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Valparaiso University ValpoScholar Valparaiso University Guild Bulletins 5-1955 May, 1955 Valparaiso University Guild Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/guild_bulletins Recommended Citation Valparaiso University Guild, "May, 1955" (1955). Valparaiso University Guild Bulletins. 15. https://scholar.valpo.edu/guild_bulletins/15 This Bulletin/Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Valparaiso University Guild Bulletins by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. {iuifJ CJition MAY, 1955 RED-LETTER DAYS Dear Guild Member: Do you have a bright red crayon? Then use it to mark September 23-24-25 on your calendar. Why? Because they are red-letter days in the history of the Valparaiso Univer sity Guild. During those days, and for the first time, the beautiful new Student Union on the campus of Valpflraiso University will be the setting for . the annual convention of the Guild. Think of it! The first Executive Board ··meeting, the first convention, the first banquet Official Publication of the Valparaiso University Guild. in this newly-erected modern building! Cer Published by Vnlparaiso University tainly none will want to miss these memorable MAY 15, 1955 NO. 14 days on campus. VOL. 28 So mark the last weekend of September, and plan now to attend. We'll be seeing you! OFFICERS Sincerely E!ditor ........ Mrs. E. H. Uuprecht, Executive Secretary Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind. Louise Drews President ............................................ Mrs. Wm. A. Drcwll 115 Capen Blvd., Buffalo 23, N. Y. First V.P............................................. Mrs. Roy C. Frank Slate of Candidates 4316 Stanford St., Chevy Chase 15, Maryland The following slate of candidates for offices in the Second V.P................................... Mrs. Charles St. Clair national Guild has been pre:sented by the nominating 224 N. Chicago Ave., Rockford, Illinois committee. Election will be held at the business Secretary .............................................. Mrs. F. J. Schumm session of the annual convention on Saturday, Sep 2936 Sherbrooke Rd., Toledo 6, Ohio tember 24th. Treasurer ........................................ Mrs. Walter J. Kraus 516 West 7th St.. Monroe, Michigan PRESIDENT: Mrs. William A. Drews, Buffalo, N.Y. Field Sec., Enstern Area ................ Mrs. Roy C. Frank FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: 4316 Stanford C·t., Chevy Chase, Washington 15, D.C. Mrs. Roy C. Frank, Chevy Chase, Maryland Field Sec., Northern Illinois ............ Mrs. K. A. Bliese 36-10 Charles, Rockford, Illinois Mrs. Fred Reddell, St. Joseph, Michigan Field Sec., Southern Illinois ...... Mrs. Fred Homan. Sr. ·-..... SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT: 428 Woodland, Mattoon, Illinois Mrs. Charles St. Clair, Rockford, Illinois Field Sec., Northern Indiana .... Mrs. Louis A. Jncobs Mrs. Paul Congdon, Ft. Wayne, Indiana 116 North Tenth St., Decntur, Indiana SECRETARY: Field Sec. Southern Indiana ............ :Mrs. Clarence Westermeier Mrs. Frank J. Schumm, Toledo, Ohio Terrace Lake, R. 6, Columbus, Ind:ana Mrs. Erwin Kurth, Detroit, Michigan Field Sec., Michigan .................... Mrs. Louis Hein!'cke TREASURER: 45140 Van Dyke St., Utica, Michigan Field Sec., New York .................... Mrs. Wm. Haeseler Mrs. Walter J. Kraus, Monroe, Michigan 164 E. Felton, North Tonawanda, N.Y. Miss Irma A. Lange, Seymour, Indiana Field Sec., Ohio ............................ Mrs. E. Russel Bn,.hl Submitted by the Nominating Committee: 469 Dorchester Road, Akron, Ohio Mrs. Louis Heinecke, Chairman Mrs. F. W. G. Mueller Activities Committee Chairman ................................ Mrs. Albert C. Moeller Mrs. Louis G. Jacobs 715 Briar Hill Lane, Saginaw, Michigan Mrs. Chester Korb Revisions Committee Mrs. Bertha Newman Chairman ........................................ Mrs. W. W. Walker 717 E. River St., Elyria, Ohio Parliamentarian ................................ Mrs. W. N. Hoppe "I reach for stars! 17525 Madison, Lakewood 7, Ohio I cannot touch them with my ha1\ds, Historian .................................... Miss Louise F. Nicolay I know, 2153 Hollywood Pl., South Bend, Indiana But reaching makes me look to higher things and grow, Entered ns Second Cius matter at the Post Office at And so I reach for stars." Valparaiso, Indiana Two Guild Bulletin QUAD-CITY CHAPTER This new Cha pter is made up of members from four citil's; namely, Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Bettendorf, Illinois, and Moli ne. Illinois. Mrs. Carl Bliese, the lllinois field secretary addressed a group of women a t a luncheon. and this was followed a few weeks la trr with a talk by Mrs. E. H. R uprecht NATIO NAL OFFICERS, State Unit Presidents and de-l ivered lO an evening Mission group at Trinity Field Se cretaries in attendance at the February church. On the day of the actual organization Mr. Executive Board meeting. Top row: I to r: Mrs. Mark Young, Executive Admissions Counselor, who Fred Homann, Ce ntral Ill., Fie ld Secretary; Mrs. was in the vici nity speaking al College days in several Oscar Re inke, Wisconsin-Minne sota State Unit high schools. addressed the group. M rs. Donald Preside nt; Mrs. F.W .G. Mue ller, Ohio State Presi Koehn was elected president of the group, with an de nt; Mrs. E. H. Ruprecht, Exe cutive Secre tary; initial membership of 27. We are happy to accept Mrs. Louis Jacobs, N. Indiana Fie ld Secretary; this new Chapter with the hope of future contacts in Mrs. Louis He in t.! cke, Michigan Fie ld Secretary; the State of Iowa. Mrs . W. J. Kraus, national treasurer; Mrs. Wm. Schme ling, Illinois St~te Unit President. Bottom PEORIA - PEKIN, Illi nois row: I to r: Mrs. Roy Frank, 1st vice-preside nt; Mrs. E. T . J. Birner, former na tional president, Mrs. Wm. Drews, president, Mrs. Fre d Jens, and M rs. Fre el l-l oma n11 , Central Illinois fi eld secre Michigan State Pre~ i c'le nt; Mrs. Frank Schumm, tary, were instrumental in organizing this new and Secretary. active Chapter in Peori a. Officers elected were M rs. W. G. H agemeyer, pr1::sidcnt, Mrs. Flora Volk, vice OAKLAND COUNTY, Mi chigan president, Mrs. V. Z. Pavlcnko, Secretary, and Mrs. This new chapter on the outskirts of Detroit was A. F. Beckman, treasurer. The April social meeting organized by Mrs. Louis H einecke, M ichigan fi eld sc heduled the showing of the new colored slides of S!'Crctary with the help of Mrs. Rotsei who opened Valpo in an effort w gain new members and added her house lo the g uests for tea. Mrs. Fred J ens, l'nthusiasm for the University. At present there arc Michigan Stale Unit president also was present and 33 members. spoke to the assembled group. M rs. Richa rd Reiter of Pontiac was chosen :is chairman, with 13 members joining tha t afternoon. We feel tha t Michigan will ~ I AGAR A FALLS, New York soon have many more chapters with their fine system The Niagara Falls C hapter was the first chapter of fie ld secretary work existing throughout the state. to be organized d uring the 1954-1 955 season. Mrs. H aeselcr, the New York fi eld secretary is vet"}' proud - >+- - to have promoted this new chapter and hopes that Congratula tions arc indeed in order fo r these five two more " possibles" will erncrge from this effort. new chaptt• rs. We wish their members every success New offi cers of the cha pter arc Mrs. Frank Hurd, and blessing in this new endeavor of assisting Val president; Mrs. A1·thur Zimmerman, vice-president ; paraiso by organizi ng as a group devoted to the Mrs. Max Greenwald, corresponding secretary ; and purpose of aiding and abetting our Christian Uni M rs. Cla rence Greenwald, treasurer. versity and thus working for the Kingdom. There will * * * bt many hours of time ;ind effort necessary to support BLOOM! GTON - NORMAL, Illinois each new Chapter, but we sincerely hope that each The home of M rs. Carl Schwulst was the meeting new Guild member wi ll consider the cause to be place of 25 women who gathered to hear M rs. worthwhile and profitable for her own sake and for Ruprecht, executive secretary, speak about the merits that of Valpo. We offer our congra tulations once of Guild organiza tion. Mrs. Albert Glock, who had more and a lso our complete cooperatio n in any area helped promote the meeting, acted as temporary where help may be needed. We need everyone's help rhairman, and the women agreed to organize as a to enlist new C hapters if we arc to obtain our goal C hapter. Officers will be elected and a constitution of I 00 Chapters for our 25th anniversary celebration adopted :it a later meeti ng. of the Guild in 1956! l\lar. 1955 'fhrcc , , , EX ECUTIVE BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 25, 1955 T l1c Excn1tivl' Board of thr Valp.1raisu UnivC' rsity C:11ild ronvcncd in R 1·cital Hall al I p.n1., February 25, 1955 with :\frs. William A. Drews prciiding. EXECUTIVE BOARD in session at Recital Hall, Feb Devotions included the hymn "We Sing the J\ l ruary 25th, 1955. rnighty Power of God"' and a scrmoncttc by Pro fessor Carl H. Krckelcr, Department of Biology. ('(fort on the part of the Executive Sccrcrnry a nd the Valparaiso University. Basing his remarks on Ezra Field Secrt' ta rics. Mrs. Ruprecht introduced the fol 3: 21, the speaker drew a parallel between the prob lowing representatives from new chapters who were lem facing youthful Israelites in captivity with that of greeted with a pplause : the modern youth in his quest for knowledge. J\ s the Mrs. Arthur Engler . Bloomington, lllinois pro phet's great concern was to "seek a right way" (Blooming ton-Normal Chapter} for his young people, so a major function at Valpa Mrs. Victor Pavlcnko . Peoria, lllinois raiso University is to provide its students with prop1: r ( Peoria-re kin Chapter) g uidance ;111d direction in spiritual as well as in :\1rs.