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HOMECOMING Oct. 22 _ 1955

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Cordial greetings to all alumni and other friends who help 'make our 1955 Home­ coming a happy occasion.

Particularly commendable this year is lhe interest of the Varsity in getting old grads back to the campus to renew friendships and to boost our program of intercollegiate and intramural sports.

J. Gordon Howard

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Cochran Hall.

In her 109th year Otterbein College is still growing and moving ahead. We call your special attention to the new Weitkamp Observatory and Planetarium atop Also note the beginnings of the new dormitory adjacent to

Much could be said about the outstanding men and women on our faculty and the fine young people in our growing student body.

We are glad to welcome the football team from Marietta College and we salute President W. Bay Irvine. Marietta College is one of the oldest and most distinguished of Ohio's liberal arts colleges.

To all visitors we say "Welcome."

Most sincerely, J. GORDON HOWARD President

Did You

Know?

That:

Otterbein's first game was played in 1890.

In that year, Otterbein defeated Ohio State 42 to 6.

They defeated Ohio State 22 to 16 in 1893, 14 to 6 in 1895, and played a 12 to 12 tie in 1897.

Otterbein's first game with Marietta was in 1904.

Today's game marks the 27th meeting.

In the pre-war series. Marietta holds the edge 16 wins to 3.

Otterbein in the modern series, holds the edge 7 to 1.

Marietta's last win was in 1951.

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Zimmer .......................... G Walterhouse................... HB Regis ..............................

G Popovich ........................ HB Tong ..............................

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T Inglish ..................

T Tharp ..............................

G Newell ............................ QB Lintner ............................ HB Lewis ..............................

C Lechler ............................ G Dover .............................. HB Nocera ............................ HB Termeer ....

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Robert (Moe) Agler, head football coach, graduated

from Otterbein in 1947. A product of AAifFlin High School, he was one of Otterbein's all time great fullbacks. Following graduation he spent two years with the Los Angeles Rams, and one year in the Canadian league. Agler was an assistant coach at Otterbein in 1953 and 1954.

Wesley Belcher, assistant coach, is also an Otterbein

product. Coming from Linden McKinley, Belcher was a whizzer of a tackle for three years, and was prominent by mentions for an All-Ohio Conference Tackle position. This is his first year coaching.

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MARIETTA

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Humphreys, C Clark, G 3 Gafken, C 4 Chelli, G 5 Adam, G 6 Manzo. G 7 Salland, G 9 Sansalone, G 10 Schaly, C 11 Jones, E 12 Wernert, C 13 Wilson, T 14 Middlebrooks, HB 15 Bleming, T 16 Walker, T 17 Mole, T 18 Lauer, T 19 Eddy, T 1 2

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Gray, FB Sharkey, HB Robinson, HB Manupelli, HB Ruby, G Bordo, E Gillooly, HB Gault, E Taylor, FB Black, QB Cummings, QB Castelli, QB DeBlander, E Stuckey, QB Williams, QB Meeks, HB Legge, E Metchel, FB ^

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Zimmer, G Walterhouse, HB Regis, G Popovich, HB Tong, E Shields, QB Smith, C & G Lucas, FB Shaffer, G White, T Inglish, T Tharp, G Newell, QB Lintner, HB Lewis, C Lechler, G Dover, HB Nocera, HB Termeer, E

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Seated L. To R. Latinner.

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Betty Johnson, Marie Waggamon, Leslie Jo Fagans, Delores

Joyce Bigham, Barbara Mitchell.