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WESTERVILLE, OHIO, A PRIL 24, 1922.
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DECLAIMERS WlN
THE INTEREST OF OTTERBEI
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GIRLS' GLEE CLUB TO SING
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J U BI LEE CO MM ITTEE MEETS
RUSSELL PRIZES I" Land Virginia Wolfe, Lester Mitche;l and E lizal:eth Saxour Carry Off Honors in Declama tion Contest. E NTIRE PROGRAM ENJOYED
U f High Quality of Readings, se O Evening Dress by Men, and Music Add Much to Interest. . The annual Russell Declamation ontcst which wa beld in the C~llege Chapcl o_n the evening of Ap~il lO. wa a uccess from every point of view. The prizes for this conte t are provided for each year from a fu nd tahli hed by Dr. Howard _R u sell. !ways the center of much mtere t. thi year the co ntest was even better than usual. There were nine ~ont tant and each of them en~ertamed the audience in a highly atlsfactory tnanner. The first prize of fifteen dollar was won hy iss Virginia Wolfe, who r ad "Tl1 ·oul of a iolin" with exraordinary interpretation. Mis \V J£ ' reading wa admirably u.ited to lier and he appeared to be ti hi the floor 1oroug y at ase upon · r. L t r Mitchell won ..~~:~ ()rize, ten dollar , reading prez," by Robert Service. Mr. Mit hell g-ave hi election with force and real dramatic effect. The third prize of five dollar was awarded Miss Elizabeth Saxour who r ad "Confes iorts," by Conan Royle in a delightfully pleasing and humorou m.anner. Each of the other speaker showed unusual taJent an.d speaking ability. (Continued on page two.) V olunteer Band A ctive. nday vening 6 :30 J">· m. ! hat m an an thing to you? It i r all tud nt who arc interested in 1 1011 . Th tudent Volunt'e.r Band m et a tha h ur in Tower Room. La t Monday ni ht wa In tallation s iol). The followiug officer in tailed by R v. Burtner: E th McDonald Pre .; Herbert Mey r , Vic -Pre .; Beulah Wood. Secy.· Mildred Schwab, Treas.; and votional hairman; Gertrude eal11an. The foll wing member will leave the 13and thi year: Manson iehol , La Vaughn L ather.man, lice Hunter Gordo n Lincoln, and Faith yfried. ew memJ:>ers mu t fill the vacancies. Every tudent Who i inter.e ted in Mis ioIJ in any way i cordiaUy invited to attend the tne ti ngs each Mond ay evenin .
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No. 26.
\DENISON TAKES SEASON 'S OPEN ER
of Heart's Desire" and " Nar- j D e.Enite Plans for Co~mencement , cissus" to be Given by Club WedWeek are Laid and Jubilee
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W heels are Set in Motion.
Baptists Get Some Lucky Breaks and
Next Wednesday evening, April 26, I The Jubilee Forward Mo"emen t the Girls' Glee Club will give its an- Co mmittee met at the College last nual concert in the college chapel. Thur day afternoon and evening to The Glee Club, consisting of twenty- transact busine s pertaining to the eight member , has been hard at work Jubi lee celebration and the forward for ome time under the direction of movement of the campaign . Over Professor Spessard preparing for this forty person attended, all but one of program which is a depar ture from the confe rences being represen ted by usual Glee Club concerts. from one to five members. In addition The entire program will be the to th e regu lar members of the commusic of Ethelbert evin, the leading mittee there were present Bishop A . merican com po er. .\' evi n 's popular R. Clippinge r, Chairman of the Board ·'Na rcis u ," arranged for chorus with of Trustees, E. L. Shuey, Secretary violin obligato, will open the pro- of the Board of Administration, S. S. gam and W. W. Heimberger, Coluq1- Hough, and Secretary of th e Board of bu baritone, will sing a group of Education w. E. Schel l. so ngs composed by Nevin. The meeting was characterized "The Land of Heart's Desire" throughout t,y a spirit of frankne evin's only choral work, will be th~ and fairn es , of confidence and big number of the evening. This com- opt1~1sm. The secretary of the propo it.ton i a ecular cantata in two gram committee, Dr. E . E. Burtner, part , with an interesting story inter- reported that there would be five · I d ays for the o b servance o f · ' s b eau- p ec1a woven th roug hou t w1'th evm tiful melodie , and feature a .number Jul ile event : unday, Ba-c laureat<' D ay ; M on d ay, St u d en~an d E•x-s t u d ent· of o lo. Profes or Spessard will direct an d Day; Tue day, lumm Dayedn e ha arranged the special accompanying day, nniver ary Day and hur day, features. Mis Wright will be at the Commencement Day. . M' L f h . piano and Professor Grabill will acairman. . 1 e ev~r company on the organ. Josephine Pageant C~mm1ttee, gave a bnef review Cridland will ,play the violin obligato. of ~c leadm~ f~atures of th pageant. Local mu ic Jover should not fail Pres1de_nt_ Chppmger gave an extendto hear this cone rt for i.t promises to cd tab t1cal report of the pr sent b the major concert of this year' condition of attendance and finances local program. and of the po ibilities and need Tickets were placed on sale Monday. (Contin ued on page wo.)
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IRES CROSSED SO MEWHERE WEATHERMAN MISSE S HIS ORDERS By Bonnibcl 'Yanney. Ha anyone seen anythin of the The Freshman maiden message sent by .' \ eatherman? th.' jarti.tor whether he wa hed tl? rhap it ha gone where the lo t wmdow o that anta coul_d pc ~ Jn titch e know tha h order- andl if th y ar goo d hfttle"g1.rl . 0. d •· odlcs of lovely day ' from t 1er hav ent to mot 11 r or mar " pring and un" but they have 110t blank t " while till other have o~acknowlcdg d the receipt oi the d r d gola he to wear over leom age. The orth Pole o. bas ho . continued to nd it product and ·we The young man' fancy ha lightly find our elve at a lo s to know what turned to thought of overcoat in to do ith em. lead of takin th cour u ually f lThe Cochran Hallite have wi hed I wed at thi time of year. But then th.at they had more than one Heeter who , ant to wear a frat in th building the la t few days. a fur coat. They have been afraid to tep outPerhap rukon Delight sid or fear the ch rde on th new with this sort of product but we p.re Ea ter bonnet would freeze. l'ho e f r tho e which are handled ol ly hy who have ventured out have plodded •• pring and homeward with shoe covered o'er by deck our elve mud that first cousin of now bearing Flame pretend we are com,forta,bL in tbei arm bouquet of violet in and hope that when May come trip gla s cans, protected th u i~ ~opesl of ping along she can untangl th wires k ping them from becommg b uer and get that me age through. with th co Id .
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Aided By Errors Club Their Way to '.J:'en to Four Vicfory.
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AND E RS ON HIT S H OME RU N L C d S oya1 row tays a nd C heers Through Nearly Two Hours of Cold-Twilight Ball Inaugurated. D eni on' baseball squad vi ited the Otterbein hore about the hour of twi light 00 la t Friday and once more foiled the Tan and Car di nal' attempt to mite th e D ni on Red. A pl ndid crowd of tudent and town people was on hand to hiv r through s •ven inning of m diocre ball. Run , ten to four, Denison. Hit , tv<elv to eight, D ni n. Errors, ix e2ch. That should be uffici nt e..'C cu e for lo ing. D enison Finds Weak Spots. Deni 011 wa not a much han tk b-,in a h~ cor seem to indicate, th y got th br ak till mor cl arly, th y arly found . C.' w akne and _pla d ·t to th 1- ·t Y J e im 1 . They waited, th n buut d, then waited wa ch fully. ba e tealer the Dcnionian with exception were a cle,;er a the prove,rbial bird called l he elephant. t 11 even half dozen oi t rbeiu put out - wcr admini (ered th paths. ~ Ulrey O ff Color. Irey wa · no up' to form. It eem as tho11gh the lanky g ntlernan could not get loo· 1ed up. His arm crav warmth and un hin . The oach had no r 1j f ht1d•r ' iu good (Continued on page ix.) J unior P lay to Com e Soon. fter much reading of play , liberation and di u ion, the Junior _play ommiltee has selected "Mr . .Bump t ad-Lei h'' for th junior play. "Mr . Bump ~ead-Leigh" is a , tandard royalty play by Har.ry Jame mith. and el forth the complica tion an mg from th endeavors o · ;i limber to hoi t her elf to the peopled· by hyph nated per sonage .
ll ha been _pre nted by the 11,'l " troll r " of hio fate at th Hart- ~~ man Theatre recent ly with gr at ~ Try outs hav been h Id th ha b en pick d by Pro{e or mi'th and rehear al have tarted. Tb dat' Will be announced ih the near futur .