Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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OCTOBER. 1940 back; Sifgt ' lhaitnif giiartl; Jackson, back; Gorilon, ciiJ; A- Dowley, giuinl; Hart, back; Wells, guard; Donics, center; Cicco, end; Hcrrick. tackle- Second row. Sinieral, back; Knbns, end; Harris, back; Albrecht, guard; Shrlner, back; Stitt, back; CullisoN, back; Duff, center; W. Dou ' ler. guard; White, guard; K:..,;:,.. .. - - , , . t. .. c ■■ v,;.,s ' -- . i row; As- sistant Coach Stunijil); Re ter, center; Brady, end; Myers, tackle; Hesser, hack; Roberts, tackle; Pletz, tackle; Morrill, tackle; Barnes, tackle; Conn, back; Erbc, tackle; Ponierance, back; Wilson, manager. like drive and an educated toe. Slightly less of a powerhouse is Freshman Jack Hesser. Now half finished, the Bison season started off happily, with a 14-7 win over Glenville State, who humiliated us 30-7 last year. Then came the sweet 14-0 victory over W. and J., after 30 years of yearning. Then the Bison trampled Salem, 3 3-0 and beat Westminster. The spirit, not the one of Bibical times, but the spirit that people always ask for at pep meetings, has descended on the Bethany cam- pus. The rally and torchlight parade follow- ing the W. and J. game was without preced- ent in modern Bethany history. Zest may even overflow and invade the classrooms. But win, lose, or draw from now on, the team knows that the students are behind them. As yet there has not been a slackening of spirit. Why should there be? For has not the Bison regained his horns? Part of the W- : ■ strife uas a kicking duel. This l anarain shous a Bison buck boutuig one Joun the fuld- PAGE SEVEN

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OCTOBER. 1940 Ajlcrnidth: Prfsiilci: Crumhlft ami Grvcil anil While hailj lead tittor ttarailc along Main strctt. When the 1939 season rolled around, and the team started out by beating Westminster, a few students — freshmen — blinked their eyes and almost became excited. At the homecoming game against W. and J., the players showed plenty of pep, and were rewarded by a good turnout at the gate. But the Bison was not quite ready. W. and J. was outfought, but in two momentary Bison lapses the Presidents scored to win, 12-0. Worst effect of this game was that it tucked in the already sleeping student body. When the Bison finished the season with a .500 aver- age, public opinion felt that this was pretty good — for a Bethany team. This year there is a new spirit on the cam- pus. It is as admirable as it is surprising. And a new team of Knightmen has hit its stride. Currently, the Bethany squad is a veteran one. On the ends of the line are two seniors, Walter Bud Kuhns and Chet Gordon. Newcomers George Brady and Jack Cicco are waiting to jump into the regular end shoes. At the tackle positions, which caused Coach John Knight considerable worry last year, are two big men, John Tiny Morrill, and Walter Dode Myers. Both weigh 230 pounds, as does reserve tackle Dick Roberts. Freshman Clayton Pletz is developing into a workmanlike tackle. Little need be said about Alan Dowler and Bill Wells, senior guards. Both are experienced battlers. Center, supposedly the weakest spot in pre-season analyses, has developed into a stronghold manned by Jim Duif and Frank Donics, with Martin Reiter and Don Kramer awaiting the call. Returned for their last season with the Green and White are Tom CuUison and Dick Jackson. Cullison, one of the smartest players in the conference will be sporting his fourth grid letter this year. Other veterans are Archie Conn, steady blocker, tough Ed Har- ris, and knee action Stan Stitt. Best of the new backs is Chuck Hart, burly triple threat who has blasted student apathy with an ox- Hanging in the troj ' hy room in hi ' in Gynrnasinni is this pic- tnrr of the only of ny Bison JurJ to heat W ■ . The player who kicked the fndd goal that gate Bethany the 3-0 lietory three decades ago was Bishop ' sixth from the left in t te second row- This early team, coached by one ■ M- Tounsend , is remembered for two other things: the niinihcr ■ f loll score games played, and the accidental death of a West Virginia player in -Bethany ' s second game with W-VV- thai year- Scores that year included Gen.-ia 8. Bethany 0; W- Si. ]■ 0. Bethany 3; W- ' -U- 0. Betli- imy 0; West Virginia Wesleyan II. Bethany 0: W V U ■ 8. Beth- any 0. Mccby Wens ShuFHlewsrkh Riws Umfcenhower 2 lGsrJTOb ' Rudy Bowers Henley . Bishop Saundermdn E.Harmon t Ei-retfc SmJtA Bradfbrd Rltte Merryman J. chapman Wdtson Konp T Stanley r. GE SIX

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OCTOBER. 1940 ' Ii th am 15 X tintatUu THE DEAN LOOKS AHEAD DtAN F. H. KIRKPATRICK Hliniaiiitiii must not he siihiiicrf,cil h scitnct- Before deserting Bethan y for . sabb.itlcal leave that has been ham- strung by the war in Europe, Dean F. H. Kirkpatrick planked down before students the results of much thinking about the nation ' s defense plans and their probable effect on Bethany College. Dean Kirkpatrick, whose long laid plans to study Industrial psy- chology at the University of Lon- don have been stymied, spoke with good authority. Along with half a hundred prominent educators he was called to Washington this sum- mer to help coordinate education with the national defense program. Briefly, the Dean ' s conclusion ' s were: 1. Intercollegiate athletics should be curtailed or abolished and an extension of the physical education program to all students should be made Immediately. 2. Curriculum should be stud- ied, with a view toward introduc- ing new courses (perhaps one called Pre-Mllitary ), and eli- minating some non-essential courses. But, warned Dean Kirkpatrick, the humanities must not be submerged by sci- ences and social studies. He also PAGE EIGHT recommended more courses in in- ternational relations, foreign lan- guages, and problems of democ- racy. 3. Colleges must educate the emotions and emphasize mental hygiene. 4. In preparation for the severe financial adjustments that always follow a war, Bethany must plan for careful business management. Here Dean Kirkpatrick recom- mended sale of non-producing capital investments, reduction of Bethany ' s Indebtedness and ad- mmistratlve costs, and vigorous campaign for new endowment. 5. Students must fight to pre- vent their patriotism from being molded into standardized forms dictated by pressure groups. 6. American youth, accustomed to discuss, to Investigate, to de- bate, to question, and to have plenty of margin for self-expres- sion and personal expression, will find these mental habits being up- set by the discipline and obedi- ence demanded In mllltar - train- ing. 7. Colleges must help students examine criticall) ' and objectively the background, issues, and social psychology related to the war. Students must be made to realize that the war is only a symtom of a profound cultural change. 8. Bethany must demonstrate, by precept and example, that de- mocracy can still satisfy the basic, living demands of people living In the twentieth centurv. ONLY ONE SENIOR FELLOW THIS YEAR Only senior fellow appointed this year is Miss Mlmi Strain, in the En- glish department. Ordinarily several seniors are awarded fellowships, by the committee on honors, after de- partment heads have nominated the student. iMiml (actually Myfanwy) has compiled an enviable academic re- cord since she graduated from FoU- ansbee, W. Va., high school in 1937. She spent her first college year at Bethany, but transferred to Riverside Junior College, Riverside, Cal., for her sophomore year. On the coast she was graduated with honors. Back to Bethany for her junior year, Mimi was named out- standing junior woman by the Pittsburgh-Bethany Alumnae club. Now comes the fellowship. BUT MANY ASSISTANTS Because professors get tired of correcting papers, and answering the same questions over and over again, colleges have long plucked the most alert students out of the classrooms, given them the title of assistants , and put them to work in their maj- or field as aides to the professors. No exception to this practice is Bethany, where more than two score of the better students are this year boosting their academic prestige and income by doing routine work in the departments of instruction. Largest group of assistants are in chemistry, where Professor Dawson and Mr. Reynard need much help in the large laboratories. Assistants for this year are Edward Harris; Roy Hoffman, James Huntsberger, Peter Johnson, Frank Long, Irvan Roche, Jack Ryan, Hilda Sarver, Harold Siegelbaum, Jack Slmeral and Ray Sheline. Second largest group slated to be listed as assistants in the college cat- alog next spring are librarians Sue Beth Archer, Jean Berggren, Mar- garet Ehlnger, Betty Mclntyre, Rosemary Roberts, Betty Schuller, Mary Jean Weir, and Elizabeth White. Current blohigy department assis- tants are Joseph Callgulri, Irving Glassman, Esther Mackey, Martin Reiter, and Dorothy Reynolds. Limbering student muscles in ph)slcal education are Janice Evans, Margaret Hallock, Betty Narrigan, and Ray Thompson. Two departments, admissions and personnel and English, have three assistants each. In the first are George Albee, Gladys Armor, and Louise Gettys. In the latter are William Rutter, Robert Showman, and Norris Whltock. Young experts in motion and en- ergy studies are William Callendlne and Robert Fritz, of the physics de- partment. In history are Edward (Continued on Page 17)