Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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DR. CRAMBLET ' S LIFE ... IN PICTURES -i$fc f ' $ « fife ■ ■: t % ; V P Top, eft fo right, 1. Bethanian moires a scoop with the first published baby picture of Dr. Cramblet. He is the one on the right with the curt. 2. Dr. Cramblet with two of his friends during his student days at Bethany College. 3. Dr. Cramblet with football team which he coached at Phillips College. He is in center with striped tie. Bottom, left to right, 1. After along march with a heavy pack. 2. Canada in the background, fish, in the foreground and Coach Knight, Dr. Woolery and Dr. Cramblet in between. 3. Our president greets the German and Chinese exchange students in his office. BETHANY ' S PRESIDENT AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS Is a college president human, or is he a culti- vated recluse separated from society because of his carefully complied fund of knowledge and delicate taste for the aesthetic? At least Bethany is fortunate in having an entirely human being at the head of the college powers-that-be. Here is an account of an interview this reporter had which brought him to this conclusion. Dr. Cramblet ' s study at the Heights where he does most of his work reflects his personality — that of a person interested and learned in almost every life phase. The pointed windows and shelves lined ceiling high with dark bound books reflect the dignity of his profession and of the generations of presidents who preceded him. A bust of William Shakespeare, a complete volume of Emerson ' s works and some memoirs of Alex- ander Campbell lie side by side with some of the most recently established periodicals. Life. Col- liers, The Amercican Mercury, and the best seller With Malice Toward Some and The Tide of Mont St. Michel balance the setting with a more modern flourish. Over the radio came the voice of Adolf Hitler and his interpreter, bullying the Czechs and justifying an imminent war. At a small work table were stacked accounts, business let- ters, important appearing pages containing the affairs of the college. And in the midst of this was President Cramblet, patient and cordial, wait- ing to see what I wanted. In the way of a short biographical sketch of Dr. Cramblet, just follow this material with one fing- er on the above photographs. The son of a form- er Bethany president, he attended school at Beth- any and we see him pictured above with two cronies in front of commencement hall. He then went out to Oklahoma where he taught and coached football at Phillips college. Along came the war, so Dr. Cramblet went in training. Soon he was back at Bethany teaching Math, during President Goodnight ' s regime. In 1934 he was in- augurated, assuming the duties of president. FACE FOUR

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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

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HISTORY OF BETHANY ' S PUBLICATIONS Nothing mirrors the spirit, or college life so much as do student publica- tions. Conducted by stu- dents, expressing their opinions and outlooks, promoting their interests, and recording their activ- ities, the publications of the student body of Beth- any college give us a picture of the Bethany that others knew and that we know. College students today would find a wealth of interest in studying the back numbers of the Collegian and Bethanian. Hidden in their lines are suggestions of social history: the growth of America, the growth of industry, the changing attitude of youth. All of this provides a background which makes the pro- gressive growth of Bethany publications a thrill- ing epic. The method of portraying the vital touch of Bethany has varied with the ups and downs of the college. Finances, wars, fires, technical advance- ments are all reflected in the history of Bethany papers. Various purposes are stated for the publica- tion of the several journals, but all have foremost in mind the fixation of college life and spirit for the moment and its preservation for future pleasure. Alexander Campbell, the illustrious founder of Old Bethanv. first published the Millenial Harbinger in IS 30. It was a monthly magazine and we find in the prospectus of the first issue dated Monday, January 4, 1830, This work shall be devoted to the destruction of sectarianism — it shall have for its object the development — of that political and religious order of society, called The Millenium which will be the consumma- tion of that ultimate amelioration of society pro- posed in the Christian scriptures. The Harbinger changed hands in 1863, and became the property of Prof. W. K. Pendleton who continued its pub- lication until the end of 1870. The first monument of student life was the Stylus which was first published in the early 1850 ' s, by the Neotrophian society and the American Literary institute. The Stylus was de- signed to be a medium through which may be made known to the world such essays (prepared as a regular performance in the literary societies) as were valuable for their literary beauty, origin- From the Millenial Harbinger to the present Bethanian. The dramatic story of life and opin- ions of Bethany students as unfolded in the pages of his- toric college publications. BY JOHN ERSKINE a 1 i t y , and freshness of thought. In studying the Stylus, we find that it was issued monthly and was a twenty- four page paper. As a glimpse into the internal structure of that paper, we have a cross-section o f what was of interest to stu- dents in the early days of Bethany. The breadth of the reading and the rhetorical skill evidenced show the importance attached the literary, classic- al and oratorical excellence. There was great entrepreneural risk involved in publishing the Stylus. This magazine was pub- lished 10 months of the year and was mainly sup- ported by the contributions of the students which were solicited in tearful monograph. As an add- ed inducement, a splendid lithographic likeness of the faculty of Bethcny college was given to those securing fifteen subscriptions. The problems of slavery and states rights which absorbed the political interest of the day did not apparently receive enough attention at Bethany to be discussed in the Stylus. However, the conflict which broke out in I860 caused the demise of the Stylus as many young Bethanians left to defend their convictions with bayonet and bullets rather than through peaceful literary channels. A revival of the booklet was published in 1866 under the title Bethany College Guardian, and was continued to 1883, when it was revised and rechristened the Collegian. The Guardian catered little to the literary interests of the student body, but maintained ? position representing Bethany college among the publications of the Disciples of Christ denomination. The procuring of the newly invented steam press by the Wellsburg Herald effected a pro- found influence toward changing The Guardian from pamphlet to magazine form. The increased enrollment joined with other factors to make possible the publication of a larger magazine. Literary accomplishments were again the basic materials, being but an enter- prise of the students collectively it was intended to reflect the talents and tastes of the students. Gleaned from Vol. I No. 1 of the Collegian: Attendance at Bethany was then 116. PAGE FIVE