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PRESIDENT'S DAY

October 28

On October 28, Otterbein College will install a new president, initiate the celebration of its 125th year, and express appreciation of the leadership of its past presidents.

The festivities begin at 3:30 P.M. in Cowan Hall with an academic procession of trustees, faculty and student members of the College Senate. Svmboli zing the unity of the Otterbein Community, in the governance plan, students will participate in the academic procession.

Or. Harold Boda, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, will preside and make remark5 about the significance of the occasion and recognize the former presidents sitting on the platform: Dr. J.R. Howe, 1939-45, Dr. Floyd J. Vance, 1957-58, and Dr. Lynn W. Tur• ner, 1958-71. Because of illness, Dr. J. Gordon Howard, 1945-57, cannot at- tend.

Following the Invocation and music by the Concert O,oir, Dr. Emerson Shuck, '38 President of Eastern Washington State College, will deliver an address entitl!KI "We Pledge Anew," He is a former professor of English and Dean ot the College of Liberal Arts at Bowling Green State University, and also served as the Academic Dean at Ohio Wesleyan and as an Otterbein trustee.

Dr . Boda will install the new presi• dent. Christine Chatlain, '72, the new student trustee, and Dr. Harold Hancock, a senior member of the faculty, will escort the candidate and will stand back of him during the ceremony. The participation of Dr. Boda as an alumnus and trus\ee as well as a student and faculty member symbolizes the governance spirit on campus.

The address by President Thomas J. Kerr wilt be entitled "Venture into Opportunity."

Students~ faculty and friends of the oollege are invited to attend the reception afterwards in the Campus Center. Mrs. Nancy Norris, President of the Otterbein Women's Club, and a group of members are in charge of the reception.

They will be assisted by six members of Angel Flight.

A dinner will follow in the dining room in the Campus Center. The tables will be decorated by a committee of the Otterbein Women's Club headed by Mrs. Marcia Ogle and Mrs. Joy Hassenpflug.

Dr. Boda will preside. Mr. Alan Norris, president of the Otterbein Alumni, will speak on behalf of the various friends of the college in recognizing past presidential leadership, the challenge before the new president, and the significance of being 125 years old.

The day will conclude with attendance at the performance by the Sierra Leone dancers.

Minibus New Schedule

The Otterbein mini-bus route has been revised as follows to include a stop at Northland Shopping O!nter.