Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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F. H. KIRKPATRICK • Among the distinguished visitors at sodbusters ball was Dr. Forest H. Kirkpatrick, Dean of Per- sonnel who has a years leave of ab- sence to work with R.C.A. in In- dianapolis on Defense work. At intermission the Dean made a short speech in the course of which the said quote: Bethany is primarily an ed- ucational institution. vmquote. • A lot of last years upperclass- men are not with us this year. They have been asked by their uncle to help run one of his big camps, Uncle Sam. We cannot trace all of them but the air corps seems to have gotten its share. Tom Grimm, George Brady, Charles Hart, Tiny Morill, and pos- sibly others are with the army air corps. Dick Glass and Butch Esty, graduate fliers from Bethany ' s CAA course are now with the Navy Air corps. May all their landings be happy ones. • Bethanian points with pride to its new photographer Speed Koval and his pictures. As a test we turned the camera over to him and asked him to get a few pictures for Freshman week. He came back with a few dozen and all of them good pictures that tell a story. Bethanian will make good use of Speed if he doesn ' t go on strike like he did for Sodbust- ers. Look , he said, I ' ve taken pic- tures all week and I don ' t know the freshmen or the upperclassmen. To- night you take the pictures while I scout around and get acquainted. That is what he did and if the pic- ture to the right be true, he did all right. • That hectic period known as rush week is now over and everyone, freshmen and upperclassmen alike can relax and get some sleep and, incidentally, catch up on study. The results of rushing are not available at the present time but will be pub- lished in the next issue of the Beth- anian. To the new pledges let us of- fer our congratulations. No matter which Fraternity or Sorority you pledged, you have affiliated your- self with a fine group of young people. • Bethespian Club, the all col- lege dramatic organization, announc- es through its President James Hunts- berger that it will present its annual homecoming play as usual this Fall Homecoming. The play is not yet, at this writing, definitely chosen but, as far as advance information can be trusted it looks like a toss up be- tween Lady Windemere ' s Fan and Night Must Fall. Both are excellent plays and Bethespian promises to have it ' s best season this year. The old dramatic standbys are still with us and these persons augmented by scores of talented freshmen give promise of productions throughout the year that all Bethanians who like the drama should not miss. Put the homecoming play on your must list! • Once more Bethany prepares to put some of it ' s young men into the air. Bethany College in conjunc- tion with the Civil Aeronautics Authority has already graduated 13 private pilots and even now the first group to be enrolled for this school year is attending ground school con- ducted by Lloyd C. Bagby of Wheel- ing. In these ground classes they learn the principles of aerodynamics, navigation, meteorology, and the civil air regulations which govern flight rules and traffic. Before long these new fledglings will start their air training which is under the direction of the Higgins Flying Service of Glendale. By the end of the first semester they will be ready to take their flight test, which, if they pass, is the last test before they receive their wings and private licenses. This is probably the most romantic course in the school and designed primarily to establish a reserve of pilots who, in wartime can be quickly turned into military pilots, and who in peacetime will be the ' basis for a rapid advance in pri- vate flying and thus in the geared up aircraft industry. Unfortunately, women are no longer permitted to enroll. Nellie Mcllvain who took the course last year will therefore be the only girl pilot turned out by Bethany College. To those enrolled this year we say happy landings. • Speaking of Bethany ' s flyers we might mention that the good townspeople are a bit wroth about the lowflying antics of some of the boys on a Saturday and Sunday of not so lon g ago. On Saturday Wib Cramblet and Bill Neumann circled the town at a low altitude disrupting the peace for a short period. The next day Dave Huntsberger with his lady ' by his side repeated the per- formance but unhappily chose an inappropriate time. He glided into town and then gave full throttle right over the church in which church services were in progress. • In regard to the Bethanian staff. There will be a notice on the bulletin board shortly after this first issue appears. Any and all persons who wish to join the staff or to write are cordially invited to attend. There is room and work for every- body so don ' t let numbers frighten you. SPEED KOVAL PICTURE OF THE MONTH This picture was snapped one night during the summer when the waiters should have been work- ing but instead had taken some time off to attend to some other matters. What those matters may have been the picture helps make clear. The location — the back steps of Phillips hall. The boy and girl? We are not allowed to divulge that information and will do so tinder no circum- stances so do not ask us. PAGE TEN

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On the opposite page: upper left Pat tries to get seconds on ice cream when served at the church party. Thursday was the day of the Freshman hike and picnic. Fat was unable to make the trip because of the appear- ance of one of the boys from back home. The picnic, served on the lawn at Point Breeze Inn, consisted of the usual beans, potato salad, hot dogs and ice cream sticks. Two pictures, opposite page upper right and this page upper left show George Northrup feeding a dog to Yvonne Balster while Boetcher minds his own eating and Virginia Forry and Helen Colton receiving the;r share as they pass down the line of waiters. One of the most import, but least attractive fea- tures of Freshman week is the battery of tests to which the unsuspecting Freshman is submitted. These tests oc- cupy a fair percentage of each day and before the week is over those subjected to them wish they might never see another. Opposite page lower left Pat chews the eraser as she attempts to solve a particularly difficult problem. Each Freshman is required to have a physical ex- amination to supply a record for the dispensary that is kept, changed, and added to for the time the student is in Bethany College. While waiting their turn the girls weigh one another to see if there is any truth in the saying that all Bethany girls put on weight. Martha Umble weighs Pat, lower right opposite page. After the picnic the Freshmen attended parties held by their counselors for the purpose of acquainting counselor and counselees. Pat was assigned to Miss Mahaffey with several other students. At Miss Mahaffey ' s house she met and chatted with fellow counselees and with Miss Mahaffey, see picture upper right above. Later they all drank a toast to happy days to come in Bethany. (Soft drinks were used.) The meeting with counselors was the last event of Freshman week with the exception of registration on Thursday and Sodbusters on Saturday nite. Friday nite was free so most Freshman became first-niters and went to the year ' s first movie in the chapel. Classes started Friday so Friday afternoon found Pat in the bookstore buying books and books and books plus notebooks, paper and the many other items required for classes and study, see lower left above. Saturday nite and Sodbusters and the school turned out in mass for the official meeting of the Freshmen and the upper classes. The girls were lovely, the men were smooth, the music was good and a good time was had by all. The dances were tag dances and after the first little bit of backwardness everyone fell into the spirit of the thing and taggd right and left. Lower right above shows Jack Warmington, a friend of Pat ' s from Morgantown tagging back of Tony Cusmano who just shortly before cut in. The week was now over and Pat tired but happy looks forward to rush week. PAGF NINE

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