ALUMNI
NEWS
OTTERBEIN COLLEGE Vol. X
SEPTEMBER, 1936
No. 1
FALL HOMECOMING
GRADUATE WORK
The annual Fall Homecoming w ill be held Saturday, October 17. Preparations are being made to make this the bigges t and best homecoming ever held on th e campus. The celebration wi ll begin Friday evening wit h the rally and bornfi re and will continue Saturday morning with the crowning of the Homecoming Queen with appropriate serv,i ces in the chapel. A parade led by the college band will -be staged Saturday afternoon -before the game which wi ll be the big attraction. The Cards will meet Ashland on the gridiron. This contest should prove to be an easy one for the Cards who wiil be in excellent shape by that time under the expert coaching of H . W. Ewing. The alumni will meet for an informal reception ·in Coachran Hall after the game and the annua1 Alumni banq uet will be held at 6 :00 •i n the Cochran Hall dining room. The Junior class will present the play "Double Door" at 8:15 Saturday eve ning in the Alumni gym. The p lay is being directed by Prof. J. F. Smith. Following the play Saturday night the frat houEes will be the scene of the customary "bull" sessions. The club rooms of the sororities will also reverberate with the activities of the fair maidens. A special program of intere st to all with an appropriate sermon by Rev. J. Stewart Innerst will be a part of the H omecoming program. in the chur ch Sunday morning.
Possibly one of the most outstandin g arguments for the type of work Otterbe:n does has come to ou r attention in rec en t weeks. The recentl y publ:shed report of President Rightn:ire of the Ohio State Universi t y includes a statem ent on the number of stude;, ts in th eir graduate school s from various Ohio coll eges, whic h reve::ils th e notorious fact that of all the education::il in stitutions in Ohio with 01, e exception, Otterbein has the highest per: entage as based upo n enrollme nt and 111 ab solute numbers is fourth m the entire li st with only Ohio State, Ohio Univer sity and Ohio Wesleyan ahead. An official survey from the office cf regi strar at Ohio State revea ls the fact that for the five yea r period from 1930 to 1935 fifty Otterbein men and women had r eceived higher degrees 111 the graduate and professional scl1ools of the unive rs ity. The President and the Dean of th e Graduate School of th e University have commented very favorably upon th e t ype cf work done at Otterbein. Three th ings are obvious from these facts: First, that Ohio State is recognized by Otterbein students and faculty as a fine place in which to do graduate work; second, that our students are well prepared to pursue graduate work; and third, that an emphasis and an inspiration for a continuance of their in tellectua l pursuits is injected into tli e1i1 during thei-r stay at Otterbein. (From President Clipp:nger's r·eport to the Board of Trustees).
Published by Otterbe:n Co:lege, \i\T es~e rville, Ohio, in the interest of Alumni 2nrl Fr'e ncl s. Entered ~s ,e:ond cbss matter at post office in vVesterville, 0., under act cf Aug. 24, 19 12.