Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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to a university, scientific college or the army. But his days at the school are not yet over. By now he will be specializing in the subject that he is most suited to and if he is an athlete he will most likely be a member of one of the four Cricket or football elevens and be called a blood which entitles him to special privileges. If he is good at class- ics (they are still the most im- portant part of any public school) he has a good chance at becoming a house-monitor. The brightest of these are chosen for the post of school monitors en- joying monitorial privileges in every part of the school ground. A Head of the school is also ap- pointed who in conjunction with the captains of the various sports played at the school, represent the school at public occasions. Of course it cannot be denied that this system has its faults, but it does achieve its purpose; to educate boys for leadership. It must be remembered that the products of these schools are the men who will later take a hand in ruling the empire; it is on their shoulders that Britain ' s fu- ture lies today. Although it has worked per- fectly as far as this is concerned it has one major drawback: it does not prepare boys for every- day life. A public school man will be ideal in a shipwreck, a good partner at a dance, but quite hopeless when it comes to fixing an electric plug is a say- ing which needs no further com- ment. A public means the same to an Englishman as does the fra- ternity to an American; it gives him something to live up to; its annual conventions, which are held all over the world, help to keep the old boys together. The almost too pronounced solidarity which has thus arisen led to some hard feeling between or- dinary Englishmen and the pub- lic school class. This makes it- self felt in most walks of life where the public school men al- ways form a group by them- selves, never mixing with the others. But in spite of this the public school is a thing of which every Englishman is proud and with- out which England would not be what it is. Wellington ' s quotation after defeating Na- poleon at the Battle of Water- loo: Waterloo was won on the playing field of Eaton , bears witness to the adoration every old boy feels towards his public school. FRESHMEN FLOCK— cont ' d The alumnus laughed. Same old game ; he chuckled, did you polish the apple a little? No, I ' m too dumb, the freshman admitted. Then he added thoughtfully, or else the profs are too smart. I haven ' t quite figured out which. The alumnus laughed again. You never will find out, he said; at least, I didn ' t. But tell me, no Sodbusters this year? Oh sure, the Sodbusters. I almost forgot that. And that was the best thing of the week. It was held up at Phillips Hall again, and the whole college turned out to look us over. What did they think of you? Well, for a while, especially all during Rush Week, I thought that they thought we were pretty hot stuff. I never had my back slapped so much in all my life. I began to think that I was quite the guy. The alumnus laughed again. And then you were pledged. The freshman gave a big sigh and then grinned. And then I was pledged. I found out that I wasn ' t so smart after all. Well, I don ' t know, said the alumnus, you seem pretty- smart to me. I never knew how- many freshmen were in my class or how many could do what, like you do. How did you pick up all that data anyhow? The freshman grinned. It seems that I am a problem child, and I broke a pledge rule, so they made me look up all that ,1-,-e anc J Jearn it. Kind ' a hard on you, isn ' t it? Well, kinda hard on my head, but it would be harder on another part of my anatomy if I didn ' t learn it. He started to walk away, but turned his head over his shoulder and said with a grin: And I don ' t have to sit on my head. POOR PAPPA— cont ' d new ditty to wow them. Remem- ber Thanx for the serenade. girls? With such an ambitious life, and with Lew getting his six Fashion Center Fraternity and Sorority Community Service Station Autmobile Repairing G. A. Martin. Prop. — Gas. Oil. Tires. Batteries — Bethany, W. Va. Fashionable clothes for College Men at WEISBERGER ' S Wellsburg, W. Va. PAGE TWENTY-THREE

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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

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quality points, it isn ' t much wonder that I aged rapidly, and I did. Now, I am no longer able to look after my boys as I should, and they feel that I am old enough to take care of my- self. So this year there was another spirit floating around town. (There ain ' t even any ethics a- mong spirits in these modern days.) So, this little spirit vamped my boys, and took them with her. Oh! I ' m not blaming the boys any — Phi Kappa Tau had quality but was sadly lack- ing in quantity. And we could supply, at least, quantity. All the helping that the few fellows they had down there gave to re- vive her wasn ' t working, and she would have been worse after this year. So, my boys went to help her get on her feet. Although I ' m a little sorry to see them go, as Father Looie, whom they brought into this life, I can ' t be anything but pleased to see how they wanted to help keep Phi Tau on the level it has been on in the past. I floated out over the football field last Saturday, (you saw my boys playing there, didn ' t you?) and along the side lines, the spirit of Phi Kappa Tau was just roaring. It did my poor old heart good to see these new fac- es, mingling with my boys and all working for the same spirit. And even the test of criticism during rushing week, didn ' t weaken, but went on to strengthen that spirit. I hope you will forgive an old spirit for going on about spirit, but I am on my last legs — the boys have almost forgotten me, they are so filled with the new spirit, and I must talk fast before I pass on completely. You see, I as an old spirit, have a greater perspective than you poor humans, and I can see that my boys will never regret the decision they have made. I ' ve seen the new fellows they have elected to share this fra- ternal feeling with them, and I know that they will fit in beauti- fully in bringing that weak whisper of a spirit up to the roar that it once had. I can prophesy that my boys will work just as diligently for this new and greater spirit as they did for CONGRATULATIONS on your 100TH ANNIVERSARY Fort Henry Meats WEIMER PACKING COMPANY WHITEHEAD ' S 740 Charles Street Wellsburg, W. Va. Sandwiches - Soft Drinks Compliments of WELLSBURG BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY Compliments of TRAUBERT BAKERY Congratulations to Bethany College on its One Hundredth Anniversary L. S. GOOD CO. WHEELING, W. VA. See us when in need of Wallpaper, Paints, Artists Supplies and Display Material. The Sherwin-Williams Paint Company 1018-20 Market Street Phone 4044 Wheelinc GRIEST CUT RATE DRUG STORES 1125 Market - 1406 Market Wheeling, W. Va. other stores Wellsburg - Moundsville PAGE TWENTY-FOUR