Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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AT THE TOP Conference girls were anxious that the waiters get through work in time to keep their dates so they came into the kitchen and helped the boys work their way through 1000 dishes plus silverware. AT THE BOTTOM Jim Huntsberger had his mind on a coming vacation in New York. When he dried dishes he built a replica of Manhattan. Here he jx ints out the position of Times Square with reference to the Em- pire State building. PAGE THIRTEEN

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LEFT, the three most popular waiters with the conference girls pause in eating to hit a solid note of har- mony. RIGHT, John White, freshman this year, swings a wicked brush (hairy paddle in the vernacular) between pipes at the Phi Kappa Tau house which Strasser ' s crew painted this past summer. CENTER, Bob Bullard helped the photographer get a picture of a baby skunk. WOW! BETHANY SUMMER Few of Bethany ' s students realize that there are tivo distinct and separate phases to life in Bethany; one of nine mouths duration, the school term; the other of three months, the summer season. Bethanian has alivays endeav- ored to present in it ' s page a true and compre- hensive study of the activities and events of the school term but never has it made any attempt to acquaint the readers with the Bethany they do not knoiv. Bethany in the summer. At last the veil is torn aivay, tee present a short picture story of Bethany Summers. — Editor ' s note. The forgotten man is the man who spends his summer in Bethany. When school is officially over the majority of the student body is dispersed and scattered over many states. A few remain behind. During the past summer there were eight or ten who stayed the entire three months. Their activities were many and varied. No sooner had the students left when the campus was invaded by a host of young people attending church conferences. The conferences were of a weeks duration and when one group left another took its place. Altogether the con- ferences lasted from early June until the tenth of August. During that time six of the remain- ing students worked at Phillips Hall as waiters. Their duties were simple but many. They in- cluded serving meals, washing dishes, scrubbing pots and pans, setting tables, and cleaning up the hall and kitchen. These duties took from 10 to 14 hours a day depending upon the num- ber of persons in the conference. Spare time was necessarily scarce but since 75 % of the conferees were girls from 16 to 24 years of age what time there was was used to good advant- age. When the last conference had left, each of the waiters went his way on a well earned vacation; Martha ' s Vinyard, Long Island, Cleveland, Washington, Baltimore, Everywhere, but after a week or two weeks at the most, all were back in Bethany ready to go to work on Strasser ' s gang. Some became painters at fifty cents an hour, some carpenters, some laborers, and gen- eral flunkies at forty cents an hour. No matter what the job, there was plenty of work and plenty of hours and nearly all had a nice little nest egg with which to meet the reopening of school in the fall. Until the last two weeks before the return of {Continued on Page 19) PAGE TWELVE

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FOR THE FRESHMEN In persuing back issues of the Bethanian we ran across a page titled Freshman Bible and discovered it to be a list of do ' s and don ' ts coupled with a few words of advice designed to assist the new students in becoming aclimated to campus life. It seemed to us to be really worthwhile and though it seemed a trifle facetious in spots wc deemed it very worthwhile and therefore, with apologies to a former editor, we reprint it here in the sincere belief that if you freshmen ivill note and take heed it will be of some little value in helping you navigate the first few weeks of your college life. — Editor ' s Note. DEUTERONOMY Thou shalt not smoke on the campus. It ' s an old Bethany tradition, and besides, the adminis- tration frowns on it. Thou shalt not play tennis, nor cards, nor dance on Sunday. Thou shalt not annoy the cows in the college — nor the graves in the cemetery. Thou shalt not save up all thy clothes for one laundry case — nudity is frowned upon here. Thou shalt not cut chapel more than five times — save that walk until afternoon. Thou shalt not demonstrate class spirit by in- scribing 194r ' all over the campus. Thou shalt not linger more than 3 hours over a 5 cent coke. A soda rates 6 hours, a sundae is good for the day. Thou shalt not talk on the telephone for more than 3 hours at a time. Thou shalt not bull after 12 o ' clock mid- night. :;• =!• :;- Thou shalt get enough sleep at night. The desks are so hard around here that insomnia of- ten occurs in the daytime. Thou shalt stay clear of Breezy Heights Beer Garden. Thou shalt remember — the view from reser- voir hill is much more effective in the daytime. Thou shalt beware of the cross-country team. They are always running around. Strangely enough, in the country. Thou shalt show proper respect for the up- perclassmen. (Adv ' t.) Thou shalt go to the Beta walk (in case you didn ' t know) by walking down Pendleton road, past Miss Mahaf fey ' s and Prof. Robert ' s houses, climb a fence, go around a pig pen, and, there you are. Thou shalt try writing home sometime when you don ' t need money. Thou shalt always remember Bethany is primarily an educational institution , especial- ly after dark. Thou shalt (ye gentlemen) try calling up for dates three days in advance at least (It ' s the legal limit). Thou shalt always be a good little freshman, duly admiring of the upperclassmen and duly obedient. REVELATIONS This Bible is written in a sincere effort to help freshmen lead a happier life in Bethany, and to help you avoid some of the inevitable mistakes. But, if, with all the worldly wisdom of your seventeen or eighteen years, you look at the thing as so much upperclass froth, it will be your own loss. Since dating is probably the uppermost thing in your mind, let us consider that first. One of the frequent mistakes made is starting immedi- ately to go steady with one person. Playing the field will get you further in the long run, little Fannie Frosh, even though you do feel flattered that Sammy Sophomore is fascinated enough by your charms to limit himself to your company exclusively. Don ' t feel too bad if you don ' t have a date for the big dance. Just take an excursion through the corridors of Phillips Fiall, and you ' ll see that at least 40 per cent of the girls are dateless, and many of them from their own choosing. If you have a date, exercise some discretion about romantic proclivities, particularly in the drawing room, or you will find yourself furn- ishing an amusing show for the others present. Don ' t make your affection the object of every- one else ' s derision. Now for the question of study. After all, you did come here for an education, so don ' t siabor- dinate your studying to having a good time. Plan your day, and prepare each class during the time you have scheduled for that purpose. Your grades will show exactly how much work you do. When you study turn off the radio and turn out your friends. If they get angry, they don ' t have the stuff in them that real friends are made of anyway. There is also a sort of Bethany etiquette to observe, so remember such things as speaking to everyone and being quiet during serenades. Concerning extra-curricular activities, don ' t get membership in so many that you ' re of real value to none. Get acquainted with everything, the faculty, the library, the buildings, the traditions of the school, the village, the country-side and above all — the students. Let us conclude with an admonition not to let college go to your head. PAGE FOURTEEN