West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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sv ' S ' s NINETEEN TWENTY-NINE Philosophy Club The Philosophy Club was organized to fulfill the desire of many students to hear and take pari in discussions of philosophical and speculative problems. The club, promoted by Professor Albion R. King was started in November of this school year with forty charter members. Since that time regular monthly meetings have been held, at which papers on im- portant quest inns lia e been pre ente J by the faculty members. Following the speak- er ' s presentation the meetings have been thrown open for questions and forum dis- cussion In March the society held its first annual banquet with Dr. Cunningham of West Virginia L niversity as the principal speaker. The large attendance of both faculty and students at the meetings predicts a suc- cessful future for the club. OFFICERS Fred Haught - - .- John Mott Thelma West President Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer .MEMBERS ( a de Backus ii li m Badger irginia Bali. Ross Bon r Jennie Backus Y. C Cutright I i». r Christopher I)u ion Davis Ella Ree I )odgi I I 1 HI-. ' I II I I N K Fred I Iaught Dorothy Harris I I krv FIvmes R ND L1. I Iamrick Orton Karickhoff i Iasper Kr MS Ei nice Kyle Ceorge La ' enby Thelma West i i mil White I r Mi Dow ell | . 1ES LOWTHER John C. Mott Joe Martin Yoras Meeks Wanda Morton M ni.i ini. Morton Mary M rple Wai ii r Purdy Roy Nutter I E P rr u k Edw rd Roberts Laura Rector Effie Renick Phares Reedir Arthi k Simons VlRGINI SNODGR SS I I k Sigafoose Paul Trimpey Elsie White One Ii Ircd [hirty-ninc

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NINETEEN TWENTY-NINE Wesleyan Players rhe Wesleyan Payers was organized on the campus in ' )11 by Miss Mildred I ittle, headoi the department of Expression at that time, with the twelve members of the cast of The Piper as the charter members. Since then the club has hem steadily growing and at the present time has a membership of thirty-eight, includ- ing the alumni. 1 1 is the purpose of the club to promote dramatics at Wesleyan. I his year the organization is under the direction of Professor I C. Staats, head of the department of Public Speaking and Expression. I he membership of this club is of two kinds; active and honorary. Member- ship requires a recommendation by the director; a major or leading role in one big production or a minor part in two separate plays; when a student has written a one- act play which has been porformed under the direction of a player. It is the custom of the organization to present three major productions during the year. This year the Wesleyan Players have sponsored two plays. By the pre- cedent of a student production, which was recently established. Sun-up by lulu Yollmer. was successfully directed by Percy Ross. The second play was Peg ( ' M I lean by J. 1 lartley Manners, under the personal direction of Professor Staats. to whom no little degree of credit is given lor his successful production. The players spend much time and consideration on the plays they produce . nJ the type presented are of the best possible character. OFFICERS Thomas A. Jones -------...... p res ; dent Mayford Camp --------- Vice-President Eva Swisher --------- Secretary Elizabeth Talbott ------ Treasurer Pi rcy Ross - - - Business Manager ACTIVE MEMBERS Prank Hutchinson Fred Haughi Amy Lot Simmerman Paul Given Mary Gibson Robert Herzer John Mott Robert Goodwin Rosalie Hollida Annis Ross Hayward Hamrick One huiulrcJ fortj -