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OTTERBEIN COLLEGE Vol. X
SEPTEMBER, 1936
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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.
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ALU MNI DUES A lumni clue s for the year 1936-37 are clue and the Alumni office wou ld appreciate r eceivi ng t h e dues as soo n as possib le. If it is not conven ient to pay $2 .0(} at o n ce send $ 1. CO now and another dollar later on. Pe:·haps you would li ke to r eceive the Tan and Carcl:na l this year. If so just add $1.50 to yot1r alumni clues and we w ill be g:acl to have yo ur nam e placed on the T. and C. maili ng lis t. We are hoping that a larger num be r of A lu mn i wi ll rea lize the importance of paying th eir clues. The re5ponse last year was not as good as it sho uld have been and ought to be a lot better this year. Don't put it off. Write a check out no w and mail it to R. R. Ehrhart, A lumni Secretary, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
1936 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 26 .... :Muskingum at 'vVesterville 3 ........................ .................... Open 10 .................... Hiram a t Hiram 17 ..... Ash land at Westerville (Homecom in g) Oct. 23 .............. Marietta at Marietta 0ct. 31 .......... Wooster at \Vesterville Nov. 7 ................ Kenyon at Gambier Nov . 14 .... .......... Cap:tal at Co'.umbus No v. 21 .................... T oledo at Toledo
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HOMECOMING INVITATION A n earnest invitation is being extended to a ll alumni, ex-students, and fr:encls of Otterbe:n to vis·it the campus and spe nd the week-end with old fr:ends and renew that old time 0-tterbe:n spirit.
A ser-: es of Alumni Di strict mee tings are bein g planned b.y the Alumni Secretar y, R. R. Ehrha r t. The purpose of these meetings is to bring the: Alumni tog;;ther in the various districts and to d:scuss some important matters as suggested by th e Board of Tru"tees in the "Five-Year-Prog ram" wh:ch was adop ted last June. Letters are bei ng sent out to air A Lurnni anou ncing these rallies anct w-g:ng their attendance at the meeting; in their re spec tive distr ic ts. No t all meet:ngs have been defin:tely arranged at the t:me thi s goes to · press but the tentative schedule of dates and chairmen fo llo ws : Oct. 20-Cleveland, · E. R. Hoover. Oct. 21-Akron, Ro e Anderso n . Oct. 22-Canton, 0. W. Bri ner. Oct. 23-New Philadelphia, H. A. S(oughton . Oct. 26-Zanesville, M. VI. K illinger.
Oct. 27-Lancaster, Dr. M . Nichols. Oct. 28-Athens, D. R. C'ippinger. O:t. 29-Wellsto n, L. B. Mignerey. Oct. 30-Ch i!E cothe, Yl,s. Troy K:epp in ger. Nov. 2- ewark, Ylrs. Nels Wi!burg. Nov. 4-'vVooster. Nov. 5-Mansfielcl, M rs. Marcus Schear. Nov. 6-Marion, Rev. C. V . Roop. Nov . 9-Miss Bonita J amirnn . Nov . 11-Fincllay, A. L. Mattoon. Nov. 12 - Definance, Gwendo lyn Wagner. Nov. 13-Toledo, Rev. C. 0. Callender. Nov . 17-Cnci nnati, D. Spencer Shank. Nov. 18-Dayton, Gwynne McConaughy. Nov . 19-Piqua, Rev. C. W. Snyder. Nov . 20-Urbana, Dr. Forrest Lowry. A ll alumni are urged to r et urn the repl y card immediately to the chairman in their district so that proper arrangeme nts can be made for the mea l.
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OPENING OF SCHOOL NEW FACES ON THE FACULTY The n inet :eth year of Otter bein Quite a numh:: r of changes we r e made in th e personnel of the faculty o;:-en ed 'vVednesclay, September 16. The opening address ·was given by this year. President \,V. G. Clippinger in the Dr. Vv. \A/. Batlett, author of "Educatio n for Humanity-The Story of chapel at 11 a. m., on ·the subject, Otterbe:n CoI!ege", succeeds Dr. B. "Otterbein in a System of Church W. Valenti ne as h ead of the depar t- Related Colleges." T h e Freshma n or ientation period me nt of Education. Dr. Valent in e rebegan Saturday, September 12 at tired last June. Dr. John 'vVenrick succeeds Dr. T. 2 .30 p . m. when the Freshmen and th eir parcn ts a ssembled in Lambert A . Vannatta as head of t h e departHall for the welcoming address by ment of Psychology and Philosophy. Vanatta r esigned to do r esearch work Preside nt Clippi nger. Followin g the address the Freshmen were sh own abroad. Mr. Lee S hackso n succeeds Mabel t he various bu:Jclings on the campus Crabbs Starkey as instructor in vo:ce and the parents met with the faculty 111 an informal conference, directed by an d Public School Mus:c. Dea n F. J. Vance. Miss Rachel Bryant succeeds Miss At S p. m . the faculty and th eir Elizabeth Gar land as director of Physical Education for \,Vomen. M:ss wives headed by President and Mrs . Garla nd was married to Dr. Ma nly A. Cl ippin ger gave an informal r eception for the Freshmen a nd t heir parents in Brandon, Lora in , Ohio, on J une 17. Dr. A lvin D . Boston ha s been elect- Co:hran Hal l. At 6 :30 a comp lied assistant in the Chem istry depart- mentary dinner was served in the parment. Prof. Eesselsty n became act - lors of the U. B. Church. Sunday afte rnoon at 3 :30 a Fine ing head of the department through the death of Dr. L. A. Weinl and. w ho . Arts program was given in the A,;sohad been connected with Otte:·be;n ciation Building under the clirecton of Mrs. Marian Ga trel l, Mr. Lee Shackfor 28 years. Miss Ethel Lawyer, Stru the r s, son and Prof. Mendenhall. Reg:straOh io ha s ass umed th e duties of tion began Monday for the F r eshi'nen sc hool nurse. She is a registered and Tuesday for the upper classmen . T h ere is an increase of 8½ o/o in ennurse a nd a g r aduate of the Youngsrollment this year, over last year. town City Ho sp: tal sc hool of nursi ng a nd wi ll continue her educat:on at This is n ot large but is a trend in the Otterbein along ·wi th h er duties as right d irection. nur ,e. SCRAP DAY Mr. Arthur L. Orlidge, Braddock, The annual Scrap Day activities Penna. is employed temporari ly in we re held Saturday, September 26. the treasurer's office during the ab- The Frosh won the relay and sack sence of J . P . West who lns been rush in t he morn'ng but the Sophs confined to his h eme fo r seve ral pulled th e Frosh through Alum Creek weeks because of seriou s illn ess. Mr. for their first clu c'ki ng in . the after Orlidge was bookkeeper and office noon. ma nager at Shenandoah Col 1ege, DayThe act:v ities of the clay were to n , Va. the past two years. brought to a cl ose with th e "Y" mixer in the Associati o n B uild :ng in T. Vaughn Bancroft, '2 1, was hired the evening. as principal of the Westerville High L. K. Replogle, ' 19, h as been proSchool, succeed-i ng W. A. Kline, ' 16, who was r e\irecl in J m:e. Mr. Ban- moted to the po s-i tion of A ssistant Superintendent of School 111 Columbus, croft had previously been connected with th e Y. M. C. A . in Columbus, 0. Ohio.
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ALUMNI IN MEMORIAM
Louis Augustus Weinland, the son of Daniel and Ellen Weinland, was born at West Elkton, Ohio, March 7, 1881 and died Monday, September 14, 1936. His early life was spent in that community. He attended the public schools and following his graduation from High School entered -Otterbein University. He completed his work here in 1905, receiving the Bachelor of Science degree. He continued his studies for the higher degrees at Ohio State University, rece1vmg the 1'Iaster's 111 1910 and Doctor's in 1930. His early teaching experience included a year at Hammond, Ind ., and two years at Lancaster, Ohio. Since 1908 he was connected with his Alma Mater as a very capable teacher of chemistry. He held membership in the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Zeta, and the Central Ohio Schoolmaster's Club. His life centered in a very marked way in his teaching, his hom e, and h: s church activities . These were hi s interests and to these he gave himself with unfailing loyalty. He united with th e church as a boy and throughout the years has been a de voted servant of it.' The habit of church attendance had become so much a part of his life th at even illness in the end could not d etain him . Of his time and energy he gave freely. For a period of ten years or more h e was superintendent of the church school, following his uncl e who had served in this position for a quarter of a century. No tribute to his life would be complete without reference to h is home relation s. He was an ideal husband, father, and son-in-law. His concern and solicitude for those near him was as tender as that of a mother. His affection expressed itself in giving his life's energy without stint and without limit. Even in his illness when he had to be the recipient rather than the giver, he expressed the purpoce that when health returned he would
NEWS want to give him self more freely than ever before. Such was his devot ion to his loved one and his family. The kindly care and attention he bestowed upon his aged mother-in-law will always be remembered as an index to the nobility of his character. He leaves. to mourn his going, his devoted companion, and son Louis Albert; also two sis ters, Mrs. Lora Stubbs of West Elkton, and Mrs. Helen Pillsbury, Trenton, N. J. , and a brother, C. R. 'vVeinland of Colum bus. Through out the state, th e nation and the world are scatterej students and friends who will be deeply grieved with the knowledge of his departure. All too soon we feel this upright and useful Ue was terminated and yet we readily resign ourselves t o the wisdom and goodness of 1-Lm, "who doeth all things well." (From the obituary read by Rev. J. Stuart Innerst at the funeral Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the U. B. Church.) Milton S . Pottenger, '9 1, business manager of the Pottenger Sanatorium , Monrovia, California, passed away at the Pottenger Sanatorium, Friday morning, July 10. After his graduation from Otterbein he taught school and attended night classes 111 law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Cincinnati until 19 09 at which time he went to California an d assumed the duties of secretary-tre as urer and business manager of the Pottenger Sanatorium, fr om which he retired in 1934. Dale Evans, '33, died in Canton, September 1'8, following an operation for appendicitis. While a student at Otterbein he was quite active in campus affairs having served as editor of the Tan and Cardinal one year. Representatives from the Onnex ¡ fraternity of which he was a member attended t-h e funeral, Sunday, ¡septe-m ber 20.
BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Howard, '22, Davton Ohio announce the arrival of a daughter, Sarah Ellen, Sept. 17.