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VOL. I.
THE lXTERE. T OF
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WESTERVILLE, OHIO~EBRUAR YIB,191 8.
CONFERENCE CAPTAINS AND LAY A CHING DA y LEADERS HOLD BIG CONFERENCE I
BISHOP SPEAKS LAU
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MJthews D:scus::;~s Relation of Otterbe'n Campaign to Christianity and World Problems.
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SERMON LAUNCHES DR~VE Many Stude n ts and Professors Go To Speak in Behalf of the Campaign.
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anquet erved to Ninety-seven Visitors in Cochran tf all Tuesday ight to Create Enthusiasm
ISTUDENTS PRESENT CATCHY PROGRAM I
One oi the first big g un s o f th e I campaign \\'a fir ed in th e er mon !{inn by Bishop ~fathew s in th First L'nitcd Brcthr ·n hur c h h c1·e Sunday. This was Launching Day and the addrc s was well -s uit ed t th spirit of the oc a ion. B1sing his peecl, 011 the thirteenth and fourteenth ver cs of th e third chapter of Pr verb s. th e Bi h I dis cussed th e relation of th present campaign to th e ch ur ch and to Chris tianity in genera l. '·Evange li sm i escnt ia l to the li fe of the church in that it is th e aggres ive ide of the church's acti vity. It results are evi dent in th e )i v s of th e great men who were converted by mean of it. T hi m demand th full t sort of preparation, h ence education i c sential. It i the foundation on which the thought of th e com in g gen eration s w ill b e based . T h e destiny of a nati on at any given time dep e nds on th e opinio n s of the yo ung m n around tw e nty-five years of age. ''There is in th e present age a te n dency toward secul :i r ed u cation w hi c h calls for emp has is 011 the part of Christian lea de rs to be laid on the need for hri stian Co ll eges, th e o u t put of which is ch aracter. The mis sion of th e denominati ona l co ll ege is not onl y to get kn owledge b u t to pre pare for er vicc t o h umanity, to de ve lop Chri tlan character. If we do not keep up th e denominational co l lege , th e denomination wi ll be wiped off th e m ap. ln thi s e m ergency, th erefo re. eve r y nited Brethren man and woman h o uld come to th e colors." ln th e absenc e of Reverend Bu rt ner, · \V. 0. Lambert took charge of th e ervice. T h e choir lived up to its usual tandard in furnishing good (Continued on page two.).....a-
Recital Postponed. . Be~i'u ·t ·nie date of 'U;/ 'R~c ita l by i:ho61 "of : mu i stude n ts··'co ,flicte d with that of th e P t batc, the Recita l ha been po tponcd one week. l t \~ill be gi \·eti in L aliif:ikrt -'I'tall T u es day, eve nin g, .>tl : pr.lJ~Y. 26, Jll 8~00 .o'clock. ' r · ' ,A, feature w ill be the performance of several numb ers from . Grand Opera by two piano q uartets. The usua·l good., progr a~ of v io lin , vocal ~and piano selections i promised.
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No. 18.
Wedne day Spent in Round-table Discu sion as to Ways and Means of Carrying on Drive \\ 'cd nesday
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tw day in pirational me eting f co n - back of th e drive through th e a uth orfc:r e n cc captain s and la y leader from ization of every governing b dy in th e f th e nin e o nfcr n ces af - cl ·n o minati on. T h e pre id c nt chara ll 1nrt fi liat cd with th e m ov · m e nt just e nt e r - a c te ri ze d th e ca mpai n as one of eel up o n by ttcrb ein ol legc. T h world -wid e ignifi ca nce. fo 1· th e mon ey affair started off with a big banquet rai eel is to b e use d in th e t1·aini11g of in c hran Hall Tu esday eve ning at y ung peo ple to handl e world probs ix -t hirty . At the regular hour for\ !e m s. Otte rbein is the key to th e the chape l exe rci se Wcdne day education:il ituation in the whole d emorning a st ud e nt d e monstration was nominatiou and through h r s uc ces given to show th e visitors that the in the present und ertaking is foreseen st ud e nts arc backing th e campaign. th su ccess of oth er similar underDuring the r emainder of th e day the takings. de ) gates w r e assemb le d in a busiE. L. W •in land of o lumbus called n e s ession and round-tab! discus- attention o the r lation o[ the camsion in the Association building. pa ign to the co ll ege. Other speakers in e ty -seve n guests, v is iting dele- n th e p r ogram wer e G. L. Stoughton gate and town speo ple interested in and ity Manage r Orebaugh, rcpreth e ca mpaign, were erve d to a im- ent in g the village of \I've tervillc; E. p ie, yet exce ll ent dinner in the din - L. S hu ey of the Board of Trustees, nin g room of Coc hran Hall Tuesday W. E . Schell of the Board of Ed u caeven in g. Eve rywh er e abo u t the room tion , J. S. Kendall of the Board of Adwere scatte r d pennants and stream - ministrat ion, A . A . P ifer, a layman e r in s uch profusion as to remind o n e fro.m Cleve land , and Joseph Funk of of a st ud ent 's room . Thro ugh o u t th e A kr o n . A very in teresting part of the meal th e co ll ege orc h es tra played selection after se lec tion of pl ea ing Worker ' Conventi•on was th e ervice mu s ic, so m e classic and so me popu- h e ld in th e c hape l W edne s day morn tar. One visitor expressed hi s app r e- ing. The e ntir e program was in ciation of t h e ir work in this way, "I cha r ge of th e student th e ms e lves. n eve r h eard so much good music in E lmer Schutz, m e mb er of the Stud ent ame length of tim e." We l fare Committee, acted as hairth In th e .afte r-dinn er s p ecch c o n e man and ope ned the erv ice with a dominant note rang out from tim e to few we ll ch ose n words conce rning the time, t hat this campaign is one of the tradit ions and idea ls of Otterbein . H e most mom e nt o u s eve nts that ha oc- then proce d ee! to th e proram asJ arcurr cd in the hi story of the ch ur ch or ranged. co ll ege. Bishop Mathews, th e toastTh • first speaker wa Virgil Willit, maste r of the evening, in his intro- '2 1, who spoke very conv in cingly of ductory spee ch spo k e of the r e lation th e real benefit of th e new e nd ow of th e campaign to th e church. "T h e mcnt to th e Fres hman cla s. H e sue life of the ch ur ch d epe nd s o n th e sue- ceed ed in inspiring all the de legate c ss of thi s driv e. My h ea rt, my to u se m o r e direct force to obtain th i h ead , my brain , my praye rs arc in great goa ls. Gladys Howard , '20, peaking in b thi s mov e m e nt." Such exp r ession s as this r evea led the spirit that se ems t o half of the Sophomores, empha ized the n ee d of a new ciencc Hall. he b e felt everywhere. Presid·e nt li ppingcr ound d a n ote depicted th e deficienci es of Saum Hall of optimism in · a brief address re la and closed with · a strong appea l for a tiv e· to th e campaign: He ·stated that GTeatcr Otterbein . , H e len Bovee, th er e arc many evidence of co-oper ' 19, gave a uni que speech buil t aro un d ation , s hown not on ly by the• presence the letters in th e word "Otterbein." of the visitors, but in . messages from "O" s tands · for 'on es tly, which · means workers everyw h ere and from g ivers not only that they w ill get all the on every h and . In a way the cam mo n ey they need honestly, but hon · paign is a lrea d y on for many ha.'ve r e-· e tly th ey w ill get it. : (Continued on pa·g e lwo.) . spo nd ed eve n before the call for funds
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TIOCH PROVES EASY VICTIM •
v~rs:ty Takes Over ·Down-State Bast ke ball M~n on Local Floor. SOPHS WIN ·'FROM YEARLINGS . ' .
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Girls' Game Characterized by Usual Lack of Baskets-Gym Class Gives Exhibition. The Tan and· ·cardinal team won ('as il y from Antioch h ere ' aturday night. In th(' firs·t half th ere was plenty of fight and fi°6o r wo rk but the co ring w,1s cl ccidec:l ly s low. The ntioch tea m , evid e ntl y ·co:ic h ed for a 1 close guarding gamr ,. kcpt fo ur men und •r ttcrbcin's goal° m os t o f th e tim e, thu forci ng our b y t long hot s. V\.'a goner and Barnhart we nt in for Funk and mith in th e first half. Fox maclc four ba k et and a fr ee throw in th fir st half and \1\/ag o n e r m:ide a ba . kct. The half end e d with the score 11 to 9 in favor of Ot~ te rb ei n. Betwee n halves ·th e· specta tor s were· entertained by a · rath er novel pcr foriua nc . K li n and Barnhart hav e been coachin g a class of boys between the ages of seven a nd twelve. in gymnastics, and these boy gav e an exhibition drill. Th e little fe llows. went at it like vete ran s and the prc cision and promptness with , hich th ey exec uted the various drill ma neuvcrs and gymnastic exercise was admirab le. Th boys seemed to en joy th eir st un t as much a did thei1· observe rs. When , th ey had com p l ted. their sth nt' th ey gave ro us in g cheer for the two combatin g teams. · In th e seco1i d ·, ha lf · Otterbein got n ext to their <?J?.QOl~~!1ts' style of play and the game too k ·o ,i a more chee rful a pcct. T hey so co rnpl cte ly got Antioch' s goat that al l th e oppo nents seemed ab ! to do was to watch them shoot. · ~a11;0:;1c'/ ',' _~·cm~d un ab le to miss the b'a,s ket, making cveral apparently impossibl e'· shots. :Meyers (Continued on .page two.)
Depaters .. Will Clash. Lovers of d ebate wi ll be in terested in th e program to . b.e g iven Tuesday eve ning in th e Co ll ege hap el. The Ottuobein , affir.mativ.e t <i am, will meet th e n ega,tiv team fr om Mu kingum. The personn el of. •the .home team is R. P . . Mase, R. ~ ... K line, and J . R _ Howe. These men . ar c new on th e varsity t eam l_>ut. t b y. -hav e all proven convincing tJeakcrs on ot her oc<;a sions. A p ecial :f ature o_f th e even ing will be two .:voi;a l ,number -by , I. M. Ward . . · .. T h e other debate . which was to hav e. been h eld at • Muskingum at th e same tim e · has ., b ea:n .postponed on e . week. 1 , ,., •.1