Die MARIETTA. ALUMNUS PUBLISHED FOR GRADUATES AND FORMER STUDENTS OF MARIETTA COLLEGE VOL. IX NO. 4 JULY 1930 THE MARIETTA ALUMNUS Subscription Price $2.00 per Year (Member of the American Alumni Council) Published bi-monthly by the Alumni Council of Marietta College, at Marietta, Ohio. MEMBERS OF THE ALUMNI COUNCIL Term to Expire 1931: Term to Expire 1932: Myron A. Hays, '80 Howard W. Dickinson, '89 C. C. Middleswart, '94 Henry M. Dawes, '96 Allan T. Williamson, '98 Joseph C. Brenan, '96e Ruby A. Wilder, '08 Miss Willia D. Cotton, '98 Corwin L. McMahon, '20 Beman G. Ludwig, '19 Term to Expire 1933: William S. Plumer, '91 Asa E. Ward, '02 George J. Blazier, '14 Mrs. Jessie Hyde Palmer, '20 Howard E. Beebout, '25 EDITORIAL STAFF Arthur G. Beach, '91 George J. Blazier, '14 Thomas H. Kelley, '74 Charles A. Ward, '90 Miss Willia D. Cotton, '98 Entered as Second Class matter May 2, 1922, at the Post Office at Marietta, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879. L The Marietta Alumnus Vol. IX JULY 1930 No. 4 Table of Contents Alumni Council Report 121 Frontispiece—A new view of Erwin Hall 122 Editorial Comment and Review 123 Athletics • 135 Professor Henry L. Coar 137 The President's Message 138 A History of Science in Marietta College, by C. E. Corwin, '92 139 The Baccalaureate Address, by President Edward S. Parsons 144 Letters from Alumni 150 The Reading Table 151 Alumni Meetings 151 News by Classes 155 End of Vol. IX. THE ALUMNI COUNCIL REPORT 1929-1930 I. General I hereby report as Secretary of the Council the activities of the year 1929-1930. The activities of the Council are still somewhat curtailed because of the lack of funds with which to operate. How­ ever due to the generosity of the President and the Treasurer of the College the Alumni Council has received a greater sum from the Marietta Fund and the deficit of last year is greatly reduced. We have also effected greater savings in the money by curtailing certain activities which have re­ sulted as follows: EXPENDITURES 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 *Decrease The Marietta Alumnus Printing $1240.55 $959.16 $867.07 $ 92.09 Pictures and Cuts 165.59 144.85 68.41 76.44 Mailing 67.42 59.53 49.05 10.48 Subscription Appeals 43.84 95.63 95.63 Assistants 875.00 615.00 420.00 195.00 Traveling Expense 188.40 98.34 70.17 28.17 Office Supplies 34.16 9.19 1.80 7.39 $505.20 •Decrease—this year less than last year. II. The General Catalog Last August at the direction of this annual meeting a year ago the newly printed 1400 General Catalogs were mailed to a selected list of Alumni with the request for a dollar to pay for it. The sum of $76.50 was received. This sum with $1000.00 from the Marietta Fund just clears this account to where the Council funds can absorb the remainder. The account is as follows: Expenditures Receipts 1928-1929 $1,111.49 From Alumni $ 76.50 1929-1930 8.82 From Marietta Fund 1,000.00 $1,120.31 $1,076.50 Deficit $43.81 III. Regional Meetings This year 13 Regional Meetings have been held, all of which were successful and most enjoyable from every point of view. The number, 547 attending, is larger this year by 103 than a year ago. Three new clubs have been organized, bringing the number to 18. We regret that there was no opportunity to hold the Philadelphia and Detroit meetings. (Continued on page 154.) 122 THE MARIETTA ALUMNUS SCIENCE HALL—THE OLD TOWER BUILDING. THE MARIETTA ALUMNUS Vol. IX JULY 1930 No. 4 EDITORIAL COMMENT AND REVIEW 'THE TWO OUTSTANDING EVENTS American womanhood, in health, in intelli­ * in the life of the college during the past gence, and in the things of the spirit; in six months aside from Commencement grateful remembrance of the lives and have been the dedication of the new Dor­ character of noble women who have set othy Webster Hall on January 20th and the stamp of their personality upon this the Founder's Day celebration on Feb­ community; to the end that others like ruary 14th. them may be trained to take their places and carry on unbroken the tradition of The Dorothy Webster Hall is the gift high and noble service, we dedicate this of Mr. W. W. Mills and Mr. John Mills as house." Brief addresses were made by a memorial to their mother and is the most President Parsons and Dean Rosemond, beautiful building on our campus. It is and by Miss Miriam Manning on behalf of the General Warner home on Butler Street the residents in the hall, and the prayer enlarged and reconstructed within and of dedication was made by Professor without. Few colleges possess so beautiful Adams. A delightful feature of the dedi­ and well appointed a home for their young cation was a musicale given by Mr. Francis women. The responsive service composed MacMillan, Miss Marie Houston of Cin­ for the occasion by Professor David E. cinnati, and Miss Ruth Russell. The Adams expresses fitly the spirit of the guests were also shown about the building gift and the purpose of the hall: "For the by the young women who make their home nurture of the highest ideals of young there. .',jy[.*\ otejsK CwPfSPSys JML T*»W '• v.._- ' . V . ••• •' , . F • .7" *r . Jr -* ^ \ ''•'•.'•'''"•'• • ' • • : DOROTHY WEBSTER HALL. 124 THE MARIETTA ALUMNUS THE CHIEF GUEST AND SPEAKER Swingle Camp, '05, who also with Kingston at the Founders' Day celebration was C. McCoy, '23e, arranged the details of the emeritus President Thompson of Ohio visit. State University. Ex-president Thompson ^ J;« # % * spoke out of a rich experience in college MISS HELEN V. NICHOLAS, '31, and education and in life as well with a wisdom Miss Miriam Manning, '30, sailed June and humor that delighted his audience on 25th for a ten weeks residence in Geneva, the general theme of education and culture Switzerland. Miss Nicholas will study in the life of America today. in the Geneva School of International The Alumni Luncheon was held at the Studies, having been awarded a scholar­ Lafayette Hotel and the principal speaker ship to that institution some weeks earlier. was Mr. Archie M. Palmer, Associate Miss Manning will study as a post gradu­ Secretary of the Association of American ate in Bacteriology in the University of Colleges, whose theme was "Liberal arts Geneva. colleges and their contribution to Amer­ # * * * * ican life." Dean Rosemond and President THE DEBATERS have been discussing Parsons also spoke in regard to the new disarmament, advertising and higher edu­ developments and plans of the college and cation with several college teams, among Mr. Blazier, alumni secretary, presided as them Baldwin Wallace, Mt. Union, Miami, toast master. A pleasant reception was Lake Forest, and a team from South­ given at the Dorothy Webster Hall in the western University of Los Angeles. Homer afternoon and the student assembly on the Hall, Charles Jennings, Adolf Weiss and following morning closed the celebration Herbert Richards were the Marietta de­ with an address by Mr. Palmer. baters. THE PLAYERS CLUB'S development THE FRENCH CLUB has given a under the direction of Miss Geneva French play, "Au Luxembourg," and has Stephenson has been a source of gratifica­ had an address by Monsieur Octave Long tion to all friends of the college. The usual who was born in France and spent most of programs of one act plays have been pre­ his life there. sented at regular intervals and in addition % $ $ t/f $ a very creditable rendering of the three TEN MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR act play, "Dulcy," by Kaufmann and Kelly, class have been elected to membership in has been given with a cast of eleven play­ Phi Beta Kappa. One of their number, ers, Miss Ruth Bergen playing the leading William Klare, was elected last year as role. the Junior member, and had already been The most unusual and interesting event initiated. The others are Beulah Caswell, of the year, however, was the participation Kathryn Hanna, Olive Alexander, Dorothy of the Players Club in the Eva LeGallienne Ash, Eleanor Ward, Elbert Ahlstrom, Cup tournament at Northwestern Uni­ Ray Flesher, Edgar Fogle, and Lincoln versity in which nine colleges took part. Schmidt. Mr. Oscar M. Voorhees, national The Marietta players presented "Rain," a secretary of Phi Beta Kappa, visited the one act play by Dana Burnett, with Mary college recently and addressed the chapter. Cisler, Lincoln Schmidt, John Daymont, Roy Ash, Charles Devore, Francis Middle­ SCHOLARSHIP has also been recog­ swart and Ernest Gazda as the performers. nized in the college by the awarding to the They were given fifth place by the judges. local chapter of Theta Kappa Nu Frater­ Another group of players also presented nity of the national scholarship cup. the play, "The Very Naked Boy," at the * * * # * annual meeting of the Marietta College SYSTEMATIZED EFFORTS at voca­ Club of Chicago. A pleasant feature of the tional guidance have recently been in­ trip was the fact that Miss Stephenson augurated under the direction of Miss and the young women players were enter­ Rosemond and Mr. Piersel and a number tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus of interviews have been held by them with C. Dawes in Evanston during their stay students. The purposes of this effort are and all the players were given a party at stated to be: to furnish information re­ the same hospitable home.