Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Pierce, D. M. Price, Thomas W. Phillips, Jr., Dr. R. R. Renner, S. J. Reno, Kenneth Ressenger, John R i d d e 1 1 , Paul Schaefer, Paul Shank, John M. Smith, W. W. Van Horn, Harry Vodrey, Oliver C. Vodrey, George A. Waddle, Miss Margaret Watson, Ralph Whitehead, and Alfred E. Wright. Just what dis- position will be made of the present Carnegie Library building now in use on the Bethany Col- lege campus will be determined by the Board of Trustees at some future date. It was said by one administration official that it would probably be DR. W. H. CRAMBLET renovated into a building of much- needed class- rooms. Another event which will take place at the Fall Homecoming will be the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the announcement of The New Insti- tution by Alex- ander Campbell, founder of Beth- any College, on October 1, 1839. This historical date will be celebrated on Saturday, October 28, with students, faculty, alumni, and friends of the college participating. On March 2, 1940, Bethany College will cele- continued on page 22 W. S. WILKIN Reproduction of the architect ' s drawing of the new Alexander Campbell library PAGE THREE

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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

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Oh, say, young man, can you tell me some- thing about the freshman class this year? The speaker was a man in his late forties of ordinary dress and demeanor. He continued: Are there any freshmen in Bethany? I haven ' t seen anyone wearing a dink yet. The nonchalant in- dividual whom he had addressed flicked his cigarette down through the Oglebay Gates and replied, Sure there are. There are 168 of us. But we don ' t wear dinks this year. No dinks? We wore them. Enough girls to go around? The freshman grinned. Too many. There are 93 girls and only 75 boys. There will probably be a race to see who gets dates and who doesn ' t. Pretty big freshman class, said the man. Yep, there are only one half as many seniors as there are freshmen, and less juniors than sen- iors by twelve. But the sophomores have 119. Where do they all come from? Penn- sylvania, I suppose. Yep, agreed the students, a lot are from Pennsy, but over one-fourth of the United States is repre- sented. Thirteen states. They come from the heart of the South in Kentucky, others came from as far West as the farm lands of Indiana and Illinois. We also have some Yankees from New England. But you are right, most of them do come from the Keystone state. Seventy-three I think. The older man The Freshmen Flock In One Hundred and sixty-eight Freshmen in Bethany. Thirteen states represented. by Archie Conn and E. F. Brown smiled. You do have the figures down pat. Oh, yeah, I got them all, replied the fresh- man. West Virginia sent thirty. Even New York, which is quite a ways away, sent twenty-four. Ohio which is only across the river sent twenty- two. New Jersey sent six, Connecticut sent half that many, while Ken- tucky, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Illinois each sent two. There is also one from Michi- gan, one from Mary- land, and one from Virginia. Were there any exchange students sent from abroad? No, unfortunately not, smiled the fresh- man. We were sup- posed to get three of them, one from Germany, one from France, and one from Peru, but this war in Europe has made it too dangerous to travel. I guess that it has disrupted the whole exchange system because some of our graduates who were supposed to go abroad as exchange students have not been able to do so either. Perhaps if England accepts Hit- ler ' s peace terms we might get those ex- change students here by the second semes- ter. Let ' s hope so. Say, you sure have a lot of information at your finger tips. Are all the boys as smart as you? asked the alumnus. Huh, grunted the freshman, I should say so. Smart- er. And the girls are smarter than they are. There are eleven girls who were members of the National Hon- or Society, but only This is not trick photography; just twins coming to Bethany nine boyS made it. PAGE FOUR