Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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SOCIAL workers of the Y are found in many fields. The children of surround- ing towns form an important unit of the Y program. Local shut-ins and patients at the hospital are visited by Y girls, and colored children and inmates of the Athens County Children ' s Home are benefited by their work. (top) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. First Row: Comes, Francis, Dean Voigt, Decker, Journay, Harllord, Potior!, Stone, Gadus, Second Row: Lindsey, Hill, Meschan, Aqnesi, Sberna, Meyers, Nelson, Macchione. (center) CABINET. First Row: McCulloch, Wheaton, Maxwell, E. A. Wray, Weymueller, Ames, Brown, Stone, Killinen, Spidell, Frost. Second Row: Reeser, Mullett, Hallner, Jones, Lieberman. BIGGEST undertaking of the year was sponsorship of the Prep Follies (see page 109), annual skit show. The Follies were competitive this year, and a cup was presented to the winning Alpha Gamma Delta pledges. Purpose of the Follies is to promote friendship among sorority pledges, and to swell the YWCA budget. (bottom) SUB-CABINET. First Row: Earnhart, Axx, Kunkel, Kent, Pejeau. Second Row: Davis, Fuetterer, Lloyd, Pottorf, Ricker, Hooper, Beck. Morrison, Lasher, Baker. Iv ' l ' .

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Y WC.A MEMBERS of the YWCA met at sewing bees preceding Christmas to prepare gifts for the Old Folks ' Home and the In- firmary. Toys were purchased for needy children. The sale of poinsettias brought added funds. For the students, Dickens ' Christmas Carol was presented. Services were held on Palm Sunday and Good Friday. (lop left) YWCA President Betty Hartford at work in her ofiice. Athena editors and cameramen accompanied YWCA social workers on one of their weekly visits, snapped these pictures. Martha Jones entertaining children at the Carbondale School, (bottom) Mary Ricker and Martha Jones join the children in a qame.

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' B •■ Religion in student life FREQUENTLY underestimated is the religious life of the student. Athens ministers consider collegians an important group in their congregations, are remarkably helpful to them. The 1940 Athena presents for the first time in Ohio U ' s yearbook, the men in the pulpits: John W. Danford, Methodist, new to the campus this year; R. G. Purrington, Episcopalian; Fred D. Luchs, Presbyterian; Neil J. Crawford, Christian; E. Winston Jones, new Methodist Wesley Foundation minister; and W. C. Dowd, Catholic. The Campus Religious Council correlates the work of the var- ious denominations, brings outstanding speakers to the campus. Members of the council are (top right): Reed, Nelson, M. Shannon (Presbyterian director of student work), Dalton, French, Maurer, Jasper. 30