Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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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

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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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AS ' TIS FITTING— cont ' d brate the centennial of the grant- ing of the charter to John C. Campbell by the Virginia Legis- lature, with a program, the ex- act nature of which has not as yet been decided by the admin- istration. O n May 11, 1940, exactly 100 years after the first meeting of the original Board of Trustees, the present Board will meet to discuss plans for the Commence- ment program, and also to hear reports on the drive for the Alex- ander Campbell Memorial Li- brary, etc. At the annual Commence- ment of Bethany College, to be held June 1 to 3, 1940, repre- sentatives from many colleges and universities of the country will be in Bethany to honor and to pay tribute to the years of service that Bethany College has rendered to the church, the state, and the professions. Plans for the celebration of Bethany ' s centennial have been progressing for months; as early as last spring, actual work was begun, when several thousand folders were sent out to alumni from the Centennial Office, un- der the direction of George C. Hettler, Executive Secretary of Bethany College. These folders contained nine objectives of the home office of the Bethany Col- lege Alumni Association, and were accompanied by a pledge of service which every alumni of Bethany was to sign and return to the office. These aims of the Alumni Of- fice are as follows: 1. To have established by the centennial year, a total of 15 active alumni associations throughout t h e country; 2, to hold a reunion at Commencement time of every class since 1890; 3, to have a total of 1,000 Bethany alumni visit the campus in 1939 and 1940; 4, to distribute 15 Re- gional Alumni Scholarships pro- vided by the administration; 5, to have an enrollment of 430 students in Bethany College this school year; 6, to gather a well- rounded collection of Bethany historical material; 7, to donate an annual gift of $5,000 to the college to be used for any need- ed repairs, improvements, or to buy necessary equipment; 8, to reach a goal of 500 contributors; and 9. to have accurate and com- plete alumni records. Some of these objectives have been reached, and others are still in the distance. It is the wish of the Alumni Advisory Council to have attained these goals by Commencement time in 1940. It is the duty of every man .md woman who has ever known, and of those who now know, the exultation of walking in the shadow of the age-old tower, to cooperate and participate in the celebration of this first hundred years of progress of Bethany College. WE SUPPORT— cont ' d How, Beard asks, can United States help? Does she know the facts of Europe ? Has not Europe a set of primary interests which have little or no relation to us? Can she insure anything but temporary consequences from a war Can she offer any solution to the economic problems at the very basis of the European con- flict? Then comes the very pert- inent querry from Beard: If the countries concerned will not unite for self protection, how can we expect the United States to get them to? Is not a policy of intervention founded on the basis that inter- nally United States is strong? Would the student of U. S. so- cial and economic problems say we are fit for participation in a war? Are we not more independent today in an economic sense than in 1783 when Washington set up his policy of independence which enabled us to direct all our re- sources to the conquering of the West? What is the annual value of American goods shipped out of this country today? Has there been any prosperity of lasting gain from past wars? Why should we love one p ow- er and hate another? Has Great Britain ever done so to her own disadvantage ? These are but a few of the questions which such an article as Beard ' s raises and seeks to answer. What the Bethanian and the history department is chiefly concerned with however, is the manner in which Bethany College students seek to answer these and similar questions. They require the background of his- tory, the up-to-datedness of the daily newspapers and monthly periodicals, and the honest and deliberate judgment of intelli- gent students searching for the truth. It is time, that we assume the responsibility of leadership attributed to the priviledged many and support something with reason and enthusiasm. BUILDING EMPIRE— cont ' d acquired during its existence. On reaching his fourth year at school, the boy will probably have taken his school certifi- cate which gives him admission PAGE TWENTY-TWO