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BIG CROWD OUT I ' CLEIO-' PHRON~AN PUSH TO FIRST RALLY 1" Perfect Moon" Adds to the Enjoy Coach D itrner and Captain Richter Expect Good Season. N cw Cheer Leaders Tried. BAND AROUSES PEP
Freshmen Stage Unique Stunt On College Platform and Snake Dance Around Huge Fire. Silhou'ctted against a raging inferno of red and yellow flam e th e freshmen executed a snake dance around a mon strou · bonfire as a befitting close to one of the largest and peppiest pep rallie in years la t Thursday evening in the chapel. The evenjog's hi larity began at ight o'clock with a number of yells led by Johnny Hudock and Lawrence Mar h. The newly organized O tter b in Ba nd .played a march that brou!;rht everybody up ready to yell half the night. HJntroduced by the "How-Do-You Do" o ng, un g by a number of local high school students, Coach Ditmer and Captain Richter poke optimistic .illy on the outcome of the cla h with Bowling Green. a tirizin g Bowling r ee n the freshmen pre ented a tunt w hich attempted to show the gree n ne · · of the Bowling Gree n eleven. The Field Song. the Mar ching ong and the Love ong comple ted the in door program. Out idc the fre hm en light d a igantic bonfire with Bowl ing recn in effigy 1tt111 on a chair at th e top f the pile. Wi ld maneuv er and snak da111ies were exec uted , with the band 1>laying marche in ac companiment, around the b lazi ng fire. N t for se veral y ar ha large and enthusiastic a pep rally been held. l n the chapel the lower floor and the balcony were jammed to capacity and all avai lable sta nding room was taken..
--- 0 New Laboratory Inaugurated Prof. E. '\V. chear ha in,a ugurated a n w laboratory in netic which wil l b ituated in the laborator y of the Geology department. new in cubator ha been in tailed and a large 11umb r of germ culture hav e b, n ol,rnin cl. Th 1·e a rc n w 2. in l'n!'tic · clas . The new lab reafly increa · th ,·alu e: ,,f cour e. C---Western College For Women rr . id nt \V. G. lippinger visitf'.<I We, tern o il ge for Women at Oxf rci. hi , prea hing in their unday m,,rni ng worship service.
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COCHRAN HALL ASS'N HOLDS FIRS'T M EET I NG
ment of Literary Society Party Held at Devil's Half Acre.
Important Rules In the " Little Gr~y Book'' Discussed. New O fficers Introduced. Under a perfect moo n and ky t hat - --was a blanket of tar the CleioThe Cochran Hall As oc.:iation hi:U Phronea Literary Society member it fi rst meeting Tue day nig ht in the e-ntertain cd a large gro up of Frt:sb- Coc hran Hall parlor . The A soci-1mcn a nd r ues ts Monday evening, tion includes as its members all the ept. 28. ln addition to the bounties gi rls li,·ing in t he dormitorie · a nd the that nature had bestowed on the party cottag-es. This meeting was call ed fnr a cheerfu l bonfire made au effec t that th e purpose o f informing new girls will be lon g rem em be r ed. ahout lhe rules of the Association . Some three hundered guests a nd The president. Sylvia Peden, di, memb ers gathered at the assoc iarion cussed so m e of the more import:1111 huilding near six thirty a nd after a rules in the "litt le grey hook.'" The few moments started on their moon- following officer · were introdu ced and lig ht journey to '•Dev il' Half Acre··. were asked to give :hort speec he,. On the way to the playground o f the vVan/::la Ga llagher. vice-president : e ening, many changes of partn<:rs Gertrude Wilcox. secr eta r y: . lice wer e made and some one remarked Blume, trea urer ; Ruth Davis. enior that th e moon wa · not the on ly one representative: Mary Mc Cabe. junior that wa · miling. representative; Loi Armentrout. (Continued on Page Two) sophomore representative: Alice an - - - - O C----,-<ler , h.ou. e proctor: harlotte Owen, VARSITY DEBATERS IN treet comm itt ee chall'man; ar • NEW HEADQUARTERS Hummel, fire chi £. Margar et Duerr was e lected as th e Active Work is Begun on This Year's Fre hman repr esentative, and Miss Question by Chosen Squad of Eleven ! Gu itner wa ch ose n as faculty counseMen. Five are Veterans. !or for Dean McFadd 11 .
SEASON OPENER A HARD FOUGHT SCORELESS TIE W iddoes Picks Pass From Air and Runs 50 Yards for (rouchdown. Counted Illegal
LINE BUCKS HEAVY GU ARDS Punting Proves Mainstay of Both Teams. Each Team Scores Three First Downs. ( )tt erbein 's varsity eleve n swu n:s into action last Saturday afternoon by playing the Bowling G r een l\ormal team to a co rle s ti e. The game •Nas a close conte, t an d co n i ted m ostly of punting. In the thi r d quarter the crowd w:is thrilled when Widdoe picked a p;iss fr om th e air and ran thirty yard ior a touchdown, on ly to he ca lled back b In o I a~ ount of. n ill I. pa . "The reason was that tb pa;;ser 'wa s not five yard b hind the line of • crimmage. A lthough o utweighed both on the line and in the backfield Otterbein excelled in ev ry department of th e game but punti ng. At no time in the game was the Otterbein goal threat ened although th e Bowling Green li:ic was threatened twict> in the ecc n1 half. In the fi r 't half o f the game neither goa l wa in danger at a ny tim' a nd neither ide could gain an advant.ige the <Tame hei ng entirely a pun t ing game with Bowling Green hold in~ a (Continued on page ix.) ----0 C---COLLEGE BAND
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ar ity debater have ta rted the PROF. VALEN/rINE IS machinery to work in preparation for HIGHL y HONORED th ir b ig ch dule of debate . The s 1uad of eleven men have e tab li shed I rof. B. W. Valentine. head of th e themselves in a new room on the Educa tional Depart ment. sp nt the "round tloor of Lamb rt hall a nd may _sum mer in grad uate work in ornell he seen freque ntly at work there. l j nive rs ity. lthaca. Y. Wh ile This year the debater make u1 a there Prof. alenti ne \\'as elected to cla~s known as debate se minar and member hip in Phi Delta Kappa, ( Co ntinued on Page Two) knc,wn a the olde t and large t erlL- - - 0 C--cational fraternity and a l o to Pi Harold Pifer Undergoes Mu. an hon o rary ocial Serious Operation Tuesday fraternity. Tn June Pr of. Harold R. rifer, of th cla re eived hi B. D. fr m \l'a~ operated upon for a evere ca.se niver ity. hi a lma mater. of appencl i iti la t Tue day afterno• P ----0 C---at ,rant Ho pita!. . ccordi n to the Alumni Director Opens late t report he i convale cing 1Jiccl . Office In Lambert Hall ~fr. a nd Mr . ifcr cam from l'!ve Th large north down tair room in land to be pre. ent <luring tb Lamb rt Hall ha been redecorated tio1: and , uitably furni hed for u e by - - - - 0 C~--. lumni Dire tor Tro p a hi official "Ad" Building Repaired. headquarter . c-ircity of office During the pa t week ome of the pace , a felt when Mr. Troop bechimney n the dmini tration build- gan to look for an office and thi lo. reb uilt a the brick we re j caiion i . th be t availa t. le at the com in g lo e and there \\'a dan er present t 1m . of th em f<\lling to the walk . - - - - 0 C - -- ---- 0 - - -Dr. Jones On Chapel List. Prexy Going South Dr. E . . . Jone . Prof so r Emerin ctob r 9. 19 and 11, Pre ident J tu of Bible in tterbein College had lippinger will attend the Tenne :ee charge of he d votion in chapel last c,nference of the U. B. church Wedne day morning. Dr. Jone' Knoxville. He will al o attend t!ie mornings in chapel ar a lways look r d . en i-ce nt ennial celebration of Vande r - for\\'a rd to in plea ant a nt icipation an,! bilt niver ity at :0-:a hvH!e on nc 10- " . are g lad he L to appear every thr!' P bcr 1 and 19. weeks o n \Vcdnesday mornings.
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Thur day night, twenty-fiv and red th roated tone hatter d the ileni;e in th chapel nd cau d hiver to cr eep up the back of the 600 people th re a embled. The ca u of thi di turbance wa Otterbein s newly organized bra . band. C mm e ncing work . 0011 aft r chool h gan ur '' horn blowe rs'' have whipped them elve into hape in time o be on deck when ne ded. t the game aturday. the band wa again in evide nce and aided materially in producing ;.P 1>'' and ev n a c rtain pomp in o th cca ion . Th men who are hard at work to make a bette r band ar Weitcamp, Morton. Myer . Wheel r, Gib on, Eckhart. Guyton. Thomas. . Harrold . D. Harrold, Van uren, Buech!er, Euverard. Riegle, K Iler. Mumm~, H en der. 011. Engle, Ro elot, an:l Ba !er.
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