Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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IRVING VVINGATE BURR Wasliingmn, D. C. lVIATHEMATlCS Antioch Chapter A. S. C. E.: Fire Lieutenantg Golf Team, 1926-30, Captain 19282 Football, 1926-28. WARREN WYLLYS BURR Wasliington, D. C. CHEMISTRY Fire Captain: Baker House, President 1929-305 Varsity Ang Antioch Players, Football, 1926-28S Captain I928Q Golf, 1926-30, Captain 1927. XVALTERAESMUND CLARK Angola, New York EDUCATION Antiochian, Business Managerg Senior Class, Secretary-Treasurer Scholarship Committee, Chairmang Orchestra, Band. LEONARD JOHN CONFER Dayton, Ohio CHEMISTRY Community Council, l929-30, Baseball, 1925-30g Basket Ball, 1927-303 Varsity UA. CECIL EDWARD COOK Sheffield, P!'7l71X-'vlifllilid ACCOUNTING Community Government, Treasurer 1927-283 Ilntiochian 1926-275 Dor- mitory Committee, Chairman 1929-30, Athletic Committee, Chairman 1928-29, Football, 1927-291 Varsity A. 24

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EUGENE CAMPBELL COSKERY, JR. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRATION Freshman Class, Secretaryg Fire Lieutenant: Antioch Parliamentg Var- sity Ang Baker House, President 1928-ZQQ Football, I927Q Baseball, 1927-39, Captain 1927. CHESTER IRVING DANE Venice, California CHEMISTRY LARUE POVVELL DANIELS Scranton, Pemzsylfvania ENGLISH Varsity Trackg flzztiochian. ANNA THONIPSON DAVVSON Yellow Springs, Ohio PHYSICAL EDUCATION W. A. A., President 1925-26-271 Varsity Athletics. ROBERT GRAHAM DENMEAD Wert Libvrty, Ohio ENGINEERING-ARCHITECTURE Community Council, 1929-305 Senior Class, Presidentg Antiochian, Advertising Manager, 1926-27, Nash Hall, President 1928-295 Antioch Chapter A. S. C. E., Secretary-Treasurer 1928-29g Dormitory Com- mittee, 1928-295 Antioch Players, Assistant Business Manager 1926, Stage Manager, 1928, Scene Designer, 1929. 26

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But Antioch was founded on idealism, and conceived in high adventure. Liberal ideas were her stock in trade. It was inevitable under such circumstances that there should be spirit- ual and intellectual stirrings among the students. Bit by bit things were straightening out and becoming organized. A few students took hold of the Antiochian, hither- to a quarterly, and organized it on a self-supporting weekly basis. Another group started the Towers. Numerous clubs were organized, not by people who lived together, but by people with common interests. The student body was im- proved by drastic weeding. And with the growth of wider interests and activities there gradually became perceptible a certain vague drift of liberalism on the part of a handful of especially serious indi- viduals. The first manifestation of the movement was the meeting of groups at the homes of faculty members. These meetings happened mainly at the Morgans' during the Hrst two years. By the beginning of the third year of the New Antioch the liberals had developed a group consciousness which was crys- talized under the guidance of Mr. Chatterjee who held open house each Thursday evening for such students as cared to gather at his home to discuss things in general. This group came to include such poets, editors, idealists, truth seekers, and reformers as Antioch had been able to attract. This was the famous League of Youthl' whose short tumultuous career has echoed through the six years which 3 it