Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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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

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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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J. AFTERWARD- FTER you have left Antioch, never again to be a stu- -? dent there-only then do you realize what it has meant to you. Only then do you understand how ' e 'W' you have loved it all. Each of you discover this some day. While you are still a student, while you still return each year, you are unable to imagine what this new loneliness is like. Loneliness? Yes, and longing. Little things make you lonely 5 little things make you long for Antioch. A strange face in a strange city--in a Hash you are reminded of someone you knew at Antioch. You are back there, wandering about the campus, sitting before a round table in the library, climbing the steps of the Main Building. Faces are there-faces that you know-friendly faces. A strain of long ago music-you remember again that last dance in the Pavilion-the walk afterward in soft dark- ness-tired feet-happiness. A glance at city trees-you remember again gathering wood for that campfire in the glen-black marshmallows- white moonlight-tall dark trees above-trickling water- warmth, content, drowsiness. The Afztiochiarz sent to you--you remember again hours spent putting on plays, exciting moments at basket ball, sun- shiny mornings of tennis, frenzied periods of study-busy days -crowded hours. 37