Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE freifutnicui — Haec alii sex Vel pi lives into conclamant ore. — Juvenal On the map of collegiate journalism there is an enticing area still marked Unexplored . On most campuses this area would be marked Forbidden , but not here at Bethany. Enough of her students, with much foresight and a little daring, consented to the exploration into this territory of journalism termed the magazine continent which offers great perils but greater promise of a discovery which will make collegiate publication history. So far as we are able to ascertain, Bethany is the only college in the United States to publish such a monthly mag- azine portraying a panorama of campus life. If a magazine is published, it is strictly in the field of college comics or lit- erature. During the 98 years Bethany has functioned, it has given much to the world in progressive educational ideas and princi- ples, but it has contributed nothing new in the way of college publications. Today we present to you the first issue of a type of magazine which we believe will soon take the place of most small college year books. To make the beginning of a beginning is ever difficult. This issue is an experimental one. It is an issue which be- cause of its mistakes will make the second magazine a much better one. A great amount of mental effort and ingenuity has been expended, the staff working late at night after the stu- dent activities of the day have ceased. It is commonly accepted that with the limited facilities and the inexperience and un- certainty of its staff, a college publication is much more diffi- cult to produce than a professional issue. This publication is the largest student financial undertaking on the campus, and we feel a tremendous responsibility to the college. The function of this magazine will be to serve as a campus information source to interest and stimulate its readers. Its aim: to portray always college life as fully and honestly as it continued to page 29 The letheroid binder in which each issue of the Bethanian is enclosed for permanent keeping PAG12 TWO

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T H E fretfiarUari A Student Magazine Published Monthly by the Student Board of Publications of Bethany College Entered as second class matter on January 14, 1920. at the Post Office at Bethany, W. Va., under the act of March 1, 1879. Volume I Subscription Four Dollars a Year October. 1938 Number 1 OCTOBER ' S CONTENTS r l EDITORS ' NOTES WE THINK even the 111 who voted against this publication will like this initial number. DOING away with the Collegian and year book was radical enough, but when we review the life of President Cramblet and include his baby picture instead of the old Bethanian greet- ing, we have committed rank heresy. LABORING under the illusion that we are making history, we thought that a story on the development of Bethany publications from the Millenial Harbinger to the present ventu ' e would be quite in order. 1HE BIGGEST and the most obvious thing on the campus this month (speaking quanti- tatively) is the freshmen class so, as you are warned by the cover, this issue is principally con- cerned with the class of ' 42. Our feature story is on page 7. DELLE WILLIAMS has done an excellent job of reviewing, from a student viewpoint, the faculty seminar. We plan to have more such student pabulum in future issues. MOST of the credit for the photography goes to Bill Cress, a freshman. Where Life photographers take fifty pictures to get the one they use, Bill must out of respect to the budget not take more than two pictures to get the one we want. REMEMBER what a time the sophomores had last year bringing up the freshmen (who teas hazed anyway? We thought we would help out a bit with a Frosh Bible. President Cramblet — His Life in Pictures . 4 Bethany ' s President at Pendleton Heights 4 A History of Bethany ' s Publications . . 5 The Freshmen Come to College ... 7 Bethanian Goes Partying 9 News of the Month 10 Bethanian Particles 12 Faculty Seminar 14 Academic Department — Chemistry . . 16 Staff and Editorial 19 What About the Bisons 19 Freshmen Bible 23 The Bethany Collision 26 The Foibles of S. Phillip Firefly ... 27 Sorority — Alpha Delta Theta . . . .24 Bethany Anithesis 28 Talking Shop with the Bethanian . . .30 BETHANY never had a yellow sheet so we give you the Collision. This page is for the campus radical, cynic, derelict, and down-with- every th ing- person . BOBBY MURRAY writes in her sleep. She awoke one morning, and there on her desk- was the phantasy with cartoons which appears on page 27. This page is to be known as the art page and at times will seek to glorify the Beth- any co-ed. IT IS TIME we know our college! Beginning with the chemistry department, we plan to acquaint you with academic Bethany. fPHIS is what we hope you wanted in your A Bethanian. PAGE THREE