Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Published Monthly The 3£jtPiamcui Editor-In- Chief BY THE Bert Decker Student Entered as second-class matter on January 14, Board of 1920 at the post office at Bethany, W. Va. Publications under the Act of March 1, 1875. of Business Subscription: Four Dollars a Year Manager Bethany College Vol. XXXI October, 1939 Number 1 Geo. Petroff Editor ' s Notes October ' s Contents We on this year ' s staff are just beginning to appreciate the time and energy spent by last year ' s staff. The sages said that everything comes to he who waits, but those sages never waited for Bethanian copy. We have been slow getting started, but make no excuses. Our only consola- tion is that a slow starter sometimes has a strong finish. Two letters of advice to the freshmen are found on page eight. One was written by Miss Barbara Murray, the other by Mr. Robert Martin. It is our firm belief that the freshmen who read and heed these can never go wrong. Miss Gail Close, a freshman, is responsible for some of the art work in this issue. Miss Bar- bara Murray also contributed her usual share in the same line. On page 20 Lyle Mayne more than justifies Looie ' s Lunch for going Phi Tau. Five new faculty members are pictured on page 12. We apologize for not having pictures for them all. Professor Howard W. Eves, our new mathematics professor, explained that he didn ' t mind being omitted, because to him the most interesting thing is an unknown quantity. Ned Metal, Austrian-born freshman, who spent four years in English schools, explains hi- lights of their school system to us on page 19. It may surprise you to learn that the English Public Schools are not public schools but private, similar to our prep-schools. Not only that, they are not co-educational. Centennial Plans The Freshmen Flock In We Support Nothing Letters of Advice Hail. The Forgotten Man Preview of The Bison News Bethany Dawn Review of The Arts Building Empire Builders 10 Freshmen On The Faculty . 12 13 Why We Came To Bethany . 16 . 17 IS 19 Poor Poppa Looie — Deserted . 20 Pledged 21 -y A j % 13 U PAGE one

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Last year we had a revolution in our college publication. Enough Bethanians had enough American pioneer blood in their veins to forsake the beaten path for somethi ng new. Thus, the Bethanian, as a monthly magazine, came into being. This year we plan no revolution but will be satisfied with evolu- tion. With one year of valuable experience be- hind us, we plan to use it as a base of supplies and plunge deeper into this unexplored collegi- ate journalistic field. The Bethanian has a two-fold purpose. First, it will supply information concerning Bethany life and thought, that will stimulate its readers as individuals and organizations, and serve as a record like the old Bethanian as a year-book did. Second, it will be a means of expression for those students that are literary minded, and those in- terested in creative work in illustration and pho- tography. The staff will attempt to ferret out those that have talent in writing short stories, The Evolution of the verse, or any other form of creative writing. It shall try to co-operate with the Art Club and the Photographer ' s Club (if one is formed) to pro- duce a well illustrated magazine. Like last year ' s Bethanian, this year ' s editorial policy will not be a one-man viewpoint. It shall try to voice the opin- ions of the students but only that of those stu- dents truly interested in n«AL« ; the welfare of our Al- Bethanian ma Mater. We believe in the Bethanian as a maga- zine. We believe in its purposes. We believe it is the best means to portray Bethany life. We be- lieve in its future even as we believe in Bethany ' s future. We believe in the plan of Alexander Capmbell; his Plan of a Literary, Moral, and Religious School. We believe that the Bethanian should have a definite part in helping to carry out that plan. We believe that it can. With these beliefs in mind, we do not hesitate to present our magazine, the Bethanian of Bethany. The Hundred Years have rolled — and the first hundred are reputed to be the hardest. It has been a tough hundred years. Although the years have merely rolled, Bethany has climbed. In its long climb the college has met adversity and even failure. Bacon claimed prosperity dis- covers vice; adversity, virtue. Andrew Car- negie said that failure should be stepping stones to success. Both were right. Bethany has virtue, and Bethany will succeed. Its tradi- tional ideals and purposes have been the essence of strength and effectiveness. Alexander Camp- bell ' s vision is being materialized. Another hundred years has started to roll. But Bethany must not roll, coast with the years on its past record. Bethany must continue to climb. She can not stand still, nothing can stand still; she must either climb or decline. Bethany must progress — spiritually, academically, socially and physically. A col lege is made by its students. The best professors in the world, having the best equip- Last Century—And This ment in the world would not make a college. It takes students. Good students. It is up to us. We, the students, can make or break Bethany. We must be good students. That doesn ' t mean that we must merely stand high academically; but that we must be faithful Bethanians, conscious of the fact that we must make our college not only the best aca- demically, but the most pleasant, the most de- sirable institution to which to come for an education. We can do this by being our best in athletics, extra-curricular, and social activities. We can do our best by not doing anyone of these too much or too little. Be neither the athlete who is a social bore, nor the social hound whose one feat of dexterity is balancing a teacup. Be neither the brain who can ' t find time to date, nor the jitter- bug who can ' t find time to study. Find time for a well-balanced college life. Last century belongs to the past. This cen- tury is ours. They did a good job with their hun- dred years. Let us do a better one with ours.

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This school year will be of double significance in the history of Bethany College, as it will mark the termination of a hundred years of educational progress, and also begin another century of existance. Wheels have been set in motion to celebrate this centennial of Beth- any College in a man- ner befitting its age. dignity, and traditions. The first events of the centennial celebration will take place during the Fall Homecoming, which will be held Fri- day and Saturday, Oc- tober 27 and 28. On October 27, the Board of Trustees of Bethany College will meet, at which meeting the final decision concern- ing the program for celebrating the centennial throughout the year will be made. Also, on the night of October 27, a dinner will be held to formally open the drive for $400,000 with which the college will build the Alexander Campbell Memoria Library. This drive was approved by the Board of Trustees at its last meeting. Churches throughout the country. Alumni Associations, present students and faculty members, and also friends of the college will be asked to cooperate in the drive, which will end May 11, 1940. As ' Tis Fitting Plans to celebrate centennial of Bethany in memorial of Alexan- der Campbell, his ideals and his purposes. by Dclevin M. Barnhart A NEW INSTITTUION. Plvn of a Literary, Moral, and Religious School; or the Union ok four Institutions in one — the combination of the Familt, the Primary School, the College, and the- Church in one great system of Education. I am now about to divulge to this community, to philanthropists, to lovers of good order, to the DiseipJes of Christ a favorite scheme deep- ly impressed upon my mind; long cherished, and in the establishment and supervision of it, it is probable, if the Lord will, I shall close all my earthly projects. In the first place, the location must be entirely rural — in the country, detached from all external society; not convenient to any town or place of rendezvous — in the midst of forests, fields, and gardens — salubrious This is a reproduction of the opening paragraphs of Alexander Campbell ' s an- nouncement In the Millennial Harbinger one hundred years ago this month. The new library building, according to Presi- dent W. H. Cramblet, will probably be located on the campus between Oglebay Hall and Gate- way Hall, and will be built to carry out the Gothic Architectural theme of the other buildings on the campus. President Cramblet also stated that the actual cost of the building would probably not exceed $350,000, and that the remainder of the $400,- 000 would be used to purchase more books for the Memorial Li- brary. The committee in charge of the proposed Alexander Campbell Memorial Library in- cluded: Hon. W. S. Wilkin, general chairman; Donald L. Boyd, Alumni chairman; Archy T. Schrock, associate; W. H. Cramblet, president of Bethany College, Dean Forrest H. Kirkpatrick, publicity chairman; George C. Hettler, secretary; and George W. Williams, director. The other members of the Executive Commit- tee, which is made up of alumni, trustees, and friends of the college, include: R. A. Balderson, Miss Grace Bleming, Argyle Campbell, F. O. Carter, Hon. Bennett Champ Clark, Harold Cramblet, Charles V. Critchfield, James H. R. Cromwell, Dr. L. L. Darsie, Miss Grace Dennis, Cecil B. Dodd, H. O. Evans, W. H. Fields, W. F. Frede- rick, Mrs. C. L. Good- win, Mrs. Walter M. Haushalter, Dan Hel- phrey, Miss Gail Holli- day, A. H. Hunt, Ben W. Irvin, Miss Ida M. Irvin, Ben S. Johnson, Perry Jones, Mrs. Ed- ward L. Kemp. Frank J. Kent, John Marshall, W. H. ' Mc- Kinney, Dr. J. Parke McMullen, J. C. Mor- ris, Herschel C. Ogden, Lewis Perry, W. E. pagh TWO