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TERES.T OF OTTERBEIN COLLEGE
WESTERVILLE, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 21, 1926.
VOL. 10 .
No. 1.
. Association Mixer Is Lauded Big Success Sophs Are Scrappier Than Yearling Frosh WIN BY 2 TO 1 SCORE
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Green Frosh Succeed In Copping Only Relay Race By Very N arrowi.i!'Mw-gin.
- - - - 0 C--- EFFICIENCY TESTS FAIL TO ESTABLISH RECORDS
. Though th e Freshman E ffi ciency Tests failed to establish any wonder ful records, the class as a whole showed up to good advantage, many of the men rating practically the same in the events. In the 100-yard da sh two Wester ville lads stepped it in practically the same time; L. Weinland going the di s tance in I 1.8 second s and J. Miller just· one-tenth of a second slowe r. S nyder, an Otte rbein Home product stepped it in 12 seconds flat , with R . Gibson and P . Fletcher right behind with 12.1 and 12.2 r espectively. Clin e- copped the baseball throw by havin g the ball 297 feet ; eitz wa second with 288 (eet to his credit. Ben ford s best heave was 271 ¼ feet and McClain only fe ll three feet short (Continued On Page Six.)
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People' s_D_ e p-artment
Under
Direction of Roy Burkhart
Coac h M erlin A. Ditmer, fo o t ball mentor and veteran of man y grid iron battle , i direct in g the vari sity to ward a successful pig skin ea on. A ssisting hi m are Prof. R. F. Martin and R. K. Ed ler.
---0 C-- HALF OF COLLEGE TAKES STATE "NUT" TEST Monday m o rning between t he hour of 9 and 12 o'clock Prof. Valentine ga ve the annual intelli ge nc e tes t to the F r es hm an and ed ucatio na l stud ents. Th e test given wa "The O hio tate U niversity P ychologica l Test.'' The double sy tern blank was u ed the numbers being n ine and ten. This test is g iven by th e order o f the De pa rtm ent of Education of Ohio. In th e chape l Monday morning one hundred and sevent y n 70) Fres hm an and seve nty (70) upp er cla sme n too k the test.
Largest "Meet Everybody" Reception Yet PREXY IS FOOT RACER
Is Reorganized. A reorganized Young People's De partment which offers new and in te r esting opport unitie to the students of Otterbein was a feat ure of the Un ited B rethr n unday chool la t S unday morning. Prof. E. M . Hursh, head of the depa rt ment of Religious Education in the coli c e and Mr. Roy Burkhart, who ha s £o r th r ee yea rs been in charge of w ork among United Brethren young people, hav e been influential in p utting into effect the new p lan which separates th e yo ung people from the adults and divides them into various classes. Instead of meeting with tlie adult department fo r open in g and closing exe rci se a s wa done last year the tudents now hav e their own opening ex rci e w hile t he adults are in their cla sroom s. T hen the tuden t go to heir cla ses w hil e the adqlt as emble in th e audi tor ium. Fo ur classe have bee n a r ranged fo r m en and· four for women, in addition to a n1ixed cla in teacher training. Dr. T. J. anders P rof. A. P. Ros e lot, Prof. H. W . T r oop, and Prof. J. S. E ng le are teacher of the men's cla s es. T he women's elas e a re cond uct ed by Mrs. R. 0. Cook, Mrs. L. W. W arso n, M r . J. R. King, and. Mrs. Kath erin e Barnes Sm ith.
The op homo res defeated t he fr e· ,m n in the annual scrap day last Sat urd ay 2-1. T h e second year men won the ack ru sh and the tug-of-war but were nosed out of a victory in the rel ay race. The r elay race wa close- from tart to finish. Thompso n gave the Sophs a slight advantage when he 110 ed out nydcr o n th e fir st hundred ya rd s. Th e Sophom o res gained tead ily un til the ra ce wa we ll ove r half done when th ey held a lead of twenty-five yards. A Fre hman fumble heli:,ed the Sophomore cause very lightl y. On the next exchan ge a second Fres hm a n fumbl ed bu t picked up the foot ball on th e fir st bounce. A bad fumbl e by th e S oph o more s los t all but five yard of their adva ntage. The la t thr ee runn er on both side s ra n ne ck a nd neck m ost of the wa y but Frien d was not abl e to pace W ein la nd, the Fro h dash star, tride for (Co ntinued On Page Six)
L. A. Weinland Wins 100-Yd. Dash; Cline Cops Ball Throw; Broad Jump to David Lee.
NEW PLAN FEATURE OF u. B. SUNDAY SCHOOL
- - - - 0 C---PROF. TROOP WILL TAKE VACANT ECONOMICS CHAIR H. W. Troop. Director of Alum na] Relation , wa released from the Ho pita] la t F rid ay morning where he underwent treatment fo r stomach trouble. Prof. Troop will take the place left vacant by the very late r e ig na ti on o f D r. P helan. T h is is an eme r gency m easure an d is being done only by th e con ent of th e Alumni Boa rd. The alumni work w ill go fo r ward until a mor e permanen t adju st ment can be made.
---0 C-- Frosh Hold Election. Election of temporary officer of th e £re bman cla wa conducted la t night in Lambert Hall at 7 p. m. by the tude nt Council. The names of the officer wiJI appear in the nex i ue of th Tan and Cardinal.
Was Second Bi g)[ Event of Year. Crowd Mixes in Four Hilarious Groups. aturday night the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A.'s entertained the old at}d new st uden't s and the profe or and their wives at their annual Y. Mixer. The Mixer this year was a progre ive affair, t•he main cenes of acti o n be·n the eampu in £ront o f the Admini tra tion Building, the A ociation 'Build ing, and the Chapel. Gay Jai;,ane e Ian e.rns trung among the tree , and brightly-color cl paper cap w--o rn by the gue,ts ad<lcd a fe stal note to th dignity o[ thP occa sion. The crowd ,-.,,a. divided into four group , eac h group being di~tin gui heel by the color of the caps worn by its members. While two groups enjoyed a delightful musical and dra matic program in the Chape l, the ot her t wo we.re taking part in Olympic (Continued on page five .)
- - - - 0 C---OOCHRAN HALL RECEPTION PROVES HUGE AFFAIR Gip y fortune te ll ers, patent med icine vender , and actor galore pro vided progr e ive entertainment for the me rry cr owd of new g irl , old girl and profes or wive who attended th~ Coch ra n Hall Pa rty Friday ni ght. Fo ll owi ng a pa r tner h un t which re sulted in many informal introduction , the tragedy of O leo and Cri co wa present d fo r the pleas ur e of the guest . Then the company wa di vided in to four group which pro gres ed to va ri o u rooms thruout the building where fortune were told and plays were prese nted. Music wa furni shed by a n o r che tra of college gi r l . P unc h and wafers were .ervecL
Clubs Must File Dates. Attention i being called to th e fact th at unde r the pr sen t social g roup system each club m u t ar range wit h the schedu le commit tee appointed by the tudent ouncil fo r date for fre hm n ru hing pa r t ie . \ Vayne V. Har sha is in charge of the chedu le.