Bethel College - Graymaroon Yearbook (North Newton, KS)

Text from Pages 1 - 74 of the 1934 volume:

wr, M ' MU L, C, Photography by RICKERT STUDIO AND ART SHOP NEWTON, KANSAS Designed and Engraveci by MI D-CONTI NENT ENGRAVING COMPANY WICHITA, KANSAS 0:0 Printing and Binding by THE KANSAN PRINTING COMPANY NEWTON, KANSAS 5 ' S Q 1 ' no an en no 1 ' Ill lil IDG I I ua ll: e as A UIQ ill I K , ua 4 K - Ili lii li X' lit, E 5 I D vu tg f s - a 2 Ili Ill ns Ulf uf eg un Ill nn ent uf g na: uns um ug aw '1 Q u uv mv as ual Q x L M. Mrs, F Y ' Y X x W v mf 1 , f - - ' fy, .m: 3Y 1: f 5 f ' . , n A A A A Published by the Students of Bethel College, Newton, Kansas I 4 I I 4 4 4 I 1 I 4 I 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 I 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 IT1 Q. 3 c: 3 Q. 0 K na c '15 3 as : 'U i rn 2. Q. fn : 'T O '95 G fn FF :- 'L 0 O I rn IQ rn 4 4 I 'U P' D t Q E Q. m T 2 nf 'Q o '5u 0 2' n. DJ ro P 5 ro on We are living in a time of uncertainty. Predictions of the future are not at all positive. Governments and civilization are in a state of flux. Whether this college generation of today will be allowed to make a contri- bution to civilization in its turn, depends on whether war will be outlawed in the near future. Whether our country will again take to the road of progress depends on the adaptation of our social, economic, and political set-up to present day conditions. In common with other things this state of uncertainty has also reached into our educational system. To keep our schools intact and steadily grow- ing under the increasing stress from the outside is the tremendous task of a school executive today. In recognition of this fact and the confidence we have in his leadership this Graymaroon is dedicated to Dr. Kaufman in particular and in general to all those who lend their efforts to a growing Bethel College. EDICA TIGN . l OREWORD Three lean years have passed since the publication of the last Gray- maroon. The students' purses could not stand the strain. The students, however, have felt a need of historically recording in Bethel's annuals the student life unique to this time. Student conditions five years ago do not compare with today's set-up and that they will continue to change is most probable. Therefore, we say that the purpose of this annual is to record for our- selves and posterity a few glimpses of student life which will be worth remembering. This book is not specifically the Work of a staff. Several score persons have shown an interest in the annual and have contributed material with only the thanks of the editor as compensation. That this book may be a reminder of our college days in all their phases is the desire of the staff. 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Significant in this environment are the educational institutions from which these faculty members have received their degrees. The imprints of these institutons upon each one have been carried into our school and have helped to make her a school of many influences. Our Bethel faculty represents a fusion of the more subtle influences and finer qualities that eminate from the universities in this land. They come, as it were, from the north and the south, the east and the west to give credit to our insti- tution. Students look with satisfaction upon the fact that each year more men are securing Ph. D. degrees in order to be of greater service to the school. This is done in spite of the meager income and the uncertain future before them. To the soul of our school this means growth. The outstanding thread of unity binding the faculty into a single pur- pose is the effort of each instructor to teach in acco1'dance with the Chris- tian principles of living. Such unity in the purpose of instruction when so many diversified personalities are involved points to the uniqueness of the school. It sets for us an idealism we cannot do wrong to follow. Thirt i l The Faculty DR. J. W. KLIEWER, S. T. B., D. D. President Emeritus Dr. Kliewer is the Bethel College Church pastor. And in this position he proves lo be a great master. PROF. P. J. WEDEL, A. M. Registrar of College and Assistant Chemistry. Professor in Chemistry and also the Registrar. Who enrolls all the students that are. PROF. J. F. MOYER, A. M. Professor o Treasurer of College and Instructor in Economics Professor Moyer, you know, is King of Finance. And with lots of our hills, he takes a big chance. PROF. A. J. GRABER, A. M. Business Manager and Assistant Professor of English. Dramalics is Professor Graber's idol, And to this end, his mind was never idle. DR. J. R. THIERSTEIN, Ph. D. Professor of German and French. German is his hobby. Hard he works both clay and night, To leach students their Dutch aright. PROF. D. H. RICHERT, A. M. Professor of Mathematics. Our Uncle Davy is a jolly, good-humored. Good mathematician. who is loved by all. PROF. J. H. DOELL, B. S., A. B. Professor of Biology. A big botany man from out there , Who does his bragging before election. PROF. J. E. LINSCHEID, A. M. Professor of English. With the Literature masters of his kind, In search and research has he spent much time. PROF. W. H. HOHMANN, Music M. Director of Department of Music. His fingers swiftly glide over the piano keys and hands and arms talk to the chorus when it sings. PROF. A. P. FRIESEN, A. M. Professor of Physics. Our Einstein spends long hours in his laboratory students and on various experiments. PROF. R. E. ANDERSON, Music M. Professor of Voice. Uses his voice to bring joy to himself and others. Sponsor of the remarkable octette. PROF. J. B. HEFFELFINGER, A. M. Supervisor of Critic Teachers. J. B. Heffelfinger is our student-teachers observer, And in this work, he puts forth much fervor. Fourteen his working with The Faculty DR. P. E. SCHELLISNBERG, A. M., Ph. D. Professor of Education and Psychology. Our hard-workinpr psychologist---gains his knowledge ol' students through his weakness for tests. DR. E. I.. HARS GSE? A. M., h. D. Professor o io W, ' 1 vmics a blic Speaking. He humors all wl pass his wa Work is a bless mf, quoth he, they say. PROF. MARY E. HOOLEY, A. M. Assistant Professor of English. The little lady with a ready smi'e, Makes reading of books very worthwhile. PROF. ABRAHAM WARKENTIN, A. M. Assistant Professor of Bible and German. A man admired and loved for the enthusiasm and sympathy with which he attacks mwilxlc-nis abandoned by others. PROF. A. J. REGIER, A. M. Director of Teacher Training. A man full of virile ambition Who seeks for all teachers a position. PIIOF. G. R. GAEDDERT, A. M. Assistant Professor of History and Government. Ile knows not only people of the present, but also of the past and strives to share that knowledge with others. DR. H. W. LOHRENZ, A. M., D. D. Assistant Professor of Biology and Bible. A dignified and learned friend of his fellowmen. No student's problem is too trivial tor his attention. PROF. J. J. VOTH, A. B., M. S. Instructor in Industrial Arts. The students friend, always willing tn lend a helping hand. COACH OTTO UNRUH, A. B. Instructor in Physical Education. Although hampered from every side, he has learned to take the bench and come back tightinirf' MISS LEONA KREHBIEL, B. S. in L. S. Librarian. Knows books, where to find them, and how to use them. PROF. ELDON M'COLLUM Violin. Professor McCollum is a teacher of fiddle. How he does it demands an encore every time. MISS OLGA HIICBERT Organ. Miss Hiebert is a tickler ol' keys, And she surely knows her C's and G's. Fifteen Sixteen . , f , fi , J V . 3 , fl. - ff: H. of . - , . ., ith . .mg Goertz Phillips Loganbill Deans of the College DR. P. S. GOERTZ, A. M., B. D., Ph. D. Dean of the College and Professor of Philosophy and Religion. Our white-haired. dignified dean who commands respect through his kindness and wisdom. PROFESSOR MAMIE K. PHILLIPS, A. M. Dean of Women and Assistant Professor in Home Economics. Our worthwhile dean who mothers a brood of forty besides planning. all the meals and teaching home economics. PROFESSOR J. H. LOGANBILL, A. M. Acting Business Manager and Assistant Professor of Education. The hard working business manager who manages not only the college but also the boys. Board ol: Directors PRESIDENT OF BOARD Rev. C. C. Wedel - - - Goessel, Kansas VICE-PRESIDENT OF BOARD R. A. Goetz ---- Newton, Kansas SECRETARY OF BOARD Rev. H. T. Unruh - - Halstead, Kansas fAlternate for Rev. M. J. Gallee, Odessa, Washington! TREASURER OF BOARD H. E. Suderman - - - Newton, Kansas Rev. C. J. Goering Rev. J. E. Entz - Rev. P. P. Buller Rev. P. H. Richert Rev. M. M. Horsch J. W. Graber - J. C. Regier - Rev. P. K. Regier Rev. Phil A. Wedel Moundridge, Kansas - Newton, Kansas - Guessel, Kansas - Goessel, Kansas Beatrice, Nebraska - Topeka, Kansas - Buhler, Kansas Moundridge, Kansas Moundridge, Kansas ,ga The College Stream The most changing thing on the campus is the student personnel. Each year brings us a new group of young' people wondering what all this college life is about, and each year also sees many faces leaving our campus wondering where life's stream will take them. As the seeker of knowledge enters our halls for the first time, he prob- ably does not realize that from that day on his individuality is gradually becoming merged into the stream which is known as College Life. Far and wide, in every country, youth is seeking the refreshing waters of this stream. Its fame is widely known, its glories are many. Youth in college l-to you, ascending the waves of life with a new determ- ination and a new zest, a new vision-a new gleam appears. See that sparkle in his eye! Ah, he has tasted knowledge-the dull, the humdrum of life has lost its savor. There is more, infinitely more, in new horizons-life has but just begun. To be sure, there are times of relapses when students in their weak- ness still follow the path of least resistance, or, in preference to pursuing knowledge, slide down the iced steps of easy street. However, this is to be expected of some who have so lately been removed from the parental roof. As theories of education are gradually advancing, Bethel, with other schools, is pioneering to keep step with this progress. Although not yet having reached the goal where students will spontaneously neglect eating and sleeping as well as the romantic instinct when spring-time comes be- cause of the fascination of their work, Bethel does, nevertheless, succeed in motivating many of the more serious minded students to exchange their soft beds with a hard chair in the back row of some classroom on many a cold, wintry mo1'ning. The fellowship enjoyed by the students on a small campus such as this is a great addition to student life. The comradeship and good will prevail- ing among our stu-dent group is one thing to make us truly grateful. The friendships formed here are ties that can ne'er be broken. Seve nl ee Senior Class ol: I932 WILTON HAWK, Walton, Kansas Major: Biology Minor : Education RUTH HIEBERT, Moundridge, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '31, '32, German Verein '31, '32, Student Volunteer '31, '32, Mankato State Teacl:er's College '2l. '22 ' Major: German, English Minor: Lducation ALBERT JANTZEN, Paso Rooles, California Y. M. C. A. '30, '31, '32, Cabinet '31, Men's Chorus '31, Chorus '32, Play '30, German Verein '30, '31, '32, Pres- ident '31, Social Science Club '31, Student Volunteer '30, '31, '32, President '31, Major: Sociology Minor: English CHESTER LINSCHEID, Canton, Oklahoma Y. M. C. A. '29, '30, '31, '32, Cabinet '30, Collegian Staff '29, '32, German Verein '29, Play '30, Editor of Gray- maroon '31, Senior Play '32, Major: English Minor: Music Present Occupation-Student in the University of Oklahoma. School of Library Science. ELMER LINSCHEID, Arlington, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '29, '30, '31, '32, German Verein '30, Social Science Club '31, '32, Letter Club, Football '29, '30, '31, '32 ' Majofz Biology Minor: Industrial Arts JAMES LIU, Kaichow, Hopei, China Y. M. C. A. '32, Social Science Club '32, Student Volun- teer '32, Bluffton College '31, Major: Sociology Minor: Education Present Occupation: Principal of High School at Kaichow, 'hina. HAROLD LOEWEN, Goessel, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '30, '31, '32, Cabinet '30, '31, Student Council '31, Collegian Staff '30, '31, Graymaroon Staff '31, Delta Sigma '31, German Verein '30, '31, Class Officer '32, Senior Play '32, Major: Chemistry Minor: Mathematics. Physics Present Occupation: Teacher in Goessel High School. MARVIN MILLER, Hanston, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '29, '30, '31, '32, Men's Chorus '29, '30, '31, Chorus '32, German Verein '29, '30, '31, '32, Soccer '29, '30, Track '29, '30, '31, '32, Major: Education Minor: Industrial Arts, English Present Occupation: Teacher. A. THEODORE MUELLER, Meno, Oklahoma Y. M. C. A. '28, '29, '30, '31: Cabinet '29, '30, '31, Presi- dent '30, Student Council '30, '31, German Verein '30, '31, Social Science Club '29, '30, Class Officer '29, '30, President '30, Letter Club, Football '31, Soccer '28, '29, '30, '31, Captain of Soccer '29, '30, Track '30, German Play '28, Major: Economics and Sociology Minor: History Present Occupation: Bookkeeper in College Office, Secretary to President. ALVIN REIMER, Buhler, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '27, '30, '31, '32, Graymaroon Staff '31, Men's Chorus '30, '31, Chorus '32, Orchestra '27, Student Vol- unteer '27, German Verein '30, '31, '32, Track '27, '30, Major: Biology Minor: Industrial Arts Present Occupation: Teacher at Durham, Kansas. ELMA RUTSCHMAN SCHRAG, Pretty Pralrie, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '30, '31, '32, Cabinet '31, Ladies Choir '30, '31, Chorus '32, German Verein '30, '31, '32, Student Volunteer '30, '31, '32, Major: Biology Minor: History, Music Present Occupation: Housewife. Eighteen ADRIAN SHULL Newton Kansas Southwestern Collegb '27, '28,,Basket Ball '29, '31, '32, Major: History, Government Minor: English Present Occupation: Teaching at Kiowa, Kansas. ELAINE SUDERMAN, Newton, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '30, '31, '32, Collegian Staff '31, '32 Major: English Minor: French, Syanish Present Occupation: Teaching at Montezuma, Kansas. MARTHA UNRAU, Canton, Kansas C. A. '28, '30, '31, '32, Ladies Choir '30, '31, Chorus , German Verein '23, '30, '31, '32, Major: Home Economics . Minor: Music Present Occupation: At Home. BEN BERGEN, Ensign, Kansas Major: History, Government Iuinzrz Ldtcation Present Occuj ation: Teaching. HERBERT DIRKS, Aberdeen, Idaho Y. M. C. A. '29, '30, '31, '32, Cabinet '30, Collegian Staff '31, Delta Sigma '30, '31, '32, Social Science Club '21'. '30, '31, '32, Football '31, '32, T1'ack '29, Major: History luinor: Social Science OLGA FAST NACHTIGAL, Wlnnipeg, Oi1t3I'10 Y. XV. C. A. '26, '28, '31, '32, German Play '28, German Verein '26, '28, '31, '32, Reading Contest: Student Vol- unteer '28, '31, '32, Summer School '31, Major: History, Government Minor: English Present Occupation: Housewife. ALBERT GAEDDERT, Newton, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '29, '30, '31, '32, Cabinet '30, '31, '322 Student Council '30, '31, Business Manager of Graymaroon '31, Men's Chorus '31, Oratory '30, Class President '30, Class Officer '31, Letter Club, Cheer Leader '31, Foot- ball '29, '31, '32, Basket Ball '29, '30, '31, '32, Major: History, Government Minor: Sociology Present Occupation: Teacher at Nashville, Kansas. HENRY GAEDDERT, Newton, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '29, Cabinet '29, Men's Chorus '29, '30, '31, Chorus '32, Men's Quartet '29, '30, '31, '32, Social Science Club '31, '32, President '31, Class President '31, Ietter Club, Football '29, '30, Basket Ball '29, '30, '31, '32 1 Major: Sociology, Economics Minor: History Present Occupation: Teaching at Anthony, Kansas. PETER GOERING, Moundridge, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '30, '31, '32, Band '30, '31, '32, German Verein '31, '32, Social Science Club '31, '32, President '31, Cheer Leader '31, Track '31, '32, Soccer '30, Men's Chorus '31, McPherson College '29, Major: Education Minor: German FRANCES GOERZ, Newton, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '29, '30, '31, '32, Cabinet '30, '31, '32, Presi- dent '32, Student Council '29, '30, '31, Graymaroon Staff '29, '31, Ladies Choir '29, '30, '31, Chorus Ladies Quartet '32, Major: Music Minor: Home Economics Present Occupation: Teacher in Nashville, Kansas. ELIZABETH HAURY, Halstead, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '29, '30, '31, '32, Cabinet '29, '30, '31, '32, President '31, Student Council '31, German Verein '20, '30, Class Officer '31, '32, Order of Golden A '32, Major: Mathematics Minor: French, Physics Present Occupation: To teach at Walton. FLORENCE AMES, Walton, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '30, '31, '32, Ladies Choir '31, Chorus '32, Accompanist, Major: Music Education Present Occupation: Teacher at Walton. Y. W. '32 - MRS. JOANNA ANDRES, Newton, Kansas LINDA BALZER, Inman, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '30, '31, '32: Student Council 'Sli Men's Chorus Accompanist '31, '32: Major: Music Present Occuyation: Teaching in Tabor College, Hillsboro, Kansas. MOLLIE BECKER, Meno, Oklahoma Y. W. C. A. '20, '30, '31, '32: Student Volunteer '29, '30, '31, '32: Order of Golden A '32C Major: Home Economics Minor: Chemistry Present Occupation: Dietitian at Bethel Hospital. WALTER BYNUM, Hcsston, Kansas Major: Education Minor: History, Sociology Present Occupation: Pastor of Methodist Church in Hesston. JACOB DALKE, Goessel, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '31, '32: Men's Chorus '31 : Men's Quartet '31, '32: Band '31, '32: Class Officer '31: Football '31C Major: Music Education Present Occul-ation: Teaching at Ford, Kansas. GUSTAV EDIGER, Clinton, Oklahoma Y. M. C. A. '29, '30, '31, '32Rg Student Council '30: Delta Sigma '29. '30, '31. '32: President '30: 17006122111 '29. '30. '31, '32: Tennis '29, '30, '31, '32: Class Officer '30: Major: Chemistry Minor: Physics, Mathematics Present Occupation: Teacher at Midian, Kansas. STEPHEN WANG, Kaichow, Hopei, China Delta Sigma '32: Y. M. C. A. '32: Student Volunteer '32' Bluffton College '31C Yenching. Peiping. China '29, '30: Major: Cremistry Minor: Biology Present Occupation: Preaching in Tamingfu, China. WILLIAM ZEHR, Albanv, Oregon Y. M. C. A. '32: Major : Education Minor: History Present Occupation: Teaching in McPherson County. Senior Class of I933 LILLIAN BESTVATER, Newton, Kansas Y, W, C, A, '30, '31, '32, '33: Chorus '31, 33: German Verein '31, '32: Senior Play: Student Volunteer '33: Major: Education Mino1': History Present Occupation: Teacher in Burrton, Kansas. VERA CARSON, Halstead, Kansas Y. W. C. A, '31, '32, '33: Collegian Staff '31: Social Science Club '31, '33: Visolia Junior College '30: Major: English, Romance Languages Minor: Education DOROTHY DESTER, Deer Creek, Oklahoma Y. W. C. A. '31, '32, '33: Social Science Club '31, '32, '33: Senior Play Major: Sociology Minor: English MARIE FLAMING, Buhler, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '30, '31, '32, '33: Collegian Staff '32, '33C Social Science Club '32, '33: Officer '32:, Repubfican Club '32: Officer '32: German Verein '31: Student Vol- unteer '31: Major: Sociology Minor: English Present Occupation: Student in Graduate School of Social Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. CHARLOTTE HIEBERT, Newton, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '30, '31, '32, '33: Basketball '30: Major: English Minor: History MORRIS HOGAN, Newton, Kansas Collegian Staff '31, '33: Debate '31, '32: Oratory '31 : Class President. '31, '33: Saint Benedicts College '30: Creighton College '32: Graymaroon Staff '31: Major: English Minor: Philosophy Present Occupation: Working at A. O. U. W. Newton. LOIS HOHMANN, Deer Creek, Oklahoma Girls' Glee Club '20, '30: Chorus '32. '33: School Play '25l: Senior Play: Ladies Quartet '32, '33: Major: Music Minor: English, French Present Occupation: Teacher in Montrose, Kansas. ESTHER JANTZ, Odessa, Washington Y. W. C. A. '20, '30, '32, '33: Cabinet '30, '33: Collegian Staff '29, '30: Student Volunteer '20, '30, '32, '33: Offi- cer '30: Chorus '33: Social Science Club '33: Major: Social Sciences Minor: Biology Present Occupation: At Home. RALPH KAUFMAN, Marion, South Dakota Y. M. C. A. '33: Student Volunteer '33: String Quartet: Major: Sociology Minor: Mathematics Present Occupation: Student at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York. EDNA KAUFMAN, Galva, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '30, '31, '32, '33: Major: Home Economics Minor: Education Present Occupation: Teaching at Goessel. MRS. A. THEODORE MUELLER, Newton, Kans. Y. W. C. A. '30, '31, '32, '33: Cabinet '32, '33: Student Volunteer '30, '31, '32, '33: President '33: All School Play '31: German Play '31: Chorus '30, '31, '32, '33: Major: English Minor: Music Present Occupation: Housewife and Student. FREDA STAUFFER, Deer Creek, Oklahoma Y. W. C. A. '29, '30, '32, '33: Cabinet '32, '33: Senior Play: glass Officer '33: Social Science Club: Order of Golden '33 : Major: Romance Languages Minor: English Present Occupation: At Home. ELIZABETH VAUGHAN, Newton, Kansas Debate '30, '31, '32, '33: Social Science Club '31, '32, '33: Y. W. C. A. '30, '31, '32, '33: Cabinet '31, '32, '33: Student Council '31: Graymaroon Staff '31G Major: English Minor: Biology Present Occupation: Teacher in Newton Schools. RUDOLF VOTH, Buhler, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '30, '31, '32, '33: President '32: Cabinet '31, '32, '33: Student Council '31: Collegian Staff '31: Men's Chorus '30, '31: Chorus '32, '33: Quartet '31, '32, '33Z Men's Debate '31: German Verein '30, '31: President '30: Track '30, '31, '32: Letter Club: Senior Play:School Play '30: Class Officer '30: Major: Music Minor: English Present Occupation: Music Supervisor, Sheridan Community High School. DAVID WEDEL, Goessel, Kansas Chorus '30, '31, '32, '33: Y. M. C. A. '30, '31, '32, '33: Cabinet '31, '33: President '31: Class President '30, '32: Social Science Club '31, '32, '33: Debate '30, '31: Senior Play: Basketball '33: Letter Club: Student Council '30: Major: Sociology Minor: History Present Occupation: Student at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York. PAUL WENGER, Basna, C. P., India Y. M. C. A. '33: Student Volunteer '33: Officer '33: Bible Institute, Los Angeles, California Major: Zoology Minor: Botany Present Occupation: Missionary in India. Nineteen Twenty Seniors In Review Hey, 'Doc', you long-legged Senior! Come back! Long-legged yourself! What's up ? Class meeting. Room 13. Aw, can't you find anything better to do '? But Doc heeds the command. enters room 13, and hears: Mildred Krehbiel is going to set my hair tomorrow. at I lost my knife at our Wiener roast. The meeting will come to order. Why. last night, about 12 o'clock . . . The meeting will come to order! John Krehbiel maintains his authority as president and presents the business at hand. Well, we have to decide all about s . . s . . sn . ., say, Wes, close the door, all about sneak day. Mr, Chairman! Miss Hennessy. I move that we go to Caesar's Bridge. 44 Second ? But there is none. Mr, Chairman, why not go to Topeka ? The governor's there, and the asylum, too. Yes, but how can we get away from the Juniors? They sleep only by halves? Well, let's leave at . . . Mr, Chairman, Mose Stucky is sweeping the hall, and the transom is open. Yes, the Freshmen of 1931 are the Seniors of 1934! Veni, vidi, vici! Therefore, they are eligible for graduation from Bethel. Q But who are these Seniors of 1934? Cer- tainly not the very group that was known as the Freshmen class four years ago ? Only sev- en of those ninety charter members remain. Willy Friesen, Aileen Hennessy, John Kreh- biel, Don Kennison, Wesley Cunningham, John Bekker, and Harold Schmidt may rightly claim that distinction. As a freshman Willy, you know, was very zealous for the prestige of a certain upper classman. Bv the way, he is a girl, answering to the name of Wilhelmina Elizabeth Friesen. And you can always depend on Aileen when the class meeting is i'stuck for lack of a mo- tion. Mr, Chairman, I move that . . . Action follows! Have you ever heard of the first speech Wes gave in college? He was president then, that is, of the Freshman class. Since that time he has been almost everything else also. Stars? The Senior class has several! John Krehbiel and Doc Kennison belong in that category. They like athletic pie. But lest you misconstrue the foregoing. let me inform you that Doc is the abbreviation of Donald, and not of Doctor. You must remember, also, that there is a second John, preferably called Hans, to dis- tinguish him from the class president. No, they don't look alike. Besides, Hans John Bekker is a native of Russia. As yet he shows no signs of red. The activities of Monk Schmidt are not quite as serious as his name indicates. Oh, yes, he studies, but that accounts for only a fraction of his waking hours. Have you ever met Esther? She is the Miss Bethel. It should not be difficult for a school board fnor any one elsej to decide: She's the one! And her friend Vera should be called the 'tPrincess, for her bearing and attitude bespeak such characterization. Don't the Juniors usually t'treat their wor- thy predecessors at a banquet? This class must have, if that is established custom. But the more fascinating sneak day of 1933 seems to have superseded it in importance. Honestly! The 1933 Seniors tried to sneak. And were they hot! They couldn't help it-not when they were hiding in culverts, or facing a gun, or resting in a hatchery. That reminds me of Luella Smith- the girl with the Buick. And Buick means seventy miles per hour. At least on the Sneak Day I just mentioned. You see, there was a V-8 on the road also! Mabel and capable Marc certainly can argue. 11 won't say quarrell. Each is gifted with a superior intelligence, yet they seldom agree. Mabel is the girl that wins the friendship of all who know her. You may not agree with her, yet she calls you friend. ' I must remind vou once more of Marc-for he has a car. A 1926 Model-T. Of course, that's important. Doesn't that very automo- bile bring treasured letters to homesick stu- dents? Ja chotschu donoif, Can't vou understand? Mia Reimer and Susie Penner are saying some- thing that we shall not know. Honor is due them, however, for the wonderful progress they have made since they joined our class as strangers. Florence, vou may read. That is just Walt Loewen reverting back to the teacher-pupil situation of several years past. Pesky answers, You don't mean that! Pesky and the studi- ous Dave C. Goering are identical twins. We dare not forget to mention the senior class 'fbabyn lchronologicallyl who is none less than Henry Lohrenz. He is not sure which can go the faster, the Buick or its own- er. And we must not forget Henry's sister, Mar- iana fyes, she's olderj, that quiet, unassuming seniorite who joined the class this year after studying in various colleges all over the coun- try and teaching for a few years. But under- neath that somber exterior lies the liveliest, most vivacious nature, full of pep and life to the few who can penetrate into her friendship. Let me tell vou the result of the class meet- ing mentioned above. The Seniors sneaked to Topeka-successfullv. Nor was it necessary to be unduly het up about it all. fx-if Twenty One V M 'Ml' WM I wajlvzeifflf .. - , yitwfafw Mm Senior Classo 31+ ' JOHN KREHBIEL, Pretty Prairie, Kansas Chorus '31, '32, '33, '34: Band '31, '32: Y. M. C. A. '31, '32, '33, '34: German Verein '31, '32, '33: Football '32, '33, '3-1: Baseball '34: Basketball '32, '33, '34: Letter Club '32, '33, '34: Delta Sigma '32, '33, '34: Class President '34: Honor Roll '33Z Major: Sociology Minor: Mathematics, Physics. J. MARC JANTZEN, Hillsboro, Kansas Football '32, '33, '34, Letter Club '32, '34: Collegian Staff '32, '33, '34: Editor '33, '34: Business Manager of Graymaroon '34: Social Science Club '33, '34: Y. M. C. A. '32, '33, '34: Cab- inet '33: Debate '32: School Play '33: Class Officer '34: Student Council '34: Summer School, Tabor Colleue '29, Omnibus College '30, '31, '33g Major: English Minor: History, French, Education. VERA WARKENTIN, Geary, Oklahoma College Play '29: Y. W. C. A. '29, '33, '34: Chorus '33, '34: Class Officer '34: Summer School, Southwestern, Weatherford, Okla- homa '29: Oklahoma A. 8: M. College '30: Oklahoma Univer- sity '3U: Bethel '3lg Major: English Minor: Spanish. JOHN BEKKER, Newton, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '32, '33, '34: Cabinet, '32, '33: Student Volunteer '32, '33, '34: German Verein '32. '33, '34: Chorus '32, '33: Major: History, German Minor: English. ALVIN J. BECKER, Mountain Lake, Minnesota Collegian Staff '30, '31, '33: Editor '3l: German Verein '30C Y. M. C. A. '30, '31, '33, '34: Delta Sigma '31, '33, '34: President '33: Football '31, Graymaroon Editor '34, Major: Mathematics, Physics Minor: Chemistry, Biology. ESTHER BULLER. Goessel, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '30, '33, '34: Cabinet '30: Debate '30: Basketball '301 Class President '33: German Verein '3-1: Major: English Minor: History. WESLEY CUNNINGHAM, Preston, Kansas Football '31, '32, '33, '34: Captain '32, '33, '34g Basketball '31, '32, '33, '34, 'rt-ack '31, '32, '33, Y. M. C. A. '31, '32, 'RSL '34s Cabinet '34: Letter Club '32, '33, '34: President of Letter Club '33: President of Student Council '34: Baseball '34: Delta Sixt- ma '33: Class President '31, Major: Mathematics Minor: Physics, Chemistry, Education. WILHELMINE FRIESEN, Newton, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '31, '32, '33, '34: Cabinet '31, '32, '33: Delta Sigma '32, '33, '34: President '34: Officer '33: German Verein '31Z Class Officer '32: Chorus '31, '32: Social Room Chairman '33: Major: Biology Minor: Home Economics, Chemistry, Education. DAVID GOERING, Moundridge, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '29, '30, '33, '34: German Verein '29, '30: Delta Sig- ma '33, '3-4: Football '29, '30, '33, '3-1: Class Officer '33: Major: Biology. Education Minor: Chemistry, Bible. MABEL GOERING, Galva, Kansas Social Science '33, '34: Officer '33, '34: Y. W. C. A. '31, '33, '34: Cabinet '31, '34, President '34: Collegian Stall' '31, '33, '3fl: Student Council '34: Class Officer '33: German Verein '33: Summer School, McPherson College '31, '32, Major: History Minor: English, Education Twenty Two Senior Class ol: I93l-L AILICICN HENNESSY, Newton, Kansas Y. C. A. .'31g Cabinet '3l2 Chorus '3l3 Class 0t'l'll'6fl' '31 3 Major: English, Romance Languages Minor: Psychology. Education. Il0NAI.lJ KENNISON, Pawnee Rock, Kansas Basketball '31, '32, '33, '3-lg Basketball Captain '33, '3,t: Track '31, '32, '33, '3-1: Football '31, '32, Letter Club '32, '33, '3-1: Y. M. C. A. '31, '32: Major: Sociology Minor: Intlustrial Arts. Education. WALTICR LOEWEN, Goessel, Kansas Y. M. C. A. '28, '29g Men's Glee Club '28, '29: International Rc- lations Club '28, '29, '3-l: Ilelnhian Literary Society '28, '2El: Chorus '34: Octette '3'1: Football '3fl: Graymaroon Staff '34: Major: History Minor: Education, Biology. Ill-'NRY LOHRENZ, Newton, Kansas ltelta Sigma '33, '3-13 German Verein '33: Collegian Staff '34: Grayniaroon Staff '34: Other Colleges, Tabor Col ege, I-lillsbmro. Kansas '32: Summer School, Kansas University '32: Major: Biology, Education Minor: Chemistry, Economics. MARIANA LOHRENZ, Newton, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '34: Cabinet '3-1: German Verein '3-1: Collegian Staff '3-lg Graymaroon '34: Other Colleges, Tabor College. Hillsboro '29, 31: Kern County Junior College, California '3llg Summer Schools, University of California '3U: University of Kansas '32: Major: Biology. Education Minor: English, German, Clzernislry, Home Economics. ANNA NPIUFELD, Newton, Kansas Y. XV. C. A. '32, '33, '3-4: Chorus '32, '33: Student Volunteer '32 '31l: Summer School, Betlxel '33: Major: Music Minor: History, English. SUSIE PENNER, Newton, Kansas German Verein '32, '33, '3-1: Knega Club '31: Y. NV. C. A. '32, '33, '3-I: Student Volunteer '32, '33, '34g Major: English. German Minor: Philosophy, Religion. MIA RIIIMICR, Newton, Kansas German Verein '32, '33, '34: Knega Club '3-1: Y. W. C. A. '32, '33, '3-1: Student Volunteer '32, '33, '34: Summer School, Bethel '33 . Major: English, German Minor: Philosophy, Religion. HAROLD SCHMIIJT, Pawnee Rack, Kansas Ilelta Sigma '33, '3.t: German Verein '32: Y. M. C. A. '31, '32 '33, '34: Football '32, '33: Major: Biological Sciences Minor: Chemistry. I.Ul'lI.l.A SMITH. Pawnee Rock, Kansas Y. W. C. A. '32, '33, '3-1: President ol' Y. W. '33: Chorus '32, '33. '3-1: Debate '32: Social Science Club '33, '3-4: Graymaroon Staff '34 2 Major: Sociology Minor: Home I-Iconomir-s, English, Education. Twenty Three Juniors HILDA HAURY, Halstead, Kansas ARTHUR LANIIICS. Lucien. Oklahoma ERLANU WALTNER. HurlPy. South Dakota JULIA Bl. ADAMS, Newton, Kansas LINDA BROWN, Kaichow, Hupei, China WILLARD CLAASSEN, NPwT0n, Kansas NORMA ITOELL, Newton, Kansas ISARELLE FARSUN, Halstead, Kansas ENA GOERING, McPherson, Kansas LILLIAN GAEDDERT. Inman, Kansas MARVIN GUERING, Mnunclridgfe, Kansas MILDRED KREHBIEL, Moundridge, Kansas IRENE LEWIS, Newton, Kansas Twenty Foul' I I l I 'Z 5 Q Juniors EDMUND MILLER, Freeman. South Dakota LINDA MUELLER, Dalhart, Texas MARY QUIRING, Goessel, Kansas KATHRYN REGEHR. Minneapolis, Minnesota FLOYD ROBERTS, Pretty Prairie, Kansas HELEN RUPP, Moundritlge, Kansas FELIX SCHRAG, I'zu'ker, South Dakota WANDA SPANGLER, Hesston, Kansas MOSE STUCKY, McPherson, Kansas DAVID SUDERMAN, Hillsboro, Kansas .IOHN WARKENTIN. Chicago, Illinois VENARD YUST, Sylvia, Kansas Not on Panel EDITH CLAASSEN. Newton, Kansas HAROLD CLAASSEN, Newton, Kansas ARNOLD FAST, Goessel, Kansas OSCAR HANKE, Goessel, Kansas JOHN LANDES, Luvien, Oklahoma II. L. WILLIAMS, Walton, Kansas ALFRED WOODS, Newton, Kansas Twenty Five V , l l , Sophomores HELEN BUSER, Halstead, Kansas FRANK HARMS, Cordell, Oklahoma BONITA SHARP, Newton, Kansas LOUIS ALDERTON, Newton, Kansas JUNIOR BAECIILIIR, Newton, Kansas KATHERINE BANMAN, Newton, Kansas ERNEST BARTEL, Buhler, Kansas MARY BECKICR, Newton, Kansas DOROTHY BRUNNER, Newton, Kansas ARNOLD BUHLER, Medford, Oklahoma LA WANDA BULLER, Goessel, Kansas TERRENCE BURNS, Ingalls, Kansas THOMAS DEVLIN. Newton, Kansas FRANCIS DOTSON, Newton, Kansas ANDREW DOUGLASS, Walton, Kansa' MARIE DYCK, Elbing, Kansas NETTIE EDIGER, Buhler, Kansas DOROTHEA EPP, Henderson, Nebraska FLORENCE FROESE, Buhler, Kans LUCILLE ERFFNIEYER, Newton, Iiansas ELLA GOERING, Moundridge, Kansas ELMER GOERING, Mounclridge. Kansas' HOLLY HAMRICK, Hickory, Mississippi HAROLD HALL, Newton, Kansas MILDRED HOSTETLER, Harper, Kansas DOROTIIY JANTZEN, Hillsboro, Kansas LINDA KAUFMAN, Galva, Kansas PETER KAUFMAN, Moundridge, Kansas VERNA KAUFMAN, Galva, Kansas HILDA KLIEWER. Mountain View, Oklahoma DOROTHY KREHBIEL, McPherson, Kansas FERNE KREY, Zenith, Kansas Not on Panel: FREDERICK DUDTE, Newton. Kansas RAY GUY, Newton, Kansas Twenty Six J by IL 5 sQN 54' '-1 J AY X gd Sophomores JUNE KREY, Zenith, Kansas MARIE LEISNY, Wisner, Nebraska KATHRYN LEWELLEN, Newton, Kansas ELLEN JANE LINNENS, Newton, Kansas VELMA MARTENS, Buhler, Kansas .IANICE MARTIN, Newton, Kansas HERBERT MILLER, Halstead Kansas THEODORE PANKRATZ, Burrton, Kansas CECELIA PERRY. Newton. Kansas KARL QUIRING, Goessel, Kansas RUTH RANDALL, Burrmn, Kansas THEODORE REGIER, Elhing, Kansas OLGA REIMER, Buhler, Kansas ROLAND RICHERT, Newton, Kansas WILSON RUPP, Mnundrid:.:e, Kansas ERVVIN SCHMIDT, Pawnee Rock. Kansas LILY SCHMIDT, NValton, Kansas WILLARIJ SCHMIDT, Goessel, Kansas ALIDA SCHRAG, Moundridge, Kansas MAX SEGER, Hoisington, Kansas KENNETH SPARROW, Newton, Kansas LEROY SPORE, Halstead, Kansas JOHN SCHROEDER, Newton. Kansas MARGARET SUDERMAN, Newton, Kansas THEODORE VOTH, Deveratonda, Hyderabad Deccan. S. India ELIZABETH WHITNEY, Newton, Kansas RAYMOND STUCKY, Inman, Kansas EDSON VVILIJER, Newton, Kansas MILDRED ZIMMERMAN, Zimmerclale, Kansas LORRAINE LAGREE, Canton, Kansas HELEN ZINK, TU1'0II, Kansas Nor on Panel: HERBERT KROEKER, Buhler, Kansas Twenty Seven Freshmen GLENN STEVENSON, Oswego, Kansas DAN RICHERT, Newton, Kansas EARL UNRUH, Halstead, Kansas ANNA ANDREWS, Portland, Oregon VELMA BASE, Newton, Kansas HARRY BENFER, Newton, Kansas MARIE BERGMAN, Newton, Kansas MARGARET L. BRYAN, Newton, Kansas FRANK BUHLER, Medford, Oklahoma NORMAN BURKETT, Newton, Kansas LOUIS CARMOUCHE, Newton,.Kansas ANNA PEARL CRAIG, Wellington, Kansas HELEN DIRKS, Greensburg, Kansas MARVIN-DIRKS, Halstead, Kansas PEARLQIE 'MAE DIX, Newton, Kansas ELVGAQDYCK, Buhler, Kansas QHULDA DYCK, Inman, Kansas .IOHN EITEL, Manksville, Kansas GILES ELMORE, Macksville, Kansas EUGENE ENNS, Newton, Kansas HUGO EPP, Hillsboro, Kansas ELMA FRIESEN, American Falls, Idaho ALVIN GOERING, Elyria, Kansas ERWIN GOERING, McPherson, Kansas META GOERING, Moundridge, Kansas ELSIE GOERTZ, Durham, Kansas HARVEY GOERTZ. Hillsboro. Kansas NORTON GOERTZ, Hillsboro, Kansas HAROLD GRABER, Topeka, Kansas MARY DEE HALL, Newton, Kansas HELEN HARMS, Newton, Kansas MURRAY HAWLEY, Newton, Kansas ELDA HOSTETLER, Harper, Kansas JUNIOR HOWERTON, Newton, Kansas LUCILLE HUPP, Newton, Kansas LOIS KLIEWER, Newport, Washington Not on Panel: LORRAINE BELLATTI, Newton, Kansas HENRY DICK, Goessel, Kansas MERLE DUNLAP, Newton, Kansas EMIL GAEDDERT, Inman, Kansas CLARA GUENTERT, Newton, Kansas JOE HARDER, Hillsboro, Kansas ELMER HANKE, Goessel, Kansas RUTH KLASSEN, Halstead, Kansas Tvs enty Eight Freshmen ESTHER KRAMER. Newton, Kansas JOHN KUEHNY, Deer Creek, Oklahoma HARRISON KRIDER, Newton, Kansas ROLAND LOEWEN, Newton, Kansas WIIBERT LOEWEN, Goessel, Kansas HARRY MARTENS, Inman, Kansas IIERMAN MOYER, Newt.on, Kansas RUBY NITENGALE, Halstead, Kansas EVELYNE NORTHCOTT, Newton, Kansas I.-OIS NORTHCOTT, Newton, Kansas WEIR OWENS, Newton, Kansas ERNA PENNER, Lutlell, Kansas ORVILLE PENNER, Lumlell, Kansas MARTHA PENNER, Mt. Lake, Minnesota GUSTIE PLETT, Buhler, Kansas PRENTICE QUIRING, Newton, Kansas RUTH REGIER, Newton, Kansas GLENN RITTER, Newton, Kansas FRANK ROSALES, Newton. Kansas HERMAN RUFF, Newton, Kansas HILDA SCHMIDT, Walton, Kansas EDNA SCHRAG, Kingman. Kansas RALPH SCHRAG, Kingman, Kansas JACK SPAETH, Halstead, Kansas EDNA STUCKY, Moundridgre, Kansas DOROTHY UNRUH, Hillsbo1'o, Kansas ALFRED SCHROEDER, Newton, Kansas ANN VOTH, Hillsboro, Kansas EARL WAGNER, Newton, Kansas TOMMY WALKER, Newton, Kansas SUE UNRUH, Newton, Kansas ARTHUR WALTNER, Moundritlge, Kansas EVERETT WENGER, Reaxlimx, Minnesota ELIZABETH WIEBE, Beatrice, Nebraska MORDIE WOODS. Newton, Kansas Not on Panel: ELFRIEDA MUELLER, Halstead. Kansas ELIZABETH REGIER, Whitewater, Kansas RICHARD RIEGER, Mountlritlyxe, Kansas JOHN SCHRAG, Mounmlritlgre, Kansas NOIAA SCHRAG, MClUlltll'lllLEC, Kansas RICHARD SCHRAG, Moundridge, Kansas FLORENCE SCHRIDDE, Great Bend, Kansas JESS STUCKY, Moundritlire, Kansas ELDON UNRUH, Moumlriclge, Kansas VELMA UNRUH, Goessel, Kansas NEIL VOSBURGH, Macksville, Kansas EDWARD VOTH, Buhler, Kansas Twenty Nine Thirty Stephen Wang and James Liu Afumni of Befhef Coffege Bethel had the rare good fortune, during the year 1931-32, to have as guest students two Chinese boys, James Liu and Stephen Wang. These young men were brought to America in the fall of 1930, through the efforts of Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Kaufman, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goering, and Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Lohrentz, together with other friends. Ilaving receiv- ed scholarships at Bluffton College they enrolled there for the year 1930-31. In June, 1931, they drove to Newton, Kansas, with Dr. Kaufman, ar- riving on our campus in time to attend the summer school. They continued their studies at Bethel College through the following year and graduated with the class of 1932, James with a major in sociology, and Stephen with a major in chemistry. They concluded their studies in America with a sum- er at Ilaff Theological Seminary at Denver, Colorado, and returned to China in the fall of 1932. While attending school they devoted a great many of their week ends to the visiting of Mennonite churches in surrounding communities. In the spring of 1932 they also visited the churches of South Dakota and Minne- sota. Before coming to America the boys had taken two years of college work at Yen Ching University at Peking, but previous to that they had at- tended the General Conference Mission boarding school in China, and had accepted the Christian faith. That this acceptance was a vital and mean- ingful experience to each was apparent both in their words and their con- duct. They were not afraid to think independently or to uphold their con- victions. But they were among us chiefly as friends and not merely as Chinese Christian gentlemeng they were of us. Being alumni of Bethel College, our alma mater shall ever claim them as her sons. At present they are rendering faithful service in China, and are great- ly appreciated by both missionaries and Chinese. James is teaching in the high-school and in the Bible school at Kai Chow, and Stephen is engaged in evangelistic work at Tamingfu. School Currents As currents give momentum to a stream, so organizations, or what has been termed as extra-curricular activities in the past, arouse the enthusiasm and interest of stu- dents in college. Important as classwork is, schools are realizing that the place of real education lies not so much in the con- ventional theory and formality of the class room but in putting practical theoi'ies into actual life experiences. This is what organizations, such as are found on the following pages, are trying to do in our school. In these activities stu- dents a1'e left free to work out what they have gleaned from classroom and booksg to use their initiative and originality in the discovery of the new. At times one current crosses another, causing whirlpools, but the two only merge into a stronger, larger stream. So it is with these activities, which lead us into one stream th1'ough many undercurrents. Student Council This year the reorganized student coun- cil has attracted considerable attention due to its function in regard to student life and college activities. Last spring a group of students worked to reorganize the council and drafted a constitution which was accepted by the student body. Election for all members except freshmen was held in spring. The freshmen rep1'esentatives we1'e elected the following fall. The following class representatives were chosen: senior, Mabel Goering, J. Marc Jantzen and Wesley Cunningham, junior, Norma Doell, Linda Brown, and Arthur Landes, sophomore, Helen Buser and Frank Harms 3 and freshman, Martha Pen- ner and Louis Carmouche. Faculty repre- sentatives chosen by the faculty were Dean Goertz, Prof. Loganbill and Mrs. Phillips. From among this group Wesley Cun- ningham was elected president, Arthur Landes, vice-p1'esident and Helen Buser, secretary-treasurer. Thirty O Y. M. C. A Cabinet Y. W. C. A Cabinet Student Vofunteer German Verein T L Y. M. C. A. The Young Men's Christian Association is an or- ganization of campus men whose purpose is to help minister to the religious needs of the students, to bring them into a closer and deeper understanding of Jesus Christ and to show the vital importance of Christian men and their service. It is also interested in showing the necessity for a change in our econom- ic, political, and social systems if Christ's principles are to rule the world. The organization does its work chiefly in three wavs: through the local workg by sending delegates to the state and regional Y. M. and Y. W. confer- encesg and bv bringing well-known and qualified speakers to the campus and community. The Y. M. and the Y. W. have sponsored jointly a welcome to Freshmen, at the beginning of each year, a Christmas and an Easter pageant, and the Inter- national party in Spring. The state and regional conferences are of great importance. This year ten per cent of the whole student body was represented at each of the state conferences, held at Emporia and Lawrence. One conference which Y. members strive to attend, is the Estes Park Conference held each year in the early part of June. OFFICERS President - - - - Art Landes Vice-President - - Wes Cunningham Treasurer ------ Herb Miller Secretary ------ Frank Harms Religious Education Department Chairman - Ervin Schmidt Program Cl-airman - - - - Harry Martens Devotional Chairman ---- Willard Claassen Campus Service Chairman - LeRoy Spore Student Volunteer 'tCalled to reveal Christ is the motto of the S. V. group at Bethel College. Interest in foreign and home mission work is stressed. Out of a group of about twenty members, five have signed the national declaration card signifying their intention to become foreign missionaries. Regular meetings are held each Tuesday evening. Outside speakers are invited every month. Besides the weekly meetings, members of the group give programs in surrounding churches in the interest of missions and consecration to service. Once a month groups go to the Old Folk's Home, the hospital, and the Children's Home. Programs are given every two weeks at the county jail. A member of our group, Herbert Miller, was sec- retary-treasurer of the Kansas-Western Missouri S. V. union. Mrs. A. Theodore Mueller has been elect- ed as alumni secretary for the coming year. Repre- sentatives from Bethel attended the annual conven- tion held at Wichita. The plan is to continue the interest by increasing the opportunities, participation in programs and so- cial contacts. Missionary interests will be promoted through inviting more missionary speakers and through working out a definite missionary project. Y. W. C. A. The Young Women's Christian Association of Bethel College is affiliated with the national organi- zation which is a member of the World Christian Federation. Internationalism and world peace is furthered by student conferences, in which local members participate. One of these is held at Estes Park from which students return charged with en- thusiasm to go on with the local work. The purpose of the Y. W. C. A. is: We desire to unite in the desire to realize a full and creative life through a growing' knowledge of God. We deter- mine to have a part in making this possible for all people. In this task we seek to understand Jesus and follow him. Every year the Y. W. decides on a definite objec- tive which they try to carry out in the program. This year we chose Creative Living which we carried out through big and little sisters, friend- ship talks, 'tteas, heart sister week and the weekly programs which were in charge of the differ- ent committees. The Y. W. C. A. cooperates with the Y. M. C. A. in sponsoring the 'ifall mixer, the international party, and special monthly programs. The faculty advisors are Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Rich- ert. Mrs. Schellenberg, Mrs. Doell, Mrs. Harshbarger and Mrs. Kaufman. CABINET President - Mabel Goering Vice-President Norma Doell Secretary ----- Mariana Lohrenz Treasurer ----- Lucille Erffmeyer Finance Bonita Sharp Program Dorothea Epp Rooms Hilda Haury Social - Helen Zink Social Service Mildred Hostetler Publicity - Linda Mueller International Florence Froese Devotionals Mary Quiring r D V De eutsc e erein 'fDer Deutsche Literarische Verein is the oldest and now the only literary society in Bethel College. It is composed of all students who are interested in the German language. New members are introduc- ed by a soliciting committee. It is expected that all students taking German in the College join the Verein. The purpose of the 'TVerein is to cultivate the German language in prose, poetrv. conversation, and song, and to create interest in German things. The meetings are held regularly every other week on Thursday night. The lives of distinguished German writers, artists and composers, and their works and influence are studied. The programs are of a mis- cellaneous type, consisting of readings, stories, talks, debates, short plays, and music. All speaking, sing- ing, and deliberating at the meetings is done in the German tongue. An occasional social eveninsr during the semester, which consists usually of a 'thike or outing helps to foster the interest. Der Deutsche Verein hopes to act as a nucleus about which mav develop a more intense appreciation of German language literature and spirit at Bethel. OFFICERS First Semester Kathryn Regehr Edmund Miller Herbert Miller Second Scmcster - President - - - Mariana Lohrenz - - Vice-President - - Dorothy Ja-intzen - - Secretary - - - - Olga Reimer OFFICERS 1933-1934 1934-1935 Erland Waltner - President ---- Linda Brown Herbert Miller - - Vice-President - John War-kentin MBFY Belfkel' - - - Secy-Treasurer - - Alida Schrag John Warkentin Publicity Chairman Martha Penner Felix Sehrgg - - - Treasurer - - - Harry Martens Willard Claassen - - Chaplain - - Edmund Miller Marvin Dirks - - - Song Leader - Martha Penner Linda Brown - - - Pianist - - - Elizabeth Wiebe Dr. Thierstein - - Critic - - Dr. Thierstein Thirty Three Collegian Staff Graymaroon Staff Delta Sigma Science Club lnterna tional Relafions Club tl' Collegian Just as towns and cities need newspapers to en- able people to know the happenings of the day, so is a newspaper necessary to a college. Bethel has its own student publication included in the Evening Kansan-ltcpublican,' a Newton paper. The Collegian is Written and edited by the stu- dents under the supervision of Miss Mary E. Hooley of the English department. Probably the one person who has done more for the Collegian in the last few years than any other, is J. Marcus Jantzen, Mr. Jantzen has worked on the paper the three years he has been at Bethel, doing much to build up it's circulation and acting as editor for three semesters. He has been untiring in his efforts and has been verv skillful in getting work from his staff. Mr. Jantzen resigned his posi- tion last semester to assume the position of business manager for the Graymaroon. The Collegian staff is composed of the following individuals: Linda Brown, editor-in-chief, Mabel Goering, assistant editor: Mose Stucky, news editorg Helen Buser, editorial writer, Dorothy Brunner, Nor- ma Doell, Dorothy Jantzen, Mariana Lohrenz, re- porters, Henry Lohrenz, sports editor, Lily Schmidt, organizations: Dorothea Epp, feature Writer, Helen Zink, personals and societv, Norton Goertz, circula- tion managerg and Mary E. Hooley, faculty advisor. The students who Write for the Collegian do not receive credit for their Work. but do it as a contri- bution to student life. Delta Sigma Club Delta Sigma is our oldest societv and one of the foremost from the standpoint of the ideals and abili- ties of its members. It is these characteristics as designated by its motto Crescat Scientia which have created the society. It is the desire of this club to foster the spirit of study and investigation of the truths of Natural Science and further facilitate the teaching of Natur- al Science at Bethel College. As members, the Delta Sigma society welcomes all faculty members and any college student who has a satisfactory class record, who has had three hours of credit in science or who is carrying at least three hours of science, or shall have completed previously two semesters work in science. Delta Sigma is still growing, as evidenced by its steady progress each year, and the college may ex- pect in the future society an even more satisfactory medium for the expression of scientific activity. OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Wilhelmine Friesen President - - LeRoy Spore LOROY Spore - Vice President - Frank Harms Norma Doell - - Secretary .... Fe,-ne Krey Venard Yust - Treasurer - Wilhelmine Friesen Hilda Haury - Reporter - Meta, Ggering Graymaroon The Graymaroon Staff consisting of the following personnel: Alvin J. Becker, editorg Luella Smith, as- sociate editorg J. Marc Jantzen, business managerg Irene Lewis, assistant business manager, Max Seger, advertising manager, Linda Mueller. organizations, Mariana Lohrenz, miscellaneousg Walter Loewen, photograph manager, Sam Byler, snap-shots, Henry Lohrenz, athleticsg and Mose Stucky, circulation manager, with the support of the entire student body, faculty, and the business men of the city of Newton have made it Dossible to accumulate and arrange the material within the book. A production of the Graymaroon for the past three years had been confined to a mere dream rather than a reality not because there was no student in- terest but because of the critical financial situation which made itself felt so thoroughly among the col- leges, another definite reason for the failure of this dream to materialize was the fact that there was no student organization to carry the responsibility. This year the student council has carried that re- sponsibility. The annual is a historical record of the people that attend the school. the events of major importance that occurred in the student life during the year and it also gives in picture form the informal life of the college student. The staff itself is informal in that it takes not only the recorded staff members to produce the book but the whole hearted co-operation of the entire stu- dent body. A host of hands and minds have con- tributed their energy to the annual. lnternational Relations Club The International Relations Club has been organ- ized on the Bethel Campus to study and discuss af- fairs of international importance. This club, during 1933-34, has been sponsored by Dr. Harshbarger and Prof. Gaeddert. Mabel Goer- ing has been president of the club with Max Seger serving as Vice-President and Mildred Krehbiel as Secretary and Treasurer. These five comprise the council which has charge of business matters and programs. The International Relations Club consisting of 40 members, meets bi-weekly on Tuesday evenings. In- terest in the work of the club is growing rapidly due to great social unrest of the nations. Current News, Hitlerism, Socialism, Bolshevism, and many other current problems are brought up here for forum dis- cussion and debate. The club is a member of the national organization sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for Interna- tional peace for the study of international relations. Every year the club receives, as a gift of the Car- negie endowment. valuable books by reliable authors on the subject. These books have all been given to the college library. Subscriptions to the Internation- al Labor Review and League of Nations pamphlets are also donated. The club during this year has been paying parti- cular attention to the studv of the changing govern- ments and growing forces within the government, particularly in Germany, Italy, and the United States. Thirty Five Speech Club Officers Debate Squad Bethef Ora tors Schoof Pla y Tl b Y Public Speaking Club With increased interest being shown in the foren- sic and dramatic activities of the college, the Public Speaking Club was organized in the Fall of 1933. The purposes of the Club are to create further interest in dramatic and forensic activity, to serve the college and the community by sponsoring speech programs of both local and outside talent, and, in general, to assist wherever possible in planning and executing the extensive program of forensic activi- ties of the college year. This year the Club has secured various profession- al dramatic entertainers to give their programs for college students. It sponsored and assisted in the presentation of the College play, The Poor Nutf' besides planning and handling finances of debate and oratory work. At present the Club covers all phases of forensic and dramatic work offered at the College. ln the course of this year, however, it has applied for mem- bership in Pi Kapna Delta, National Honorary For- ensic Society and in the Alpha Psi Omega, National Honorary Dramatics Society. The latter petition has been accepted and should Bethel be readmitted into N. C. A., the Speech Club will probably divide into these two National Honor Societies. OFFICERS President ------ Erland Waltner Vice-President - - - - Murray Hawley Secretary-Treasurer - - - - Mose Stucky Faculty Director of Speech VVork - Dr. FI. L. Harshbarger- Bethel students realize that oratory affords a very valuable training for clear thinking, poise, and cul- ture of personalitv. Oratory was supervised this year by Dr. E. L. Harshbarger, head of the Bethel Speech Department. Bethel participates each year in the State Peace Oratorical Contest and the Anti-Tobacco Oratorical Contest. This year, however, all students entered the former contest. The five students participating were: Theodore Refier, Thomas Walker, Frank Harms, Harry Martens, and Willard Claassen. In the local contest which was held in the college chapel, April 6, 1934, first place was awarded to Thomas Walker for his oration entitled The Chal- lenge of Peace. Mr. Walker represented Bethel in the State Oratorical Contest at Winfield, April 13, 1934. Here he gained honorable mention. Last year Ray Guy represented Bethel in the State contest. Seven schools were represented in this meet. The prizes awarded were: S50 for first prize, S30 for second prize, S20 for third. It was in this contest that Mr. Guy delivered his state prize win- ning oration, entitled Mars or God. This oration was selected as one of the twelve best in the nation and will be used during the coming year as a peace declamation in several state peace declamation con- tests. Debate Many students have realized the pleasures and benefits to be derived from College debating in its widening of one's powers of research and organiza- tion, and in its development of character through the vocal expression of one's own ideas. Continuing the distinguished performances of the debaters of the previous season, who took first place in the Kansas Inter-Collegiate Debating League in both men's and women's divisions, the Bethel debate squad under the efficient supervision of Dr. Harsh- barger, participated in an extensive speech campaign consisting of 70 debates with colleges and universi- ties from ten different states. The outstanding ac- complishments were undoubtedly that of the ladies teams, which placed third in the State Tournament at Emporia, and that of the mens team which, at the national Pi Kappa Delta Tournament held at Lexington, Kentucky, was one of the six teams that plowed through the first five rounds undefeated. Only exclusion from membership in the Pi Kappa Delta Debating Fraternity prevented them from penetrating into the succeeding rounds. Bethel's ap- plication for a local chapter of this organization has been found acceptable, save for a mere technicality, which it is believed will soon be overcome. With so prosperous a background and so pleasing a prospect the Bethel Speech Department invites a greater number of students, particularly ladies, to enter its precincts and enjoy the delights of verbal communication and persuasion. Dramatics The Poor Nut, a comedy in three acts, was present- ed at the Newton Citv Auditorium on February 7, 1934, under the direction of Dr. E. L. Harshbarger, head of the Dramatics department. The following characters played the leading roles: John Miller ---- Murray Hawley Marjorie Blake ---- Anna Andrews Spike Hoyt ---- Norman Burkett Julia Winters ---- Linda Mueller The Minor parts were played by: Harrison Krider, Weir Owens, Raymond Stucky, Mose Stucky, Arnold Buhler, Erwin Schmidt, Willard Schmidt, John Schroed- er, Glenn Stevenson, Sue Unruh, Irene Lewis and Martha Penner. The vigor and alertness of the action in this play made the setting very realistic, and the large audi- ence was kept in suspense throughout. The three acts of the play depict the life of a timid college stu- dent who, due to his inferioritv complex always dis- covers himself in embarrassing situations. However, due to the influence of a college co-ed, he finally emerges from this complex, becomes master of the situation and ceases to be an introvert. O-ther productions of the dramatics department durlng the year were the following one-act plays, which were presented by members of the dramatics class: Alice's Blue Gown The Pii-er's Pay The Valiant. - Bread - - The Promised Land A Dish ol' China Tea Jeptha's Vow - - - - - Rose Campion - - Margaret Cameron Hall and Robert Middemass - - - - Fred Eastman - - - Horace Robinson - Elizabeth H. Neff Mrs. L. A. McGaughey Thirty Seven College Ocfeffe Ladies ' Quartetfe Brass Sex!-ette M usic Facufty Thirty Eight The Octette An anomalous feature of the past year has been the organization of an octette, a group of eight mas- culine singers recompensed for their services by scholarships and selected on a highly competitive basis from among many applicants. Instructed and groomed by Professor Anderson, the octette has acquired a repertoire of numerous and various songs. both secular and religious which it has interpreted for the entertainment of many an audience. ln the carrying out of the purpose for which it was initiated, namely, to strengthen the bonds of union between Bethel College, the Mennon- ite churches, and the youth of neighboring and more distant high schools, its members have travelled the noteworthy distance of three thousand miles, have sung in five different states and delivered four radio broadcasts. Christmas found them carolling in the State of lakes, Minnesota, under the supervision of Professor Hohmann. Easter arrived to hear them fpaternalized bv Professor Unruhj singing hosan- nas in Oklahoma. In view of the enjoyment derived from its singing in the college, in the town of Newton, in the contin- gent community and in more distant states it is not inopportune to rejoice over the decision that the octette is to be a permanency-a cluster of select voices ever here to soothe, gladden and inspire. The Octette includes Terrence Burns, Dave Suder- man, John Schroeder, Floyd Roberts, Erwin Goering, Marvin Dirks, Pete Kaufman, and Walt Loewen. Brass Sextette The only means of showing the general public that there is life and a real school spirit backing the Graymaroon athletes is by displaving a live and en- thusiastic pep club. The pep and energy shown by the students is absorbed by the crowd, and they will better appreciate a school made up of wide-awake and enthusiastic young people. To accomplish this purpose, the student body selected Helen Zink, Linda Mueller, and Ray Stucky as cheer leaders at the beginning of the year. Upon finding that a band would be both impractical and impossible, an enthusiastic group of six boys banded together to in some wav take the place of a larger organization. The efforts of this group were a great inspiration to the teams, both on the gridiron and on the court, at the same time instilling enthusiasm in the cheering section. This group also lended much color to the skating parties and other functions held at various times throughout the year. The Sextette and cheer leaders took the initiative to furnish their own uniforms, adding much to the individuality in appearing on college occasions. lt was'one of the worthwhile projects to foster school spirit. The Bethel College Brass Sextette, as they were known to the student group, was composed of Sam Byler, trombone and conductor: Eldon Rich, trom- boneg Norton Goertz and Orville Penner, cornetsg Alvin Goering, French horn, and Alfred Schroeder, bass horn. Ladies' Quartette The Ladies' Quartette, selected and directed by Prof. Hohmann, is a striking feature of the Music Department of Bethel College. It is a valuable asset in rendering programs for the College and in enter- taining audiences in and near Newton. One of the notable things which they did was to visit several High Schools in Kansas with the aim of interesting the seniors of these schools in attend- ing our college. They drove to Goessel, Galva, In- man, Roxbury, Lincolnville, Lost Springs, Ramona, Marion, Buhler, Tampa, Lehigh, Hillsboro, Peabody, Florence, Whitewater, and Potwin for this purpose and were appreciated bv their audiences. Thev were also asked to sing in many churches and clubs in Newton. In addition to all these outside entertainments, the quartette gave the college manv opportunities to hear them. Their excellent vocalization was enjoyed at numerous chapel programs and at the Easter and Christmas banquets in the Dining Hall. They ac- companied the A Cappella Choir in its public ap- pearances and sang selected numbers to help fill in the program between the choir selections. One of the outstanding presentations of the Quar- tette was broadcasted March 2nd over Radio Station KFH in Wichita as one of the regular programs of our music department. Some of the favorite num- bers of the Quartette are: Lindy Lou, 'Cause He'd Nothing Else to Do, Blow Softly, O Winds, By the Waters of Babylon, 'Neath Provensies Skies, The Poor Old Slave, and Tick Tock. Music Faculty The faculty of the Bethel College School of Music is composed of Prof. Walter H. Hohmann, Prof. Russel Anderson, Prof. Eldon L. McCollum, Miss Olga Hiebert and Miss Melba Napier. At the head of the music department is Prof. Hohmann which position he has held for eleven years. Prof. Hohmann is instructor in advanced piano, directs the A Cappella Choir and has charge of the ladies' quartette. He has composed several music compositions, which have been published in the last two years. The A Cappella Choir, consisting of fifty voices, helps sing annually Handel's Mes- siah at Christmas and sings DuBois' Seven Last Words? at Easter. Prof. Hohmann conducted Gauls Holy City on the 27th of May, 1934. This not only included the state of Kansas but adjoining states. There were about nine hundred voices in the Chorus. Prof. Anderson is instructor in voice and sponsors the Men's Octette. He sang the bass solos in the Messiah and Seven Last Words for four years. Prof. Eldon L. McCollum comes to Newton to in- struct students in violin. He directs the orchestra and brass sextette. Miss Olga Hiebert, music teacher at Moundridge, comes to Bethel College to instruct organ students. Miss Melba Napier teaches piano at Bethel. Her down town studio is especially for children. The Bethel College School of Music broadcasted a series of programs over KFH in Wichita. Thirty Nine I l Forty The A Cappella Choir Fifty black-cloaked forms march slowly and solemnly up the darkened aisle singing softly to the accompaniment of melodious tones from the or- gan. Fifty figures sit down in unison at the signal of their conductor. Fifty voices blend harmoniously now swelling out into loud song as terri- fying as the noise of crashing billows on a tempestuous ocean, now dying down to a caressing murmur, reminding one of the gentle ripple of a pond- like calm, and now once more swelling out to a stirring and culminating climax that causes the very souls of the listeners to vibrate. Such was the Christmas vesper service rendered by the A Cappella Choir in the college chapel, a taste of the more numerous vesper services that followed. The A Cappella choir, whose members are admitted after examinations conducted at the beginning of the school year, is a vested chorus of care- fully selected and carefully trained men's and women's voices. It has en- deavored to cultivate a greater appreciation of music that is ennobling and elevating, both among students and neighboring people. To this end the choir, directed by Prof. Hohmann, has presented church programs at Buh- ler, Hutchinson, Halstead, Newton, and other places, where it has sung the loftiest type ol' music, mostly of a sacred character. During Easter, it ren- dered, at Newton in striking operatic fashion, the Seven Last Words of Christ by Du Bois. The solo parts were carried by Miss Frances Goerz, soprano, Mr. Briggs, tenor, Prof. Anderson, baritone. In the past the activity of the choir has been limited by the cost of trans- portation, but with the advent of prosperity the choir will continue and in- crease its spirit satisfying outflowings through the interpretation of life in song. ALMA MATER. A, D. S. Unison. g:..f-4g:1:.s1 1 . - 12 . .s::: 11 :1 4- - -4- - -A----l-- -n- - -4- Zi--+- 1 , j-M---- -s C Q a' If ,ggi .----if f 1. Ma-roon and Gray, oh fair - est col - ors, Hail to you we e'er shall sing, 2. When we face life's lierc - est bat - tles, Songs of vie - to - ry shall ring, ll 3. Mav the days be bright or drea - ry, Tho' the years may come and go, -M-. x J .! 4- I! .- - -- :4: f:fi:: :lil .- TU i 1: jf' - 'A-nil ili- iiiiiikirlif iigjgifw iii -0- - -0- -r -0- ' - -o- ' With spirit. . ,6- ' J 4 J. 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Q +1 4 gill' N.. -.Lv v 1 1 .rv v -0- -0- l Then cheer, cheer, cheer for Beth-el, ' For our dear old Al - ma Ma - ter, A I LAL I -0- -0- - - -0- -0- 61 ,-- -- --0 0 0 4 0- 0 0 0 f - QEEEE 'ifgiii api? . 5 -5 51 -cg --w'- - r r- -v fr-V r r- f' m L n -1 -f A, :' - - -4-'tj ,ii Z ..:1,L , - .lfili f f2g'T:i-it-iq? Q-'-:YQ-T-li?-Q ij.-T n ' F-i V i u tu' i f3r' Thru the years her praise shall eqh-0, Ev- er true to her we'll be. m 41- 1. 4- L ill -., ,- -'- 1 -E -,: -1- -6- by 1--E ,- -5- .4 - -.- E-5,--5.53 Fi- il K, F' .-5'r 'L h, ff ,:5-fp -.-':1 -5 -C-0 -0 L ,- E C +---- w-- - fr-a ' 1' r- rm- - r--V V- r r -r----V Coach Unruh For the past five years Otto D. Unruh has been the athletic mentor of Bethel College. With the ex- ception of the first year, when Clifford Morgan was football coach, Unruh has coached every major and minor sport and has also conducted the Gym classes for both men and women. Otts first became connected with Bethel in the fall of 1918 when he entered the academy, and again later when he completed two years of college here. While in Bethel he played with the Graymaroon basketball squad for four years, and spent two years as coach of academy athletics. In 1924 he was picked as an All-State forward in the Kansas Conference in which Bethel finished the season as runner-up. Unruh spent the next two years at Kansas University where, in his first year, he was elected cap- tain of the Freshman basketball team. The next year, playing under Phog Allen, he was a regular on the University quintet and also made a name for himself with Coach Capone, the football director at that time. After graduating from the University, Otto took up coaching at Blue Rapids, Kansas, but, when his old Alma Mater gave him the call to come to Bethel in 1929, he gave up High School coaching and re- entered Bethelg this time as Athletic Director of the College. Although his playing days were over, Coach did not ,settle back and remain idle. He always worked hard with his Hboys during the school year, and spent the summers in attending numerous coaching schools, the better to prepare himself for the work during the winter term. During his five year stay, Coach has developed some excellent teams. While the material had to be built up from the very bottom, this year has been a climax in Bethel's athletic history and has well repaid Unruh for his previous efforts. Never before has a Graymaroon team had such a successful football season. The basketball season too, while not as outstanding has been highly successful. So let us join together in three hearty cheers for a man who has proved himself to be an excellent coach and a most worthy friend. Letter Club The Bethel College Letter Club was first organized in 1920 and has functioned every year since that date. This year Max Seger was elected president, Floyd Roberts vice-president and Ted Pankratz, secretary- treasurer. The Club very efficiently handled the Harvey county track meet for rural graded schools on April 14 and also took charge of the Little Arkansas Valley meet in which High Schools competed. In addition the Club has started the work of rebuilding the Bethel tennis courts which were badly in need of repair. Forty Two Q' - - N A Q -an 4 Football The Unruh-coached Graymaroon football team of 1933 made its first appearance to Newton football fans on Octobcr 13. Like all good soldiers, the Maroon and Gray ciad warriors marched up and down the field and reeled off yardage almost at will, sending the Chilocco Indians back to their reservation a defeat- ed team. The final score read 19-0. Leading the Hutchinson Salt Hawks by three points, the Bethel Graymaroons entered the fourth quarter of play quite confident that a victory was soon to be theirs. Some hard luck, however, turned against them and the Salters scored a touchdown soon after the ball was put into play making it a bitter 9-12 re- versal. The McPherson Bulldogs proved themselves to be a superior team in defeating Bethel 26-0 in a game that saw the Graymaroons vainly fighting an uphill battle trying to overpower a much heavier and stronger opponent. Trying desperately to avenge a defeat, the Graymaroons played some of the hardest ball of the season against the Friends Quakers, and up to the last few minutes kept the Quakers in the dust with the short end of the score. In the closing minutes, however, some bad breaks gave Friends the necessary points to tie the count at 19-19. The next encounter was quite a feature on Bethel's athletic programg a game with the Olathe Deaf- Mutes. Throughout the game the two teams battled on even termsg only the superiority of Bethells backfield in taking advantage of openings in the opposing line accounted for the 14-O victory. Undaunted by the fact that they were competing against a team from a school almost five times as large as their Alma Mater, the Bethel Graymaroons mowed down the Wichita University B team in great fashion and defeated the Wheat Shockers 35-0. Tearing the heavy line of the Lindsborg Swedes to shreds, Bethel won their closing game of the season to the tune of' 20-7. Although on foreign soil the Graymaroons plowed into the Bethany eleven with such vim and vigor that the Swedes fell back in dismay and tried vainly to stop the onslaught of the Bethel warriors. Those making their letters were: Captain Wesley Cunningham, Ted Pankratz, Floyd Roberts, Art Landes, Murray Hawley, Neil Vosburgh, Norman Burkett, Arnold Buhler, Andrew Douglass, Pete Kaufman, Max Seger, John Schroeder, John Eitel, Giles Elmore, Harrison Krider, Herman Ruff, John Krehbiel, J. Mar- cus Jantzen, Thomas Devlin, Mose Stucky. Forty Three Basketball When Coach Unruh sent out his call for basketball men, about thirty-five sons of Bethel responded. Of these six were lettermen from last year, and quite a number were seasoned players from High School teams of high caliber. Opening the season with a win over the Eldorado Junior College boys, the team got off to a flying start, only to have its hopes dampened when the return game came out with the Graymaroons on the short end of a 16-24 reversal. After winning handily from the Alumni 26-18 on January 3, the quintet lost to the strong Alva Teachers and College of Emporia, 29-47 and 26-31, respectively. The Sterling Warriors, however, could not cope with the speed and accuracy of the Graymaroons and met defeat in the next contest 55-17. Bethany's Terrible Swedes could not stop the fast moving Bethel offense and were beaten 29-22, but in a desperate effort to avenge a last year's defeat the McPherson Bulldogs stopped a late Bethel rally and won 30-22. The Haskell Indians from Lawrence were not as successful though, and were trounced 38-30. The Friends quintet was beaten on its own court 32-22, and McPherson, again stopped a last minute rally, scored their second victory over Bethel 30-25. In the next Friends game the Quakers were completely snowed under with the count 44-13. The Hays Teachers, however, coming from behind in the second half showed the Graymaroons what giants could do and took a 25-17 decision. Combining some excellent floor work and accurate basket shooting the Graymaroons took the Ter- rible Swedes to the cleaners for the second time, drubbing them 35-10, and the Quakers met their third de- feat at the hands of the Mennonites soon after to the tune of 36-21. On February 22, however, the Friends cagers, determined to avenge a string of three defeats, reversed the score on Bethel and won 27-24. In the seasons' final encounter the Sterling College Warriors were turned back by Otts men for the second time, osing 33-9. Thus ended another successful season for the Graymaroon basketeers. Let's give them and the coach a big hand. Those making their letters were: Captain Don Kennison, John Krehbiel, Wesley Cunningham, Floyd Roberts, Art Landes, Ernest Bartel, Tommy Devlin and Murray Hawley. Girls Basketball In contrast with former years, Bethel had a girl's basketball team this year. Captained by Eliza- beth Whitney, the team played some very creditable ball, winning all of the games played. With a start like that, next year's team should really go places. Seas0n's Record Bethel 53-Newton Independents 14. Bethel 31-Whitewater 16. Bethel 17-Burrton 14. Bethel 13-Burrton 17. Forty Foul' Track With but a few of last year's lettermen back the outlook for the track season was not very hopeful. But, as the season progressed, things began to look much better. The boys were steadily developing into real track and field men. The first meet with Hutchinson Junior College resulted in a tie. Each team garnered sixty-three points. Hutchinson was leading by sixteen points until the last two events. Then Miller, Claassen and Roberts threw the discus away and made a clean sweep with nine points. In the javelin, Kennison and Roberts too, exceeded the marks of Morris and the points were quickly made up. Next came a triangular meet at McPherson. Competing with Bethel were McPherson and Hutchin- son. Kennison who had been the main cog in the tie up with Hutchinson was ill and could not enter, leav- ing the team in a rather weak position. The result was that the Graymaroons came in third with only 27 points. In another triangular the next week which was run off at Friends with McPherson and Bethel the visiting schools, Bethel nosed out McPherson for second place honors. As the teams entered the mile relay, the last event, Friends held a safe margin and Bethel and Mac were tied for second. However, Claassen, Schrag, and Pankratz came in behind the Friends runners, but leading the Bulldogs, and annexed three more points to their score. On May 8, Bethel again finished second in another triangular meet. The competition this time was between Sterling, McPherson and Bethel. Bethel lost out by failing to place in the pole vault and 220 yard dash and this accounted for McPherson's advantage. The last meet before this book went to the press was with the Quakers of Friends University. This again proved to be a close affair. With the broad jump and the relay left, Bethel was leading by two points. However, taking eight points in the jump and winning the relay gave Friends the necessary points to come out as victor. Tennis Although lacking suitable courts on which to play, the Bethel tennis team of 1934 has really been going in great fashion. ln the first meet with Hutchinson Junior College the Salt Hawks bested them 5-1, but the next time the Salters met with the Graymaroons at McPherson the score was tied at three matches apiece. Against McPherson only two matches were won, however. The next week Bethel made a clean sweep of affairs at Friends and won all six encounters. The last match so far was with Sterling, in which the boys again emerged as victors with the count 5-1 in their favor. The team included only one letterman from last year, the rest of them, while being experienced players, were not lettered. Those making their letters this year are: Captain Kenneth Sparrow, Harold Hall, Ted Voth, Roland Richert, Earl Unruh, Venard Yust and Gene Enns. Forty Five Forty Si Sicfelights on Sports Resting-after holding back the Swedes the first half. Bethel's Co-eds are also players. And how! Not a loss in four starts. Seger- Break 'ern up, Max. What a man! What a man! Landes-Fleet on his feet, and a dead- shot at tackling. Baseball-The Yankees started sometime, too. X The start of the finish of another two points. An offensive play in its first stage. Kennison- Crossing the Bar. Douglass- Great interference running, Andy. Tennis-Service, ball one! Look at em gog once around the block and back again. --9' 'QA . .X fear., Ft . W A A U VL 7 V,,. . ,. M L, i I IL . sz t K V 7 'll t .. B, as .Q A S 7 5 5, Fey-: al. . ,, ' ' s,,,,i.,wk,l -A In Qi5'f'E,.,, - swf, ,aw 1- : :K QW 1 , , , , ,, 451' 1 ' W 4 , V II, Scenery Along the Way Blended into the regular routine of scheduled College work, there enter into the daily program tho ae incidents which can be neither predicted nor scheduled, but which, nevertheless, have a tremendous effect upon success or failure in college. It is the scenery along the way that malzes the journey either pleasant and in- teresting, or dull and monotonous. The spat we had with our room-mate this nierningg the date we had last night, the fishing trip we took yesterday, the tete-a-tete across the dinner tableg the unexpected confidence of a l'riendg that flat tire- these are the things that make or mar the day. Life is not just so many things to attend to, just so many steps to take, just so much to do-it is human. lf the unexpected, the element of surprise, the thrill of adventure, the chance ot' meeting with inter- esting personalities, were taken out of life it would become stale and mechanical. It is for these little things the heart-throbs, laughter, and tears that are shared with one another, for which one really lives, toils, and struggles. Nor is this rubbing of elbows, this sharing of common joys and woes, the least ol' education. For is not life made up of little incidents like these '? Some of the incidents that count in a student's life may he gleaned from the following pages: l ol'1y N-xx n 6, ,,F,Vv -r Forty Eight JJ L A Q J , ,MA ,.. ',..'5fQfTfm- ,Dfw Ma K Fw, T53 XX ' A 5, we 'L - 'lgo . 1 x ' f M' - wi .1 5, Q6 Kfubs and Kids Clubs are prevalent in Bethel. At the top of the page are snaps of the linega and of the 4-H Club. Rather 21 discrepancy in the ages of those Goerz Hall boys, eh? Remember the 1932 Y. M. Cabinet 'Z Four n' quarter! Four n' quarter! Solclll' Auctioneer Muse. Occasion: box supper for the benefit of' the social room. 'Can you find them 'F The UGOYCl'll1l1Gllt Aid students? The White House Gang! How can they ever keep peace among themselves. sw u .ij 1-fl.....,.,M Private and Public Banquets are public affairsg but look at the bedroom scene! 'Fhutls private. XY0Ll7l'0 fooling us, Zll'Cll,t you Alvin 'Z We would expect the Buhler girls to study, though. 'let the babies have their milk. Help yourself, Willard. Lose ll dime, lildon? Or was it 21 penny? ll' lllildred scorehes the water, what will he say? We want chili! We Want chili! Girls und aprons, Good housekeepers? S. rty Nine Fifty I Q5 Work.' Then Eat! That's what Bethel students did on Clean- up Day! But how come Martha and Gustie don't need to work 'I Imagine! Resting in a hay- wagon! l.ois and Elizabeth, on the other hand, worked themselves nearly to death. At least you can see their poor twisted bodies. Hennessy, what are you trying to show the wide, wide world? A rare sight that-professors in working clothes! Who's hung'1'y'? Well, just look at the mob before the Dining Hall. it -'I Pleasure and Pain Angel Cake or Spinach-whicli will it be, Selma '? Yes, sir, typewriters were used even in Adanfs time, The picture is the proof. Books! Books! Books! Why use ahead at all 'I Even the professors played-at the Y. W. C. A. Chili party. Markie, the boys are waiting for you. iMayhe she doesn't want to see themy. Some people do all the work! Ask those with overalls and milk buckets! Or Prof. Voth and Arnold. Up goes the College Barn! . L 35. fi i Fifty One QJ,-. -P '-5--f-A-4.2 ,uv-1.-5't,l.,.., 30-M.-A MMEQJW M4 lbw iw, MJJM, w C 4JQ .,,A Q f2wLUo,,fLU9v -JN- W WMM w f,,fJ WMM I' 'I' 'w 'l 1 Fun Seriously UAW, Pete! Tell me true, Are you hot, or frozen blue ? What a cowpuncher, Texas! But where are the cows ? Ye Old Rattle Trap is coming. Close yer ears, me friends. Art thinks he's doing a good job! Wh0's on top of the world? Don't make a mistake, boys, you're just on top of the truck. What a buggy ride! There's no horse! Boys, the old bus just doe-sn't work, the wheels won't turn 'round. Fun and Flats Visitors at Bethel: Men's Glee Club from Texas Christian College. Remember John- ny Smoker What's so funny, Helen? Four flats! But it's not Walt's fault. The Juniors made a miscue and attempted to prevent the Seniors from sneaking The innocent are so often the sufferers. So that's Margaret Louise! Songs froze in the air, say the Octette boys. Have they thawed out yet? Estes and mountains belong together. Ask those who were there! Didn't expect a flat, did you, Mary D.? Q!! If lftg. Thiee ,, l .Hi Q 1 .W ,X AH- v na '15-WI, We 5 Lfr4Ti311Q,T M' fzkim W, i Fifty Four , ww k F ,M.W !9 3W Fish Stories, - Snakes - Sweethearts Just so Professor Doell won't be absent- minded, fry his toes, and put the fish in the shoe-box. Well, Bartel, haven't you room for both in your mouth at the same time 'Z Dr. Harshbarger may he rather vague in the head, too. He thinks he's leaning on a fence post. What if beer were lic? Have enough cash, Ted 'T Extra! Extra! Art l.andes, Famous Snake Charmerlu Buzzard or airplane? Which do you see, Norma? From Soup to Nuts Four's a crowd-in the White House taxi. Mose has just recovered from a severe case of heart-break. Support him well, Buhler and Steve. What are you drinking, Johnny 7 What wants the grass to grow '? Give the girls a chance! The soupls there-so are the gentlemen. But where are the ladies '? Who goes to college for an education 7 Not Mr. Snow Man, nor the Messrs. Nuts and Nuts pictured in the lower left hand corner. Fifty Five Bethel's Fellowship Society Local chapters of the Bethel College Fellowship now number 22 and are distributed over Nebraska, Oklahoma and Kansas. The general aim of these organizations is to further mutual understanding and help- fulness between church and college. The specific aims for the local groups include: 1. To pray for Bethel 2. To talk for Bethel 3. To suggest improvements at Bethel 4. To help people get better acquainted with Bethel 5. To call the schoolls attention to prospective students 6. To encourage prospective students to attend here 7. To encourage individuals to make a definite annual contribution to Bethel. The local organizations and officers are trying, in so far as possible, to carry out the above specific aims in their local congregation. They have arranged for at least one meeting a year of all the members of the local fellowship for prayer, organization, discussion and action and have arranged a personal canvass once a year inviting every member in the respective congregation to join the local Bethel College Fellowship by making a financial contribution to the college for that year. Annual membership in the local Fellowship is granted to individuals upon making contributions as follows: Good Will Membership, 31.00, Loyalty Membership, 35.00, Association Membership, 310.00, Sustain- ing Membership, 325.00, Family Membership, 350.00, Corporation Membership, 3100.00. The local chapters that have been organized thus far include: Alexanderwohl Church: Moses Voth, Pres., Edna Quiring, Secy., Cornelius Quiring, Treas., Rev. P. H. Unruh, pastor. Arlington Church: Linda Ewy, Pres., Elmer Linscheid, Secy., Elizabeth K. Linscheid, Treas., Rev. P. J. Linscheid, pastor. Bethel College Church: W. H. Ebersole, Pres., Mrs. P. G. Baumgartner, Secy., August Epp, Treas., Dr. J. W. Kliewer, pastor. Bruderthal Church: Albert Penner, Pres., Elizabeth Nickel, Secy., Arnold Ewert, Treas., Rev. Arnold Funk, pastor. Buhler Church: J. C. Regier, Pres., Edna Becker, Secy., Albert Regier, Treas., Rev. J. M. Suderman, pastor. Deer Creek Church: Emil Dester, Pres., Freda Staufer, Secy., Karl Hohmann, Treas., Rev. A. S. Bechtel, pastor. Eden Church: Jonas Goering, Pres., B. B. J. Goering, Secy., David Zerger, Treas., Rev. C. J. Goer- ing, pastor. Emmaus Church: Hans Regier, Pres., Art Claassen, Secy., Dr. W. E. Regier, Treas., Rev. B. W. Harder, pastor. Gnadenberg Church: John F. Schmidt, Pres, Mrs. William Harms, Secy., Marvin Dirks, Treas., Rev. G. N. Harms, pastor. Goessel Church: Harold Loewen, Pres., Esther Buller, Secy., Ruth Schmidt, Treas., Rev. P. P. Buller, pastor. Halstead Church: Amelia Mueller, Pres., Elizabeth Haury, Secy., Irma Haury, Treas., Rev. H. T. Unruh, pastor. Hebron Church: Sam Regier, Pres., Mrs. P. E. Franz, Secy., Alvin Siemens, Treas., Rev. P. E. Frantz, pastor. Hillsboro Church: Herbert Wiebe, Pres., John Brandt, Secy., Jacob Bartel, Treas., Rev. J. H. Epp, pastor. Hoffnungsau Church: Alvin Reimer, Pres., J. D. Schmidt, Secy., Herbert Buller, Treas., Rev. A. J. Dyck, pastor. Inman Church: H. F. Reimer, Pres., J. J. Warkentin, Secy., G. B. Martens, Treas., Rev. J. P. Bal- zer, pastor. Moundridge CChristian5 Church: Clemens Kaufman, Pres., Jonas Voran, Secy., William Zehr, Treas., Rev. P. P. Wedel, pastor. Moundridge fWest Zionj Church: Dale Galle, Pres., Wilson Rupp, Secy., Helen Rupp, Treas., Rev. P. K. Regier, pastor. Newton fFirst Streetb Church: Ted Claassen, Pres., Sister Lena Mae Smith, Secy., Willard Claas- sen, Treas., Rev. J. E. Entz, pastor. Pretty Prairie Church: Vivienne Musselman, Pres., Art Waltner, Secy., Edwin Graber, Treas., Rev S. M. Musselman, pastor. Tabor Churchg H, B, Schmidt, Pregg Clarence Schmidt, Secy., Sam Richert, Treas., Rev. P. H. Rich- ert, pastor. I Lehigh Church: Ferdinand Unruh, Pres., Reynold Weinbrenner, Secy., C. R. Duerksen, Treas., Rev. G. Friesen, pastor. Beatrice 1Nebr.b Church: Rev. Jacob Wiebe, Pres., Mrs. L. E. Penner, Secy., Miss Hilda Wiebe, Treas., Rev. M. M. Horsch, pastor. Fifty Six A Systematized Dream of the Future At the 45th Anniversary celebration of the corner stone laying of the main building last October 12th a five-year program was instituted, aiming for its completion at the Fiftieth Jubilee Anniversary in 1938. It pertains to the following ten phases of Bethel College as prepared by President Kaufman togeth- er with the Board: I. Student Body: a. Better quality b. Greater number C400 if possiblej. II. Faculty Members: Not necessarily increase the total number very much, but put more stress on the following qualifications: a. High scholastic standards b. Outstanding teaching ability c. Able public speakers d. Inspiring personalities e. Community-minded, wholesome men and women f. Devotion to Mennonite principles g. Positive Christo-centered teaching and life III. Campus and Dormitory life: An atmosphere more completely surcharged with the Christian Spirit. a. Have a faculty member live in each dormi- tory with students b. Develop our set-up for personnel and guid- ance work c. Student-faculty cooperation in school gov- ernment by way of the Student Council d. Develop more campus traditions which are in line with the Christian ideal. IV. Curriculum: Revise our curriculum in the light of best present- day trends of the small Christian Liberal Arts col- lege and work out a unique set-up for our particular situation and mission. V. College and Church: Work for a closer relationship between the two. a. Complete, if possible, the Bethel Fellow- ship organization b. Serve the church in every way possible, such as: worthwhile programs by student groups and faculty members in our congre- gationsg worthwhile offerings at the col- lege by way of Institutes for Ministers, Training Schools for Church Workers, etc. VI. College and Town: Work for greater mutual appreciation by serving the city. a. Music Studio b. Night Classes c. Booster Banquet d. Various other community enterprises. VII. History: Make arrangements to have the fifty years of his- tory of Bethel College written up in book form. VIII. Buildings: Although we need a Library and other buildings, and gifts for such would be most welcome, never- theless, because of present economic conditions no buildings are definitely on the program now. Some smaller projects should, however, be completed, such as, rebuilding of the Pipe Organ, Connect Ladies Dormitory with the Heating Plant, make arrange- ments for the production of our own eggs, milk, meat, and vegetables, etc. IX. Finances: During these next five years do what we can in building a Fiftieth Jubilee Anniversary Fund in or- der to accomplish the following if possible: a. Balance the budgets for the current years b. Decrease, and if possible, entirely pay off our indebtedness c. Increase our Endowment Fund, if possible, to the long-aimed-at sum of S500,000. Regarding pledges our program is two-fold: a. It is hoped that during these five years all old pledges will be paid b. Any new pledges made during this time shall be so written that they mature before the Fiftieth Anniversary. X. The Board of Directors: In order to make the future of Bethel College more secure it would be well if the field of the insti- tution could be widened by getting more groups to feel that they have a real share in the school, the Board of Directors of Bethel College recommends that advisory representation on the Board be given to the following groups: a. The Bethel College Alumni Association b. The City of Newton c. The Northern District Conference of the General Conference of Mennonites d. The Mennonite Brethren and the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren e. The Old Mennonites in this area. Such additional members on the Board would involve no change in the charter of the school as they would have no vote at Board meetings but serve only in an advisory capacity. All representatives of the var- ious groups are to be appointed by the Board, except the Alumni Association, who would chose their own. Fifty Seven l The Student Wrestles With the Depression A few years ago, students came and went, taking for granted much for which we have to struggle. Most of the students then did not have to hunt for jobs to pull them through school. Now the student who earns his way through school is looked up to with respect. The man in overalls is not scorned. He is admired because he uses both his money and his time economically. He learns to use each minute to the fullest extent, to crowd into it just as much of life as it will hold. The more he can make each minute do for him, the more joy he derives from it. These opportunities for the development of habits of thrift, of economy, set apart the present stu- dent generation as unique. More than one hundred students are self-supporting at least in party at least twenty-five of these are entirely self-supporting. Some of them have taught for a few years and have saved some money. But many are working at part-time jobs in addition to carrying on their classwork and outside activities. There is a great variety of jobs represented among the students. The college itself has a number of ways of employing students. The dining-hall staff of ten men and women is indeed a merry group. Sprin- kled with laughter and teasing, their work offers them pleasant social contacts. Two women assist Miss Krehbiel in the library and two men are employed in office work. An assistant dean helps Mrs. Phillips in the ladies' dormitory. Although the campus is not very large, seven men and one woman are employed to help keep the buildings and grounds in condition. Besides these regular employees, eighteen students, nine women and nine men. are working under the C. W. A. regulations. Their positions are distributed among a number of departments. They include work in the dining-hall, library, buildings and grounds. Several do secretarial work in the offices of the business manager, Mr. Loganbill, President Kaufman, and Dean Goertz. Still others do secretarial and research work in the following departments: psychology, sociology, biology, history and physics. About twenty students are employed by business firms either in Newton or in neighboring towns. At least ten women are working for their room and board in private homes. One student, John Warkentin, earns a large share of his expenses by teaching a week-day Bible school one day a week. Four years ago, perhaps ten women and one or two men could not afford to eat at the dining-hall. They were looked upon as curiosities by the other students because they did their own cooking. Now, nine- teen women and twenty-six men cook their own meals, and enjoy doing it. They find it economical and think it fun to plan their own meals. And the student who does light housekeeping can be just as popular as the student who pays for his meals at the dining-hall. J. Marc Jantzen is perhaps one of the outstanding examples with respect to the number of things he accomplishes. During the school months he serves the college as mail carrierg he acts as agent for the Mas- ter Cleaners, Henry's Shoe Shop, and the Imperial Laundryg he cooks his own mealsg he keeps up a high scholastic record, and he has a hand in an imposing list of extra-curricular activities. vDuring the summer months he travels with the Goldsmith Omnibus College of Wichita University in the capacity of camp super- visor. Alfred Woods, another outstanding student, in addition to class-work and outside activities, does secretarial and research work in the psychology department, works in the Montgomery Ward Store, and paints signs. Yes, there are difficulties to overcome in college. Yet it seems that these very difficulties, when mastered, mold the student into a finer personality more ready to meet life situations. -By Dorothea Epp Fifty Eight I-lead Liners Taken from the Collegian Sept. 12 School opens with Freshman Orientation Week: Sept. 20 Classes start5 forty-four men report for footballg Y. M. and Y. W. welcome party for Freshmeng Fall Mixer. Sept. 27 First Bethel College 4-H Club organized. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May June Students enjoy first roller-skatingg Orchestra organized. Forty-fifth Anniversary of founding of Bethel College commemorated by All Day Holiday-Found- er's Dayg students welcome visitors, museum open to the public. Bethel opens downtown studio and offers extension courses. First football game, Bethel wallops Chilocco. Kryl Symphony Band and Anna Fitzu, soprano, delight lovers of musicg Lose second football game to Hutchinson 9-12. Third annual Parent-Student Dayg Alumni Banquet at Wichitag McPherson slips one over on Bethel 26-0. Friends manages to tie Bethelg Speech Club organizesg Homecoming Armistice Dayg Bethel defeats Deaf Mutes 12-05 Big banquet. Bethel beats Shockers 35-05 Football banquetg Dr. Harshbarger elected president of Kansas section of debate coaches. Bethel swamps Terrible Swedes 30-75 finishes very successful season-second among Independents. Bethel meets Missouri Central College in Debate. Debaters go to quarter-finals in Winfield tourna- ment-60 Colleges entered. Opening Basketball game-Inaugurates the season with a decisive win over El Dorado Junior Col- lege 47-305 New agricultural farm plans adopted-College plans to produce own supplies. Athletic department announces profit in its budget. Christmas banquetg vacation begins. Octette returns from fourteen day tour which took them North to Minnesota. Debaters place second in McPherson College tournament-Kansas State wins. College of Emporia cagers win over Bethel. Bethel beats Swedes in last minute rally 29-22. Bethel swamps Sterling 55-17. Bethel Cagerettes win from Whitewater girls. Cast chosen for The Poor Nut. More basketball. Bethel wins one and loses one. Takes Haskell 38-30, loses to McPherson 30-22. Girls win from Burrton 17-14. Bethel loses to McPherson again 30-355 wins from Friends 32-22. Formal opening of Social Room with old-fashioned Box Supper. Bethel wins two games and drops one-Smothers Friends quintette 44-185 wins from Bethany 35-105 loses to Hays 23-17. Second semester startsg Poor Nut draws large crowdg Bethel defeats Friends for third time 36-23. Bethel goes on the air-starts series of broadcasts over KFH, Wichita. Eighteen new students use federal aid, making total enrollment of 215 regulars. Norman Thomas, prominent Socialist, speaks to students in College chapel. Graymaroons trounce Sterling 33-105 Friends rally to defeat Bethel 27-24. Bethel wins nine and loses six to head Independent College basketball teams in the State. Helen Buser ranks best woman debater in state meet. Y. W. entertains students and faculty in dining-hall with a chili feed to reimburse their treasury. Campus receives new shrubbery on annual clean-up day. Students take over spring athletics in absence of coach. Dining-hall is scene of Easter banquet. Seven Last Word are presented for the 13th consecutive year. Debaters enter National Pi Kappa Delta tournament. They win all matches until eliminated because if non-membership. Octette reports pleasant trip through Oklahoma and Western Kansas. Graymaroons tie Hutchinson Junior College in track meet. Tracksters place third in meet with McPherson and Hutchinson. Local chapter of Alpha Psi Omega is established and organized. Seniors have their annual sneak day. Graymaroon tracksters rise above McPherson in triangular meet with Friends as winners. Dr. Arthur E. Holt, economist, from Chicago University and former teacher of Dr. Kaufman, ad- dresses students on the rural question. The combined symphony orchestras of Friends University and Bethel give their first concert under the direction of Prof. E. L. McCollum. Third annual Bethel Booster banquet with a charge of ten dollars a plate takes place in Alumni Hall. Speakers were: Dr. W. C. McClung, Wichitag Dr. J. H. Langenwalter, Wichita, and Dr. E. G. Kauf- Enan. Seniors for the first time in the history of Bethel are sent through comprehensive examina- ions. Sixtone-act plays are presented by Dramatics Classes. Juniors entertain Seniors with formal ban- que . Senior Class Play Messenger from Mars. Examinations. Rev. Albert Penner of Northampton, Massachusetts, Bethel graduate in 1926, delivers Commence- ment address. -By Helen Buser and Andy Douglass Fifty Nine 1 V Sixty Crests in the Waves oi Campus Life 'Tis the year 1940. We are sitting by our firesides. In the flickering flames there rise pictures from the college days that used to be. Do you remember the homely, homelike dining-hall, the Ad Building, the dents worn into the chapel steps, the foods laboratory, and the physics laboratory? Do you remember Irish Castle, Harmony Hall, Sunny- side, Pleasant View, Indu-Stray, and Cozy Nook? Do you remember the White House, Elm Cottage, and Goerz Hall? Do you remember the tree-bordered lanes? Ah, yes, and the blackbird convention? How glad we were when our 1,569,673 feathered visitors adjourned to the Southland. Can't you see the cats? Black cats, gray cats, and calico cats were on the sidewalks, in the dormi- tories, in the library. There were charming little kitties, stubborn old cats, and philosophical pussies. There was a dark October night when Irish Castle awoke from its slumbers at 2:00 in the morning to partake of a mystic midnight repast. Open house calls forth memories. For some it represents the annual room-cleaning. To others it pictures delightful Snoopy excursions, upstairs, down-stairs, all around the dormitories. Homecoming is that magic word which pictures football, the return of ex-students and grads. Some- times the dining-hall has seemed lonely, deserted. At the Homecoming banquet her shabby floor was beauti- ful, her walls smiled back at old friends and new friends around her banquet tables. Boys, you re-call, don't you, that turbulent Friday night when you wondered what caused the awful crashing and banging in the girls' dormitory? And Saturday morning you discovered it was only a peculiar form of entertainment known as a slumber party. We wonder if Monk still keeps as a souvenir the mouse that once upon a time was captured in his skillet, or if Chummy's slumbers are interrupted by squirming cats. We cannot keep back a chuckle when we recall some of the performances of Bethel students away from home. Two aristocratic Bethel lassies were very pleased about the room they had engaged in Sigma Kappa Sorority at the Y. W. and Y. M. conference at K. U. In their most up-to-date manner they asked for the location of the Kappa Sig House. How chagrined they were when they were informed that it was not customary for the ladies to visit their gentlemen friends at the fraternity. Will Erland Waltner and Ray Guy ever forget their long, leisurely afternoon in a little Kentucky village? They sat on the curbing and twiddled their thumbs, waiting seven hours for the train to take them home from the debate tournament at Lexington. Here is a relic of the House of Representatives organized in the American Government class. It is a bill which passed by a two-thirds majority of the house: Be it enacted by the senate and the house of repre- sentatives of the United States in congress assembled, that old-maid school teachers, thirty-five years of age and over, should receive a pension of S15 per month as a retirement reward for their services. Do you remember the days and weeks when the dormitory girls would one by one, In-Du-Stray into Pest Hall? A tooth-ache caused an uproar, for it might be the mumps. Steve and Richard awaited at the dormitory the daily news-letters served hot from the oven. Ah, the seniors of 1934 are smugly remembering how they sneaked away from the juniors. Sunday night, after a program at the Newton auditorium, they failed to return to the campus, and Monday their professors missed them in classes. But the juniors are remembering the reception they staged for the returning seniors. In the front hall of the dormitory, they had stationed two delightful hostesses, Mrs. Chatter and Mrs. Gabble, who bore a striking resemblance to Luella Smith and Vera Warkentin. We were not always happy. There were times when Monk's usually jolly disposition faded into a strangely subdued melancholy, when Frank Buhler wandered listlessly through the halls, when Ray Stucky lost his appetite, when the Goerz Hall boys studied long after midnight. Those were the times when our future hung in the balance-examinations. The fires are burning lower. The pictures are growing fainter and fainter. Now they crumble and fall. They are ashes and a few glowing embers-the faint sparks of memory. -By Dorothea Epp Sixty One All In A Day's Work Wish! Swish! Schlurup! Shoo-oo-wish! The White House door opens. Monk steps in. For cat's sake, Mose, why the excess H20 on the floor? Don't you know that water in such great amounts properly belongs in the Pacific? Or in the bath tub, Monk, with you in it. Well, of all the big . . . Oh, yeah? You . . . ! And Monk and Mose battle in submarine depths with might and main. Au-u-ah! Ouch! A shark! A shark! My foot! I'm going down, Mose, help me! Oh-oh-oh! The door opens again. Football Pete enters and is immediately knee-deep in water. Well, well. So this is the way to scrub floors. Boys, I pronounce an armistice. 1- 2- 3- stop! Be at peace! Oh! My leg! A shark! Nonsense! Stick out your leg! Monk lifts his pedal appendage to the light-and beholds-a mousetrap clinching his big toe. By dint of sheer courage Pete releases the toe from the awful clutch of the monster. Darkness! It is night! Worthy professors have long since sought repose to strengthen themselves for the never ending and well nigh hopeless struggle with nit-wits and study-nots. Far up in the sky, however, on the top story of the Hennery, burns a light. Two - three - five girls whisper there to each other. Tramp, tramp, tramp! The light is out. Tramp, tramp, tramp! The matron opens the door. Is anybody there? Her hand moves along the wall. The light is on! What reveals itself? There-through a hole in the waste basket creeps a pink thing, a worm. No, a toe. A toe! Horrors! The bed moves. It has convulsions. Crash! Bang! Oh! And two girls sprawl out of the debris. The matron speaks: Don't you know that the light has winked for the last time? The last time, I said. Hm! Her eye roves around the room. Girls, dresser drawers need not be open for government inspection. And she closes the offending drawer. Ooooh! Open! Ooooh! Jerk. The matron opens it. Two eyes peer out at her, and a red, red nose. You, you, you pinched my nose. You, you when you closed the drawer! But why is the materon so pale and white?. Ah! She rocks on her feet! She falls to the right and to the left. She falls to the ground! Ah! The fifth girl! She was under the rug, just under the matronly feet. Ah! Hi! What you want for breakfast tomorrow morning? Pincushions, answers Bachelor II. Quit your kiddin'. All right, all right! I'll serve you pine needles a-la-mode. You misinterpret my wish. I mean, cold sliced porcupine with apple sauce. Bachelor I slams the door and is gone. . I Ham 'n' eggs. Ham 'n' eggs. Cornflakes, biscuits. Ah, I'll make cakes in a pan. Bachelor I sub- sides in his excitement concerning the needs of the future and begins to exercise those muscles commonly associated with higher thought processes . . . Bachelor I is still a mile deep in thoughts. Tap, tap, tap! His heart keeps time to the rhythmic flow of nerve impulses. Creak! Creak! The closet door opens. A figure stealthily leaves the room. Next morning: Bachelor I beats pots and pans in a frantic effort to synthesize pancakes for break- fast. One cup milk. Three cups flour. 0 Kay! Now Mr teaspoon lard. And at last V2 cup baking powder. Z-z-z-z! The pancakes are busy browning themselves. Come and get it, boys! Bachelors II and III appear just as the last cake has attained its normal height of eleven inches. Syrup! Don't we have any syrup? Shrieks one of the starving Bachelors. Mmmm! Yum! Ummm! I like pancakes and syr . . . Fui! Fi! Fo! Fum! What's the matter with these . . . ! Salt? There's enough in them to put on any monkey's tail. Fui! Here, take your old salt m1nes. Bachelor I, the cook, answers with poppy eyes, Say, fellows, there's not a grain of salt in them. I-I-I-I forgot to put any in! I tell you all the salt of the world is in them! It's not! I'll prove it to you. Look here, the salt container is empty. How could I salt them? Yeah! You just dumped it all into these . . . Of all impertinent things, interrupts Bachelor III. Look at these micro-organisms swimming in the syrup! Three heads eagerly gaze down into the depths of the syrup jug. One, two, three, ten, one hundred, a million of them! Oh breakfast! Where is thy pleasure ? But Bachelor I is sobbing heartbreakingly. Salt, salt, salt! There'sa barrel of salt in the syrup! Sixty Two StyF The following Newton firms have shown their loyalty to Bethel Col- lege by financially aiding the 1934 Graymaroon. They have realized that students alone cannot pay the whole cost of publishing a year book, and further, have shown that they appreciate your presence, as students, in Newton and at Bethel, by donating their space to the Graymaroon. We are indebted to them for a large share in this volume. Goerz Flour Mills Co. Bethel College - Kansan Printing Co. Kansas State Bank Mennonite Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Midland National Bank Brooker Motor Co. Kansas Gas SL Electric Co. R. R. Building Sz Loan Regent Theater - Rex Theater Sharp Motor Co. Anderson's Book Store Baker's Radio Shop Becker Grocery Store Candy Land - - Cayot Mercantile Co. Dickey Jewelry Store Duff Furniture Co. Enns Super Service Graber Hardware One Page One-Half Page One-half Page One-Half Page One-Half Page One-Half Page One-Fourth Page One-Fourth Page One-Fourth Page One-Fourth Page One-Fourth Page One-Fourth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page Advertisers -- Continued Hetzel's Clothes Shop Hogan's Store - J. C. Penney Sz Co. Janzen Jewelry - L. Sz L. Drug Store Kimball's - - Lehman Hdw. 8: Imp. Co. Mairs Drug Store - Master Cleaners - Miller Bros. Cleaners Newton Gas Co. Newton Mill Sz Elevator C Newton Music Co. - O. K. Grocery - Reed's Clothing Store Reese Bros., Druggists Regier Abstract Co. Rich Mercantile Co. Rickert Studios - Riesen's Market - Scherer Cigar Store Smith's Drug Store Sprinker Mortuary Sterba Jewelry - Steinkirchnefs Clothing Sunflower Cafe - Unruh Filling Station Will May's Shoe Store St. John's Drug Store 0. Store One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page One-Eighth Page Miscellaneous Y T s Sixty Six C'es'c le Fini The task is completed! In retrospection we can now com- pare our dream book with that which actually has permitted us to produce. This book has given us opportunity to produce a mind-child which to us, who have been closely connected with it, has been a constant care and also a delight. According to present indications, and with all further finan- cial obligations in mind, we can say that not only will no deficit be incurred, but a nice nest-egg will be handed down to the Graymaroon staff of next year. This has been possible only through the greatest economy and the loyal support of the Newton firms, students, faculty and friends of the college. This is now your book to cherish and keep. It is a student product, entirely produced by students, and thus far from perfect. But may time temper your criticisms of the contents. We hereby thank all students who have helped produce this book, and especially do we extend our thanks to our faculty advisor, Dr. Harshbarger, who has exercised his paternal in- fluence throughout. The Editor and Business Manager. WVU Q x 7,p,f,wvff-L . 1, ia Qui ,www tograPhs QEZEML M SML 6' ijfww gf iiggil MMEWU M p MWM4 ,N .,..! M QM'-J Timwfg wfff Mig 3 WQL4l? Wff f2 Q KEWW ,M LWW' N W 3855 wig My M Www WW 'MM n 4 ri ah 'ii gil ? 3 3 1 30, Q. 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