Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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CECIL FOSTER JOHNSON Newark, Ohio ENGINEERING Community CounciI5 Antioch Chapter A. S, C. E. BENJANIIN KENDALL East Gl'??l1ZUfL'll, Rhode Islam! ENGINEERING LAWRENCE FRANCIS KERNIODE Bridgeport, Coznzecticut ECONOMICS Community hflanager, 1929-305 Community Treasurer, 1927-285 Com- munity Council, 1929-305 Student Representative, Foreign Policy Asso- ciation I93o5 Social Committee, Chairman 1928-29, League of Nations Association, Treasurer 1929-305 Antioch Parliament, Glee Club. JOHN KILLEN KINSLEY fl1cGrz'gor, Iowa BUSINESS l.VlANAGEMENT Assistant hflanager Basket Ball and Baseball, 1924.-255 Manager Bas- ket Ball, 1925-265 Dormitory Committee, 1926-275 Athletic Committee, 1926-275 Varsity Football, Varsity A, BERNHARD MARTIN LEIRMOE Ifiroquai, Iffixmnxin BUSINESS lh'IANACEMENT Antioch Loan Association, Vice-President 1928-295 Service Council, 1925-26-27-28-29, Chairman, 1927-28-29, Social Committee, Chairman 1928-291 Antioch Union, Varsity Track, Varsity HA. 32

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at Organization of Progress into running order and Records of Progress and Political Letters began to appear. QI mention Dr. Brodals activities because of the extent to which they have been shared by the studentsj C3f the present year there is htde that needs to be said. The Antioch Parliament is doing excellent work. Social equal- ity has become a live issue. The Blaze has become highly or- ganized, has entered several new fields of activity, and is be- coming more general in its membership. The League for the Organization of Progress is active. The Antioch Branch of the League of Nations Association has been organized. Antioch, today, is a livelier and more desirable place from the stand- point of liberal student movements, than it ever has been be- fore. 31

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basis of the present community government was inaugurated. That was a great year for liberal activities. The Blaze attracted a more representative group and did not produce a clique as the League of Youth had done. But most of the liberal leaders graduated in 1926. The next year was a lean one. A new magazine, the Nofzrcnsor, founded by Walter Kahoe, made its appearance, with poetry and philo- sophical humor as its aim, and shared staff members with the Blaze. For two years liberal activities were on the decline. The Nofzscfzsor degenerated and died. The Blaze was growing weaker. Horace Chanapney was out of school. Discussion groups stopped. The promotion of interracial meetings was left to the faculty. Very little happened in the way of student liberal activities. ' Blaze activity may be taken as a fair barometer of liberal doings at Antioch during the past Hve years. In the school year of 1927-1928 only two issue of the Blaze appeared. Other things were happening to some extent. It was during that year that telegrams, signed by over half the student body, were sent to Washington protesting America's policy in Nicaragua, and as a result of student activity this political protest was taken up considerably beyond the campus. The arrival of Dr. Broda in Yellow Springs was perhaps the most important event on the liberal calendar for the year. During the following year the Antioch Parliament was organized and began to function. The declining Blaze was revitalized by the heroic efforts of a small group of freshmen and sophomores. Dr. Broda began to get his League for the 29