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The Tan an OL. I.

NEW YEAR PROMISES MUCH ATO. U. 0

No. 1.

WESTERVILLE, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917. L OCAL PASTOR RETURNED FOR FOURTH YEARS' WORK

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Rev. E. E. Burtner, pa tor of the nited Brethren church f r th e the past thr ee year s. was reappointed to th e \,Vestcrville charge for another ycar at the Southeast Ohio conference held at the Fifth Avenue nited Brethren church , Columbus, last Wt'.Ck. R ev. R . A. Hitt was r e-e lec ted confe rence sup erintendent. He will move to Westerville soon. These desi,:rnations of intcn, s t to Otterbein people were also made: Presi dent of Otterbein college, W. G. Clippinger; professor in Otterbein college. T. J. Sanders; professor in Otterbein col­ lege, N. E. Cornetet; field sec r eta ry of Children's Home Society, V,.T. \V. Rymer; field secreta ri es of Anti-Sa­ loon League of America, E. H. Daiky and Lloyd Mignery. Pasto ral assignments of loca'l inter­ est wer e: Carroll, Fay M. Bowman. Otterbein s tud ent; Circleville, Glen D. Spafford; Burgess Avenue, E. B. 'W hite, Otterbein student; East Lin­ den, Seth Drummond, Otterbein stu­ dent and Y. M. C. A . sec reta r v o f the Columbus Barracks; St. Clair ·Aven ue, Columbus, J . G. Spears; '\;Va hington Avtnue , Columbus, Carl Sweazy, Ot- 1 terbein student; Franklin. E. E. Har­ ris, Otterbein student; Hillsboro, J. 0. Emerick; Galloway, H. C. Elliott; Jackson, George Geiger; Logan, W. E . Riebel.

y Slight Falling Off Due to War Fir t

Conditions-Freshman Class Big.

Much to th s urpri e of the co ll eg official Otterbein ope ned at ten o'clock \ Vedne sday morning with a de-er a e in enrollm ent of twenty-two a co mpared to th e same tim e la t year. and with a fre shman cla s sur­ pa si ng t·hat of la st year. To date 250 1tave registered . Bishoo W. M. Weekley of Parkers­ burg, W. Va., gave the opc ninR" ad­ dr •ss in th e chapel W t:dnesday morn­ ing. At th e last Gent:ral Conference he was elec ted Bishop Emeritus and may choose vVes tervill e as hi s future home. The Bishop's address which wa basccl upon the esse ntial s of a h istian college, was directed to th e fac1ltv members rath er than to th e stu lc1its. H e said that th e faculty m e hers of a church college sh0uld 11phold those tea chin g. and principles for which that church tands and any pr fessor who refu ses to do so sh nld not accept a I osition on such a f cult v. He declared the teach­ ii of the evo lution theory, as taught hy omc, to be a crim.e- against the church. He al o made: a violent at1,,-t, 1111,,n th,. •n-r:,l1•~"''"' th""* v J n the cour e of his talk the bi hop paid a splendid tribute to Dr. T . J. Sanders. declaring that "H c always eave tudents on the right side f ;dl questions in refcrt:nce to G d. New Students. New tudtnts co ntinu e t o com in. :At pres nt 73 have regi tered. Th e fo llowing li st givt' S th e name and ad­ dre ses o f new student~ r egularly ,·n­ rolled in the co ll ege. Anderson, larc nce L. Jam estown, N . Y. Arno ld . Emilv Ruth. Fostoria. Rake r . Marv ·waddell . W es terville. Barthlow, Lloyd Earl Logan. Bav . Donald Copeland . \Vestervi ll e. Bi llman . Marie. cw Madison . Bingham. Edith Gray, Ironton . Cam.pe ll. Hel e n , Galena. ampbe ll , Ma~y Louise, Blu fftnn . Ind . ave. Edythe- Forr ·t. Lan aster. lark. Loi Miller. Chicago Jct. ollins, Maurice Mackenzie, Staunt n. V,t. Darling. Evelyn Grae , cottdal , I'a. Deem. Ruth. Eaton. D<· itsc h, Mildred Bernice, Lima. Dixon. Florence Mari , Vv t rville. Ellsworth, atharinc, West Carrollton. Eubanks, Ethel Lucille, Jack on. Ewry, T h elma. Dayton. Fausey. J. \ adc. Gib onburg. Fun k, Mary Neff, John town, Pa. Givin Olive Ione. Hopedal e. Gleason, Rufu Henry, A hvill e, N. Y . Goodman, Rose Esther, Akron. G odman. H a l \ Villiam. Akron. Halderman. Harold Dwight. Lanca ter. Harmon. Lloyd. Wauseon . Harley. E ther Anne. Dayton. Ha ' . Earl Raymond, Punx utawn ey. Hooper. Edna . Bradford. Pa. Howe, John Ruskin. Custar. 1n keep. ordelia. E . Liberty. Jaynes. Orr A., D !aware.

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F . H. Gorton Is on the Ground for Fall Training on the Gridiron . Otterbc in 's Board of Control select­ ed F. H. Gorton, form r Rutge rs col­ lege coach and for the past three years dir ec tor of athletics at th e \ ' ir­ ginia Military Institute, as director of college athleti cs. Mr. Gorton was sel ected from a numb er of appli­ cations as t h e man best fitted as an all around athleti c director. His rec­ ords show him to be especia ll y profi­ cit' nt in football, basketba ll and track wit h a , coachin:g lfnowh!clge · of . base­ ball. H e is a lso a capab le military in­ s tru cto r. Mr. Gonon arrive<l Saturday and began laying plans at once fo r a st renuou s seaso n. Mr. Gorton was educated at Peddie J n stitute, Richmond coll ege, and took the cour se in physical educatio n at Yale. His experience as a coach is varied. Peddie 1n stitutc had him for a co upl e of years from where h e went to Rutgers, producing exceptional teams. Next he served two years at Redlands high ~c hool, Redlands,

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ASSOC~IA-TI-ON_S.. . G_IVE_ .. 1 PLEASANT RECEPTION New Students Guests at Affair Satur- I day Evening in Association Parlors. aturday eve nin g the Associati n parlors were the scen e of o ne of the· best and mo t successfu l reception to new students eve r held . liy eight o·clock · the rooms we re full of tudents and members of the Faculty ren ew ing old a cquaintances a nd makin g new one . Vance E. ri bbs, chairman of the social co mmittee of the Young Men's C hri stian ssociation and master of ce rem o nie fo r the e,·ening, in hi j vial manner encouraged the forming of new friendships by means of co nte ts and games gi,·in g all a chance to us e their wit or deve lo p. their dramat ic inclinations. One stu nt e pccially deservin g of credit was g iven by the people represent­ in g the month of May. In keeping with the spirit of the month a May dance was given, L. S. Hert se r ing a a May-pole. At the co nclusion o f this part of the program the company repaired to the assemb ly hall to Ii ten to the program, in charge of Gladys Lake, ocial committee ch;&irman of ,th e Young vVomen's hristian A cia­ tion. The prog ram opened with a piano duet by Mis es Vance and Farley. Follow in g thi s Mis Freda F razier favored the company with two humorous readin g . As usual the audience wa s mor e than pleased with her work. T.o make the musical part o f the program complete I. M. Ward sang a solo g iving as an enco re the new popular patriotic song '·Goodbye Broadway, Hello France." Conclud in g the literary pr,ogram gree tin gs and we lcome were extended from both the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A .. Miss Alice Ressler re(Continued on page two.)

NEW DIRECTOR IS ALL ROUND COACH

I NEW OTTERBEIN COACH II

F. H . Gorton, who was chos n as d ' ector of Otterbein Athl etics at a 11;~eting of the Board of Co n~ro l last w ee k. He is a former Rutger's coach. _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ HIT OTTERBEIN HARD BY SELECTIVE DRAFT. Two \ cstervi ll e boys and three Otterbein tud cnts were included in th e five percent quota which r eported at Camp Sherman. hillicothc , Sept. 6. as th e fir t contingent of the new national army. The Ott rb ein tu­ d en ts were: Frank L. chwecheimer, Otterbein tudent of Bowlin g Green. '\;Va lter H . '\;Vh etz cl, West Walnut tr ec t, Otterbein student. Walter P halor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Phalo r, East Park street. Glen 0 . Ream, Otte1bein studen t and football captain elect, of Rising Sun. Other in th fir t draft wi ll be: Francis F . Recob, Otterbein student and custodian of the First United Brethren church. H enry lark Weaver, son of Rev. and Mrs. D . E. Wea v er, South Vi n e -street. A. Wayn Nea lly, graduate of Ot­ terbein, I 917. Claiming Exemption. Jud on . Siddall, Otterb ein student. These Were Rejected. Jam es H. McCloy, professor of phy ic , Otterbein college. Gilbert E. Mills, city mail carrier.

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At all th ese places he made good rec­ ord and his athletic teams have bet:n among the best. Endorsements from men in charge of athletics at the dif­ ferent institutions stamp him as a man of character as we ll as athletic ability. First Game September 29. As soon as 1fr. Gorto n arrived h e took charge of the football team to get it in shape for the first game with D enison, September 29. T h e new coach will have big odds to fight for practi\:ally all last year's team have eit her ·· enli sted or graduated. Three veterans, ,,.Bjll" Evans, Earl Barnhart and Ros o e Mase, are back. Some of last yea r' s s ub stitu tes hav e returned a11d new material looks pretty good . In addition to his duti es as foot­ ball coac h Mr. Gorton will have charge of military training and will co nduct classes in physical education . Mr. Gorton is forty years old, is married a nd has a four year old son. H e will move hi s family to \Vcste r ­ ville. Scheaule. Sept. 29-Denii:on at Granville. Oct. 6-Muski ngum at N ew Concord. Oct. 13-Kenyon at '\;Vestervillc. Oct. 20-Marshall at Huntington . Nov. 3-Heid elberg at W este rvill e. Nov. JO-Ohio Wesl yan at Delaware. Nov. 17-Ohio Northern at Ada. Nov. 24-Wooster at Wooster. Best Gives Chapel Talk. No lan R. Best of the class of 1892 and editor of the "Continent" talked to the student body during the chapel period Monday morning. Mr. Best spoke as a member of the Board of Trustees and as an interested alum­ nus. He recalled several traditions of the school and urged that these be upheld by the students of the pres­ ent generation . Mr. :f3est is an occa­ sional visitor in Westerville 1 this be­ ing his parental hb'me, and he is al­ ways welcomed td' lhe chapel service upon each visit.


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