Anderson University - Echoes Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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To Be or Not To Be A few years ago it so happened that I was traveling in Greece. I had read a great deal in history concerning the Oracle at Delphi; so I decided that a trip to Greece would be incomplete without visiting that historic spot. A feeling of awe came over me as I approached the spot where the destinies of many nations had been sealed. Of course I also had a feeling akin to pity for the superstitious people who staked their lives on the words of this oracle. At the door to the temple, I was met by some curio sellers and among the things offered for sale, was some incense to be burned in the censer that still hung from the tripod as it has done for thousands of years. I purchased some for the mere novelty of the thing and poured the incense into the censer and lighted it. As the smoke began to ascend, I was struck almost dumb with amazement as a voice proceeded from the smoke and said to me, Ask what you will, and it shall be answered.” Quickly recovering myself, I thought of my future classmates in college. In a trembling voice I asked; Who will be in the graduating class of Anderson College and Theological Seminary in the year 1933, and what does the future hold for each of them ?” The voice of the Oracle began to speak slowly and I quickly jotted down the an¬ swer in shorthand. Betty Truman will become the first woman president of the National City Bank as the result of her financial experience as treasurer of the Anderson College Athletic Association. Arthur Kinzer will spend his life in establishing singing schools throughout the south. Gabriel Dixon will become a noted missionary to the Eskimos. Laude Hays will become editor of Physical Culture Magazine. Melvin Miller will become a model for Arrow Collar advertisements. Elmer Yerden will become a second Billy Sunday. Ruth Dayton will edit the Who’s Who for I960.” Max Gaulke will become a big game hunter in Alaska. Alvina Koglin will put on Civic Music Association programs. Grace Torgerson will startle the world with her fiery lectures on Technocracy. Mazie DeArmond will write a Dictionary from the definitions she collected in Homiletics. Louis Turner will become the International President of the Student Volunteers. Blanche Seasholtz will discover and teach the outstanding pianist of the present age. Paul Froehlich will arouse the scienti fic world by working out a scheme for making a Century plant bloom every six months. Bert James will publish a series of volumes of travel lectures, similar to Stoddard’s Lectures. Earl Rawlings, at the age of seventy-five, will be considered a greater thinker than Einstein ever was. Grace Tubbs will become matron of an orphans’ home.” Here the voice ceased, the smoke no longer rose from the censer. I placed more incense in the censer, but to no avail. The voice was silent forever.

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The Class of Nineteen Thirty-Three Soon the Class of 1933 will bid farewell to her Alma Mater. The future holds f or us — we are not certain just what. The past lingers behind us as a panorama of successive events, glorious and beautiful, but not without its disappointments, and hard places out of which has come the greater victory. From about fifteen different states of the Union we came to A. C. T. S., that we might carry forward cherished ambitions. It has not been an easy path we have taken. Most of us worked before coming here in order to have our own money with which to begin our college career, and since coming here, all has not been a path marked out for us. Practically every member of ’33 Class has worked his way through school, either entirely or in part. The changes in us as we have lived year after year and have learned to face reality are as a great drama which unfolds scene by scene, and each year has opened for us new vistas of activities and possibilities. Personalities as varied as you could hope to find anywhere have formed our class, but all have been young men and women of strong character and Christian faith. In all campus and church activities, our class has been well represented—basketball, tennis, dramatics, debating, music, religious education, preaching, and social life. The Class of 1933, we feel, has done its share in pushing forward Anderson College and Theological Seminary. On the morrow, we face new experiences; there will be new worlds for us to con¬ quer, and already we are planning definitely our activities. Betty Truman expects to go back to the Golden State, and hopes to return to A. C. T. S. next fall for further work. A. G. Kinzer will probably return to his home in West Virginia, but has not made positive plans beyond that. Gabriel Dixon plans to assist the Reverend S. P. Dunn, Chicago pastor, in his congregation next winter and, of course, he is deeply concerned that his bachelor days shall end. Melvin Miller will continue his traveling in quartet work throughout the summer. At the close of that season he expects to take a pastorate. Elmer Yerdcn is going back to his home for a while, and will keep busy in the responsibilities of church work there. He hopes before many months pass to become active in pastoral work. Blanche Seasholtz may remain in Anderson and continue her valuable services as a piano instructor. Louis Turner is planning on taking a pastorate, as well as studying toward his Bachelor of Arts degree. Max Gaulke has strong matrimonial inclinations, and probably will settle in Minneapolis, where he will work toward his Master of Arts degree. Paul Froehlich plans to attend Columbia University, working toward his Master of Arts degree. Ruth Dayton plans to go to Africa as a teacher in a mission school. She hopes to spend her entire life in foreign mission work. As soon as the Missionary Board can send her, she will be ready to go. Alvina Koglin plans to go to Oberlin College where she will work toward her Master of Arts degree. Bert James will take a pastorate at Melvern, Kansas, immedi ately upon graduation. Laude Hays plans to go into evangelistic work for a while, and later expects to take a pastorate. Mazie DeArmond will go to Marion, Indiana, as Assistant Pastor and Religious Education Director. She plans to return to Anderson College in the near future to obtain her B.D. degree. To spend and be spent in the Kingdom of our Christ is that big and worthy goal toward which our energy shall be directed.

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The Senior Dictionary Abnormal—One who gets grades over ninety-five. Accident—That which happens when a question is answered. Adult—A Senior. Bath tub—Freshman bathing beach. Bean soup—Brain food. Bell—The crack of doom. Biscuit—A bride’s despair. Bonbon—Peace offering for married people. Book—A reciprocal for notes. Campus—Permanent residence of malefactors. Card—A piece of pasteboard containing more information than an encyclopedia. Check—The ship that never came in. Classroom—A place to learn to sleep with eyes wide open. Council—A thorn in the flesh. Credit—A mark of appreciation given by teachers for work they believe you have done. Degree—A handicap placed on college students as they leave school. Desk—A place to rest the feet. Ear-training—That which is developed by listening for the nightwatchman. Emerald—The Freshman’s birth-stone. Final Exams—The professors’ revenge. Fire Escape—A friend in need. Flag—A piece of flannel full of holes. Fountain—Center of discussion. Freshman—An unsophisticated, egotistical biped of the Genus Amphibia (Tadpole). Greek—Agony. Legend—A story beginning, Why, I thought you assigned—.’’ Light Switch—That which is manipulated at the approach of the nightwatchman. Lobby—Gossip exchange. Love-—A general weakened and rundown condition of the system. Mailman—Bus driver. Money—The unknown quantity. Music—Any sound that issues from Charles Kissel’s room. Navy—A place where beans are grown. Radiator—An article used to decorate rooms and to create the impression that the room is being heated. Riot—That which transpires before the bulletin board when a notice appears, Prof. - will not meet his classes today. Salesmanship—Manipulating the Barter System. Secret—Something that must not be told until you meet the next person. Second Story Man—A Senior getting in after ten-thirty. Shock—That experienced by a Professor when a question is properly answered Stairway—Parking place. Term—A sentence served by students, professors, and convicts. Umbrella—Something never seen after lent. Wreck—A house after a visit by upperclassmen.