Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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T H E faetAarUcui OCTOBER Volume I Bethany, W. Va. Number 1 Darrell Fultz Jane Cluss John Costello William Cress Norman Fair Rert Decker Professor Dawson STAFF Editors-in-Chief Business Manager William Ashley Editorial Board Margaret Keim William Kiel Bobby Murray Scott Perry Business Staff Contributers Wallace Mayor Kenneth Underwood Managing Editor William Rutter Virginia Richardson Marilynn Roberts Ethel Shafitz Delle Williams Robert Martin John Erskine THE COLLEGE MAN ... A LIVING PARADOX D. Fultz Student morale is denned as that quality which enables the group to achieve its purpose most efficiently, ' ' said John Erskine in a paper read be- fore the recent faculty sem- inar. The issue in question was that of student morale and the discussion as to what student morale is and how it may be maintained was led by Delle Williams and John Erskine. Many of the suggestions for the improvement of student morale such as a change in the system of required courses, more strict control of clubs, provision for a student recreation center program, and the emphasizing of excellence in scholarship will be presented in the editorial columns of future isesues of the Bethanian. The point we wish to make here in regard to student morale is that although the question of maintaining morale involves group purposes and activities, it is basically an individual problem. This statement is best understood if we briefly consider the typical college student. The college man is a living paradox, says r eg K. Underwood W. AMey Dean R. E. Manchester of Kent State university. How truly he speaks of the Bethany man! He prides himself on being ultra-modern to the point of radicalism yet he is the most conservative ele- ment on the campus. He calls the faculty old fog- ies and refuses to try their ideas of progressive educa- tion. He believes in college as primarily an education institution and is more concerned about the abundance of datable girls in the freshmen class than how many new books the library purchased for this year. He goes with a girl a year before deciding that she must wear his pin, then wants it back two week later. He demands freedom of thought yet has nothing to say when given an opportunity to ex- press himself. He cries for democracy on the college campus yet refuses to make close friends outside of his fraternity. He demands that his alma mater be idealistic about athletics and en- courage playing for the love of the game. Then he cannot understand why the college does not continued to page 29 page nineteen

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definite contribution both in and out of the class- room. Our student assistants play an important part in successful departmental operation. They are selected on the basis of scholarship, primarily scholarship in all subjects, and on dependability. This year we have James Steele, senior fellow , Robert Spray, senior, Charles Cormany, junior, Chester Gordon, James Ryan, Betty Caugherty and Jay Lohr, sophomores. Mr. Dawson has just completed eight years of work at Bethany, for six years in charge of de- partmental policies. His undergraduate work at Denison university, was completed in 1916, and was followed by five years with the Canadian Explosives as a works chemist, supervisor in charge of acetone and alcohol recovery, assistant and superintendent of cordite lines at the British Cordite plant (Cordite is the British smokeless powder), and after the war some two years as chief chemist at their Beloeil plant. On return- ing to the United States he became a high school principal and then served five years as superin- tendent of a consolidated school system near Toledo, Ohio. Each summer he did graduate work at Ohio State university in the department of chemistry, where in 1928 and 1929 he was a graduate assistant. He came to Bethany in 1930 to substitute for Professor Johnson who was on a nine month ' s leave of absence. The success of any program, college, depart- mental or industrial, must rest primarily on the success of its product, in our case, its alumni. It is too early to evaluate recent results very accur- ately, but for chemistry the outlook appears bright. Contrary to the opinion held by many persons, there is an extremely high correlation be- tween undergraduate work and what the individ- uals do after graduation. We are sorry that is it impracticable to include all of our graduates of recent years, but a number are listed whose activities might interest you, and because these activities do have bearing on the case in point. To give an incomplete picture of our more re- cent graduates: A number are holding chemistry assistantships. Harry Sykes is at Syracuse; Frank continued to page 29 1. Individualized instruction by Mr. Miller in the physical chemistiy class. 2. Members of the analytic chemistry class make observations in the balance room. 3. Prof. Dawson demonstrates an experiment to the organic chemistry class. 4. Tom Rogers studies a gas in analyti- cal chemistry.

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WHAT ABOUT THE BISON? Bethany ' s Bisons opened their 1938 gridiron cam- paign in the right style by nosing out the Westmins- ter Titans at New Wil- mington, 6-0. The climax came in the final minutes of play, when Bud Kuhns intercepted a pass on the Westminster 30-yard line and covered the distance to the goal for the lone score. The Bisons displayed great offensive power but lacked the scoring punch. Throughout the first half the Big Green kept rapping at the Titan ' s goal, but each time failed to score. Tommy Cullison ' s punting kept the Pennsvlvanians back on their own goal through the greater part of the afternoon and only once did the Titans threaten. Valicents, a dangerous man through- out the game, broke loose for a 27-yard gain to the Bethany ' s 17. At this stage of the game the Bison defense tightened and Westminster lost the ball on downs. In the opening minutes of play, Bud Kuhns was forced from the game by a head injury but re- turned in the last period to complete the most effective piece of work of the afternoon. Jerry Croushore. playing his fourth season for the Green and White, proved to be the spark plug of line, both on defense and offense. He continual- ly broke into the opponent ' s backfield as well as opening up holes for the Bison ball carriers. Cullison and Petroff added color to the offense when they consistently broke loose for short gains. Claire Ludwig, at right tackle, in his first game for Bethany, held his position in good style. First downs favored Bethany eight to seven. Few penalties were inflicted on either teams. The luckless Bisons of Bethany dropped their second game by a one point margin in as many weeks, when the Salem Tigers nosed out the Big Greens, 14-13. Bethany, who made thirteen first downs to two by the opponents, were superior in every de- partment, but failed to take advantage of several opportunities. The Bisons opened the scoring in the second period when Bud Kuhns received an eight-yard The glory or merit of a team is not always told in the number of games won. Certainly not in the case of the luckless Bisons who lost to Glenville 7-6 and Salem 14-13. BY NORMAN FAIR pass from Petroff. This was Kuhn ' s third score in as many games, and he at present leads his team mates in high point hon- ors. A pass from Petroff to Hafer made good the extra point. Salem then retaliated by scoring in both the second and the third per- iod. Two sensational punt returns by Wright, Salem safety man, set the stage for both counters with Asay going over both times. Flanagan ' s two conversions proved to be the winning points of the game. Early in the fourth period, an aerial attack by Bethany carried the ball to the one-yard line, from which point Jackson scored. Another rally by Bethany was blossoming when the whistle halted the game. The Bison aerial circus completed thirteen out of twenty-seven attempts, while the opponents made three passes in seven attempts. The Big Green met defeat in their first home game, when the Pioneers of Glenville defeated the Bisons, 7-6. The teachers from down state employed power plays in the second period to drive forty-one yards for their marker, tallie with McMillen converting the extra point. The Green and White produced their tally in the third period after taking to the air, when Bud Kuhns speared a pass from Petroff for the touch- down. Jerry Croushore failed in his attempt to knot the score, his place-kick going wide by just a foot. The Green and White kept to the air throughout the second half and threatened again in the fourth period but the Glenville defense tightened and the Bisons were held for downs. George Petroff was the big gun for the Bisons during the afternoon, starring on defense and offense. He threw most of the passes for the Green and was continually bringing down oppos- ing ball toters with hard vicious tackles. Romano and Porterfield were outstanding for the Glen- ville team. PAGE TWENTY