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Ohio Northern Alumnus - July 1929
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Pl'l~lJSHt-:n QCARTERLY HY THE A l .l'~ I NI ASSO('Ii\TION OF 01110 NORTH ERN 1'!\tn~ RSITY ANI) ITS ASSOf'I ATEI) Cl.l'RS
\'•>L Ill. Nllo. 2 Jl'LY, 1929
CONTE~TS:
The Future Ohio Nor1hern lh Dr. RtJiu•rt Jl"i!litwu
Dedication of Presser :\lusic f-la il and Taft Gymnasium
,\nnual Alumni Associati on :\feeling
:\ lemorics of Ada IJ) /)r. Vtwitl G. 1/'ylit>
Annual Alumni Banquet
Athletics
Campus Activities
l'\ews of the Alumni \'ol lH Jul), 1929
0 H I 0 N 0 R T H E R N A L U ~1 N U S
Publishtd QuarUrl1 b1 tlu .11/umni II$StJdation o/ Ol1io NortherR Uniq~trsity and :1nodauJ Clubs. Editor, \V2rreo F'. Hiclerru:ll Busin~ss M«nagu, J. J. Pilliod Ot·nc t:. RooY 1208, 15 Du· 51'., ~!W YORK, N.Y.
l:.'frtutd as ucond titus lrrflltu .lla1 10, U)J7, al Jlu Post Ojfiu td Nf' 0. N. U. ALU~IN I ASSOCIATION Gtt1tml Offic~n F..xuutifJt' Couutlill~t Presi dem~ Paul llaintt't L. H. Gardner .1/ttS&ttic Temp/,•, Ztmtn·illr, Ohiu Clevelaud, Ol1io Vice-Pres., Miss Helen .Barnes ] . P. Tagg:trt FiiUIIOJ', Ohio C/n•daml, Ohio Sec .." freas., Thomas J. Smull, '04 ~~ rs. A. N. Wisley .-ltft,, Ol,i& Lima, Ohio lliRilCTORY OF AL U ~lX I CI.UIJS A1'LANTt\, GA.- Pr~liident, J041.ah 'f. RMt: 8«-re· OJ:; FJANCE, 0 111()-PrtticiC'1H, Wllliatn 1- )lt..v.lo11n; lary, Mi'' lobe Neptune. 665 Ella S1 .. S.W. 5«1-etary, Wayn.e 1•. BilderMd:, Je• ·eu, Oltio. Al\RON. 0T-H0-Pruidflll, £, H. Urid,~te. 65 Wut FltE)IOST. O liiO-Pre~ideftt, J. P. Maule; S«reuu·y, Exeh.ange Street, Akroo; Vitt· Pru•dtnt, C. C. IAI:us H. Wi,mu. b .ke, ~I South 7th Street. Cuyai1QH8 fall~. 0 . ; f'Okl' WAYt\£ , l t\D. f'rn;idenl, \ 'klor Krht,s; \ 'lce-llre S«ret;~.ry • 1're.,.,u~r. i\licu Jlo Rutter. ~idult. Mary U. l..ry: Sec:L•TreaJ. , G. 0. Fwhn;tJ~fd, BEI.I.EI~ON'fAfNF., OHTG-f'~sldfnt, Lout-. F. Hak; ISJ6 S. t:•lhuull Cur. D;ow~~Ue~. Fort War ne. Secretuy, Fore: Ohio Norchem will undertake a pro Opportunity should be furni~hed in gram of education in its ,·:arious ooll('ge:t scholaNhips for the man or \\Otnan who that ,.;u mec< the appronl of all men cannot fin:u~ his early dforts. ()pc-ningi who take education k:riously. It a1uJdy for "ork on behalf of such studcn!1 ohould has a line rtoord in itt training of men and be created both b) the university and the women in all walks of life. Its usefulness comn1uni1y. No !!•·enter invdtment can is unquestioned. Its r(COrd is a gu:u:&ntee be: made than th~tt of opening docrt for of its grut futllff. The prof DR. THOMAS J. SMULL, C.E. '04, ARCHT. '06 One of the most nntrd enginc;t·r::;: in the In 190+ he was graduated from Northcrn St:tte of Ohio and the "f:ttiH:r of Ath· with the degree of Ci"il Engineer. At leties" at Ohio Northern was hom in X ortllern he )mrticipated in the major :\bd.:t'yville, Pa., where his father owned sport$. He wa~ elected captain of his ba..;eball and football teants itl 1903 and was reelected C • 4 OHIO NO RTHERN ALUMNUS Dedication of The John H. Taft Gymnasium ?rhr 25, 1929, was a gala day in the spectator'$. An auxiliar)' floor for the usc historr of Ohio Northern Universit)'· of women cun be devoted w extra litating This was Alumni O:t)' and the beginning of space during intercollegiate gantt"$. The one of Ohio N<1rtftern's mo~t outstanding structure is so arranged that men and wo· men student.'l can use it at the sa.me time for physicaJ education and yet be as far removed from each other as though they were h1 separate buildings. Being located at the entrance to the athletic fiel d, 'his building: is not onl)· a g)'lnnasium, but also a fie1d house. There are separate rooms for home teams and visiting teams, for both men and wotnen, as well as a base· ball cage, fencing room, llrst·aid, and classrooms for ph)·sical education instruc· COT$. There arc many other refinements, includinj;: a large, airy suite of offices for the director nnd his staff. This (>mject was made JXJs...;ible by a ~ift of $50.000 by Dr. John H. Taft, of Chicago, lll., augmented by smaller gifts by friends of the institution. Dr. T aft is an alumnus of O hio t\orthern, and has ever carried its welfare near his heart. This splendid proof of his loyalty to his alma mater a.·••s ures the success of the de· panment of physical education. 1)1(, JOHN 1L 'l'AFr The dedicatory services were bcgull: by <:ommenctolellt weeks. Old graduates from singing ·•America," followed by an dcr far and near came home to visit their alma Quent ttnd ~mpre h ensi.ve prayer by the mater :11ld r(·new c_heir fi res of love and Rev. John Wesley H•ll, D.O., LL.D., loyalty. chancellor of Lincoln Memorial U niver The day itself was ide.1l-bright and sity. The Scripture reading: was led b)' beautiful and full of inspiration, giving Dr. Robert \ :Villiams, president-elect of z.est to the festivities. The main event the university. The ?vfen's Glee C lub was the dedication of the J ohn H. Taft then sang an anthem, "Song of the West· Grmnasium. This magnificent building im· ern Men."" Dr. Taft himself had the presses one with its appearance ()f stability pleasure of presiding at the dedication and atld umgnitude. It is 106 feet in width ~ was very felicitous in his introduction of 132 feet in length. and four stories in the speakers. The fint wns the Hon. height. It is built along t he lines of O ld Myers Y. Cooper, goverrlor of Ohio. The English archit«:ture, its sturd)' wnlls be governor congratulated the president and ing Jaid up with paving brick and lined throughotlt with heautih1l huff·colnred board of trustee.i on the cont ribution to salt·g_l n~c-d brick. education that Ohio Northern has made, expressed the necessity of physical develop T he building h~s every modern t onveni· ment and spiritual guidance in the educa· em:e for i~ own pnrticubr t)'l>C of educ:~· tionnl work. The main g)•mnashJm Aoor, tiona! process, and thanl::ecl Dr. Taft, as with i~ high ceiling and S~lS.JWnded run· a native of Ohio1 for his generous gift 'o ning t r:1ck. will be n ddight to thous:mds his State and alma mater. T he governor'~ of devotees of basketball. Permanent message, illumined with appropriate illus blt:tchtr.s provide seating capacity for 1.800 tratiOn!', was a forceh1l e\'prcssion of the 01110 NORTHERN ALt ' ~INl ' S 5 pan education hu played ln making Ohio Alumni Express Confidence in gre>t. Or. Crile Prof.-r William F. Mutdith, bead Thou&htful of the appalling disaster vio coach of vanit) athlt:tio, Ang rwo oum ittd upc.~n Ur. Gcor~:e Crile, '851 world btrs for the pleaaurc of the ,·ast audience. famrd surgeon, in t.hc re«nt aplosion at Or. Fiddin~ H. Yost, betttr known as the:. ClrHiand clinic, manbcn of the na "Hurry Up" Yoot, was the seo>nd speaker tion:tl alumni flMOCi~tion of Ohio North of 1he afternoon. It i.s the pride of Ohio trn n:untd a committee to corwey to him Northern U ni,·enit)' that this celebrated their :.)Ull>:uhy and an npression of con fidence. The tribute fo1Jow1: leader in ph)•aical education spent the tirst Or. G. W. Crile, two yenn of his college career as a stu Dear Frit1HI: dent in our school. \Vith telling l>erson At the RllllUI~ I meeting of the Alumni ~lit)r he hM made the University of Mich Association of the Ohio Northern Uni ig••n a ltadrr thrnugh m:my long years in versiry, w~ wrre "ppointed a committee thr nthlt'tiC world. He compared Jove it to com·cy to you our r,rufound sorrow over stlf w rhe game, and dKiared the litst thr C3Uutroph(' chat •as bdallen you. It gr~t t]('m('nt in winning it was lo,·~ is so deplorable that not only hu the ben "lo\.e of the game.." It is rather an inter diant work of a lifet•mc betn broken and Hrin~ be-t that a t:o- to know that Theodore Presser WM Ohio Northern's first proftS· sor of mu•ic 11nd a :staunch friend of the in3titution. Th i ~ magnificent building stands on h:tllowcd ~tround. On this site was located tht former home of Unit«! Stat Annual Business Meeting of the l. Th:1t all former students as well a.s graduate;::; be eligible; to membership in t he Alumni Association alumni association. 2. That the annual duc.-s for member ship be increased from one dolbr to two dollars per year for members of the senior class and to t hree dollars per year for :tH others. 3. That the constitution U}ay be :uneJtded at any m~ting of the association upon the publication of such amendment or amend ments prior to the date of the meeting at which the vote is to be raken. 4. That a committee of five be appointed, consisting of two alumni membtrs and two manbers of the Board of TrustteS1 the fifth me1nbe:r to be: selected by those appointed, to act in the capacity of select Log and emplO}'illg a full tlme alumni sec· retar)'. This coounictte is to further act as a governing body to whom the alumni secretary would be responsible until such rime as the alumni association deemed necessary to amend the constitution or to make other prov-i!;ions. It was mewed and seconded that the I'AUL OArNTF.R '(15, report be adopted. An enthusiastic dis 1•~-Uiknt•. \h.nml ,\11&01:,11lion cussiorl ensued by Messrs. l\1arshall, Tag· gart, Gardner and others which centered Philo Hall was the scene of the annual on the fourth item mentioned above. Chair· business meeting of the alumni association ruan Gardner reviewed the history of the which con\'ened on· Saturday morning, alumni secretary idea and outlined in de· May 25, at eleven o'clock with President tail the work of the present comtnittee. J. K. Rockey in the chair. He pointed out that a fuH time secreta.T)' The report of the alumni secretary com· should be provided by the alumni, for the mittce was read by the ch:~irman, Mr. L. alumni and governed by the alumni; the H. Gardner. J t was pointed out that con office to function independendy of the siderable l>ro~e!;S had been made in se· UJtiversity administration and that any curing contributions to the alumni setre other plan Stich as that under item {our tnry fund of $3.000, the alumni associa· would defeat the purpose as originally in tion's share of $6.000 which it is esti tended. h was further mentioned that mated 'viii be required per year to estab to entcrrnin such a plan would be break lish and c.ury on the work of the full ing faith with those alumni who had' al time alumni secretan·. The Board of rc::ady subscribed to the fund. Further Trustees has agr~d · to appropriate its disct•ssion brought out the point that the share of $3,000 when the alumni have Alumni Secretary Committee had been em raised an equal amount. lt was cecom· powered by a motion made by Nlr. "'fag mended th~t the present committee be con· gart at the 1928 meeting to provide wars tinucd until the $3,000 had been raised. and means of establishing the office of a The report was immediately accepted. full time alumni secretaf\' and to select ' fhc next order of business was the re the person to fill that office when such port of the committee on the revision of me;m!; became available. the constittttion and b\'·laws. The report. A motion was made bv Mr. Gardner which was read by E. Verj!nn Smith in to amend the report of the committee b}' the absence of Fostc:.r King, chairman, n:c ~trikin~:t out section four and in lien there ommendc:.d four changes as follows: of add- that the alumni secretary shall be OHIO NORTHER~\ ALUMNUS 9 uf T rustees o£ the unh·crsity. Mr. Pil· emplo}ed b} lhe executive Ctllnmittet of thl' liod is business m:mnger of t he Ohio til<: alumni association subject to approv:1l ~orther n Alumnus :md secretary of the oi the am~ i ation . ).•fr. Marshall who ~ew Yurk Alumni Club. moved thttt tl1e report IJe accepted w ith· The fo llowing officers of the association drew his motion .as did the aluumu$ ,,•ho \\'tre elected for the ensuing )'ear: seconded the motion. U r. P:ml B:tinter, Z:mesville, Ohio, The fi~t three sections \\'ere approved P resident. as recommended. However, no action \\'a~ taken on the emplO}'ment of an alumni Miss Helen Barnes, Findbt)', Ohio, \'icc: P res-iclent. secretary at this tlme. It was mo"ed br Mr. 'faggart that a plan for th<: emplo) Dr. T . .J. Smull, Ada, Ohio, Secretary ment of :t sec.ret:uy be :tdopted at the Treasurer. ulumni .meetin}! to be held :it H ome..:om T he follow i n~ conunittees wert~ elected: ing- on October 19, 1929. Executive Committee: The sectetat}·treasuter's report w Dr. Taft H onored by Southern University Dr. John H. Taft, president of the Il linois State Batlk of Evanston, Ill., at .. tended rhc r~ent c:onunencement exercises of the Lincoln Memorial University at Cumberland Gnp, Tenn. \Vhile there he had conferred upon him the lwnorary de· gree of Doctor of H umane Letters by hi.s old friend and cl as~m:t te O r. John \Vesley Hill. president of the: UOiversity. JA).I£S J. l'li.U OD. '08 Throu~h tl~e benefaction of Dr. Taft, Alunmi Tnut<"l' the Department of Physical Education at The result of t he annual election whicb ;\' orthem will be located, this f3 ll, in a dosed on Alumni Day showed that :Hr. magniticetlt new· gymnasium, w hich was J ames j. Pilliod of New York Cit) had dedicated at the recent conunencement ex· been elected br the alumni to the Board crdses as mentioned dsewhere in this issue. 10 01110 'i0RTII£RX ALUMNI,;:, Alumni Banquet a Great Success Or. \\.illiams, the man who is to uc:atch Elijah's mantle," .aid that hr, toO, bas a The a.nnual alumni banquet held un 1hc: vision of the future of this institution., and C\ cnin~ of )Jar 25 pro' ided one of the that ht beJie,·es it to ha\'t~ potentialities m(h,t interesting incidents of the t'ntire equal to those of any school in the Middle projitnun at this reM's oommt•nccrnent. The \Vest. He quoted John Ruskin to show OCCil!'ion took the form of n brewdl [0 fhat the alumni, by putting their shoulders Ur. i\, 1~. Smith, retiring l>fNidc:nt and a to the wheel of the new administration, wdcomc to Dr. Rflb~rt \Villi:unt, presi· c:an help it to "go up acre;uning." dc-nt·dect. i\l r. Parlette then introduced John H. 'l'hc e::nhcring was htld in the ba:stmtnt Taft, the: chief donor of tbe new gymna· of the new Lutheran Chun:h, whtrc: :an ,.;urn, whom he: charactc:ri7.«1 u a ..shrin k cxetlltnt c:hic.kcn dinnn was scntd. The ing ,;olet," but one. who btlie\+Q in in· ladi 1n< singing was dit«:t n meeting in the Barr Hotel IU Lirna1 I held in the ooiiCl{e and that as I bad Ohio, on Saturday even in~t, June 22. The more credits than the Northwestern Ohio meeting w:as called to order at 8 P. M. b) Normal School requir(\d for graduation be Cl• rt irman L. H. Gardner of Clt\'tlllnd would admit me to 1he Stnior class. At' the with tht following members prtUnt: M n. !arne time be expreSS«~ the hope that I A. N. W iil by the name of Morey. The feiJow quiddy international scope. included ;'unong the.J.Oe cooled down and I was left alive to tell is the Presidency of the Lord's Day Al the tale. liance of the United States. As I look back to those early days, the Dr. Wylie states that while his name cheapness of everything amazes me. )ly often :1ppears: in print as Rev. David G. \\')'lie, D. D.. Ph.D .. LL.D.. he prefers to room cost me seventy-five cents1 or poss· ibly it was a dollar per week. with board, go back to where he started in life and use $1.75. I never ate in the same length of :;imply his name. time, so much chicken, strawberries and Dr. \,Vylic's picture appeared in the Oc tober 1928 issue of the Alumnus. cream1 pie and cake, in an my life. The tuition also wlls most reasonable. At my birthday, a few weeks before going tO Ada: I had come of age and my Alumni Executive Committee guardian bad presented me with a rather Makes Plans for Home large Cameo gold ring which I was foolish enough to wear, for the reason that it gave coming Day a false impn::&f\ion of my worldlr possessions. The e.xeeutive committee of the Alumni I had not been in Ada for more than a week Association of Ohio Northern Universitv when I met a gentleman who told me that met at the Barr Hotel on Saturday evt he owned one-fourth of the Institution and niog, J une 22, with a full :~ttenda.nce of offered to sell me his share for $1,500. I the oommitttt. considered t he matter, but as I was plan· Upo11 the recommendation of 1\llr. Not ning later on to go to Yale College for a man Stineman, chairman of the en~ineer post graduate course l decided not to 1 in~ advisory cotntnittee, the executive rom accept his offer and I am frank to say that miuee reappointed, as members of the en l have often regretted my decision. :\ly giJteering advisor)r conunittee for a J)t'riod principal reason for declining was the of five rea,.., Mt. E. F. Bo)le, C.E. '16, condition or health at Lhat time o£ Pre-~ Cleveland; Mt. E. H. Bridge, B.S. E. E. sident J.ehr. I realiuod that the School '15, Akron, and Mr. G. A. Hughes. E.!::. had been built up around him and that if '12, Youngscown, whose term~ of office· ex anything happened to him, the school might pired recently. go down. It was a gratification to me that Dr. Lehr lived to a ripe old age and saw It \\'aS the opinion of those in attend the i\ormal School develop into the Ohio :.mce that steps should be taken immedi :\'ortbern University. atel)' to formulate plans for the alumni ac tivities and C'..Ote rtainment fo r Homecoming • •• Da}·, Saturday, October 19. A motion was. passed empowerln~ th'e ptesident to ap It would be well to inform the readers point a committee of alumni to take charge of this magazine that two generat-ions of of alumni activities for that day and to students have come to Ohio Northern work in conjunction with the universit'i' since D r. \Vylie was in Ada. Since grnd ~taff. • · uation in 1878 his entire li £e has been President Bainter then appointed the fol· devoted to theological work lowing a.c; members of the general commit After two years in the Divin!ty School tee: \~1• D. NiS\va11de.r, Ada. chainnan: at Yale College he attended Umon Theo Mrs. J ohn Stambaugh, Ada: Dr. T. J. logical Seminary, New York, from which Smull, Ada, and L. H. Gardner, Cle\'t:· institution he is also a graduate. He re land. ' ceived his Doctor of Philosophy degree In order that there will be no confu from New York University; thence fol sion regatdillg the adjourned meeting of lowed a pastorate if! a m1mber of Pres the alumni association to be held on Home· byterian churches in New York. Doctor coming- Day, che e.xec•Jclve committee passed Wylie has been at different times, a high a motion that this meeting be held in the officer in a great number o( important uni\'ertitr cafeteria at 6:30 P. :\1 .. Octo church organizations o f both natiOn:'ll and ber 19, 1929. 0 H I 0 ); 0 R T II E R X .\ L l \I X L. ~ 13 ------student .tcth itiei aruund Ohio Northern. Lima Club Hold Annual Banquet Folio" ing the ditmtr the annual busi Approximately one hundred arul twcnt)'• nes.s mc:ctinJ: \US called to order by the the alumni and frit'ncls attend«l the ban4 dub ptc.Jdcnt, ~!orris Ricc. ~ l r. Rice qu~t s; ..·cn by the alumni dub uf thf' l..·ima preotnttd a rotbtitutioo for the dub which di~riC"t oo the eHnlng of :\pril 26th at wu adopte-d h, \Ot~- "J""hf .,.,." ordrr of the Barr Hotd. Tht banqurt w :\Irs. Charlet Ash 1 Vice·Prf'C'idcnt: quarcer, 1927, ;md if thcr win one more: Edna McPhet·on. St"Cretar)':l'rr-lt!Ourt•r. quarter. th l~ cur wiH fiud it• home in the big white hou ATHLETICS Northern To Have New Coaches This Year [,·nest i\liller, director of athletics :tt temni> and will assist Coach .Miller as line Ohio Northern, has secured the services of t.:u:1ch in developing t he football team. new coaches to assist him in developin~ the (eams to represent Northern fhis rom· Cl)dt· A. Lamb graduated from lloone ing )tar. \Vhile Professor ha5= iVliHe•· High School, Boone, l:t., in 1918, where l>«-n at Northern but one p.•ar he bas l1e pi;~) ed four years on the football, bas betn successful in building up a strong de· htball a11d track teams. After graduat p:•rtment of physical education. ing he sen·ed one }'ear in the United States Th~ fullowing will give the alumni some 1\:t.\')' durir1g the \Vorld \Var. itle:• of the expc:r-ir:rK-e and traininJ! the Ai r. L:unb is a graduate of Coe Col new cu:-ches IMve ho'hl prior to e hp row-Mut'dhh (coact.) 'Mi.•f~. lhilf',, Conrad. }U"NX, {'oot._q.on Cm.«r.) Middlr tll\\-V•n E('hf\ ~1kl.lr1<. Gnu'""' Mcl~cro.on, 1-fnlfm.a.n, Orur,. Kolwrn "'"-Orr, llum, Simmofl\ l'arttll, lhur. Varsity Baseball Results Ht••ars' lluvy hittcn.. The <;COT(' bdng 10-3 in fa,·ur of Norll\t"m. Bluffton's pitchu wu ru.soo mou~h for ='onhnn's defe-at in he-r first pme of t~ In an ei(\+M inning galllt" on ~orthem't S Tur r(lw-1\•f•>l'ln(lt, Fr~lllJ:, CrQw. C"'raig. Middle ro\\-Stonrr, K~nntdy (mgr.), <'•mpbdl, Zimmtr (coaC'h ). Culler. B•>ttmn row-MiliOnty, Grimm, Alull'r! GIRlS \';\RSITY BASKETRAJ.J. TRAM Top r(I\\-Smith ( oo:~ch ) , fo:;:Je 19~ SEN lOR CLASS OFFICERS f l. CRAMJ<:k A. RJ.:.'.:;ET Ak ).1. YO~NOrr Pttiitk-nt Vice-Pruldeat Treuuru Senior Class Hold Exercises President Cramer then presenttd tlH~ da~ memorial, 3 velour stage curtain that ln a fitting program at Lehr Auditc.rium h;ulf:S in P re$Ser Hall Dr. Smith thanked on Monday morni.ng, May 27, the dass the class for their memorial, and closed of 1929 of Ohio Northern heal'd some of hy asking the elMs to sing once nl.ore his t heir most talented mt.mbers in the class fa,·or-i tc hymrl. "Golden Bells." Dr. David day exercises. H. Bailey pronounced the words of bene· \Villiam P. Lamalc pl <~yed the pruces~ diction. sional as t he class filed into their final pro· gram. The audience s:m~ "J\Jnerico•t the Re•t,ttiful," one of Dr. Smith's favorite 33 7 Graduated by University h)•mns. Miss Romaine Truex then sang \Vich the bell in t he old clock tower of "Morning," acc..'Qmpanied at the piano b)' J lill .Memorial tolling out t\\'ent)•·nine ~f i.ss Mary Pltillips. Dr. Smith delivered strokes., in keeping '"'ith tradition, mem· tht' invocation. be ~ of the g-raduating d:tss of 1929 at Hu~h C ramer, J>rb'idcnt of rtu· cbs~. OJ1io Nonhero Uni\'ersitr assembled for tle]in!red t he s:tlut:ttion. Oclt'tta Craig the last time in Uhr auditorium on '"fues· g:tvc n reading. day morning-, h1ar 28. The hall was Miss Florence Barnes recountc·d tlw his· filled with friends and relatives of the tor)' of the dass s inc~C the da)·$ back in graduate.<; as the solemn pr~ion moved 1925 when the)' first ac:sembled ~ s fresh· :1cross the campus. n1en. T his wa.:; followed by :1 piunu solo After the faculty and gradu:ttes had by ~~Iiss Belly I rick, and thr rtading of filed in, the program opened with "Mr the cl:lSS poem In~ MitiS Dena Cohen. Country 'Tis of Thee." D•·. Albert Ed· Wliss ~1adge Bet'.r. ~tng- :t solo. win Smith delh·ered the invocation which In the class oratio11, Robert .June$ pleaded was foHowed bv tbe commencement ad· for tht' das.-. to uphol solo b,· ~li.:::~ Helen Bnker. D r. Rufi emphasized the need for bct 4 In ·the final address, Robert \Vilson. ttr citizens, :tnd outlined tt program of ,•aledictoria•l, m:tde a ple;t for lhe "kicker/' trai11i1lg in d tiunship which only the He pointed ouc th G. C. \¥alker1 BS. in Education '2l. Gth~t were t.nit~d in marria~e on June 5 at AB. '22, pa.c;sed away at his home ln Belle Ct-nter, Ohio. 1\.1rs. Geist graduated Hamersville, Ohio. J (is de-ath wa~ due lac;t year with an A.B. degret which wa5 to lllness contracted while in training dur followed this ve;u with a cour~ in music. ing the world war. He had been sup('r Mr. Geist rec~ived his detrec: this year. He inten'dent of several schools in Ohio. ('Xfl('Ct.$ to c·nter medical se-houl this faJI. Charlotte De Hart, '27. was one uf the AmaounC'elnent was recrmlr mt1dc of the ma1ty victims whose death wac; due to the marriagt! of ·Marion Sherrick and Russell poisonous gas that caused the terrible cat· Sheldon, both of Du11kirk, Ohin. They astrophe at the Clevdnnd Clinic recently. were $t!Crttly married at Newport. Ky., on M.is.'l De Hart was n patient in the clinic April 15. ~~I rs. Sheldon graduated from at the time the tra~('dy ucrurred. the: univt'r~ity this ~e.ar. lr is Tl"ported that thel plan t June 15 at Lim::t, Ohio. Bod1. gratl uated son will make their home in Delphos where from North ern;:~ few years ago. Mrs. .Bol~ Mr. J ameson w:ts recently elected principal Ster has been teaching in the Central High of the high school. School at Lima while h+fr. Bolster, who graduated with an engineering degree.:, is \~ . B. La Rorde of Canton and Irene employed at Canton. He is a member of Smith of Ada were quietly married on June the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. The young 14. Mrs. La Borde re<:eivcd her A.B. de couple \•tlll make rheir home in Canton, gree in 1926 while 'M r. La Borde was a O hio. member of the class of I 929. He was the editor of the 1929 Northern annu::tl and is S. E. jameson of Ada and Dorocl•)' L .. a member of Delta Theta Phi and Pi Kappa }{obinson of Lima were married in the home Alpha of \,Vestern Reserve. The )'Otmg of the bride at L ima, Ohio, on June 25. couple will resicle in Ada as ~T r. La Borde Mrs. J ameson is a graduate nurse from expects to teach in ~lc::Gufle)' next )'ear. Hdlcvue Hospital of New York City. Mr. Jameson. a graduate of Northern, iii a mem· L. C. .Mares of Cleveland and ~.fiss b('r of the Sigma Phi Epsilon frareroit)' and Letha Norris of Ada were united in mar since graduation has been principal of riage on April 18. 1\h. h1ares is a gradu scftuuls in Washington township. He has ate of the law school aod is now practi<::inJt been prominelltly connected with county in Cleveland where the young couple will athletic tournaments. I\II r. and hifrs. Jame- reside. NEWS OF THE ALUMNI A danta District M~mbers Qf the Chic:~~ alumni chapter who 'l'he me~t i og of tl1e N~tiot'lal Education A$ ;•ttendc-d tbe Commtn«ment festh•ities i ndud~ S«i:uion i3 to be htld in Atlanta, C3. to John 11. "raft, Ralph P:t rl~tte, N. \V. Tobin ~nti cipation of a numbtr of 0. N. U. alumni and Norman 1\•f. Stil\t'rn;ul. Mr. Tnft and Mr. and uudents au~ndi n,g the oonvemion, the Stin~:m:m are members of tht Board of Trus· president anll s.:cretary of tbt local a lumni tees. Mr. l'arlt'ttt served as toastma.sur al the club have arrangt'd to hav~ a place m:~rl.:td alumni b:~:nqutt. Mr. Tobia$, ht~\• i n;; spent 1 L by a posur at the Ohio b tadtlunrce~ which :'·ur:c i11 Ac,b, perfonntd good service as an w ill be in the H«el Henry Gn1dy, \'fhtre all unofficial r~ctptlOD committee, with headquar 0 . N. U. people may rtg:i.sttr while in Atlant-a. ters on Dr. Smull's front porch. Our Atlanta Alumni Club i!l ''tJ)' unall but Mr. and Mri. R:s lph Parlette qf Chic::a&o are it ll\n~ly tn<~k(;S up for tbis by it!l loyalty. It enjoying a trip to Europe:. They e:x~et to b~ i3 h(lp~d that the guens will use this means gont' about six weeks, to find each other and if possible to h:tv~ an Jack Clayton, B.S., E.E., '29, It :~:~ :aoctpted a 0 . N. U. rally. position with tlte Americ;nl TelepbOI'Ie and M. Mat N~ptune, sec.••tt:uy of the Atl:tn~ Telegr:lph Comp:~ny in ClliC<~KO- Club is spending tb~ summer :11 Murnin~idc Ch:~~ !\·f. navi1 is located at S731 Maryland College at Sioux City, Jowtl, where ~he it 5tiv· Ave., Ch i c:<~Jro, Ill. ing EnJ,tl i~h oour3e11 du rin~t che ~ummer tenn. A clipping from the Adll llernld states that A wn was born ou April 23 to Mr. and Mrs, Chicago news photographers caught N. W, To W, S . .Utekwith of 731 Cobb St.. Athens, G:t. bias in the :'Itt of re~ i " i ng oath3 from dti:r.eJlll Mr. Beckwith wu f Dr. Wnver ill pa:stor of the T rioity M. E. till Sc.:hool q( Expre».ion in Roston it one of the Cbureh at Lima. directors of a rompar1y of young A•neri(:2n peo Dr. E. L. Motter is 00 \'1 do~ i ng his sixth )ear ple who oonternplate the production of a number ~~ d i11crict •-uperinteudent qf the M . E. Church n( showt in Pui~. F rance, thi$ winter, primaril)' of the Lima d inrict. He re~ Cha._ Coll~ttt. LLB.. "29, j., tmr'o•,nl 1n tht ).lr, and Mr._ R. \1. Cr•t.DU Mid fonll at lt·JE.al dtpanrneru of the St~ndard Oil t'ompua lOOS Je-nny lind St.. Md\.c-ttport. P2- Pro at 26 lhNdwa)-. lit it a mrmbt-r uf Otha f~r Crau~.u. a fortnlf'r in~tructur at ~onbc-m. l htt.a Yhi (raurolty. ioo insuuctOt in Fr~rM'h in the McKenpon High Cout•pondent: W. B. Utdtll. IS llt' St. Sc:hools. At pres.cnc hr i~ purluine gndu:att" York 't,,, City. work in thr Uni"cr•ity or Pitt•burgb. ~lr.. , ("rau!u wu ll Onla, Ohlo, girl. Pittsburgh Di .. tt·icl S. A. RiuJ.,rer, 33 l)a~:rd en:~ St., Pitt~burgh, IJr, II. C'. lUOu)Ch, wife (ntt "nthrrinr Spie w;~$ o11e of the 990 anduJte-t •t tht annual ~otl d tmd t\\ O little Ulou~h!i' ue 1Htu·tic•inl( medi· rommenc:rtnenc o( the l 1 nh·cr~it~· of Pitn-burkh. <'illt at Jobnsco"n, P:t. The Ooetor N~r•, "Yt'~ June 6. lie rrecivcd lltt de" •·ee, Ma~ur of "t' jltl our mail on Routt No. 4, Jolm.. co"n. 1\ns from tht Graduntt' School. lit majart"d hut tt.•t mtan.t that c~t~r homt i01 iu•t oul"•dr tht in H:OO(IJniC!I and mlnort'd in 110ttoto~y a.od po· fit> limit," licic~J !iCie~. f-Ir wa .. r«l«ttd. ~1a' 21. for Auornty Hur) A.. C«tnm_ ~itr .Wl 'clJ :-.,';a. tht' r"~lfth timt co a ~~ on the- tuchill~ "UI tional DtJM"it Bank Building. "'"" ,.., illt. Pa_ of tile- Pitubur~h HiP ~!I. wa• tlttttd vitt-pusi.drat ft( ·~ f'ton.. ,l.-u.ia Dr. ~1. K, \I.,Jr\ar, put prnidtnt of th<" Har A»>ci~tion .;~t fkdford SprirtJ:"• t'a.. tk Fn.nL R. Willit t'hapter (ltll-lm) gors '-" la•t wtel in Junt. fh:u murb rh;11 Auurn«_:. H.an·a.rd t.his •mnrntr •~ ..,.j~iting"' pror"'4Jr of Cottom automtii.c::lll~ bH-.wnt.. Reaio,.al Director Yubl~ finsoce. La,t •ummtr hr ~t"n·c-d in a of tht Joi.-th rune C(wcring oint C•luntin inrlud· !limihtr capadn ac the (rninr"it\ of Tu-a,. Au•· ina l,ittllburgh and ch~ "St3tt of Alltllhcny."' tin. • Not lunac ni(O ht" rt'mark~d. ..I'd e-n;n} Mr. Couom h2s "illinKI) ncrtptcd a place on teach1Rjt' at Ada \Ctmc- !1 UIIllller. h ,,.ould ~ a II St>cl'l:tl C(lromitttt" on th.t' Alumni s~rrtur~ rt:tl rrut." li t' hth tht Inti' (l, N, l'. ! Oo)d C. Polin~t. l7ll £o.f't'"r An. (l>on:nontJ, MU«:Uancous Pin:tburah. Pa., hold~ fonll iD a busiot-o!" ,.-ll, in the t;niGn ·rru..c .HuildinJt. Pitto.:buf1dt.. T'llt 8 way th~) ~pli.mtDt C.C'- in the Oort1100t I_ II. Railt), aoo of Or. aud M" 1). II. Rail~. Chambe-r or C'N"nmtfft il i... ..,. out of pia« tO h~ botc-n ruln"ttd priaripal of \bdi.;o~~ "~"'f that Potina'• bw•~nro,. j,. ..big" ba:cinr.t.. llidl ~"'* ncar Man,fwld. Th~rc't a ruoon. 1ft'" fr(ffn Sorth~ra. and llt•lc-n H.am~ A. \t f~m•rrl~ nattoclal pr~idtot \HII \U~ limber, 100. of the\, \V, (',A•• ~a• unc-IC'd all o'er Europe- and i\tNUlia in conn«tion with Th~ prt•ident of th~ • raoL U. Will it Ch:ap- ·•Y'" "'nrl. Shf' i<~ al pr~,er~t in findJ:a~. ur of tht Ohi4 Norlllttn l"ohtnity .-\Jumni Ohio. A~tt0ei11ion (PitttbufJCh), ha• :tpJIC)inttd :t.n Ex· t;c-nrv:. lbtil, (;md. 111 t•at. •u, i~ tut'.bio.'! in «utivt C'omrniuu .and a Sptc:illl Alumni 5« rwuy fund C.::ornmiuet co ;u:ti5t in ..makin;.t the hiKh o.t·hool :u Van Wtrt, Ohio. Shr "u ll«rtUifl' of the l FoflDotf" .cudeot1 wilo rcamlt rct•tMd for •Wtt .\lben Moomoa.a. a (omwr Sonbem thtdent, are Mr. aod Mn.. Pllac N. fl')tr of Fon paid a rCC'C'DI •i~t to ~•e c.ampuc. Mr. Wayne, Ind.: F. G. Lootc. LLJfi .. '01, and Moonun. wbo lt a m~tnbn of fnlta Sigma famil1 of Bellefoot:aine, Ohio: Rn. E. E. Phi, hu bitn ceac:hlng in CincinoJ~ti. ReiJCel, 'Ot, of Lynn, Ind.: Ra) MeAdams, N 'OS, of fort Wayne, Ind. and Ru~ll Mtl('k, J. £. Ne-hon, .,$, It now rrainur of the Wtit LLil., '21, of Youngstown, Ohio. min!ter Law School ~f Denver, Colo. Alditfl F reeman. A.B., r.lt, it tuc.hlng at Wnynrslield, Obio. 0 Mr. and MrJ, R. P. Overm,er, formerl) of G Iodiaoapotl_., Ind., have moved to 'f'oltdo. Mr. •nd Mu. Harold Carr)', r~it.lc at Nortb Objo, wherr they re.ide at 187' PriDct• Robin50n., Ohio, where Mr. Carr)· i11 iuper4 will ton Drive. Mr. Onrmyrr, "2:2, was con intendent of schools. Mn.. Garry "ill be ntatd \.-ith the lndianmpolit Stu for :a rem~tmbcred u Velrna. Ba!Jil, (Orad. io Ped.. '22. She i.5 a member of T1Hta Pht Ottta num.btr of ,-urt. Wr hnr that ·D~ hat tororiry. Mr. Gany is a nwmbcr of SiJtma statrN a ,_.ieion In U.t editorial depan hl r,ru. fntem.iey. mem of the 1'o&cdo Blade. While 11 1\on.ll nn be was editor of the Review and j,. a Mn. 1Au Grif&t.bs (Lou Pa.t:!iiDOre ), «tlo wu a wudent at Northern in the utly ninni.n. owmbu of Alptaa Phi Gamm.a and Ddta Sipa Phi fratcmiti~ Mrt. Ovtrmrrr w-ill ~ndy r<-tumed to Ada for a •i•.it. Mn. Criffith5 retidtt i.n Cambridge, Mu•. bt rcmcmbtrtd •• \"t-rlc \t. Hoh, A.B., -z,. She waw an auitcant in•crucwr in the Ot· H partmcot of Phy•k~l Pduc:ation. 1•om !Iaber, ao alumnus ol Northe1n, rceelvtd p his Pooor of Phil()lll(ll>hy degree lrom Ohio Stat~ during th~ recent commetH;~tmefH. Gail Patton, '281 rctumed to Ada ror a ,.i!it Rev. J. S. Hamilton, '95, of Winonln Lnke, r~em ly. ~1r . PtHOn h Superiuccndtru of lnd,, recently dO&«! a .erie• ol llut'r-cttful Sc:hoob at Spur''-• Ohio. revival meetings held at Ma~ball, Texa' R B. F. llan i! in the cootr~~CtinJt tM1•inc .. ~ ;and \V. J. Reading. formerly with the £. I. du Pone at prneot is bui.lding bttttr 1radt home!!' de Nemours Comp1ny at Wilmin,aton. Oel,. out in KaM:l.~ City, Mo. lit• addreu i~ iJ oow •..ociatcd widl tht Houde £ngi4 SS72 Crt"'fWWOd Orin. D«ri.Q3 Compall) or Buf-ato. s. Y. Mr. jnanttte Haur, Ph.C.. "D, i" in. dlarce of, a ~adi.D:g is in the t1'1Kinnrina departMmt dntK .core- at W.,hj,nJtna Coun.lilftu't". Obto, or hi_, 6nn a_l'ld retidet at Wm Falls. N. Y. R. J. llclnn. "22.- nui,·fll the ckgree of ~>«· .\nna R. Root. a faJDCMIJ .oprano linger, gradu Cftr of Philo.opbl durina the m'C'nt ('OI~t act'd ftGm Northem'l smool of ~1u.. ie. Shr wnrnecmcnt It Ohio Stitt. Or. llt'ffner re now rbide• iR Oenoir, Mith. ceived bis ma.strr'!l d~tJ;tr~te hom Ohio Stale "Ted" Rundell, ll.S. in F .F.., 'Z9, h•t accepted in J92t 11nd hat btc-n u-o;.i,.tant prof~~l>Or of a position with the Wellingboust Electrie Zrll)ln"y at Miami l nh·er&it' for thr pont Company lit Marhlield, Oblo. fnur \'~tar~. s Gra1l\·ille F.. Swu i11 Sl comuhinjl a rchitect aud wllo I)Utl ~ I n, A. R. lrwiu, wu• of the firat enaineer \'fith ollkc- llt SIS Citiz.ens Bank Or. rctunlt'll re(tntlr to •tuclt"nt• n£ lehr, Buildinp;, Nor"'llk, Ohio. Mr. Scott reside~ t\dn for • \'-i!lit.. Mu. Jrwin it no'" llvin~t 196 E. in lletroit, Mid. at Main S.rnc. .\. ~-Smith. 'U, hat be-en appointed he.ad coada K at Elrrla lligb Scliool for next yur. Mr. Uli..-.n Kaufman has atte:ptcd a po.hion with Smith bas ('M(hed cum. at Torortt0, Ohio. thl' S. S. Knsge C001pan)' aDd at ptbtnt h tor rour ,ear. and hat bad ~derable mttd in Columbu.. ~~ Hit tum" non the Oho Vallq I. fOOlb.ll dlampton.hlp in 19%,, the E.astem I , lhu~ Lt,·in, I.I.B..., 'ZS. allMul'tttll the Opc'O· Obio N.sl~b•ll c:hampion~>hip io 1t21 and ina nr o!Gtts for the J,tt'Dtlll pue1if'e of '•"" the Ohio V•lley bueb•ll dlamp~nship.t iA at Suitr SOl, 1131 G Street. N.W, W1thing.. 1'2S and lt26. lUll, n. (', Mr. U\•in will be IUO(;ill.tl'd ;\, A. Scambaual1 wu rccemly •ppointed vice "lth Alhert E. Steinem. pre~ident in C'harge or t.'IIH of the Standard M Oil Comp:tn)· ctf Ohio. Since leaving bb Cuul MBrtin, Grad. in Ped., '26, b tel(hlng at CJe.,eland law prllctlce 10 join the company hi.., odvanc(ment hn• heen rapid. \·.,, .. ,.m"~~, Ohio. l)r Oenrude F. Mecl. M.S., i" 1 'IJ«~tful w ph~,i('bn. Mrc. M«k rai•~d five children E. R. Wehb j, <"l'lnC'Cttd "ith the firm of Brown 1nd !law tbrm through hi1tb tdwlol before and Brown, Fort.c F.na-ineen~ loc:ated in the talin.a: up medicine. Uwi• BuHding at Portllnd., Oregon. Thi.! Cbn f_ L ~~~·e..,.. A!\1., i• aow ''"*'.. il'l;« It 6f111 •p«i.ali~f' ie topocnp.. ,., loQioc CD Wnt~rn Rt"C'rv~t CoUeg«-, Clt:n1and, Ohio. giaeerinll ahd property maaaccmcnt.. C". \t \tilkr i" a junior .n~btr of the \rktti l'""1ob WiJI.d;t:, A.B.. '25, i• ttadlinx at c.... oy, ~n Land COI'npan~ with main ~ in Ohio. Sh~ ; .. a rnan~r of Theu Alpha .o\d •• Phi. IC :\\ "''&.\l )1. ·.a ...... _, lw '·~ CI~\SS 0 .\Y OFFICER~ Jl: \\U-..tl:\, ~ Ji. BAM,.-t.;S. ".!0 W JO:\l.... Ill II C Oltf:.:\' ~ \ -.t...... lla" H!"t·•n:t•l Clau Uul • .,... rurte. 1< 'nc.u. ._ ... TflN •._ ., U C.Ofil:O.T. #" ...... , •..- .. ~ ll!irl ftu.. ll'll" .. Mai\••H ,, !d '«t• ...... ~,,,h-f,• kn~"' Principals At The Dedicatory s~rvicea of The Presser Music Hall and John H. Taft Gymnasium in many lnttnn~ to the fact that the other at the be~inrling1 IUote to tt• the}· han·: bc.cn •nainh 1df~uppor ti:n g mtn prm th~1ruth ts intim2tC'I) to more than and "·oo1en '' ho "had to do it.'• 200 loral "old e:-rads.'' Or. john L. Haney, '""'""''Y of the Ahhough th~ ~oo "aJ tinged "ith Pr~r foundation, and principal of oM udness at tht rttirtmtnt of Dr. Smith, of til<' ]arft< hi~h ..:hool< in Philadelphia, the humor and philosoph) of Mr. Par· np~ hi~ regut that Thtodort PrdlStr lt"ttC' as orftoastmbltr," and the spontan~ was not span-d to be pr~nt, and ~ke of ous r<1iponses s:i\'ert b~ many gu~ts and his sinet:re rt>:gard fCJr Dr. l....thr, hls fonner ahunni, made it one of the happltSt and ro-worktr. motit lively gatherings of its kind ever Dr. T. J. Smull next :mnounctd the hdd Rt Northern. In fa,t, the crowd wns eltction of J. J. Pilliocl nll alumni trus-tee, atilt "going st ron~" four houn llhtr the and introdutc: