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OtterbeinRound Robins Still Flying High • page 15 Several round robin groups who met What Did You Do for Fun at at Otterbein are still keeping those let� Otterbein?• page 20 ters going, though some have been gone A "Through the Ages" story. How different from Otterbein for nearly 50 years. is the way students have fun today than from 5 0 years ago? Or is there a difference?
�I •' President of the College • Brent DeVore H'86 Vice President for Institutional Advancement • Rick Dorman Director of Alumni Relations • Greg Johnson Executive Director of College Relations • Patricia Kessler Executive Director of Development • Jack Pietila '62 Editor/Designer • Roger Routson Coordinator of News Information • Jenny Hill The '99 Common Book Experience Photographer • Edward P. Syguda CommonBook author Alex Kotlowitz (page 6) and author
Towers Magazine is produced in cooperation with the Alumni Coun Wil Haygood (page S)address the campus community about cil in the interest of Otterbein alumniand friends. Published by the Office racial issues. Mary B. Thomas, whose endowment enabled of College Relations, phone (614) 823-1600. Common Book, 92 Towers (USPS 413-720) is published quarterly by the Officeof Col the recently passed away at age (page 7). lege Relations of Otterbein College, 141 W. Park St., Westerville, Ohio 43081. Periodic postage paid at Westerville, Ohio 43081. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Towers, Department of Development, Howard House, Otterbein College, 131 W. Park St., Westerville, Ohio 43081. College News, page 2 Otterbein College is committed toproviding equal educational opportunities Classnotes, page 9 regardless of sex, race, creed, gender, sexualmientation, age, political affiliation, mmitalor parental status, veteran statlts, national origin or disabling condition in Sports, page 12 the admission of students, educational policies, financialaid and scholarships, "O" Club, page 14 housing, athletics, employment and other activities. Inquiries regarding compli ance may be directed tothe vice president for Academic Aff airs, chair of the Milestones, page 29 Queen Brooks Art AffinnativeAction Committee, or the director of Human Resources/Sexual Har Philanthropy, page 32 work for the Visually rassment investigation officer. Alumni Notes, page 34 Impaired • page 2 COLLEGE NEWS compiled by Jenny Hill ,Art Exhibit Features "Hands On" Experience ,,.•. What do bells, balloons and visually impaired. Brooks explained buttons have in common? They are that objects such as rope and feathers all part of "Hands On," an art exhibit were familiar to the children, while designed for the visually impaired by sharper objects such as nails would be artist Queen Brooks threatening. which was recently on display in Otterbein's Dunlap Gallery in the Battelle Fine Arts Center. "Hands On" is a collection of multi media works creat ed to give both sighted and visual- ly impaired peo ple a new art experience. "l want to give visually impaired indi viduals the joy and gratifica tion of being Timberland 1-{eetcl included, since most e �'.j Sle forms of art are not made to be Using the suggestions and touched," Brooks said. "I also want requests of the children, Brooks the sighted to be able to experience included wood, beads, leather, yarn art in a ne,v ,:vay." and seashells, among other things. At the artist's gallery talk on "Hands On" also uses vivid colors to Sept. 27, Brooks encouraged people appeal to visually impaired people to "view" her artwork in a new way. who are not blind. "I want everyone to touch the art," "The colors are very important she said. "That's why I made it and to the pieces," Brooks said. "One girl that is what it's there for." even said that she could feel the col "Hands On" was in the making ors, although she was blind. That for several years before the final was wonderful." exhibit was displayed. The idea for Brooks hopes that her exhibition the project was inspired seven years at Otterbein will inspire other artists ago by a blind man who asked Brooks and museums to create and display if he could touch one of her artworks art for the visually impaired. "So at an exhibition. "After he felt the many museums take art and hide it piece, he came back to me and sug- behind glass or 'do not touch' signs. gested that I create more artworks want museums to accommodate the that would give visually impaired population of people that need con individuals a chance to experience tact to experience art." art," Brooks said. "I want the exhibition to go to as Brooks worked with children at many venues as possible so that the Ohio School for the Blind for museums and artists across the coun eight months before creating "Hands try will take notice," Brooks said. On" to research what materials "But most importantly, I want to Mask of My Familiar would be friendly- to the touch of the reach the visually impaired." Otterbein Finds Strength in Numbers Freshman Class Exceeds 500-Largest Ever Otterbein College is experienc Entering freshman number 505 housed 856 students. At the start of ing a growth spurt, and not just in this year, which is the largest incom this school year, the residence halls its total enrollment. Otterbein has ing class in the history of Otterbein. were home to 921 students. seen many aspects of the College Thirteen percent of the students in Otterbein's graduate programs grow both in numbers and in the freshman class are of color and also show large increases for the strength for the 1999-2000 school four percent are international stu 1999-2000 school year. Graduate year. dents. enrollment totals 441, leaping 28 The total enrollment of 2,996 Otterbein also experienced percent over last year's enrollment students surpassed the College's record retention this year, with 93 of 346 graduate students. The Mas expectations for autumn quarter, percent of its upperclassmen return ter of Business Administration pro showing an eight percent increase ing. gram shows the most growth, with over last year's total enrollment of With the large increase in fresh 200 students enrolled, which is an 2,785. Full-time enrollment man enrollment and upperclassmen increase of 84 students since 1998. increased seven percent to a new retention, Otterbein has experienced The graduate education program high of 1,786, while part-time an increase in demand forhousing. enrollment increased by 14 for a enrollment experienced a nine per At the start of the 1998-99 school total of 12 7, and the graduate nurs cent increase to 1,210. year, Otterbein's residence halls ing program enrollment totaled 114.
Otterbein Runs Strong in Nikiforow said. "The students really weekend before classes begin. One Columbus Marathon appreciated the opportunity." hundred and fifty students joined 12 Added John Buckles, associate faculty and staffmembers for a day of Otterbein sponsored eight relays professor of Communication, "People community service. teams and 26 runners on Nov. 13 for don't run against people. It's about The program, sponsored by the the 20th running of the Columbus individual goals. We don't care Community Service Learning Cen Marathon. where we finish in the rankings." ter, is part of an effort to get students Otterbein was represented by six students, seven administrators/staff involved in community service early Students Take the Plun e in their college careers. Otterbein members, five faculty members, and g New students entering Otterbein officialshope this early involvement five friends of the College, two alum College this fallhad the opportunity will encourage students to continue ni, and one parent. to "plunge" into the community with their volunteer work throughout President Brent DeVore, who a special service project on Sept. 1 l. their college years. ran on one of the relay teams, said, "I For the seventh year, Communi The program was initiated by thought it was a great experience. It ty Plunge was part of Otterbein's the sesquicentennial class of 1997 in brought together the students, facul New Student Weekend, held the the fall of 1993 and has been a part ty, and alumni. It's a wonderful com munity-building event. It was also an opportunity for me to spend some time with the students in a different way than usual." The goal was to enter 10 teams, according to Nancy Nikiforow, direc tor of grants. Enough runners were assembled to complete 10 teams, but a couple of last-minute cancellations forcedthe school to enter eight teams. Last year, the College entered three relay teams. The relay teams are split into 3 legs: first-leggers run 13. 7 miles, sec ond-leggers complete 9.5 miles, and Marathon, Man! L-R Liz Russell, Liz Allen, Dave Riepenlwff,Jaclyn Reith, the third-leggers complete the race Tracy Johnson, Heidi Huddleston, Stephani Mc Nemar, Matt Waddell, Mark Pfeif by running the final three miles. fer, Susan Enyart, JeffYoest, Anne Sillato, Jerry Gould, John Bue/des, Bill Harper, "We were doing it for team Nancy Nil
Common Book Author says the plight of our poor children is the most urgent domestic issue facing us today.
Common Book Author Alex Kotlowitz wide chasm that separates the two quency of the violence," he said. Americas," Kotlowitz explained. Pharoah and Lafeyette saw several "That gap, that chasm is indeed wide friends shot and killed in the time and deep; so wide and deep that the Kotlowitz spent with them. He said by Patti Kennedy suburban commuters and the chil the children growing up in such vio is year's Common Book, There dren, Lafeyette and Pharoah, panic at lent settings show the same symp l Are No Children Here: Growing Up the thought of contact. I would argue toms of post traumatic stress disorder in the Other America, follows two that it is that chasm, especially the as veterans returning from war. These years in the lives of brothers Pharoah state of our poor children, that is the children are unable to build mean- and LafeyetteRivers as they grow up most urgent domestic issue facing us in the poverty-stricken Henry today. These children are our future >>> to page 8 Homer housing project in downtown and as we walk through the streets of Chicago. The book forces readers to our central cities, it does not take .... examine the causes of poverty, to great psychic powers to see what the confront America's abandonment of future holds. It is not good." children and the poor, to consider Kotlowitz discussed two things the high human cost of such aban that surprised him as he spent donment and to grapple with what to time in Henry Homer housing do about the problem now. project researching his book. Author Alex Kotlowitz spoke to The first was the breakdown in the campus community on Nov. 10 community and distrust on "Breaking the Silence: Growing among neighbors, which he Up Poor." attributes, in great part, to Both the book and Kotlowitz's the loss of meaningful work address began with an example of the in urban areas. division between the "two Americas." "Wark is the very Pharoah and Lafeyette were hunting thread that holds the for snakes along the railroad tracks social fabric together," with their friends one summer day he said. "It provides a when the commuter train approached. sense of purpose, The boys ran for cover having heard direction, connection that commuters would shoot at them. and identity. With Inside the train, commuters moved out work, that away from the windows believing thread begins to rumors that they could be shot at by unravel." youths in the neighborhood. He was also surprised by the "I think that episode stands as a violence. "I was not surprised that it powerful metaphor for the deep and existed, but by the- intensity and fre, CJlnary {!3_ �omas JJeaves cipecialJJegacy
Mary Burnham Thomas '28 died Joanne Van Sant, special consul She was a member of the United November 26 at the age of 92 at tant to Institutional Advancement Methodist Church of the Master, Phi Friendship Village in Columbus. She and a longtime friend, points to the Delta Gamma and the New Century leaves behind her a literary legacy way Thomas helped children of all Club. She served as an officer at the that will benefit generations of ages. "Even though Mary had no local, state and regional levels for Otterbein students. children of her own, she had the American Association of In 1994, Thomas endowed The many children she spon University Women, was a Thomas Academic Excellence Series sored through a variety life member of the Nation in honor of her parents, Fred N. and of organizations. al Federation of Music Emma B. Thomas. It is intended to Through the Chil Clubs and was a member create intellectual excitement and dren's Christian Fund of the Westerville strengthen bonds on campus by pro and the Save the Memorial Library viding a shared academic experience Children Founda Board. Her service to for the freshmen students through tions she sponsored the library board the Common Book. Each year a book children of different included holding the is selected for new students to read, nationalities in sever office of treasurer, vice discuss and use in their Integrative al countries. Through president and president. Studies courses. Thomas' endowment the Student Conserva Formerly employed also provides funds to bring the tion Association she in the treasurer's office at ,.:/1J ,. author to campus in the fall to meet helped numerous college '. Ir;; ' Otterbein, Thomas was an 'fft,· with students and give a campus age students experience sum active member of the Otterbein wide convocation. Often the author mer internships in national parks. Board of Trustees from 1960-1979. returns in the spring for the Integra She assisted students at Cumberland During that time, she served as secre tive Studies Festival. All of this was College where many return to the tary of the board and as a member of made possible because of Thomas' Appalachian region as doctors, den the Executive Committee. In 1979, love of reading and her desire to tists, nurses, teachers and business the Board passed a resolution citing introduce students to contemporary professionals." her leadership and the generosity, literature. As for her efforts at Otterbein, diversity and magnitude of her ser "What is so important about this Van Sant says, "In establishing the vice. The resolution also named her program is that we actually put books Thomas Academic Excellence Series, an Honorary Trustee. in so many students' hands and give she provided one of the greatest aca In 1977, Thomas was named the them a chance to meet the author as demic programs in the College's his Westerville Otterbein Women's a real person," says English Professor tory. Club "Woman of the Year." The Beth Daugherty, chair of the Integra "She did so much in a quiet award was presented to her in recog tive Studies program. "And because unassuming way. Her knowledge was nition of her "unselfish dedication we do give it to so many students, extensive and her sense of humor and loyalty to Otterbein." you just know it's going to touch never left her, even in the last days of Thomas has been a donor to the some of them and be important to her life. I shall always be indebted to College ever since the development them. I think that is a wonderful her for having taught me so much." board was formed in 1948. A member legacy." Thomas graduated "cum laude" of the President's Club, she has par Associate Dean of Students from Otterbein. An English major, ticipated in many capital campaigns Becky Smith adds, "Miss Thomas was Thomas won the Barnes Short Story over the years. She donated her always so gracious, generous and giv Award and several other literary house to the College when she ing. Every time I visited with her, I prizes. While an undergraduate at moved to Friendship Village in 1979. knew I had been touched by a special Otterbein, she belonged to the Phi Her hobbies included photogra soul. She was delighted to meet each lalethean Literary Society, Sigma phy, stamp collecting and traveling; of the Common Book authors and Alpha Tau (Owls) sorority and Quiz she visited five continents. She also talk with them about their common and Quill. She later studied journal owned an impressive collection of love of reading and writing. Through ism at the University of Wisconsin postcards depicting scenes of Wester the Thomas Academic Excellence and received her master's degree in ville and Otterbein. • Series, Miss Thomas' legacy will con English literature from The Ohio tinue to touch every new student at State University in 1933. Otterbein Otterbein. What a special lady." presented her with an honorary Doc torate of Humane- Letters in 1981. >>>from page 6 front the issue of poverty in this However, Kotlowitz said he does ingful relationships and have a strong country, then we have got to find still hold hope for the future. "My foreboding that they wouldn't live ways to openly and candidly address greatest hope still lies with the chil into adulthood, Kotlowitz reported. the issue of race. We cannot talk dren. I found forthe most part, chil Kotlowitz cited two kinds of about poverty in this country without dren with a strong sense of right and "silence" that allow the chasm to talking about race. It is no accident wrong, a sense of what they wanted to continue to widen between the two that a disproportionate number of be and didn't want to be when they got Americas. The first is an institutional blacks and Hispanics in this country older, children who were still resource silence in terms of schools, courts, are growing up poor. The playing ful, questioned the world around them the housing authorities, police and field, simply put, is not level. And so and had a vision, however blurred it others who are supposed to help but if we are to talk about somehow elim might be at times. We somehow have fall far short in improving the lives of inating poverty in this country, then to find a way to provide a childhood children living in poverty. "The somehow we have to acknowledge from which these children don't feel inability of these institutions to that race still very much matters." they need to run." • respond has become an almost week ly if not daily crisis in the lives of these kids," he said. He gave an example of an ele Character Counts at Otterbein mentary school shooting in Winnet ka, ill., where counselors and psychi Otterbein College has been recognized for leadership in the field of atrists rushed in to help students, student character development in The Templeton Guide: Colleges that teachers and parents deal with the Encourage Character Developmq1t, which was released Oct. 22. aftermath. He compared that to Otterbein is profiled in the guide forits Senior Year Experience, a Henry Horner where violence was a program that brings together the sum of college learning and applies it to a weekly occurrence yet "no adult non-traditional topic. "The Senior Year Experience is a set of inter-disci walked into that community and plinary, liberal arts courses, from which each senior chooses one course to said, 'I will do what I can to make take," said Otterbein senior Jessie Gordon. sure this doesn't happen again."' The Templeton Guide is designed for high school students, parents, Kotlowitz said there is also a self guidance counselors, college administrators, trustees, faculty and alumni. imposed silence on the part of people It contains profiles of 405 exemplary college programs, 50 college presi living in communities like Henry dents who encourage character development, and 100 colleges and univer Horner. They are unable and unwill sities named to the Templeton Honor Roll fortheir record of commitment ing to talk about the poverty that sur to inspiring students to lead civic-minded lives. rounds their lives. Kotlowitz said he "Otterbein College's strong commitment to character development himself did not speak to friends or col and the strength of its Senior Year Experience program make it a model leagues about what he saw in Pharoah forcolleges and universities nationwide," said Arthur J. Schwartz, Ed.D., and Lafeyette's lives for fear he would Director of Character Development Programs at the John Templeton not be believed. "We stopped listen Foundation. "With The Templeton Guide, we hope to help prospective ing; we stopped believing," he said. "I college students and their parents who want to know what colleges are am a firm and strong believer in the doing to promote the core values of honesty, self-control, respect and ser power of story and the power of story vice to those less fortunate. The Templeton Guide identifies colleges that telling. We need to find ways to share encourage students to understand the importance of personal and civic our stories because by doing so we nur responsibility, which will help them succeed in college and beyond, ture tolerance and build connections. Otterbein College's work in this area is most impressive." The first thing we need to do is start The programs were chosen through a highly selective process that listening and believing, especially to included clarity of vision and statement of purpose; institutional resources the voices of children like Lafeyette and involvement of institutional leaders; impact on students, faculty, cam and Pharoah." pus and community; integration into the core curriculum or academic He also emphasized the impor study; longevity; external awards and recognition; and assessment. tance of rebuilding inner city com Established in 1987, the John Templeton Foundation works closely munities "both physically and spiritu with scholars in all fields to support more than 100 programs encouraging ally," although he admitted it would character development, an appreciation of the benefits of freedom,and require a great investment of capital research on the relationship between spirituality and health. and resources. The foundation has a College and Character website at Lastly, he addressed the issue of www.collegeandcharacter.org, that provides informationon the initiative, race, which he called "the single links to the homepages of colleges selected forThe Templeton Guide, and most divisive forcein this country." other features. He said, "If we are to seriously con- 1111 compiled by Patti Kennedy
Court of Appeals, Sixth Cir 1936 1957 Barbara Stansfield is a mis Dorothy Metzger Fenn and RobertHenn, author of Wild cuit. sionary teacher under the husband Robert celebrated Flowers of Ohio, visited Brethren in Christ Church. 60 years of marriage on May Adams County where he was 1958 Previously, she received a 24. They live in Riverside, available for a book signing. Nancy Whipp Grimm is master's degree in education CA. Henn is currently professor retiring after 17 years as an and taught elementary school emeritus in the Biology administrative assistant at for five years beforegoing to 1944 Department of Sinclair Com Ashland University in Ash Zimbabwe. After returning Dr. Ray Giffordwas recently munity College in Dayton. land, OH. Her husband, Don from Africa in 1974 she inducted into the Westerville His recently published book Grimm '61, retired after taught at Mapleton Local South High School Hall of is in demand by wildflower teaching music education for Schools until she retired in Fame. Dr. Gifford has been a enthusiasts around the coun 33 years. 1994. She is now planning a professor at The OSU Col try. It is especially noted for four-month trip to Zimbabwe lege of Medicine, and chair of its brilliant photos, many of 1960 to help at a Bible school the department of Nephrolo which were taken in Adams Beverly Easterday Krall library. gy at the Cleveland Clinic, County. retired after 3 7 years as a high where an endowed chair in school English teacher main 1962 hypertension was established Judge Alan Norris was ly in the Chicago Public Ronald Ruble, associate pro in his honor. recently inducted into the Schools. She now works as a fessor of speech and theater Westerville South High part-time consultant forthe in the Department of 1947 School Hall of Fame. city school system, writing Humanities at Bowling Mary Cay Carlson Wells Appointed in 1976 by Presi and implementing grant Green State University's and John Wells '48 celebrat dent Ronald Reagan, Judge workshops and counseling Firelands College, has retired. ed their 50th wedding Norris is currently a circuit student teachers. An award-wim1ing writer, anniversary. They are the judge for the Ohio State Ruble has been printed in parents of Kay Wells Landis anthologies by the National '74, Gwen Wells Blair '76 Library of Poetry, the Poet's and Philip Wells '77. FiftyYear Celebration Guild, Quill Books and Iliad Kenneth '50 and Nancy Jones Press. Ruble will continue to '49 Simmons celebrated their serve as artistic director for Paul Craig 1950was posthumously golden wedding anniversary on the Caryl Crane Children's inducted into the Middle August 20 at a family gathering Theatre and teach part-time. town High School Hall of in Pipestem, W. VA, with their He looks forward to having Fame. Craig served as chair children, Matt Simmons, Cindy more time to work on a sec of the Department of Eco Hine, Moly Sproles and Libby ond play, an anthology of nomics, dean of the College Cottee; their spouses, Lisa, Ed, poems and short stories now of Social and Behavioral Sci Tim, Thomas; and three grand in progress. He lives in ences, and professor emeritus sons, Kevin Hine, Jason and Huron,OH. of Public Administration and Robert Sproles. Economics during his tenure Nancy, an art and music major, was historian, secre 1963 at The Ohio State Universi tary and vice president of Epsilon Kappa Tau (arbutus), Ed and Elaine Koehler Henn ty. While continuing to president of Alpha Rho Tau, a member of Pi Kappa '63 retired to A1mapolis, teach, he also lectured, Delta, listed in Who's Who in Ameiican University '48, and MD, in October after 23 authored articles, and served a participant in Student Court and Modern Dance Club. years living and working in as a business consultant. Nancy met Ken, a physical education major and a mem Germany. Ed spent 30 years ber of Zeta Phi, at Otterbein College and dated for about working with welfare and Richard Whitehead was three years beforeKen, while walking along Alum Creek, recreation programs with the named the winner of United surprised Nancy with a "sweetheart serenade" where Ken military in the Philippines, Way's 1998 Robert K. Agar presented Nancy with a ring. The couple was married on Vietnam and Germany. Jr. Award. The award, pre August 20, 1949 at the home of her parents, Dr. ErnestF. Elaine taught third grade in sented at Berkshire United and Ruth Jones, in Fort Custer, Ml. the Philippines. In Germany Way's 75th annual meeting, Ken, retired from the veterans administration, and she worked at Army Educa recognizes an individual who Nancy, retired from teaching, currently reside in Hart tion Centers as a test examin represents the spirit of com field, VA and are now enjoying golfing, fishing and visit er. Retirement plans include munity volunteerism in the ing with family and friends. sailing on the East Coast and Berkshire, MA, community. - working with overseas motor or his other brother, Tim, at of directors as well as treasur 1972 home tours escorting groups Wate1ford Signs. er of the organization in addi KurtKline has been promot on European trips. tion to many other profes ed to president of Apple 1967 sional associations. Creek Banking Co. 1964 MacCanon Brown (formerly Carol Leininger recently Marilyn MacCanon) was Rev. Delmer Dodrill, along Mary Marsh recently was retired from her job as a biol named as one of"l0 Note with his wife Phyllis, have named program director of ogy professor at Lorain Coun worthy Milwaukeeans of retired from teaching with a the Village at Westerville ty Community College. She 1999" in a recent issue of Mil combined 67 years of service. Nursing Center's intermed taught only one class in waul
The Otterbein football team, Senior wide receiver Ben Streby, under head coach Wally Hood, who from Fredericktown, Ohio, was select just finished his fifth season with the ed as one of ten finalists for the 1999 Cardinals, turned in its best petfor Gagliardi Trophy, presented to the mance since 1981, playing to a 7-3 NCAA Division llI Football Player of record and a share of third place in the the Year. Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Streby made 69 receptions for The Cardinals, playing sixteen 1,203 yards and 19 touchdowns. He seniors, rolled through the first half of broke several Otterbein records this their schedule, beating Mount St. season, including single-game touch Joseph, 30-15, Baldwin-Wallace, 32- down receptions (five against Baldwin 12, Muskingum, 48-22, and Capital, Wallace) and receiving yardage (244 49-24. The lone loss, 27-24, came at against Marietta); and single-season John Carroll. In that game, Otterbein touchdown receptions (19), points led 24-7 at the half. (116) and receiving yardage (1,203). The squad continued its winning Otterbein, 6-3 in the OAC, fin ways over the second half of the sea ished in a three-way tie for third place son, defeating Heidelberg, 30-3, withJohn Carroll (7-3) and Baldwin Hiram, 60-9, and Marietta, 37-14. lts Wallace ( 6-4). two losses came on the road at confer The Cardinals finished third in ence powers Mount Union, 44-20, and the OAC in total offense (461.6 yards Ohio Northern, 37-0. Mount Union, a game), scoring offense (33 points a Receiver Ben Streb)' set several records 9-0 in league play, and Ohio North game) and turnover margin (plus this past season, including single-game ern, at 8-1, finished one, two in the five). The squad ranked fourth in total records with five TD receptions against OAC and advanced into the NCAA defense (339.9 yards a game) and scor Baldwin-\VIal/ace and 244 receiving Division llI Football Playoffs. ing defense (20.7 points a game). yards against Marietta. Senior quarterback Matt D'Orazio, from Westerville, and senior inside linebacker Roger Ailiff, from Men's Soccer Team Wins Pataskala, Ohio, were selected by the OAC coaches to receive the Mike Third Straight OAC Title Gregory and Bill Edwards Awards. Otterbein, under eleventh-year shootout. Otterbein made three of its The pair served as co-captains. head coach Gerry D'Arcy, made its first four attempts. D'Orazio, who completed 189 third straight appearance in the Employing a solid defense, the passes for a school-record 2,798 yards NCAA Tournament, and earned the Cardinals won their first seven games and 36 touchdowns this season, will right to host the NCAA Division llI of the season�six via shutout, includ receive the Mike Gregory Award, pre Great Lakes Regional Championship. ing a 3-0 win over defending-national sented to the most outstanding offen The Cardinals received an automatic champion Ohio Wesleyan. Following sive back in the OAC. Ailiff, who tal bid to the NCAA's by winning its a 2-1 loss to Findlay, the Cardinal lied 110 tackles, will receive the Bill third-straight Ohio Athletic Confer offensepicked up the attack as the Edwards Award, presented to the most ence (OAC) Tournament. The squad, defense held steady. Otterbein reeled outstanding linebacker in the OAC. 19-1-1 overall, captured the regular off12 consecutive wins while averag season OAC title with a petfect 8-0-0 ing 3.4 goals a game. record. Nineteen wins is a school Ranked fifth in the nation and record. number one in the Great Lakes The squad, however, suffereda Region, the Cardinals headed into the heart-breaker in the regional semifi NCAA Tournament riding a 12-game nals, losing to Alma in a shootout. winning streak. The score stood at 2-2 at the end of Goalkeeper JeffSchmid, a senior regulation and at the end of two 15- from Columbus, and sweeper Brad minute overtime periods. Alma made Myers, a senior fromColumbus, all five of its penalty- kicks in the anchored the defense, which allowed just ten goals and recorded 13 Other letter winners back include shutouts. Forwards Michael Mundey, a juniors Gretchen Linscott ( 4.7 ppg., senior from Riverside, Ohio, and 3.4 rpg.), a center from Amesville, Stephen Wilson, a junior fromShaker Ohio, and Mandy Simmerman (4.2 Heights, Ohio, and midfielder Rod ppg., 2.6 rpg.), a forward from Wester Borah, a senior from Westerville, sup ville. plied most of the scoring. Otterbein Although the Cardinals are sea outscored its opponents 62-10. soned among their returning letter Conference coaches selected winners, depth will come from a group Mundey and Myers as the best offen of talented freshmen, most from win sive and defensive players in the ning programs. OAC. Mundey was named "OAC Freshmen who could contribute Offensive Player of the Year" a second this season include Brianne Gray and time, and Myers was named "OAC Jennifer Harrison, both from Picker Defensive Player of the Year" for the ington, Ohio; Tai Kirk, from Frazeys third straight season. D'Arey was burg, Ohio; and Jaimie Schoenfeld, selected "OAC Coach of the Year" by from Cincinnati. his peers a second time. Men's Basketball Preview Women's Basketball Preview The greatest challenge facing The Cardinals are playing the head coach Dick Reynolds, in his 28th 1999-00 season with a good blend of season at Otterbein, could be finding Defenders couldn't hold up senior experience and raw talent. leadership-both on and offthe Michael Mundy, who was named Otterbein, under ninth-year Head floor-with the graduation of first "OAC Offensive Player of the Year" for Coach Connie Richardson, returns team All-America Kevin Weakley. a second time. three of its top four scorers from last The Cardinals, fresh offa trip to season's 16-9 squad, which finished the NCAA Division III Tournament, Chad Dresbach (4.5 ppg., 3.1 apg.), a fourth in the Ohio Athletic Confer return six lettermen, including three two-year starter from Hillsboro, Ohio. ence (OAC) at 10-8. starters and the sixth man, from last Dutcher and Elliott earned honorable The Cardinals return four starters, season's 21-8 team which finished mention AII-OAC honors last season. headed by senior forward Sarah Kuhn third in the Ohio Athletic Conference Also returning is sixth man Jeff er (12.7 ppg., 5.8 rpg.), from Pickering (OAC) with a 12-6 record. Gibbs, a sophomore wing from ton, Ohio; junior guard Kara Grishkat Returning starters include senior Columbus. Gibbs averaged 10.2 points (13.1 ppg., 7 .0 apg.), from Pickering post Jason Dutcher (11.9 ppg., 6.3 and 9.5 rebounds on his way to honor ton, Ohio; and junior guard/forward rpg.), a three-year starter from Colum able mention AII-OAC honors last Lisa Patton (11.4 ppg., 4.0 rpg.), from bus; junior wing Scott Elliott (12.2 season as a freshman. He led the OAC Waynesfield, Ohio. ppg., 2.9 rpg.), a two-year starter from in field-goal percentage (60.9) and fin All three finished among the top Sunbury, Ohio; and junior point guard ished second in rebounding and 16 scorers in the OAC and each blocked shots (1.76 an outing). earned honorable mention AII-OAC Rounding out the list of returning honors last season. Sports Briefly lettermen are senior post Trevor Otterbein senior Troy Rathge, Kuhner, a two-year starter, placed Younkin, from Ashville, Ohio, who from Napoleon, Ohio, took individ tenth in the OAC with a 47.5 shoot started 45 games in his three-year ual men's honors at the Ohio Ath ing percentage. Kuhner spent the first career at Otterbein, and sophomore letic Conference Cross Country two seasons of her career at Allegheny, wing/post Brian McMonigle, from, Championships in Ada, Ohio, cov starting all 25 games her sophomore New Richmond, Ohio, who made 19 ering the 8,000-meter distance in a season. varsity appearances last season as a course-record 25:12.... The Grishkat, also a two-year starter, freshman. women's soccer team, under first led the OAC in assists, with 176, and Also expected to help this season year head coach Brandon Koons placed second in steals, with 72. are guards Pat Noles, a junior transfer '94, won nine games, a school Grishkat, shooting 79 .3 percent from from Wooster, and Kevin Shay, a record. The soccer team won five the free-throw line, finished third in sophomore transfer from Capital. of its last six ... . Otterbein leads the conference last season. Noles, from Bexley, Ohio, averaged the OAC men's all-sports standings Jill Repass (4.4 ppg., 3.3 apg.), 7.2 points in 29 games at Wooster last afterthe conclusion of the fall sea who started all 25 games as a freshman season. Shay, from Stow, Ohio, let son. The Cardinals have 23 points last season, rounds out the list of tered as a freshman at Capital in 1997- and are followed by Heidelberg returning starters. Repass, from 98. (21), Ohio Northern (19) and Gahanna, Ohio, handed out 82 assists Kyle Comstock, a freshman guard Baldwin-Wallace (18).... and made 42 steals. from Sunbury, Ohio, could also see - varsity action this season. • 66 Inside th News from the "O" Club Annual Cookout & Fundraiser a Success Over 100 people attended the Annual "O" Club Cookout and Auctions on Sunday, October 10, at the Lakes Golf and Country Club. The lighthearted evening included silent and live auctions that raised $5,600 for Otterbein College athletics. The "O" Club bus, donated to the "O" Club in 1987 by Dorothy McVay and extensively renovated this past summer, was on-site and open for tours. The evening, organized by event Chairman Bill Mcloughlin '83 and "O" Club Executive Director Rebekah Carlisle, concluded with a bidding war between Bill Freeman '57 and Bud Yoest '53 fora set of golf balls imprinted with Bill Freeman's picture. Athletic Director Dick Reynolds '65, Otterbein Trustee and The "O" Club would like to thank the many donors an "O" Club Director Paul Reiner '68, and retired Athletic as well as the bidders and buyers who made this evening Director and immedi�te "O" Clt;)J past P,��sident Bob Agler such a success. '48 share a light moment at the "O" Club Auction. Golf Outing a Near Sellout The Annual "O" Club Golf Outing, held Monday, October 11, at the Lakes Golf and Country Club, was almost completely sold out. One hundred and thirty-two golfers played in 33 foursomes. The beautiful fallweather showcased the clubhouse and course. Registration fees and hole sponsorships helped the "O" Club raise $5,000 to support Otterbein College athletics.
Among the "O" Club Homecoming honorees were football All-Americans Wayne Cummerlander '80, Don Snider '80, and Ric Lainhart '80.
Like New: The "O" Club bus underwent exten sive renovation this past summer. The bus was donated to the "O" Linsl The "O" Club: 614-823-3555 [email protected] 1111 tterbein College has brought count fully about our new homes, jobs, hus less friends together through bands, children, grandchildren and the years. Many of these great-grandchildren. Who friendships last a lifetime and would have thought that we produce stories full of laugh would still be writing 50 ter and tears. In the past, years later? groups of Otterbein With a solid beginning friends have kept in at Otterbein College touch through Round that helped shape our Robins, letters that lives and friendships, travel through the cir it's no wonder we had cle of friends sharing to start a Round news about every Robin. We couldn't thing from new jobs let all the memories and houses to births just slip away. We've and deaths. These let laughed and cried ters contain pho together through the tographs and newspaper years as we've dealt with clippings to chronicle the successes, mishaps and sor lives of the Round Robin row. Our group has always members. been optimistic, with a deep These are the stories of how love of God and our country. It fourgroups of friends met at Otter has been a great association. We also bein and started Round Robins of their read about our friends and associates in own. Towers and what would we do without it? We realize how blessed we've been, to be able to attend this Clements CottageRound Robin 50 Years Old much-loved school in Ohio and then branch out into our Our Round Robin is 50 years old. When we started own lives, homes and families. May all of you have that college in 1946, there was a co-op cottage called Clements same blessed feeling too, as we continue through the com Cottage, which is where we met each other. It was located ing years. at the northwest comer of Home Street and Grove Street Submitted by June Fifer Hollman '49 • Suzanne Culp where the Campus Center is now located. Across the path Hinger '49 t • Mary Webb Hogan '49 • Eileen Mignerey Kiri at the end of Grove Street was the President's home forsev azis '49 • Mary Frail Lutz '49 • Louise StoufferSchultz '49 • eral years. Cochran Hall and Clippinger Cottage were also Maiion Daniels Shoemaker '49 t • Anna Bale Weber '49 • nearby. All of these places have been razed now and new Regina ArnoldWheelbarger '49 buildings have taken their places, but we were at a good t Deceased spot in those days to see a lot of the activities and events around the campus. Epsilon Kappa Tau Robin Begins in King Hall Church, choir, concerts, sororities, classes, studying, Our Round Robin has been flying for nearly 50 years. Williams Grill, skating down at Ducks Island on Alum It began in 1947 in King Hall when eight young women Creek, the Four Mile Hike, and duties at our cottage kept us became close friends as freshmen. This bond was strength busy. We claimed Clements as our home away from home. ened when all eight pledged Epsilon Kappa Tau, and con We worked and played togeth tinued growing through our er to create a happy living four years at Otterbein. environment through the Following graduation we years. began to correspond individu Our group was very ally until Phy[ Weygandt sug diverse. We all had different gested a Round Robin letter ideas, goals and attitudes about which we all heartily life. Working and living 1 endorsed. Through all these together at the cottage made years, it has been healthy and us a close knit group. It was a vigorous and makes the circuit special time forall of us as we two or three times a year. worked through problems and The fact that six of us married helped each other grow. Members of the Clements Cottage Round Robin: Regina Otterbein men who knew In 1949, we graduated, scat ArnoldWheelba rger, June Fifer Hollman, Eileen Mignerey each other, helped us tered to the winds and start Kiriazis, Anna Bale Weber, Louise StoufferSchultz, Mary >>> to page 25 ed to write each other faith- Webb Hogan, Mary Frail Lutz-. Into +he f,owe(t of a rJiM anrJ toMewha+ foref,orJir,g rooM we are led, our path thinly lighted by the eerie glow of neon. We are no more than seated at a round table when from our left a waiter blares out, "Hey everybody, guess what? I have four virgins at this table." I look at the table of four women and they are young but, uh, not that young. Then our waitress is asking our party of three if we've ever been here before. We shake our heads no. "Hey everybody, guess what," she shouts gleefully, "I have three virgins at this table." Such is the introduction to the Shadowbox Cabaret, a venue of food, drink, and entertainment that's part comedy, part theater, part kitsch, and very much rock'n'roll. It's trendy. It's New Yorkish. It's very hip. The Shadowbox Cabaret, now located in the new Easton Town Center in Columbus, and rock'n'roll have been a way of life for three Otterbein alumni-Tom Cardinal '93, Carrie McDonald '93 and Mary Randle '92-since shortly after they left Otterbein. Shadowbox always has two shows running: a tamer version for lunch hour that runs about an hour, and a spicier two-hour version for the night show. Shows run for a month or two, and then a new show is presented. For instance, "Freak Show" ran in the fall around Hal loween, and "Holiday Hoopla" was presented for the holidays. The action shifts back and forth from the band stage-where all the drums, keyboards, amps and so forth are set up-to another stage used for comedy skits and dramatic presentations. The funny stufffar outweighs the serious, but as Mary Randle says, "We like to slip the audience a little theater, and sometimes they don't even realize we've done it." Clearly, though, the music is the glue that holds the show together. Routson Most numbers are vintage numbers from the 60's and 70's-Santana's Evil Ways, I Can See for Miles by the Who, Itchylwo Park by The Small Roger Faces. by s Early in the lunch show, Mary Randle grabs the microphone and the lead vocals for a rousing version of Janis Joplin's Piece of My Heart. photo Carrie McDonald climbs the stage frequently for backup vocal or key and board duties, and provides the lead vocals for Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla. I story Tom Cardinal shows how Roger Daltry should have sung Can See for Miles. Later in the evening show, Cardinal will appear in a sometimes funny, sometimes disturbing skit as a lurking voyeur, with McDonald being the object of his obsession. Randle will play a group therapist-to monsters, werewolves, and other creatures of the night. And beforethe show goes on, and during intermission),you may see them bustling drinks to tables. Waiters are actors at the Shadowbox Cabaret, and vice versa. You have to wear many hats in this operation. Randle, who in addition to her musical and acting duties also serves as technical director, wouldn't have it any other way. "We are against Can-ieMcDonald belts out a number the diva-esque attitude here," she says emphatically. "There's no room with the Bill Who? band at Shadowbox. for it. Everybody is a star." Randie's team attitude is shared by the entire 1111 organization. When their previous other business is funded without cus says. "I'm always learning different facilities, located in downtown tomers?" he asks. "I decided that things. It's my life." Columbus, were mostly destroyed by a grants funding was a form of welfare Mary Randle describes her suspicious fire,someone scrawled on for artists, and we didn't want it." job/avocation/lifestyle as "extremely an ash-covered mirror, "Can't stop So without funding of any kind, fun." And she says Shadowbox us." The phrase became a slogan the small company now boasts these Cabaret is a good fit for her right around which the troupe rallied to numbers: 1997 revenues: $370,000. now, as it allows her to work both rebuild the operation at Easton. 1998 revenues: $600,000. Projected sides of the stage. 'Tm getting tons That team attitude is probably a 1999 revenues: $933,000. of experience in comedy, in singing, vital necessity for an arts company Carrie McDonald can attest to in the running of shows," she says. "I that won't behave like an arts com these numbers, forshe serves as the feel like I'm getting more experience pany. Shadowbox Cabaret's roots go bookkeeper for the company. It than if I was trying to make it in New back to about 1988, when founder makes for quite a kaleidoscope of a York or Chicago. Because I'm con Steve Guyer gathered people togeth resume: singer, actress, comedienne, stantly working. er to performrock operas. The keyboard player, vocal instructor, "We try to do something we troupe went on the road under the bookkeeper. She had roles in all love, and that the audience will also name ShadoArt, performingat three ShadoArt rock operas. appreciate. We cater to our audi schools and small venues. The com "Financially, we're more like a ences, we listen to their comments. pany's third opera, Eva, ran for six business than a theater," she says, It keeps people coming back, and weeks off-Broadway in New York. though she admits the early work at they bring other people with them." When Guyer began putting the the company was a little less lucra Tom Cardinal echoes Randie's rock operas together, he first went to tive. "Everyone was a volunteer thoughts. "We do what we enjoy the Ohio Arts Council for assistance. then." Now, happily, she is on salary doing and it happens to be something At a.meeting, he heard his organiza- and has "points" in the company, the audience likes," he says. "We tion described as a Mickey Mouse much like stock. throw a lot of stuffat them." Cardi operation, and1that he should seek "I could go into the real world nal's roles also are many and varied. help from rich people in the commu and be a marketing director or book He serves as a member of the Board nity. He was also told it wasn't feasi keeper and probably make more of Trustees, works fulltime as a mem ble to fund art with patrons. "What money, but I love- being here," she ber of the recruiting team, and acts as Opposite page: Mary Randle helps assuage bruised self-images in her monster group therapy. Right: Tom Cardinal and the Bill Who? Band get in a groove. Many of the band's selections for Freak Show were Hal loween or monster relat ed, such as Godzilla and Werewolf in London. Below: Shadowbox believes in rock'n'roll with style and flair, as Meghan Moore, a little sparkplug of a singer, shows. house manager for all Shadowbox Dodrill, she says, "He was very hon shows. He has also produced the est with me. He told me it wasn't Shadowbox video series, SBTV, going to be easy, and that I'd have to which features original, underground work a little harder to get what I sketch comedy. wanted." Cardinal talked about the Tom Cardinal remembers being demands of such an unusual job. "constantly busy" at Otterbein, and "We're here all the time," he says. the positive influence John Buckles "We work ten to twelve hours a day. had on him. (Cardinal graduated It wouldn't be worth it if it wasn't with dual roles in Theatre and Com fun." munication, with a Broadcast empha Carrie McDonald adds, "We sup sis.) And he also remembers Jeanne posedly have Sundays and Mondays Augustus. "She's the one, forevery off, but if we're getting ready for a Theatre major," he says. "Anything new show .... " you want to know, you go to Jeanne." All three alumni mention their All said they thought that they'd time at Otterbein as laying the be at Shadowbox for some time, but groundwork fortheir current under probably not forever. There may takings. For McDonald, participa come a time when some of the larger tion in both Opus Zero, the College's stages of New York, Chicago, and Los musical theatre ensemble, and Opus Angeles beckon, but for right now One, Otterbein's vocal jazz group, you can see this talented Otterbein gave her a diverse springboard for her trio in a corner of glitzy new Easton, singing and keyboard talents. singing, acting, drawing laughs, and Mary Randle served as the The generally enjoying life. atre Department's production manag "We're having fun, we love what er, and remembers both Ed Vaughn we're doing, and we're making a liv and Fred "Pop" Thayer as very big ing doing it," Randle says. "What influences. Of Charles "Doc" more can you ask- for?" • Through the Ages "" J by Jenny Hill s the seasons change, so do the things Otter bein students do for fun. Spring is forsports, Askipping class to enjoy the warm weather and head ing to the beach for spring break. In the summer, students swim, explore the outdoors and enjoy time away from school. Fall wouldn't be complete with out football games, bonfires, homecoming festivities and Halloween parties. Winter is alive with sled ding, snowball fights, and cozy nights in the dorms with cups of hot cocoa, close friends and good movies. There are even some activities that survive year round. Dancing at nightclubs, eating pizza late at night with friends, and going to the movies are just a few. But has life at Otterbein always been this way? Did students in the '40s and '50s go out to movies for fun? Where did students in the '60s and '70s hang out with their friends? What did students in the '80s do on a typical Friday night? The definition of "fun" for Otterbein students has changed over the years. Fads have come and gone, fields of crops no longer surround Westerville, and the increasing number of cars are taking more and more students into Columbus in search of excitement. While activities might change, one thing is for cer tain- Otterbein students know how to have fun. Donuts at 2 a.m. Food is a major part of socializing for students the world over. The same is true at Otterbein. No matter how things change through the years, every student has stories of study breaks, late-night food fests and romantic dates at local restaurants. Vic Ritter '48 was a patron at a Columbus restaurant with the best spaghetti a college student could ask for and still afford. He and his friends spent many evenings over plates of spaghetti. "Back then, the spaghetti was only 35 or 50 cents fora These sttidents from the 70s really "got into" their shopping. - plate," he says. "Times have changed." Above: Watennelon-eating contests and a dunk' em machine were features of the fair-like atmosphere of "First Friday," held for the firsttime Sept. 18, 1999. Right: Fun in the snow is always popular as Lizette Paul Peter '76 and an unidentified friend can attest. Donut runs have also played a big and I have pizza night. We have it in changed, but the tradition has not. part in the social lives of Otterbein a differentperson's room each week, "Square dances were popular at one students. Since the early '70s, Otter and it gives us a chance to get away point, and everyone was swing danc bein students have made Schneider's from studying and college food." ing in the 1940s," she said." I remem Bakery a mecca for late-night sugar Pizza and beer were the refresh ber sock hops and kids doing 'the cravings. David Graf '72 and his ments of choice for Westfalland her monkey' in the 70s."' friends took late-night trips to Schnei sorority sisters after their Monday Dancing is still popular, but now der's to get glazed donuts fresh out of night Greek meetings. Sometimes students voluntarily leave campus to the oven. "They came out about two they would venture over the Wester dance to the music played by disk thirty in the morning, and we were ville border to the Garden Inn to jockeys in the local clubs. Senior there waiting," he says. relax at the end of a long meeting. Jessie Gordon says that Thursday Mary Miller Westfall '75 and her The Garden Inn is an Otterbein nights are popular times to go to the friends had a harder time making tradition that dates back several clubs. "My friends and I go to the donut runs. "Women had to be in the decades. According to Bullis, there is Brewery District in Columbus to go dorm by midnight, so girls used to a good reason for this tradition. "The dancing, and on Thursdays, we go to a sneak out of the basement windows in GI was the first bar over the Wester piano bar to sing along with the King Hall at one or two in the morn ville line, so a lot of Otterbein stu songs." ing to go for donuts." dents would go there fora beer," he Jed Hanawalt '91 says High Street According to freshman Tricia says. was the place to go when he was at Stewart, the tradition is still alive. Michelle Brown Hartsough '90 Otterbein. "We often went down to "My friends and I love to take a study also spent time at the GI. "When I High Street on Thursday nights to break and walk uptown to get donuts was in college, the GI had a dirt floor. dance at the Newport and hang out at at one-thirty a.m.," she says. "It's It's hard to believe we actually went Mustard's or Papa Joe's." funny, because Westerville is like a there," she says. According to David Graf '72, ghost town at that time of night. High Street was also a tradition of the There isn't anybody out." May I Have This Dance 1970s. "We would go down there to John Bullis '56 remembers when Dancing has long been a popular socialize with the Ohio State Univer one of the first local Italian restau activity for students, though it wasn't sity students." rants won the hearts and the stom always allowed on campus. Vic Ritter achs of Otterbein students, making '48 recalls the years when dancing was Go (Pick One) Cardinals/Otters pizza an Otterbein tradition. "We forbiddenon campus. "It was consid While students danced the nights used to get pizza at Anton's," he says. ered to be against the rules of the away, they have always made time for "I think they were the first to make church, so we held dances at the West Otterbein's sporting events. Football pizza in this part of the world. It was erville Armory," he says."We would and basketball games have entered just sauce and a little bit of cheese, swing dance, jitterbug and fox-trot to into the Otterbein memories of many and we loved it." the music of Tommy Dorsey and other former students, but some games were Freshman Niki Legg says pizza is popular musicians of that time." more exciting than others. another Otterbein tradition still going According to Joanne Van Sant Dick Sanders '29 saw one Otter strong today, but delivery is the stan H'70, vice president for Student bein game that earned a story in one dard now. "Once a week, my friends Affairsemeritus, the steps might have of the nation's most prestigious news- Ell Left:A panty raid appears to be in full force on King Hall in 1973. Above: Tug-of r iuars across Alum Creek were long the featured attaction of Scrap Day. We're guess ing this particular contest is circa 1961 . football games and parade them up dents who put a cow on the fourth and down the field." floor of Towers Hall in the 1930s to Going to basketball games was a the fraternity hazing of years past, favorite pastime for Jed Hanawalt '91, Otterbein students have always had a who remembers the success of the knack for mischief. 1990-91 Otterbein team. In 1991, the Joanne Van Sant H'70 remem team made it to the Final Four. bers when students took all the furni papers. "Otterbein was playing "There were larger crowds at that time ture expect for one chair out of Eng Hiram, and it had been raining quite a because it was so fun to be part of the lish professor Robert Price's room in bit," he says. "In the middle of the action," he said. Towers Hall. "The joke was on them, game, they put the ball on the field Mary Westfall '75 had fun at the because he just came in and sat in that and it floated away. A day or two basketball games in the early 1970s, one chair, while the students stood The later, we were reading about it in when the rivahy between Otterbein through the class." New York Times." and Capital was at its peak. "We had According to Van Sant, pranks Sanders was also lucky enough to some games on neutral grounds on professors did not stop there. Mod see Edwin "Dubbs" Roush '47 make an because the pranks got so out of hand." ern language professor LaV elle unusual play. "I went back to see a At one game, Westfall says, Otter Rosselot owned a small foreign car football game, and Dubbs Roush bein students let a chicken loose on that was easily carried by four men. caught his own pass when it was the basketball court. "Nobody could "The students would move the car butted back to him by the lineman," catch it, and all the students sang 'Old around the parking lot so she would he says. "He made ten MacDonald had a farm' while the offi- have a hard time getting out," Van yards." cials chased the chicken." Sant said. "One time, she even found Sandra Minser Another time, all the Otter her car on the second or third floor of Shaffer'62 remem bein fans, students and non Towers Hall." bers when the stu students alike, brought The chapel was also the object of dents in the newspapers to the game. several pranks. Vic Ritter '48 and his stands had a "When the other team friendswould "stack the chapel" from competition of came out, everyone time to time. "Once, we set an alarm their own during held up their newspa clock in the piano," he said. "Anoth the game. "We pers and ignored er time, we hid all the hymn books, so would try to steal them," Westfall says. there was no singing that day." the mascot of the Mike Christian '61 was at chapel other team at the Merry Pranksters one day when the students rigged Whether they involve candy corn in a net to fallon the sporting events or not, chaplain. "It worked, and chapel was This couple danced Otterbein students love dismissed." the night away in a pranks. From the infa According to The New York Student Union dance mous legend of the stu- Times, the first panty raid in the Unit- from around 1949. - ed States was staged at Otterbein in Westfall also saw another prank that said, 'Ask me how they're bit 1952. Approximately 150 Otterbein become a fad in college. "Streaking ing,"' he says. "Eventually, the police men raided the women's dorms. was huge," she said, referringto the came and put a barricade around him According to John Bullis '56, his par mid-70's practice of running naked forhis own safety, but they continued ents were not happy with the news. through an open area. "There was to let him fish." "When my parents heard about the one rally where people were streaking Even when they are not being panty raid, they weren't too sure about by on motorcycles and crutches, and mischievous, Otterbein students still me coming here." even running into the Campus Center know how to have fun. According to Van Sant recalls another ill-fated and back out again." Assistant Dean for Student panty raid. "Some boys were on a The popularity of streaking faded Affairs/Director of Residence Life panty raid when they ran into the during the winter months, when Joyce Jadwin '89, students through the room of Gloria Howard (Schutz '55)," Westfall says it was much more fun to years share some common dorm activ she says. "They were horrified when steal trays fromthe cafeteria and sled ities. Euchre, intramural sports and they realized they were in the room of down the hill to the Alum Creek Park. dancing are all timeless residence hall the president's daughter." Many pranks involved fraternity classics. Board games and video Sandra Minser Shaffer '62, the men who hazed new members. Bob games were also popular pastimes for victim of a panty raid, says the men Knight '28 was taken by his fraternity Jadwin and her friends. "Backgam used to climb in through the windows brothers and dumped late at night in mon was popular in the '80s, and to steal the girls' panties. "When it an isolated place far from campus. "I there used to be marble sets in the happened, we were embarrassed and knew from the lights on the horizon Campus Center." flattered at the same time." where Columbus was and where Senior Jessie Gordon adds that Panty,_raJc!s were still happening · West�rville was, sci it w�s6't so hard to movie nights are very popular in the in the 1970s, when Mary Westfall '75 find my way back." dorms. "Sometimes we have '80s was at Otterbein. At that time, the John Bullis '56 recalls the story of movie nights, where we watch movies men would stand below the windows one freshman who had to fish in a like Crocodile Dimdee and Mannequin and the women would throw panties manhole at an intersection everyday and eat snacks all night." to them. for an hour at noon. "He had a sign - According to Mary Miller West were courting, it was a reasonably Homecoming kings and queens fall'75, Otterbein women were a secure place to have some privacy." are still crowned and pass through close-knit community during the time town in the parade, but the tradition of women's hours. "The house moth Otterbein Traditions of "Beanie King and Queen" is no ers counted the minutes that we were Beginning in the early days of longer celebrated. late. We were only allowed 15 min Otterbein, freshman students were Van Sant recalls another popular utes each quarter," she required to wear beanies. Otterbein event, Jump Week. "For says. "Since we had to These Otterbein hats Jump Week, each fraternity chose a be in at a certain time, were used as a common candidate for king, and groups of we spent a lot of time experience for the fresh women from the sororities would cam with the women who men, who bonded as a paign for one candidate," she said. "In lived around us." group. Of course, they the end, the king was chosen and the were also a source of con women asked the men to a big dance." In the Name of Love stant teasing from upper Otterbein hosted an unusual Otterbein students classmen. Needless to event when Mary Westfall '75 was a have also taken advan- say, freshmen were eager student. "Spring Fever Day was tage of the natural •1...1•••• to lose this "red badge of planned by the faculty and staff, and resources that surround courage," as John Bullis the students were never let in on it," Otterbein through the '56 calls them. she says. "The date was a secret, and years. Aaron Thomp- -�.. �-"' Scrap Day was an when it was announced, we were let son '94 took long walks Otterbein tradition, out of classes for a day of picnics, with his wife Anna when the freshmen bat- bands and activities. I still think it's Stanley Thompson '92 tied the sophomores in a amazing that they managed to keep it when they were both day of grueling competi- a secret on such a small campus." students at Otterbein. 1 tion. According to Mike In an event similar to Spring "There were many nice Christian '61, if the Fever Day, Otterbein hosted a "First places to walk near the sophomores won, the Friday" event for the first time Fall campus, and it was freshmenhad to wear Quarter 1999. This event marked relaxing for us." '"'""'-"'.._.,. their beanies until the first Friday of classes and was filled Gordon also uses Thanksgiving. If the with food, music and activities outside __,,...._,.__ __._.....___ _, walking to relax at freshmen won, they the Campus Center. school. "My friends Get your hands offm y booty, cou Id take their beanies Over the years, many things have TS ' 4 and I have busy sched- maties! Yuichi uda 6 off immediately. changed at Otterbein. The beanies, 196 D nc . ules, but we set aside at the 3 Jump \,Veek a e Joanne Van Sant panty raids and daily chapel services 45 minutes each day to go walking to H'70 saw many Scrap Days during her of the past no longer exist. Cars are catch up on what's happening. 51 years at Otterbein. 'They had sack taking more and more students off Rollerblading is also something fun to races and they would tackle each campus to seek fun. According to do on campus." other during them," she says. "I'm David Graf '72, when Otterbein was Sandra Minser Shaffer '62 went really surprised nobody was killed." more isolated, it invited people to find offcampus for outdoor dates with her Another event at Scrap Day was interests and pastimes on campus. husband Lewis Shaffer '59. "We went the tug-of-war competition across Students made their own fun, and canoeing at Hoover Dam," she says. Alum Creek. The losers were used a lot of creativity in the process. "That was fun for Lewis at least, dragged into the creek. The tradi- Current students find new ways because I paddled." tion of the beanies and Scrap Day to bond and new interests to share. Bob Knight '28 took his dates on faded in the '70s. Road trips with friends, late nights walks around the two-mile square, to According to Bullis, beanies were dancing in Columbus, pizza parties the movies and to theatre produc- also involved in the celebration of and rollerblading are all common tions. "There was a silent movie Homecoming. "Freshmen had to activities that bring people together house on East Main that I liked to go dance around the fire in their beanies today. Technology has created a new to," he says. "I only ventured into and pajamas while the upperclassmen range of activities for friends to share. Columbus once, and that was to take watched," he says. There was even a Van Sant says she has seen dra a date to the Ohio Theatre, which "Beanie King and Queen" crowned. matic change during her 51 years at had just opened." Jed Hanawalt '91 celebrated Otterbein. She has witnessed fads of Dick Sanders '29 recalls a more Homecoming in a differentway. "It long skirts, short skirts, long hair, private spot for Otterbein couples. was a great time. We built floatsand short hair, bobby-sockers and hippies. "Many couples shared romantic my fraternity dressed in togas and But as DeanVan knows, regardless of moments under the 'dating steps' in danced in the parade to Yellow S11bma- the year, fond memories are likely to Towers Hall," he says. "When people rine." - be created at Otterbein. • >>> from page 15 sharing many nights Thanks for the Memories popping corn and shar become a couples group, by Shirle)' Detamore '51 and formed an even ing stories. We have Thanks for memories stronger bond. continued to share our Of walks down by the creek, dancing cheek to cheek, Not only have we lives for over 25 years date night with that special one to last us for all week kept the letter going, but and stay in touch with How lovely it was ... we also get together year our Round Robin letter. ly, and sometimes twice It usual! y takes a Thanks forthe memories a year since retirement. year to make the com Maypole dances on the lawn, bonfires until dawn, These gatherings began plete cycle, and it can a flasher outside old King Hall causing us to sound alarm with meeting in Wester be hard to remember Oh, thank-you so much ... ville for Homecoming. where to send the bird Then, as offspring next. We finally Up every morningfor chapel, entered the picture, we included a list to avoid after burning the night oil for tests, switched to picnics in missing anyone. When A break at the union for coffee, Westerville Park. These the bird wings its way to catch up on news, or get rid of our blues were so much fun we into each mailbox, it began to take turns host comes laden with pic And thanks forthe memories ing week-end tures of family members, When our king and queen had won, and serenades were stmg, overnighters with our and stories of life events the Mardi Gras, tug of war and snake dances under the sun kids. As the children that have occurred since How lovely it was ... became older, we adopt the Robin last visited. ed a new pattern one Perhaps the biggest Many a day we have gathered, year with kids and alter obstacle our Robin has for weddings, reunions, whatever, nate years adults only. had to overcome is the We talk about old times together, Then with our children large number of moves and share once again, our joys without end grown and gone, we our group of eight indi- evolved into our present viduals has undergone. So, thanks for the memories custom of meeting at The Robin has flownto We've come a long, long way, to reach this happy day, resorts, state parks, etc., a total of 54 different from college days at Otterbein to grandma and to grandpa times and occasionally our locations. Throughout Oh, thank-you so much homes for at least two the 28 years, the Bird nights and often longer. has seen more territory Our thanks for the memories We have met in Ohio than any of its members, May each of us be blessed with continued happiness, and neighboring states, as it has flown in 16 dif and may he see how lucky to be, married to an EKT - plus North Carolina, ferent states and two Oh, thank-you so much! Florida and Colorado. foreign countries Every fifth year we gath- (China and the Phillip er in Westerville for Alumni Weekend. Over the years we pines). We all complain about the state of our address books have filled three large photo albums and in 1991, we made a and the large number of changes provided by our friends. video of our first two albums. The bird was even lost at one point, but we simply began a The Round Robin offspring have referred to us as an new cycle. incredible group of true friends and an inspiration to them The group also gets together periodically. Several pic regarding the value of friends and family. Our Round Robin nics have been held when the "out-of-staters" visit Ohio. In has been a deeply important part of our lives and certainly 1991, six members of the group spent the weekend together has strengthened our bond to Otterbein. in Columbus. We all shared a room at the Embassy Suites and took a "walk down memory lane" around Otterbein's Submitted by Mi1iam Wetzel Ridinger '51 • Phyllis \Y/ey campus. We reminisced about the old library and Cochran gandt Auerbach '51 t • Bobbie Schutz Barr '51 t • Pris \Y/amer Hall, where our friendship began. A stroll down the Cam Beny '51 • Shirley Adams Detamore '51 • Phy/ Shannon Mar pus Center stairs took us back years to the times we ended cotte '51 • RuthAnne Smith Moore '51 • Miriam \Y/etzel our dinnertime and social time together and headed to the Ridinger '51 • Martha \Y/ellerShand '51 • Barbara Bartlebaugh library for an evening of studying. We even took in a tour Pyles '52f tDeceased of Hanby House-something none of us had done while we attended Otterbein. Cowan Hall brought back memories of This Bird's Been to 16 States, 2 Foreign Countries special guest artists, college productions, and our freshmen In 1971, eight Otterbein graduates vowed to stay in convocation. For our 25th reunion, six members met for touch via a "Round Robin" letter. We became friends as lunch. Everytime we meet, we begin talking where we left freshmen, eating meals together, studying together, and -off the last time we met. The Robin has been more than a "news" note. We In 1974, a group of alumni organized "The Friends of have shared life's joys and struggles. We have had support Clarice Burton" to honor Mrs. B with a scholarship award during times of ilh1ess, surgeries, familycrises and deaths. in her name, which is now a memorial scholarship fund. We have rejoiced with each other over job promotions, Mrs. B passed away in the mid-80s. This small group con family accomplishments, and exotic travels. We all agree tinues to raise funds in Mrs. Burton's memory forthe benefit that we should get together more often, but as with many of students who have little understanding of this woman's other events and conflictingschedules, it is difficult to plan. influence in the lives of so many young men. We certainly are grateful forthe connection we have all Although the Homecoming dinners ended in 1976, the enjoyed through the Round Robin. "Friends" continued to meet each year for a reunion picnic in Alliance. We have met in party centers, restaurant Submitted by Carol Caipenter Waugh '71 • Barbara Bibbee meeting rooms, private homes, church basements and the '71 • Francine Adams Dyer '71 • Lana Waters Liu '71 • Student Center. Wilma Patterson Moore '71 • Elizabeth (Betty) Johmton Rigdon Many members of our group have been in fellow mem '71 • Rosemarie Wilhide '71 • Brenda Fausnaugh Zenan '71 bers' weddings, notably my own in July 1982. Rev. Walt Weaver was the minister, GeoffAstles was my best man, Friends of Clarice Burton Found Ties that Bind and Dave Wood was an usher. My brother, Eric Hartzell Our "Round Robin" story involves about a dozen '81, was the other usher. It was at our Homecoming Otterbein alumni and their families who are collectively reunion in 1980 that I became "reacquainted" with my wife, known as "The Friends of Clarice Burton." Terry Schamber '73. An officialalumni organization, the "Friends" are What keeps us together? Mrs. B's favorite hymn was members of a unique group of Otterbein men who roomed "Blessed Be The Ties That Bind." Today, as in 1974, its at the home of Clarice Burton, 133 N. West St. Mrs. Bur melody binds our group together. We are tied to a common ton, her husband, James, and later her sister, Mabel Holmes, Otterbein experience, common values and a unique sense of opened their home to Otterbein men in 1946, when hous community. We still sing the hymn at each reunion. ing for students, including returning war veterans, was in We keep in contact during the year via telephone and short supply. mail. Some have even suggested an annual newsletter Over the course of nearly 30 years, "Mrs. B," as she was which would contain features on Burton Boys who "made known affectionately,watched over her "boys," offering good," news about others who could not attend the reunion, m