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

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Hutchinson, Boyers, Wier, Doney, Fleming, Cutshall, Wark, and Mc- Cuskey have brought West Virginia Wesley an to its present being. With Joseph Warren Broyles it moves on at a pace set by the age. It was only yesterday that Dr. Broyles became the president. Prog- ress would have us believe it -were longer. It happened like this: From various states of the nation came Kern, Straughn, Smith, and McPherson; and from most of the counties of West Virginia came alumni; from famous colleges and universities came representatives; from Buckhannon homes came friends — interested, loyal. Automo- biles surrounded the campus. The people crowded toward the Admin- istration Building to register. Some greeted recent graduates. Others re- newed old friendships. The stu- dents welcomed the whole visiting throng. It was wonderful to live at Wesleyan that day. The doors of the chapel stood open and ready, and it rilled with a rustle and murmur on that November 19 — first in the morning tor Bishop ' s Day Convocation. Bishop Paul Bent- ley Kern of the Nashville area de- livered the address. Again in the afternoon, the crowds gathered for the Inaugural Convocation of Joseph Warren Broyles. The procession of officers, trus- tees, and faculty, gave this occasion a dignified splendor. Dr. Roy Mc- Cuskey, former president of Wes- leyan, was there. Bishop James Henry Straughn of the Pittsburgh area and Henry Wright McPher- son of the Board of Education of the Methodist Church gave ad- dresses. Then Broyles, calm and alert, was inducted into the presi- dency. The expressions of devo- tion, gratitude, fidelity and the pledge of service instilled in stu- dents a desire some day to make Wesleyan proud of her youngest sons and daughters. Atkinson Chapel re- sounded with applause, strong, loud, ami long. The robed choir sang. The convocation ended. Today ' s, yester- day ' s and even tomorrow ' s Wesleyan- ites went to the reception. The ninth president had been inaugurated. Impressive and exciting was the dedication of the home economics cottage. This recently completed building shone with brightness ami newness. Alumni envied the fortu- nate girls who would live in it, and some students were a bit dubious as to whether their choices of majors had been correct. Numerous home- makers of America would step from that doorway. Miss Edna Jenkins alumna and donor of the cottage, was there, pleased and satisfied. She en- joyed seeing the girls happy in an- ticipation of the experiences await- ing them. esleyan owes much to such people as she. 16

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CHAPTER II Qm 2)ay 9t ctiap,p,eHed Allegheny, Marietta, and Rau- dolph-Macon; Monmouth, Bowdoin and De Pauw; Parks, Loyola, Ham- lin — these arc the callages of Amer- ica. Their stones are those of the progress of America, and they are the makers of that progress. Great people have come forth from these institutions not because they are schools, but because they are Chris- tian colleges. It takes something more than an academic education to make a gentleman of a man. From Syracuse, Columbia, Berea, and Johns Hopkins ; from Otterbein, Dickinson, Harvard, and Chicago; from Kalamazoo, Drew, Boston, and Northwestern ; from Kansas, New York, Ohio State, and Pittsburgh come her faculty. Through them the knowledge of the universities and the great traditions of ideas find their ways to students from New York to Ohio. Such is West Virginia Wesleyan, with the traditions and the obliga- tions of the great without the age. One half-century has sufficed for it to take its place. In this half-cen- tury it moves forward even more rapidly under the direction of even greater presidents. 15

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For tlie barbecue luncheon in the gymnasium, professors laid aside their briefcases and notes to don chef ' s caps and aprons, to carve pork, tn serve guests and students graciously. It was the largest dinner ever held at Wesleyan. Many had to be turned away. Dr. Roy L. Smith, editor of The Christian Ad- vocate proved that he was a master of words, phrases, and forceful and meaningful thoughts. He will long he remembered for that address. faces — new, wrinkled, strange, old, shining, youthful — all appeared at Wesleyan. Floyd N. Shaver, alumni secretary, was most re- sponsible for the gathering of these alumni and friends. His service added much to the success of this ■ ■ momentous day. He appeared here and there — greeting old grads, wel- coming guests, arranging last-minute details, and smoothing complications. Dr. Wallace B. Fleming ' s Alma Mater of the Mountains was joy- ously sung over and over on that day. I Ie has given eslevan labor, service, and support through the long years he has been associated with her. These are only a few of the traits which characterize the vice presi- dent. This day — the day of going and coming, the day of reward and ful- fillment, Bishop ' s Day, reception, dedication, inauguration, home-com- ing, was many in one, a day not soon to he forgotten. The new eslevan seemed to be already in the making. The atmosphere was that of the he- ginning of something big and dy- namic. 17