The Ohio Alumnus, January 1929

AHJMNUS

Alumni MeTtiorial Auditorium
Dedicated January Twentieth

Impressive and Inspiring
Ceremonies Mark Opening

Largest Assemhly Hall
On Any Ohio Campus

JANUARY. 1929

®lf^ ®tjtn llnm^rstt^ Alumni Asaoriatinn

(FIRST ESTABLISHED JUNE 22, 1859)

"To cultivate fraternal relations among the alumni of the University and to promote
the interests of our Alma Mater by holding social reunions or by such other means as
the Association may from time to time deem best."

GENERAL OFFICERS

President Secretary Vice-President

Dr. Hiram Roy Wilson, '96 Clark E. Williams, '21 Samuel O. Welday, '12.

Athens, Ohio Athens, Ohio Santa Barbara, Calif.

Treasurer

William H. Fenzel, '18

Athens, Ohio

ALUMNI CHAPTERS AND OFFICERS

AKRON

President: J. M. Zang, '03,

37 Melbourne Ave., Akron, O.
Secretary : Augusta McKelvey, '14

571 Patterson St., Akron, O.

ALLIANCE

President: George F. Lamb, '02,
233 Hartshorn St., Alliance, O.

Secretary : Harry H. Lapp, '25,

1117 Parkside Dr., Alliance, O.

BOSTON

Secretary: Ralph D. Powell, '20,

42 Sumner Rd., Newton Center, Mass.

CANTON

President: Earl F. Shadrach, '20,

1023 Tuscarawas St., Canton.
Secretary : Emma S. Kratsch, '10,

107 Henry St., Massillon, O.

CHICAGO

President : R. P. Ashbaugh,

4061 Woodland Ave., Western Springs, 111.
Secretary : Mrs. Arthur H. Carpenter, ex

811 Bell Ave., La Grange, 111.

CHILLICOTHE

President: Manning G. Coultrap, '06,

Carlisle Place, Chillicothe, O.
Secretary: Pearl W. Mace, '21, 2-yr.,

199 W. Second St., Chillicothe, O.

CINCINNATI

President: Gilbert J. Shaver, '23,

320 Burns Ave., Wyoming, O.
Secretary: Callie King Walls, '12,

Apt. 5, 2210 Auburn Ave.,

Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati, O.

COLUMBUS

President: F. Stanley Crooks, '06,
1427 E. Wood Ave., Columbus, O.

Secretary: Lela Ewers, '16,

% Zoological Dept., Ohio State University,
Columbus, O.

CROOKSVILLE

President: George W. Stuart, Jr., '24,

S. Buckeye St., Crooksville, O.
Secretary: Gladys Heskett, '24, 2-yr.,

375 Walnut Hts.. Crooksville, O.
DAYTON
President: Paul E. Cromer, '10,

207 Oxford Ave.. Dayton, O.

EASTERN OHIO

President: Merrill L. Dennis. '19,

Court House, Steubenville, O.
Secretary: Marian Murphey. '13, 2-yr.,

1706 W. Market St., Steubenville, O.
GALLIPOLIS
President: K. R. Vermillion, '24,

212 First Ave., Gallipolis. O.
Secretary: Anna Simmerman, '17.

Gallipolis, O.

HUNTINGTON, W. VA.
President: Everett M. Starr, '20,

1004 Fourth Ave., Huntington, W. Va.
Secretary: Lu Verne Kelly, '16,

921 13th St., Huntington, W. Va.

LANCASTER (Thomas Ewing)
President: Floyd Zwickel, '18-ex,

W. Main St.. Lancaster, O.
Secretary : Vanetta Briins. '28,

411 N. Maple, Lancaster, O.

LIMA

President: Lorena Bush, '18-ex,

Lima, O.
Secretary : Mildred Evans, ex,

Lima, O.

LOS ANGELES

President: Mrs. Lena K. Swaim, '12, 2-yr.

157 S. Catalina St., Los Angeles. Calif.
Secretary: Samuel O. Welday, '12,

2117 Chappala St., Santa Barbara, Calif.

MAHONING VALLEY

President: A. D. Kemp, '20,

Masury, O.
Secretary: Sara Pittenger, '22,

53 W. Delason Ave., Youngstown, O.

MARIETTA

President: Fred B. Goddard, '15,

Box 224, Mai-ietta. O.
Secretary: Betty Greene, '23,

Newport, Ohio.

MARION

Secretary: Lottie Touchman, '15,
288 E. Church St., Marion, O.

NEWARK

President: Homer W. Dupler, '24,

358 W. Main St.. Newark, O.
Secretary: Edna M. Warner, '16, 2-yr.,

120 12th St., Newark, O.

NEW YORK
President: Dr. Albert Leonard, '88,

New Rochelle, N. Y.
Secretary: Mrs. Edith H. Townsend, '19-ex,

Westport, Conn.

OHIO VALLEY

President: Bess M. Cole, '16.

1029 Zane St., Martins Ferry, O.
Secretary : Nelle Bauer. '26.

175 16th St., Wheeling, W. Va.
PARKERSBURG
President: Robert S. Soule, '23,

1138 24th St., Parkersburg, W. Va.
Secretary: Hannah M. Randall, '23, 2-yr.

1606 Park St., Parkersburg, W. Va.
PHILADELPHIA
President: Mrs. A. E. Livingston, '11,

120 W. Wayne Ave., Wayne, Pa.
Secretary: A. B. Hughes, '10. 2-yr.,

226 New Jersey Ave.. CoUingswood, N. J.
PITTSBURGH
President: Mrs. Homer S. Hopkins. '15,

96 Bradford Ave.. Crafton Sta..

Pittsburgh, Pa.
Secretary: L. E. Kilbury. '11. 2-yr.

190 Gordon St., Edgewood, Pa.
TOLEDO
President: Hollie C. Ellis. '20,

534 Acklin Avenue, Toledo. O.
Secretary: Mrs. Helen Byington Probasco, *20-ex

536 Bates Rd., Toledo. O.

WASHINGTON. D. C.
President: Minnie '')ean. '22,

Apt. 220. Cathedral Mansions, Washington, D. C.
Secretaiy: Noble C. Shilt, '21,

2210 Kearney St., Washington, D. C.
WESTERN RESERVE
President: Harry R. Wilson, '17

16006 Fernway Road. Cleveland, O.
Secretary: Williamina Elmer, '24

1264 Virginia Avenue. Lakewood. O.

LAWIIEAD — ATHENS, OHIO

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S^iji? ®l][t0 Alumnus

Volume VI JANUARY, 1929 No. 4

Published monthly during the school year by the Ohio University Alumni Association.
Member of American Alumni Council.

CLARK E. WILLIAMS, '21, Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Campus Beautiful — Entrance to Ellis Hall 2

Ohio's New Alumni Memorial Auditorium Dedicated o

From The Editor's Desk (5

On The Campus 8

The Bimillennium Vergilianum — By Dr. Anna Pearl MacVay 10

Ohio's Dean of Women Tells of Geneva Meeting 12

Dean Chubb's Hymn Used in Dedication Service 13

Auditorium "Facks and Figgers" Give Conception 14

Phi Beta Kappa Chapter to Be Installed in March 15

The Entrance to the New Auditorium 16

Interior of Alumni Memorial Auditorium 17

Athens Men Together After Half a Century 18

Columbus Plans Are Big for Party 19

California Raisins Potent Factor 20

Athletics at Ohio University 21

De Alumnus 24

Marriages 29

Births 00

Deaths 31

"Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1923, at the post-office at Athens, Ohio,

under the act of March 3, 1897."

Combined membership in the Ohio University Alumni Association and
subscription to The Ohio Alumnus, $3.00 per year.

THE OHIO ALUMNUS

A CAMPUS

BEAUTIFUL

Entrance to Ellis Hall

JANUARY, 1929

Ohws Alumni Memorial Auditorium Dedicated
January Twentieth With Impressive Ceremonies

The gift of Ohio University alumni to their
Alma Mater, the new $300,000 Alumni Me-
morial Auditorium, was dedicated Sunday aft-
ernoon, January 20, with most impressive, in-
spiring, and appropriate ceremonies to "the
memories of the lofty and noble men and
women who have come and gone in the shad-
ovn/v past and to the thousands to come and
go in the more shadowy tuture."

Impressiveness was the keynote of the serv-
ice from the moment that Prof. Clarence C.
Robinson, head of the School of
Music, lifted his baton to direct
the audience and chorus in the
singing of the especially- written
opening hymn until the pro-
nouncing of the benediction by
Dr. Elmer Burritt Bryan, pres-
ident of the University. The
great hall was filled fifteen min-
utes before the time announced
for the opening of the service.
As alumm and former students,
university trustees, undergrad-
uates, citizens of Athens, and
other friends of Ohio Universi
ty flocked by hundreds through
the wide portals of the building,
from the balcony of the Men'.s
Union a short distance away, a
brass choir composed of mem-
bers of the university band was
heard in a unique and effec-
tive rendering of a series of prelude numbers.

Promptly at 3:30 o'clock the program be-
gan:

''God of earth and sea and sky.
Hearken to our humble cry. ..."

The words of the hymn, written for the
occasion by Dean Edwin Watts Chubb, of the
College of Liberal Arts, and sung to the fa-
mihar tune, "Spanish Hymn," resounded
through the aviditorium as 3,000 voices united
in the opening exercise.

Bishop Earl Cranston, '61, of New Rich-
mond, Ohio, the University's oldest living
alumnus and Methodism's oldest bishop, was
unable to be present to offer the dedicator^'
prayer. The venerable bishop, now approach-

Pro/. C. C. Rohmson

ing ninety years of age, whose civil and cleri-
cal honors are many, was forbidden at the last
moment by his physician to leave his home be-
cause of a recent attack of influenza and the
uncertainty of weather conditions. A tele-
gram to the Alumni Secretary was followed
by a long-distance telephone conversation dur'
ing which Bishop Cranston left no doubt as
to his own deep feeling of disappointment at
the turn of fate.

In the absence of Bishop Cranston the pray-
er was offered by President Bry-
an. Before giving the prayer,
however. Dr. Bryan, in compli-
ance with the expressed desire
of the absent bishop, called for
a moment of silence durmg
which, as the president an-
nounced, Bishop Cranston in
his home was at that exact time
offering up a prayer of dedica-
tion for the auditorium. Then,
during I hushed and reverent
silence, President Bryan invok-
ed the blessings of God upon
the building, upon those who
made its erection possible, and
upon those in whose memory it
was being dedicated. The pray-
er of dedication follows:

" 'Lord, Thou has been our
dwelling place in all genera-
tions. Before the mountains
were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst form-
ed the earth and the world, even from ever-
lasting to everlasting, Thou art God.

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy
name in all the earth!'

We recognize Thee, O God, as the source,
the inspiration, the counselor, and the good
and gracious guide in all of the great and
worthy enterprises of our lives. We believe
that this happy occasion is the consummation
of the unselfish and loving labor and devotion
of men and women who have an abiding faith
in Thee, and who have an unwavering confi-
dence in the essential goodness and greatness
of Thy sons and Thy daughters. To Thee we
give honor and tribute and praise.

THE OHIO ALUMNUS

President Elmer Burritt Bryan

And for Thy children everywhere we pray
for a continued and constant manilestation of
Thy loving kindness and Thy tender mercy.
Bless Thou, O Lord, all those who at any time,
in any place — in the strenuous and perilous
times of war, or in the happy days of peace —
have jeopardi::;ed their lives or in any way em-
ployed their lives that the kingdom of God
might come, that the nations of the earth
might be advanced and that the people of the
whole world might be privileged to live their
lives in greater security, in greater beauty, and
in greater happiness. To those who have serv'
ed in any way, in places that are high and in
places that are low, when the day was dark
or when the day was bright; to all those who
have invested their time and their thought; to
all those who have given freely of their la-
bors and of their possessions, may this building
stand as a loving memorial, and as a constant
reminder and permanent testimonial of the
beauty and the benign benefits of unselfish
service; and may those who are the recipi-
ents of these benefits and these privileges have
a profound feeling of appreciation and grati-
tude and obligation — an obligation that is to

be met only in terms of appreciation
and gratitude and faithful service.
May no word ever be spoken here, and
may no note ever be sounded here,
which will lower the dignity or mar
the harmony or in any way vitiate the
fine spirit of this place which today
we dedicate in Thy name to the service
of the generations that now live and
to the service of unborn generations.
Give us, O God, a lively appreciation
of our high privilege and a keen sense
of our personal and social responsibili'
ties and obligations. And let the beau'
ty of the Lord, our God, be upon us.
And establish Thou the work of our
hands upon us. Yea, the work of our
hands establish Thou it. In the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit. Amen.''

Following the prayer. Dr. Hiram
Roy Wilson, '96, president of the Ohio
University Alumni Association, held
the rapt and unwavering attention of
his audience during the delivery of the
dedication address which is reproduced
m full:

'Teilow Alumni and Friends of Ohio
University —

This IS truly an occasion for thanks'
giving — an occasion for a great hymn
of praise. And our hearts are attuned
for a generous response. For the past
few years you have looked forward with hap'
py anticipation to the consummation of your
hopes, and today you have assembled with a
sense of gratitude and pleasure in the pres-
ence of the reality. It is always interesting
to note the growth of one's dreams and vis-
ions. 'Doubtfully and far away' appear the
first faint touches, but later follows the
achievement.

More than six years ago some of the inti-
mate friends of Ohio University held an in-
formal meeting to consider the most appropri-
ate memorial that the members of the alumni
association and friends of the institution might
offer as a present to their Alma Mater. Utili-
ty, as well as appropriateness, was taken under
counsel by the members of that small group.
It was the consensus of opinion of those gen-
tlemen that a memorial auditorium would
prove not only the most needed, but eminent-
ly the most suitable, form of offering.

This building had then its inception. It was
at once thought proper by those who had un'
der consideration the initial plans for a mC'
morial to impart their ideas to a wider number
of alumni who would likewise be warmly in'

JANUARY, 1929

terested in the undertaking. Thus the project
grew.

To further the work, two committees were
appointed — a general committee, with J. P.
Wood, of Cleveland, as chairman, and a local
committee consisting of F. W. Bush, E. D.
Sayre, T. R. Biddle, L. G. Worstell, George
C. Parks, C. L. Martzolff, then Alumni Secre-
tary, and later Clark E. Williams. It was
then deemed advisable to engage the services
of Tamblyn and Brown, a company experi-
enced in the type of v/ork that lay before us.
These gentlemen undertook the organisation
of a thorough-going campaign of advertising
and solicitation of funds. For weeks the
friends of the university were ceaseless in their
efforts to attain certain results. Nor were
their endeavors fruitless. Alumni chapters,
student groups, and various clubs and organi-
sations of the city gave strong support to make
the campaign a success. Many individual re-
sponses in the way of time and substance were
enheartening. Those who most closely had to
do with the operation of the campaign will
always appreciate these various contributions.
Perhaps it might not be deemed out of order
to speak of the donation to the university on
the part of the city of the valuable plot of
ground known as Monument Place. This
gift, made in the spirit in which it was
proffered, was indicative of the admir-
able sense of co-operation manifested by
the citizenship of Athens. After the so-
liciation of funds had been carried for-
ward with dispatch and thoroughness, it
was found that the amount secured was
inadequate to construct a building of the
beauty and capacity of this in which we
are assembled. It was then thought wise
to appeal to the legislature. With a sub-
stantial appropriation, this body gener-
ously supplemented the amounts receiv-
ed and pledged. Subsequently, the 87th
General Assembly with generosity ap-
propriated the sum of $50,000 to pro-
vide for the handsome furnishings and
other necessary equipment.

Any object of interest in which we
have a part or of which we are a part
binds us to it with a unique attachment.
We of the university and the alumni as-
sociation well know that your response
to this building and all that it may come
to represent is immediate and genuine.
You and your interests are integrated
with Ohio University. Your sense of
proprietorship is actual and tangible in
this memorial. It represents you. It may
not be wholly gratuitous for one to

say that for many years past the relations be-
tween the city and the university have bespok'
en somewhat of the family tie. The bond is
warm and genuine. We may be assured that
the administrative and the instructional staff
of the university feel a proper pride that such
is the case. This unselfish co-operation has
meant much to the prosperity of the univer-
sity. There e-x;ist no frictions, no antagonisms.
We are glad to recognize the fact that when-
ever the university would have the service of
the town, the latter has been unanimous in its
response. We believe that the university has
ever desired to reciprocate the friendship. May
the communities of town and college so hap-
pily co-ordinate themselves that this memorial
will stand as a covenant of perpetual good-
will and mutual good faith between them.

This building is one of the material addi'
tions necessary to the proper growth and ex'
pansion of Ohio University. It is an import-
ant part of the building program under con-
sideration by the administration. We may
mildly flatter ourselves in saying that this au-
ditorium is one of the largest university audi-
toriums in the country. Its value in the ac-
commodation of large assemblies will prove
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Dr. Hiram Roy V\/ilson, '96

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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

^^f\NE test of the civili2,ation of any age is the regard which it has for the teachings of the
past and the opinion of posterity. The Greeks and the Romans had these in a high
degree. Dante spoke of the future in the lasting record of his great love for Beatrice. Gothic
cathedrals of the middle ages still stand as reminders of abiding reverence. The Lincoln me-
morial is built for the centuries in the confident belief that gener-
Memorials That Live ations and generations yet to come will prize it as a magnificent

Through All Time inspiration. The memorial idea is sound and is sure to grow as

increasing opportunities present themselves. One of the most en-
couraging signs is the tendency today to look to institutions of higher education for memorial
sites. No more fitting agencies for this purpose can be imagined. For universities are not re-
positories of the dead. They are more alive than the market-place; their eyes are not only on
the present, but on the past and the future. And the life within their walls is always young
and acquisitive. To place your name, by gift or bequest, in the keeping of an active universi-
ty is to be sure that the name and the project with which it is associated will continue down
the centuries to quicken the minds and hearts of youth, and thus make a permanent contribu-
tion to the welfare of humanity." — Calvin Coolidge.

AN opportunity must not be neglected for expressing a word in appreciation of the gener-
ous efi^orts of hundreds of Ohio University's alumni that have made possible for their
Alma Mater the possession of an auditorium building that will be a lasting benefit and blessing
to students who will in the future find their way to the campus of the University in search

of experiences and contacts that will serve greatly to enrich their
A Word of Appreciation lives and broaden their hori2,ons. Gifts of time, money, and
To Ohio's Loyal Grads thought were poured into the lap of Alma Mater by these loyal

sons and daughters. May a consciousness of the achievement
wrought by these contributions be just as lasting and just as satisfying in the hearts of the
donors as are the benefits in store for those to whose use the building will be devoted.

A DIFFICULT and lengthy piece of work is nearing completion. We say ''nearing" com-
pletion lest some should think that with the dedication of the Alumni Memorial Auditori-
um all cause for anxiety on the part of the Auditorium Fund Committee has vanished.
Much as we dislike to sound a "blue" note in the happy symphony that has attended the for-
mal opening of the university's finest and most recently construct-
Outstanding Obligations ed building, we find it necessary to dispel rumors to the eifect
T^ot To Be Cancelled that all uncollected pledges to the building fund are to be can-

celled. From the standpoint of harassed and distressed individuals
the members of the Auditorium Committee might perhaps wish that the rumor were well
founded. As agents of the general alumni body, however, acting for and in behalf of the
Alumni Association, and of the more than two thousand persons who first pledged money to
the fund and then proceeded without hesitation or a display of ill-humor to redeem their ob-*
ligations, the Committee finds itself under the necessity of completing its task.

A settlement of all major contracts for the construction and equipment of the auditori-
um has been made. Compared with the original amounts involved the total amount now
needed to pay oif minor claims and to complete the equipment of the building is relatively
small — only a few thousand dollars — but the last dollar will be just as badly needed as the
first one received. There are yet outstanding pledges in an amount sufficient to cover all con-
struction and equipment expenses incurred and unpaid and those that must soon be contract-
ed. A plea is therefore made that all persons obligated to the Auditorium Fund come quick-

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ly to the aid of a well-nigh exhausted treasury so that these expenses of the memorial project
may be met with reasonable promptness, and that "finis" may soon be written across the com-
mittee's report.

AT THE recent ninth annual convention of the Cornell (University) Alumni Corporation

which was held in Washington, D. C, an answer was sought to the question, "What
Should a University Expect from Its Alumni?" In attempting to sound public opinion on this
question college presidents all over the United States, representing every type of institution,

large universities and small, privately endowed and state maintain-
University "Prexies ' cd, sectarian institutions, women's colleges and co-educational uni-

Express Their Views versities, were asked to contribute answers. A majority of those

receiving the request complied with it. While there was a gener-
al similarity in the answers of the presidents so many phases of alumni activity were touched
upon that it is extremely difficult to write a formula which represents an average President's
opinion. The great majority responded from the angle that the alumnus is an actual part
of the university picture. Others viewed the subject objectively and discussed the alumnus in
his relations to society at large. We learn from many of the Presidents that universities look
to their alumni for an intelligent interest in their educational programs, a sympathetic under-
standing of their ideals, and constructive criticism based on information. Many of them com-
ment on the subject of the financial responsibility of the alumnus to the institution that gave
him his education, but singularly enough few treat this phase of the alumni relationship from
the standpoint that financial support is in any way a duty. Dr. Rush Rhees, President of the
University of Rochester, justified a university's appeal to alumni as "presumably its most in-
terested constituents."

The over-emphasis of athletics and interest in extra-curricular activities by the alumni is
apparently on the minds of many of the presidents and this is reflected in such responses as
the following: "The alumni can be most helpful by reducing their emphasis on the side
shows. . . . ," which is the opinion of Ray Lyman Wilbur, the President of Stanford Univer-
sity.

Kenneth M. Sills, President of Bowdoin College, feels that a university "should wish its
alumni to understand that their university, first, last, and all the time is an institution of learn-
ing, and that the contribution it makes to American life must be considered very largely from
that angle."

Many of the presidents stress the point that they look to the alumni to encourage desir-
able young men to apply to their respective colleges for admission, so that the best traditions
of their institutions may be maintained. A number of the executives look to their alumni to
create favorable public opinion regarding the general cause of education with special empha-
sis on their own institutions. All the presidents are unanimous in their opinion that the
alumni are a vital and definite part of the university picture, and express their gratitude for
alumni interest and support.

'T^HE Bureau of Appointments at Ohio University continues to grow. A comparison of fig-
ures for the last three years shows that in the year 1924-2 t, 2t5 placements were made;
in 1925-26, 257 placements were negotiated; while in 1927-28, 320 of our alumni, with the
assistance of the Bureau, were placed in teaching or other professional positions. Ohio Uni-
versity alumni, particularly in administrative positions — superin-
Aluvini Should Assist tendencies and principalships — in the public schools, can do a

Appointments Bureau great deal to help place the graduates of their Alma Mater, feel-

ing certain, always, that only accurate information, reliable esti-
mates, and sincere recommendations will be given out by the Bureau. School administrators
are not the only ones, however, in a position to help Ohio graduates. All those — teachers
and others — who may know of openings or pending vacancies in teaching corps are urged to
drop a line to the Bureau so that the director may have an opportunity to nominate a candi-
date. On the other hand, teachers desiring a change from present positions should also get
in touch with the Bureau. Cooperation means service and "service" is the Bureau's motto.
There are no fees for the work of this department of the university. Its efforts are all free
of charge and are made in behalf of Ohio University and its alumni.

THE OHIO ALUMNUS

ON THE CAMPUS

A Health and Posture Contest

Who is the healthiest boy and the healthiest
girl on the Ohio University campus? The an-
swer to this interesting question is to be sought
through the medium of a combined health and
good posture contest to be held within the
next few weeks, according to an announce-
ment made by university athletic officials.

A two-reel movie, illustrative of the subject,
and talks by authorities on health and posture,
will be featured at a coming convocation.
Health standards for the contest will be check-
ed by Dr. Blaine Goldsberry, physician, Dr.
B. M. Covert, occulist, and Dr. J. S. Basom,
dentist.

Smiths Come Home a Winner

True to form, the Smiths scored a crushing
victory over the Joneses, ancient rivals, by out-
numbering them 28 to 17, in the current stu-
dent directory of Ohioi University. The Wil-
liamses, long recogni2;ed as "dark horses,"
showed increased strength this year, pressing
the Smiths hard for hrst place with 24 mem-
bers.

The Youngs, Thomases, Millers, Johnsons,
Browns, and Martins were also among the
leaders.

Band Assists in Cooper Ceremonies

Although the newspapers of the state, and
even of Columbus, gave the fact scant notice,
Ohio University's 7 5 -piece, green and white-
clad band participated in the ceremonies in
Columbus incident to the inauguration of
Hon. Myers Y. Cooper as governor of Ohio,
January 14.

The Ohio boys, despite the bitter cold
weather, marched in the inaugural parade and
entertained the crowds in hotel lobbies while
the musical organization from Ohio State Uni-
versity ''holed up" and failed to make an ap-
pearance.

Only from the radio announcer did the
band receive recognition. Friends in Athens
at their receiving sets were even able to hear
snatches of the music played by the local or-
ganization. With characteristic discrimination
and accuracy one leading newspaper reported
the presence of a band frofn "Ohio Northern
University."

First Plays for T^ew Auditorium

Ohio University will get its first treat of
Shakespearean drama in two years, February
4, in the Alumni Memorial Auditorium, when
the famous Mantell-Hamper Company will
present the tragedy, "Macbeth."

Genevieve Hamper, wife of the celebrated
Robert Mantell who died last year, will take
the part of Lady Macbeth.

The play will be the first to be given in the
new auditorium. Profits from the production
will go to the fund for retiring the bonds of
the Ohio University Stadium.

Preparations are now being made for the
presentation by the Ohio University's Revel-
ers, February 15, of Austin Strong's "Seventh
Heaven." This story of "sewer rates and
street angels" was first produced by John
Golden at the Booth Theatre in New York in
1922 and enjoyed a long and triumphant run.

February Seniors

Applications on file at the Registrar's OSice
for graduation at the mid-year commence-
ment, Feb. 1, 1929, total fourteen for two-
year diplomas, one for a four-year diploma,
and twenty-seven for baccalaureate degrees.

The applicants are divided as follows: (Di'
plomas) Kindergarten — Primary, 1 ; County
Education, 3; Art Supervisor, 1; (Degrees)
Bachelor of Science in Education, 13; Bache-
lor of Arts in Commerce, 4; and Bachelor or
Arts, 10.

Ohio Girls to Contest

The Women's Glee Club of Ohio Univer'
sity will participate in the annual state glee
club contest to be held, March 15, in Cincin-
nati by the Intercollegiate Women's Glee Club
Association of Ohio.

The club has 36 members. Helen Sweeney,
of Amsterdam, is president; Mary Elizabeth
Clark, of Circleville, secretary; Margaret Le-
Masters, Richwood, librarian.

Three numbers are being rehearsed for the
contest: "In These Delightful Groves," from
the Old English; a Chechoslovakian folk song;
and "On the Steppes," by Gretchaninoff.

Debaters Prepare for Big Program

The debate squad of Ohio University is pre-
paring for one of the stiffest intercollegiate

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forensic seasons ever planned here. The ques-
tion to be debated is: Resolved, that the Sys-
tem of Trial by Jury Should be Abolished.
Prominent Athens attorneys will be invited to
discuss the jury system with the squad.

The lollowing debates have been scheduled:
February 27, Ohio Wesleyan, in Delaware;
February 28, Miami in Oxford; March 1, Cin-
cinnati dual meet, in Cincinnati and Athens;
March 15, Miami in Athens; Denison dual
meet (date not set) ; Wooster meet at a city
halfway between each city (date not set).

The League Meets in Geneva

A representation of the seventh assembly of
the League of Nations, as it
took place in September,
1926, was given in Ewing
Auditorium in December by
the Cosmopolitan Club and
the French department of
Ohio University. Seventy
students under the direction
of Miss Mary Noss, profes-
sor of French, and Mr. Will-
fred Mauck, assistant profes-
sor of History, took part in
the portrayal of the assembly
as officers, delegates, and in-
terpreters. The league speak-
ers who were represented
were Benes, of Czechoslo-
vakia; Nintchitch, of Yugo-
slavia; Nansen, of Norway;
Urrutia, of Columbia; the
Maharajah of Kapurthala, of
India; Foster, of Canada;
Viscount Cecil, of Great
Britain; Stresemann, of Ger-
many; and Briand of France.

The speeches were brief and were prepared
from the verbatim records of the session in
Geneva. Insofar as was possible the customs
prevailing in Geneva were carried out. The
53 nations that were members of the League
in 1926 were all represented by one or more
delegates. English and French were the "offi-
cial" languages but a few speeches were given
in other languages. Each speech was trans-
lated by interpreters as at Geneva.

ago. Few students in the university are able
to boast of a single semester without "'cuts''
but Miss Coates has demonstrated that it is
possible to go for nearly seven semesters with-
out absenting oneself.

Florence, who has an average of 2.6 or al-
most an A, not only excells in scholarship but
is also a leader in a great many organi2;ations
and activities. She is a member of Cresset,
girl's honorary society and of Kappa Delta Pi,
national honorary educational fraternity. She
is president of the Women's League and presi-
dent of her own social sorority, Theta Phi Al-
pha. In her junior year she was vice-presi-
dent of the Pan Hellenic Council, assistant
junior editor of the Athena,
and a member of the Folk'
lore Club. All hats off to
Miss Coates — a real co-ed.

Florence Coates, '29

Hoiu Many Can Equal This Record?

The young lady pictured on this page is the
possessor of an unusual and an enviable rec-
ord. Due to illness on December 5, Miss
Florence Coates, Steubenville, Ohio, senior in
Ohio University, missed her first class in col-
lege since her enrollment almost four years

T^ew Courses Offered

Four new courses in the
College of Liberal Arts and
seven in the College of Edu-
cation will be open to stu-
dents at Ohio University for
the second semester, which
begins Monday, February 4.
The courses offered in the
Arts College will be: News-
paper Management, under
George Starr Lasher, head of
the department of Journal-
ism; Operation of Office
Machinery, Miss Helen Rey-
nolds, assistant professor of
Secretarial Studies; Appreci-
ation of Music, Mrs. Mar-
garet Benedict, instructor in
Voice; and Voice and Dic-
tion, Harold Evans, assistant professor of Pub-
lic Speaking.

In the College of Education, Olin D. Moi-
rison, associate professor of History will offer
The United States from 1860 to 1877, and
John R. Johnston, dean of men. The Recent
History of the United States.

In addition to the printing courses which
were given here this year for the first time,
Charles R. Kinison, associate professor of In-
dustrial Education, will teach a one hour
course in Practical Printing. It will be a lab-
oratory course for students of advertising and
journalism.

Supervision of Arithmetic will be offered by
Dr. H. E. Benz, Problems of Population by
Prof. H. J. Jeddeloh, and Childhood Activity
by Miss Susan G. Troxel.

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The Bimillennium Vergilianum

By DR. ANNA PEARL MacVAY, '92

Dean, Wadleigh High School, New York City and Vice-President, American Classical League,

in charge of Vergilian Celebration

Doctor 'M.acVay

The world delights to honor those benefac
tors who help us believe in the greater possi-
bilities of the human spirit. Though scien-
tific discovery and artistic creation bring pe-
culiar honor to the
nation from which
the scientist or art-
ist springs, his work
enriches not alone
his native land but
all mankind. It is
generally unwise for
the admirers of any
hero to insist that
their favorite is su-
perlatively great,
but it seems safe for
us to assert that
whenever the
world's artists are ranked according to merit
one star of the first magnitude in the con-
stellation of poets will always bear the name
of Publius Vergilius Maro.

The desire of the civilized world is for per-
manent peace and it acclaims with fervor those
who promote it. Weary of rivalry in arma-
ments, the nations of today seem willing to
unite in establishing friendship, favoring the
Kellogg-Briand proposals for outlawing- war,
as the Romans of the Augustan Age exhaust-
ed by strife honored the great poet who sang
of the arts of peace.

Of the means already found for bridging
the chasm between peoples hitherto hostile
or suspicious of each other, none has proved
more effective than the public recognition and
rewards given to citizens of other countries for
their splendid achievements. Admiration hon-
estly felt and openly displayed is a powerful
antidote to misunderstanding; and popular
sympathy warmly expressed for the cherished
anniversary of a neighboring country strength-
ens the bonds of international concord.

Fortunately we do not lack opportunity for
cultivating in this way the good will of na-
tions. Scarcely a year passes without bring-
ing the centennial or multicentennial of some
outstanding event in the progress of civiliza-
tion or in the life of some great person. At the

beginning of the present century the world
offered congratulations to Great Britain on the
millennium of good King Alfred; less than a
decade ago England and Holland rejoiced
with America at the tercentenary of the Land-
ing of the Pilgrim Fathers; and already Con-
gress has begun to plan for a worthy observ-
ance in 1932 of Washington's two hundredth
birthday.

But of the world's great personages it is
the poets who make the strongest appeal for
universal recognition. Their influence reach-
es farther and lasts longer than that of any
contemporary famous only in affairs of state.
When distinguished foreign representatives
united with us in honoring Lowell on the cen-
tennial of his birth, few speakers referred to
his having served as United States Minister
at the Court of St. James but all paid tribute
to his poetic genius.

Homer, Vergil, Dante and Shakespeare
head the list of the poets in whom the world
delights. As we know neither the time nor
the place of Homer's birth and are not sure
of even the century in which he lived, we can-
not fix upon any day or year that is indisputa-
bly his own. The World War dimmed the
splendor of the Shakesperian tercentenary; but
after the War both Europe and America ob-
served the six hundredth anniversary of Dan-
te's death. And now draws near the bimil-
lennium of Vergil's birth, the golden year in
literary annals. All our other celebrations
commemorate recent events compared with
this one, which antedates the Christian era by
seventy years.

In 1924, lovers of Vergil in his native Italy
sent forth in Latin a proclamation inviting the
world to join them in honoring the great poet.
The American Classical League, because it is
a national organization, is developing plans for
promoting a nationwide observance which is
to extend throughout the year 1930, though
centering about Vergil's birthday on the fif-
teenth of October. To make the occasion a
glad and memorable one the League invites
and desires the assistance not only of every
classical association and club but of every oth-
er organization which sympathizes in our de-

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11

sire to show special honor to the poet whose
verses through twenty centuries promote the
arts of peace, quicken the patriotic sense of
duty, portray the ruHng passions of mankind,
and sympathise with human sorrow.

This celebration should extend to every
community and he fittingly observed in
schools, colleges, clubs, libraries, museums, and
art galleries. It should take form in plays,
pageants, lectures, and pictures. It should iind
expression over the radio and in music. It
should stimulate many to engage in public
and private reading of Vergil's work and of
books about him; in poetic compositions and
in literary and artistic contests, such as the
writing of scenarios and the making of post'
ers, thereby helping to improve our forms of
popular entertainment, and stimulate general
appreciation of classical studies.

Would that some modern poet might do for
American farmers a service similar to that
which Vergil through his Georgics did for his
disheartened countrymen! Like him we would
impress upon our fellow citi::ens the joys of
simple living and of honest toil, increase pop-
ular interest in the pursuits of peace, and ex-
hort our rulers to remember that America like
ancient Rome should exercise justice, spare the
humbled, tame the proud, and crown peace
with law.

The League through its Service Bureau for
Classical Teachers and by means of numerous
committees will desseminate widely its plans
and programs and keep in touch with like
movements elsewhere. Our committees, at
present about thirty in number, may be group-
ed as follows: On Finance and Securing Pa-
trons; On Publicity through Lectures, News-
papers, Magazine?, Radio, Posters, Post-Cards,
and Bulletins; On Cooperation with Classical
Organizations, Non-Classical Organizations,
the National Education Association, and the
United States Bureau of Education; On Affil-
iation with Like Movements in Other Coun-
tries; On Promoting Vergilian Courses in Col-
leges and High Schools; On Private Reading
and Reading Circles; On Publishing Books,
Bibliographies, and Lists of Illustrative Ma-
terial; On Celebrations in Cities, Clubs, Col-
leges, and Schools; On Preparation of Pro-
grams for Celebrations, including Pageants,
Plays, and Scenarios; On Commemorative
Medals, Plaques, and Bookplates; On Award-
ing Prizes; On Exhibitions in Museums, Art
Galleries, and Libraries; On Pilgrimages to
Places Made Famous by V^ergil.

This great undertaking of the League has
everywhere met with favor, and already many
men and women of distinction have promised

assistance and have accepted responsible ap-
pointments. A list of chairmen of the vari-
ous committees will soon be published and the
progress of the work will be reported from
time to time. Besides the members of the
League who are already enlisted in the work,
there are many prominent persons interested in
the success of the celebration, among whom
are Professor Clifford H. Moore of Harvard
University, Dr. John H. Finley of the New
York Times, Mr. Fairfax Harrison of the
Southern Railway, Professor Paul Shorey of
Chicago University, Dr. Henry Van Dyke of
Princeton, Professor H. Rushton Fairclough
of Stanford University, Professor James C.
Egbert of Columbia University, Professor
George M. Whicher of Amherst, and many
college presidents and directors of large or-
ganizations, such as the American Association
of Museums and the National Federation of
Fine Arts. Representatives of the League are
now in Europe interviewing educational au-
thorities in Italy, France, Germany, and Eng-
land regarding the proposed Vergilian celebra-
tions in those countries and planning for dis-
tinguished scholars from abroad to come to
America to speak in 1930. Already corres-
pondence begun with officers of the Poetry
Society, the Authors Club, Phi Beta Kappa,
the American Academy of Arts and Letters,
the Italy-America Society, and other non-
classical organizations has met with encourag-
ing response.

The league gratefully acknowledges valu-
able suggestions and promises of assistance al-
ready received. All persons interested are
cordially asked to contribute ideas for enlarg-
ing the scope of the celebration, or elaborating
it in any of its aspects; to start movements in
their own communities and to report on those
already under way; and to send names and
addresses of generous persons who might be-
come patrons of the enterprise. Especially is
It recommended that all Latin teachers highly
resolve to read between now and the end of
1930, either privately or in groups, all of the
writings of Vergil, and encourage others to do
the same. Thus their own appreciation of
the poet's legacy will be quickened and they
will be more able to impart to others a sense
of his great merit.

Even though a man have as many college
degrees as a thermometer, even though he be
graduated with the highest of honors, he is un-
educated if he halts his reading and learning
with graduation. — Dr. Glenn Frank, Presi-
dent, Wisconsin University.

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THE OHIO ALUMNUS

Ohio^s Dean of IVomen^ Graduate Party Leader
In 1930^ Tells of Geneva Meeting of League

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Dean Irma E. Voigt

The growing need for an international
mind in America, the necessity for a substi'
tute for armaments before war can be abol-
ished, the attitude of Europe toward the Unit-
ed States and the
League of Na-
tions, the fitness
of Geneva for its
position as the
world capital,
and humanness
in the politics of
the secretariat
were spoken of
by Dean Voigt,
who spent the
past summer in
Geneva, at the
recent meeting of
the Athens
branch o f the
American Asso-
ciation of University Women.

"■Reing in Geneva was a pure joy," Dean
Voigt said. "It has just the proper atmos-
phere for a world capital. The huge monu-
ment, as yet unfinished, of the Reformation,
with its majestic figures of Calvin and Knox,
give one a tremendous thrill. I seemed to read
in it the whole history of America's birth, the
struggle of Geneva for existence in the me-
dieval period, and the final amalgamation of
the Swiss confederation.

''A neutral atmosphere prevails in Geneva
— no one is guest or host," Dean Voigt con-
tinued. ""The city has a natural sublimity.
Mont Blanc, with a rugged calmness which
makes it seem greatly noble, is an everlasting
guard. There is rom.ance in the far reaches
of the horizon, the bluest of lakes in the
world, the peaceful quiet green of the hills and
spirituality in that bluest of blue heavens.

'"The political life of the nation is teeming
with humanness," Dean Voigt declared. ''The
diplomats know that they have made errors,
and are going about remedying them, using
the mistakes to open the door to another ap-
proach to the problem. Utter publicity is giv-

en to everything, all the treaties, agreements,
and pacts between nations are on file there for
anyone to see. Such frankness is the best
weapon on earth to use in the constructive
solving of difficulties.

''The old difference between foreign and
domestic affairs has ceased to exist. All of
our problems have an international aspect.
Tariff, labor, agricultural and industrial diffi-
culties in one place affect the whole world.
We cannot solve them alone. International
interdependence, not isolation, is the thing up-
permost in the world situation today.

"We must cease thinking of world affairs
in terms of romanticism, sentimentalism, and
favoritism. To guard against these things we
could all read more than one newspaper, read
books, and criticisms on the international situ-
ation, make contacts with foreigners and keep
them alive, and travel intelligently.

"If the problem of disarmament, called by
one speaker the 'hardy annual,' does not fol'
low ratification of the Kellogg-Briand pact,
the agreement remains a mere gesture," Dean
Voigt declared. "Disarmament means the set-
ting up of a world community, the substitu-
tion of something else for force — namely,
reasoning. Europe looks on the League of
Nations as a substitute for force. The cove'
nant prohibits conflicts without consideration,
sets up international commissions to deal per'
manently with world problems, and sets up a
system for the consideration of causes.

"Whatever America thinks of the League
of Nations makes very little difference. It is
a living, vital factor today in the building up
of an international state. There is no substi'
tution the United States can offer which will
eliminate her first great offering, for whether
we like it or not the United States in the eyes
of the world has the honor of being the source
of the Magna Charta of a world community
and Woodrow Wilson is considered and re'
vered as its father.

"Because harmony and co-operation mean
the only safeguard for the future of Europe,
logically and understandibly Woodrow Wil-
son is looked upon as one of the most out'

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13

standing Americans of all time and Europe
rejoices to honor him," Dean Voigt asserted.
"He has founded an everlasting monument to
his country even if for the present the United
States will not claim its kinship in the family
of nations.'"

The dean's plans for a return to Europe in
1930 are of more than ordinary interest to
Ohio University alumni because of the fact
that she expects to act as hostess and lecturer
for a party of some forty or mere Green and
White alumnae — both graduates and former
students.

Definite plans for a fifty-one day visit to
eight countries of western Europe have been
made and the names of forty-two applicants
for membership in the party are on file with
Dean Voigt. The tour, which will include
visits to England, Scotland, France, Belgium,
Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Holland,
will cost $800.00 (exclusive of the usual ex-
tras) and will be under the business direction
of Professor Kelso, of Wooster College, who
has been conducting what are known as the
Westminister Tours for the last twenty years.

A feature of the tour, and the reason for
the selection of the summer of 1930 as a date,
is the decennial production of the Passion Play
at Oberammergau.

In order that the trip may be more enjoy-
able and profitable to those who make it Dean
Voigt has already compiled and mailed to the
members of her party a bibliography, a read-
ing of the books of which will give a literary,
historical, and geographical background for
the visit to Great Britain. During the spring
and coming summer similar lists for each of
the other countries will be distributed.

Dean and her Ohio party will sail June 19,
1930, from Montreal on a Canadian-Pacific
liner for Liverpool. Returning, they will land
in Montreal August 23 or 24.

Although the number of applicants for par-
ty membership is much greater now than had
originally been anticipated by the dean, she
has said that she will accept applications to a
total of fifty. There are thus places for eight
more Ohio University women who desire to
see Europe under the leadership of a well-in-
formed lecturer and in a select and congenial
group. In order to insure choice accommoda-
tions on the trans- Atlantic boat a reservation
deposit of $50.00, to be made by September,
1929, is requested by Dean Voigt. This, of
course, is subject to refund within a reasonable
date if cancellattion of the trip is necessary.

Dean Chubb's Hymn Used In
Auditorium Dedication Service

Below are the words of the hymn sung as
the opening number of the program of Jan-
uary 20 in dedication of the Alumni Memorial
Auditorium.

The words were written for the dedicatory
event by Dean E. W. Chubb, and were sung
to a famihar tune, "Spanish Hymn."

God of earth and sea and sky,
Harken to our humble cry,
While we turn our hearts to Thee,
Awful in Thy majesty;
As we glorify Thy name.
Kindled by Thy holy fiame,
Let Thy purifying fire
Burn away each low desire.

Pardon Thou these feet of clay
Prone in wayward paths to stray,
Wash away these bitter tears,
Stains of lost and wasted years;
Come, descend effulgent Light,
Turning weakness into might;
Come, descend transforming Love,
Linking man with God above.

Open Thou our eyes that we
Beauty everywhere may see,
Give us visions, pure, serene,
Such as holy seraphs dream;
Ever seeking fleeting truth,
Grant us, Lord, eternal youth;
Growing wise in ancient lore.
Thee we worship and adore.

C. A. Sindlinger, '28, of Marion, Ohio,
superintendent of schools at Morral, Ohio.

Mrs. Kdhler Passes Away

After a prolonged illness of five years, Mrs.
Sarah Rannells Kahler died January 1, 1929,
at her home on University Terrace, Athens.

Mrs. Kahler will be remembered by hun-
dreds of students who were patrons of the
Kahler Boarding Club twenty years or more
ago or who later were residents of Boyd Hall
where Mrs. Kahler was for a number of years
in charge of the dining room.

Miss Mary E. Kahler, '02, of the depart-
ment of English, College of Education, Ohio
University, is a daughter and only surviving
child of the deceased. Other children were
Charlotte R. Kahler, "99, who died in 1904;
George R. Kahler, ■08-ex, who died in 1924;
and Watson Kahler.

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THE OHIO ALUMNUS

oAuditorium ^Tacks and Figgers^^ Give
better Conception of Size and Utility

A review of facts and figures relating to
the Alumni Memorial Auditorium which were
published in The Ohio Alumnus in April,
1927, will doubtless prove interesting to new-
members of the alumni family and to others
who may have missed them at the time of their
appearance.

The auditorium is fire-proof throughout
with structural steel framework, masonry ex-
terior and interior walls of brick; stone-trim-
med brick for the exterior. The floors are
of reinforced concrete, except the stage which
is floored with maple with underlying con-
crete. Terra^o floors are to be found in the
foyer, vestibule, and rest rooms.

Upon entering the building through the
north, or main, entrance one passes through a
lobby, or vestibule, 41 feet wide and 18 feet
deep. Oif the lobby, on one side, is a ticket
office and, on the othe.'-, a check room. Con-
tinuing through the lobby one enters a spac-
ious foyer from which four large doors give
access to the main auditorium floor which is
104 feet wide by 104 feet long. Stairways at
both ends of the foyer lead up to the mezzan-
ine and balcony floors and down to the base
ment.

The main floor of the auditorium proper
contains 1,568 seats arranged in 37 rows, the
rear row having an elevation of 5 1-2 feet
above the front row. There are eight exits
from the loom.

The stage is 92 feet wide and 27 feet deep.
It IS 44 feet from the floor of the stage to the
roof above. The proscenium, or stage front,
is 55 feet wide and 20 feet high. The stage
is flanked on the right by twelve dressing
rooms — three on each of four floors.

On the mezzanine floor there are a foyer,
telephone booths, and men's and women's
rooms. There are four entrances to the bal-
cony from this floor. Steps at the end and
from the sides of the foyer lead up to the bal-
cony floor which contains 1,264 seats arranged
in 2.3 rows. A steel and concrete projection
booth for moving picture machines and spot-
lights is located in the extreme back of the
balcon)^ The distance from the booth to the
center of the stage is about 140 feet. The
elevation of the rear row of seats is a matter

of 22 feet; each receding row rising an aver-
age of ten inches. The picture of the interior
of the auditorium appearing elsewhere in the
magazine gives a false impression of the bal-
cony elevation due to the use of a wide-angle
lens in making the photograph.

The stage and dressing rooms of the new
building are as adequately equipped as those
of the most modern theatre. Provision has
been made for the subsequent installation of a
large pipe organ which will complete the
building for use for the finest musical concert
or recital, or the most elaborate dramatic pro-
duction.

The orchestra pit in front of the stage is 45
feet wide and 8 feet at its greatest depth, ac'
commodating a twenty-piece orchestra. Large
concert and symphony orchestras will, of
course, use the stage proper.

The balcony is ""swung' on one immense
steel girder from which eight large cantilever
trusses extend on either side at right angles.
The main girder has a span of 107 feet, is
8 1-2 feet deep, and weighs approximately 45
tons. It is supported at the ends by two 14
inch ''H" columns which, together, are calcu'
lated to bear a weight of over 1,040,000
pounds. This monster girder is four feet
longer than the largest single railroad bridge
girder in the state. Re-enforced concrete
footers 13 by 17 feet and 4 feet deep, provide
a resting place for the steel columns. Six fab-
ricated steel roof trusses, each with a span of
] 07 feet and a height of 9 feet, top the build-
ing. The distance from the concrete footers
to the roof is 64 feet.

The intricate electrical system is controlled
from a switchboard 8 feet long by 6 feet high.
The elaborate stage lighting system has a dual
control board located backstage.

In the basement there is an Alumni Room,
32 feet by 68 feet, for use for social functions.
A feature of this room is a large fireplace sur-
rounded by beautiful wood paneling. A kitch'
en, adjoining the alumni room and communi-
cating with the outside by means of a corridor,
has dimensions of 20 by 30 feet. A large
Men's Lounge and equally commodious Wom-
en's Rest Rooms are also located in the base-
ment.

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15

Phi Beta Chapter to Be Installed
In March

who will be in Cleveland at the time of the
meeting, has also been asked to address the
chapter informally.

Installation at Ohio University of Lambda
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary
scholastic organization, is planned for the mid-
dle of March, according to an announcement
made January 28 by President E. B. Bryan.
The installation will be conducted by Dr.
Charles F. Thwing, of Cleveland, president
emeritus of Western Reserve University.

Thirteen members of the faculty of Ohio
University, who belong to chapters of Phi
Beta Kappa in other institutions, will be the
charter members of the chapter installed on
the Ohio campus. Selections from the senior
class will be made late in the spring, and will
be based entirely upon work of high distinc
tion prior to graduation. No persons will be
considered who have not maintained a B'plus
average in their studies during their four
years' work.

Alumni of Ohio University are elegible to
Phi Beta Kappa upon the basis of a satisfac-
tory undergraduate scholastic record, out-
standing accomplishments after graduation,
and then, only, after having been graduated
15 or more years. These rulings of qualifi-
cation are imposed by the Senate of the Unit-
ed Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa.

Names of alumni believed to be eligible for
admission to the organization will be chosen
by the local chapter, and will be sent, with
complete records, to the Senate of the United
Chapters for approval.

Western Reserve Meeting To Be
Held In February

The Western Reserve alumni chapter under
the leadership of Harry R. Wilson, T7, presi-
dent, and Williamina Elmer, '24, secretary,
has carefully laid plans for a reunion meet-
ing on February 23, and is expecting the lar-
gest attendance in the history of the organi-
zation. The place of meeting is to be the Uni-
versity Club, 3813 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.

Clevelanders and their northeastern Ohio
neighbors have established a reputation for
real alumni parties and it would be a poor
guess to say that the 1929 affair will not equal
others in the past. Dean E. W. Chubb, of
the University, has been invited by the group
to be a guest speaker. Dean Irma E. Voigt,

Stanley Crooks Will Appear In
Founders' Day Musical Program

Founders' Day at Ohio University, Febru-
ary 18, 1929, will be observed with a special
musical program to be given in the Alumni
Memorial Auditorium by an Ohio graduate,
Floyd Stanley Crooks, of the class of 1906.

Mr. Crooks, an attorney in Columbus, Ohio,
is a baritone whose pleasing quality of voice
and extensive repertoire have combined to es-
tablish for him a rather widespread reputa-
tion. He will be remembered by those who
attended the annual Alumni Luncheon in
June, 1926, as the soloist of the occasion.

The Crooks program will be presented in
observance of Ohio University's one hundred
twenty-lifth birthday.

Materials Come From All Around

One of Ohio's undergraduates with a pen-
chant for research and investigation has re-
corded some interesting facts, a few of which
are here given, regarding the source of the
materials used in the construction of the
Alumni Memorial Auditorium.

In answer to his numerous inquiries he
found that the 450 tons of steel used in the
framework of the building came from furnaces
located at Sparrows Point, Md.; that the cop-
per used in the roof gutters came from Ari-
zona; that the brick in the building came from
an Ohio plant, and the limestone from Geor-
gia quarries; while the asphalt on portions of
the roof came all the way from Trinidad.

Lots of Dirt — No Scandal

Approximately 4,000 cubic yards of dirt
have been moved by contractor Fred H. Beck-
ler, '08-ex, to the site of the Ohio University
Stadium, work on the erection of which will
start early this spring. This dirt has been
used for filling and grading.

Upon the graded area another 4,000 yards
of dirt will be placed to form the playing field
proper. Six carloads of sewer pipe have been
laid as a part of the drainage system for the
field.

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THE OHIO ALUMNUS

JANUARY, 1929

17

THE OHIO ALUMNUS

oAthens Men^ Fraternity Brothers^ Together
oAfter Half a Century of Interesting Careers

By Virgene Brill, '29

Four men, fraternity brothers, whose Hves
have intermingled for more than 50 years, and
who now, each more than 75 years old, are
still residents of the same community establish
for Beta chapter of Delta Tau Delta a record
unique in fraternity history.

These men, Evan J. Jones, '73; Eli Rey-
nolds Lash, '74; John Perkins Dana, '67; and
Charles Henry Brown, '67; were graduated
from Ohio University between the years of
1867 and 1874. Fraternity
brothers, the four separated
at the end of college days,
each to go his way in the
profession of his choice.
But Fate, with a smile for
the ambitions of youth,
willed that the four lives
run courses parallel to their
ends. Two settled immedi-
ately in or near Athens;
another taught for a while
in Northern Ohio, was ad-
mitted to the bar, and Jater
opened an office in Athens;
the fourth, forced to give
up the study of law because
of ill health, eventually
wandered back to make his
home near Athens. From
that time to the present
the four have spent their
lives in or near this city, the
home of their Alma Mater
and fraternity. Each has
made for himself a name well-known and re-
spected throughout the community, and has
established a family ranked among the oldest
and best-known of the town.

Two of the quartet, John Dana and C. H.
Brown, were born in Athens the same year,
1846. With that as the lirst link, their lives
became more firmly bound together with the
passing of years.

Chums throughout their boyhood, they at-
tended the same school together, entered the
university the same year, and pledged to the
same fraternity. With the coming of the Civil

E. J. Jones, Sr., "7?

War both Dana and Brown, young men then,
enlisted, and served in Company B, 141st O.
V. L

After their return from the war and subse-
quent graduation from the university, the
paths of their lives diverged for the first time.
Brown taught school for two years, then set-
tled on a farm between Athens and Canaan-
ville. Dana continued his education and ob-
tained his master's degree in 1870. Ill health
forced him to abandon the
study of law shortly after-
wards, and he drifted into
the drygoods business. He
served as deputy clerk of
the Supreme Court of Ohio
from 1893 to 1902, and for
a time held the position of
deputy auditor of Athens
county. Brown entered the
freight department of the
B. 6? O. railroad (then the
Marietta and Cincinnati)
and remained with that
company for 40 years. At
the age of 82, both men,
having retired, are living,
as they have for the great-
er part of their lives, within
a few blocks of each other
— Dana on University Ter-
race; Brown on East State
Street. Evan J. Jones came
from true pioneer stock.
Born in a log cabin built by
his father in Gallia county, Ohio, he knew in
his earliest childhood the hardships of the life
of the early settler who first penetrated the
forests of the Buckeye state.

Having attended Ewington academy, he
taught school at Oak Hill and Madison Fur-
nace in Jackson county. Later, to continue his
education, he attended normal school at Leba-
non and afterwards entered Ohio University.
Upon his graduation from the university he
was appointed principal of the Norwalk
school.

The year 1875, with his admittance to the

JANUARY, 1929

19

bar, marked the beginning of his successful ca-
reer as an attorney. During the early years of
his practice he was associated with General
Charles H. Grosvenor. Today, at the age of
79, he is still actively engaged in the legal pro-
fession as senior partner of the law firm of
Jones &? Jones.

E. R. Lash enjoys the distinction of being
probably the oldest pharmacist in Ohio, if not
in the entire country. He purchased his es-
tablishmen in 1873 from John H. Perkins, who
had founded it in 1828. In the 100 years of
its existence the pharmacy has changed name
and location but once.

Lash was born in Alexander township in
1848. Having obtained his primary education
in the public schools, he entered the university
in 1870. He purchased the pharmacy in his
junior year at college and, following his grad-
uation, continued the proprietorship of the
store. In addition to his duties as pharmacist,
he served as postmaster of Athens from 1913
until 1921.

These four men are among the oldest living
alumni members of Beta chapter of Delta Tau
Delta, which was chartered on Ohio Universi-
ty's campus June 21, 1862. At that time only
one fraternity existed here. Beta Theta Pi.
The chapter was organized with thirteen char-
ter members, of whom John R. Scott, '64, Co-
lumbia, Mo., is the only living member.

Get Those Batteries Charged Up
And Tune In On JVAIU

Columbus Plans Are Big for
March Second Party

Mr. F. Stanley Crooks, '06, president, and
Miss Lela Ewers, '16, secretary, of the Colum-
bus alumni chapter are about to announce
plans for a big get-together on the night of
March 2. The place for the gathering has not
yet been selected but it will likely be in one of
the leading hotels of Ohio's capital city.

Complete details will be communicated to
central Ohio alumni at the earliest possible
moment. President Bryan, of Ohio Universi'
ty, will be a guest of the Franklin county
grads and will address their meeting. It is ex-
pected that arrangements can be made for a
brief concert during the evening to be given
by the Men's Glee Club of the University
which will be in the city for the Intercollegi-
ate Glee Club Contest of Ohio. Ohio's new-
ly-inaugurated governor, Hon. Myers Y.
Cooper, will also be a guest of the alumni
chapter if present plans carry through.

Alumni and the friends of Ohio University
everywhere within the state are invited to
"tune in" on a radio program to be broadcast
from 7:30 to 8:30 Saturday evening, March
2, from Station WAIU Columbus.

The hour's program will consist of a brief
address by President E. B. Bryan of the Uni-
versity, choral numbers by the Men's Glee
Club, and vocal and instrumental solos.

A similar program was broadcast la^^t .y.ear
from WSAI at Cincinnati. The 1929 pro-
gram bids fair, however, to be one of the finest
ever sent over the air by Ohio University tal-
ent. The Alumni Secretary advises all Ohio
grads who may not possess a radio receiving
set to be making plans to visit on the evening
of March 2 a friend who does have one.

Convocations In New Hall To
Take on Significance

"As part of the university system the new
Auditorium will be used in every possible way
for the education and entertainment of stu-
dents," President Bryan has said.

Convocations, which for a long time have
been unsatisfactory because of the limited seat-
ing capacity of Ewing Hall (which held ap-
proximately but three-fourths of the Fresh-
man class, alone), will again become a signifi-
cant factor in university life. It is planned to
make the "chapel" periods so interesting by
musical, dramatic, and lecture programs that
large voluntary attendances will be assured.
To the end that this may be so, a program
committee has been appointed which is com-
posed of Dean Irma E. Voigt, Dean John R
Johnston, Prof. Harold Evans, and Prof. C. C.
Robinson.

The first university convocation in the new
building was held January 23. The program
consisted of a brief address by President Bry-
an, four numbers by the Ohio University band
of seventy-five pieces, a vocal solo by Miss
Alice Holmen, of the Music School faculty, a
violin solo by Miss Frieda Levin, two college
songs by students and faculty, lead by the
band, and chamber music played by a trio
composed of Prof. DeForest Ingerham, violin.
Miss Martha Gulp, 'cello, and Miss Irene
Witham, piano.

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THE OHIO ALUMNUS

California Raisins Must Have
Been Potent Factor in Meeting

Southern California alumni held another
''spirited meeting" in Los Angeles, on the me:;'
2,anine floor of the Hotel Rosslyn at noon, De-
cember 20, 1928. None of the details of the
party are available for publication (a fact that
makes the editor wonder what sort of spirits
are involved in a "'spirited" meeting).

The affair at the Rosslyn, however, was
staged under the capable and proper direction
of the officers of the Los Angeles alumni chap-
ter— Mrs. Lena K. Swaim, '12, president, and
Mr. Samuel O. Welday, "12, treasurer — and
is therefore above suspicion.

Prior to the reunion event Secretary Wel-
day, who is also vice-president of the general
alumni association, mailed invitations and ad-
dress rosters to all Ohioans known to be in
the West and Southwest. Few at great dis-
tances find it possible to attend the frequent
meetings of the Los Angeles chapter but all,
it is certain, appreciated the information con-
tained in Mr. Welday 's two-page letter.

In the files maintained by the Southern Cal-
ifornia officers there are the names of 63
Green and Whiters in California, 6 in Ore-
gon, 11 in Washington, 1 in Nevada, 10 in
Arizona, and 4 in New Mexico.

A portion of the secretary's report of the
December 20 meeting is as follows:

"Our party this year at the Rosslyn was a
hum-dinger, or what have you? We had
twenty-four in attendance and I am inclosing
the names of every mother's son of them and
if you do not have them printed in The Ohio
Alumnus — well !

"Here go the names: Geo. C. Blower, Mary
E. McLean, whose new address is 314 W.
Doran, Glendale, Calif.; Mary Hazel Post,
Mrs. Lena K. Swaim, Lena E. Patterson, 2706
Wilshire Blvd., but she says that she is mov-
ing into a new place and will advise us later
of her correct address; Mr. and Mrs. P. G.
Moler, 1311 S. Curson Ave., Los Angeles;
H. S. Coultrap, Winifred Hazelton, Harold
J. Paul, has a new son — yes, he gave away
the cigars freely; Alice Crawford, new ad-
dress, 115 N. Jackson, Glendale, Calif.; Mrs.
Chas. F. Heizer, new address, 1290 Verdun
Ave., Los Angeles; Gay Walker- Averill, 299
S. West Morland, Los Angeles; Maude Bri-
son-Estes, Fred Pickering, Mary Helen D.
Bourus, Katherine Klinger, her address is no
longer "Ob," for note, 266 9th St., San Ber-
nadina, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. (Helen M. Mor-

ris) May, 1631 E. 103rd Place, Los Angeles;
Geo. W. Haney, note his address, 1133 W.
45th St., Los Angeles; Evelyn L. Adams, An-
ne E. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel O. Wel-
day.

"A letter from Grace L. Sherman, former-
ly Corcoran, Calif., now Apt. 103 Casa Del
Rey, Santa Cruz, Calif., states that she is sor-
ry that she could not attend our little party
at the Rosslyn Hotel."

oAuditorium Largest in State

Ohio University is now the only institution
of higher learning in the state possessing a
building used exclusively as an auditorium.

The University is not only unique in the
above respect but it also claims the largest au-
ditorium on any college campus in Ohio, and
is surpassed by but few in the entire country.
The Alumni Memorial Auditorium is provid-
ed with 2,832 permanent seats while the stage,
when needed, will seat an additional 300 per-
sons.

Although, as yet, there are no immediate
prospects of securing $50,000 for the purchase
of the pipe organ that is desired, university
officials and alumni are hopeful that such an
instrument can be installed within a year or
two. If that hope becomes a reality there will
then be few educational institutions anywhere
with as fine an organ, which will be a combin-
ation of the concert (not theatre) and cathed-
ral types.

Qrowden Receives Degree

At the commencement exercises held De-
cember 21 at 'Ohio State University, Clarence
H. Growden, '17, former Ohio University fac-
ulty member, received the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy.

For the past year Doctor Growden has held
the position of director of field clinics at the
Ohio Bureau of Juvenile Research.

Mrs. Growden received a baccalaureate de-
gree from Ohio State University last June and
is now looking forward to studies applicable
to the Master's degree.

Clarence H. Hudson, '27, has shifted the
scene of his activities from Geneva, Ohio, to
Cleveland, where he is teaching Commerce
and Industry and assisting with the coaching
of athletics in Collinwood High School.

JANUARY, 1929

21

qATHLETICS at OHIO UNIVERSITY

Ohio's Bobcat Couriers Win Four Games and Lose to Bishops and Bearcats in Six

Starts Thus Far in Very Stijf Schedule

With but two veterans as a nucleus, Ohio
University's 1929 basketball team is fighting
its way through a stiff schedule and making
its presence felt in every contest in which it
participates.

Marietta

The Bobcats opened their intercollegiate
schedule with a 37-24 victory over Marietta
College, on January 10. The '''win'''' was ac-
complished in comparatively easy fashion, for
only once during the game did the river-town
boys threaten the Bobcat score.

Coach Grover's starting line-up was com-
posed of Captain Burkholder and Swackham-
er at the forward positions, Brammer at cen-
ter, and Williams and Hart at the guard po-
sitions.

Ohio V\/esleyan

In a somewhat weakened condition, the
Green ii White squad traveled to Delaware
two days later to encounter the Bishops of
Ohio Wesleyan. Jerry Warshovv'er, Brook-
lyn, N. Y., guard, with a wrenched knee, and
''Chuck" Koterba, Columbus, Ohio, forward,
with influen2;a, both first string material, were
absent on this highly-important trip. While
it is unlikely that their presence in the line-
up would have insured a victory for the Bob-
cats, it is nevertheless felt that the league-
leading Wesleyanites would scarcely have roll-
ed up the 48 to 29 score that they did
had they been in the game. It was the
Bishops' tenth straight victory of the sea-
son, with no defeats to mar the record. (In
the meantime by subsequent victories they
have made it thirteen straight.)

The height and size of the opponents to-
gether with the accuracy of their long shots
from the field, was a combination that the
Grovermen were unable to match. Burkhold'
er scored but one goal in the entire game.
Brammer accounted for one goal, Koterba for
two, and guard Hart for four. The remain-
ing points were scored on free throws from
the foul line.

'Muskjngum

The next story has a more satisfactory end-
ing. Displaying a speedy, deceptive attack

which completely outclassed their opponents,
the Ohio cagers swept to a 48 to 25 victory
over the Muskingum College five, of Ohio
Conference fame, January 15 on the Ohio
floor.

Under the leadership of Captain Burkhold-
er, who had regained his scoring stride, the
Grover team ''ran wild" at times, each regu-
lar accounting for a goodly number of points.
Burkholder, Koterba, Brammer, Hart, and
Swackhamer played all but four minutes of
the game. Swackhamer's success at the guard
position in practice sessions won him a change
of station on the court.

Wittenberg

"What a game!" That expression, heard
on all sides as the crowd left Ohio Gym on
the night of January 19, gives a clue as to the
nature of the contest.

The Bobcats and the Lutherans battled fast
and furiously to a 40 to 33 decision in a game
during no time of which could the winner be
predicted with safety. A last minute rally of
the home team gave them the comparatively
safe margin indicated by the score. It was
Ohio's first Buckeye Association game on the
local floor.

Wittenberg's high-scoring players were held
well in check by Swackhamer, Hart, and Wil-
liams, while all of the Grover squad, except
Ray Hart, of Marietta, were successful in
their efforts to amass needed points.
West Liberty

A game calculated to afford an opportunity
for a slight relaxation of the tension occasion-
ed by the Buckeye contests was that scheduled
with West Liberty Normal School, of West
Liberty, W. Va., on January 22. In this
contest an enthusiastic crowd in Ohio Gym
seemed content to forego the thrills of a con-
ference battle for the greater comfort of an
almost certain knowledge of the outcome of
the gamCj despite the fact that the visitors in-
dulged in several lively scoring sprees. The
big electric scoreboard at the south end of the
gym showed a count of 49 to 36 at the con-
clusion of hostilities.

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THE OHIO ALUMNUS

Cincinnati

Ohio was the victim of last year's Buckeye
champions, the Cincinnati Bearcats, January
25, in one of those nip-and-tuck affairs that
frays the nerves of coaches, players, and spec-
tators alike. Just as in one of the CincyOhio
games last year, a long, loop shot in the clos-
ing seconds of play spelled disaster for Ohio.
This year's game went to the Bearcats, ?i6
to 34.

Although the two teams were locked in tie
scores at six different times during the contest",
at no time during the game was the Cincinnati
team in the lead until the final minute of play
when Franz, Bearcat left guard, arched one
through the basket from mid-floor for the win-
ning points.

The Green and White scores for most part
came as the climax to a series of well-timed
formations ending under the basket.

Williams, who displaced Koterba at for-
ward in this game, is credited with 12 points
and is followed in a triple tie by Burkholder,
Swackhamer, and Hart with 6 points each.
"Long John" Brammer, center, and 1929 foot-
ball captain-elect, was blanked, failing to score
a point either from the field or from the foul
line.

This very sketchy review, closing with the
Cincinnati game, is written just as Coach
Grover's boys are getting into the swing of
things. While there is no possibility of the
Bobcats annexing a championship there is yet
every hope that they will finish in the first di-
vision of the Buckeye group.

Olson's Wrestlers Shoisu Class

^ut Succumb to Ohio State Team

In preliminary training matches preparatory
to opening the regular wrestling schedule,
Thor Olson's mat artists met a squad repre-
senting Parkersburg (W. Va.) High School
on January 1 1 , and Coach Sereno Shafer's
Marshall College boys on January 12.
Par}{ershurg

While the Parkersburg wrestlers, who, by
the way, were coached by Clell Duncan, '27,
a former Ohio University football star, were
completely outclassed by the Olsonmen, they
were scrappy and aggressive and succeeded in
taking two bouts by decisions. Ohio won
twelve of the fourteen matches, ten of them
by falls.

Marshall

The Marshall squad also failed to offer
much opposition to the Bobcats. Had their

coach, Sereno Shafer, '28, been eligible to en-
ter the ring the report might, of course, have
been entirely different.

The visitors put up a creditable fight, how-
ever, even though they were forced to take the
short end of a 31 to 3 score. Five of the
eight matches were won by Ohio via the fall
route, while two were won by decisions. Mar-
shall took one match by a decision.

Ohio State

An unexpected and somewhat disappoint-
ing showing was made, January 18, against the
Ohio State University huskies. Upon the ba-
sis of an unusual display of mat technique and
fight in previous contests the Green and
White following had built up hopes for a
closer score than that which resulted — 35 to 5.

Captain Joe Begala was the only successful

^'Iron-Man" Joe Begala

member of the Bobcat squad. In his match
with Peters, of Ohio, State, he decidedly out-
classed his Big Ten opponent and won by a
fall in 3 minutes and 6 seconds.

All of the eight matches were won by falls,
seven of them going to the credit of the up-
staters and one to the home team. The rul-
ings of a referee, admittedly inexperienced in
officiating under intercollegiate rules, were
frequently handicaps to the Ohioans. That
fact is in no degree sufficient to explain the
overwhelming defeat, however.

The next opponent to be faced by the Bob-
cats will be Penn State, at State College, Pa.,
February 2.

JANUARY, 1929

23

Award of Contract for Construction

Of Stadium ^ade to Athens ^an

Construction of the new athletic stadium
for Ohio University will be started by March
1, weather permitting, according to a state-
ment made by Fred H. Beckler, 'OS-ex, Ath-
ens contractor, following the announcement
by University officials that the Athenian had
been awarded the stadium contract.

Award of the contract was made to Mr.
Beckler upon the recommendation of the ar-
chitects and engineers of the Osborn Engineer-
ing Company, of Cleveland, designers of the
structure, after these experts had carefully
checked estimates submitted by Beckler.

A decision to contract with Mr. Beckler
on a cost-plus basis was arrived at by univer-
sity officials and the Cleveland engineers when
it was clearly seen th.at such a method would
effect a large saving over competitive bidding.
Beckler 's estimates closely approximated those
of the engineers although he did not see the
Clevelanders' figures until after the contract
was awarded.

According to Mr. George C. Parks, treas-
urer of the University, the item of profit in
Mr. Beckler's estimates was reduced to a mini-
mum. LJnder the terms of the cost-plus con-
tract if the construction costs more than the
contractor's estimates the university will pay
but one-half of the additional cost while the
remainder will be borne by Beckler. On the
other hand, if the cost of construction is less
than the contract price the university will ben-
efit by one-half of the saving.

Because Mr. Beckler has the equipment for
this sort of work and because of a wide engi-
neering experience, the university seems as-
sured of the highest type of construction, with
the earliest possible completion of the work.

Mr. Beckler is a former student of Ohio
University. He says that the stadium will he
completed by September 1, 1929.

Athletic Director Announces

Spring Baseball Schedule

Ohio University will officially open its
baseball season for 1929, on April 6, against
Ohio State University in Columbus. It will
be the first time since 1922 that the Bobcats
have met Ohio State in baseball.

Western Reserve University, of Cleveland,
will also meet Ohio on the baseball diamond

in 1929 for the first athletic competition be-
tween the two institutions in several years.
The game is scheduled to be played in Cleve-
land on May 18.

The schedule of 14 games follows: Ohio
State, April 6, in Columbus; Denison, April
20, in Granville; Marietta, April 23, in Ath-
ens; Miami, April 26, in Oxford; Cincinnati,
April 27, in Cincnnati; Wittenberg, May 1,
in Athens; Marietta, May 4, in Marietta;
Wesleyan. May 7, in Athens; Cincinnati,
May 11, in Athens; Wittenberg, May 14, in
Springfield; Western Reserve, May 18, in
Cleveland; Wesleyan, May 22, in Delaware;
Miami, May 25, in Athens; Denison, May 30,
in Athens.

Western Conference Grid Opponent

Breaking into Western Conference compe-
tition for the first time in many years, Ohio
University gridders will open their season next
autumn, on September 28, against the Univer-
sity of Indiana at Bloomington. Negotiations
for the Big Ten game were completed recently
by O. C. Bird, Ohio University athletic direc-
tor, and Z. G. Clevenger, Indiana athletic di-
rector.

The game will be played as a part of a dou-
ble-header contest for the Indiana team, Wa-
bash College and Ohio University furni'^hing
opposition for the Hoosiers during the after'
noon.

Fresh Receive Grid Numerals

Twenty -two members of the 1928 freshman
football squad of Ohio University, who acted
as football "fodder" in preparing the varsity
for its gruelling contests, received numerals
for their work. The men were elected by the
department of Athletics upon the recommen-
dation of William Herbert, freshman coach,
and Charles Blythe, assistant.

The list includes: Kermit Blosser, Enter-
prise; Claude Christman, Mt. Vernon; John
Delaney, Baldwin, N. Y. ; Joe Esmont, Can-
ton; Walter Estep, Youngstown; Clark Ga-
briel, Piqua; Harold Kennard, McConnels-
ville; Russell Kepler, Wellington; Lowell Liv-
ingston, Lima; Robert Moxley, Mt. Vernon;
Edward Stevenson, Dormont, Pa.; Frank Co-
car, Cleveland; Sam Zarnocay, Rocky River;
Bernard Sadosky, Euclid; Millard Hussey, Co-
lumbus; Richard Mulbarger, Columbus; Har-
ry Parrish, Coshocton; Paul Lytle, Granville;
and Willard Relyea, Toledo.

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^

T>E qALUMNIS

1876

Although prevented by the long distance
from being present at the dedication of the
Alumni Memorial Auditorium, Rev. Thomas
F. Day, '76, of San Anselmo, California, re-
membered the date of the event and wrote
most cordially of his interest in the building.
His letter was, in part, as follows:

'It will be a day long to be remembered,
a day of thanksgiving for the consummation
of a noble undertaking. Dear as are the mem-
ories of other landmarks on the campus this
Auditorium will, more than any other single
building, bind the hearts of the Alumni to-
gether in old and new loyalties to Alma Ma-
ter.

"We all owe a great debt of gratitude to
those who carried the enterprise through from
its inception to its successful completion and
I pay my tribute of thanks to them here and
now."

1879

Emma K. Dana, '79, retired teacher, of
Cleveland, is enjoying freedom from the rigors
of the winter months in a seasonal vhit to Los
Angeles.

1S91

Dr. W. A. Westervelt, '91, Coolville, Ohio,
physician has more than an ordinary amount
of interest in his Alma Mater inasmuch as his
son, Marcus W., is a sophomore in the Arts
College of Ohio University.

1897
Charles E. Cameron, 97, 2-yr., of the firm
of Cameron Brothers, Athens, is engaged in
what he calls with characteristic humor, the
"blessed insurance" business. Arthur Camer-
on, '26, a son, is associated with his father and
uncle in their business.

1898

Orin Gould Thomas, "98, is assistant secre-
tary of The Century Company and is western
manager of its educational book department,
with headquarters in Chicago. His home is in
Oak Park, Illinois. WiUis E. Thomas, a son,
graduated last June from Armour Institute of
Technology.

1900

John E. Perry, '00, 2-yr., of Youngstown,
Ohio, president of the Valley Mould and Iron
Company, was the December speaker at the

monthly meeting of the Commerce Club of
Ohio University. Mr. Perry gave a highly in-
teresting description of the making of steel
and told of the rise of some of the foremost
leaders in the steel industry.
1902

Sadness has come to Nelle M. Pickering,
'02, in the death of her mother, January 17,
at her home in Athens. Miss Pickering is a
supervising critic teacher for Latin and Eng-
lish in Athens High School.
1903

James P. Wood, '03, a member of the legal
firm of ToUes, Hogsett, Ginn 6? Morley,
Cleveland, and president of the general alum-
ni association at the time of the inception of
the Alumni Memorial Auditorium project, at-
tended the dedication of the wonderful new
building on January 20. Mr. Wood was an
active worker and counselor in the campaign
for funds.

1904

L. W. Householder, '04, 2-yr., is a super-
intendent for the Rochester and Pittsburgh
Coal 6? Iron Company, at Indiana, Pa.

Dr. J. N. Brown, "04-ex, and two sons,
have moved from Athens to Medina, Ohio, tc
join Mrs. Brown in establishing a new home
in that city. Mrs. Brown, '27, for the last 18
months has been supervisor of Art in the
schools of Medina county and is continuing in
the work. Doctor Brcjwn will open an office
for the practice of dentistry, the profession
followed in Athens for a number of years.
1905

Arthur D. Carr, '05, 2-yr., prominent col-
ored physician of Washington, D. C, was the
owner of a portion of the land recently pur-
chased as a site for the new Ohio University
Stadium.

1906

George W. Christman, '06, former county
superintendent of schools in Hocking County,
is engaged in the practice of law in Logan,
Ohio. Just now he is involved in the defense
of a youthful murderer who is hoping to se-
cure freedom via a plea of insanity.
1908

Death entered the family circle of two
Ohioans when Mrs. C. P. Martin, mother of
Mrs. R. J. Studer (Stell May Martin, '08,

JANUARY, 1929

2'yr.) and of Charlene Martin, '31, all of
Athens, passed away on January 9. Mrs.
Studer is the wife of Dr. Robert J. Studer,
'08, 2'yr., an Athens dentist.
1909

Mrs. Howe (Cora Love, '09, 2'yr.) is teach'
ing in the schools of Youngstown, Ohio, un'
der the supervision of Dr. John J. Richeson,
'10, newly 'elected president of the Ohio State
Teachers' Association.

1910

Senor Joaquin Gimenez Lanier, '10, 2'yr.,
two'year graduate of the Civil Engineering
department, holds the responsible position of
City Architect of Havana, Cuba.
1911

Interesting news from the home of Prof.
F. C. Landsittle, '11, of Ohio State Universi'
ty, Columbus, relates to the marriage of a
daughter of Professor and Mrs. Landsittle,
Miss Edith, to Mr. Willard H. Livingston, on
September 15, 1928. The newlyweds are at
home in Seattle, Washington.

A change of address to No. 211 Logan
Apts., Omaha, Nebraska, has been noted for
Mary Eli2;abeth Morris, '11, 2'yr. Miss Mor'
ris did not indicate the nature of her work
in the Nebraska city.

1912

Ray Ridenour, '12, was an interested and,
we trust, a well satisfied visitor at the exer'
cises in dedication of the new Alumni Memor'
ial Auditorium. Mr. Ridenour is in business
in New Lexington, Ohio.

Bertha Bridgeman, '12'ex., principal of the
East Side School, Athens, has been elected one
of the six official delegates from Ohio to the
National Education meeting to be held next
July in Atlanta, Georgia. The selection of
delegates was made at the December meeting
of the Ohio State Teachers' Association held
in Columbus.

1913

Mrs. R. E. Cutsinger (Fannie Cochran, '13,
2'yr.) is supervisor of Music in the schools of
Edinburg, Indiana.

Lewis H. Miller, '13, of Ripley, was elected
judge of the Fifth judicial circuit of West
Virginia, comprising the counties of Mason,
Jackson, Roane and Calhoun, by a majority of
nearly 2100 votes in the November election.
Mr. Miller is a Ripley attorney.
1914

''Faithful are the wounds of a friend." Yes,
we suppose so but at the same time we can't
help wondering if that is what Caesar was
thinking at the foot of a column in the Roman
Forum during that jestful little stabbing party
indulged in by his erstwhile friends.

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Seriously, the editor is not grievously
wounded nor is he in the least offended by
numerous letters he has received calling at'
tention to his error in ascribing, during a men'
tal lapse, the authorship of "Love's Labour's
Lost" to one Milton.

To get the background for the following
epistle readers will find it helpful to peruse
again page 23, second column, of the Decem-
ber number of the Ohio Alumnus.

"Love's Labour's Lost." The writer will
het {Oh, any odds) that Esther Burns cere-
brations regarding her wor\ in the library did
not connect the above title with the bard you
so \indly accredit. That "the title will lacl{
greatly in accuracy," what with this and that,
we have no hesitation in asseverating. 7\[o,
my dear editor, its just another case of — That
reminds me of that clever little poem, "Para-
dise Lost," b3' William Sha\espeare, as that
notorious wit, Carl Liggett, would tell you if
he were here — he may vet.

(Signed) An Outraged Lover of Literature.

We suspect — and in this case one guess is
better than some others — that the author of
the foregoing ''diatribe" is a member of the
Class of 1914. Forgive us this time, Anne,
and we'll try never to do it again.
1915

Mrs. Wanda Kirkbride Farr is located in
Yonkers, New York, this year as an investiga'
tor in Plant Physiology at Boyce Thompson
Institute for Plant Research. Mrs. Farr is a
graduate of the Class of 1915. Her husband.
Dr. Chfford-H. Farr, died February 10, 1928.

Through a friend, word has just been re-
ceived in the Alumni Office of the illness, ex-
tending back over a period of four months, of
Fred B. Goddard, '15, an oil producer of Mar-
ietta, Ohio, and president of the Marietta
alumni chapter. The illness is one which has
pu::^led all examining physicians and is some-
times called indulant fever. Here's lookin'
at you, Fred, and hoping that you'll soon be
on your feet.

Dr. David H. Biddle, '15, one of Athens'
leading physicians and an overworked member
of the city's medical corps during the current
influen2;a epidemic, has been, himself, a dis-
tressed victim of the pestiferous malady. At
one period it seemed that almost all of the lo-
cal doctors might succumb at the same time.
1916

Lela A. Ewers, '16, is an assistant and a
graduate student in the Zoology department
of Ohio State University.

An address verification card has recently
been received at the Alumni office bearing the
name of Frances McAuslan Johnston. Now

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Mrs. Johnston, it was perfectly all right for
you to get married. Perfectly. But we feel a
little bit hurt that you didn't let us know
about it at the time. Here are the best of
good wishes, anyway. The next time you are
married you won't fail to notify us, will you?
No. Mrs. Johnston's address is Alexandria,
Ohio.

1917

John R Goddard, '17, connected with the
Humble Oil and Refinery Co., at Wilson, Ok-
lahoma, recently had as his guests his fath-
er, W. R. Goddard, and his brother, Dewey
Goddard, '25, of Amesville, Ohio. The visi-
tors made their trip to the oil country by auto-
mobile which is rather remarkable because of
the fact that Mr. Goddard's father will cele-
brate his eightieth birthday in March.

With extreme regularity and with a cor-
diality that is sincerely appreciated by the
Alumni Secretary, Mary Jane Eaton, '17, each
year renews her membership in the Alumni
Association. Miss Eaton, directress of the In-
stituto Internazionale Crandon, is located at
15 Via Savoia, Rome, Italy. Ohioans travel-
ing through the Italian metropolis are always
certain of a welcome when calling upon Miss
Eaton. A portion of her letter of January 5,
1929, follows: ''Since, for the time being, 1
can do no better, I enjoy my annual pilgrim-
age to Ohio University by way of my check
for Alumni dues.

''It has been with pride and satisfaction that
I have read of some of the progressive move-
ments on the campus. To my gratitude for all
the University has meant to me I am so glad
each year to add a fresh stock of enthusiasm
because of the fine and vigorous initiative back
of these changes.

"There are many to whom I should like to
send a personal greeting; will they kindly feel
themselves especially remembered in the cor-
dial good wishes I send for all that have to do
with Ohio University during the year 1929."
1918

William H. Fennel, '18, and Ralph "Sid"
Beckert, '23, both members of the Ohio Uni-
versity School of Commerce faculty, accom-
panied by Ralph Zahour, '29, and Douglas
Dole, '30, of the local undergraduate chapter,
attended the national convention of Sigma Pi
fraternity held December 28-29 in Atlanta,
Georgia. Zahour is Senior Class president at
Ohio University while Dole is business mana-
ger of the 1929 Athena.

After several years of educational adminis-
tration as principal of the Bellaire, Ohio, high
school and later as superintendent of schools
at Waverly, Ohio, Floyd Deacon, '18, decided

to tackle a real job so accordingly purchased a
farm near New Madison two years ago and is
giving his attention to agricultural pursuits.

1919

Kathryn Dilcher, '19, 2-yr., is teaching in
the Kindergarten department of the public
schools of Charleston, W. 'Va.

Mr. J. B. Allen and Mrs. (Margaret Smed-
ley) Allen, '19, of Athens, are the happy fos'
ter parents of an attractive little auburn-hair-
ed youngster whom they have recently adopt-
ed.

1920

In response to the December plea for ad-
dresses of numerous wandering alumni has
come information to the effect that Grace E.
Barker, '20, is now located in Compton, Cal'
ifornia. Just what she is doing the editor does
not know, but teaching English in Compton
College would be a good guess to start on.

Newly-elected officers of the Kiwanis Club
of Athens, to serve for 1929, include a goodly
number of Ohio University men. In fact, if
you subtract the names of Green and White
grads from the list of officers there are not
many names left. The Ohio men are: Rob'
ert C. Hess, '20-ex, president; B. T. Grover,
'19, vice president; Dwight H. Rutherford,
'26, secretary; Fred H. Sands, '22, treasurer;
John H. Preston, '04, 2-yr., Rufus C. Hop-
kins, '20, and J. Ernest Algeo, '26, directors;
and Fred M. McKay, '14, trustee.

1921

Readers of the Ohio Alumnus will recall
this line that appears on the annual address
verification cards — T^ews 'hlotes Below: Re-
cent Births, Deaths, Marriages, etc. Below that
line Ferol D. Strickland has written, "My
news belongs under 'etc' Just hello, every-
one. I'm happy. How are you? — Strick."

Helen M. Huddle, '21, 2-yr., is teacher of
the second and third grades and principal of
the South School in Napoleon, Ohio. Miss
Huddle is working to direct the interest and
attention of some of the high school students
of Napoleon to her Alma Mater. She has al-
ready been successful in sending one young
man to Ohio University.

Noble C. Shilt, '21, a former member of the
Ohio University faculty and for several years
associated with the Washington, D. C, staff
of Hamilton and Company, a well known fi-
nancial instituttion, is now secretary of the
Warner Stutler Company, Inc., which is also
located in the nation's capitol. Mr. Shilt is
secretary-treasurer of Washington chapter of
the Alumni Association.

JANUARY, 1929

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1922

Percy C. Pickard, '22, of Cleveland, who
used to be with the Telling-Belle Vernon Co.,
is now assistant treasurer and oiTice manager
of the Cleveland Paper Company.

Friends of Frieda Chapman will be pleased
to know that she is now a member of the fac-
ulty of Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio,
in the department of Education.

Howard H. Sands, '22, former Lancaster,
Ohio, high school instructor, is principal of the
public schools of Haydenville, Ohio.
1923

William V. Walsh, '23, has deserted the
banking game in Cleveland for a position in
an allied field. He is now connected with the
Cleveland office of the General Motors Ac-
ceptance Corporation.

Robert S. Soule, '23, has lately received a
promotion within the organisation of the Mo-
nongahela West Penn Public Service Com-
pany. Mr. Soule, who has been head of the
educational department of the Parkersburg-
Marietta division, will be transferred to Fair-
mont, W. Va., in general charge of the educa-
tional department of the entire system. After
graduation Bob went to Parkersburg as an in-
structor in the high school. He was later a
teacher in the Mountain State Business Col-
lege. He has been with the public utility coir.-
pany for the past two years.

Mrs. J. Kerwood Martin (Clara Blume,
""23), is again a member of the teaching staff
of the Columbus (Ohio) Normal School.

Randolph Porter, '23, is an instructor in
commercial subjects in Champion Avenue
Junior High School, Columbus, Ohio.

Ross Evans, '24, is in the Auditing depart-
ment of the Piggly Wiggly Corporation, in
New York Ctiy.

Virgil Dassel, '24, formerly head of the
Commerce department of the Military College
of South Carolina, is now associated with the
Indiana Adjustment Company and located at
Evansville.

The sincere sympathy of many friends will
be with Louella Spooner, '24, 2-yr., of Cum-
berland, Ohio, in recent bereavements. Both
her father and mother died during the first
and second weeks, respectively, of January,
death in each case being the direct result of
influenza.

Helen I. Pickrel, '24, who conducts a spec
ial class in the public schools of Fort Wayne,
Indiana, describes herself, occupationally, as a
"Feeble Minded" Teacher.

E. L. Newsom, '24, who is serving his sec-
ond year as principal of the high school at
Wilkesville, Ohio, was granted a Life Elemen-

tary Teacher's Certificate and a Life High
School Certificate on August 1, 1928.

Ernest E. Ray, '24, is as busy right now as
a— -just choose your own simile — getting in-
formation needed for filing of a consolidated
income tax return for the Delaware and Hud-
son Company and afl'iliated corporations;
about thirty of the latter. Ernest says that
there are more affiliated concerns but that they
do not come within the purview of the Reve-
nue Act and are therefore not making any
extra work for him at the moment. Mr. Ray
is a tax accountant in the New York offices
of the D. 6? H. Co.

1925

Maynard Graft, '25, is associated as a sales
representative with the Owen Manufacturing
Company, of Logan, Ohio.

Josephine Stiers, '25, for the past two years
Y. W. C. A. Secretary and Assistant Dean of
Women at Colorado Agricultural College, Ft.
Collins, is devoting this year to graduate study
at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Marina Foster, '25, holds an administrative
position in the School of Education of New
York University as assistant Secretary of Ad-
missions.

G. H. Gustafson, '25, has just returned to
his home in Jamestown, N. Y., after a most in-
teresting sojourn in the far West. Gus was
one of the 80,000 persons that gathered in
the Stanford University Stadium on August
11 to witness the notification ceremonies for
Herbert Hoover. The return trip of 5,310
miles was made by automobile by way of Mt.
Ranier, Yellowstone National Park and Min-
neapolis, Minn. Visits to the campuses of fif-
teen different universities were included in the
itinerary of the eastward trip. Among the
universities visited were Stanford, California,
Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Chicago, and Notre Dame.

While Lloyd Antle, '25, is intensely loyal
to Ohio University and its interests he just
couldn't help being elated over the New
Year's day victory of Georgia Tech's "Golden
Tornado" at the expense of the "Golden
Bears" of California. Lloyd is an instructor
in Money and Banking in the Atlanta school.
1926

Through lack of information at the time of
reporting the marriage of Miss Ruth Gordon,
'25, to Mr. W. Ray Smittle, '26, the present
occupation of the latter was not given. Mr.
Smittle is an instructor at Muskingum Col-
lege, New Concord, Ohio, in the department
of History.

The distinction of being the first woman to
hold the position of Clerk of Courts in her

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county is claimed by Ruth L Aber, '26. Miss
Aber came to office through a favorable ex-
pression of the voters in the November elec-
tion. Her home is in Tucumcari, New Mex-
ico.

Alice DeCamp, '26, Moundsville, Ohio, is
teaching French in Caney Junior College at
Pippapass, Kentucky. This school is located
in the heart of the Cumberland Mountains
and is twelve miles from a railroad station.
Miss DeCamp seems to be enjoying her ex-
periences.

Clarence S. Bolen, '26, formerly an instruc-
tor in Miami Military Institute, Germantown,
Ohio, is now headmaster of the Junior School
of Kentucky Military Institute, at Lyndon,
Kentucky. During his senior year in Ohio
University Clarence was editor of the Green
and White.

Doris Henry, '26, a former art supervisor
in the schools of Madison, Wisconsin, is now
teaching Art in West High School, Akron,
Ohio.

Theodore Wakcly, '26, is a teller in the
Bank of America of California, in Los An-
geles.

Frank C. Games, '26, is head of the In-
voice Division, General Buying department,
of the Proctor & Gamble Co., Cincinnati,
Ohio.

1927

E. V. Springer, '27, former junior high
school instructor in Athens and, for the cur-
rent semester, a graduate student in Ohio Uni-
versity, has been elected to succeed Don R.
Goddard, '25, as principal of the Amesville,
Ohio, high school. Prior to completing his
work at Ohio University, Mr. Springer had
served for eight years as a district and assist-
ant county superintendent of schools in Jack-
son county.

Kenneth L. Frease, '27, is a security sales-
man with A. B. Leach fe? Company, Union
Bank Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa.

William E. Silcox, '27, who last year held
a position as Physical Education instructor in
Fredericksburg, Va., has accepted a similar
position this year in the schools of Syracuse,
N. Y. He was a graduate student in Physical
Education at Columbia University last sum-
mer.

Mae Warfield, '27, who was an assistant
last year in the Psychology department of
Ohio University, received the Master of Arts
degree from Ohio State University in August,
1928, and is now employed as a Psychologist
at the Warren State Hospital, Warren, Pa.

T. Lyson Fultz, '27, for the past year and a

half a science instructor in the Middleport,
Ohio, high school, has resigned his position to
accept similar work in the Bexley (Columbus,
Ohio) high school. Mr. Fultz reported for
duty in Columbus on January 7.

1928
J. Willis and Mrs. (Ruth A.) Brown, both
members of the Class of 1928, are living in
Niles, Ohio, where the former is an instructor
in McKinley High School.

Beulah McCray, '28, president of the
Women's League in her senior year, holds the
position of Industrial Secretary in the Y. W.
C. A. organization of Philadelphia, Pa.

Grant A. Mason, '28, who lives in one of
the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pa., is dividing his
time between daytime work and the study of
law in evening classes.

Marianna Bing, '28, of Athens, has return-
ed to her home after a twenty-weeks singing
engagement with The Naughty Marietta
Company under the direction of Charles F.
Horner. The show is
one of the most pop-
ular of all of the light
operas written by
Victor Herbert. Dur-
ing the tour Miss
Bing sang with the

IsAarianna hxng

company in twenty
different states, ex-
tending from Florida
to Arizona, and trav-
eled a distance of 16,-
500 miles. In Dallas,
Texas, she was pleas-
ed to see a sorority
sister, Mrs. Ned Bix-
ler (Janice Battin, '26) , while in Topeka, Kan-
sas, she was greeted by Mr. Raymond Con-
nett, ex, and Mrs. Connett (Irma Hill, '25).
Marianna reports a real experience and a
willingness to enter into a similar contract at
a future time. Just now she has no definite
plans in mind.

The stewardess of the Athens Country
Club is Wanda Tyson, a 1928 graduate and a
major in Home Economics.

Leonard Clifford, '28, a graduate of Ohio's
School of Commerce, is employed in the Aud-
iting department of the National City Bank,
New York City.

Margaret L. Warne, '28, of Trenton, N.
J., is employed as an instructor of Physical
Education in the schools of Johnsonburg, Pa.
Her address is The Nypcn Club.

Fred R. Roebuck, '28, is an instructor in
Woodward High School, Cincinnati, Ohio.

JANUARY, 1929

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CARRIAGES

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ViNiNG'WiLKERSON — Dr. William V.
Wilkerson, '21, to Miss Alice E. Vining,
April 8, 1928. Mrs. Wilkerson is a graduate
of Judson College, Alabama. Dr. Wilkerson,
who holds his M. D. degree fiom Johns Hop-
kins Medical School, is also W. V. Wilker-
son, 1st. Lt. Med. Corps, U. S. A., and is
now attending the Army Post Graduate Med-
ical School in Washington, D. C.

Shaver-Starcher — Miss Margaret Shaver,
"■26, Cheshire, Ohio, to Mr. George W.
Starcher, '26, also of Cheshire, June 5, 1928.
According to unverified information in the
hands of the editor, Mrs. Starcher has contin-
ued her teaching this year in the Cheshire
high school while her husband is a graduate
student and instructor at the University of
Illinois.

BuRSON-WiLL — Miss Helen Burson, '28,
Athens, to Mr. Robert Will, '28-ex, Mc Ar-
thur, Ohio, January 12, 1929. Mrs. Will,
who specialized in kindergarten education,
was an instructor in the kindergarten schools
of Chautauqua, N. Y., during the summer of
1927. Mr. Will attended both Ohio and Mi-
ami Universities and is a graduate of the lat-
ter. He holds a position in the Vinton Coun-
ty National Bank. At home: McArthur,
Ohio.

Shoemaker-Ludwig — Miss Dorothy Shoe-
maker, '29-ex, West Jefferson, Ohio, to Mr.
Paul R. Ludwig, '28, Chillicothe, Ohio, Sep-
tember 8, 1928. Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig are
now at home in Waverly, Ohio, where the
latter is coach in the high school.

Drake-Hester — Miss Eli2;abeth Drake, '29,
Athens, to Mr. James A. Hester, '26-ex, Min-
eral, Ohio, September 28, 1928. Mrs. Hester
is a senior in the University and will com-
plete her studies. Mr. Hester, a former stu-
dent, molds a junior executive position with
the Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Stiff-Blower — Miss Sarah Stiff, '26, 2-yr.,
to Mr. Girard Blower, both of Glouster, Ohio,
September 3, 1928, at the bride's home. Mrs.
Blower, who is a teacher in the Glouster
schools, will complete the year's work. Mr.
Blower is at present associated with Sweeney
Brothers, funeral directors, of Akron, Ohio.

Scott-Griffith — Miss Mary Louise Scott,
'23, to Mr. Harry Arthur Griffith, December
21, 1928. Since graduation Mrs. Griffith has
been a teacher in the schools of Livingston,

Tenn., Hammond, Ind., and of her home city,
East Liverpool, Ohio.

Izant-Casperson — Miss Geraldine R.
Izant, '24-ex, to Mr. Harold Casperson, both
of Warren, Ohio, September 22, 1928. Mrs,
Casperson is national treasurer of Delta Sigma
Epsilon sorority and a member of the Ohio
University chapter, ^^r. and Mrs. Casper-
son have made their home in Youngstown,
Ohio, where both are employed in the offices
of the Republic Iron and Steel Co.

Crozier-Zeman — Miss Kelley Z. Crozier,
'19, 2-yr., to Mr. Joe Zeman. The editor's
informant failed to give the date of the happy
affair but it is taken to be a somewhat recent
event. Mrs. Zeman is a teacher in Sherman
School, Toledo, Ohio, in which city she and
Mr. Zeman are at home at 4257 N. Haven
Avenue.

Carpenter-Pemberton — Miss Zelda Car-
penter, of Lincolnton, N. C, to Mr. Carl G.
Perberton, '14, A. M., of Sinking Spring,
Ohio. The wedding was an event of last
spring. Before her marriage Mrs. Pemberton
was head of the French department of the
Xenia, Ohio, high school. Mr. Pemberton is
superintendent of schools at Sinking Spring.

Kaiser-Nichols — Miss Julia Kaiser, '27, of
Lakewood, Ohio, to Mr. Eugene P. Nichols,
December 27, 1928. Mrs. Nichols is an in-
structor in the high school at Chagrin Falls,
Ohio, and will continue her work until June.

McV ay-Miller — Miss Mary Elizabeth
McVay, '26, Athens, to Mr. Wilbert E. Mil-
ler, '27-ex, Cleveland, December 25, 1928.
Since her graduattion Mrs. Miller has been a
teacher in South Hig'n School, Cleveland. Mr.
Miller is associated with the Sterling Wheel-
barrow Company in his home city. He and
his bride are at home at 1380 W. il2th St.,
Cleveland.

BowLES-JONES — Miss Helen Bowles, '22, 2-
yr.. Dexter, Ohio, to Mr. Morgan Jones, Rio
Grande, Ohio, December 27, 1928. Mrs.
Jones, a former student in Ohio University's
School of Music, is enrolled for the present
semester in her Alma Mater as an advanced
music student. Her husband is engaged in the
teaching profession at Tiltonville, Ohio. They
will be at home after February 15 in Martins
Ferry, Ohio.

Kahler-Elliott — Dr. Virgene Henry
Kahler, '18, 2-yr., of Detroit, widow of Dr.
George R. ''Crum" Kahler, '08-ex, who died
in 1924, to Mr. F. J. Elliott, of Chicago, De-
cember 28, 1928. Mrs. Elliott will continue
her practice of osteopathy in Detroit for the
present. Mr. Elliott is an inspecting engineer

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with a practice both in Chicago and Detroit
Chapman'Kiracofe — Miss Majel Chap
man, '27, Coolville, Ohio, to Mr. O. R. Kira
cote, Bridgewater, Va., December 23, 1928
The bride is a teacher in the high school at
Mason City, W. Va., in which city she and
her husband will be at home at 1056 River
Street.

McElhaneY'Johnson— Miss Lois E. Mc
Elhaney, '27'ex, of Sandusky, Ohio, to Mr.
Eldon E. Johnson, '26, of Jackson, Ohio, June
4, 1928. Mr. Johnson is now a department
manager for the W. T. Grant Co., in Louis-
ville, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are at home
at '744 S. 37th St., Louisville.

Clarke-Hill — Miss Mary Elizabeth
Clarke, '27, of Cairo, W. Va., to Mr. Frank
Hill, in June, 1928. Mrs. Hill was a teacher
last year in the Cleveland public schools but,
with her husband, now lives in Cairo, where
Mr. Hill is employed with the State Highway
Commission.

KecK'Scoles — Miss Mary Jane Keck, 'IS,
2'yr., to Mr. Clayton L. Scoles, December 22,
1928. Mrs. Scoles has been a teacher in the
schools of Toledo, Ohio, since graduation from
the University. Mr. and Mrs. Scoles are at
home at 965 Forsythe Street, Toledo.

WatkinS'Hice — Miss Eva Watkins, '17,
2'yr., Belleville, Ohio, to Mr. Henry S. Hice,
New Casde, Pa., Nov. 29, 1927. Mrs. Hice
has been an instructor in Art in the Warren
schools for several years past. The bride and
groom are now residents of Los Angeles, Calif.

RiDiNGFR'BEER^Miss Bess Ridinger, teach-
er in the Delphos, Ohio, schools, to Mr. Ert-
man J. Beer, '21, 2-yr., Manual Training in-
structor in the Marion, Ohio, schools. May
26, 1928.

FiSHP.\w-BoYER — Miss Evelyn Fishpaw,
'23, 2-yr., Pickerington, Ohio, to Mr. Ray-
mond Boyer, December 31, 1927. Mrs. Boy-
er is a teacher in the Pickerington schools.

Humrichouse-Tracey — Miss Philomena
Humrichhouse, '23, 2-yr., of Versailles, Ohio,
to Mr. Roy Tracey, in Santa Fe, New Mexi-
co, August 27, 1928. Mrs. Tracey has been
a teacher in the public schools of Troy and
Columbus, Ohio. The present address of the
Tracey 's is not known to the editor.

Brown -Morris —Miss Thelma Brown of
Georgetown, Ohio, to Mr. Garnet L. Morris,
'25, of Carpenter, Ohio, November 17, 1928.
Mr. Morris is a salesman for Swift and Co.,
with headquarters in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Gotshall-Blythe Miss Emma Lou Got-
shall, '25, 2-yr., Magnolia, Ohio, to Mr. Char-
les B. Blythe, '27, Mineral City, Ohio, March

17, 1928. Mrs. Blythe has continued her
work in the schools of her home town while
her husband is pursuing graduate work at
Ohio University. Charlie was assistan: fresh-
man football coach last fall.

l\^TTON-HuMMELL--Miss Jeanette Patton,
'24, of Goes, Ohio, to Mr. Wayne M. Hum-
mell, of North Canton, Ohio, June 14, 1928.
Mrs. Hummell has been a teacher in the North
Canton schools since receiving her degree from
Ohio University. Mr. Hummell is associated
in business with his father. At home: Cole
Avenue, North Canton.

^/i? TH S

GiB'^ON— Well, well! Maybe this is the
fellow who wrote ''Love's Labour's Lost." A
son, JOHH MILTOH. was born, October 28,
1928, to Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Gibson (Alice
May, '16, 2-yr.), of Athens. The youngster's
daddy is connected with the Ray-Glo Corpor-
ation, Athens, and is adjutant of the local
American Legion post.

GiLMORE — To Mr. C. R. Gilmore, '23, 2-
yr., and Mrs. Gilmore (Mabel Kenney, '22'
ex), of Norwood, Ohio, a daughter, Shirley
Ann, December 16, 1928. Mr. Gilmore is a
Manual Training instructor in the Allison
Street School, Norwood.

SzLiKALSKi — To Mr. and Mrs. Peter Szu-
kalski (Esther Kurtz, '20, 2-yr.), 41 Pine
Ridge Rd., Buffalo, N. Y., a daughter, Ardath
Marie, December 11, 1928.

Nelson — To Mr. and Mrs. Earle Nelson
(Fern Hesse, '14, 2-yr.), of Columbus, Ohio,
a daughter, Juanita Eleanore, October 21,
1928. "

Fogle — To Mr. WiUard G. Fogle, '25, and
Mrs. Fogle, of Lawndale, Ohio, a daughter,
Vivian Joy, March 11, 1927. Mrs. Fogle is
an instructor in the Kenmore, Ohio, high
school.

Wright- To Mr. and Mrs. Earl O.
Wright (Alice Edv^^ards, '27), a son, Robert
Benjamin Edwards, October 5, 1928. The
youngster's address is in care of mother and
dad, Miamisburg, Ohio.

Foster — To Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Foster,
of Warsaw, Ohio, now residents of Athens
where the former is enrolled as a Freshman
in Ohio University, twin daughters, Jean Ma'
rie and Janet Lee, January 8, 1929.

Perkins — To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Per-

JANUARY, 1929

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kins (Kathryn Lawlcr, '30'ex), of Bedford,
Ohio, a son, Richard Henry, January 8, 1929.

Miller — To Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Miller
(Lucile Deffenhaugh, '26), of Springfield,
Ohio, a son, James William, November 28,
1928. Mr. Miller is connected with a leading
clothing store in Springfield.

Owen— -To Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Owen, both
graduates in the class of 1928, a son. Dean
Richard, August 19, 1928. Mr. Owen is an
instructor in the high school at Mt. Vernon,
Ohio.

Dickson — To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dick-
son (Mane Hope, '22), of Sandusky, Ohio, a
son, Thomas Hope, January 10, 1929. Mr.
Dickson is engaged in the insurance business.
The baby's mother was for several years a
high school instructor ;it Loraine, Ohio.

^LiM"To Dr. W. K. Lim, '16, and Mrs.
Lim, a son, Bien Wie, January 2, 1929. Doc-
tor Lim is connected with the Jefferson Clinic
and Diagnostic Hospital, Detroit, as an expert
in roentgenology and radium therapy. Mrs.
Lim, an American -born Chinese, is a gradu-
ate in Pharmacy of the University of the City
of Detroit.

^EA THS

M.\NN — Friends have received word of the
death in a Chicago hospital, January 16, 1929,
of Dr. Samuel David Mann, "H, following an
operation. Dr. Mann was twice married. His
first wife preceded him in death several years,
leaving a small daughter, Peggy Ann. He
later married again and is now survived by a
wife and two daughters. Mrs. Wilbur John
son (Margaret Mann), of Carey, Ohio, is a
sister.

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most advantageous. Long ago we have out-
grown the auditorium of Ewing Hall. That
assembly place will not afford seating capacity
sufficient to accommodate the present fresh-
man clas.s. You may be interested in knov.?-
ing that the number of our present student
body and faculty is such as comfortably to fill
this hall. Notwithstanding the probability
that within a few years we may outgrow these
attractive accommodations, we feel that for
some time to come this structure will prove
to be of the most valued service.

Important as its material significance is, this
building has another meaning — one within the
apparent. It is always the idea back of the
achievement that lends fascin^^tion. Imperfect
though the reality may be, the dream may
have had all the perfection of ideality itself.

" 'Tis not what man does which exalts him,
but what man would do." There is an interest-
ing story told by a j;eputable writer of Wil-
liam Merritt Chase. It is stated that for years
Mr. Chase had kept a framed blank canvas
over his mantel-piece in a favorite studio.
When the artist had been variously asked why
he had painted no picture on the canvas, he
replied that he had painted a thousand there,
but that he had never felt himself endowed
with an aequate facility of expression to make
them visible and concrc'ce with brush and col-
or. Until hand could match brain, this can-
vas was to remain the unpainted picture of
his dreams. Who has not at times had a sim-
ilar experience? Even though evidences of
imperfection in this memorial may disclose
themselves, we receive satisfaction from the
ideality latent in it.

Ho\vever inadequately we may have reveal-
ed ourselves, you will perhaps agree with me
that this structure is the expression of an ideal.
Perfection is an attribute of only eternity.
Thoreau's account of the artist of Kouroo,
who would make a perfect staff, tells us of
the vast changes which befell the craftsman
before perfection was attained in his work.
The city of Kouroo had become a hoary ruin,
old cities and dynasties had passed away, Kal-
pa was no longer the pole-star, Brahma had
awakened and slumbered many times — all be-
fore perfection had been realized. Yet the as-
piration has a glory and a consecration of its
own. One of our poets, in speaking of his
ideals, calls them happy guides, whom he
could never overtake, but adds,

I thenceforward and long after
Listen for their harp-like laughter.
And carry in my heart for days,
Peace that hallows rudest ways.

Such is the wealth of ]ife.

If we were to give fancy full play, we might
occupy ourselves in toying with certain im-
mediate symbolisms. This structure appeals
to us as a symbol of the solidarity of the in-
stitution of which it is a corporate part. Per-
haps never has the prospect before Ohio Uni-
versity been so bright as at present. Within
recent years the institution has been given the
highest academic recognition. Our annual en-
rollment shows more than 3,600 names; our
instructional staff comprises more than two

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THE OHIO ALUMNUS

hundred members. In both the material and
the intellectual realm, Ohio University is en-
joying unusual prosperity. But in no sense
are we blinded to the priceless heritage of the
past. Foundations were firmly laid with in-
sight and devotion in the years that are be-
hind. Men and women went forth full of en-
thusiasm for the college that nurtured them,
and in many instances added brightness to her
garlands. We today were to have been par-
ticularly honored by the presence of a most
distinguished and revered guest, one who joins
Ohio University past with Ohio University
present; one whose life has richly flowered in
the beauty of service — Bishop Earl Cranston,
of the class of 1861.

Large as our university is, it still maintains
the student-instructor contact so characteristic
of earlier days. We feel therefore fortunate
in having the advantages of both the large and
the small college. It is the maintenance of
this personal relationship that prevents an in-
stitution from becoming inordinate in size. In
these days of increasing numbers, the affairs of
Ohio Lhiiversity are so administered that its
clientage, from freshman to graduate, have
their academic relations with only persons of
professorial rank. The solidarity of the stu-
dent, teaching, and administrative units on our
campus is fittingly typified in the substantiali-
ty of the building we today dedicate.

The building, too, symboliAes the higher sort
of individualism that we seek to evoke in the
lives of the youth who enter here. Only an
individuality, a personality, developed through
the chastening powers of discipline is equip-
ped to become a contributive force in life. In
our educational aims we would have youth
see that personality is not a matter of mere
expression. But expression, freedom, and joy
in existence inevitably demand patience and
control. No work of architecture, however
elaborate or extensive, is called into being
without insight and projected vision. The
architect of the mammoth seventy-five story
Chicago Apparel Mart and Tower Building is
engaged on the production of one of the
world's largest structures. Nineteen of the
seventy-five stories have a floor space of sev-
enty-six acres. Other parts of the edifice are
equally stupendous in their appointments. But
the architect builds in accordance with a well-
formulated plan and blue-print. Law and dis-
cipline have made possible the results. The
ideal of humanitarianism which Ohio Univer-
sity strives to inculcate implies a knowledge,
a 2;est, and a discipline, imposing heavy de-
mands upon the functions of any educational
institution.

The silent, reposeful spaces of this memori'
al are symbolical of the lives of the sons and
daughters who have joined the world of spirit.
In our most happy and prosperous moments
we should never forget the days of early strug-
gle and Spartan fare, that brought richness to
the hungry minds and souls of hundreds who
walked this college green. Were they now
with us in the hopefulness of their youth, how
eagerly would they share in the larger advan-
tage. As it was, the inspiration of Ohio Uni-
versity became to them the fountain light —
the veritable master light of all their day.

On this occasion it is the high privilege of
the exercises of the hour to offer in dedica-
tion this memorial auditorium to the service
of our Alma Mater. To the memories of the
lofty and noble men and women who have
come and gone in the shadowy past and to the
thousands to come and go in the more shad-
owy future may this building, the humble
work of our hands and hearts, stand dedicated.
May it so remind us, the living, of the beauty,
the truth, the goodness, of life that we shall
be impelled to follow with a warmer zeal
whatsoever things are true, lovely, and of
good report.''

At the end of Doctor Wilson's address, the
dedication music, ''The Hymn of Praise," a
magnificent oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn-
Bartholdy, was sung by the University Chor-
us. Upon a huge platform which extended
the width of the stage were 200 singers — 170
students and 30 alumni and faculty members.

Under the direction of Professor Robinson,
this chorus, the largest of its kind ever assem-
bled at Ohio University, handled the difficult
parts of the great hymn as one sympathetic
unit, holding the audience spell-bound by its
beauty.

Guest soloists for the occasion were Arthur
Kraft, tenor, of New York City, and Roma
Lee and Dorothy Bowen, sopranos, of Chica-
go. All sang splendidly, especially in the duet
arrangements. Mr. Kraft is said to be the
highest-paid church soloist in New York City.

The instrumental accompaniments were
played on the auditorium's two Steinway
grand pianos by Mrs. C. C. Robinson, first
piano, and Mr. David K. Todd, second piano.

As a concluding ceremony a benediction, in
the following words, was pronounced by Pres-
ident Bryan.

"May the blessings of God, the Father, the
love of His dear son, our Lord and Saviour,
and the good guidance of the Holy Spirit be
with us all forevermore."

Thus was Ohio University's Alumni Me-
morial Auditorium dedicated.