Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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The summer student body gathers on tht campus for a picnic supper. no cuts at all in Chapel, but most of the pro- grams were good. We were treated to a bit of the ballet one week. The team of Strawbridge and Parnova delighted us with an hour of muscle- bending. However they were slightly hampered in their efforts: they were confined by the size of the stage thus their leaps often came to abrupt stops; the floor, too, had been well-oiled the night before. Miss Parnova, finally sensing the intel- lectual and asthetic level of her audience, did a solo number ending in ogles and flips that brought roars of appreciation from the masculine multitude who nostalgically recalled the Gaiety, the Roxy, the Empire, or the Casino. Mr. Louck and Happy ' repair the Gate steps ti withstand the fred of another hundred years. i I? WI ,«l v i{ Arch and apprentice Johnny Weimer reuno- tate the library during a slack study period. I remember another relief from our scholarly pursuits during the latter part of the summer. One evening an air raid signal blew. Chaos reigned. Screams of excitement were heard throughout the community. We prepared to re- tire to a bomb shelter when one in the know told us that this was sort of a dress rehearsal for the surprise blackout the following Saturday. And so, after two weeks of sleeping in the day and carousing in the night we are back here rest- ing comfortably. We sleep eight hours, have classes every other day, and ignore the daily gym periods. Most of us can say that we have had a taste of real education and now we are doing our best to wash it out of our mouths. Page Sixteen

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Nighfs Dream the rhythmic dripping of persperation, changes were going on in and around the hallowed halls. Room 39 was converted into an impromtu hang- er. An observatory was built near the tennis courts. (Incidentally, the telescope ' s relative position to Phillips Hall should make astronomv a popular course) . Every day for several months as we crawled to classes we met James (Happy) Taylor soiling his hands with the mun- dane task of bricklaying at the Gate steps. Under the masterful direction of bespectacled, white-suited Mr. B, the library swung into ac- tion. There was nothing to be heard in the study rooms but the rustling of pages, the hissing of the leaky drinking fountain, the struggle of a moth or two as it crackled in the light fixture, and an occasional pigeon protecting its young from an invading hoard of rats. In the words of our absent Dean, Bethany was primarily an ed- ucational institution. The faculty, for the most part, enjoyed the session. Some of them said they had never taught classes which seemed so interested. However, I can recall a seven-thirty Calculus class which sat in the Bethany House drinking coffee until seven forty-five while the prof waited. After a while he grew used to the new schedule and class proceeded smoothly. A little recreation was provided in the Bethany House where all the students ate. The chief form of amusement was to drop a nickel in the Juke Box. As a rule everyone played Amen . Miss Hoagland would burn to a mellow brown. Amen was removed. Another game with high- er stakes was bottle bottle who ' s got the milk? It was an exciting past-time attempting to reap more than your daily quota, and the penalty was death. And so time wore on. The Fourth of July was spent by many in sweet slumber. We appreciated too the well-tanned visiting friends coming to tell of their exploits and the millions they were making in a defense plant. A morning of sleep- ing-in was equal to two class cuts. There were Top right — The boys indulging in an infre- quent bull session. Upper right — Ed Harris helps Gladys Sesler from the wagon as the hayride party arrives in Bethany. Right — That memorable Saturday night ex- cursion on the hay wagon. fSLtx Page Fifteen

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PLEDGING, INITIATION RETURNS Sororities ZETA TAU ALPHA Pledges Peggy Anderson Marjorie Davidson Lois Jameson Elvnor Hinkel Kitty Jones Saudra Lee Jones Virginia Joseph Doris Kaiser Mildred Madison Anna Mary Paulson Virginia Pern- Margaret Weimer Eleanor Brooke Elsie Wellman Phyllis Ann Miles Barbara Lee Hart Evelyn Burtis Initiates Nancy Harrington Ruth Rutherford ALPHA XI DELTA Pledges Pat Ann Cramblet Esther McCracken Rosemary Faulds Ruth Wagner Mary Ellen Wilson Marion Culley Fay Radman Gene Grimshaw Alice Yost Mary Edgar Ruth Glassburn Arlene Williams Norma Jean Welsh Barbara Trese Martha Jane Opie Pauline Davies Betty Foley Initiate Elaine Zaworski KAPPA DELTA Pledges Dottie Fallen Robin Goss Kate Rose Molly Crimm Marigene Shepherd Janet Rankin Louise Truxal Carolyn McNerney Altha Stevenson Jene Kohls Shirley Skilton Bet tie Lou Fizer Nancy Cowan Bettie Elaine Condie Second Degree Pat Mohler Betty Ann Reske Initiates Irene Jassen Lee Fiess Jeanne Jordan Nancy Tomasek Frances Johnson PHI MU Pledges Olga Karp Lorraine Parkins Marcie Bright Jane Keefe Betty Hora June Galm Initiates Ruth Judy Lois Keiser Ruth Taylor Eunice Johnston Betty Bannen House Privilege Marian Podelle Fraternities SIGMA NU Pledges Gordon Potts Malcolm Day Edwin Myers John Padden Joseph Adams David Davies Hugh Hamilton George Dueker Jack Fouch Donald Loncasty Waldo Woodbury Joseph Hoffman Lindsay Howard Nathaniel Bullard Clement Rossi Clayton P ' letz Initiates Creighton F. Murphy George H. Murphy Richard E. Hirsch George E. Pohle ALPHA KAPPA PI Pledges Raymond Sheline James Finley William Beggs Frank Buechley Harry Hutchinson Lewis Kuhn Eugene Miller David Perry Arthur Phuntek Willi Schwab Edwin Steinman Roger Tiffany Alan Weiss Initiate John Keppel KAPPA ALPHA Pledge Julian Meyers PHI KAPPA TAU Pledges Jim Angelis Duane Belt Peter Curran Bob Goerss Dan Heatherington Lou Humpton Al Lvth Bob Smith Karl Wassman John Wittiver Ed Harris BETA THETA PI Pledges Donald M. Bell Alfred Carman Donald Cloudslev William Dunbaugh Thomas Ely John Foley John Fulmer Frank Hoak Earl Lowery Richard Miller Donald Nixon Ralph Perrin Toseph Tighe Edward Whitelock Sevencecn