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ardinal THE INTERE S T OF OTTERBEIN COLLEGE
WESTERVILLE, OHIO,
APRIL 22, 1918.
No. 26.
COLLEGE DRIVE IS PROGRESSING
/ARTHUR .HERMAN IS WELL LIKED
Sl37,258 Total the Pledges Turned in
Canadian Hero Tells Wonderful Story of His Experiences in the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
to Date-$75,000 in Hands of Local Churches.
GREAT CONFIDENCE SHOWN
LIBERTY LOAN PRESENTED
Westerville Church Still Working With $12,000 Already to Their Credit and More to be Seen. Otterbein's endowm e nt ca mp a ign is swinging o n to victory. Th office announces $137,258 alr ea dy p l d,g c d. This mean that an av erage of $ 10,000 must he pledged daily from now ti ll the close of t he camp:iign. There is . however, $75.000 not yet r epo1·tcd and not included in the $ 137,258 mention ed above that has b ee n sub sc rib e d. R. L . ROOSE K. L . ARNOLD The office announ ces that th e r e is no doubt that th e final goa l wi ll b e ob Imm ediate ly after the clo ing of his te rm as B u siness Manager of the tained, if $200,000 i pl edged by th e T a n and a rdinal , R. L. Roose e nte r.eel in th e services of hi s co u ntry. If end of the we ek and $75,000 is sec ur ed h e h andles a g un in th e sa m e goo d fashio n as th e co ll ege pa pe r there is in larger g if ts. Of co ur se eac h no q ues ti o n of h is s u cces . M r . Ro o e took charge of the new paper, church mu st do its part but th lea d wit h o ut a ingl e year ly co n t ract and during his brief term of office suc ers are ovtimistic and th e pirit of cced:!cl in procurinr; severa l ;,nPt ,J l rr,ptr;i,-t!'. bc•side~ sen·ring "'l"Ugh final victory pervades th e rank s of ot h c1· ads t o mak e th e pape r possible. To find a worthy successor wa a task for the publishing board but the worker s. }.fany chur c h es are do ing plendidl y. T h :: tru s tees of Ar they were fina ll y decided and se lected K. L. Arnold lo take th e new lington mi sion chur ch of Akron, 0., manager' pos1t1011. }.Lr. Arnold ha s had a wide experience having served have ub scrib ed $400. The littl e in a like capacity on the o ld Review staff, a well a !Ping the faithful church 1t Carroll, 0 ., has gone over assistant to Mr. Roose. \Vith this new man at the helm , lhe ~om in g year the top and pledged JO per cent more promi es to be a succc than its quota. These arc c. ·amples of what congregations throughout the C LEVELAND ALUMNI MEET JUNIORS TO GIVE PLAY co-operatin g conference are doing. Tht campaign in• the First . Un ited I N ew O rgan1za • -t_--p 10n er f ec t e d and "Little Mrs • Cummin ," by Richard Brethrrn ·1iurch of \V esten•1llc has Pl ans are L a1•a f or N ew E n do wPryce to be Played by Well not ·vet clo. eel although over . W -ar d Leads Yells . Chosen Cast • , . $12,000 men t D nvehas been ccured. 1 ho se 111 charge L!l t Friday evening in the Lattice\ L. J. l\Iichacl, manager of the Junof the loca l dn,·c feel confident that 1, 00111 0 f ti tatler Hotel of Cleve- ior play announces that the third . I d I d 'lC \\•estcr\'1·11 c w1·1 1 ll1 t 1e en Pe ge land the alumni of that city and v icin-1 year. tudcnt s ,,ill presen t the dcli_ghtmorc than its qu ota. ity h e ld a lar ge banquet. lt was e _ ful ltttlc three act comedy, entitled ti mat d that nearly fifty old "grads" \ ''.Littl e Mrs. ummin" by Richard Students Make Plans for of Otterbein were: present. I l'ryce on the fourth of May. For D rive Toward Endowment Among the various things taken up th e pa t two weeks the cast has been At a mee tin g of a comm ittee, com wa the reorgan ization of an a lu mna! hard at wo1·k and from all indi cations po eel of the pre icl ents of the five assosciation. To lead this new body they promi e to giv!! a delightful classes, held la st Friday, plans were they e lected c. \ V. Hippard, '91. evening's entertainment. laid for the stud ent ~ampa ign toward ther officers e lected have not been Every member 011 the cast ha been the new endowment. selected for his or her particular abil 1·e portcd. Accordin g to reports from s<:ve ra l T h e program of the evening con ity. The part of Mrs. C um min is to of the committeemen a very extended irginia Burtner while s isted of a c ries of good addresses. be played by course of ed uca tion has been arrang hi efest among these peakcrs was Freda Frazier will play the role of her ed so tliat a ll may kn ow just what th e Dr. W . G. lippinger. ln bri ef he daughter Juli e t. Ju li et- has just rei sues of th e endowm e n t drive are told th e story of Otterbein in the past, cent ly been married to C larence and ju t what the people are doing a lso her present standing. ·Mr. I. M. Eglamore who is repre ented in the in the nin e co-operating co n ferences. Ward was in attendance and spoke of person of A. C. Siddall. Jessie Wier Following this course the tudent Otterb ein and the campaign from a will take the part of Mrs. P lai n while drive proper i to begin. So we ll is the part of h er daughter Susy is to student's point of view. the program work ed o u t, that it i Between the various co ur ses Mr. be acted by Katherine 'vVarner. J. C. assured that every st ud ent w ill be Ward led t h e company in college Siddall will appear as Mr. Horace solicited and hav e an opportunity to Eglamore, C larence's rich old uncle. so n gs and ye ll s. help. Captain Sand's part is to be ably T h e Alumni of C leveland have set The committee have in mind a goal their goa l and expect to reach it in a handled by H. E. Michael and th e which they expect t h e students to short time. According to th e report part of E ll en , Harriett and Mi ll s will reach but to dat e no announc e ment of (Co ntinued ·on pagP. two .) this goal has b een placed at $5,000. this mark ha s' b ee n mad e.
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Citizens' Lecture Course Season Closes-Good Attei:fdance for Final N~mber. vVes te rvill e people and tud ents of the Co ll ege were th e r eci pi en ts of a rare treat last Monday eve ning when they h eard Priva t J\'rthu r H erman, a anad ian, give his lec tur e, "O n th e battle fields of western France." Mr. H erman ·was member of the thirteent h Canadia n Bia k Watch a nd has see n con idcra bl c serv ice in th e present war. He is a n ab le speaker and brings a message "th a t eve ryone is anxious to h ear. 'P r eceed in g Mr. Herman, a peda l s p · aker pre ented the facts conce rning th e thi rd Liberty Loan. Private H rman began hi s lecture by giving a fe,v d finitions of terms that the boys "over th ere" are accus tom cl to u ] n thi s way it was easier for hi hearers to c:itch the meaning of hi rrmarks. Among th e many things that h ' said there are some very important items. Accord ing to Mr. Herman thi s war is not a petty scrap, but a· battle for fre edom. He also gav' some fi gures to show how fa t 111(!11 w r b,•ing killed at the front. By his slatcm 11ts th, chances for return of the rne11 are thirty to one. The pcak er th •n took up his ex periences from th tim he left Can ada until h e re turn ·c1 . The boys in th service and especially tho e from (Continued on page two.)
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Former Otterbein Student Makes Use of Music Training Mrs. Sencff of West ervill e,. is in possession of a newsy littl e paper pub lished by th viation students of which h r son Rich ard is a member. The colu mns of thi s particu lar issue is interesting beca us' it makes men tion o f the "B ig .Four" quartet com posed of boys from th e school. Mo t interesting f a ll is the fact that Richard (Dick) eneff, a former st ud ent at Otterbei n , ·is the very effi cicn t leade r 'of t he musicians. early every student ca n · r ecall with little effort when thi s yonng aviator sang in the "O. U. Hambon e M in st r els" and the Co ll ege GI (! lub. The b es t wishes'"'of aH Otterbeiu go o ut to Mr.. Sencff and all hop e to see him in W etervi lle again soon.