Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Poor Pappa Looie— Deserted New Phi Tau justifies pledg ing of upperclassmen. assistance, both in physical and spiritual ways, waxed strong in campus affairs. Why just con- sider, with those six boys, and two others, Tom Cullison, and Dick Jackson, who visited us so often that I had to adopt them, too, we were represented in almost every campus activity — two all-state football play- ers, two regulars in ad- dition to them on the varsity squad, four starters on the Bethany Bucketeers, two repre- sentatives on the SROG, including the Vice Prexy, the presi- dent of the Bethespian Club, also member of Alpha Psi Omega, a mem- ber of the Athletic Board of Control, and well- represented in other organizations such as the French Club, Ministerial Association, etc. Yes, my boys were soon outstanding on the campus — all except for the Glee Club; but I don ' t even take that into consideration, for we had more glee at Looie ' s than that club will ever have. Then, too, you can ' t forget the time that I, Father Looie, entertained three hundred odd peo- ple at a Spaghetti Dinner. (Gosh! Wasn ' t that some starch.) Even though Jerry did get a new- suit next day, the proceeds still went in to buy the high school kids some much needed equip- ment. We were socially prominent, too. I don ' t know whether it was because of the two that we had on the basket-ball team or whether it was be- cause we had an a- bundance of food, but anyway, the lead- ing sororities marked Looie ' s Lunch on their program for serenades. Our song leader, Lew New- man, always man-, aged to have some William Ashley. Phi Tau president, welcomes his pledged group of upperclassmen. COtlt ' d Oil Prtge 23 I suppose that my first step should be to in- troduce myself. I ' m Father Looie, the spirit of Looie ' s Lunch. To those of you who were on this campus last year, those words will be suf- ficient. Bur, even with my now feeble vision, I can still make out new faces here in Bethany, so perhaps for you more recent additions to the Bursar ' s Books, I ' d bet- ter explain a little more fully what Loo- ie ' s Lunch means to Bethany. I was born over a can of Campbell ' s soup. Six fellows helped me get my start in this old world — namely, E. J. Hon- enberger, ' Bud Kuhns, Lyle Mayne, Lew Newman. Harold Taylor, and Gerald Croushore. These were the boys who co-operated with me throughout the year, and I with them. We had a lot of fun that first night, sipping soup and laughing at our troubles, and later on, we were thankful that fate had brought those six hungry boys and me together. I grew rapidly after I became accustomed to this world. You all know what I, Father Looie. represented in Bethany. And my boys, due to my PAGE TWENTY

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I trust that I shall do right by Harrow was Baldwin ' s speech to Parliament upon becoming prime minister to England. This showed that a public school educated Englishman put his old school even above his country. But let us first study the background of the English Public School system. An English- man ' s education starts upon entering prep school at the age of eight; there he spends about five years prepar- ing for the common en- trance examinations. On passing this exam- ination he has the choice of either enter- ing a state owned grammar school, or a public school owned and operated by a govern- ing body made up of the arch-bishop of Canter- bury and some titled alumni. This is similar to an American prep-school, in the sense that the student pays tuition un less he wins a scholar- ship. At the public school he is alloted a house which is under the su- pervision of a house master and there he boards, sleeps, and does his home-work. Five monitors, who are the elder boys of the house, supervise all that goes on in the house. They also see that the small- er boys don ' t get them- selves into mischief by seeing that the rules of the house are strictly observed. Up to this point the monitors have absolute authority and it is only when it comes to beating a boy for some major offense like going out of bounds that the house- master or even the Building Empire Builders Foreign educated student ex- plains English public school system. by Ned Metal Charter house. England, where the author spent four years. This picture, taken and developed by the author, was exhib- ited in the Oxford University Camera Club Gallery. head-master, who is in charge of the whole school, has to be consulted. In his first year the boy is made a junior fag. In this position he is expected to answer fag — calls from the monitors who have him run mes- sages to fellow monitors in other houses. His other jobs include serv- ing them at meals, bringing them wash water in the morning and if he is a study fag (a monitor ' s spe- cial fag) he is expected to clean out their stud- ies every Sunday and to keep their personal belongings in order. After the second week a fag ' s exams take place. Fags who have been prepared for this by their fathers (like our little brother system) are expected to know every date concerning the school but ques- tions concerning the nicknames of the new mas- ter ' s fiancee are not rare. Failing this exam- means singing or doing any other entertainment before the monitors. As the boy proceeds in his career the fag- ging will gradually de- crease as Newbugs (this, a name applied to new boys) takes his place. Nor will he be expected to observe so many postees. These are petty privileges. such as walking on the road or carrying an um- brella after the second year at school. Al- though this may seem silly to a stranger, no member of the school would ever think of giving them up as this would mean destroying the age old traditions which the school has continued on pJge 22 PAGE NINETEEN

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• Zeta Tau Alpha — Margaret Close, Gail Close, Virginia Pon- zo, Virginia Bell, Betty Jo Bur- gess, Ester Machey, Mary Jane Hinkle, Anna Bell Bruner, Jane Douglas, Grace Runnion, Mar- jorie Blackmoor, Faith Eidemiller, Margaret Deibel, Dorothy Min- or, Betty Mclntyre, Marion Lemon, Jean Henderson, Kate Anna Drake and Betty Wilson. • Kappa Delta — Marion Brown, Jayne Corcoran, Dawn Davis, Francis Dvorak, June Fiess, Marjorie Finney, Doris Keys, Betty Kitchen, Dale Mar- riott, Shirley Meinhold, Lois Moelter, Hilda Sarver, Kathleen Shannon, June Smith, Jean Stur- gis, Ardath Willoschat. • Alpha Delta Theta — Lois Bancroft, Marjorie Black, Anna Laura Burke, Jean Fraim, Emma Jane Freshwater, Sara Goodfel- low, Betty Hewitt, Margaret Middleton, Mary Ella Nye, Bev- erly Palmiter, Betty Wuller. • Alpha Xi Delta — Ann Har- mon, Jean Berggren, Coinne Cashman, Helen Arensburg, Joan Cramblet, Pauline Gilbert, Janice Perdum, Marietta Shore, Janice Cooper, Marion Shreffler, Jane Williamson, Virginia West- Bethanians Pledged land, Rita Cleary, Elizabeth Lewis, Jean McCroba, Barbara Schutt. • Alpha Kappa Pi — Thomas Committee, Angelo Daniel, Lewis Deer, Maynard Garner, Robert Jackson, Vernon Jackson, John McKenna, Thomas Otto, Richard Wallace. • Beta Theta Pi — George Al- bee, Nelson Banks, Ralph Bur- bridge, George Callendine. Charles Camarata, Charles Cluss, Archie Conn, Gerald Ferguson, Donn Hill strom, Paul Hogg, Charles Huhn, David Hunts- berger, Stewart Moore, Don Wells, Richard Wells. • Kappa Alpha — Harold Blank, Wm. Laird, John Medick, Theodore Steele, Harry Wilson. • Phi Kappa Tau — Robert Connell, Thomas Cullison, Lewis Finch, Irving Glass- man, E. J. Honenberg- er, Edward Harris, Eu- gene Keckey, Walter Kuhns, Lyle Mayne, Anthony Pinto, Glenn Ritchey, Fred Robinson, Jay Schaeffer, Stanley Stitt, Harold Taylor, Roger Waterman. • Sigma Nu— Richard Barker, E. F. Brown, Robert Fritz, Fred Haenzel, Robert Kaiser, Frank Long, William Loper, Ned Met- al, Harry Meyers, Walter Mey- ers, Loren Thompson, Richard Umbel, John Whitehall, Sanford Winters, Donald Wolf, Wil- liam Weaver. • Moo Moo ' s — Sammy Ber- nard, Ed. Elsasser, Norman Fair, Darrel Fultz, Bill Neuman. Lew Newman, Lester Raub, Gordon Seidel. -♦♦ WHY WE CAME— cont ' d advantages and disadvantages, and you must admit that the col- lege and the town do possess some disadvantages, however small they may, before entering. Theirs was not a blind leap, but a carefully planned, guided, and executed venture. Dean Forrest H. Kirkpatrick suggested three things that one should consider when choosing a college. They are as follows: Rating, Instructors, and Loca- tion. Whether you realize it or not, Bethany is rated very high in comparison to other colleges in the country. It is approved by the North Central Association of Colleges and the American Association of Colleges. The instructors — their accept- ance by the freshmen depends upon their personality, their methods, and their effect upon the freshmen. Bethany is a typical college town, conductive to study. Dis- regarding specialization in one ' s major field, one can obtain a two-year liberal training that is on a par with any other small college in the country. Whether it was your idea or not, you ' re at Bethany, and it ' s a darn good place. So, dig in — you have everything to gain. THE FORGOTTEN— cont ' d whir of the vacuum cleaner, a thorough knowledge of that darn bath tub that wouldn ' t come clean, and the wham of a pad- dle on that part of your anatomv for which paddles are built. There are many other things — not included in my word limit, which — like the Campbells — are coming. Beware thereof, oh yez. I say unto you, the forgotten man is about to be remembered. page twenty-one