Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Bethany Dawn Short Short Story by E. F. Brown Dawn was showing in the East. A young couple, sitting dejectedly on the worn steps of Old Main, stared with unseeing eyes at the wisps of fog which the glinting rays of sun were chasing to bed. We can ' t go on like this, said the young man dully. Here I am, unable to continue. 1 can ' t obtain any more money and I have so many bills due. Sometimes I think I ' d like to chuck the whole thing overboard. Well, I don ' t know, there isn ' t much else, she admitted slowly. Shall we do as we had planned? It is the last thing that we can do together. I know Mr. Strasser pretty well, I think he would let us have the keys to the tower, he said, now aroused and excited. She toyed with the button of her coat be- fore answering. Do — do you think we really should? This rather hesitant. Impulsively, he took her arm and started up the steps, where they found Mr. Strasser putting out the lights that had been on all night. I don ' t think I should, hesitated Mr. Strasser in answer to their request for the key to the tower. Aw, come on, Mr. Strasser, just a favor. You know what I mean. The young man shifted from one foot to the other. Well, all right, grumbled Mr. Strasser. Here is the key. The steps were tortuously small and wind- ing. Their path was punctuated by weak shafts of light that filtered in through the narrow win- dows which appeared at regular intervals in their ascent. Their footsteps resounded hollowly on the worn treads as they tramped their way into the The author is a fresh- man majoring in Journalism. The steps were tortuously small and winding eerie dimness. Near the top of the steps, she said in a small, frightened voice, I ' m afraid, dear. Don ' t worry, it ' s going to be all right, he as- sured her, with an attempted air of bravado. At the top of the one hundred and twenty-sixth step they found themselves out on the narrow con- fines of the stone walk that encircles the tower. Oh-h-h, isn ' t it far down to the ground, she breathed as she peered over the railing. It is pretty far, he admitted; somewhat taken back by the enormity and sheerness of the drop. Well, here we go. The man climbed up the wrought-iron railing. Balancing himself against the slight morning breeze, he put down his hand to help her up. Are you ready? Yes-yes — 1 guess so. Give me your hand, he said quickly, and ridded, do you want to be first? No, she replied. You take the first picture; after all, it ' s your camera. The end PAGE SEVENTEEN

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Survey of Freshmen shows that they came to Bethany for individual attention. Barlow and alumni given credit for making prospec- tive students Bethany conscious. WHY WE CAME TO BETHANY by Peg Hallock and Tom Committee A survey covering the entire freshman class found there are two main reasons why it came to Bethany: first, Bethany is a small school; second, the suc- cessful propaganda issued by C. C. Barlow, Director of High School Relations, and the Beth- any alumni. As to the first reason — it is only natural that, from a small school, more individual attention might be expected. Classes would be less formal. The meth- od of teaching would be changed to meet the individual require- ments of the student. Large classes would be replaced by smaller ones, and a smaller group is always more conductive to study. Recitation, in all probability, would be daily; therefore, the student at Beth- any must be prepared at all times, making for a more thor- ough preparation in each course. These are the distinct advan- tages of a small college over a large university. The advertising or publicity end of Bethany College was evi- dently handled very well. Of ev- ery two students, one came upon the recommendation of either Mr. Barlow or an alumnus. When an alumnus of a col- lege recommends his alma mater to a high school graduate, she must be, in his opinion, the best place possible to obtain a higher education. Whether the alum- nus took advantage of what was offered or not is immaterial ; if he failed to realize fully the op- portunities, he would have little or no knowledge as to the ad- vantages of his alma mater. No alumnus would recommend an institution which he thought was not capable of producing the best for its students. The re- sponsibility and the possibility of the student ' s failure would be too great. His decision would make or break the student. An alumnus must think twice before giving his recommendation. Mr. Barlow also must be careful as to what he says and how he says it. He must repre- sent the college factually and and truthfully. He must pre- sent each department of the col- lege for what it is. The same holds true for the faculty mem- bers. No matter how they are represented, no matter how they are glorified and praised, if the representation is false, repercus- sions will be felt not only by the entering freshmen but by the faculty and administration as well. Such a misrepresentation of the college would, in time, mean only one thing — the de- generation of the college in the mind of the prospective student, eventually leading to the death of the college. However, this hypothetical case and its poten- tial effects will cause no doubt to arise regarding the college and its administration. Mr. Bar- low, in presenting the case of the college, presented it as it is, with no exaggeration, no falsifi- cation, and no orchids where or- chids do not belong. The fresh- man class was not let astray re- garding Bethany. They knew it, knew what it was like, knew its cont ' d on page 21 PAGE SIXTEEN

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by ROBERT MARTIN HELEN HAYES, last seen on the stage as the queen in Vic- toria Regina , put aside her royal robes for the first time in eight years and returned to the Nixon last week in Ladies and Gentle- men , a play written for her by Ben Hecht and Charles MacAr- thur. Co-starred with Miss Hayes was Philip Merivale, who played opposite her in Mary of Scot- land. Ladies and Gentlemen defin- itely is not a starring vehicle for Miss Hayes, and is not the sort of thing one would expect of her after Victoria Regina. It is more an entertainment than a play. If the piece is remembered at all it will be because it brings Miss Hayes back to us as a fresh, modern star, for in it she demon- strates her ability as one of the stage ' s ablest ladies and one of its brightest comediennes, too. The play is concerned with 12 men and women, who are trying a screen writer for murdering his wife. Miss Hayes plays the part of Terry Scott, the sympa- thetic secretary of a movie Midas, who wheedles the jurors into changing their votes to acquita!. The play abounds with choice witicisms, spread out nicely a- mong Miss Hayes; Connie Gil- christ, the dull-witted Swedish mother; Joseph Sweeney, the burial magnate; George Watts, the owner of a faithless wife ; Pat Harrington, the practical joker; William Lynn, the beleaguered sheriff; Evelyn Varden, the right- minded representative of 20,000 women; Roy Roberts, the rising young nephew of a yacht-owner; and Frank Conlan, the alternate with a mind of stone. Throughout the play Mr. Hecht PROSPECTUS- These are troubled times in some parts of the world, but there still is, in this land of ours, a little beauty, a bit of unspoken thought, a thread of fancy, and the whisper of a song. We are having the grim re- alities of life-struggle thrust upon us in all its sordid ugli- nesses. The art treasures of England, France, and Germany may be buried under sandbags, but we are not going to let those forces over which we have no control rob us of our portion, meager though it may seem, of those things which make civilization out of sheer barbarity: art, drama, music, and poetry. Our campus is but an insig- nificant corner of the world, but we can keep alive in it these arts which have ' heen forgotten in warring nations. and Mr. MacArthur fling jibes at the movies, big business, Yale, the jury system, women ' s clubs, justice and whatever other vul- nerable subject comes into their scurrilous minds. CONCERTS by top-ranking vo- cal and instrumental artists, in- terspersed among grand opera, choral and dance performances, constitute the attractions that May Beegle has announced for the 1939-1940 season at Syria Mosque. Fritz Kreisler, violinist, opened the season October 13. On Octo- ber 27 the San Carlo Opera com- pany will make an appearance, giving Puccini ' s Madam Butter- fly . Featured will be the Japan- ese prima-donna, Hize Koyke. Devi-Dja and her Bali and Java Dancers, an Oriental group which has been appearing in Europe and will not arrive in this country until sometime next month, are scheduled for November 11. Lily Pons sings on December 5 and Marian Anderson on Janu- ary 9. A program of sacred and folk songs, followed by a costume operetta, Tales of the Vienna Woods , will be given by the Mozart Boys ' Choir, February 6. Returning to America after an absence of four years, Vladimir Horowitz, pianist, will appear March 26. Horowitz has been described by Paderewski as the greatest of the younger gener- ation of pianists. The season will be brought to a close by Nelson Eddy, April 19. An extra attraction, not includ- ed in the subscription to the ser- ies, will be the performance of Argentinita and her company of Spanish dancers on February 17. Subscribers have the choice of this event or the Bali and Java Dancers. MAURICE EVANS, who brought his record-breaking Richard II to Pittsburgh last year, returns this week to the Nixon theater to present his latest Broadway success, Ham- let . During its tremendously popular run in New York, Mr. Evans ' Hamlet was acclaimed by critics and public alike as the finest Hamlet of our time. This is the first time in over a hundred years that the play has been given in its entirety. PAGE EIGHTEEN