Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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OCTOBER. 1940 tkletic Ttonti HARRIERS CROSSED UP Although the Bison harriers suf- fered their first defeat in three years against Westminister, a touch of humor flavored the upset. More than one factor interferrcd with the cross-country runners. The New Wilmington course is only two-thirds the length of the Bethany course, making the race a relative middle distance run for the Green and Whites. After striking out into the woods the Bisons lost the trail. Boy Scouts who were stationed along the trail gave garbled directions, sending the Bisons struggling over barbed wire and rail fences. The Bison squad held second and fourth places among the first five at the finish line, with Morgan and McCord at the pav wmdows. Ed- wards, of Westminster, led the field. Coach Boettcher explained the blot on cross country ' s escutcheon by saying, If we had been pressing Edwards as closely as we should have been, we wouldn ' t have lost the trail. BEES IN PLASTIC BONNETS Plastic football helmets, like the ones that were tried out by Univer- sity of Minnesota and Northwest- ern University, are unsatisfactory because they make too much noise when players crack heads at each other, says Coach John Knight. Coach Knight should know, for as early as last spring he examined the lightweight, translucent head- gear. He even considered equipping the Bisons with the Flash Gordon headgear. But when plavers com- plain that sound echoed in the hel- mets like shouting in a barrel. Coach turned thumbs down. NEW FIELDS TO CONQUER Bethany is beginning to make use of the 1000 acres of land mentioned so prominently in catalogs and bul- letins. Of major importance among the new recreational facilities is a five mile cross country and bridle trail which opens up several hundred acres of woodland adjacent to the new Rine Athletic Fields. Starting on Rine Field, the trail rapidlv PAGE TEN drops off the east, down to the banks of Buffalo Creek. Here it turns south, following the creek through beautiful woodland. After following the winding creek for a mile, the trail, which is ten feet wide at the narrowest place, turns west. Several hundred yards later it turns abruptly north to climb a hill directly south of Rine Field. A person walking or riding the ridge of this hill for three quarters of a mile can see the sur- rounding country for miles. From the ridge the trail drops gradually away to the southeast, following the slope along thick woods which it skirts for a mile. Back again in the valley of the Buffalo the trail turns west, swings easily to the south, then east, and finally north in a wide circle that ends again on Rine Field. Important addition to the equip- ment of a college that stresses indi- vidual recreation is the new auxili- ary game field being completed ad- jacent to the gymnasium. Special, hard surface on the new field will bring outdoors such sports as hand- ball, volle ball, captain ball, and other related games, heretofore only playable in Irvin Gymnasium. Eventually the field will contain a smooth roller-skating rink that can be flooded and frozen for ice skating in the winter. Plans call for the equipping of all of this area with electric lights, so that the entire area can be used for night recrea- tion. ARCHERY LEADS TO W.A.A. Most popular of sports with freshmen coeds headed for member- ship in Women ' s Athletic Associa- tion is archery. Arrows fly almost daily toward targets tripoded behind Oglebay Hall, as the girls count up points, trying to amass 100 points re- quired for entrance into W.A.A., then 1000 points required to win a letter. While regular class activity does not count toward point totals, girls have plenty of opportunity, because points are given in tennis, swim- ming, ping-pong, aerial dartst bad- minton, cycling, hiking, skatmg. If as much interest is shown in other sports as in archery, President Janice Evans would have little rea- son to doubt that this year will be W.A.A. ' s best. Ettch hull ' i eyr counts ouarti vn ' mhvnlnjt in W ' l- fur Jennie Umbel, Evelyn Baxter, Shirley Wcalhcruax, lean Goe, and Etelyu Van Strien-

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OCTOBER. 1940 FRESHMEN ON THE STAFF Hesitating to rove an analytical eye over the six newest members of the college staff, BethaniiUi this early in the year contents itself with thumbnail sketches of the freshmen On the faculty. Cassius W. Gould, instructor in music, has the degree of B. Mus. from Oberlin College, 193 3, and M. sylvania, for a M.B.A. earlier this year. Worked in New York City brokerage office and in accountan- cy at Cooper-Bessemer Corporation in Grove City. In college he was on interfraternity coucil, sang with glee club. % MISS MARY C- i ' i.i;i MR. CASSIUS i ' . GOULD A. from Oberlin in 1934. He also attended Northwestern University. Mr. Gould formerly taught at Con- necticut State College and Millers- burg Military Academy. He shares conducti ng the Green and White Band with Dean Weimer, teaches theory, piano, and organ, and is planning to mold new instrumental groups. Edward R. Bowden, instructor in business administration, was gradu- ated from Grove City College in 1937 with B. S. degree. Thence to noted Wharton Graduate School of Finance at the University of Penn- Miss Mary C. Van Pelt, R.N., college nurse and supervisor of the infirmary, graduated from Norton Memorial Infirman ' , Louisville, Ky. Then, like Nightingale, off to the East, where she was supervisor of a hospital in Kuwait, Arabia, from 1920 until 1940. James W. Alexander, instructor in English, graduated from Univers- ity of Georgia in 1934 with A.B. The next year he took his M.A. there. Later in Europe, he studied in .MR. EDWARD R. BOWDEN DR. JAMES W. ALEXANDER Perugia and Padua in Italy, in Grenoble in France, these on an ex- change fellowship. Back in America, he completed work at University of DK- JOHX W. R11. . KD Virginia, won Ph. D. there. He is an excellent pianist, knows Latin and Greek, having once taught the latter at Georgia. John W. Reynard, instructor in chemistry, graduated from Musk- ingum College in 193 5 with A.B. Then to Ohio State University, where he took M.A. in 193 8, Ph. D. in 1940. Because he was a good stu- dent and circulation manager of the college newspaper, was inducted in- to an honorary journalism fraterni- ty, is still looking for someone who belongs to it. MR. WILLIAM H. SPRAGEXS William H. Spr.igens, instructor in mathematics, graduated from University of Kentucky with A.B. in 1935. ' In 1938 took his M.S. there. His wife graduated from the Universitv of Illinois, where he has completed residence work for his Ph. D. Second semester, when Dr. Allen takes his sabbatic leave, Mr. Sprag- ens will also teach physics. PAGE NINE

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OCTOBER. 1940 TALKIES LEARN TO TALK operator Date HittitUwrgcr luijiisis new motion pii iirr projector- Bethanians who for 14 years groaned in their Friday night movie seats because they could not under- stand half of what the leading man was whispering to the leading lady, have now begun to ease back m their seats, partially convmced that Com- mencement Hall does contain new motion picture equipment. Musicals, once taboo because the old rebuilt projectors and wheezy sound system could not reproduce high notes, bass notes, or the flow of overtones in a full orchestra, can now be booked with the assurance that they will be at least listenable. But don ' t expect wonders, warns House Manager Strasser, because Commencement Hall ' s high Gothic walls and low balcony were not designed to throw electrically creat- ed sound waves clearly. Built for a commercial theater seating 1,800, the equipment is more than adequate for the Hall, where an audience of only 600 would bring out the SRO signs. Complete RCA sound equipment, with double amplifiers, an attach- ment for playing phonograph re- cords, and four large speakers, were in the purchase. So large are the conical black plywood speakers that only two need be used to direct the sound from behind the new screen. The speakers can be wired either singly or in a series. Conceivably, one of the speakers might be mount- ed in Phillips Hall lounge, another in Cochran Hall lounge, a third in the gymnasium, and Bethanians in each of the three places could dance to records played in the projection booth. Other items in the purchase that rejuvenated movie-going on the campus are two Simplex projectors with lOYz inch reflectors in the lamp housings, 30 ampere rectifiers and two four-inch lenses. FIRST PLAY TO BE COMEDY Docs the selection of You Can ' t Take It With You , as the first stage play of the year indicate an- other gala year for Bethany thea- ter-goers? Last year. Miss Marian Hendrick, then an enthusiastic newcomer to Bethany, wore thin the boards on Commencement Hall ' s stage with a succession of plays that included Night of January 16th , Personal Appearance , Death Takes a Holi- day , and a dozen one act plays or excerpts from plays. A Bethespian production, You Can ' t Take It With You depicts the absurd, almost slapstick, situa- tions into which a joyously eccentric family of New Yorkers allows itself to drift. No matter how well cast the play will be, upperclassmen are sure to miss actor Thomas Jones, who this year is studying his drama at Car- negie Tech. As well as other Alpha Psi Omega ' s Ruth Braem and Lillian Henkle, transferred and gradu.-.ted, respectively. The cast contains Joanne Schott as Penelope Sycamore, Rita Cleary as Essie, Mimi Strain as Rheba, Ro- bert Fulmer as Paul Sycamore, Jack Baumgartner as Mr. De Pinna, Ger- ald Ferguson as Ed, Delivan Barn- hart as Martin Vanderhof, Mar ' Louise Sessler as Alice, Roy Heckel as Henderson, Jim Huntsberger as Tony Kirby, Charles Bell as Kolen- kov, Jane Edmunds as Gay Welling- ton, George Davis as Mr. Kirby, Jane Campbell as Mrs. Kirby, Sara Gelof as Olga. Peggy Geyer is assist- ant director. X ' ulfLica.tloni DEBT BURDENS MAGAZINE Publications, which at Bethany means the Bcfbaiiian, has a bother- some dog nipping at its heels. The dog is labeled debt. Loosed on the magazine by two previous Bethan- ians, the mutt became a real threat a month ago when Bursar Newton W. Evans said that Debt must be appeased. On the college ledger, Bcthauiau ' s account, in red, amounts to more than $45 0.00. And Bursar Evans rightfully claims that publications has reached its debt limit, must now stop adding to the debt and start slicing it down. Faced with these red figures, Betluuiiau, like any sensible corpora- tion, decided to cut expenses and in- crease revenue during 1940-41, ap- plying part of the savings to the debt. Money spent by the Bcfhaniaii goes almost entirely to four places: cover company, photographer, engraver, and printer. Contracts this year give the money respectively to S. K. Smith Co., Chicago; Zamsky Stu- dios, Philadelphia; Robert Raws- thorne Co., Pittsburgh; Carnegie Union Printing Co., Carnegie, Pa. First step toward financial stabil- ity, cutting expenses, meant merely spending less at several or all of the companies producing the magazine. Largest savmg is being made on covers, which had taken too high a percentage of the total budget in 193 8 and 1939. Cover-binders cost approximately 72c apiece last year, while Bi ' hanian for this year limit- ed itself to 46c apiece for covers. Contracts for the three major serv- ices were all substantially lower than either of two previous years. Second step toward financial stability, increasing revenue, came with nearly a 100 percent increase in extra subscriptions over 1939. This was the result of a planned direct mail campaign. Advertising, other major source of income, will amount to at least $700.00 or else Business Manager Wayne Burdue gets no full schol- arship. This new idea was submitted to the SBOG by the business man- ager himself. (Continued on Page 17) PAGE ELEVEN