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Brotherhood in Action Miss Draper to Retire Sherman Spear (center) receives a check for Waverly, Iowa from Paul Hoff­ man, president of the Fund for the Republic, as Mrs. Eleanor Stevenson (right) and Capt. and Mrs. Daniels (left) watch. Brotherhood in Action Captain Virgil A. Daniels withdrew his deposit on an apartment in Waver­ ly, Iowa, after he learned that a few families in the building protested because he was a Negro. Another resident heard of it and wrote a letter to the Waverly paper saying that he believed the protest did not represent the true sentiments of the community. "I am certain I speak for many when I say 'Captain, we are sorry. We would have been proud to have counted you as a neighbor," he wrote. The Waverly Chamber of Commerce took up the matter immediately and within eighteen hours Captain and Mrs. Daniels and their three children were comfortably housed in Waverly. The letter to the Waverly paper was written by Sherman Spear, now ad­ vertising manager for the Lutheran Mutual Life Insurance Co., and former alumni secretary at Taylor. As a result of the action of the citizens of Waverly, the town was awarded a check for 810,000 and a citation by the Fund for the Republic, Inc. "Sherm," a graduate of Taylor in 1940, had this to say about the situation: "No one in Waverly who had anything to do with this ever expected any kind of monetary award or any other special kind of recognition. What we did, we did because we thought it was right and courteous and kind. In fact, we told the Fund people that we didn't merit any special consideration. But they went ahead believing that the resultant publicity would cause what we did to be repeated over and over again. If so, then of course we are happy about it. I hope that someday what we did to fight racial prejudice will become so common that only the absence of such action will cause comment." Life magazine covered the story in the issue dated April 22. After it was all over, Sherm learned that Captain Daniels is a good friend of Capt. Joe Blades, son of Taylor graduate Joseph Blades, class of 1918, about whom Dr. B. W. Ayres has written in his booklet, Honor to Whom Honor is Due. 2 On the Cover Some new equipment to make easier the duplication of academic records has been added to the reg­ istrar's office. Two of the girls who assist Miss Olson in that office, Gladys Jibben and Charlotte Justice, are shown operating the machine as Dean Milo Rediger looks on. The pose suggested the article by Dr. Rediger, "What's Behind Your Tran­ script?", which gives a good view of what makes up an accedited college program. Miss Draper After 41 Years of Service —Miss Draper to Retire Miss Olive M. Draper, professor of vanced to the position of professor mathematics and astronomy, who has and taught in the fields of mathe­ been a member of the Taylor facul­ matics and astronomy. For a number ty continuously since her appoint­ of years she taught physics also. ment in 1914, will retire from teach­ If all the lives of the Taylor family ing at the end of the current academ­ which have been touched by Miss ic year. Miss Draper has been a Draper's influence throughout the member of the faculty longer than past forty-one years were to be any other member now serving. In gathered together, it is quite obvious recognition of her contribution to that a great host would be present. Taylor, the Alumni Association has To the persistency and consistency chosen to award Miss Draper the of Miss Olive May Draper, Taylor Appreciation Award for this year at University is surely indebted. the Alumni Banquet, June 3. She is Miss Draper is a member of the also to receive special recognition at American Ass'n. of University Profes­ a farewell banquet given to all facul­ sors, the American Ass'n. for Ad­ ty members leaving Taylor this year. vancement of Science, Math. Ass'n. of Miss Draper came to Taylor as a America, Ind. Academy of Science transfer student from Kletzing Col­ and Central Ass'n. of Science and lege in 1911. At the time of her Math. Teachers. She is listed in graduation, the professor then teach­ Who's Who in the Midwest, American ing Chemistry was leaving, and he Men of Science and Leaders in Edu­ asked her to be his successor. In cation. addition to teaching during her years of service to Taylor she helped design the floor plan of the present Order your 1955 Gem now from science building. Charles Whitely, Box 505, Taylor Several schools were hosts to Miss Univ., Upland, Ind., at $5.00 per Draper for her graduate study, which copy. To be delivered next fall. she pursued during summers; these were the University of Iowa, Colo­ rado University, Indiana University, TAYLOR ALUMNI MAGAZINE and the school from which she re­ VOL. 1, NO. 4 MAY, 1955 Published by Taylor University, Upland, Indi­ ceived her M. A. degree, the Univer­ ana. Issued bi-monthly. Second-class mailing sity of Michigan. She was then ad­ privileges authorized at Upland, Indiana. What's Behind Your Transcript? by Dr. Milo A. Rediger, Dean MacPhail College of Music If your transcript is worth the University of Illinois translucent paper on which it is pho­ University of Missouri tographed, there is a great deal more Washington University St. Louis University behind it than appears on the sur­ University of Latvia face. Records of courses taken and University of Cologne grades received, relative standing in Institute Universitaire (Geneva) Oregon State University class, point-hour ratio and degrees New York State College for Teachers granted are meaningful in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of the The Taylor faculty represents an people and programs behind the tran­ ideal distribution of ages between script. In other words, there is a col­ youth and maturity. Twenty-nin® per lege behind your transcript which cent are between 25 and 34 years of determines its value. age, twenty-nine per cent between 35 The greatest strength or weakness and 44 years, twenty per cent be­ of any college is its faculty. Someone tween 45 and 54, and twenty per cent has said that Mark Hopkins and the are between 55 and 68 years of age. student still face each other on the Two instructors are under 25. This log, even though the log has grown teaching force brings to the students wondrously and fearfully in size and a great amount of teaching exper­ branches. The faculty which is be­ ience without being too old to be in hind a Taylor transcript is made up of vital touch with youth. 36 men and women who comprise a Behind your transcript are people teaching force of which we are right­ other than teachers who also help to fully proud. Thirty per cent of these determine its real significance and have earned doctor's degrees; all but meaning. There are the men who two of the others have the master's carry out the off-campus aspects of degree. They did their graduate work the educational program, spending in these 42 institutions: long hours and days and weeks away from their homes and families to Yale University make the contacts with prospective Oxford University students, parents and contributors. Emory University State University of Iowa These men cultivate the public rela­ University of Minnesota tions of the college and build good University of Arizona will for the institution. They believe Indiana University Northwestern University in the aims and purposes of Taylor Ball State Teacher's College University, in the faculty and the University of Michigan students —• and in you. University of Southern California Columbia University There are also the men who keep American University the physical plant in good condition Princeton University Western Reserve University and maintain its operation. They University of Tennessee work mainly behind the scenes, but University of Pittsburgh they make a contribution as neces­ University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago sary to the total program as are Syracuse University teaching and administration. And Kansas State College the clerical staff, too, is essential to University of Edinburgh Purdue University the total operation which produces a University of Washington transcript that commands the respect University of Rochester of educational circles and the world Ohio State University Harvard University at large. In fact, all of these people Boston University must work together harmoniously University of Grenoble (France) each fitting into the total pattern as West Virginia University New York University God directs and adds His blessing to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music the whole institution and program. 4 LeShanas to Appear at Students Vote to Join NSA Summer Camp Meetings Taylor University is a member of Dave and Becky LeShana will rep­ the National Student Association as a resent Taylor at a number of sum­ result of the decision made by the mer camp meetings during July and students at a special convocation at August.