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THE INTEREST O F OTTERBEI
COLLEGE
WESTERVILLE, OHIO, DECEMBER 12, 1921.
VOL. 5.
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No. 11.
'. STUDENTS CLASH Visit j Football Men Royally Banquetted and I OVER BASEBALL
SOCIETIES ARE HONORED
VARIED PROGRAM IS PRESENTED
SQUAD IS ENTERTAINED
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O ho State Sociology Club Pays to O tterbein Literary Entertained at Home of Bitter F ight Waged to Prevent Miss Wright and Miss Robinson ApSocieties. J . W . Jones. Dropping of Baseball This pear In Season's First Faculty W ed ne day night at th e home of Friday night, the l'hilomathean and Spring. Recital. ; Philophronean Literary Societies were Mr. and Mrs. J. vV. J o nes on South
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hono red by a visit frnm the Vine St,eet, th e football squad enjoyState ·niversity Sociology Club. ed its second post-season banquet of Both Performers Render D_ifficult Twenty-three member of this Club. the yea r, when the Jone ' threw open their hou e and entertained at dinner Numbers With Unusual Skill , 111clL1 d111g everal Profe sor , came uµ twenty-four men of the quad, Coach and Nicety. · from Co lum.bu by automobi le, and Ditmer and At hleti c Director Martin. dividing into two gr9ups, visited th e Seate.cl at thcee tables which were (By Dan Harri s.) two mens· ocietie . appropriately decorated, and erved n Thur day evening, Dec. 8th, in It appears that at Ohio State there ' th f d .. I " th · b -the rst fa culty recital of th e year. . . . . wi oo ga ore , e veriest c.ru . P' . d M" 1 1 no orga111zat1011 where strict par- counted it hi lucky day when he atMis, Agi1es Wnght, ia111st. an is I ham entary order and discipline is tached himself to th e squad and bravLouise h.obinson . oprano, presented a i, prac t.ice d as 1·t 1s · 111 · th e 1·1terary soc1e· ed the rigor of the season · As might be expected at an ocell cho en program to a large and I ties at Otterbein. Conseque ntly, wishaupr_eciative _audience in Lambert Hall. ing to know som.ething of how a meet- l ca ion where a score ?r more young _Mi Rob~n ,?n began t_he,, program ing · i conducted under strict par- chap held sway, merriment and good with Ronald Cy~ o_f Life , _a group Jiamentary rules, the Club made the cheer held the upper hand. Hilacity of five ong vaned ~ emotion . a_nd visit to Otterbei11. and food mingled freely, and at th.: tll1ou~h . he sang Hth1 groupff w_1th .\teach of th e societies. members of clo e of the meal. Mr. Joue introducp ea mg contrasts. er next o enng 1 ed Ex-capta,.in Peden who in turn m. .. . "H y I I" f t 11c nsitmg party were called upon to · was an an~ " "e, srae r~m l peak a few 'ord . In Pili! phronea, roduc.cd aptaiu- l t Fran . in a the Oratorio EhJah . The effective . toastma tcr of the e,·ening . ' n o £ t I11· power f uI ana · taxe Dr. . F. E . Lum ley, Professor of · ren d th Captai n F ran klin deviating so m eoc1ology. and Mr. P. P. Dcnune, · th f r t M' . power o any voca t . .t s i e-Presidcnt of the· lub pok their what from the usual custom, passed by Robmson wa equal to the occa 1011, . . . . th. I tter men, and allowed the o' udmng from the applau e which thi appreciation of th work done rn high d ,. b ,, t h h . J ,,. d 1-t · • B h f 1 ca 11 e scru o ave t e1r ay number brought forth. gra c I erary oc1eties. ot o t 1e e Co K . h Gib · 1 ·t . n equ(lnt y mg t, son tudcThe group of ultra modern " Chinese men h a d 11a d l I erar y society expe- b k B h t d • a er · R' C 11 I Ph'l arn ar an 1 oe 1 each Mother Goose Rhymes" di played nence at tram o ege. n I ok' . b' . fl h . .h • I D c C h p f f ne y t e1 r t a nks po e. te 11 mg Mi s Robinson's interpretati ve ability mat 1 a, r. . . 1 ort . ro e sor o f h J , h . r Her diction such an important ele~ Sociology, and Mis Ruth Davis, t~r- t e on~ . o rt~ tty ~n~ also meut in song' of this type is certainly Pre ident of th Club, poke in behalf ~1rda~prfeciabttolnl oC t c tr~m1ng re, f h . . D N th h . oach DJ tmer and, cc1ve 1n oot a . worthy of favorable comment. ~ t e vi Ltor r_. r or '. avrng Jethl tic Director Martin then poke, In the la t group Miss Robinson's 011 ed to _a e_batmg. oCJety at e- dwelling on the ucce e of the ea~ upper range appear ed to pecial advan- b ra ~a. niver ity, ~i~ed heai:ty a~- 00 and xpr (ContinL1ed on page two.) preciatton for t~e t~arnmg received m for th future. such an orgaJ]tzatJ0Jl and regretted fter the coffee a ll adjourned to the STO~Y CONTEST ANNOUNCED that that type of organization i dying· adJ'oining room wh r on en embl out of modern college life. · • and game in group wer in, order, Barnes Short Story Contest To Be Phi lomath ea, for th benefit of her aud where everything appeared from gue t , sta ged a ,fifteen minute, rapid ''rollin' bone '' to good o ld rook. Closed This Year on fi re, parliamentary drill. whi h brought March 15. hea rty applau e from th member of Chaucer Club Discusses Dante. Eil h year one of the mo t intere th' lub. Philophronea ga ve an in Dante' " Divi ne Comedy' wa the i11g vents among the a piring r ception, with lig ht refre h ubject for di cus ion a t the haucer "literati" of Otterbein , i th :8acnes to the lub after the regular Club last Wedne day' even ing. hort tory Conte t . Thi event beof th ocietie . The program which was excell ent gan. ome year ago when a hort ly handled in an informal way, C0ll tory cholar hip wa fou nd ed by Mr. Alumni Hold Banquet ; Mi~s si ted 0£ a epa ra te discussion on each \Valter Lowrie Barne, each year three Edna Streich, '08 , Is Hostess. of the three divi ions of th e ep ic poem. Prize of 40.00 $20.00 aud 10.00 being t Port mouth Oh io, la t Satur Inferno, Pu rga torio Paradise. award d to the three be t tori ubThe program wa concluded with day night, all Otterbei1t alumni and n1itt discu ion on Da·ute's influence. friend of that city held an Otterb II) It i required that a tory sub mitted An analy is of the "B rimming Cup" have a it ba i ome incident of ome Banquet. e tabli hed fact in mericao hi tory. The event wa held at the home of by .Poroth y Can fie ld will be th e ub Th tory mu t b original, and of Mis dna treich, 'O , i ter of Ru th ject for co ns ideration at the fi r t meet uch a character that it will empba ize treich, now in choo l, who ho pit 4 bly ing after vacation which wi ll be Wed the vir ues of good ci tizen hip. The qpened her home £or the occasion. nes-day, January 3. The remainder of the meetings for tory mu t be not le than 6,000 uor Mi s treich is one o f Otterbein' the year will be spe11t in di cu ion of mo r than 15,000 word long, and th loyal boo ter and her kindne wa contemporary dramati ts and poet- . hi toricaJ element m u t not be pervert app reciated. ed o a to de' tor its pure hi toricity. P re ident Clippinger wa a guest at The increased i11terest w hich the mem ber of the cl ub are showing in this T he competition hall be open to th banquet and remained und ay to work be peak a succe ful year. (Co ntinu ed from page two.) peak at the local church.
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MEN AND MONEY PLEDGED
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dents Make Retention of Base ball Possible. Wedne day morning at chapel, the student body, called to order as the Otterbein A thletic Association, voted by a afe majority to recomm end to th e Ottt;rbein Boa rd of Contro l, the fina l voice in ath.letic matter , that varsity baseball be ctispen ed with thi coming pring. Tue day night preceediug th elec tion, the Athletic Board the ex cutive body of the thletic Association, de bated at considerable length a to the adYi 'ab ility uf the measure, and con idering all ide of th que tion. it was fina lly agre ed that to u pend baseba ll this year would be a wise . t the meetmg Wedne day morn. R F p . mg . . eden, President of the th l . . . etic Associat1on, announced the . . recommendation of the th let1c Board that baseball be u pended and the n gave th reason for this recommeoda tioo. the fi rst place the thfetic In ad ly in need of fund . w equipmeJ1t £or footb all and (Co11tinued on page seve n.)
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FAMOUS HUMORIST
COMING
Otterbein Students to Have Oppor tunity to Hear Renowned Fun-maker. 'v\' ed 11 e day. D ccmber 14, a t , :U o'c lock u1 th co ll ege chape l. will appe'ai: Ralph Biogham, who i holder of the enviable title of bei ng "Ameri ca's g re;tte t fun-maker." Mr. Bing ham i co iog a the second number on th e Citizen' Lecture Co ur e and acco rding to all reports thi w ill be one of th e best things pre en ted thi s season. Two fellow-townsmen, who have heard Mr. Bingham, ay he is without doubt the funniest man th ey e\'er heard. · In ad dition to thi come re port and pre notice from all over th e coun_try proclaiming thi humori t a w ithout peer. Ra lp h. 'B ingham in 1:w nty year bas filled even thou and engagements and d uring thi time he has mi ed but two engagements. He ha twice be n pre ident of th e International (Conti nu ed on page. two.)