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WESTERVILLE, OHIO, FEBRUARY, 1934.
No. 3.
LUMNI TOI COLLEGE Oldest Living Graduate Is Honored by
College and Miami Valley A.lumni Group •
in Night" Will ~bserved on !April 2
pril 2, has been desigein N,ight". It is hopry section of the United oreign countries where or more former students rt will be made to rec.ate as a time to meet 1ew the spirit of loyalty ater. ions where district lead1 chosen, these leaders aking plans, a,nd alum! notice i·n due time. ~ for any reason is not ~e used, meetings may be !April 2 as possible. the custom in recent adcast from W AIU in his year we will use I on. P,l ans for a Glee Canton and the northern I ' gave us the oppor- , 0 se WT AM, Cleveland. ire are hundreds of Alan not get any station do not let the broadcast way of a meeting. disappointments in years that many me.e tings are N.,:EAiS.E have some The above p-i cture presents Dr. P . y form of gathering of H. Kilbourne, national president -0f serve this <late. alend-a r now and mark the Alumni Associ-ation, Dr. J. P. a date when you are to Landis, and his -s on, Mr. Robert Lanin honoring Otterbein. dis, and was taken in Dayton, 0. on the occasion -o f the formal awarding of the Alumni Cane to Dr. Landis as the oldest living graduate, member of the class of 18-69. Among the speakers at a banquet January 29, Professor ,g iven by the Miami Valley Otterbein L1tz, Ph. D., Dayton, 0., Alumni Group in honor of Dr. Landis, own educator and lectur- were 'Mr. H. L. Boda, .president of he campus and spoke to the group and ,presiding as master of ,s and held personal conSlutz' s coming was e thr-o ugh the cooperaY. M. C. A. and Y. W.
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Deev:er, secretary of the ristian Educat,i on of the hren Church, was the bruary 7. He brought aessages to the campus. ,ry 13, t-he speaker was Hart of Ohio State Unigave an explanation of )Uble over military train;tate. Mr. Hart acted as r the gr-o up of ,Conscien>rs. tributiQIIls to a Way out ;sion" was the subject of of ,Mr. Samuel Wyer, g,i neer, on F.ebruary 20. s made a -sc'ienti·fic study conditi-ons, and is much a speaker. I. w. Troop of the Eco:ment .0 f Otterbein was m February 27. Profesve a resume of a recent by Roger Ba·bson. and Y. W. have been , on the campus tl:ris reater cooperation from )Ody and better attendmany years.
.S DAY TOBE ON APRIL 26TH
of Founders Day will ursday, April 26. For :his has been an occasion 1e of the early history 1tion has been recalled, of renown has addressed nd friends of the College ase of education. The is year has not yet been
HOMECOMING BIG SUCCESS
Bad Weather Fails to Mar Event. Lose Game Inclement weather interfered somewhat with the attendance at Winter Home Coming. However, when all were assembled in the gymnasium at game time, the bleachers were well filled. The attendance at the Alumni dinner in King Hall was not as large as usual, many of the returning group wishing to be with their friends on the campus. The game was fast and close, but Dayton University which had not lost a conference game, finally wonscore 27-32. College fraternal gr-0ups then had ti:e customary "sessions" until the wee, small hours of the morning. Despite losing the game with Dayton, everyone was in fine spirit and pronounced the occasion a very successful -0ne.
QUIZ AND QUILL -CONTEST The Quiz and Quill Gub of the Eng.lish Depla rtment is sponsoring a creat~ve writing contest for high school seniors -in the middle west. Pr,izes of $10 and $5 for the first and second best -s.electi-ons in each of three divJsrons~ poet·r y, familar essay, and narrative, are to be given. Manuscripts must be in the hands -o f Professor C. Q. Altman before March 15.
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DR. CLIPPINGER
VISITS ALUMNI Good Will Tour In East Meets With Fine Success "The best ever," and "Enthusiastic meeting" are some of the reports which came in from district leaders and others following the Alumni meetings which greeted President W. G. Clippinger on his recent 'Good Will Tour' of some of the eastern cities . This trip of the President, beginning February 22 and ending March 3, carried him into eight of the eastern centers. Were it not for the fact that the President had just returned from a strenuous western trip, and that at this time of year more than a ten-day absence was not feasible, quite a number of other cities would have been included in the itinerary. In spite of the worst blizzard in many years, the meetings were well attended and the spirit of friendship and helpfulness was exceedingly fine. This was made possible by the careful planning and hard work of the district leaders and their helpers.
ceremonies; Mr. L. W. Warson, nat,i onal Alumni secretary, who gave a short history -0f the ,Cane; and Dr. P. H. Ki,l bourne, who made· the formal presentation. iMr. Robert Lanlli's spoke in giowing terms of the honor guest as a father. T ,h e ·s ubj.e ct of Dr. Walter N . Robert's address was, "Dr. Land.is as a teacher,'' while Mr. _P aul North Rrce, librarian ~n the Dayton Public Library, spoke of the .g ue,s t's contribution to the cultural life -o f the city. Dr. Landis dn his 91st year is hale
Will Observe 25th Anniversary Preparations are being made for honoring Dr. W. G. Clippinger on his completion of a quarter-century as President, at the commencement in June. Commencement Day will be Monday, June 11 with Dr. E . B. Bryant, President of Ohio University as Commencement speaker. Saturday, June 9, will be Alumni Day.
WESTMINISTER CHOIR SCHOOL GAINS FAME We were exceedingly .pleased while listening recently to the program celebrating the anniversary of the Federal Council of Churches to hear on the same ,p rogram with the Pres1ident of the United !States, the W estm~nister ·Cho'ir. The W estminister ,Choir ~,chool was founded by jts present head, Dr. John Finley Wiolliamson, Otterbein 1911, and the ,s chool and choir ·have gained an international reputat'i-on under his direction and the assistance of Mrs. WLilliamson (Rhea Parlette), also of the 1911 class. During the past ten years this choir has appeared in 29 states in this country, and .in many of the countries in Europe. Another Eur·opean trip is scheduled for the fat,J -of 1934. The vVestminister School is now located in Princeton, N. J., and for a period of 3'3 weeks the choir broadcasts from the New York studio of the Nafional Broadcasting Company. '
Wilkinsburg-February 22 The first meeting was in Wilkinsburg, Pa., where Mrs. Norma Kline had arranged for the meeting at the Penn-Lincoln Hotel. A few excerpts from the report: "We think we had a real Otterbein Reunion. There were 37 present. A wonderful spirit of enthusiasm was shown. We' enjoyed Dr. Clippinger's part in the T-trogram S? ~1:ch. _I L\\'as fine t.Q.Jia ~e him with us. Dr. A. E. Roose, J acted as master of ceremonies. l:,,;, , one seemed to be enthusiastic abou having such a get-together regularly."
and hearty, and confessed that he had no need for a cane. For over 50 years Dr. Landis was connected wiith the Seminary a·s an active teacher and was made Prof,essor Emeritus in 193~. He has alsobeen actively as1sociated with the life and growth of his ctiy, and wa·s only recently elected to his fourth sevenyear trusteeship of the iDayton Public Johnstown-February 23 Library. Dr. E. B. Learish, the district leadHis many Alumni friends wish er, just recovering from a severe illh~m many more years to -round out ness, called upon Mrs. Learish and a happy and pr,o ductive Hie. Rev. J . Neely Boyer to arrange the meeting for Johnstown. The meeting was held in the First United Brethren Church, and the spirit was fine. Washington, D. C.-February 24 On to Washington where Mrs. Vida Wilhelm Brunner had worked many hours and days to put her plans into effect. The meeting was held in the home of Robert Kline, Jr., and l fied all the hard work of the leader. Dr. E. V. Wilcox, nationally known as a writer on world topics, was the "The Story of Otterbein'' is the presiding genius and helped to make title of a new History of Otterbein this one of the best meetings on the which will be off the press late in trip.
NEW HISTORY O.FOTTERBEIN
Prof. W. W. Bartlett's Book to be Released This Month
March. This is a vivid narrative with interpretations based on facts, but interesting as ficti-on. The unique fact about this history in that it was written by one who is not a graduate, and who knew very little about Otterbein until he began the work. The author, Professor Willard W. Bartlett, Ph. D., came from the presidency -of a small college to Ohio State University to work out his Doctor's degree in Education. After consulting with the department, it was agreed that a thesis on the founding and development of the small denominational college in the mid-west would be a worthy subject. Looking around for such a college, Dr. Bartlett chose Otterbein and made arrangements with the administration to have access to all records and to be given all help possible from the college, and in return the manuscript was to become the property of the college for publication, if the administration so desired. The author spent six months of arduous work in searching all available records and putting the materials found into readable form. The book contains over 300 pages, illustrated with halftone cuts, and many charts.
New York-February 26 At this point the storm began to be felt. Almost impossible to travel, yet a goodly number turned out and justified the splendid work of Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Shumaker and their helpers. Dr. Samuel (Dodger) Kiehl presided and a splendid program was given. Here a peculiar thing was in evidence-more than half the members are musicians. New Haven-February 28 Here the natives had to tunnel their way out. On the side streets snow was piled higher than a man's head (most any man). President spoke at (Continued On Page Twv.) Professor Arthur Klein, Ph. D., Ohio State University, under whom Dr. Bartlett did the work; says, "The fact that Dr. Bartlett had no denominational or institutional connection with Otterbein has freed his work from many of the prejudices that mar many other histories of single institutions." He also says that if he had the power to do so, he would make the study of this book a compulsory part of the curriculum. It will be a necessary part of your library, selling at $1.50 per copy.