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WESTERVILLE, O HIO, MARCH 4, 1918.
SAUM HALL TO BE ABANDONED
I FRESHMAN
WHAT IF THE DOG CATCHER KNEW IT ?
Sixty-Three Year Old Science Hall to cc Succeeded by Up- to-
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.. ITey! away from that cl g." It was the coarse ,·oice f a faril1e1· and directed at l'rof. E. \\' . E. Schear as he ran through a field with 'l huge net after a ra1·e hug which his keen eye had di ·covered . l'rofes ·or sacrificed an arthropoda kpicloptcra to look around a11cl· sec the dog. •'That dog's licensL<I." co11ti11ued th<: w1·athy farmei· as hl• made . his way toward the profrssor. It was all l'vicknt a moment lat _·r. Tht farmer had mistake n
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INTENDED FOR DORMITORY
Plans Call For Modern Three _S tory Brick Fully Equipped at Cost of $75,000. \\'a)' hack i11 1855 whc:n coll"""~ ,..,, ., w r \uxu r)· a1td cducati "citiit" 11 c c a unnl'ctssar) " . when Otkr"t:in w~s, ., ~ nothing mor• • th an a couJ) le of l> rick , huilding,. when finan ces for th . upkeep of th e in stit u tion were so low that offi cials had to borr w money to pay the frw in st ru c t rs . when the en- I rollmenl was n ot a thin\ of what it now is. ther l' was constru ted a boys' dormitor)· now kn own as Saum Hall, thr joke f th e scil·nCl' ckpartme 11t. But Saum H1.ll. like an out-of-date hat, must soon pass into o blivi o n. t , hy a strictly. up -to-date be n·placcd cture in wht' ·h ~..:11 . ·1·•·11c <: • tll" ~ drnt will haH· plent ly of room to work. and plenty oi eq uipm ent to work with . Saum llall is th e object of a1i atta ck in an ttcrbein Bulletin just publ ished. J t is litl•rally laid Opett and dis s,·ctcd so t ll'.lt supporte r s of the rnlleg<.: may k11ow the s ituatio n cxactly.
1918 SCHEDULE IS ANNO UNCED
WINS FIRST PLACE
R icssell Declamation Contest is Big Success-Ell5worth and Coe Take Ceconc'. a n d T hird Pr:zes.
The F irst Ga:n~ Is To Be With Ohio \'Jes ,yan at D~laware :\mon:J the good thing s ar o und OtD enison To Follow. t<:rhlin this w,·<.' k was the annual l~us sell Dcclam:1t ion Contes t hdd in the H OMECOM ING IN , OVEMBER ' hapel Thur;.day e, ening. .'\n aucli encl• that almost filled the auditorium There Will Be the Usual Number of sat motionlc&s listl-ning to th e proHome Games-Two Others duction given hy members l f thl· Close To Westerville.
Fn·shman a11d Sophomore dassl·s, 1 · which were of a humorou s and Sl·ri \\ hc:11 schoo l opc11s 11,:xt fall the ous nature. The win11t·r s of thl ca neI'1c1ates out for fo o tball will face 1 • 1 prizes wen:: L. B. Harmon. fir~t ; an excl·(•dmg y strong schedule. \1 1~ ( CatlH rine Ellsworth. seco11d: and Lil -1 · . anagL_r · re<I_ ;ray h~ s been bu s y 1·ia11 · OL' , t 111r · cl . • 111s e 1cc t ion. wor k·mg ou t w Iia t . s·m cc ' 1"111s · annua I occa~1011 · · only mad( h <: <: . J) l' C·t s· t o IH' ~ rq1n·se11 t a t·1vc 1·1s l 1s :rnr <:nthusiastic biology in possible through 'the he11ev0lenc e of of games for Ottulwin . ln the pn·sent ,tru c tor with his big net for the Reverend Docto1· Howard H. Russdl I 5c hcdulc th(•r. rl111a111 only th r ee county clog catcha. ;\[ora l : All founclt:r of the :\nti-Saloon League. open dates. two of whi ch" ill he fillt•d farm e rs sh o uld ha\'e their live , ,dr. Russc: 11 scn: ral years ago cstab - i·11 th l' near f u t ure 1)Y !!a1rn: s \\1·11 l insured. lishecl a fund f r declamation ,me! t cam o f goo<l ca J'I'>er an, l ones t 1iat oratory the in come of which was to be equal matches fo r Ott,:rbtin . 1 NEW COACH IS E LECTED j be used as prizes for the best dccla- 1 he _per ·onnel _of thc- ttam cannot he mations and thl· he: t orations. The predicted hut 1f they m t· asure up to Of 11 · 1'1 ---Form r tu ent an Ahl l t s1 andE th e ralit ete o f O tter- ctr , 11, tion and oratorical contests 1 ,urO f ti1 c opponen · "B'll" 11 be;n to Have Complete Cha r g e arc held sep-a rate ly, the former open I >er _e aptaltl ,·:ins, t • · to lir~t and second ytar tudents and season will Ullcl o uh tc rlly be a success. o f Physical Education. the latter open on ly to the uprer .'cptember .28 ma_rJ..s '.he launchingth .\n nouncement was made last \,\' eel - cla ss-men. The prizes for each occa- of_ e season a_t which time Otterbein nt·sday t o the effect that ,Hay \\' atts, I sion a1·c fifteen. ten and fi,·e dollars. • m elt. Ohio _ ' :'~slcyanr a~ ~c-la The numbers g iv en la st Thur day \\ate Ohw \Vrsllyan ah,ays has a a citizen of \ \'(·stervillc a nd at o ne 1 th tim e a student of the liege had evening w · r · a ll first class '\IHI on es good / 01 c~m ~d _1 pronvd \\:o r y oppo n h<:l' n se lected by the B ard of o n- that put t_hc_ an oan page Car<lm a l boys . the judge . to task to. select cnts (Contmucd two.) tr I to fil l the \'ac:incy made by th e t 11c wrnners ace rt1mg to their own
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·o:ich F. JJ . Gorton, I statement at the close of th conte s t. OTTERBEI N LOSES DEBATE who left to take a po ition in an army L. B. Harmon, th e winner, read fo r ____ ca nto nme11L ~ IL \\' atts is a foUJ· , -hi s production · s E "The Trial of Ben Neither Team is Sure of Victory Un til spor t man, besides being one of th • I ho mas" by d '}·ard 1'1 r. Harmon Rev1val ervices to Start At United Brethren Church. be t quarter backs that eve r p layed poke clea rl y an<l his interpretation ' Very End-Freshman Shows on an Otterbein t ea m. wa · a lmost perfc t. He cl picted the Debate Ability. nnday marked th e bc((iPning of Ot trrb ein's s co nd interco ll eg iate the re, i\i 1 en·ices at the l . nitccl ( ontinu ed on page two.) \ ( Continu ed on page tw o.) debate was held against !I.Iuskin g um nrethern Church. The m eet:''."~ th,: last Tuesday night when th e Otter year promise to be exce p tionally bein a ffi rm ati\'e t eam met the ne •r good. They will take n ot o n the se n -\ a ti ve, of that co ll ege in the bi g aul~ ational form but will tay fa s t to th e to rium . I t was a "nip a nd tu ck" con In hi s las t hapcl talk Dr. Jon es a l dr ew n ea r I preccived clearly that Word rendering just the kind of ma t est from s tart to fi ni s h and th o ugh tcrial that is needed to e levate th e r e mind ed us that th e r e are man y littl e h had in hi p osse s ion my n ew ly the cleci ion went to Mu sk in gum spiritual ide of man's nature. p ur c ha se d hat chet and had 1·u t ucunknown thing s in th e lives of gr eat ther e was nothing of th e for e-gone Reverend Burtner will conduc t the ce ecled in fell ing one of my c hoi ces t ser,ices alone with the ccas io nal m e n which would be inte reS t ing to cherry trees. Wh e n th e littl e ra scal co nclu sio n type about it. A. o ne c f the jud ges said afterward. " it wa help of local mini ter . ,\s far ::. know about. For in s tanc e ,a quite saw m e h e wa s about to fl ee, but sec very clifli ct1lt to se lec t th e winner ancl possible the meetin gs ea ·h night wi:: not e worthy discov e ry wa mad e not in g it us less, h e turned and confro nt at time s Muskin g um's hances looked be made t o appeal to the coll ege tl d- long ago of which the American pub- eel m e boldly. xcecdingly slim." ents and for that rea on should war- li e a a whol e is quite ignorant. " 'My son,' I d e mand ed of him, 'art The 1ue tion for debate was that rant a good attendan ce. rnong the hi storica l relic which thou g uilty of endea vorjng to despoil of a doptin g a single· ho u se leg isla During th coming w ee k th e fol- wer e once, s uppo sedl y, the p e rsonal my c h e rry tr ee?' ture in Ohio. Muskingum supported lowing ubject s will h e discu sed with posse ions of George Wa s hington '' 'No, father,' h e r ep lied , ' I wa the n egative , being repr ese nted by L e a possible han g e. ' ·\\ hat Should was found a diary of his fath e r , John trying to cl ip off th e withered branch land Miller, '19; ec il John so n. '20 be our Great oncern ow?" " This \' ashington. On e of the most en- es so th e tree would b ear mor e fruit, and Walk e r Gordon, '20, -alt e rnate, Question of Excitement in religion." lightening extracts is the fo ll owing: but th e hatchet slipped and went ary Graham '21 ; w.h.ife Otterbein's "Why do men rej ect Christ?", "Th e "Today as l wa walking toward straight through the trunk!' " ca e was presented b; G, L. Glauner, hole Life of hri t." The Monda y the wood-shed I caught sight of my This i rather disconcerting n ews evenin g . en·ices will hav f,!Jr a on George who, it seemed, was busi- but ev e n if it is tru e it do es not se ri - 19 : Virgil \Villit, '21 and Bert Jayne s '21. with H. R.. Bren tl inger, '18 a s peaker Reverend H. A. S-mith . He ly e ngaged in some form of labor in ously encroach upon Georg e Wash considl'red an ab le preacher and the far corner of the orchard. I turn- ington's rights to th e title of "Father alte rnate, · (Continued on page two.) one wortl;y of a good hearing. ,:cl my foot-steps in hi direction and of His Count ry ." (Continu ed on page two.)
IWASHINGTON'S CHERRY TREESTORY FALLS FLAT ACCORDING TO DIARY OF HIS FATHER