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VOL. 6
TEREST O F OTTERBE IN CO L LEGE
WESTERVILLE, OHIO, JUNE 4, 1923.
No. 31.
Proposed Gymnasium Plans Favor This _Type of Building
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One afternoon back in 1892, a well fed, self-important political gentleman called upon Dr. George Scott. The Doctor greeted him in his usual cour teou man ner and for a haij hour li t ned more or le s attentively, while th P litical gent! man enumerated the - ~ m.,.. cwb e should be the choice of the people for a certain office. He Illay or may not have been an advocate of "Free silver", apparently Dr. Scott assumed that he was, for after the office eeker had exhausted the sub iect of his own merits, the D pctor ad-
dre ed him omcwhat a follow : "Ye , th re i much ilitere t in poli tic no w day . - l haven't followed i quite a clo y a I u ually do. You ee here at Otterbein we are tryi ng to bui ld a new gym na ium. I am chair man of th building committee and hav been quite busy-by the way we would appreciate a contribution from you, if you would like to help us out. Thi new building then would be a kind of moument to your polticial success. "Ah-er-er" said th e politician.
But when, h bad bowed him If out a hall hour la'ter, D r". colt' pock ted a ch ck for 50.00 and chuck! d. Ev~ dently the Doctor had enjoyed the inr t rvie\Y. T hi i o y an incident in the cam paign that re ulted in the building of the pre ent s oc1at1on Building: However the faculty was strongly op posed to the project because of a h a vy indebtedne . After a stirring appeal from John R. Mott and S. D. Gordon the tudent entered w hole heartedly into a campargn for money.
T]:iey worked and a rifi ·ed to erect th gymnasiuol which ba stood for thirty year as a di tinct m orial to th ir ffort . It ,vilj a ai n take work lo erect gymnasium co ting 200,000. The stu dent of 1923 are not les courageous and loyal than tho e of 1892. Their effort and those of lumni will be rewarded a fully and a b autifully as were th effort of tho e tudent of the nineties. A bigg r and better t t rbein will b the re ult.
ALUMNAL DAY TO OPEN CAMPAIG
liant pr~ entation of the "China o£°To he last Y. M. C. A. meeting of the day.' Mr. Cheng howed that China, although mi und er toood, i a nation year was addre ed by Mr. Cheng Hui, of Canton, China, who gave a bril- of great po ibilitie .
YEAR TO CLOSE WITH FULL WEEK
Plans and Program for Gymnasium Drive Are Being Worked Out To Last Minute Detail. VARSITY "0" IN CHARGE
Mr. Cheng Leads Y. M. C. A.
PICNICERS FIND PERFECT DA y ADDS TO JOY OF A UAL EVENT
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Big Ben , Baby Bens, Sleep The day wa perfect, the place was E. . Bernard, the Father of Athletics Meter , Flyer , Walthams and Seth p rfect, the guests were perfect, that th h . . 1ba e ball game (at least for half the in Otterbein, to Be Guest Thoma e a 11 oug t a spll'l1ua1 player ) wa perfect, the eat wereof Honor. Renai ance had laid hold of Otter- all eaten. bein Wedne day morning. After Along with the e features of the Beginning · in the morning with a ounding forth the waking noises they day the general enjoyment was con Varsity "0" breakfast and ending at were not greeted with the customary iderably augmented when the dunce night with the Soda! Groups ha ving verbal barrage and -volley of pillows. of the party lipped and stirred up the a reunion for all of their Alumni, 1- Instead of waxing mad as per usual waters of Big Walnut or the Olen IUnnal Day on June 13 is expected to expectant picnic-ers sallied forth from tangy; when the heavy eater of the ttlake a glorious start for the Gym their beds to shut off said alarm clocks crowd had to throw up his hands and nasium Campaign. and to view those ice cream pants- surrender the laurels to the faculty The Varsity "0" Association is carefully arranged the night before- advi or; when your heavy hitter poked tnaking big plan to breakfast not on spot-less and wrinkle-less such that out a homer in the la t of the tenth ly all of their alumna! members but Solomon in all ,hjs glory would not with two out and the bases loaded. also all who are interested in the cam have been arrayed like one in these. Such was picnic day of 1923 which Paign for the new gymnasium. Mor After mobilizing the picnic appar- ended with the ride home, an incideJLt than two hundred Otterbein 3•hlctes atus such a some "eats", hor e-shoes, of which was the blending of hor es' are expected to return for thi bn•i\k ba e ball equipment, etc., etc., and whinnies, .Ford rattles and general fast at which E. S. Barnard, Pre i after calling bravely for fair dam els, commotion with more lusty than musi dent and Secretary df the Or~·ehtnd the picnickers departed via anything cal refrains of "Old Otterbein We American League Baseball Club and from a two-cylinder hay wagon to a Love Thee" and ''When Y9u Come to ix,-cylinder car. (u>ntinued on pa e two.) the End of a P rfect Da }'
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Many Events Being Planned To Bring Back the Old Grads--New Gym Planned. RECORD CLASS TO GRADUATE President Bryan of Ohio Uni. to De. liver Commencement Address on Thursday, June 14. The ixty-seventh Commencement on Thur day, June 14 will bring to a close a week that i crowded full of ev nts planned for both Alumni and tudents. Beginning on Thursday night of thi week Philalethean and Cleiorhetcan Literary Societies will have Open Ses• sions to be followed on Friday night by Open Se sions on the part oi Philomathea and Philophronea. · On Satu~day evening President an Mr . Clippinger will give a receptfon to the Senior Class and guests which will l>e held in CQcl'tran Hall; . The Baccalaureate sermon_ will be qeliv'e(ed to the I rg t gra.f.{uating (Co,itinue~ on pag three.)
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