Ashland University - Pine Whispers Yearbook (Ashland, OH)

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Harry Brown, a leader in student religious and social activities, naturally gravi- tated to presidency of the YMCA. Harry was also a leader in Gospel Team, a cappella choir and chapel choir. Ralph Weaver, a transfer from Ohio Wesleyan as a junior, has taken a strong place in Ashland dramatic and intellectual life. Is news commentator for the Collegian and an industrious worker. Was in both Junior and Senior class plays. Edward Beilstein, keen-wit- ted pre-med student is most at home bent over a ca- daver. Demands and gives exactness in all details, thrives on logic and psy- Betty Lyon is English assist- ant and secondary ed. stu- dent. She presides on the Dorm Council, is active in Gospel Team, writes for the Collegian and sings with the a cappella and chapel choirs. Michael Embrius is one of Ashland's best on the grid- iron, is a city fireman by trade. ''Mike directs his classroom diligence toward a B. S. in education. Leslie Woodburn counts presidency of Gooch and vice-presidency of YMCA among his duties. A science student with a sense of humor, he plans teaching dis) a’ (Career. Jean Lett, a consistent hon- or roll student, knows all the answers in class and out. Likes debate and dra- matics, made Alpha Psi Omega while yet a Junior. Is found in Students’ Who's Who. ... . and Ahill Physical development is one phase of education of which the Ashland Plan sports the college maintains a system of intramura Evelyn Crick, a cheerful Pennsylvanian, was business manager of the 1939 Pine Whispers. Is v-pres, of her class, finds best activities in the choirs and foot- lighters. Was one of Foot- lighter's most faithful. Donald Hess, boyish presi- dent of Scribes is listed in Students’ Who's Who. Is usually found in the thickest part of the chemistry lab poring over complicated ex- periments. In addition to the varsity program of intercollegiate alegre which is administered by the students themselves through the Intramural Council. Touch football is only one of many group and individual sports which are featured in this system. The girls’ athletics are carried on through the Women's Athletic Association. The May Day festivities are made more beautiful with routines by this latter Vocational experience is counted an important factor in education by the chology. Commutes to Mansfield. takes full cognizance. group. e Ashland Plan. Every office of the college has at least one student helper. The publicity office, shown opposite, this year furnished three students who are interested in the field of journalism with experience in that line. In addition to cooperation. employment for experience on the campus the college aids in bringing cooper- ative Ashland employers and students together through a system of industrial Page nineteen

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Page twenty Leonard Carlisle, secretary; Alice Wagner, vice-president; James Richcreek, president; Matthew Resick, treasurer. The Class of 1941 has an enviable record for their three years of college life to date. The backbone of the best basketball team Ashland has had for many a year, Scobey, Richcreek, Sprague, Shively, Plank, and McCuen are Juniors. Fastest harrier in Ohio and one of the best in the nation is Gilbert Dodds whose cross country running has brought wide recognition to him and the college. Dodds also captured Thespian honors in the Junior class play in the title role of ''Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw. Other com- mendable performances were given by Henrietta Pete and Frank Bordonaro. Jim Ross maintains the prestige of the Juniors on the baseball diamond as captain of the Eagle's team, of which several other Juniors are star members. Erma Joyce Leatherman is a pianist extraordinary. (Continued on. Page 64) Top row: (left to right)—Homer Yost, Franklin Weikel, Howard Phillips, Alice Wagner, Marilyn Carpenter. Second row: James Ross, Phyllis Keener, Virginia Stookey, Edwin Puterbaugh, Margaret Pittenger, Erma Joyce Leatherman. Third row: Jack McVicker, Edward Plank, Leonard Carlisle, Robert Heller, Alma Crick, Hazel Kurtz. Fourth row: Virgil Scobey, Alvin Kastan, Eunice Morgan, James Richcreek, Matthew Resick, Farrell Morr. Fifth row: James Heiser, Henrietta Pete, Robert Shively, Robert Sprague, David Loyd, Charles Swain. Sixth row: Donald Sower, Glen Hartman, Lovina Senseman, Gilbert Dodds, Lavonne Strine, Esther: Loomis. Seventh row: Frank Bordonaro, Ruth Clapper, Mary Jane Lewis, Rebecca Myers, Woodrow Brant, Huber McCuen.