The Tan and Cardinal PU BLISHED IN T H E INT EREST OF O T T ERBE IN COLLEGE
VOL. I.
WESTERVI LLE, O H IO,
A P RIL 8, 1918.
No. 24.
LOCAL CHURCH AIDS COLLEGE
AUDIENCE ENJOY SUPERINTENDENT
Local C o n g r e g a t i o n More than Doubles Their Apportionment in Otterbein Drive.
P r ofessor Ma rseilles Spea ks to a Large Crowd Sunday ,Morning in the Inter est of Otterbein.
Make a Striking Example for Rest of Denomination to Follow.
CHOIRRENDERS F INEANTHEM
With on ly a pa r tia l r eport o f can vasse rs in th e hand s of th e exec uti ve committee of the dri ve in th e loca l United Breth ren chur ch. for m o ney fo r th e Otterbein end owm ent, in d icatio ns point to a big vi cto r y for th e co llege for ces. At a rece nt m ee tin g, a partia l r e port was ha nd ed in by each canvas s er, which indi cated tin t g ifts fro m t he local chur ch al one fo r th e Otte r b ei n drive fo r end ow m en t, wo uld amo u nt to over $12,000. So m e ide a of t he r e spo nse thi s cha ll enge is m ee ti n g , may be had fr o m the fa ct t hat a s in g le canvasser wo rkin g with a r a n do m list .si n veu,y-c1~ ,1t ud!llt! S ha:, a lr ead y r<:: ceived pledges am o untin g t o m ore than $2000, a lth o ugh th e canvass is yet inco mpl ete. Thi s may be ta k en as an indi cati on o f w hat th e c hur ch and fri end s o f O tte rb ein in g e ne ra l think of th e prese n t campaign a n d of what th ey expect to sac ri fic e t o ma k e it a success. At th e beginnin g o f t h e ca m paign, Pro f. N. E. Co rn etet, confe r e nc e captain, and R ev. R. A. Hitt, con fe r e nce superintenden t, pu t u p a goa l fo r each church to rea ch in th e Otterb ein ca mpaign. A defi nit e s u m was no t g iv e n fo r th e local ch ur ch, however, beca us e it was felt that t he nite cl B r e t hr e n here would g o way b eyond t h e confcr ence apJJortio nm en t fo r it . S uch has bee n th e case. The captain in th e loca l church 1s (Continued on page t wo.)
Bjelke Here Thursday. Bjelke, trav e li ng s e cre tary for th e Ohio co ll ege Y. M. C. A. w ill b e at Otterb ein Thurs day fo 1· t h e p u r pose of meet ing and co ns ul tin g th e new office rs. Thi s is a n oppo r t u n ity for "Y" wo rker s to g et po in ts and to come in co ntact w it h a w o nd e rfu l pe r so na lity such as M r. Bj e lke po ssesses. Every new ca bin e t m e m be r is ur ged to see Mr. B jelke co n ce r nin g hi s s p e cial phase of th e wo rk. Memb ers o f th e n ew a n d o ld cab i nets of th e Yo u ng M e n's Chri s ti a n Associatio n w ill m ee t in jo int sessio n Tuesday evenin g at 6 :30 p. m . in th e to we r ro o m to orga ni ze th e com in g year's work. Eve rybod y out on tim e.
J. L.
L . J. MICHAE L
J. C. SIDDALL
By t!1e m:ii lin e o f t h is is s ue t he fir s t fisca l year is end ed a nd t he n ew on e began . Fo1· th e pas t yea r L. J . Mi cha e l, th e r e ti 1·ing edito r, ha s ac comp li s h ed a r e ma rka ble feat by p lac in g th e colleg~ pa oe r u po n a firm l> a si . Tvo 111 uc l, cr edi t can not b<. g iv e n h1111 as he wa s forc e d t o w o r k und er v er y ha r d a nd try in g circ um stan c es. How eve r in face of t hese odds h e p u t o u t a pap er that e very s tud e nt was an x io us to r eceive. As a successo r t o M r. Mic ha el t h e pub lica ti o n board ha cho se n J . C. Sicl cl a ll , w ho s e rved a s an ass ista nt to t he fo r m er ed ito r-in-chi e f.
CO LUMBU S ALUMN I T O MEET
DAYTON A LUMNI BANQU ET
Services Given Over to the Campaign for Otterbein-Li!ymap's Day Observed in E very Church. On the seco nd big clay of O t ter bein's d ri ve, t he W es t er vill e Un ited Bret h ren ch urch pulp it wa s fi ll ed by P ro f. Marseill es o f Day to n, superin te nd ent of Mo ntg o m ery Co un ty pub li c sc hoo ls, w ho g a ve a power ful ad dr ess o n t he va lu e of th e E du ca tion rece iv ed in CIHi st ian co ll eg es in com pa ri so n wit h that r eceived in s ecul ar in s tituti o ns. Su nday m orn in g's se rv ice was de vo ted chi e fly to th e interests o f th e co mp a ig n. T he cho ii: rend er ed th e An t hem, " O Lo 1·d, H o w E xce ll en t", by Sco tt. with so lo by Mrs. E. H . Dailey. Ju s t befo re th e addr ess, "The O tt er bein Lov e So ng", written by Prof. a nd Mrs. G. G. Grab ill, was s ung by M r. I. M. Ward a nd th e choir. P ro f. Marse illes gav e a s th e s ub j ect o f hi s a ddr ess, " R e lig io us Edu catio n" . H e sa id t hat usua lly ho m e training was Chri st ian trainin g, a nd that in Chri s ti a n coll eges thi s tra in ing was co ntin ued. But in th e secu lar co ll eges an d u niver s1t1es, ve r y many of t he st ud ents dri ft a way fr o m th eir ho m e tra inin g a nd beco m e un beli eve rs an d in m a ny cases, ath eis ts. He gave as an exp la na ti o n o f thi s, s ta ti sti cs p ro vin g th a t over fo rty percent of th e professo r s and t ea chers in th e (Co nt inu ed o n page t wo.)
Colum b us Boosters Busy in Campaign F ine Pro gram Was Enjoyed By Go od -Gov. Co x Will Atte nd-"Dave" Crowd of O tterb ein E n thu siastsW arrick t o I nject " Pep". Fred Ri ke W as T oa s t m aster. Co lu mb us a lu mn i a n d fri e nd s o f Durin g th e sprin g vacation week Otte rb ein are a li ve a nd wi de a w ake a s memb er s of t h e D ay to n A lumni Asso · t1o · n ma.cl e a ri·a_nge m e n t s an d 11e lei is e vid e n ced by th eir p Ian s f o r a b an - I cia _ q uet to be h e ld A p ril e le ve n t h at t h e a ba nq uet 111 t he in t erests of th e big ew So u thern Hote l a t 7:00 p. m. in end o wm ent cam pai g n. T h is was t he th e int er es t s of O tt e rb ein' s n ew e n- laun chin g o f th e big driv e fo r Day dowm e nt campa ign. to n a nd th e n ea r v icinity, and from T h e committee in charge o f th e ar - all r epor t , th e e nthu sias m s how n a t Former Studenet Shares H onor. rnn ge m e nts is co m po sed o f so m e of th e soci a l session, bes pea ks th eir sueT he Ta n and Cardina l office is in Otte rb e in' s m os t 1-e no wn ed s on s s uch \ cess in go in g " ove r th e t opu o n th e possessio n of a copy of "T rench an d (Co nt111 ued o n page tw o.) ( ontinu ed o n page tw o.) Camp" a newsy p ublicat ion issued wee kl y by t he Y. M. C. A. of Camp Lee. T he s ig ni fica nce of thi s iss ue is in th e fa ct t hat it ca r ri es an articl e pra1s111g Lut her Kud er, a form er \ i\/ h e n th e thr ee yo un g ge nt lem en no na m es b e m ention e d) had just s t ude n t o f Otterbe in. Mr. Ku de r is w ho w e r e b ein g so co n sp ic io us ly ini t i bee n g lan cin g over ome o ld records a mem ber o f Company 2, A. S. S. C. ated into th e V ar sity " O" th e oth er of fo r me r V ars ity "O" ini t iat ions a nd statio ned at Camp L ee and is captai n m o rnin g' e nt e r ed th e chape l a f ew seein g t h e we ll-kn ow n name of Ca r y o f th e company ba sketba ll t eam peo p le wh o were standing nea r Prof. Altma n at t he t op of the one page h e t ha t wo n th e champion s hip hon o rs. A ltman notice d t hat h e shook his became desperate ly inte rested a nd read T he a rti cle says o f t he yo u ng so ldi er, h ead d o le ful ly and m u t t e red some th e acco unt in d eta il. T he lu ckl ess " H e fir st sprun g into the li m eligh t t h in g u nde r hi s breath. To most of Cary (so it was r eco rde d in th e day t h ro ug h hi s ath leti c ab ili ty whi le at th ose wh o sa w him, hi s act io n ap of h is ini tiat ion) had bee n to ld to do n Otte1·bein Co llege. As an in divid ua l pea r e d exceedin g ly pec uliar a nd ex hi s "banq uet s ui t" a nd procure an ap sta r, K ud er m od es tly declin ed to ac ce ptio na l ; t h er e w as onl y one in th e poi n tmentwithan clde d y and ill-favo r cep t credit fo r hi s exceptional m erit, crowd w ho un derstood and appre ed mai d en who li ved o n hi s street. T he but we a re o f th e op inion that his latte r (j ust ente ri ng upon h er seco nd metor ic soar into at h leti c prnmin ence r;iate d it. wa s clu e to h is own hon es t . effo r ts." (Co n t in ued on page t wo.) Thi s pe r s on (w h o h as begged th at
OTTERBEIN PROFESSOR SAYS VARSITY "0" .INITIATION IS POOR, COMPARED WITH HIS