman in the Washington Evening Star. "The bass voices ... approximated the low vibrant tone the Russian choruses have made famous.... While most of the numbers were sung a cappella, organ and piano accompaniments were provided by Ruth E. Weybright and Nevin W. Fisher, respectively." Glenn Dillard Gunn, of the Washington Times-Herald, also was complimentary.20 Among the clubs' other presentations were Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, in March, 1947; Stainer's oratorio, The Crucifixion, in March, 1948; and, in December each year, Handel's oratorio, Messiah.2 1 Among the Curtain Club's performances during these years were George B. Shaw's comedy, Candida, in March, 1947, and Tennessee Williams' drama, The Glass Menagerie, in April, 1948. A club member, Lewis D. Johnson, had a role in Paul Green's historical drama, The Common Glory, at Williamsburg, Virginia, in the summer of 1948.22 New student organizations came into being during these years: in the fall of 1946, a Photography Club; in October, 1946, a chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, "a movement of Christian protest against war and of faith in a better way than violence for the resolution of all conflict"; in the spring of 1947, a Spanish club, El Club Espanol, under the leadership of Professor John W. Basta; in April, 1947, a Social Science Club; in March, 1948, a branch of the American Guild of Organists, with Professor Ruth E. Weybright as adviser; and in the spring of 1948, a chapter of an honorary scientific society, Chi Beta Phi. Other clubs, inactive for several years, were reactivated: the French Club, in 1947, under the leadership of Professor Raymond N. Andes; and the German Club, in 1948, under the direction of Professor Gustav H. Enss.23

Chapel and Religious Life

The school's chapel exercises, still conducted three times a week, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, were moved in September, 1946, to Cole Hall auditorium, since the considerably enlarged student body made the assembly room on the second floor of Memorial Hall no longer usable.24 Faculty members occupied the front rows of seats and, back of them, the students were seated alphabetically within each class group. Monitors kept records of attendance, since the college reverted to making presence in chapel a requirement. Penalties were imposed if unexcused absences during a semester exceeded 10. 25 The Student Christian Movement, non-denominational, continued to be the chief religious organization on the campus. The Spiritual Life Institute, under the sponsorship of the college and the Regional Council of Boards of the Church of the Brethren, provided students, faculty, and visiting church people, in January each year, an opportunity to see and hear prominent religious figures. Its director in 1947 was Minor M. Myers, field secretary of the Church of the Brethren's

20Newsette, Aug., 1948, p. 6; April, 1949, p. 4. 21Bee, Feb. 8, 1947, p. 1; March 24, 1948, p. 1. 22Bee, Feb. 22, 1947, p. 1; March 12, 1948, p. 1; May 27, 1948, p. 2. 23From the files of the Bee and of the FacAdmComM. 24B, Dec., 1946, p. 4. 25FacAdmComM, Nov. 11, 1946. THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S GLEE CLUBS IN 1948

Nelson T. Huffman, director, and Ruth E. Weybright, pianist, are at the middle of the front row. This group presented a concert in Constitution Hall, Washington, D. C., May 14, 1948. 446 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948

Southeastern Region; in 1948, W. Earl Breon, the college's director of public relations. Among the speakers at the institute in 1947 were Frederick E. Reissig, executive secretary of the Washington, D. C., Federation of Churches; J. Quinter Miller, of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S. A; Professor Floyd E. Mallott, of Bethany Biblical Seminary; W. Harold Row, secretary of the Brethren Service Commission; and Howard L. Alley, missionary to India, 1917-46. Among the participants, in 1948, were Charles Clayton Morrison, editor of The Christian Century; Paul Haynes Bowman, the Bridgewater College president, 1919-46; Amsey F. Bollinger, missionary on furlough from India; and Edward K. Ziegler, pastor, College Street Church of the Brethren, Bridgewater, Virginia.26

Men's Athletics Athletics at the college continued to be under the supervision of the Council on Athletics, whose decisions, however, were subject to veto by the institution's faculty and trustees. The council's chairman, 1946-60, the minutes show, was Professor Harry G. M. Jopson. The college continued to be a member (since 1941) of the Mason-Dixon Intercollegiate Athletic Conference until 1975 (when it joined the Old Dominion Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). Bridgewater, Emory and Henry, Hampden-Sydney, Lynchburg, Randolph-Macon, and Roanoke were the Virginia "Little Six" colleges of those years.

Baseball During the seasons, 1947, 1948, Bridgewater played 29 games of baseball with 11 colleges and universities, and gained victories in 13 (44.8 percent) of those contests. It won all four of its games with Gallaudet College, both of its games with Roanoke College, two of its four games with Lynchburg College, one of its two games with American University, and its one game with Towson State Teachers College. It lost its one game with Washington and Lee University and its one game with Akron University, two of its three games with Hampden- Sydney College and two of its three with Juniata College, three of its four with Randolph- Macon College, and all four of its games with Elizabethtown College. Whitney E. Trumbo and Hubert W. Monger were the pitchers in 1947; the same pair and Harold A. Trumbo the pitchers in 1948. Whitney E. Trumbo was the team's captain, Daniel B. Layman the team's manager, and Professor Daniel S. Geiser the coach during both seasons.27 Richard L. Guyton (Bridgewater student, 1946-48), outfielder, became a professional baseball player with the Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association.

Basketball During the school years 1946-48, Bridgewater played 35 games of basketball with 11 colleges. It gained victories, however, in only seven (20 percent) of those contests. Available records state the number of wins and losses for each of the two seasons, but do not reveal the scores in 16 of the 35 games. While achieving victories in games with Gallaudet, Juniata, Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Towson, Bridgewater suffered defeats by Elizabethtown,

26rhe institutes' programs, in the AMML. 27This paragraph and the ones that follow are based on the files of the Bee and the Newsette; also on the AlumBF. Bridgewater College: The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980 447

Hampden-Sydney, Juniata, Lynchburg, Randolph-Macon, and other colleges in other games. Harold R. Petcher was the team's captain, 1946-47 and 1947-48; Sheldon L. Rexrode the team's manager, 1946-47; John W. Hepfer the manager, 1947-48; and Professor Daniel S. Geiser the coach during both seasons. Bridgewater's James W. Myers led the state in average number of points scored per game during the 1946-47 season.

Tennis Bridgewater tennis teams played 11 matches with six colleges during the years 1947 and 1948. Although having some outstanding players, the teams, as such, gained victories in only two of the contests. They competed (in the years indicated) with teams of the following colleges: Davis and Elkins, 1948; Hampden-Sydney, 1947; Lynchburg, 1947, 1948; Randolph- Macon, 1947, 1948; Towson, 1948; and Virginia Military Institute, 1947, 1948. Among Bridgewater's tennis players during those two seasons were Byron M. Flory, Jr., Daniel C. Flory, Donald L. Hilbert, Alfred Valjean Prather, Jack R. Stenger, Philip E. Trout, Walter C. Vorhees, Jr., Howard Whitener, and Charles D. Zigler. Professor Rudolph A. Glick was the coach. Information on the teams' captains and managers is lacking, except that Lawrence Miller was manager in 1947.

Track and Field In the spring of 1947, Bridgewater placed fourth in a quadrangular track meet at Catholic University, and second in a dual meet with Roanoke College. At the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, it placed fifth among the 10 colleges competing in the Mason-Dixon Conference one-mile relay race, finishing ahead of the Lynchburg and Randolph-Macon College runners. In the spring of 1948, Bridgewater was the winner in dual meets with Lynchburg, Gallaudet, Roanoke, and Davis and Elkins colleges, but not in a dual meet with Randolph- Macon. Outstanding Eagle track and field men during those two seasons were Hobert V. Bodkin (discus, javelin, shot put), Quinton 0. Carr (one-mile, two-mile races), Donald L Glick (880- yard run), Joseph L. Glick (one-mile, two-mile races), Claude P. Smith (discus javelin, shot put), and J. Vernon Wright (100-, 220-yard dashes). Professor Harry G. M. Jopson continued to serve as coach. His assistant (1946-50) was Professor W. Donald Clague.

Cross-Country The Bridgewater cross-country runners won all three of their dual meets in the fall of 1946 with Catholic University, Gallaudet College, and the University of Virginia, successively, and placed first (among the seven colleges competing) in the Mason-Dixon Conference meet. In the fall of 1947, Bridgewater men placed second (after the University of Virginia) in a triangular meet, second (after Roanoke College) in the Virginia Little Six meet, and tied the Johns Hopkins University team for first place (among the eight colleges competing) in the Mason-Dixon Conference meet. Gerald C. Hicks and Jerry D. Hicks were the co-captains, and Joe A. Wine the manager, of the Bridgewater cross-country team in 1946; Quinton 0. Carr and Joseph L. Glick the co- captains and John McEwan, Jr., the manager of the team in 1947. Bryant B. Durham, Donald L. 448 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948

Glick, Lloyd B. Myers, and 0. Raymond Sellers, Jr., were other cross-country runners during those seasons. Professor Harry G. M. Jopson was the coach.

Women's Athletics

During the school years 1946-48, Bridgewater women played 18 games of basketball with teams of six colleges and won eight of the 14 games whose scores are reported in the available records. They won their game with Longwood College, their game with Sweet Briar College, both of their games with Richmond Professional Institute, and three of their four games with Elizabethtown College. They lost their three games with Lynchburg College and two of their three games with Roanoke College. Constance M. Dewese and Sylvia J. Seese were the co- captains and Nancy R. Clague the manager of the team in 1946-47; Elizabeth L. Beard and Ina S. Mason the co-captains and Barbara M. Judy the manager of the team in 1947-48. Virginia F. Carter, Corinne M. Early, Eloise R. Edmonson, Jean F. Kiser, Alphadine E. Martin, Shirley H. Petcher, and Evelyn S. Tate were other players during those seasons. Professor Marshall Schools was the coach. In the fall of 1947, Bridgewater girls began intercollegiate competition in field hockey. In their first game, October 18, Lynchburg College girls were the victors (at Lynchburg), 1 to 0. The Bridgewater girls won two of the three games (all with Roanoke College) during the remainder of that first season. Corinne M. Early, Alphadine E. Martin, and Martha A. Rittenhouse were the tri-captains, and Patricia M. Rittenhouse the manager of the Bridgewater team. Professor Marshall Schools was the coach. In the spring of 1948, Bridgewater's Council on Athletics, with faculty approval, added softball to the girls' intercollegiate sports, and authorized contests with Madison College and Sweet Briar College.28 The writer, however, has found no reports of those games. In May, 1948, the Bridgewater faculty approved the affiliation of Bridgewater women with the Virginia Athletic Federation of College Women.29

The Faculty Because of resignations and the increase in student enrollment during the post-war years, President Baugher found it necessary to make some new appointments to the college faculty. The trustee board's minutes and appended reports reveal the naming of the following new faculty members for the session, 1946-47, and their periods of service: in elementary education and student teaching, Dessie R. Miller, 1946-47; in English, Clarence E. May, 1946-68, and Elizabeth G. (Mrs. Daniel S.) Geiser, 1946-47; in foreign languages, Raymond N. Andes, 1946- 83; in home economics, Ethel S. Strite, 1946-47; in music, Nevin W. Fisher, 1946-51, and Galen L. Stinebaugh, 1946-58; in physical education, Daniel S. Geiser, 1946-56, 1957-66, and Marshall Schools, 1946-49. Records show the appointment of the following new faculty members for the session, 1947-48, and their periods of service: in biology, Frances E. Silliman 1947-53, 1958-73; in elementary education and student teaching, Nell Kersh (Mrs. John W.) Boitnott, 1947-67; in English, Marie B. Cranmer, 1947-52, and Sara E. McBride, 1947-48; in German and philosophy,

28FacM, March 19, 1948; Bee, April 9, 1948, p. 3. 29FacM, May 21, 1948. WOMEN'S FIELD HOCKEY PLAYERS, FALL, 1947

LEFT TO RIGHT. Kneeling: Janet Meadows, Peggy Glick, Barbara M. Judy, Dawn K. Glick, Ruth C. Glick, Pauline V. Payne, Alphadine E. Martin. Standing: Professor Marshall Schools (coach), Maxine Abshire, Kitty Funkhouser, Elizabeth L. Beard, Martha A. Rittenhouse, Leona Reish, Alma E. Boyd, Eloise R. Edmonson, Edna E. Ledbetter, Corinne M. Early, and Patricia M. Rittenhouse. 450 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948

Gustav H. Enss, 1947-55; in home economics, Rebecca Gene Bowman, 1947-49, and Wanda M. Hoover (Mrs. Rufus B.) King, 1947-49; in music, Paul B. Sanger, Jr., 1947-51. The academic credentials of the faculty members named above are revealed in an appendix near the end of this volume. Allan B. Bicknell, on the Bridgewater faculty since 1906, retired from full-time teaching in 1946, and from part-time teaching in 1947. He had taught, during the 41 years, not only French and German, but also Greek, Latin, and Spanish, the college's catalogues reveal. Frederick D. Dove, on the faculty since 1925 (except 1930-31, when he was on leave of absence), retired in 1948, after having taught psychology, education, sociology, and Biblical literature during the 22 years. He was the college's acting academic dean, 1928-29, and the director of its summer school, 1928, 1929. He served, also, as debate coach and chairman of the Council on Forensics, 1925-48 (except 1928-29 and 1930-31). In March, 1947, the faculty, after some consideration, voted in favor of adopting (and the college's trustees approved) a pension plan (under contract with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America) for the college's "full-time employees of instruction and administration" who satisfied certain requirements, upon reaching the age of 65, each annuitant to contribute five percent of his or her salary and the college the same amount, and the plan to go into effect on July 1, 1947.30

Graduations and Alumni Activities

In 1947 and 1948, during Dr. Baugher's presidency, the college conferred 98 B. A. degrees, 13 B. S. degrees (seven in music, six in home economics), two diplomas in voice, and 27 certificates (two in organ, one in piano, one in religion, and 23 in commerce), the catalogues reveal. At the alumni association's banquet, May 31, 1947, Professor Allan B. Bicknell received special recognition, in view of his retirement that year after 41 years' service to the college: an appreciation by President Emeritus John S. Flory, and gifts: a gold watch, a purse, and an album of 90 testimonial letters. M. Robert Zigler (B. A., 1916), an untiring worker for international peace, was the recipient of the association's "Alumnus of the Year'' award.31 At the association's banquet, May 29, 1948, at which Raymond R. Peters, an alumnus (B. A., 1928), was the featured speaker, William T. Sanger (B. A., 1909), president of the Medical College of Virginia, was declared to be the "Alumnus of the Year."32 Earlier the same day, nearly 40 alumni of the 1890's assembled in the old chapel in Memorial Hall to reminisce about their days at the college. The meeting was called to order by the ringing of the old college bell.33 "Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring on, old college bell. 1134

30pacM, Feb. 4, 18, March 24, 1947; TrM, March 31, 1947. 31AlumM, Oct. 25, 1947; Newsette, Aug., 1947, pp. 1, 5. 32AlumM, April 3, 1948; Newsette, Aug., 1948, pp. 1, 6. 33HDN-R, June 4, 1948. 34Frorn the song of the Oass of 1899. Bridgewater College: The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980 451

Alumni in Graduate and Professional Schools Bridgewater graduates continued to earn advanced degrees in graduate and professional schools. During the two years of Dr. Baugher' s presidency, six of them received the Ph. D. degree, as indicated below: Raymond N. Andes (B. A., 1940), Ph. D. (Romance languages), University of North Carolina, 1948; Howard N. Miller (B. A., 1939), Ph.D. (plant pathology), University of California, 1948; Stanley J. Miller (B. A., 1940), Ph.D. (chemistry), University of Southern California, 1947; Harry L. Scharon (B. A., 1938), Ph.D. (geology and geophysics), Johns Hopkins University, 1946; William B. Simmons (B. A., 1918), Ph.D. (political science), Central University, 1947; Shirley Hoover Taylor, (B. A., 1941), Ph.D. (biology), University of Virginia, 1947.35 During the same period, five Bridgewater graduates received the M. D. degree, as indicated below: Benjamin L. Jamison (B. A., 1944), M. D., Medical College of Virginia, 1947; George A. Kromhout (B. A., 1940), M. D., Johns Hopkins University, 1948; Stuart H. Light (B. A., 1944), M. D., Medical College of Virginia, 1947; Richard Q. Penick (B. A., 1944), M. D., Medical College of Virginia, 1948; Paul W. Petcher (B. A., 1943), M. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1948.36 Three Bridgewater men received the D. D.S. degree at the Medical College of Virginia: Franklin J. Dolly (1942-44) in 1947, Emerson C. Gambill (B. A., 1938) in 1948, and Fulton J. Gilbert (1942-44) in 1947. 37 Two Bridgewater alumni obtained a law degree during these years: C. Harvey Conover (B. A., 1942), who received the LL. B. degree from Rutgers University in 1948; and Henry C. Ikenberry, Jr. (B. A., 1947), who received the same degree, and membership in the Raven Society, at the University of Virginia in 1947. 38 Seven Bridgewater graduates received the B. D. degree from Bethany Biblical Seminary: William Paul Coffman (B. A., 1930) in 1947; John C. Eller (B. A., 1941) in 1948; Samuel H. Flora, Jr. (B. A., 1944), in 1948; Floyd H. Mitchell (B. A., 1944) in 1947; Rhett R. Petcher (1937-40) in 1947; Claude R. Simmons, Jr. (B. A., 1943), in 1947; and Edward K. Ziegler (B. A., 1929) in 1947.39 Walter G. Bangle (B. A., Bridgewater, 1947) received the B. D. degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in 1947, and William G. Kinzie (B. A., Bridgewater, 1932) the Th. D. from the American Bible College in 1948.40

The Board of Trustees

During Dr. Baugher's presidency, new members appeared on the college's board of trustees (and they served during the periods indicated): T. Simon Richardson (1946-50), whom the Church of the Brethren's District of Florida-Georgia elected as its representative to succeed S. W. Bail, deceased; Jacob M. Bennett (1947-55), whom the church's Mardela District elected

35sources: BC publications, the AlumBF, and reports from university registrars. 36Ibid. 37Ibid. 38AlurnBF; Raven Society membership list. 39From the seminary's catalogues. 40rhe AlumBF and Emory University registrar's report to FFW, Aug. 13, 1985. 452 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948 as its representative to succeed Jesse S. Fifer, resigned; Price E. Bowman (1947-52), whom the church's Southern District of Virginia elected as its representative to succeed Leonard C. Carter, whose term on the board had expired; Mrs. Carman G. (L. Katherine Flory) Blough (1947-57), whom the board elected as a trustee-at-large to succeed John D. Miller, resigned; and H. Gustavus Muntzing (1947-77), whom the board elected as a trustee-at-large to succeed Edgar A. Leatherman, deceased.41 Death removed from the board of trustees, in 1948, Charles P. Harshbarger, since 1921 a trustee who had given "unstintingly of his time and means to the work of the college."42 For 10 years, or longer, he was chairman of the board's executive committee. The Baugher presidency witnessed, also, the retirement of John C. Myers from the chairmanship of the trustee board in June, 1947, after 16 years in that responsible position, and the election of Charles W. Wampler, a trustee-at-large, as his successor.43 John C. Myers had been first elected to the board in 1917, as one of the first trustees representing the college's alumni association. Elected later as a trustee-at-large, he served on the board until 1962. The year 1947 also saw the retirement of John S. Flory as secretary of the trustee board, a position he had held since 1919, and the election of another non-trustee, Charles C. Wright, as his successor. To both John S. Flory and John C. Myers the trustees expressed deep appreciation for valued service rendered.44 Each had an honorary degree (LL. D.) from the college. By deed made on July 1, 1947, and payment of $8,500, the college's trustees acquired, from Professor and Mrs. J. Maurice Henry, a two-story frame house and lot at 107 Broad Street in Bridgewater.45 As the "Broad Street Apartments," the house served, henceforth, as a rented residence for two faculty families. 46 In the same year (1947), the Bridgewater trustees authorized Edmund S. Campbell, professor of architectural design at the University of Virginia, to make a study of the Bridgewater campus for the purpose of recommending the location of future buildings and faculty building lots. They also directed him to provide an aerial view of the campus. 47

President Baugher' s Resignation On November 13, 1946, less than five months after entering office, President Baugher suffered a severe heart attack.48 Two days later, the executive committee of Bridgewater's board of trustees named the college's acting academic dean (Charles C. Wright), the institution's business manager and treasurer (Cecil C. Ikenberry), and President Baugher's secretary (Mattie V. Glick) to serve as a committee to act for the president during his incapacity, and this arrangement the board of trustees approved at its meeting on December 9.49 Dean Wright began presiding at meetings of the college faculty on November 19, 1946, that body's minutes reveal.

41B, Oct., 1947, p. 2; Oct., 1948, pp. 3, 4; and the TrM of later years. 42B, Oct., 1948, p. 4. 43TrM, June 2, 1947. 44Ibid. 45RCo DBk 208, p. 540. 46TrExComM, Sept. 29, 1947. 47TrExComM, April 23, 1947. 48PHB, Southeast, p. 274. 49TrExComM, Nov. 15, 1946; TrM, Dec. 9, 1946. Bridgewater College: The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980 453

Not until the latter half of March, 1947, did President Baugher return to his office.50 He presided at faculty meetings in April and May, and, at the graduation exercises on June 2, he presided and conferred the degrees. He discharged the duties of his office, also, during the summer of 1947, and presided at the faculty meetings on September 9 and 18. On September 28, 1947, however, he suffered another severe heart attack51 (after which he never returned to his office). The next day, the college's trustees appointed another committee to act for him: John W. Boitnott (the college's academic dean), Cecil C. Ikenberry, and Mattie V. Glick.52 President Baugher's incapacity, continuing into December, caused "some impatience and anxiety" among the college's trustees, faculty, and alumni, who were apprehensive concerning the prospects of his recovery.53 Their fears were justified. On January 13, 1948, less than 19 months after entering the office, Dr. Baugher, upon the advice of his physician, resigned the presidency of Bridgewater College.54 During the spring semester, he and Mrs. Baugher left the college and went to York, Pennsylvania (where Dr. Baugher died in August, 1949).55 The special executive committee (Boitnott, Ikenberry, and Glick) functioned during the remainder of the session. Dean Boitnott presided at faculty meetings from October 3, 1947, through June 25, 1948 (that body's minutes show), and, at the graduation exercises on May 31, 1948, he presided and conferred the degrees. The college's trustees accepted President Baugher's resignation "with deep regrets," stating that his "work at the college during this short period of time will be remembered with pleasure and satisfaction by all of those who learned to know him."56 The trustees' president, Charles W. Wampler, stated that President Baugher had "won for himself a place of esteem and respect among the faculty, students, and the church constituency."57 On Homecoming Day for the alumni, October 20, 1951, a portrait of the late president, sponsored by the college's alumni association, was unveiled in the old chapel in Memorial Hall, and was placed there among the portraits of other Bridgewater presidents and benefactors.58

Observations on President Baugher and His Administration In the judgment of his associates, President Baugher was an able administrator, and one well liked by faculty and students. His incumbency "will probably be recorded as one of signal significance, in spite of its shortness," commented the Bridgewater College Newsette. 59 It saw the adoption of a pension system for the college's full-time employees of instruction and administration in their retirement years, the allotment of office space to faculty members, and steps to make building lots available to them. It witnessed, also, the expansion of the college's physical plant by the

50Bee, March 21, 1947, p. 1; TrExComM, March 28, 1947. 51Bee, Oct. 17, 1947, p. 1. 52TrExComM, Sept. 29, 1947. 53pHB to Howard S. Zigler, Dec. 29, 1947 (copy), PHB Papers. 54rrExComM, Jan. 14, 1948. 55Jacob I. Baugher to the Tr, March 15, 1948, with the TrM; Newsette, Dec., 1949, p. 1. 568, Oct., 1948, p. 3. 57DistMM (1948), pp. 7, 8. 58Newsette, Dec., 1951, p. 1. 59oec., 1949, p. 6. 454 The Presidency of Jacob Ira Baugher, 1946-1948

addition of needed facilities, the adoption of a new plan for campus development in regard to landscaping and location of new buildings, the appointment of a new executive secretary of the college's alumni association after a year's lapse, and the renewal of the "Expansion Movement" for a greater endowment fund and other purposes. His administration witnessed, also, a great increase in student enrollment, due largely to an influx of war veterans. Feeling it the college's duty to respond to "the call of youth" for an education in the post-war era, President Baugher challenged the Bridgewater trustees, some of whom were apprehensive over the admission of war veterans in large numbers: "Let us equip ourselves and set to the task of doing a good job."60 He expressed the hope, furthermore, that Bridgewater might be not only the first in co-education among the private senior colleges in Virginia, but also, among those colleges, the first to admit black students. 61 "Perhaps more significant has been the spirit which has characterized his administration," observed the Newsette. "It has been one of cooperative fellowship throughout the College community, including faculty and student body. Even during his illness, the shadow of his leadership forestalled crises and inspired concern for the highest interest of the College. His knowledge of education, his interest for the church, ... his comradeship with fellow faculty members, his approachableness and understanding manner with students, his vision for a greater Bridgewater, and his progressive spirit have left their mark on the Bridgewater campus."62

60Jacob I. Baugher to the Tr, Nov. 13, 1946, in the TrM, Dec. 91946. 61staternent with the TrM, March 15, 1948. 62Newsette, Feb., 1948, p. 1. "Old Main," a building on the campus of Blue Ridge College, New Windsor, Maryland. A wood engraving by Isaac/. Sanger.

IX

Charles Conrad Wright, Acting President 1948-1949

An Interim Appointment

After the resignation of President Baugher on January 13, 1948, the Bridgewater trustees, for the second time in less than 27 months, were confronted with the task of finding an administrative head for their college. Again they named a search committee: Malcolm A. Long (chairman), Mrs. Carman G. (L. Katherine Flory) Blough (vice chairperson), Frederick D. Dove, Elmer A. Jordan, Rufus B. King (representing the alumni association), and Isaac C. Senger.1 Rufus D. Bowman, the head of Bethany Biblical Seminary and a Bridgewater alumnus (B. A., 1923), was one of those who, at this time, were sounded out for the presidency at Bridgewater. He decided, however, to remain at the seminary.2 Jesse H. Ziegler, a Bethany Biblical Seminary professor, also a Bridgewater graduate (B. A., 1935), was another person approached, but he, also, decided not to make a change of position at the time, expressing his preference for teaching.3 Needing more time to fill the vacancy, the Bridgewater trustees decided to make an interim appointment. Accordingly, on July 22, 1948, they named Charles C. Wright acting president of the college, he to serve from August 1, 1948, until June 30, 1949,4 and he agreed to accept the position. The college's alumni association heartily endorsed the trustees' action.5

The New Leader

Charles Conrad Wright (1884-1962), the son of Robert J. Wright and Alice M. (Sanger) Wright, was born near Bridgewater, Virginia. He was educated at Bridgewater College (B. E., 1900; M. Accts., 1903; B. A., 1918), at Columbia University (M.A., 1923), and at the University of Virginia (Ph.D., 1930). He began a long career of teaching at Bridgewater College in 1915, as principal of its Commercial School. During nearly four decades thereafter, until 1954

lTrM, March 15, 1948; AlumM, April 3, 1948. 2TrM, May 31, 1948; Rufus D. Bowman to Mrs. Carman G. Blough et al., June 21, 1948, AMML archives. 3Jesse H. Ziegler to Rufus B. King, April 6, 1948, AMML archives. 4HDN-R, July 23, 1948, p. 1; TrM, Nov. 8, 1948. 5AlumM, July 24, 1948. 457 458 Charles Conrad Wright, Acting President 1948-1949

(except for a few brief leaves of absence), he taught (at various times) courses in political science, sociology, history, and economics, as well as in commerce. He served also in various Bridgewater College administrative positions. He was business manager and treasurer, 1916- 23; treasurer of the college's board of trustees, 1919-23, and the board's secretary, 1947-57. He was the college's acting academic dean, 1923-24, 1924-25 (second semester), and 1946-47; and its academic dean, 1925-28, and 1929-43. Having held all of these positions, besides serving on the teaching staff, he was thoroughly familiar with the college's organization, functioning, and personnel. "No one knows the inside working of the college better than he," remarked a colleague; "neither has anyone a greater devotion to the cause than has Dr. Wright."6 He had served, also, as a member of the Virginia state constitutional convention of 1945, and as a member of the Bridgewater town council.

CHARLES CONRAD WRIGHT

Acting president of the college, 1948-49

6B, Dec., 1948, p. 4. Bridgewater College: The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980 459

Those who knew Professor Wright (64 years old in 1948) remembered "his dignified bearing, his good humor, his wise counsel and judgment, and his unflinching devotion to those principles of integrity and fair play which were outstanding attributes of his personality."7 Faculty colleagues held him in high regard; so did students, with whom he was popular, despite his insistence on high standards of work and conduct. A person of frankness and strong convictions, he left no one in doubt where he stood on any question of importance. Dr. and Mrs. Wright, the parents of two daughters and a son (all grown to adulthood), continued to live in their house along East College Street, near the college campus.

The Students and Some Student Activities

The student enrollment, as of October 1, 1948, was 514, of whom 160 were veterans of World War II. Eighty-two students were married, and some of them had children. One couple commuted 50 miles each way, each school day, for an 8 a. m. class. The students, whose ages ranged from 16 to 43, represented 13 of the nation's states and two foreign countries. Of the 514 enrolled, 377 were Virginians; 53 Marylanders; 27 West Virginians; and 13 Pennsylvanians. Five students came from Canton, China, when that country was being taken over by the communists, and another came from West Germany. Half of the students were members of the Church of the Brethren. Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Lutherans, and United Brethren were the next largest church groups. 8 During the session, 1948-49, Bridgewater students made a commendable record in intercollegiate debating of the Tau Kappa Alpha question, which concerned U. S. government aid to public education. Detailed reports of some of the debates are lacking. Robert M. Bennett, J. Alaric Bowman, Jr., Alvin E. Conner, William L. Forbes, Harry M. Gardner, Harold H. Hersch, Rommie F. Moore, Alfred Valjean Prather, and William L. Young were the debaters during the session. Professors Frances E. Silliman and Clarence E. May, Bridgewater faculty members, were the debate coaches.9 The International Relations Club sponsored a straw vote among Bridgewater students, October 28, 1948, to determine their choices for the nation's president, and the results were as follows. Thomas E. Dewey, of the Republican Party, received 220 (63.7 percent) of the 345 votes cast; J. Strom Thurmond, of the States Rights Party, 78 votes; Harry S. Truman (the incumbent president), of the Democratic Party, 34 votes; Henry A. Wallace, of the Progressive Party, 10 votes; and Norman Thomas, of the Socialist Party, 3 votes.10 New student organizations came into being during the session, 1948-49: a Bridgewater chapter of the United World Federalists; a chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, national honorary service fraternity; and the Clericus Chorus, formed under the direction of Philip E. Trout, a third-year Bridgewater student member of the Clericus.11

7statement of Bernard S. Logan, Nov. 7, 1964, at the plaque-unveiling in Wright Hall. 8Reports of the college's registrar. 9The files of the Bee. 10Bee, Nov., 1948, p. 1. 11FacAdmCornM, April 1, 1949; Bee, May 27, 1949, p. 1; Ripples (1949), pp. 35, 45. 460 Charles Conrad Wright, Acting President 1948-1949 Men's Athletics In the spring of 1949, Bridgewater played 16 games of baseball with 10 colleges and universities, and gained victories in nine of those contests. It won both of its games with Baltimore University and both with Towson State Teachers College, one of its two games with Roanoke College and one of its two with Shepherd College, and its games (one each) with American University, Akron University, and Elizabethtown College. It lost its game with Lynchburg College, both of its games with Hampden-Sydney College and both with Randolph-Macon College. The Trumbo brothers (Whitney E. and Harold), Harry R. Bowers, and Hubert W. Monger were Bridgewater's pitchers. Ralph D. Guyton was the captain, Leonard W. Cooper the manager, and Professor Daniel S. Geiser the coach of the team that season.12 The Bridgewater Eagles had an unusually successful basketball season in 1948-49, with 13 wins and three losses, losing only to Roanoke and to Hampden-Sydney (twice). In the post- season Mason-Dixon Conference tournament in March, 1949, the Bridgewater team defeated Catholic University, but, in the final round, lost to Hampden-Sydney. James W. Myers and Earle W. Fike, Jr., were Bridgewater's highest scorers during the season. Donald L. Glick and Bruce M. Pope were the co-captains, Charles E. Faulkner the manager, and Professor Daniel S. Geiser the coach of the team that season. In the spring of 1949, the Bridgewater tennis team played six matches with five colleges (Hampden-Sydney, Lynchburg, Randolph-Macon, Towson, and the University of Baltimore), but won only the two matches with Towson. Byron M. Flory, Jr., Daniel C. Flory, Alfred Valjean Prather, Robert G. Sanger, Philip E. Trout, and Charles D. Zigler were among Bridgewater's players that season. Alfred Valjean Prather was the team's captain and Professor Rudolph A. Glick was the coach. In the fall of 1948, additional tennis courts (besides those back of Blue Ridge Hall and those on the northwest side of the college's heating plant and the old gymnasium) were made along Third Street, near North Hall. In the spring of 1949, Professor Jopson's track and field men won all four of their dual meets, those with the Davis and Elkins, Lynchburg, Randolph-Macon, and Roanoke College teams; also the Virginia Little Six meet; but finished sixth in the Mason-Dixon Conference meet. The season witnessed the setting of some new Bridgewater College records. B. Merle Crouse ran the mile in 4 minutes, 34.6 seconds, and K Richard Jarrels, Jr., 880 yards in 2 minutes, 5.8 seconds. Hobert V. Bodkin threw the discus 130 feet, 3 inches, and Richard A. Jones the javelin 164 feet. James W. Myers put the shot 40 feet, 10 inches. Melvin L. Myers broad jumped 21 feet, 6.5 inches, a new freshman record. Other outstanding performers were J. Vernon Wright, Joseph V. Barton, and Lawrence W. Roller in the 100- and 220-yard dashes; Alfred M. Shook and Earle W. Fike, Jr., in the low hurdles; Shook in the high jump, and Bodkin in the shot put. Hobert V. Bodkin and Amos Owen Shifflett were the co-captains, and George W. Pegram, Jr., the manager of the team that season. In the fall of 1948, Professor Jopson's cross-country runners won a triangular meet with Gallaudet and Lynchburg colleges, a dual meet with Catholic University, and a dual meet with Davis and Elkins College, but lost (by one point) to the University of Virginia in another meet. In the Virginia Little Six competition, the Bridgewater runners placed second (after Roanoke), and in the Mason-Dixon Conference meet placed third (after Roanoke and Loyola) among the 12 colleges competing. Warren D. Bowman, Jr., Paul E. Crizer, B. Merle Crouse, Paul E. Glick, K Richard Jarrels, Jr., and 0. Raymond Sellers, Jr., were outstanding performers during the season.

12This paragraph and the following ones on athletics are based on the files of the Bee. Bridgewater College: The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980 461 Women's Athletics In their 1948-49 basketball season, Bridgewater women won five of the eight games they played. They outscored the teams of Elizabethtown College twice, Roanoke College twice, and Sweet Briar College, but lost to the teams of Longwood College, Richmond Professional Institute, and Westhampton College. The team's co-captains were Shirley H. Petcher and Nancy R. Clague, and its manager was Barbara M. Judy. Other players during the season were Eloise R. Edmonson, M. Margaret Faulkner, Ruth C. Glick, Jean F. Kiser, Alphadine E. Martin, and Patricia M. Rittenhouse. Professor Marshall Schools was the coach. During their second field hockey season, in October, 1948, the Bridgewater girls defeated the Roanoke College team, tied the Randolph-Macon Woman's College team, but lost to the teams of Richmond Professional Institute and Hollins College. Elizabeth L. Beard and Alma E. Boyd were the co-captains, and Susan P. Myers the manager of the Bridgewater team. Professor Marshall Schools was the coach. In October, 1948, the Bridgewater College faculty approved a constitution for a separate Bridgewater College Women's Athletic Association.13 Since 1920, Bridgewater men and women had belonged to the same athletic association, after having had separate associations originally (as stated in Chapters V and VI).

The Faculty, Administrative Officers, and Trustees The following persons (whose academic credentials are revealed in an appendix near the end of this volume) were new on the Bridgewater faculty in September, 1948, and they served during the periods indicated: in chemistry, Philip E. Graef, 1948-50; in English, Howard A. Barnett, 1948-50; in psychology, Cephas J. Adkins, Jr., 1948-51; in sociology, Charles J. Keene, Jr., 1948-49; in Spanish, Virginia R. (Mrs. Raymond N.) Andes, 1948-49.14 Newton D. Cool retired from full-time work at the college in 1949, after 31 years of valued service. He was the principal of Bridgewater Academy, 1918-24; the college's business manager and treasurer, 1924-30; the college's treasurer, 1930-35; treasurer of the college's board of trustees, 1923-37; and a teacher of commercial subjects, economics, and mathematics in the college, 1931-49. In 1943, the college conferred upon him an honorary M. S. degree, and, in 1949, the Bridgewater trustees voted him an annual pension of $500.15 W. Donald Clague, professor of chemistry since 1943, became Dean of Students in 1948, following Ida E. Shockley's resignation, and Mildred A. Wheatley became assistant dean.16 Mr. Clague was dean until 1966, and Miss Wheatley assistant dean until 1951, the college's catalogues reveal. John W. Boitnott continued to serve as the college's academic dean and registrar, and the director of its summer session, and Cecil C. Ikenberry as the college's business manager and treasurer. New members appeared on the college's board of trustees (serving during the years indicated): Samuel A. Harley (1948-53), representing the Church of the Brethren's Eastern District of Maryland; Olive Maust Hooker (1948-53), representing the church's Eastern District

13FacM, Oct. 22, 1948. 14rhe president's reports to the college's trustees and the college's catalogues. 15rrM, June 6, 1949. 16rrExCornM, Sept. 22, 1948. 462 Charles Conrad Wright, Acting President 1948-1949

of Virginia; and Paul M. Robinson (1949-50), representing the church's Middle District of Maryland.17

Graduations and Alumni Activities

In 1949, when Dr. Wright was acting president, the college conferred 77 B. A. degrees, 12 B. S. degrees (seven in music, five in home economics), three diplomas in piano and two in voice, and eight certificates (one in organ, one in piano, and six in commerce), the catalogues reveal. Homecoming Day for alumni, in the autumn of each year, discontinued after 1941, on account of the war, was resumed on October 23, 1948.18 The year Dr. Wright was acting president witnessed the organization of three more chapters of the college's alumni association. The Delmarva chapter (for Delaware and the portions of Maryland and Virginia east of Chesapeake Bay) was formed on August 29, 1948; the Baltimore (Md.) chapter, October 29, 1948; and the Broadway-Timberville (later, North Rockingham) chapter, May 16, 1949.19 At the alumni association's banquet, June 4, 1949, the featured speaker was the college's president-elect, Warren D. Bowman, whose subject was "My Faith in Bridgewater." Robert K. Burns (B. A., 1916), distinguished embryologist and anatomist of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and honorary professor at the Johns Hopkins University, was named "Alumnus of the Year ."20

Alumni in Graduate and Professional Schools

Bridgewater graduates continued to earn advanced degrees in graduate and professional schools. The recipients of such degrees in 1949, when Dr. Wright was Bridgewater's acting president, are mentioned here. Three earned the Ph.D.: Wendell P. Glick (B. A., 1938) at Northwestern University, in English; Herman L. Horn (B. A., 1924) at Duke University, in political science; and Bernard St. Clair Logan (B. A., 1938) at the University of Wisconsin, in history. Clifford T. Riddel, Jr. (B. A., 1933), received the M. D. from the University of Maryland. Four received the B. D. from Bethany Biblical Seminary: David P. Greene, Jr. (B. A., 1946); Robert E. Houff (B. A., 1945); Joseph M. Mason (B. A., 1945); and Jesse D. Robertson (B. A., 1945).21

Some Speakers and Entertainers

Walter H. Judd, U.S. Congressman and former medical missionary to China, spoke at the college in November, 1948, as did Leland Stowe, distinguished journalist and radio commentator, in January, 1949.22

178, Oct., 1949, p. 3. and the TrM. 18AlumM, July 24, 1948; Newsette, Aug., 1948, p. 3. 19From the AlumM and reports of the executive secretary. 20AlumM, March 26, 1949; Newsette, Aug., 1949, p. 1. 2l BC publications; the AlumBF; Bethany Biblical Seminary catalogues. 22Bee, Nov. 19, 1948, p. 1; Newsette, April, 1949, p. 6. Bridgewater College: The First Hundred Years, 1880-1980 463

The world-famous "Wings over Jordan Choir" presented a program at the college in November, 1948, as did S. Hurok's Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers in March, 1949. The Barter Theater's performances of Shakespearean plays in 1948 and 1949 were other treats for the college community.23 The college's annual Spiritual Life Institute brought special speakers to the campus in January, 1949: Professor Ernest Trice Thompson, of the Union Theological Seminary (Richmond, Va.); Henry S. Randolph, Board of National Missions, Presbyterian Church, U.S. A.; Daniel J. Lichty, missionary to India, 1902-47; Earl M. Bowman pastor, Church of the Brethren, Harrisonburg; and others.24

Buildings In 1948, after the departure of former President and Mrs. Baugher, the college converted their domicile into the "Administration Annex," by making the first floor of the building into offices for the school's business manager and treasurer and other officials and the second floor into two small apartments for faculty members.25 The building was thus used until the summer of 1963, when, in order to permit grading and landscaping of the grounds around the newly constructed library, the Administration Annex was torn down and removed, and the offices housed there were transferred to the George B. Flory House (removed in 1970), opposite Yount Hall.26 Early in the spring of 1949, construction of a new house for the college's president and his family got under way. Situated on the southwest side of East College Street, opposite the Home Management House, on land purchased of Mrs. William M. Burns in 1919,27 the nine- room brick dwelling was built by Carter Shanholtzer, Jr., and was completed in November, 1949, at a cost of approximately $30,000.28 The Burns house, on the land parcel, was moved to another location along the same street, nearer to Berlinton.29 Acting President Wright's administration witnessed the construction of a new women's dormitory, Blue Ridge Hall, a brick structure (225 feet by 48) of three stories above the basement level, situated opposite (and facing) the present Bowman Hall from a distance of about 100 yards. The new facility was built by the Nielsen Construction Company, of Harrisonburg, during the years 1948-49, at a cost of $305,780, financed by the sale of bonds. It provided accommodations for 102 students and their resident director. The new dormitory, occupied in the spring of 1949, was named in honor of Blue Ridge College (affiliated with Bridgewater-Daleville College, 1929-37), at New Windsor, Maryland, and that college's alumni. At the dedication of the new residence hall, May 7, 1949, the main speaker was Paul Haynes Bowman, president of Blue Ridge College, 1915-17, and of Bridgewater College, 1919- 46, who, while at Bridgewater, had initiated and pressed the movement for the dormitory. Alumni, church congregations, and other friends donated the funds for the cost of the building's furnishings. Inside the dormitory's main entrance and on room doors are plaques bearing the names of donors (individuals and organizations) of memorial gifts. A reception

23Bee, Nov. 5, 1948, p. 1; March 11, 1949, p. 1. 24rhe institutes' programs are in the AMML. 25rrExComM, March 10, Sept. 22, 1948. 26Alumnus, Aug., 1963, p. 3; TrExComM, May 12, 1963. 27RCo DBk 113, pp. 444-45. 288, Oct., 1949, p. 5. 29TrExComM, July 1, Nov. 7, 1949. 464 Charles Conrad Wright, Acting President 1948-1949

room and two guest bedrooms on the main floor, for the use of alumni, were furnished by the Bridgewater College Alumni Association.30

Conclusion During the 11 months when he was the college's acting president (August 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949), Dr. Wright proved himself to be an able administrator, who gained the respect of the institution's trustees, faculty, students, alumni, and the general public. His term of office is notable especially for the opening of a new women's dormitory, Blue Ridge Hall, and for the construction (but not the completion) of a new residence for the college's presidents and their families. Upon the expiration of ~is term as acting president, Dr. Wright again became a full-time member of the college's teaching staff, retiring in 1954, after nearly 40 years of faithful and highly efficient service to the school he had first entered as a preparatory student in 1894.

BLUE RIDGE HALL. Built in 1948-49. Named in recognition of Blue Ridge College (New Windsor, Md.), affiliated with Bridgewater-Daleville College, 1929-37. A residence hall for women.

3DB, Dec., 1947, p. 11; Dec., 1948, p. 5; Oct., 1949, p. 5; TrM, May 31, 1948; FacAdrnCornM, Feb. 15, 1949; DistMM (1949), p. 21; Newsette, April, 1948, p. 6; April, 1951, p. 3; Bee, March 12, 1948, p. 1. / < I '//ti., Founders' Hall, the main administrative office building at Bridgewater College, 1904-84. Now the eastern section of Flory Hall. A wood engraving by Isaac J. Sanger.