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

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Clyde O. Liiw ()kt- I ' .ltti ' MHI w E S T V I R G I N I A Ross Linger PiirktT Holloway H. Eugi ' iK- Modltii

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In Grateful Appreciation Knowledge gleaned at Wesleyan ' s louiuains can he heard in the Muiniur ol tlie Mountains Irom West Virginia. Her sons and daughters can be lound ironi New York to San Francisco. The 1953 student l od wishes to pay tribute to lliese distinguished (iti ens pictmed riglit and Iunnl)I tietlieate this etiition nl The Minminmontis to them. lo CXVDE O. LAW. graduate of ihc class of iy09 who has been presicleiU of tlie Board of 1 rustecs since 1932. He was gi en the First Alumni award in 1949. the highest award the Ahiiiiiii Association can bestow, for (listiniiuishcd sci itc to ihe tollegc. While ;t stutient. Mr. Law was a tncnibcr ol the Kappa Alpha Fraternity, President of the Athletic Association. President of the Christomathean Literary .Society, member of the YMCA. He has been President of the Alumni Association. He is now the Cieneral . gent for North western .Mutnal Life Insmance Company for West V ' itginia. I o HAROLD G. (.1 IRICH I. graduate of the class of 1922, and Management C- )nsiil- tant of the affiliated companies of Cieneral Electric Company in ew York. Mr. Ciitrighi has alwa s been interested in education. He was Assjsiani Profcssoi of Accounting at ' irginia Poh leihnic Iiislilulc 1924-2r). He maintained cash scholarsliips for students at W ' esleyan writing papers about subjects dealing u iih the (oncentralion of power in go crnnieni. He has tra ele(! e leiisi el in .South Amer- ica and on a recent trip iheie met the late t iia Peron. He is also the owner of (ilen- gaylc Farm Ml hanhoe. West ' irginia, which houses a pri e l pedigreed herd of Heiefords. lo OKEV L. PATFE.SON. graduated in 1920 to become (iovernor of West Virginia. Mr. Patteson was Ilusiruss Maiiagci of tlu- 1920 edition of IHE I L RMl RM ) I IS antl President oi his graduating class. He was an automobile dealer and inanagcil a real estate business. He began his political careci in 19!M when he was elected to the ra ctie ( c)niu (.unit and progicssed polil- icalK, becoming (he first jjcison to have the office »f E eculi e Assistant (o (iovernoi Meadows, then becoming (io ernor 1919- I9r.:t. Mi. Patteson has been one of e«.- leyan ' s best kncnvn ahinmi. He suppints the college in each ol its efforts to serve hinnan iiy. lo |. R( I ' RlCi:, ubo majored in Cliem- isiry and PInsics. graduating in the clans of 192.3. This alumnus is noted for his con- ti ibntions in industr . Ml. Price, emplmed in the Research ami l»e eIopnient staff of the Lnioii Caibide and C aibon C ' oi |K nation jkii ticipaied in original research and development of the new famous inylile ' plastics. Ik ' sides being well-known and a pioncei in his indnsirv, Mr. Price is the author of num- erous iiuhistiv ailicles. He has helped build his (Ol poraiicms business so that lodav ' bev are llie largest faction in ilie licit! ctf Plastics. To tliree ininisiers, I)i. Ross Linger. Dr. H. Eugene h)dh ' n. and Dr. Parker Holloway, who have distinguished themselves in the pidpil as intclKctual and spiritual men and pastors to their congregations and connnunities. DR. LINX.ER uas a Student Pastor. mc»n- ber of the choir. President of the Ministerial .Associalicm in his student days at Weslcyan. He was Secretary of the Alimnii Association 194 1-40. DR. .MODLIN uas noted hn his integiitv even in his student davs on the campus when he was editor of I HE PHAROS, loday he is called a siitiiulating preacher and is well- knituti tbioughout the state. DR. HOLLOW has been a membei ol Ihe Hoard of I instees of C.eiiteiian |nnioi College and the Methodist Home (or the Aged in Ocean Cirove, expanding his ability in leadershi] deycloped in his undeigiaduatc years.

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In Menion- of A Friend Cecil B. Ross cainwt S(i . and I will iiol stiy Thill he is dead. He i. jiisl dii ' tix! Willi a cheery smile mid a wave oj llic luiiid. He has wandered iiilo an iniknowii land. And lefl us dreaming how very fair 1 1 needs miisl he, since he lingers there. Think of him faring an. as dear In ihe love of There as Ike love oj Here; .4nd loyal still, as he gave the bloirs Of his wariior strength to his country ' s joes — Mild and gentle as he iras brave. When the sweetest love of his life he gave To sinijjiest things; wliere the violets grew Pure as the eyes they icere likened to. The touches of his hand have strayed As rex ' erently as his lips have prayed; When the little lirown thrush that hinslih rlinied ]Vas dear to him as the mocking bird; And he pitied as much as a man in pain .1 writhing honey-bee xeel u ' ith rain. Think of him still as the same. I say; He is not dead — he is just — iiu ' iiy! [ami s Win uoMii Rii i: ' , ' lla greater tribute can be paid any man than: He was my friend, faithful and just to me? E eryone on Wesleyan ' s campus fell that way about Cebe Ross. He was sympathetic and understanding to all in any occasion. He was always a gentleman. He served his college faithfully and well. When a man does somelhing spectacular, wlien he Ijeals his way into a burning building to save someone or dives intcj an ice-filled river or picks up a bomb in his hands, the world calls tiiat heroic. .Vnd it is. But that is one act and soon over. Men who go on day after day, year after year, through dullness and tedium and strain of every kind — who go on being living examples in every act, great and small, of their faith and integrity, who hoUf fast without any reward, even pride in them- selves, and again all natmal doubts — these men are truly heroic. . nd in this sense Cebe Ross was a hero. He was a student at Vesleyan. retmncd to coacii her looiball teams and later be her alumni secretary. . number of his grid prodigies, headed by the great Cliff Battles, zoomed to professional football league stardom. He also coached such .■ ll-. inericans as Len (Feets) Barnum. As he sent his players into the line his acU ice was. Co in. Do yom- best. When Vesleyan dropped lootball alter the 1950 season he was heard to say: It is lonesome around Wesleyan without a football team. He had hoped for the day when the college could again field an eleven. No one on campus commanded more respect nor made more friends than Cebe Ross. His death on . pril 2, 1053. was mourned by all who knew him.