Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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OCTOBER. 1940 Cyjainion on tne ampui DRAFT THEM! SAY THE GIRLS Women at Bcth.in College are more in favor of peace time con- scription than are the men, accord- ing to a personal interview sui ey made by Mr. Bowden ' s class in sta- tistics. Sampling men and women in each of the four classes, the interviewers got answers to four questions. The present crisis? Nearly everyone agrees about this question. Where 107 said, No fighting on foreign soil! , only 20 did not seem to care whether we went abroad or not to die. Third question: Shall we aid Eng- land by all means short of sending men across? The answer here was three to one in favor of sending all aid to Eng- S«ri,-v -.hoiuJ that Bclhan-, ituJaiti jaiu, )ij, ,■ ;»„■ ,„,;., ri ) u« murh 1 to 1. Ahm ,■ tiiiturv riconls sianifnunt Uctohcr 16, when !7 Bethany College men. mchulins, nine staff members. rexistcreJ unJer the Selective Service Act- Shown arounj the near table are Mr. Barlow and Mr. Hettler. who aiJeJ in registering. Mr. RexroaJ, local high school principal i« charge of registration, ami Bclhanians Jack Ciccu and Lyie Maync. number of students in each class questioned was determined by the size of the cass in rcation to the total enrollment of the college. First question: If Germany wins the war, will she invade North America? Twenty-eight said within ten years. Sixty-four said never. Thirty-five said after ten years. Women are afraid the invasion will come soon. For every man who said the invasion will come within ten years, there were four women who agreed with him. Second question: Are you opposed to our fighting on foreign soil in the PAGE SIXTEEN land except men. Men and women agreed on this answer almost perfectly. For every three men who said, Send all aid short of men, there was one man who said, Send little aid. This ratio was the same among women who were questioned. In asking each of the four ques- tions, interviewers found some stu- dents who were undecided about what to say. In every case, however, these fence-sitters were only a small minority of the total polled. Students who made this survey were George Brady, Chester Gordon, Ralph Pr ' or, Morrison Ratcliffe, Betty Schuller, William Weaver, and Elizabeth White. WE WANT WILLKIE BUT WON ' T GET HIM, SURVEY SHOWS In the last few years journalist- statisticians have developed methods of gauging the public pulse with near certainty. Apeing the profes- sional press, Bctlian.ati tried scientific sampling on the Roosevelt-Willkie front. The results were very similar to the results of the Roosevelt-Will- kie election held in chapel recently. While this does not prove the ac- curacy of Bctbauian ' s survey, it does show which candidate is favored, and how heavily, which is really what we want to know. Certainly the chapel vote and the mazagine survey both were not wrong. Chapel results gave Willkie 2 52 votes, Roosevelt 92. In percentages this gave Wendell 73 percent, F.D. R. 27. The Bcthanian survey, entire- ly by personal interview, gave Will- kie 74 percent, Roosevelt 17, and undecided 9 percent. Of the students questioned by Bcthaiiiaii, only 39 percent will act- ually vote next week. Despite the overwhelming sup- port for Willkie among Bethany students, a majority of them think that Roosevelt will win anyway. Asked, Do you think Roosevelt will win? 52 percent of students replied, Yes. Thirty-five percent said Willkie will win. Thirteen per- cent were unable to guess which candidate would be elected. WHY DON ' T THEY Well, why don ' t they? The American magazine wonders about it, and frequently Bethanians do. For one thing, Dr. Leitch wonders why they don ' t conduct a tour dur- ing Freshman Week through the college buildings and the village. It would forever do away with the up- perclassman who had not been in the tower or out to the Campbell Man- sion. Consider the tale of a Junior girl I know. It became so easy for her to follow her nose from class- room to classroom in her own de- partment that she had her first visit just the other day to the typing room. She has still no idea how to get to Prof. Knight ' s office. Why don ' t they allow students to use typewriters in examinations? After writing rapidly for two hours — some do — the student ' s arm is (Continued on Page 17)

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OCTOBER. 1940 mill ' iiiiiiiii VICTORY SONG BETHANY BEATS W. AND J. AT FOOTBALL Bring on the band, boy, beat on the big drum, Blow on the brasses, boys, here they come; The beautiful, the energetic, the strong, The jazz babies, the fighters, the supremely young. Heady to rock the world, the darlings, the champs. Eyes burning like thousand-watt lamps. Hands clapping, feet beating with furious joy, Throats ready to yell it — Here she comes. Boy! Watch the girl in the green and white sweater. The style of her, the line of her — Get her! Watch the Dean lead the band, the vim of him. Watch the President holding that pigskin. Sainted brown relic that helped the team win, Watch the smiting coach yelled off his feet. Warn, There ' s another game coming but well, this was sweet. Yes, Victory was sweet and loud in Bethany today, O victory came in with cows and buffalos, O victory was everywhere in the air today. Vibrant in hands and spines, electric in toes. Reeling out of the gold mouths of the brasses. Beating and bursting out of the grand big drums. And the air was charged with stories of forward passes. Victory, victory is here. Yes sir! here it comes Marching up the aisle, dancing down the hall, what a proud day, ivhat a grand day, what a story WLwn the college stopped and nothing was done at all But victory was done, yes victory was well done that day of glory! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the light ami the dark, 1 give you Victory. I give you this immortal spark, But let me before I leave you for more dejected places Ask you one question, you of the triumphant faces — What ivoidd happen to the world, would kingdom come If this energy, this vita lity, this power, this big drum. This clan, this thousand-watt lamp of yours were fhtng Into a great world-beating America-making song? What would happen if for once you suddenly gave Victory to the defeated, the poor, the sick, the brave. If ivith that teani-u ' ork, that gusto, that da)! that savoir-faire That style you uent out and cleaned up a mess here or there. Re-built a town, had an idea, wrote a poem or play, Would the college, tell me, declare another holiday. If you all went out u ' ith the Dean at the head And worked another kind of miracle instead? Believe me, America is in your hands like that pigskin To be cherished and fought for and, only maybe win. Gentlemen, life is in your hands, a tough sweet game Permit a poet to hope that you will make victory its name. But Victory for the many and Victory to giie and share With t he defeated, the down hearted, the backs against the wall, everywhere! October 8, 1940 Hill MAY SARTON lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ROBERT RAWSTHORNE COMPANY Bethanian Engravers Heeren Bldg. Pittsburgh, Pa. See .JAKE and DICK at THE VALLEY PRESS Home of Good Printing — Phone 6401 — WELLSBURG, W. VA. L. BRUCE ROBERTS PLUMBING and HEATING 64.5 Main Street Wellsburg W. Va, Dial 21971 HENDERSON ' S RESTAURANT opposite postofflce 12th Chapline — Wheeling Breakfast Lunch Dinner Complete fountain service Sandwiches, Home-Made Pies Enjoy our fine drinking water Compliments of WELLSBURG BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY WHEN YOU BUILD SEE ROBERT SCOTT LUMBER COMPANY WELLSBURG, W. VA. WHITEHEAD ' S 740 Charles Street Wellsburg, W. Va. SANDWICHES, SOFT DRINKS PAGE FIFTEEN

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OCTOBER. 1940 (Continued from Page 16) capable of little more than waggling a weak wave at acquaintances. Then, too, think of the relief for profes- sors in having tyf ewritten exams to read. I insist it could be arranged. Why don ' t they have an open forum or question box in the Bethanian} It would furnish a place more far reaching than bull sessions for students to air their wonders and complaints. There ' d be poor opinions mixed with intelligent ones, but that doesn ' t make the plan prohibi- tive, does it? Why don ' t we take a lesson from a nearby college which has an an- nual book drive? The librarian com- piles a list of reference or recreation- al books which the library needs. Organizations or individual students contribute, and the name of the donor is recorded on a bookplate in the front of the book. Why don ' t the members of Inter- fraternity and Panhellenic Councils really live up to their avowed pur- pose of promoting inter-fraternity good feeling? Wouldn ' t round tables on chapter scholarship, making pledges study, student-alumni rela- tionships etc. be helpful. (Continued from Page Eight) Elsasser and Gordon Seidel. Lone assistants in their respective departments are Lewis Deer, in Bib- lical literature; Florence Nicholas, modern languages; Milton Parker, education; Barbara Schutt, student health service; Ray Simmons, econo- mics, and Margaret Stein, orienta- tion. ALUMNI BULLETIN REVAMPED Several thousand alumni a week ago received through the mail the first issue of a thoroughly revamped Alumni Bulletin. First issue publish- ed since April last, the new Bulletin should do much to make former students conscious of their experi- ences on the hill. Under the direction of Mr. Hett- ler, alumni secretary, Bill Rutter, senior English assistant and peren- nial experimenter in campus publi- cations, redesigned the format of the eight page magazine. Articles by class secretaries and Professor Roberts appear in the current issue. We Believe in BETHANY COLLEGE Manufacturers of EAGLE OILERS WELLSBURG, W. VA. Laundry — Dry Cleaning Deliveries Twice Weekly BUTTES LAUNDRY CO. STEUBENVILLE Headquarters for Florsheim Shoes WEISBERGER ' S WELLSBURG, W. VA. THE OWL PRINT SHOP the best is none too good for you Stationery Dance Programs MARKET ST. WHEELING Electrical Wiring Supplies Lig ' hting- Fixtures — Appliances Tools — Lamps — Radios SANDS ELECTRIC CO. 52 Eighteenth Street Phone 146 WHEELING, W. VA. •UBLI«HIB« Of CABHCCIf Iz-.U CARNEGIE UNION PRINTING CARNEGIE, PENNA. COMPANY Headquarters for SMARTER COLLEGE WARDROBES g tnn? $c ®Ifntttaa West Virginia ' s Largest Department Store MAIN STREET WH EELING, W. VA. 11 PAGE SEVENTEEN