Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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NOVEMBER. 1940 BETHANY GETS A MARCH When I came to Bethany, I thought that this school ought to have its own original college mar- ches, adapted to its own character- istics and needs, stated Mr. Cassius Gould when explaining what in- spired him to write his new com- position, the Bethany Centennial which will be ready for the public at the next band concert. The piece, for which he com- posed the words as well as the music, is written somewhat after the plan of Goldman ' s On the Mall . The first part is strictly for the band alone while the trio is to be sung. It is of customary march length. Band members were quite alarm- ed when they were first introduced to the Bethany Centennial in the ominous key of six flats. However, due to difficulties caused by this keying, Mr. Gould has revised it in- to the concert key of only one flat. Only five hours were needed by the composer to write the march, but he estmiated that forty hours were required to arrange it for in- strumentation. When asked her opinion of the piece, June Fiess, senior member of the band, said, The Centennial ' is a beautiful march and rather unus- ual, but it has a difficult clarinet part. (June is a clarinet player) . Another senior member, trumpet- er Don Rosensteeie, said that he liked the number because, unlike most band pieces, Centennial had a chorus that could be sung as well as played. The words, written by Mr. Gould to be sung to the trio section of the march, are as follows: Come friends and give a cheer for Bethany, Best in the land — Always we will love her As in brotherhood we stand. Our hearts united in one destiny Service to do — Loyal and allegiant In the lives we pledge to you. ' INTERESTING BETHANIAN EDMUNDS PROFILED AS A SHOE Once there was an old shoe. It was a happy shoe because it had spent many days dancing in the Inn and many fine nights sleeping — under the bed. But unfor- tunately the old shoe had to stand up under the strain of much fluff. Definition: All that is not sleeping and dancing. On Tuesday nights it was president of the Alpha Xi Delta ' s. On Saturday nights it was — well, it was in You Can ' t Take It With You . It changed its name and sang hymns on Sunday JANE EDMUNDS morning. But all this is fluff. This is an allegory. The old shoe is Spike Edmunds, who does a good job of her three activities — sleeping, dancing, and fluffing — even if she did get in on a pass. The old shoe was plenty sharp — sharp enough to take life with a grain of salt, so that everything was always happy, and the whole world was always darn smooth. All the chum shoes of our friend liked to gather round to listen while it expounded in its inimitable style about life and love and stuff. The small chums felt real happy then, because the old shoe had a great and optimistic sole. WAGNER, STRAUSS AND CARUSO Because the social committee was thoughtful last spring, Bethany now has the nucleus of a fine phono- graph record library. In the hope of building such a record collection, the committee spent the last of its funds for 14 recordings of classical compositions and songs by famous artists, and for 2 S popular dance re- cords. Available to any organization or individual on the campus, the musi- cal disks are now being cared for by Professor Carter. Classical selections, formulated by Mary Jane South ' 40, include Tristan and Isolde , by Wagner; the The Firebird Suite , by Stra- vinsky; Egmont Overture , by Beethoven; Bolero , by Ravel; Overture to Orpheus and the Un- derworld , by Offenbach; Claire de Lune , by Debussey. There are also two Strauss waltzes, two songs by Kirsten Flagstead, two by Caru- llil so and two songs recorded by the Vienna Boys Choir. From these new records, and oth- ers owned by the college and by Pro- fessor Carter, Phillips Hall girls, aided by Barbara Schutt, house pres- ident, choose a concert each Wed- nesday evenmg. Next month the stock of popu- lar records will be doubled when several dozen more dance records will be purchased. MORE EARS FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC All Bethanians who enjoy and appreciate good music now have an opportunity to hear it regularly. The Concert Club, a new organiza- tion on the campus, resulted after much planning by Sara Gelof and Professor Carter. During the first program on No- vember 6, about 2 5 students listen- ed to recordings from Scheheraz- ade by Rimsky-Korsakoff at the Continued on Page 17 PAGE ELEVEN

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NOVEMBER. 1940 ' YCTIWY OKEH Tuny Kirhy ijijn Hiintsbcri cr) loia But Alice is afraid that Tony couhl nci cr fit ball family and friends — . Homecoming, May 9, brought with it the annual B ethespian Homecoming show, this year, You Can ' t Take It With You. The show was directed by Miss M-rian Hcndrick assisted by Peggy Geyer. Delivan Barnhart, as Grandpa Vandtrhof, deserved a big round of applause. He played the part so sin- cerely that one could almost hear the creak of his aged bones and he made one think of him as Vander- hof and not as the Barney we all know. Charles Bell, freshman and new comer to the Bethany stage, did a good job of his interpretation of the Russian ballet impresario. He was lict ' Xandvrhof — ■ ;; « 7 jfr scrcu- Which includes Olga (Sara Gelof) Bell). funny without being ridiculous. Gerry Ferguson and Rita Clary gaye a delightful portrayal of the naive, inadequate young printer and his ballerina wife. They were con- stantly in character and added , a spot of color to the show with their piano paying and dancing. Mary Louise Sessler and Jim Huntsberger were natural and real as the beleagued young lovers. Joanne Schott was quite convinc- ing as the scatterbrained mother; Bob Fulmer and Jack Baumgartner equally so as the father and perpetu- al guest. Jane Campbell and George Davis were just aristocratic and arrogant enough to create the illusion of the such good hearted eccentrics as Dutchess and Kolonkoi . the dancini master {Charles wealthy, snobbish parents who ob- jected to their sons marriage for social reasons. The supporting members of the cast deserve special mention for the fine way they handled minor roles and got the most out of them. Mimi Strain and Wilbur Cramblet were excellent as the young colored cou- ple and came close to stealing many of the scenes in which they appeared. Jane Edmunds was hilarious as the drunken actress. Roy Heckel, an- other freshman, did all he could with the part of the income tax col- lector and did it well. Tom Poston, Bob Golbey, and Bob Vierhusen had walk-ons as department of justice men. Tony ' s aloof motlier {jane Can:plhll) and .d);ctr father (George Dai is) can not appreciate the Vandcrhof brand of hafip-ness. But philosophical Grandpa Vanderhof (Del Barn- PAGE TEN jaiJj brings the clashing factions, and of course Tony and AUce, together. An then he thanks God in his Now, I ' ll tell you. Sir. style.

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NO ' I 1B1 R. 19-10 ? cience SPECTROGRAPH Bctluny loses the convenient use of one ot its most valuable pieces of scientific apparatus in a few weeks. The expensive Hilgor E-1 spectro- graph, which has been an important part of physics laboratory equip- ment since h ' ollansbee Bros. Steel Co. loaned it to the college in 1936, is to be returned to the steel mill. The steel company is installing its own laboratories for the analysis of metals, and will need the spectro- grr.ph regularly. So that the steel company will get efficient use of the instrument, Mr. John Ball, Jr., chief metallurgist of Follansbee Bros., has been studying spectro- graphic technique with Dr. Allen ' s class in spectrographic analysis, catalogued as Physics 67. The spectrograph leaves just as students are beginning to master this most modern means of analysis. The steel company has offered stud- ents the use of the instrument in Follansbee, but Dr. Allen fears that it will be too inconvenient for stud- ents to accomplish much. While the spectrograph is still here, students Frank Belluardo, Jo- seph Caliguiri, William Callendine, David Huntsberger, Peter Johnson, Irvan Roche, Dick Wallace and John Whitehill are learning all they can about it. So wide spread is the application of the spectrograph becoming that it is alie.- ' .dy much used by madern crime detection experts. What the spectro- graph does is to photograph the spectra given off by elements and their compounds. Each element has its own characteristic spectrum map, different from that of every other element. As Dr. Allen says, Each element writes its signature on the photographic plate, and there is never any forgery in spectros copy. By using sp ectrographic analysis. New England police discovered which automobile out of hundreds had struck and killed a man. The scientific officers analyzed a speck of paint found on the coat of the dead man, and then found the au- tomobile with paint exactly like the speck. In another case, spectrographic analysis of coffee a woman prepared PAGE TWELVE for her husband showed traces of lead, antimony, and sulfuric acid. The woman then confessed that she had put battery juice in her mate ' s coffee. And at Bethany the spectro- graph has done interesting things. At the request of Alumnus Dr. Mit- chell, class 1915, who believes that variations in the change of the con- tent of the blood may be connected with changes in the condition of the blood, the Bethany spectrograph has been used to analyze blood samples. And last year the spectrograph proved that small quantities of metals from the foil wrappers on cheese penetrate the cheese. Another time traces of gold were found in dirt taken from the little stream behind the gymnasium. Amount of gold present was small, but it did actually exist. Dr. Allen is hopeful that the college will be able to purchase a small spectrograph of its own some- time in the near future. MOORE GETS FIRST LICENSE So stringent are the new regula- tions on amateur radio broadcasting that Stewart Moore, Radio Club president, had to wait 16 weeks af- ter taking his final tests before the Federal Communications Commis- sion sent him his license. Moore, who is now the first Beth- any student to get an amateur ' s ticket while in college, has just re- ceived a federal license to operate station W8VHG, at his home on North Front street. Wheeling. He took his last tests in July. Earlier this fall a new federal rul- ing demanded that all amateurs be fingerprinted, and file a birth certi- ficate, absolute proof of citizenship, and a passport photograph, at the F.C.C. office in Washington. This information had to be collected from each of the 5 6,000 amateurs already registered before the F.C.C. would consider any new applicants for licenses. Tliat is why it took so long for Stewart to get his license, he explains. Moore first became interested in short wave radio when he came to Bethany as a freshman last fall. Fie joined the Radio Club and immedi- ately began to consider qualifying as an operator. He learned to send and receive code at 65 characters a minute, the receiving being the most difficult. It takes the average person 1 5 min- utes a day for six months to work up this required speed. John Whitehill fuses a piece of clay to see if its spectrum uill reieal any rare metals-