ALUMNI NEWS OTTERBEIN COLLEGE VOL. IV
WESTERVILLE, OHIO, MAY, 1931
NO. 4
TO OBSERVE 75TH ANNIVERSARY SPLE.NDID LIST OF CANDIDATES OF FIRST COMMENCEMENT IN JUNE PROPOSED FOR ALUMNI OFFICES William Lyons Phelps To Give Address On June 15 Recognition of the diamond anniversary of the first commencement will feature the exercises June 15 at Otterbein. The first Commencement exercises were held in June, 1857, ten years after the founding of the college. The commencement will occur this year on Monday, June 15 at 2:00 p. m. , and the s peaker w ill be Dr. William L yons Phelps, well known lecturer of Yale U niversity. Commencement week will begin as usual on T hu_rsday nig ht preceding com mence ment wit h open session of t he L adies' Literary Societies. T he fo llowing is t he sch edul e of eve nts for Commen cement : Friday, June 12 1 :30 p. m.-Mee ting of Board of T rustees. 6:30 p. 111.-Open session of Men's Literary Societies. 8:00 p. 111.-Reception by Presi<lent and Mrs. Cli ppinger to senior class at Cochran Hall. Saturday, June 13 7 :30 a. m.-Pi Kappa Delta initiation and breakfast. 7:00 a. m.-Varsity "0" breakfast. 7:00 a. m.-W. A . A. breakfast. 8 :00 a. m .-Theta Alpha Phi initiation. 8:00 a. m.-Quill and Quill breakfast. 8:00 a. m.- Chaucer Club breakfast. 9 :00 a. m.-Meeting of Board of Trustees. 2 :00 p. m.- Concert by school of music. 2 :30 p. m .-Senior class day program . 4:00 p. m.- Philalethean t ea. 4:00 p. m.-Cleiorhetean revue. 8:00 p. m.- Senior class play . Sunday, June 14 10:45 a. 111.- Baccalaureate service. 3 :45 p. m.-J oin t a nniver saries of the Christian Association. Monday, June, 15, Alumni Day 7:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m .-Busin ess mee tin g of A lumni Association . 11 :30 a. m.-Alumni dinner. 2 :00 p. m.- Seventy-fifth a nnual comme n cement.
MAY DAY EXERCISES Beginning with the traditional May Morning breakfast and providing many things of interest, May Day was again a g lad social time for both students, a lumni and friends. The Student Council sponsors the m orning exercises which featured folk dan cing, winding of th e May pole and the "Toy Shop" put on by the girls' athletic department under the direction of Mrs. Florence Johnson. T he aftern oon was featured by games in two sports, baseball , Otterbein vs. Bonebrake; and track, Otter1bein vs. Ohio Northern. Miss ArnetIon Drake, Centerville, Penna., was crowned queen of the day by Miss Olive Shisler, Beach City, Ohio the retiring queen.
MEETING AT HOLLYWOOD
Frank Orville Clements Ballots Must Be Cast President of Board of Tnastees With Secretary By Technical Director, Research LaboraJune 15
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Crouse of Wester vile have just returned from a winter trip spent in California. This was their third trip and they enjoyed this tories, General Motors Corone better than any other. poration, Detroit, Mich. They had the pleasure of attending the Otterbein group meeting on OtterF rank Orville Clements, Technical bein Night and report a splendid and Director, Research Laboratories, Genenthusiastic meeting. Dr. Francis eral Motors, Corp ., Detroit, Mich., Pottenger, Jr. presided, and the meetwas born Noing was held at the home of Elsworth vember 9, 1873, Flickinger in Hollywood. at Westerville, There were more than twenty presOhio, a son of ent and the evening was spent in R a nsom Clemsing ing Otterbein songs and recalling ents who was college days. Dr. Pottenger, Jr. was Steward for the relected president for th e succeeding 0 hi o Indusyear. trial School a t
FOUNDER'S DAY OBSERVED APRIL 26 Ap ril 26, is th e date on wh ich eighty-four years ago the far sighted pioneers of the Unite d Breth ren Churrb found ed Otterbein College. The twenty-sixt h fa lling this year on Sunday made it ,p ossible for the anniversary to be held as a church service in the F irst United Brethren Church at V,./ esterville. President Clippinger presided, Dr. T . J. Sanders offered prayer. Rev. J . Stuart I nnerst read the scripture lesson, and Mr. Charles Burrows, class of '31 and president of the student body gave a fine address. Mrs. Jessie Lan dis Funkhouser, '99, rendered a vocal solo. T he princi pal speaker for the occasion was Dr. J. P. Landis, class of '69, a scholar and for many years a teacher in Bonebrake Seminary. It was fit ting that D r. Land is s hould be t he speaker; one of the oldes t graduates, a man who has won distinction and one w ho h as come in contact with so m uch of the yo un g life of tbe chur ch an d w ho ha s, hi mself kept the spirit of youth co uld bring th e large congregation man y things which no other could bring. The service was expr essive of praise t hat Otterbein has prospered in educatio nal, material a nd spiritual ways and with the prayer that it may ever grow and serve as a Christian institution of learning.
DEATH OF S. E. BART-MESS Word has been received from Mrs. Marie Bartmess Marshall of 720 Twelfth St., Hood River, Oregon of the death of her father, Samuel Edward Bartmess on July 29, 1930, at Hood River where he had made his home for the last forty years. He was graduated from Otterbein with the class of 1879. In 1880 he was married to Miss Eldo Crouse who passed away only eleven months before he died. Surviving are two sons, Earl Kumler Bartmess of Portland, Oregon ; Meigs W . Bartmess of Springfield, Mass., and two daughters, Mrs. W . B. Small and Mrs. W. L . Marshall of Hood River, Oregon.
Lancas t er, 0 ., a nd of Sarah (M c C li nt'ick) Clements, both of Amer i c an ancest ry for several ge nerations bac'k. Frank Orville Clements r eceived a public school educatio n at Westerville, Ohio, supplemented by courses at Otterbein College, V,.f esterville, Ohio, graduating therefrom in 1896 with degree of A. B. and in 1898 received· the degree of M. A., an d from Ohio State U niversity, Columbus, O hio, 1899, degre e of M .Sc. Shortly after his collegiate ,c areer, he went to wo rk for the Pennsy lvania Rai lroad as Assistant Chem ist, remaining there from 1899-1903; 19031905 P r incipal Assistant Chemist U nion Pacifi c R ailroad; 1905-1916 Chief Chemist and Engineer of T ests for the National Cash Register Company, D ayton, Ohio ; 1916-1920, D irector of Resear ch, D ayton Metal Prod ucts Co. and fr om 1920 to elate, T echnica l D irector, Resear ch Labo ratories, General Mo tors Cor poratio n, Detroit, Mich., to wh ich duti es he devotes his excl usive time and -atte ntion. Mr. Clements is a member of the Ameri can Chemical Society, A.S.T.M ., f-...A.A. S., A.S.S.T. , Am erican Eletrrochemical Society, Institute of Metals of G reat IBritian, Society of Automotive Engineers, Detroit Engineering Society, Dayton Engineers Club, Sigma Xi, Torch Club, 32nd degree Mason and Shriner, Sons of the Amerkan Revolution, Kiwanis Club, Reserve Officers Association, Detroit Yacht Club, The Recess Club, Metropolitan Methodi-st Church, President College and a Director of the Detroit of th e Board of Trustees of Otterbein Metropolitan Board Y . M. C. A. Vice-President, American Society for Testing Material s. During the World War Mr. Clements was activel y engaged in aeronautical work for the Dayton Wright Company at Dayton. Today he is a Major and• Reserve -Officer, (Specialist) in the U . S. Army Air Service. Mr. Clements was married May 10, 1923 t o Miss Vida Shauck of Newark, Ohio. Residence, Detroit, Mich., 2491 La Salle Gardens North.
Enclosed with this paper wiU be found a ballot with the names of the candidates for the various offices in the association. Please mark yo ur ballot and mail it so that it w ill rea ch this office before June 15. Also you will find a slip to sign u,p fo r your Alumni A ssociation dues. [f you have not paid th e dues for 1930-31_- please re mit a nd che ck in prope r squ a re o n sli p. v,.r e hope yo u enjoy gettin g the news from the college. The Alumni new is published fou r times per year and an alum ni colum n in the T an a nd Card inal t he campus paper iss ued weekly. I t would be great if we could publish a weekly or bi-weekly alumni paper but the support from the alumni does not warrant t his. Something About Our Candidates "The nominating committee of Otterbein Alumni submits the fo llowing names for Alumni Association officers for the year 1931-32 and candidates for Alumni trus tee for a five year term." L. A. Weinland, Westervill e, 0. H omer D. Cassel, Dayton, 0 . Homer Kline, Pittsburgh, Pa.
JAMES H. WEAVER, 1908 President Bor n in Madison County, Ohio, 1883. E lementary education received in Franklin Cou nty public schools. Received A. B. degree from Otte rbei n in 1908. Attended Ohio State Un iversi ty. Chicago University and University of Pittsubrgh where he received his M. A. a nd Ph. D. degr ees. He has been in th e teachi ng fi cl•l sin ce g raduating from O tter bein. Member of the board of education. Married 1908. F our childr en. At the presen t Dr. Weaver is a profe sso r of mathemati cs at O hio State U nive rsity. H e lives a t Hilliards, O hio.
F. 0 . VAN SICKLE Bo rn at Petersburg, Indiana, 1880. Elementary educati on received in Dayton. Received A . B. deg ree fr om O tte rbein in 1906. 1908-09, took Banking and Commerce, University of California, Berkeley, California. 1906-1911, Family Hotel and summer resort work in California. 1911-12, on a large wheat ranch, Alberta, Canada. 1916-17, Managing-Secretary fo r Cleveland Yacht Club, Cleveland, 0 . 1917-31, on farm at Cardington, 0 . He is also interested in Cooperative movements of the Farm Bureau and Grange, and for several years has lectured for the Fann.ers' Institute division of Ohio State University. (Continued On Page Two.)