Baldwin Wallace University - Grindstone Yearbook (Berea, OH)

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Mary Pupp. Homecoming Queen inq With cm address by President Bevis of Ohio State University, and with the conferring of honorary de- grees upon the speaker and the Rev. Frederick chkhczrdt, '06, CI leader of Methodist missions in China. A dance Cit the Armory completed the day's activities. Sunday. both of Berea's Methodist churches held Founder's Day cere- monies. Other Observances includ- ing c1 WGAR broadcast, a historical lecture, and CI voice recital by Leonard Treqsh concluded the crowded week-end. 31

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Full elections were a quiet harbinger of political fireworks which carried tlu'Ough to spring. Dr. 130qu55 at the Founder's Day Program. September Eaelections Opened the year Of student government which later became a vigorous cmd stormy session over election of next year's student CISSembly president. Eiggeet fan event atB-W being Homecoming, the occasion was magnified this centennial year with Founder's Day and Homecoming falling together. The holiday opened on Friday night with Cl faculty rendition of Hamlet. The bulk of events fell on Saturday, Which led off With an alumni luncheon at Emma Lang Hall presided over by Dr. A. L. Marting, alumni secretary. 31 Cox leads prayer a1 B-W's annual Full Retreat where plans were formed for religious activities. Before c1 crowd of 7,500 the Yellow Jackets took c1 merciless 25-7 beating at the hands of Oberltn's Yeomen, Who revenged last year's 35-0 rout. At the haifwtime ceremonies, welcomes were extended by Dr. Louis C. Wright, Queen Mary Papp, and Alumni President Lewis Black, With the season's top performance turned in by BAW's snappy marching band under the direction of Cecil Munk. Following the game, fraternities and sororities welcomed alumni in reunions, after which the Alumni Dinner was held. Founderts Day ceremonies came early in the even- President Wright speaks at Homecoming game.

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A part of the crowd at the Homecoming game. The V-12 unit IBft at the end of October after a two year stay and it became forcibly apparent that the unit had occupied a primary position in Campus life. Notably the removal of the unit deflated football strength to the point Where the last two games became complete routs. In classes, extIa-curricularly, and socially, their going left a large gap, and B-W was forced to undergo a reshuftling prose ess that considerably altered the campus complexion. Additional No- vember enrollment held total enroll- ment figures stable despite the ab- sence of the V-12, With Merner- Pteiffer changing from a civilian men's to a women's dorm and Civil- ians moving into the Navy-vacated Kohler Hall. College action became centered on expansion in almost all fields and among the students there seemed to grow a greater unity as a result of the overall effect of the sobering responsibilities of an atomic age peace, and partially as a let down of the war time strainisocial recenversion. 32 Adams House. winners of the decoration contest. Dean Emeritus Roehm, after 25 years of teaching at the College, an- nounced his intentions to resign at the end of the year, but those who had come to know and love the grand old timer during his quarter- century here, knew that the Roehm guidance and association would continue despite formal retirement. Co-Op Council started its con- fusing political rumpus over election of a Student Assembly president to succeed Mida Musser. Coalition politics arose, taking advantage of the antiquated constitution provision for elections. Ultimately stretching over a period of three months, there at first seemed to be much ado about nothing When elections were post- poned, eligibility altered and finally a write-in candidate tfor whom there Was no provision of eligibilityi was declared president-elect. After the smoke Cleared, it became conceiv- able that the election storm was a healthy manifestation of an awaken- ing. it confused, interest in Campus