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TH E IN TER EST O F O TTERBEIN COLLEGE N O . 32.
W E STE RV ILLE, O HI O , JUNE 10, 1918.
/o.C. STUDENTS
ALU MNI PLAN I F INE PROGRAM
H ONOR SOLDIER
L ect ure to Take t he Pla ce of the R egular St unt Program on Wednesday.
In the Last Chapel Services of the Year Fonner Student is Given D ue H onor.
"WAK E UP, AM E R I CA !"
PROF. ROSSELOT •P RESID E S
A Highly Illustrated Lecture of In terest to Every Red-blooded American.
Entire Program Was in Charge of Students-Real Gold Sta r Hung on F lag.
p, Am e ri ca," is th e title " \Va kc o f th e g reat pat ri o t ic war I tu rc o ll cgc whi ch wi ll be de li vered in Chap e l. \,Vcdn esday, Ju ne 12 at 2:30 p. m. 'I h · lec tur e is to be g iv e n un de r the au picc of t he Otte rbein A lu mni. That thi s p ro gressive and patriotic o rganization is handling th e a ffa ir is a s uffici ent g uarant ee that it will be wel l worth attend ing. Thi s war lecture , whi ch ha be en given befo re officia l Wa shington , a nd whi ch receiv ed th e hear ty comm enda ;:io n ~,i i1 t" Lum rrTi l tc 0 11 l' ub il at1011, 1 as produ ce d for the ex press pu r pose o f g ivin g Ameri can s a clear rea l ization of th e tr ue fa cts o f th e war. And we ll do es it fu lfi ll its purpose. No person o f o rdinary inteJ lige nce can att end this lec ture without ge tting a fu ll ap p reciation o f the pe ri l in whi ch t his country no w s tand , and of th e magnitud e o f th e ta s k w hi ch confront us if w e ar e t o win th e war "ove r th er e" rath er th a n ove r
Chapel se rvi es Monday mornng took on th nat u re of a pa tri o ti c 111 mo rial serv ice in h no r of th e me n that have g ive n their service in this g reat trugg lc bctwe 11 autocrncy and democracy. Professo r /\ . P. Rosse lot acted a chairm a n and had com plete charge o f t he program t hat was rendered. The serv ice Aag that hangs in t he chapel was re pe ni shecl with t he n um ber of sta rs that b long there to date an d in addi t" n .c.ca rroJ d u ta;, place o n the na g to hon ~ th e deat h of H arold E . R o lla nd who di ed so m e tim e ago from an a tta ck of spinal menc ngiti s. • . im ilar s tars wi ll be add ed to th e fl ag as need ed a nd w he n th e wa r is ov r th e e st:irs will be pl ace d in a sui tabl e ca se an d be pr ese rv ed as a las ting m emoria l to the m n wh o have gi ve th eir life wh ile in battle for th e ir o untry. T he ex pe nses of these stars a rc to be born by t he stud en t bo dy. T he prog ram o f th e morn in g was op ene d by th e sin g in g f a n appro priate h'y mn a ft er wh ich Dr. W . G. lippi ng er o ffere d th o penin g p ray er. The chair ma n then an no un ced a re la ti on betwee n th e co ll ege and ( Con tin ued 0 11 pa g e fi ve.)
ENTRANCE T O THE CAMPUS. T he ab ove gate way will welcome i This year \\'ill H:t many changes in ma ny o ld " g1·a d " and fr iend of t- I the program of the week and not a 1 few eve n ts will take o n a patriotic " te rb e in bac k thi wee·. k I ,.oweYcr on a cco unt o f th e war th ere will a nature in keeping with the tim es. I 11 be ha lf of thr college this paper inany of t i1e \"Ollll@: lllUI \\' I10 gr ,,at ~ . ·.v: 11 1' -t,) I, 1i \;1 ..·l: l\.' \.,1-t. i1 ac~ '='"t, .. , 1 •· · · : ,.•· ~ .-\~ and ta ke par t in t he man y e,·en t s li s t-1 \\ e lco m e a s they t- nter the gates of ed for th e fin al w eek . t h t' cam pu s o nct- ;igain.
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SENIORS TO GIV E PLAY
ANNUAL SERVICE PLEASES
"A Scrap of P a per" is the Subject of Dr.
Clever Comed y to be Give n Wed nesday Evenin g.
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0 . Fries D elivers Very I n
spiring A ddre ss at Christian Associations' Anniversary.
S unday e,·e nin g in t he aud ito rium At eig h t o'clo ck \ Vednesda y vcn in g. Jun 12, in t he Co llege "hap el. o f th e l.:. B. hur ch. D r. W . O. Fries. th e e nio r s w ill prese nt an ad ap tati o n o f Day to n, h io, clt·li vt-red t he anni he re. by J . Palg ra ve Simp o n. o f Sard o u's ver ·a ry addr ess of th e Ch r i. ti a n As" V.Tak c P, Am e ri ca" i pro fu ely mast erpi ece, ''A crap of P aµ er." T he so cia ti o n befor a we!L fi ll ed ho use. ill u tra t ed by s t er eo p t ica n !id es and cla ss of 19 1 ho ul d b con g ra tul at ed ).fr. A. ·. Sidda ll. ' 19, prt iden t o f t he mov ing p ic tu re , man y of th em ta ken upo n its cho ice of a play, for ··A Y. M. C. A. preside d w hil e M i J essie on th e batt le fi e ld . It prese n ts in a cra p of Pape r" i con s idered one of \Vi er.· pre id e nt of th e Y. VI! . C. A . graphi c way th c ca use o f th e war, the cl ver est co med ie wi thin the r ea d the sc ri p tur e. Fay M. Bowman th e d eso la ti o n, ru in, a nd w hat Ame r - range o f amate u1· p rod ucti q n. It wa s offered th e op enin g pray er. rd e r to av e its very pop ul a r in th e midd le of th e last Dr. Fri es cho e fo r th e ubj ect o f ica mu St d o in ( o ntinu ed on page five .) ce nt u ry, t he Engli h ver ion being hi addr e s, " Co urage fo r the Confir s t prod uced at t. J am e Th eater in Ai ct." I n th e co ur se o f hi remarks Son of Alumni D ies in Ca m p. L o nd o n. T he p lay is ful l of spa rkl ing he ex ho rt ed th e o ll ege m en a nd , vord was r ec iv ed by Mrs. Mar io n dia lo g ue and witty r epartee. The wom en o f to day to co n ici er t he seriA. Y o'l.ln g la t week o f t h e s ud den p lot t u rn s o n th e adve ntu re o f a love o us ness of th e prese nt wo rld crisi s death o f her n ep h e w , Pa ul H . Baer ,\ lette r, th e " Scrap o f P a pec." and to lo ok forward to th e better P rofessor Fr itz is coa ch ing the ca t, cl a y that i ah ead. P r eparation was o n o f R ev. F ranc i V . Baer, '95, a nd wife ( K a thle e n Howe ll ). M r . Ba e r eve ry m e mb er of whi ch is wo rk ing ho wn to be a g r eat asset a nd a thin g wa s a stu de n t in Trinity Co ll ege at I hard to make th e p lay a suc<:e . 1fr. th a t wa to be in great d emand in the Hartford, onn., but fej t he o ught to IT :,,[. \ Va r el tak e th e par t of the fu t ure. serve his co untry so e n lis t ed about I lca~lin g ma n, :'Prosper Co u ramont," Dr. Fr ies is a fluent sp_eaker and two w eeks a go and w as se nt to F ort f wh ol e M rs. Neva Ander on :X.fcrtz I on_e who a lway pleases (11s hear ers. Sl oc u m. Im me di a te ly afte r hi s ar-: p lays th e ro le of "Suzanne de Ru h-1 H1 add re unday even mg was no ri va l t here he was inn ocul a t ed for l v ii _!~." _T here i a good dea l of native ~xccption t~ the rule. In former typ hoid and a s a res u lt of tha t con l ab ili ty 111 several of the mcm?ers of I ) <:_ars D1:. Fries was the pa tor of the tracted pneu mon ia w h ich ca used hi the cast, and the play promise to \\ esttrville hurch, and later served death la s t Tuesd ay. T h e fune ra l sc r- equa l and perhaps exceed the stand- several years as a member of the vices occurr ed at his former home, ard set by Senior Cla. ses of former Board of Trust<·e of the College. At , ag Ha r bo r, L o n g Is land, • rew York. years. present he holds the chair of editor Th e Tan and ardina l extends ym·- j The new scenery which ha recent- [ of the unday choo l Literature of pathy to all the berea ,·ed family and ly been pur~ha eel will no doubt aid in ~he •. B. Church and has his offices fri end . • 111 Dayton. . (Cont111ued on pa_ge two.)
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Bernice Elsea Wins FirS t Prize of $10 in Math Contest A nn ounceme n t wa s ma de by President Cli ppinge r, in t he Chap el Scrvices la st Mo nd ay th at Miss Berni ce E lsea had bee n th e successfu l person in th e ma th ema ti cs con te. t, an d receivcd a p ri ze o f $10.00. T he scholars hip for this con test was found ed a few yea rs ago by Pro fesso r J a m es W eav er, a mat hematician him se lf. Th e priz e of $10.00 eac h year goes to the s tuden t wh o has reached the fi ne t exce ll ence in that li ne of sc hool wo rk. Stude nts and fri nd s wis h to con g ratul a te Miss E ls ea for her success and good for tun e. Boys ar e ge neral ly conceded to be mos t p roficient in Mat h but th e w inn ing o f th is contest by a girl entirely s ha tters this state ment. The gi rl s ar ta king the boy~• places.