Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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Developments After the er 111 Fel11'ua1'y ot' 1946 IllO1'1' 1112111 2110 regular students 1'Gt'll1'I1Cll to the campus and 11111 VVa- bash was rolling again. During tl1e year the fraternity houses were o11e by o11e reoccupied by their cliapters. Kendall and Trippet ca1111- back to tl1e campus H1141 the Sparks adininistra- 114111 l1ad a long-delayed second start. Only 110NV it become obvious 11ow wise the choice of Frank Sparks 112111 119611. Ile took over l1is position fully acknowledging that, as 2111 academic leader. l1e had no object except to 111ake tl1e Wabash Plan work in tl1e post-war worl1l. llc saw 1l1a1 1Vabash, already deep in philosophy of education, needed a11 aggressive adniinistra- live policy to keep that philosophy vigorous. lle saw the college needed new buildings, re- juvenation at certain points in tl1e faculty, a budget for salaries 211111 Op61'2LtlI1g' tlliit stagger- ed tl1e imaginations of old hands, and a full- time admissions staff to recruit tl1e kind of student-body VVabash needed to get in the face of the appalling expansion and lurid attrac- tions of other institutions. The buildi11g P1'OgI'HI11 began with tl1e demoli- tion of Peek Hall in January of 1946. On the site was built Vviilllgll Hall at tl1ree or four times tl1e cost anticipated by tl1e donor, b11t at any rate giving magnificent evidence 111211 'the Sparks D1'f1QI'?111l was nioving. lnflation, Korea. D1,1flIl'it11I'iL'-S' proposecl in 1946 un. .. .e. .. .. .- . . ... 1 X! i ., i tz: f .ur-' . 1 , k , 1- rpg.-11' 43 V if 'SLI 1 gf, 11 The Cavemen demonstrate on the circle in Indianapolis' in 1947 recession, and a few other obstacles delayed the rest of tl1e building plans, but only tempo- rarily. The Campus Center with two adjacent dorrnitories was opened in 1954, and at this writing tl1e 11ew library is pusl1ing its concrete bulk above tl1e ground, bringing a delight in- describable to those wl1o have struggled through the senescence of Yandes Hall. By tl1e end of 1949, tl1e core of the present faculty which is taking over tl1e responsibili- ties gradually laid down by 1119 leaders of the 11111-ties was 1:01'111Qtl. NVillis Johnson returned in 1946 and was joined by Prof. liaubengayer. 111 this year caine also John Van Sickle. and Fred West who instituted tl1e 11ew religion of- ferings. Roberts, Cotton, and Powell came in 15147: Hedrick, VVi1lian1s and Celler in 1948. Dean Hog-ge came as professor of economies in 151451, along with Wilder, llaenisch. and Delian- 11ey. Fertig and Sliearer. wl1o had been on the faculty l1t'1'0I'0 tl1e war. returned in 1949 a11d 151511 respectively. The need for H11 expert adrnissions staff was niet when Pres. Sparks installed Fred Totten as director of adinissions in 1945. Ed Gullion. 11ow vice-presiderit in charge of development. Page Eighteen

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The UUHEQE DU1 l1'lQ W01'lCl WEP II With its limited facilities. NVahash did a man-sized joh during' the war. For more than two years the under-manned faculty taught 48 weeks a year under the Navy trisemester sys- tem. The college provided some 300 navy men with housing, meals, hooks. and laundry service in addition to instruction. Six i'raternity houses tPhi Delta Phi Gam, Kappa Sig. Delt, lieta. and Sigma Clliis Kane Ilousel were turned over to the Navy. Professor t'harles taught Naval llistory and Strategy. often to students who had fought in the battles he was discuss- ing. NVarren Shearer taught Math, Physics and Spanish, and also ran the laundry. Near the end he joined the Navy himself. Ten other faculty members also went into service, includ- ing such leaders as Kendall, Trippet. and Paterson. President Sparks served for a year on the 1Var Manpower Commission, during which time a triumvirate of Ormes, Harvey and Banta F311 the college. The faculty was augmented at various times by the addition 01' seventeen full or part-time teachers, some of them recruited from civilian professional men of fll'2lNVfO1'tlSYlllt . The Navy made the XVabash curriculum the core of its officer training pro- gram, increasing' the emphasis on science and mathematics and adding' such courses as cam- ouiiage ttaught by the late Fritz Schlemmer, the resident artistl. engineering' drawing: and Profc.s.sor George V. Kendall The fJl'l'C'C'S.SiHllIII fornzs- for the 1940 Conmimiccrnerif exercises certain naval science courses taught hy navy personnel. The NVabash ship 's company con- sisted of a commanding- otiicer. an executive oiiieer. and a medical otiicer tall normally lieutenants senior gradej, and some seven en- listed men. t'ivilian college life never stoppedg the Bachelor sutfered only a brief lapse in 1945. and the fraternities continued to meet in For- est llall after the Navy took over most of the houses. Indeed. two chapters were at one time reduced to one man each. and the total fra' Dehate suffered relatively long' lapses. Sports were carried on without a complete break under Pete Yaugrliaii. Foothall and liaskethall schedules were played each war-time season and ternity membership was only 138 in the tall ot 1946. The Band, the International Relations tfluh. the Pan-Hel Council. and l'hi Beta Kappa all had a continuous existence. Ac- tivities such as Scarlet Masque. tilee t'luh. Blue Key. Senior tfouncil, Sphinx Club. and hasehall was suspended only in 1944. When the Navy unit withdrew in Uctoher. 1945, NVahash received a citation from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, and a VVell donel . from Admiral lientield. Vhief of Naval Personnel.

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