Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

X Nix X xx NN 'N NNNY N X N S x MsE X 3 X R X N N N , 5 S N 5 is R Y N S N 5 X N X N X N N N X S R S S X X X t X N X S S S S 5 S S S is X X X S R R R N X N Q R N R 5 S 5 S 3 5 S S R X R S X S S S R 3 S S S x x R S X N Nxt x S S X S N R by x X x N S N 5 S S 5 5 S S X 5 S is X X S S S XX R 5 S X S S N 5 S R X . HH..- R X x N fi S 5 5 S 5 X S 51 R R Th R S eta S R xiQ N OFFICERS x XR GEORGE C. CLAUSS . . . . . President S XS l'lERBERT C. MAYER . . . Viee-President S S S DAVID W. COVE .... . Secretary-Treasurer S 5 X v XS is R X PROP. WILLIAM j. I-Iurcmiws . . . . Director X R N X N Q N N -, . . . N N S S Although one of Oberlin s younger organizations, Theta Club is much older than S S the mass of students realize. It is not one of the numerous bodies which have sprung S SX S S into existence during the years of the present student generation. Theta's birth was S S S S prophetic of her whole life. Without noise and without great show, the club First mei S S E S as a "round tablei' discussion at the home of Professor Hutchins, who has been the life S S E S and strength of Theta ever since. S she 1 . - . . . I . . - N XX S The club is a typical Oberlin student religious circle-it is small, it is unostenta- S S TS S tious, it is vital. Membership is purely voluntary. Theta welcomes men of all classes fx Q S S and of all departmentsg the requirement for admission is merely interest in things re- it S S S ligious. Theta is not a ministerial incubator, nor does it serve for a recruiting station S is is E for all lines of social or religious service. In fact, it is in no way connected with the S is S Q Theological Seminary. Not all men who enter the divinity school or choose other types SX S S S of religious or religio-social work have been Theta men during their college yearsg nor S S ix S do all Theta men dedicate themselves to such activities. The gathering finds its SX E S raison d'ctre in a recognition of such issues in modern fields as mark the advance or S SX S S retreat of the higher conceptions of Christianity: and a significant benefit to the Theta S S man IS the informal mingling of students and faculty members for the consideration oi SQ is S S problems in which all are keenly interested. Theta is, briefly, the busy college man's S S XS religious discussion club.-P. V. K. Xi N N 5 X X 5 5 N X X WN X NX X x X 3 N I34 NN