The Tan and Cardinal PUBLISHED IN TH E INTE REST OF OTTERBEIN COLLEGE
VOL. I.
No. 4.
WESTERVILLE, OHIO, O CTOBE R 8, 1917.
LECTURE COURSE IS ANNOUNCED
OTTERBEIN LOSES TO MUSKINGUM
Joint Com,mittee from Christian As sociations and Townspeople Ar ranges Course for This Year.
Teams Well Matched and Most of Game is Played in Center of Field.
REDPATH FURNISHES TALENT
MUSKINGUM HAS EDGE
Program Includes the Roumanian Orchestra, Fletcher, Newens, Pack ard and the Musical Guardsmen. Otterb ein is especially interes ted in the Lyceum Co ur se to be offer ed this yea r, inasmu ch a s it is und er th e man agement of a joint committee, com posed of r eprese n tatives of eac h of th e Christian Associations and t owns peop le. H ere tofor e th e secur ing of talent had bee n in th e hands of a committee of W es t ervill e c1t1zens. Lisle Roose This year th e Y. M. C. A. and Y. W . C. A. are behind the proposition and T h e new ly e lec ted Busi n ess Manager. will boost it among the st ud ents. Th e attractions this y ear, five in SENIORS HOLD NOVEL PUSH numb er, in clud e some of th e most popular and expe ri enc ed tal ent o n th e Class of 1918 Has Celebration as a li s t of th e R edpath B ur eau. Th e Result of the Financial Suc fir s t numb er is Th e Roumanian Orcess of the Sibvl. t:11r:.su" w,i1t:11 w11, aµµr: a r ·w ·t11 t: ~u·, - I . . . . lege Chap el _Wedn es day eve nrng, E~e,ry S~ n101 who Jump e? o n Long Oct. 17. Touring the season with h em y s t1uck Mo nday 111g ht co uld this company is Charles E . Ga lagher, / h ones tly say th at it was th e bes t class til e w1ct ely known A me rican .l:\a~s . i)U:, ', .:r;;;- hi!: ' . Tl:;: ,) ,;_ !1 , . ~ - !1~.. T he oth er mu sica l numb er of the ac teriz ed by a numb er of uniqu e fea course wi ll be furni s hed by th e Musi- tur es. cal Guardsm en. This company in The m e mb e rs of th e class of '18, elu des s ix persons, uniform ed and we r e no t afraid to break a way from cleve r ly train ed, who play tro mbon es, th e traditio na l te nd e ncies and go drum s, saxop hones, cornets, piano, wit ho ut dates. Going date less mad e flut e, violins, clarin et, F r en ch horn it poss ible for every o ne to go wi ll and accordion . Th ey a lso furnish in g ly an d anxious ly , eve n marr ied s eve ra l voca l numb ers. people cou ld g o w ithout th eir bette r T he co urse provid es for o n e lec tur e, halves. (Con tinu ed on page five.) To add to our rid e wa s an id ea l n ig ht wh ich was ju st coo l e no ug h to make eve r y one ru s h for a place at Red Cross to Give Benefit at Winter Garden. th e bi g o ld- fashioned grate fire u pon Th e campa ign of the local Red a rri v in g at Central College. Whil e Cross to rai se fund s for th e purc has e sit tin g aro un d th e fire, th e Ed iso n and equipment of comfort kit s for played a va ri e ty of selections. B u t t he most impo rt an t feature to th e so ldi ers, enli s te d and con scr ipte d, from W es terv ill e and Otterbein is e ve ry Otte rb ein st ud e nt, th e cats, progressin g in a very sa ti sfactory co uld no t hav e bee n s urpassed. T o ma nn er. To h elp the good wo rk hav e tho ug ht of wei ne rs, a pickle, and a long the soc iety has arrang ed for a a d o ughnut in th e face of a r ea l chick benefit moti on pictur e show to be e n dinn e r wo uld have bee n an in co n g ive n at t he W .i nter Gard en Monda y gru ity. Th e tabl e loo ked p1·e tty w it h evening, Octob er 15. T he manage it's a utu mnal d eco ration s. In finding m ent is p lanning to prese nt a photo the places, eac h pe r so n had to guess play arranged from th e we ll-know n his nicknam e. T h e Ediso n p laye d classic, "T he Vicar of Wake fi eld " •in during th e mea l and afte r wards it which Mr. Fred eri ck Warde is' fea was accompanied by its g ues t s. It was a happy crowd whi ch gave tur ed as the leading man. It is also of interes t to kn ow that a la r ge part th eir last Sen ior Rah in front of Coch of th e sce n e is la id abo ut th e home ro n Ha ll. All th e good t im e was cer o f Frede ri ck H. A ll e n, th e w e ll tainly earn ed by every m emb er. Only kn own New Y o rk lawyer whos e tho se who work ed and had a s hare in yo un g son has figu r e d m uch in the putti ng out th e Siby l r ea li zed th e new spapers of late beca use of his dar effo rts expen ded. By virtu e of t h e ing exp loits whi le wit h th e American t oi l, th e occasio n was mad e more e n joyab le than itwo uld hav e bee n ot he r Ambulance Co r ps in France. Th e p lan to aid the boys in camp wis e. It was q ui t e fitting that th e by providing in any way possible for Se ni or pus h s ho uld be th e b es t one from every vi ewpoi nt. (Continued on page five.)
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Yearlings Have F irst Jollification In Parlors of Association Building. On W ed nesday eve nin g th e Fresh m en held their fi r st pus h in th e par lors o f th e Assoc iatio n B uilding. T he program w..as opened w'i th a var iety of interes ting games conduct ed by th e Soc ial Co mmittee. One of the mos t pleas ing featur es of th e eve ning was a c irc le which was en joye d by eve ryon e, Fo ll owing th e ga m es r efr es hm ents we re served, co ns is tin g of weiner and ham sa ndwich es, pickles, cakes and cid er. After th e lun ch th e m ee ting t oo k o n th e form of a banquet, with th e pres id ent, W . H . Va nce act ing as toastmaster . Th e fo llowin g p er so ns r espo nd ed wit h toasts: Prof. Fritz, Mr. Wi ll et, Mr. Hitt, and Mr. M,o o r e, Miss E ll swo rth and Miss Billm a n. T he " pu sh" end ed with seve ra l hea rty ch ee rs for the sc hoo l a nd class.
Touchdown Comes in Second Period As Result of Forward Pass from Twenty Yard Line. T he Tan a nd Card in a l t ea111, m et t h e ir seco nd d efeat wh en th ey m et M us kingum la st Saturday at New Co nc o rd. The gam e was repo rted by Musk in g um as one o f th e s nappi es t sa m ples of foot -ball eve r s ta ged o n th e ir ho m e fie ld. The ga'm e was held mo s tly to th e center of th e fi eld. M usk in gum was coac h ed to m ee t Ot t e rb ein's lin e plunging and did it ef fective ly . M usking u m's forward pass es an d end run s w e re of litt le avail. T he tea m s were even ly ma tch ed and p layed a good co nsistent game of CHURCH ENTERTAINS foot-ba ll. M u kingum kicke d and the game Men are Guests of Brotherhood and Ladies Give Reception to b eca m e cl ose fr o m th e sta rt. Both Girl<>.
m:u ch in evid ence d u r in g th e fi rst quart e1·. In th e seco nd quarte r M us kingum worked t he ba ll nea r th e goa l 1 1 .. . ::! _:.,::~ u t,)U .!.Jcyr·n !;J ~ for ' ward pass from the tw enty yard lin e. T h e attempt t o ki ck goa l was un suc cess ful. Otte rb ein's cha nces of win ning were lesse ned by severa l fum b les in th e back fi e ld. T he half en d ed wit h M us kingum on t he t en yard lin e. In th e seco nd half Otterbein kick ed Sm it h was inju r ed in th e first part of the third perio d and the li ne and back (Contin ued on page five .)
Miss Blinn Gives Woman's D ay Address. The Woman's M iss io na ry Assoc ia t ion of the chur ch he ld its annual Woman's Day serv ice, Sunday even· in g with Mrs. L. A. ·weinland, the president of th e loca l assoc iation, p r e siding. T he d evotio ns w er e led by Miss Edi th Ha hn, pre siden t of the Westerv ill e c hap ter o f th e Otterb ein G uil d. After the anthem, " Th ro ug h Peace to L ig ht," Mi ss Vera B li nn gave the address of th e evening. M iss B linn is th e e ditor of the Woman's Evange l, a nd a very enthusiast ic C hri stia n wo rk er. In her ta lk, she to ld of th e nee ds o f th e people in New Mexico, w h er e s he said, th ere are o nl y two mi ss io n schoo ls fo r a di s ta nce of o n e hundr ed and fifty mil es a lo n g the vall ey of the Rio Grande. S he also s p oke of th e sca rcity of mi ssio na ries and teach e r s in Africa, and of th e nee ds of Chin a and the P hilli p in es. Th e Woman's Day offe rin g, which amo unt ed to $90 w ill be divid ed be tw ee n the Girl s' Schoo l in the P hil li pines a nd th e mi ss ion schools in ew Mexico.
Th o ug h th er e may have been times in t h e past w hen th e r elati ons be twee n st ud ents an d towns -peop le were not a~ c:ort:ia , as th ey might have bee n all doubt as to the d isap pearance of any such feelin g was swept away last Tu es day eve ni ng at the first 111 etin g of th e U nit ed Breth r en Broth er hood h eld at th e U nit ed Bret hr en Church. Approximate ly one hund r ed and twe nty-five m e n of the chur ch and co ll ege m et in t he base ment of th e chur ch at seven- thi r ty in an informal social sess io n. The best or t of a spirit of fell ows hip prevai led through out the eve nin g. T he meeti n g wa s in charge o f the p r es id e nt of t he o rga ni zation s, Mr. C. E. Waxbom. Afte r ca llin g u pon Rev. Mr. Fox to lea d in a word of praye r, Mr. Waxbom ga ve th e ope nin g ad dr ess o f w elcome, spea king more es pecia ll y to th e you ng m en of the co l lege. He said that inasmuc h as th e chi ef th o ught of th e Brotherhood is "to h elp", each one of its members will be fo und ready to do what h e ca n in t h e so lving of th e yo un g man's prob lems. H e concl ud ed hi s speech wit h r e ma rk s on th e work and plan s of the Bro th e rh ood and th e appo int m e nt of com mitt ees for t he n ew year. The second speech of th e eve ning was g iven by one of th e most pop u lar m en of th e co ll ege, Dr. E . A. J o nes. Dr. Jon es very ably set fort h th e aim and purpose of th e organiza tion in th e phase "to h elp each oth er, to he lp th ose o utsid e th e o rganiza tio n w ho need h elp, a nd to h elp b uild up the kingdom o f Our Lord and Master in th e eart h." H e laid spe cial e mphasis on the frat ernal s ide of th e B r ot herh ood, givin g " helpfu ln ess" (Continued on page fiv e.)