THE 1949
CAMPUSINWINTER
Tothetwopeoplewhohaveendearedthemselvestothestudents ofRioGrandebytheirloyaltyand devotiontoallwhoknowthem.To Mr.arrdMrs.Ewinggoourfondest wishesforcontinuedblessingsfrom thestudentbody.
DEAN W. A. LEWIS
$100 a Year Clttb
40 SHARES (4,000 each)
Arnold Knight
35 SHARES ($3,500 each)
Northern Baptist Convention
31 SHARES ($3,100 each)
Don Allen
11 SHARES ($1,100 each)
Dr. C. E. Holzer
10 SHARES ($1,000 each)
D. D. Davis
E. J. Davis
H. F. Gross
7 SHARES ($700 each)
Ohio Baptist Convention
6 SHARES ($600 each)
R. J. Fulton
SHARES ($500 each)
E. P. Davis
M. J. Davis
Firestone Rubber Co. (Also tires, etc.)
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Frank Morrow
Ohio Division of Conservation (Also donated heavy machinery, etc.)
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Standard Oil Company (Also gas and oil for Second Frontier.)
4 SHARES ($400 each)
John F. Stiffler
3½ SHARES ($350 each)
Dr. G. E. Moulton
3 SHARES ($300 each)
Dayton Trinity Baptist Church
Linden Avenue Baptist Church (Dayton)
J. C. McIntosh
2½ SHARES ($250 each)
Lima First Baptist Church
Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Shane
Stark Brick Company
2 SHARES ($200 each)
Hamilton First Baptist Church
Haskins-Tanner Co.
Lincoln Electric Co. (Also Electric Welder)
Springfield First Baptist Church
1½ SHARES ($150 each)
Fair Oaks Baptist Church (Zanesville)
$100 a Year Club
ONESHARE($100EACH)
BETHEL
FirstBaptistChurch
CINCINNATI
H.V.Bolles
CLEVELAND
OhioBellTelephoneCo.
A.F.Williams
COLUMBUS
C.E.Richards
TenthAvenueBaptistChurch
GALLIPOLIS
Commercial&SavingsBank
Ecker&Mvers
EvansGro�eryCompany
EvansPackingCompany
FarmBureauCooperative
(AlsoMilker&DairyDrinking Cups,etc.)
FirstNationalBank
G&JAutoParts
GallipolisTerminal
MooreMotorSales
MootzBakery
C.R.NidayOilCompany
OhioValleyBank
QuakerStateOilCompany
RoyRatliff
SpringHillDairy
Womeldorff&Thomas
HILLSBORO
A.C.Prouty
HUNTINGTON,W.VA.
Mrs.IreneCaldwell
JACKSON
WaldoClark
EdwinJones
MarshallJones
Mrs.BennerJones
DallasRumager
LIMA
E.B.Timmermeister
MARIETTA
MariettaConcreteCorporation
MariettaFirstBaptistChurch
NEWHOLLAND,MICHIGAN
S.L.Henkle
NewHollandMachineCompany
PORTSMOUTH
OhioPowerCompany
RIOGRANDE
IonaKing
W.A.Lewis
F.W.McDermott
SPRINGFIELD
Mrs.G.L.Reed
URBANA
FirstBaptistChurch
YOUNGSTOWN
FirstBaptistChurch
ZANESVILLE
MarketStreetBaptistChurch
CHARLESBERRIDGE Doi11gtheWillofTheLord C.C.A.
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School
Calendar
SEPTEMBER-1948
Fall semester began on the thirteenth when the Freshmen re::istered ...upper classmen registered on the following day and classes began on the fifteenth ..Changes were made in the schedules . . • W' had night classes ...Freshmen got acquainted with the upper classmen at the all college :nixer . our first football game was with Ashland Second Frontier on the college farm brought people from far and wide to see our farm being given a thorough treatment with the newest farm methods ...First assembly on the twentieth was in the form of a pep rally in preparation for the game with Defiance Methodist reception for the College students meant lots of food and a good time for all who attended.
OCTOBER
Everyone was so happy about the wonderful weather and getting ready for Homecoming ... Marjorie Fadely was elected Homecoming Queen and reigned during the game with Clarion, played on our home field ... Rosena Wiseman and Isabel Mossford were her attendants ...The dance in the evening was a big success ...although the fellows on the football team were a little beat) ...Freshman week was the second week in the month ... And we got to see how the freshman girls look without their make-up ... The Lyceum series began on October thirteenth with the "Deep River Quartet" and everyone on the campus was singing My Blue Heaven because of their rendition ...Dad's Day at Rio Grande was on October twenty-third. We played Salem at Jackson and all the Dad's were there rooting for our boys ...The carnival at the High School was on the twenty-sixth . .. There was no school on the twenty-ninth because of the Southeastern Teachers Meeting in Athens.
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NOVEMBER
A cold, dreary month got off to a bright start by our football team defeating Taylor University at Wellston ...Christian Emphasis Week during the week of the seventh with Rev. Paul Christianson of Youngstown, Ohio, as the leader our last football game of the season with Heidelburg at Ironton ('nuff said) ... The first presentation of the year by the Dramatics Club was ThroughtheKeyhole given on the seventeenth ... Chapel pageant of Thanksgiving was presented on the twenty-third by the contemporary Literature class ...Thanksgiving recess began on Wednesday noon the twenty-fourth so everyone began packing on Monday to go home ...Classes resumed on the twenty-ninth.
MARCH
The annual Athletic Banquet, honoring our football and basketball lettermen was given on March seventh :1t the Farmer's Hotel in Gallipolis ...at this banquet, Newt Oliver also received the Helm5 award ...Christian Emphasis Week was the week of the eighth with Rev.Carl Plummer of Portsmouth as the leader ...The Women's League Banquet was given on the fifteenth and Miss Betty Jenkin� w:1s guest speaker .The Student Council had its spring formal on the nineteenth and all the girls looked as pretty as the new spring flowers . . . Practice was well under way for the "R" Association minstrel and the second semester play Now andForever, both co be presented in April ...Jack Rank (the one man cheater) presented Macbeth on the twenty-eighth ...The boys were settled in the new dorm by the end of the month and talk was going around about having an "Open House."
APRIL
Spring was bustin' out all over the campus and most of the students were getting the usual case of spring fever ...Easter recess began on the thirteenth and classes resumed on the nineteenth ...The play, NowandForever was presented by the college on the twenty-first .On the twenty-sixth, many college students were entertained by an evening's performance by a magician at the high school ...On the twenty-seventh, the last of our Lyceum Series was presented ...it was the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Mikado everyone was running around like mad in preparation for May Day and Clean-up Day on the campus, through the efforts of the student body, it was given a thorough cleaning.
MAY
Saturday, May seventh was May Day and Helen Kuhner looked beautiful as she reigned as May Queen ...The theme of the United Nations was carried through-out the program by songs and dances of the many countries represented ...The Formal in the evening was a fitting climax for the celebration ...Preparation began for Graduation Day ...and last minute cramming was being done for our final exams . .. after final exams were finished and commencement day was over, suitcases, trunks and boxes were being packed to be sent home and tearful goodbyes were being said.
