Bethel College - Graymaroon Yearbook (North Newton, KS)

Text from Pages 1 - 140 of the 1938 volume:

EX LIBRIS W W F T-x.. - - A rr-e I 5 x A C The 1938 ' V938 GRAYMARCDON Golden Anniversary Number Volume XIII Published by the Students of Bethel College North Newton, Kansas STL'DE.VT EDITORS Eldon Graber Thelma Krehbiel Frances Regier John Schrag Eric Friesen ADMINISTRA TIVE EDITORS Anne Ruth Ediger Hulda Schroeder B CS I NESS MA NA GER Eldon Rich PHOTOGRAPHERS Esko Loewen Dan Epp Dwight Krehbiel DEI'El.OPI,YG AND ENGR.-lI'I,YG B lf' Bethel College Photography and Engraving Shop PRINTING BY Bethel College Pres: 151.YD1.VG Bl' Bethel College Bindery 'T' f I' l N ff 1f ',,'liii'lli: J gl Y , ...X - , K if - eg ,rw 9' 1 ti f' F2 f i -'Tr' we -e Rv 1 2 il,-X e. ,H H x -,-u fe- 'v FOREWORD Half a century has transformed a pile of cold gray stones into a beloved, scarred building that echoes foot- falls of yesterday and today. Fifty years have seen the development of a Mennonite academy, struggling for existence, into a Mennonite college, struggling to retain a close relationship with the people it is serving and to attain, at the same time, the academic recognition neces- sary for its future usefulness. The purpose of this book is to materialize the Fif- tieth Anniversary of that college-the oldest and the largest Mennonite college in North America, to pre- serve some of the meaningful memories of Bethel days, and to reacquaint alumni with their Alma Mater. -The Editing Staff fl I gx.. QQ: X F 1 I 3 Y' fy,-7 1938 X-Z DEDICATIGN I To Chrxst to Chrlstlan truth and 1deal1sm has enabled them to leave for the youth of Amerlca th1s legacy Bethel College And to those pioneers whose unselfish devotion and loyal adherence CONTENTS History and Administration Classes and Curriculum Extra-Curricular Activities The Five-Year Program Laboratory ot Lite WHO ARE THE MENNONITES? ln W ' wa , Nmfxx if S.. 1...-F., lv l Agiwf fl --q ' UIUQIIBIIHIKQKQ ll!lllil NWI! I F 5 if- l ff fffi .rf , ' ,,,,. nv-'Y' I ,M-BAA.:-'S ! E Q, 'fjgzwwinniwdf N i s frlf lllllllllill , tri ' ' Q M , jd fi will , f lllllllittcii ', ' ' ... - L . : Q' yx?uuni.45'4 , 9 2-WB x I 'UH ll , --rl' I- I fn. ' x . - 'Ili fl , M -' M 'ir 5 ... -..-.a.. li- ' , - l ff' . '- I If 1 ' A sketch of Menno Simons from whom the Mennonite-s took their name. As printers were forbidden to publish his writings. he set up his The first German settlement in America was Germantown, and the first German settlers were Mennonites. .... On October 6, 1683, the ship Concord arrived in Philadelphia bringing thirteen Mennonite families.-Sweet, The Story of Reli- gions in America. Who are the Mennonites? Whence came they? Why did they come? What have they done and where did they obtain the inspiration that impelled them to build institutions such as Bethel? The history of the Mennonites is long and honorable. I1 starts clear back in the first days of the great Reformation. When Luther, Calvin and Zwingli were carving their mighty Protestant sects out of the heart of Europe, a little group of leaders, with beliefs more liberal even than those great religious heads entertained, were meeting in private homes at own press and printed them himself. Date 1552. Zurich, Switzerland, to pray and study the Word of God. The tenets upon which these so-called Anabaptists stood were few and simple and may be summed up as follows: The church was a voluntary group of believers, banded together to worship. Adult baptism on confession of faith alone was accepted as an initiatory symbol into the church. The Bible was the only guide to faith and practice. The New Testament was preferred to the Old as an authority. All temporal matters were shunned. Yet obedience to the rulers and cheerful payments of taxes to support the government were taught. The Christian could not take up the sword. Surely no simpler, purer faith was ever expounded. Yet because it dissented from some of the forms practiced by the existing churches, its members became the objectives of a furious persecution. Leader after leader was arrested, tortured and martyred. The rank and file were harried from one country to another, and all in the fair name of religion. Upon this troubled stage walked a humble man from Holland in the year 1531. He was Menno Simons, who had been reared in the Catholic priesthood, and had renounced the life of ease and security, when a study of the writings of Luther and other Protestant leaders, together with his own study of the Bible, convinced him he must espouse the new faith. From the first he was a power. He wrote brilliantly and voluminously, explaining the teachings Who Are the Mennonitesf' The Settlement in Kansas. The Contribution to Kansas. and Bethel College-Its History are taken from a pamphlet by A. J. Graber. Back of lieth:-I Colle-go, The Mennonite Story. f 7 fiber' ' -5 ., ,Q :k'.xl'P?f?S' ' 3' sl -'n, b 'i' yin .hiffll ?'.,!,,,-L if J' ,X . if 'X ,W , ' ,v Qi xx l kk . Q- W, rw. , XM ff' x N I+ qi I 5 i H X ' 5' .., S , x , Q. t i ....-.4 -, 'Sk X ...Q , ,X . ni Ng my Q H Aw nt 'L. We VN .wg v A H '- A 5 A ' ,,..,-.A N sf :xg f. Q it rf 'sn W 'H 45 X 4 'ch f X 'xt vue uh' Y if M 1? 't of i as if .M 4 fs 52,0 14 s. v - Here Menno Simons set up his press. The Linden tree is over four hundred years old and IS known as Menno Simons' i.1nde, of the faith, and when he could get no one else to print these writings, he set up a printing press and printed them himself for distribution among the people. Forced to flee for his life not once but a score of times, he lived for years under the constant danger of arrest, with an imperial reward on his head and an imperial decree promising death by torment to any who aided him or gave him food or shelter. When at last he died, he left behind him an indelible imprint upon those with whom he had associated and these became known as Mennonites. The Mennonite teachings fell like the balm of Gilead upon the hearts of the common people of Europe, wracked by discord, war, and oppression. In spite of the persecution which followed it everywhere, the movement spread rapidly. An example of this persecution is a shameful chapter in the history of Switzerland, the very home of the movement. There the Mennonites suffered the death penalty until well into the seventeenth century, they were condemned to serve as galley slaves as late as the eighteenth century and were left to rot in filthy prisons and banished to foreign lands up to the beginning of the nineteenth century. In other countries they suffered a like fate. Yet the Menno- nites continued to worship as their conscience told them. Gradually the industry, the frugality, and the honesty of their lives began to make an impress. Catherine the Great of Russia was among those who recognized this. She offered them great in- ducements to settle in her realm and thousands of them did so. William Penn, the great Quaker, recognized their qualities and wrote letters to them and visited them, telling them of America, and asking them to - i form a settlement there. This resulted in the establishment I CCT! ff X53 ' of the Germantown settlement in Pennsylvania in 1683, Q 2 the first permanent Mennonite community in the western A fy A hemisphere. 1 fy 1 h Germantown was the beginning of a great migra- tion. More and more of the European membership drifted i ' V,-, to this new land, where tolerance and freedom were key- if notes, until today there are more of the faith in North A - I America than there are in any other nation on the globe. H ,,ff,1f,,,Zi'. dim -I A view of Germantown, Pa., the first settlement of Mennonites in the United States in 1683. 8 THE SETTLEMENT IN KANSAS The coming of the Mennonites was an event of great import- ance. .... They have transformed a large section of Kansas into farms .... introduced the celebrated Turkey wheat .... made Kansas the greatest Wheat producing state in Ameriea.fProf. G. D. Bradley, University of Toledo, The Story of the Santa Fe. There is much of romance and adventure in the coming of the Mennonites to Kansas. When the eastern Mennonite colonies were formed, Kansas was a wilderness, covered with vast buffalo herds and inhabited only by the wild and warlike Indians. But Kansas had scarcely passed the frontier stage when small groups of Mennonites began arriving on prospecting tours, seeking for unsettled lands where large areas could be secured cheaply enough to form extensive, compact settlements. In Russia the situation had grown intolerable. Under promises of special privileges, Catherine T T T T T the Great had induced thousands of German Mennonites to settle in her domains. They were granted permission to use their own lan- guage, to govern themselves, and were exempt from military service. The industry and skill of these residents of i'Little Germanyw in the heart of Russia aroused the jealousy of the Russians who lived about them, and constant pressure was brought to take away from them these privileges. At last the Czar decided to take that action. Three separate committees went to St. Petersburg in fruitless attempts to remind him of the nationis promises to them. He informed them they must hereafter speak the Russian language, submit to Russian govern- ' ' F . . . 1 ggi,rCQ,t5h51'Q,'pa,TQf'?f,fa183.Qfdt,2i,Q,Q2,.teg ment and, most serious of all. do service in the Russian army. The the Mennonite immigrants to Kansas free of charge. latter provision was modified to permit them to substitute forestry, hospital, and government factory service for actual fighting. The Mennonites in despair sent chosen men as did the Israelites of old to spy out the promised land of America. A committee of twelve, including Leonhard Sudermann, Isaac Peters, jacob Buller,LHeinrich Richert, Jacob lNiebe, Johann Wliebe, and Gerhard Wfiebe, visited in Kansas in 1872. They had been preceded by a few others, among them Bernhard XVarkentin, who became one of Newton's leading business men and destined to make a large and important coniribution to the T , TT . . i, , -Tc-ri ' .,.,' f '?1f 'zmfw',:. .. Temporary immigrant houses built for I- ,LJ , .5:,,t , I Y h , ijikvtfjqq ,flu .A 414325: the Mennonites fifteen miles north of 'g Qe , , , , gi. ' X:g .,tg,f 1f'- , If K: ,- -1 Newton by the Atchison, Topeka and afifilgg -it ' ' if f' ' ' ff T T' 16if '3 ' 4' Santa F9 Railmad- V ' 'T . ' , wifi' :Y V- 'i s T 5 4 1 9 g- +3575-33.3.5 e - economic greatness of Kansas. The committee found the smiling -I prairies ready to welcome them. With thanksgiving in their hearts they returned with the good news to Russia. f T -I Ti, ,mu lf ' In the meantime steps were taken by Kansas and Kansans to in E A 1- facilitate the Mennonite movement to this state. Among the leaders . A E in this activity was the Santa Fe Railroad Company, which quickly . E recognized the value to its territory in having these frugal, hard- , 74, l '.. gg ' -' working, intelligent people as settlers. In a large measure through y A its influence, a law was passed exempting the Mennonites from ,S 1 3 . . . . I l the state militia service. C. B. Schmidt, a Santa Fe agent, visited Russia to present the Schools and Churches were claims and advantages of the Sunflower State. The company even built upon the level prairies. chartered a Red Star liner which was sent to the Black Sea for a shipload of Mennonite household goods and farm implements. These goods were brought to New York and thence shipped by rail to Kansas without charge to the immigrants. The first Mennonite immigrants to Kansas disembarked at Newton and at once were taken to the luxuriant prairies north of that city where they established their homes and formed the nucleus of the settlements that were to follow. Vast stretches of Kansas railroad land were offered to the newcomers at from two to five dollars an acre. Groups of immigrants as they arrived in the east, were carried across the continent in special trains. Hundreds came during the summer of 1874, settling chiefly in Marion, Harvey, McPherson, and Reno counties. Today the Mennonites of Kansas constitute one of the pillars of the state's wealth and prosperity. TI-IE CONTRIBUTION TO KANSAS They have brought out bleeding Kansas with flying colorsg they have made it the banner wheat state ..... They have made their section a garden of affluence and contentment. They have built a college in Kansas and missions among the Indians in the Indian Territory.-C. B. Schmidt, Reminiscences of Foreign Immi- gration Work for Kansas. From the moment of their first arrival, the Kansas Mennonites have been a beneficial addition to the population of the state. They have shown themselves to be constantly industrious, thoroughly honest and dependable, self-reliant and progressive. When they first came to this country, many brought with them the crude agricultural imple- ments of the Russia from which they came. But they were quick to see and take advantage of scien- tific farm equipment and methods and today are not outdone by any in modern efficient management. IO 1,--1, -511.7 le , 1-K f rv- ,lr- Tia? Y Sri' ' t A YY - .5 --A W ' - .. 544: lf! ! 'i' -' .9yg,f1i , , . ,- TT 'Y-if Qin. T f I ', A' p.AflfdW1PNl'ill.yAAHP l.-,fhsrwl 41 ,, ,!l If lldftllw If 'gl l. , f' 10 f Intl! 1 X 'ff' -L ' A .M 1 7 fm- ,S .f 1 ,G I IJ.. fl,,,40 11,7 , lt,-I ,f ff 1, ' Wy.. Q V l ll, . Z ff J ' Q pt Q , ' f i4ff!', 'w '? f f V fi' - 1 D ' ,iLf1..'x H' ff, , ..,, f K .a B .A I . - E, I f 'f If f I i Z Up from the Soil Kansas, but there is one specific The Mennonite character has remained essentially the same for three hundred years and more. Primarily they are farmers- tillers of the soil-and that is what they are still doing in Kansas. Some of them, however, have gone into business, and there the same qualities of rugged honesty, perseverance and willingness to labor, have won them rewards. The communities in which the Menno- nites have settled are among the most prosperous in the state. Bankers and merchants alike are happy to welcome them. The same idealism which has carried them through centuries of oppression and persecution, has induced them to establish numer- ous schools, hospitals, and other institutions of a similar nature. These are the general contributions of the Mennonites to contribution, credit for which belongs to them and them alone, which has meant so much in the development not only of Kansas but all the surrounding states, that it is difficult to estimate its full value. That contribution is the introduction of the famous Tur- key Red wheat, the hard wheat which has made Kansas the premier wheat-producing country in the world. More than any other man, the name of Bernhard Warkentin is associated with this priceless contribution. Before the coming of hard wheat, Minnesota was the chief wheat-growing state in the Union, and the soft spring wheat was considered to be the best. Efforts to grow spring wheat in Kansas had not been too successful, and millers had been in the habit of paying less money for Kansas wheat than they did for wheat from the northwest. It was Bernhard Warkentinis early life on the Russian steppes which suggested to him the idea of bringing to this country the type of wheat which he knew from experience grew so success- fully on the plains of Turkestan, a country which was in many respects the same as Kansas. Mr. W'arkentin's plan was to experiment with the wheat here. He imported some seed and his fellow Mennonites cooperated with him in planting it and watching its growth. The results astounded even the Mennonites themselves. Instead of planting it in the spring, they planted this Turkestan wheat. according to Asiatic custom, in the preceding fall. The wheat drew its nourishment from the winter Old flour and grist mill at Halstead. I I . -.riff-in 4. lb -big? 'jf sJT3'f2,,,:i.b.49 if nvalgssfgl f' P ?'Yv L , Thhfb 2 . c i 1 j if 1 tif'-5 TT , ' ' i'J ':a'?, IQ, 2-- . ' - QHHJ MTY ' :Fi - -ff M lil' . ul X - J Q, f ' l lu X If ' O ' f . , Y ' av ' 1 -- A I I ' f-i 'N-A .-.., .- --5 ' 'ie ,p ' - ' ' - A' ,ni t 0 ., . 3 ,JK A-Wm . , V .s Malia-W my .lzohffm ..,- I .A .X a- I , t Y, 1 I LLEH ' I Q SHP QR. ' - .f'.'k-F ,-f .a f I i I ni. -4 .U 9 111, a .J 1 .I The characteristic feature of the American Mennonite remains, as a half century ago. farming, but now the sickle, flail, and threshing stone have been replaced by the combine. snows. It developed as soon as the cold weather departed, and showed amazing vitality in resisting drouth, wind, and other detri- mental climate factors. Soon the Mennonites were growing it everywhere. It was harder than spring wheat and different in other respects and at first the millers were loath to buy it. They penalized it with low prices and discouraged its growth. But by now the Mennonites knew what they were doing. The wheat, they knew, had every quality which was necessary to make good flour. Moreover, many of them believed, as has since been proved, that this Turkestan wheat had superior qualities to the American wheat. They continued with the patient perseverance which has always characterized them, to grow the new wheat and market it in spite of all discouragements, sure that in the end its high quality would win a place for itself. Their faith was amply rewarded. The millers were not long in discovering that the so-called Turkey Red wheat, in addition to growing better and assuring substantially better crops in Kansas, had superior protein content and other qualities which made it the ideal flour for bread making. That discovery made, the pendulum swung the other way. Today every Kansas farmer who grows wheat, grows the wheat which was brought to Kansas by the Mennonites. And that wheat has caused the entire western third of the state which had been 7 thought of as little more than a desert, to become one of the most productive areas in the nation. It has made Kansas the greatest wheat-producing state in the United States. It has added millions of dollars yearly to the state's economic production. It has helped indirectly in the building of colleges and universities, V - ' in the construction of roads, in the growth of cities, in the general happiness and contentment of the whole state. That is what the Mennonites have done for Kansas. I2 i 1 'i' MPN i' , .E 4 . f ' ,S T -' ,---- '- 1? 1, . .. E, Q .5 - ,,' 1,53 lt.-1 i.- E if 1HJLf u Wffs 5. J 4 if il :YQ 1 . 'E 5: ' X iv iii' .- ' HJ: YF gl :, x If E -If - r ' 1' 1' i , -irit rt sua N f as E ' - e f ' flx 'h9.Q ' M-' -N '-il, f ' -- 1U1.QL11g ' Q i ig,1Z.L..-u ' - - 1 : 1 ,I A ij X - 1.f 1 A ii, - x ni lg 1-T .lf '-:df f Za. X9 -'.,,, M051 'Gr'-W 1127 l- 3 Typical characteristics of early N home life among the Mennonites were simplicity, frugality, and integrity through faith in God. BETHEL CCLLEGE-ITS HISTORY They have established Bethel College, a notably good school at Newton, while Bethel Hospital at Newton is one of the best of its kind in the state. In fact .... Kansas has benefited from Mennonite industry and the Mennonites have prospered through Kansas tolerance.-Editorial, New York Herald, April, 1922, Bethel College at Newton is a monument to the unselfish devotion of the Mennonites of Kansas to education and enlightenment. Its his- tory is one of struggle and accomplishment and today it stands on the threshold of a greater future for good. To understand the history of Bethel, it is necessary to go back to the old Halstead Seminary, which was founded in the fall of 1883, as a school for teachers. This was strongly emphasized as the Mennonites were anxious to have people who could instruct their children in their church and district schools. This desire was so strong that they even went the length of cautioning the school leaders against dwelling upon . - religion too strongly, for fear the young men who attended the sem- DAVID GOERZ I i Founder of Bethel College mary would feel called upon to be preachers 1nstead of teachers. The Halstead Seminary operated for nine years. At the end of that time it was discontinued because of the founding of Bethel College. Says a Mennonite chronicler in telling of the establish- ment of the college: The citizens of Newton made to the Mennonites the magnificent offer of SIO0,000 on the con- dition that they should permanently locate, endow, and operate there a college of the first class, and that 350,000 should be spent in the erection of buildings as fast as the proceeds from the sale of the real estate subscribed for this purpose would permit. The offer itself consisted of land valued at 385,000 and about 815,000 in cash. The deeds for the real estate should be given as soon as work on the building would commence? The offer came as a complete surprise to the Mennonite people, but they joyfully accepted it, as they saw in it an opportunity to extend and develop the work which they had begun at Hal- stead. A corporation was formed, and a charter drawn ' up, naming the college Bethel and undertaking to build and operate it as a college of the highest class. The incorporators thereupon appointed a board of trustees, consisting of John Krehbiel, Bernhard War- kentin, David Goerz, Heinrich Ewert, D. C. Ruth, Abraham Quir- ing, C. R. McLain, J. M. Ragsdale, , ' and A. B. Gilbert. The purpose and aim of the college was expressed in the charter in these words: It will therefore be the high and noble aim of Bethel College to give an- opportunity to the sons and daughters of Mennonite families to obtain their education within the pale of their own church, as well as to pay the debt of gratitude to other denominations by opening wide the doors of the institution so that all may have an opportunity to partake of whatsoever advantage may be offered by it. For Bethel is to be no local institution, intended to supply the wants of just a limited district, C. H. WEDEL but in accordance with its corporate name, it is to be a college of the First P e ident f B th l College Y . . rs 189321950 e Mennonite Church of North America, open not only to members of that church, but to all who may wish to avail themselves of the opportunity thus offeredfi With these high aims and ideals, Bethel opened its doors in the fall of 1893, with a student body of sixty on the first day and a faculty of six, headed by C. H. YVedel, who with G. A. Haury had been transferred from Halstead, and David Coerz, who acted as the first business manager. In keeping with the agreement entered into when the gift of Newton was accepted, the board of trustees proceeded to erect the large and beautiful stone building which is today the administration building of Bethel. Before this building was finished, it was seen that the college could not get along without more buildings. A dormitory for girls was needed, with a boarding hall and a students, home. This need was solved shortly by the sale of the buildings of the old Halstead Seminary. The sale was at public auction, and the trustees of Bethel bought the buildings, then proceeded to move the three largest and best overland to the Bethel campus. These were transformed into the required institutional buildings and served the purpose exceptionally well. Those first days were truly days of self-denial and hardship. The campus, in contrast with the present beautiful park of tree-clad greensward, was bare and uninviting. The equipment was mea- ger and the faculty had to wrestle with all sorts of problems not in the ordinary line of a college pro- fessoris duties. But teachers and students carried bravely . -- 1 on, having faith in its supporters and in the future of the college. One by one other buildings were added, including Carnegie Hall in 1907, the Mission Home in 1911, Alumni Hall in 1914, and the Science Hall in 1924, to- gether with a number of other buildings of smaller size. The addition of these buildings indicates the rapid ' ' ,' Btl lCll ' d Cl ft 'f lt' -A - growth which the college was enjoying, but there was mignltg thgtenieiilsmetolafaiea gilnivif Cgiiip gflmfhe ifgifilgln D prairges-Ylt lS rkecofgnized as'an important gclfievement in always need for larger student accommodations, challeng- ggily eg5,g?meH n Mnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnx nnfnnnnn ln 14 BERNHARD WARKENTIN Co-Founder of Bethel College and Treasurer of the Board of Directors, 1892-1903. ing the college to continue its splendid growth and justifying the hopes of its founders. During the fall of 1912, the students formed an athletic association. The college began to develop basketball, track, tennis, and finally football teams, which met with the other schools of Kansas and have estab- lished through the years a growing respect for the Graymaroons,w as they are called. ln basketball, particularly, has Bethel been successful, and the annual games in which the representatives of this school engage with other schools are always well played and full of thrills and interest, with Bethel winning a large proportion of the victories. Year by year the effort to improve Bethel in every possible way has borne fruit in many other ways than the additional physical equipment and buildings. It has developed in increased enthusiasm of the student body, in the improved standards of instruction and in a wider service to those attending college and to the community. Steadily the fac- ulty offerings have advanced with the addition of highly trained personnel, until today Bethel has estab- lished a definite place for itself among the small colleges of Kansas. Bethel has also made a wonderful record in debate and oratory work, and its work in music has attracted attention throughout the nation. Today Bethel stands out as one of the fine cultural centers of Kansas. The college has exerted il marked influence upon the religious and cultural life not only of its Mennonite constituency but upon all of southern Kansas. Up to the present time some four thousand students have passed through its doors. Of these a large percentage have entered definite educational or religious work of some sort and have thus carried on the torch which was given them. From an institution with 4 teachers and 43 academy students in 1887, Bethel College has grown to an institution with 32 teachers training approximately 420 students each year. The college owns 26 buildings and 950 acres of land, and it directs the expenditure of more than S15o,ooo annually. During the past five years the endowment fund has been increased from S285,ooo to fl532O,0004 an increase of fB35,ooo, and the indebted- ness has been reduced from S141,0oo to 386,000-a reduction of 3B55,o00. The worth of the plant and equipment is now 5ii4II,OOOQ five years ago the plant valuation was SQQOJJOO. The Golden Anniversary Memorial Fund Campaign is an effort to balance the current budget, to reduce further the indebtedness of the school, to increase the en- dowment fund, and to begin the construction of Memorial Hall. , J. J. KREHBIEL Co-Founder of Bethel College and President of the Board of Directors, 1893-1909. T5 .f MEMORIAL HALL The dream of a student union building for Bethel College began to take form on November 26, 1937, when the Bethel College Corporation passed a resolution to make plans for the construction of a SIO0,000 Memorial Hall. During the following months, plans for the building were drawn up by Cuthbert and Suehrk, architects of Topeka. With the eyes of friends and supporters turned to the future and thoughts centered on what the pioneers did for the progress of the school, the first spadeful of sod was dug for the Memorial Hall on February 1, 1938. As he pushed a spade into the ground on the building site, Guy Hawk, Newton business man and representative of the College Advisory Board stated, The pioneers who have gone before us have led up to this first turning of the sod for the Memorial Hallf, By Wednesday, May 11, 1938 two hundred and fifty men from thirty Mennonite congregations in Newton and near-by towns had contributed labor in putting up the wooden wall forms and in mixing and pouring the foundation concrete. Bethel College students and faculty members also donated labor during the erection of the basement walls. On October 12, 1938, the corner stone of the Memorial Hall was laid. The first floor of the building will be a semi-basement similar to the basement of the Administration Building and will con- tain the dining hall, kitchen, soda fountain, bookstore, post office, and student union section. The student union will occupy about one-third of the floor space. The main floor of the building will be an auditorium-gymnasium with dressing and shower room facilities at the north end. The auditorium will have the capacity to seat at least 2,500 people and will be used for dramatics, song festivals, conferences, etc. .... rrrr he it 1 1 1 ...., ef aa1aa J Rev. P. K. Regier, President of the Bethel College Board of Directors, laying the corner stone of Memorial Hall, October 12, 1938 16 . , P Sister Frieda Kaufman Mother Superior of the Sisterhood I The Bethel Deaconess Hospital THE BETHEL DEACONESS HOME AND HOSPITAL' The first interest manifested in deaconess work among the Mennonites in the United States began with the Reverend David Goerz of Newton, Kansas, the business manager of Bethel College. In the year 1900 Sister Frieda Kaufman, the first candidate for deaconess work, presented herself to him and was admitted to the College for preparatory training. In March, 1903, the Board of Directors of Bethel College organiied the Bethel Deaconess Home and Hospital Society in Newton asa separate branch Of Bethel College activities- At the end of two years, the Society with the consent of the Bethel C011CgC Corporation ceased to fewgnize any depend- ent relation with the College and has since labored independent of the Bethel College Corporation as a Deaconess Home and Hospital Society. A plot of ground in the south part of Newton was purchased by the Sdciety in 1905, and two years later the contract forthe erection of a hospital building closed. On June 1 1, 1908, amid general re- joicing and thanksgiving, the building was dedicated to the Lord, to be used in His service. In 1.910 the Society was presented with the Bethel Deaconess Home by Mrs. Bernhard Warkentin. Two years later, the members of the hospital society of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, affiliated with the Bethel Deaconess Home and Hospital Society. A fireproof Hospi- tal, a Nurses' Home, and a Home for the Aged were the fruits of these combined efforts. Since 1930 these institutions are funitioning inde- pendently. In order to provide more room for hospital purposes, a five-story addition to the Hospital was constructed in 1913, While Mrs. Bernhard Warkentin enlarged the Deaconess Home in 1916. Following the dedication of the Hospital, a Women's Auxiliary to assist in the development of the institution Iiegman I- . n res, was organized. In May, 1929, the group presented a Administrator 'petition to the Annual Meeting of the Bethel Deaconess gf the Bethel CHCOHCSS Home and Hospital Society asking for permission to Hospital solicit funds for a separate building to care for aged persons. With their able help the building became a reality and was opened for service on May 9, 1926. In 1927 the VVomen,s Auxiliary initiated and has since then sponsored a Bethel Home Gift Day which has made possible the service and com- forts of the Home to the residents who are not able to pay for their entire support. A new addition to the Hospital was begun on October 3, 1938. The first floor will be occupied by the recently organized Bethel Clinic g the second floor will be used for patients, roomsg while the basement will be used for a laboratory and physiotherapy department. The third floor and a part of the basement will remain unfinished until funds are available to complete them. During the past year considerable work was done on the Student Nurses Home. The walls were raised and a permanent roof put on. The entire second floor was also finished. The first floor is being used by the School of Nursing. The new clinic which was organized during 1938 marked the fulfillment of a recognized need and will be an asset to the Hospital in rendering service in the future. At the present time, Sister Frieda Kaufman is the Mother Superior of the Sisterhood, which num- bers thirty-two. Mr. H. Andres is the Administrator of the Bethel Deaconess Hospital, and Sister Helena Entz is the Sister in Charge of the Bethel Home for the Aged. The Wilhelmina E. Warkentin Memorial Home The Bethel Home for the Aged 'west , Q- s 'W-saw' +fw..v s ' lf' HOMES GF BETHEL Flood waters in the city of Halstead, home of Bethel until 1893. Ruins of Fire, Newton, Kansas, August 4, 1914 One of the only two pictures in existence of the old Santa Fe depot at Newton. HISTORY OF NEWTGN Newton, the home of Bethel College, has come a long way on the road of progress since its beginning as an unor- ganized group of sovereign squattersf' Prior to the year 1862, Newton was a mere cattle-trading post, noted for the too promiscuous handling of six-shooters by exuberant cowboys. It was at one time the last outpost of civilization on the new western frontier. However, in 1872, this city was incorporated under Kansas laws and subsequently chosen as the county seat of Harvey County. In 1880, Newton was elevated from a third-class city to second-class because of the rapid growth of the population. The city was governed by the mayor-council form of government until 1910, when the commission form of government was adopted, which has existed up to the present time. A large number of businesses have been attracted to Newton during the course of its existence, and the city has become bustling and prosperous, thriving on the community-mindedness and unselfish cooperation which has always been characteristic of its citizens. The same spirit of cooperation which enabled Newton to build up its industries and to attain the reputation of being one of the cleanest, safest, and healthiest towns in the state has brought about civic virtues, such as good hospitals, excellent educational opportunities, and valuable lyceum series. Newton is still expanding, and its citizens are still working together for a better community. just recently a ?l5485,ooO building program in the Newton City Schools was completed. Today, as a motorist enters Newton on any of the hard-surfaced highways U. S. 81, 5oS, or Kansas 15, he finds himself at the crossroads of a nation. Before him lies a city with a population of over 11,ooo, while to the north lies the beautiful tree-clad campus of the school which had such humble beginning and has grown until it has become the largest Mennonite college in North America. NEWTON IN 1878 20 l NEWTON - TODAY I Three Vifgyvg of Airvicw of the Business Santa FQ Depot district of Newton Coerz Flour lX1ill Roundhouse Parade on Main Street Entrance to Lindley Hall Lindley Hall Newton High School First Mennonite Church Axtell Hospital First Baptist Church Christian Church 21 A. B. Shelly Mennonite Seminary, Halstead, Rev. Rev. Mr. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev Rev Rev Rev. Bethel College, Newton, Mr. Mr. Mr. Rev. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Rev. Rev Rev Rev Rev Mr. Mr. Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev Mr. Mr, Rev Dietrich Gaeddert - David Goerz - - Herman Sudermann Leonhard Sudermann William Ewert - Heinrich Richert - Valentine Krehbiel Johann Ratzlaff - Jacob Stucky - J. R. Toews Jacob Buller - - J. J. Krehbiel D. C. Ruth - B. Warkentin H. H. Ewert A. Quiring - A. B. Gilbert - J. M. Ragsdale - C. R. McLain Peter Balzer - Christian Ramseyer Jacob W. Penner 1 S. F. Sprunger Peter P. Steiner G. P. Ledig - J. S. Hirschler - Gustav Harder - Christian Schowalter J. J. Balzer - - H. Banman - - N. B. Grubb - W. S. Gottshall - Abraham Ratzlaff H. P. Goertz - Jacob Isaac - A. S. Shelly Kansas, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1884-1938 Kansas, 1884-1893 - - Newton 1893-1938 Burn-ton Kansas Halstead Kansas Newton, Kansas Brainerd Kansas Marion Kansas Newton Kansas - Alta Kansas - Farms Kansas Lake View Kansas - McLain Kansas Kansas Newton Kansas Halstead, Kansas Newton, Kansas Halstead, Kansas Newton, Kansas Newton, Kansas Newton Kansas Newton, Kansas Newton Kansas Hillsboro Kansas Hillsboro Kansas Berne, Indiana Milford Square, Pennsylvania - - - Pandora. Ohio - Summerfield. Illinois - Hillsboro. Kansas Brainerd. Kansas - - Donnellson. Iowa Mountain Lake. Minnesota - - Goessel. Kansas Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Schwenksville. Pennsylvania - - - Buhler. Kansas Mountain Lake, Minnesota - Moundridge, Kansas Bally. Pennsylvania Rev. Mr. Mr. Rev Mr. Dr. Rev Mr. Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev. Rev Rev Rev. Rev. Rev Mr. Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev M1'. Rev Mr. Mr. Rev Rev Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Jacob J. Langenwalter D. J. Regier - - J. G. Regier J. C. Goering R. A. Goerz R. S. Haury P. H. Richert J. W. Krehbiel Paul Mouttet P. P. Buller - H. P. Krehbiel P. P. Wedel G. N. Harms B. W. Harder Henry Riesen C. J. Goering C. C. Wedel - Cornelius Penner John Lichtl - D. D. Unruh - J, M. Suderman J. H. Richert - M. Horsch - J. E. Entz - J. W. Kliewer D. J. Brandt M. J. Galle J. E. Regier J. H. Epp J. J. Buhler J. XV. Graber P. K. Regier Phillip Wedel J. C. Regier L. J. Horsch - Gerhard Zerger H. E. Suderman Nelson Krehbiel Mr. Adam Ratzlaff Rev. Rev. Arnold Funk - Sam J. Goering BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 191 I-IQI4 Left to right: D. J. Regier, J. J. Krehbiel, Gustav Harder, J. W. Penner, H. Banman, J. W. Kliewer, R. A. Goerz, Abraham Ratzlaff, J. G. Regier, R. S. Haury. 22 Not on picture: Jacob Isaac, H. P. Goertz Halstead Kansas Moundridge, Kansas - Newton Kansas Moundridge Kansas - Newton Kansas - Newton, Kansas - Goessel Kansas Moundridge Kansas Hillsboro Kansas - Goessel Kansas - Newton Kansas Moundridge. Kansas Whitewater, Kansas Whitewater Kansas Geary. Oklahoma Moundridge, Kansas - Canton, Kansas Beatrice, Nebraska Medford, Oklahoma - Inman. Kansas Moundridge. Kansas - Newton, Kansas Upland, California Newton, Kansas Newton, Kansas Moundridge, Kansas - Aberdeen. Idaho - Newton Kansas Hillsboro, Kansas - Buhler Kansas Kingman Kansas Moundridge. Kansas Moundrldge. Kansas - Buhler Kansas No Upland, California Moundridge, Kansas Newton, Kansas Moundridge, Kansas Orienta, Oklahoma Hillsboro, Kansas rth Newton. Kansas BGARD OF DIRECTORS Left to right: R. A. Goerz, H. E. Suderman, C. C. Wedel, P. H. Richert, Gerhard, Zerger, B. J. Stucky, E. G. Kaufman, J. F. Moyer, J. E. Iintz, P. K. Regier, .X. E. Funk. The Board of Directors of Bethel College is the legal representative of the Bethel College Corporation of the Mennonite Church of North America. This board consists of thirteen members who are elected at the annual meeting of the corporation for a term of six years. The term of office of the members is so arranged that not more than three are elected at one time. It is a policy to include in the membership men from various professions. such as ministers, educators, physicians, and others, no more than one-third being drawn from any one vocation. After the annual meeting of the corporation, the Board of Directors organizes and elects its standing committees. 93 PRESIDENTS o.H.wede1 Rev. C. H. INedel, the first president of Bethel College, served in this office from the opening of the school in 1893 until his death in 1910. Reverend Wfedel ranked high as a student and teacher of theology and as a religious leader of his day, also as a writer of Mennonite history, church history, and religious literature. In the libraries of Holland, Germany, and Switzer- land he did much of his research work and gathered material for his books, of which he published eleven volumes. His first education he received in South Russia, where he was born in 1860. in a village school taught by his father. This education was continued in American rural schools after the migration to this country in 1874. He later attended McKendrie College in Lebanon, Illinois. and the German Presbyterian Seminary at Bloomington. Illinois. C- H- WEDEL In 1881 he entered the mission field as educator and Film President Of Bethel missionary among the American Indians at Darlington, Okla- C Il. ., 1893-1910 . . . . . . O eg? homa. His health forced him to withdraw from this position, but his interest in the work did not die. In 1907 he was appointed president of the Mission Board. Professor VVedel's classroom lectures were fascinating and inspiring. Many of the delicious bits of humor he released are still afloat among his former students, and his unshaken faith in Cod and the ultimate triumph of righteousness is still remembered. His friends also remember him as a great lover of nature. preparing outlines for new books in an arbor under the trees close to his residence, and giving English lessons to his pet, an African parrot. His plans for another trip to Iiurope. 1910. were not fulfilled. for his rich and fruitful life came to a close on March 28 of that year. Iacob H. Langenwalter Dr. Jacob H. Langenwalter stands as a pillar of strength in the leadership of the Mennonite church. Serving as acting-president of Bethel College in 1910-1911 and later as president from 1921 to 1925, he made distinctive contributions to the institutionis growth. Born in Halstead, Kansas, in 1877, Doctor Langenwalter has pur- sued an active career in Christian ministry and education. He came to Bethel to begin his college education, and after studying here for two years he enrolled in Baldwin IN'allace College in Oiiio. There he rece' ed h'. A. B. d . H t' h'. , ' h d t. iv is egree e con inued is study in suc gra ua e JI H. LANGENWALTER schools as Oberlin Theological Seminary. Harvard University, and Acting P1-QSidQm,1910.1911 President, 1921-1925 24. Hartford Theological Seminary. In 1917 he was honored with the degree of Doctor of Divinity at Baldwin Wallace College. Reverend Langenwalter's first regular ministerial position was the pastorate of the Halstead Mennonite Church, from 1905 to 1909. Upon the death of President C. H. Wedel he stepped into the position of acting-president of Bethel College in 1910. He continued at Bethel as dean of the Bible Department. For a period of several years Doctor Langenwalter served as dean of the Men- nonite Seminary at Bluffton, Ohio. He returned to Bethel College in 1919 to head the Bible Depart- ment, and in 1921 he assumed the presidency of the institution. Since then Doctor Langenwalter has served as professor of Biblical Literature at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas, and more recently as pastor of the First Mennonite Church of Reedley, California. Devoted to the cause of Christian education, Doctor Langenwalter has made richer Bethel's heritage. During his term as acting-president he initiated the academic program of granting the A. B. degree. During his presidency the movement to build the Science Hall was inaugurated. Not only is Doctor Langenwalter remembered as a capable administrator, but also as a teacher, a coun- selor, and a genuine friend. lohn E. Hartzler Dr. John E. Hartzler served as president of Bethel College during the year 1920-21. A graduate of Goshen College, with degrees of B. D. from the Union Theological Seminary, M. A. from the University of Chicago, LL. B. from Hamilton College of Law, and Ph. D. from Hartford Theological Seminary, Doctor Hartzler began his career of Bible lecturing and teaching as pastor of a Mennonite church in Elkhart, Indiana. He was president of Goshen College from 1913 to 1918, when he accepted the position of professor of Bible at Bethel College. J. E. HARTZLER President 1920-21 He left Bethel to become president of the ' VVitmarsum Theological Seminary, where he served for ten years. During his travels in the Near East he was professor of religion and philo- sophy at Beirut, Syria, and is now professor of philosophy and ethics at the Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut. He has done considerable work as a Bible lecturer. 25 Iohn W. Kliewer Among those who have contributed much to make Bethel what it is as a denominational school is the late Dr. John W. Kliewer. Born on June 8, 1869, in the German community of Michalin, the lad lived until he was five years old amidst the rich agricultural lands of Southern Russia near the ancient city of Kiev. Into this contented, peaceful scene came rumors from Moscow in the ,7O,S that the military exemption under which the Men- nonites had lived would be withdrawn. The Kliewers left their home and fields in 1874 to come to America. Arriving in Kansas by rail, the Kliewers, with some other Menno- nite families, settled near Peabody, Kansas. The lad's mother died when he was but eight years old. During his youth Doctor Kliewer herded cows summer and winter on the Kan- sas prairies. As he grew older he worked on J' W' KLIEWER threshing rigs, harvesting the Turkey red President 1911-19203 1925-1932 wheat which the M ennonites had brought to Kansas. As a youth of twenty-one Doctor Kliewer enrolled at the Garrett Biblical Institute at Evanston, Illinois, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology. In 1925 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from both Garrett Biblical Institute and Bluffton College. After graduating from Garrett Institute, Doctor Kliewer became pastor of the Mennonite Church at Wadsworth, Ohio. Following a brief pastorate there, he accepted the pastorate of the Mennonite Church at Berne, Indiana, the largest congregation in the Mennonite General Conference. There he was instrumental in the building of a new church edifice. In September, 191 1, Doctor Kliewer came to Bethel College as president. He served in this capac- ity until 1920, and again from 1925 to IQ32. During his first term he also assumed the duties of pastor of the Bethel College Church. Those were difficult years, with war raging in Europe. Doctor Kliewer also served as a member of the Peace Committee of the General Conference during the World War and was president of the Mennonite Mission Board from 1908 until 1935, at which time 26 he resigned because of illness. Following the War, Doctor Kliewer toured the world as representative of the Mission Board in the interest of foreign missions. Because of failing health, Doctor Kliewer found it necessary to resign as president of Bethel College, as pastor of the Bethel College Church, and as president of the Mennonite Mission Board. In these va- rious positions, friendship and administrative ability won for him the admiration and respect of thou- sands. Recently he donated to the college his entire private library of two thousand volumes, represent- ing some of the best literature in the field of religious thought. After his retirement from a long life of service, Doctor Kliewer devoted his time to writing his autobiograhy, entitled Xllemoirs of W. Kliewer or From Herdboy to College President. On the morning of February 9, 1938, he passed away, at the age of sixty-eight years. His torch shall continue to shine forth, representing in simple dignity a man of beloved Christian character. l Edmund George Kaufman Edmund George Kaufman accepted the presi- dency of Bethel College in 1932. At the beginning of his administration the Five-Year Program was launch- ed, the two-fold purpose of which has been to work for greater mutual appreciation and cooperation between the college and the constituency, and to develop and improve the institution itself. Doctor Kaufman was born in 1891, in McPherson County, Kansas, where his parents, who are of Swiss F ancestry, settled in 1873. He received his college edu- cation at Bethel College where he graduated in 1916. His graduate work was done at the University of Kan- sas, Witmarsum Theological Seminary, Garrett Biblical Institute, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University. He holds the M. A., B. D., and Ph. D. de- ' grees, the latter he received at the University of Chic- E. G. KAU1-'MAN President, 1932-- ago In I928' The varied career of our President has included preaching, writing, lecturing, teaching, and ad- ministration. Following his marriage to Hazel Dester of Deer Creek, Oklahoma, in 1917, he and his wife spent eight years as missionaries in China. The two years previous to his coming to Bethel were spent as Professor of Education at Bluffton College. 27 YESTERDAY - FACULTY 1 Faculty. IQI4-I5 Samuel Burkhard Miss Helene Riesen 08 TODAY - FACULTY PETER S. GOERTZ, A. M., B. D., Ph. D. Dean of the College and Professor of Philosophy and Religion PETER J. WEDEL, A. M. Registrar and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry JOHN R. THIERSTEIN, A.B., Ph. D. Professor Emeritus of German ABRAHAM P. FRIESEN, A. M., Ph. D. Professor of Physics and Chairman of the Division of Natural Sciences JACOB H. DOELL, B. S., Ph. D. Professor of Biology JOHN E. LINSCHEID, A. M., Ph. D. Professor of English and Chairman of the Division of Humanities ABRAHAM WARKENTIN, A.M., Ph.D. Profesor of German and Bible WALTER H. HOHMANN, Mus. M. Director of the Department of Music and Professor of Piano and Organ DAVID H. RICHERT, A. M. Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy AARON J. REGIER, A. M., Ph. D. Director of Teacher Training and Professor of Education 29 TODAY - FACULTY 30 PETER E. SCHELLENBERG, A. M., Ph. D. Professor of Psychology and Director of Testing and Vocational Counseling EMMET L. HARSHBARGER, A. Ph. D. .Professor of History and Speech and Cliairrmziz of the Division of Social Seiezifes AMOS E. KREIDER, A. Is., B. D. Professor of Bible and Director of Religious Life LEONARD C. KREIDER, M. Sc., Ph. D. .-lssistalzt Professor of f'11f'7IIlSfl'j' JOHN I . MOYER, XX. M., Treaszirer of the College J. M. REGIER, A. M., Is. D. I Field Represe1itoti'Ue JOHN J. VOTH, Th. M., M. S. .flssistazzt Professor of Imlustrial Arts JESSE N. SMUCKER, A. ls., ls. D. Pastor, Bethel College Memzolzite Clzurclz MAMIE KENNEDY PHILLIPS, IX. M. Assistant Professor of H ome Economics WILLIS E. RICH, A. Director of Public Relations TODAY - FACULTY LENA WALTNER, A. M. Assistant Professor of Art BERNHARD BARGEN, A. B., A. M. Accountant and Assistant Professor of Commerce ROY E. GEETING, A. M., Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Economics ELLA M. WIEBE, R. N., 14. S., A. M. Dean of Women and Instructor in Physical Education LEONA KREHBIEL, B. S., B. S. in L. S. Librarian OTTO D. UNRUH, A. B. Dean of Men and Instructor in Physical Education DAVID H. SUDERMAN, A. M. Instructor in Music THELMA DORTHEA REINHARD, A. M. Instructor in English and Dramatics SAM j.- GOERING, A. M. Business Manager ELSA M. HAURY, A. H. Associate Professor of Music 3 I TODAY - FACULTY 32 HARRY MARTENS, A. B. .'lSSiSftllIf in Employrlzollt 111111 Stmlclit Office HERBERT R. SCHMIDT, B. S M I3 Cottage Plzysicion and Ileattlz Sujlcrvixol' HARIAM PENNER SCHMIDT, A. M. Instructor in French HELEN MORGAN, 15.5. , l5SiSfCllZZ' in Physica! Education MRS. FERDINAND VOTH Assistant Instructor in Music NOT ON PANEL: MRS. R. D. WILHUR, A. B., B. M. Instrztctor in Violin MRS. GLEN FULLER, A. B., Mus. Instructor in Organ arid Piano JOHN B. HEFFELFINGER, AM, Supervisor of Critic Teachers B THE FACULTY 1893 - 1938 C. H. WEDEL, Principal, 1893-1898: President, 1898-1910: Bible and History G. A. HAURY, Literature, Latin, and German, 1893-1896: English Literature and Latin. 1896-1911: Latin, 1911-1926: Secretary of the Faculty, 1903-1926: Treasurer and Professor of Latin, 1925-1926 B. A. LEHMAN, Mathematics and Natural Science, 1893-1897 H. D. PENNER, German and English. lPrcp.J, 1893-1897: German, Bible, and Church History. 1913-1919 B. F. WELTY, Vocal and Instrumental Music, 1893-1906 J. W. KLIEWER, German and English, tPrep J. 1897-1898: Actinf' President, 1911-1916: President, 1916-1920: Ethics and Missions, President, 1925-1932: President Emeritus, 1932-1938 CLARA LEMMON, Fine Arts, 1896-1899 H. J. WEBSTER, Mathematics and Natural Science, 1897-1900 P. H. RICHERT, German and English, 4Prep.J, 1898-1909: German Academy Branches, 1900-1912: Bible. 1912-1913, 1920-1921 H. O. KRUSE, Principal, Natural Science, 1898-1902 MRS. GASTON BOYD, Elocution and Physical Culture, 1898-1899 C. N. PARSONS. Commercial Department, 1899-1906. 1908-1909 MARY A. WIRKLER, Fine Arts, 1899-1902 LINDA KREHBIEL, Elocution and Physical Culture, 1899-1903 A. S. HIRSCHLER, Mathematics and Natural History, 1900-1903 MRS. KATHERINE A. KRUSE. Art Needle Work, 1901-1903 P. J. WEDEL, Natural Science and History, 1902-1908: Natural Science, 1908-1914: Physical Science, 1914-1925: Registrar, 1919- C. PAULUS, Fine Arts. 1902-1905 J. W. BIXEL, Voice, 1902-1908 MRS. B. F. WELTY, Assistant in Piano and Reed Organ, 1902-1906 J. R. THIERSTEIN, Mathematics and Mental Science. 1903-1904: Education and German. 1921-1937: Professor Emeritus of German and Education, 1937- ALICE MARTIN. Elocution and Physical Culture, 1904-1915 A. J. GERBER, Mathematics. 1904-1905 J. H. ENNS, Mathematics. 1905-1906 ELIZABETH WIRKLER, Fine Arts, 1905-1914 D. H. RICHERT, Mathematics and Astronomy, Bethel Academy, 1906-1914: Bethel College, 19154 D. A. HIRSCHLER. Instrumental Music, 1906-1914 F. M. UNRUH, Commercial Department. 1906-1909 F. J. ISAAC, Mathematics. 1908-1909 E. R. RIESEN, Education and German, 1909-1911, 1912-1913: Phil- osophy and Education, 1913-1918 fAprilJ P. D. AMSTUTZ, History and Ilnglisli Literature, 1908-1909 1After the death of C. H. Wedel in March, 1910, his work was carried on for the rest of the year by H. D. Penner and J. B. McCulsh.J J. H. LANGENWALTER, Acting President, 1910-1911: Dean, Bible Department, 1911-1913, 1919-1921gPresident, 1921-1925 4FebruaryJ HELEN HOISINGTON, Voice, 1910-1912, 1913-1915 LENA B. HUNZICKER, English and History, 1910-1913 H. L. STUMP, English Language and Literature, 1911-1914 iMarchJ N. H. HUFF, Completed the work in English for the rest of 1913-1914 J. H. DOELL, Biological Science, 1911- KATHERINE MUELLER, Modern Languages and Greek, 1911-1913 ELSIE BYLER, English, Normal Training, and Dean of Women, 1911-1913 ' ELSIE RANDALL, Voice, 1912-1913 C. C. REGIER. History and Social Science, 1912-1914, 1918-1919 MRS. E. R. RIESEN, German 1912-1913 CRISSIE YODER, English, Normal Training. and Dean of Women, 1913-1914 J. F. BALZER, Greek and Bible, 1913-1918: Dean of College, 1914-1918 ELVA A. KREHBIEL, Academy English, 1913-1916 H. H. WIEBE, German, 1913-1915. 1917-1918 WILLIAM WIEBE, French, 1913-1914 MRS. A. W. MEENS, Physical Director for Women, 1913-1915 A. B. SCHMIDT, History and Social Science, 1914-1919: Registrar, 1918-1919 E. E. LEISY, English. 1914-1916, 1917-1918 J. H. FRANZEN, Normal Training, 1914-1916: German. 1916-1917 W. F. SCI-IROEDER, Assistant in Science and Physical Director for Men, 1914-1917 A. D. SCHMUTZ, Instrumental Music. 1914-1918, 1924-1928 J. E. AMSTUTZ, Ethics and Missions, 1914-1915: April, 1918, to end of 1918-1919 MILDRED SCHULER. Fine Arts. 1915-1916 P. D. SCHULTZ. Physical Science, 1915-1916 FLORA BENEDICT. French and German, Dean of Women, 1915-1916 JOY DAVIS. Home Economics, 1915-1916 GUSTAV ENSZ, German, 1915-1918 ELIZABETH HESSE, Voice. 1915-1918 MRS. RUBY MULLINS, Physical Director for Women, 1915-1917 J. W. SHANK, English. 1916-1917 SAMUEL BURKHARD, Education, 1916-1919: Acting Dean, 1917-1919 MRS. GUSTAV ENSZ, French, 1916-1917 ALICE HULICK, Fine A1'ts, 1916-1917 LUELLA WARREN, Academy English and Dean of Women. 1916-1919 ELMA SCHOWALTER, Librarian, 1916-1917 HELENE RIESEN, Librarian. 1917-1932 fDecemberJ IRVIN HAURY, French and Spanish. 1917-1918 R. A. GOERZ. Athletic Coach, 1917-1918 ZILLAH MILEHAM, Physical Director for Women, 1917-1918 FRIEDA VAN DER SMISSEN, Home Economics, 1917-1920 DAISY KOPPES, Fine Arts, 1917-1918 IDA LIGO, English, 1918-1921 FERN DEMAR, Voice, 1918-1919, 1920-1922 J. E. HARTZLER, Bible, 1918-1920: President, 1920-1921 HELENA L. ISAAC, Academy German and Dean of Women, 1918-1920 MRS. HARRIET BLATCHLEY. Piano and Organ, 1918-1924 W. H. DOTSON, Athletic Coach, 1918-1919 ALFRED BRAUER, Biological Science, 1919-1921 C. C. JANZEN, History and Social Science, 1919-1923 33 D. K. KATTERJOHN, Education. 1919-1920 JUSTINA REGIER, Voice, 1919-1920 NAOMI NELSON, Assistant in English and German, 1919-1920 WANDA ISAAC fMrs. A. F. Tieszenb, Instructor ln Romance Languages, 1919-1920. 1926-1930 MRS. CORA HAURY, Normal Training and Bookkeeping, 1919-1922 fJanuaryJ: Academy History, 1924-1925 O. B. GERIG, History, 1920-1921 J. C. SLOAN, Education, 1920-1921 MARY E. HOOLEY, Assistant in English, 1920-1924, English, 1926-1934 MARIE S. WOLLMAN. Assistant in 1920-1921 MARGARET DETTWEILER, Home L. J. TIAHRT, Assistant in Science J. F. MOYER, Biblical Literature German and Dean of Women, Economics, 1920-1921 and Mathematics, 1920-1921 . and Dean of Men. 1920-19213 Acting Dean of College, 1921-1924, History. 1923-19275 Treasurer, 1927- P. E. FRANTZ 1First Semesterl. J. D. SCHMIDT 1Second Semesterj. History and Philosophy, 1921-1922 GORDON BIXEL, Assistant ln Science and Physical Director for Men, 1921-1922 MRS. OLA RAYMOND, Home Economics, 1921-1922 J. E. LINSCHEID, English, 1921- MRS. J. E. LINSCHEID, Bookkeeping, 1921-1922 J. M. SUDERMAN. Biblical Literature, 1921-1927, Business Manager and Dean of Men. 1926-1927 ELIZABETH PENNER, Drawing, 1921-1922 HAZEL McALLISTER. French, Spanish, and Director of Athletics for Women, 1921-1929 ELIZABETH LINSCHEID, German and Dean of Women, 1921-1925 C. HENRY SMITH, History. 1922-1923 CAROL KNOSTMAN. Home Economics, 1922-1924 D. E. HARDER. Philosophy and Religion, 1922-1925 J. O. KESSELRING. Voice. 1922-1924 G. A. HAURY, Jr., English, Latin, and Physical Director for Men, 1922-1928 E. B. WEDEL, Assistant in Science and Mathematics, 1922-1925: Principal of Academy and Instructor in Mathematics, 1925-1926 IRMA HAURY, English and History, 1922-1927 DEAN SANDS, Violin and Director of Orchestra, 1922-1924 L. L. REDMOND, Social Science, 1923-1925 W. H. HOHMANN, Piano and Theory, 1923- ABRAHAM WARKENTIN, Assistant in German and Bible, 1924-1925: German and Bible, 1925- D. S. PANKRATZ, Assistant in Science. 1924-1925 JOHN THUT, Voice, 1924-1927 ELSIE M. ESTER. Home Economics, 1924-1929 AILEEN WOODBURY, Fine Arts, 1924-1925 DUFF MIDDLETON, Violin and Director of Orchestra, 1924-1929 ABRAHAM P. FRIESEN, Professor of Physics, 1925- JOHN J. VOTH, Bible and Science, 1925-1927: Bible and Manual Training, 1927-1932: Assistant Professor of Industrial Arts, 1933- JOHN D. EPP, Instructor in Philosophy and Sociology, 1925-1928 ARTHUR J. GRABER. Instructor in English, 1925-1930, English and Dean of Men. 1930-1932: Business Manager and Assistant Pro- fessor of English, 1932-1933 ABRAHAM F. TIESZEN, Instructor in Bible, 1926-1930 CHALCEA WHITE, Dean of Women, Home Economics, 1926-1929 GUSTAV R. GAEDDERT, History, 1927-1934 A. J. REGIER, Director of Teacher Training and Professor of Education. 1927- WALTER M. MILLER, Physical Training, 1928-1929 ELSA HAURY, Associate Professor of Music, 1928-1929, 1936- HERSCHEL C. GREGORY, Voice and Public School Music, Septem- ber, 1927, to January, 1928 34 OLGA HIEBERT, Organ, Assistant in Piano. and Public School Music, 1928-1929 ROBERT G. GRONEWALD, Economics and Sociology, 1928-1931 MARIAM PENNER 1Mrs. Herbert R. Schmidtl, French and Spanish, Director of Athletics for Women, 1929-1932, French, 1937- ROSE MARY STUCKY, Home Economics, 1929-1931 OTTO D. Unruh, Dean of Men and Instructor in Physical Education. 1929- DOROTHY M. KIES, Instructor in Voice, 1929-1930. MARGARET O, STANLEY, Instructor in Piano, 1929-1930 J. M. HOFER, History, French and Spanish, 1930-1932 WILHELMINA BIXEL fMrs. Glen Fullerh, Organ and Assistant in Piano, 1930-1932, 1934-1939 MRS. MAMIE K. PHILLIPS. Assistant Professor of Home Economics. 1929- JOHN B. HEFFELFINGER, Supervisor of Critic Teachers, 1930- MRS. R. D. WILBUR, Violin, 1929- PETER S. GOERTZ, Dean of the College and Professor of Philo- sophy and Religion, 1930- RUSSEL E. ANDERSON. Voice, 1930-1936 MARGARET BARRETT, Home Economics. 1931-1932 PETER E. SCHELLENBERG, Professor of Psychology and Director of Testing and Vocational Counseling, 1931- EDMUND G. KAUFMAN, Vice President and Instructor in So- ciology, 1931-1932: President and Professor of Sociology, 1932- LEONA KREHBIEL, Librarian, 1932- H. W. LOHRENZ, Assistant Professor of Biology and Bible, 1932-1934 JESSE H. LOGANBILL, Dean of Men and Assistant Professor of Sociology, 1932-1937 ELDON L. MCCOLLUM. Instructor in Violin. 1933-1934 E. L. HARSHBARGER. Professor of History and Speech, 1933- ETHEL M. WILSON. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Econo- mics, 1934-1937 A. THEODORE MUELLER, Instructor in Stenography, 1934-1935 EDWIN H. KROEKER, Professor of Chemistry and Agriculture. 1934-1937 WILLIS E. RICH, Director of Public Relations, 1934-1939 LENA WALTNER, Assistant Professor of Art, 1934- CORNELIUS D. PENNER. Dean of Men and Assistant Professor of Economics, 1935-1937 IDA RATZLAFF, Assistant Professor of Home Economics fsubsti- tuting for Mrs. Phlllipsb, first semester of 1935-1936 BERNHARD BARGEN, Accountant and Assistant Professor of Commerce. 1935- AMOS E. KREIDER, Professor of Bible and Director of Religious Life, 1935- J. M. REGIER, Field Representative, 1935- HERBERT R. SCHMIDT, College Physician and Health Supervisor, 1935- ELLA M. WIEBE, Dean of Women and Instructor in Physical Education, 1935- LANA A. SHROYER, Supervisor of Student Teaching in Elementary Grades, 1936- ENID SEVERY SMITH, Assistant Professor of English, 1936-1937 JESSE N. SMUCKER, Pastor, Bethel College Mennonite Church, 1936- DAVID H. SUDERMAN, Instructor in Music. 1936- SAM J. GOERING, Business Manager, 1936- THELMA DORTHEA REINHARD, Instructor in English and Dramatlcs, 1937- ROY E. GEETING, Assistant Professor of Economics and Sociology, 1937- CORNELIUS KRAHN, Assistant Professor of German, 1937-1938 LEONARD C. KREIDER, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1937- HARRY MARTENS. Director of Student Office, 1937- SISTER. FRIEDA KAUFMAN, Associate in Deaconess Work, 1937- HELEN MORGAN, Assistant in Physical Education, 1937- MRS. FERDINAND VOTH, Assistant in Music, 19777- CLASSES AND CURRICULUM YESTERDAY -- GRADUATING CLASSES CLASS OF 1897 CLASS OF 1901 Otto Lichti Henry A. Bachmann Henry Riesen Dora C. Haury Jacob B. Epp Peter A' Penner jacob A. Becker Emma E. Goerz Elizabeth B. Baumgartner CLASS OF 1898 . CLASS OF 1902 Emma Krehbiel Anna S. Hirschler Daniel j. Brand Lifla T. Spangler Henry V. Wiebe Samuel D. Haury Mary M. Wedel Peter H. Unruh Peter R. Voth Mary A. Wirkler Jacob Gerbrandt Henry H. Adrian john H. Epp Elma E. Ruth 37 YESTERDAY -- GRADUATING CLASSES , , .,.. Q , N X3 :fag ,:a51s::' X ' C4 -s ., .fi -'-' f -f . - X ez 1:-:, L ,ul E 'i 'QQ 'I E: . , C ' - ff, W. gg 1 3' Zggg iv , Q ZW 11 2 Q' , ' X 38 College Class of IQI2 Academy Class of 1 9 1 9 YESTERDAY -' GRADUATING CLASSES Class of 1926 ' 7 YESTERDAY -- GRADUATING CLASSES Class of IQSO 4 TODAY -- CLASS OF '37 Glenn Stevenson Parsons CHEMISTRYABIOLOGY Chemistry Seminar 1Officer, Presidentj: Delta Sigma iOf- ficerl: German Club: Student Council iPresldentl: Football lCo-captainl: Basketball: Track: President of Letter Club: Editor of Graymaroon: Class Honor Roll: Order of Golden A: Class Officer, President: Representative Boy Student: Who's Who Among Students: Chosen Candidate for Rhodes Scholarship: The Enemy Marianna Ensz Visalia, California ENGLISH Visalia Junior College: Editor of Collegian: Class Officer: International Relations Club: S. C. M.: Knega Club: Order of Golden A Erna Penner Ludell HISTORY Class Officer: International Relations Club: Y. W. C. A. tCabinetJ: S. C. M.: Delta Sigma: Knega Club Ervin Albrecht Kingman SOCIOLOGY Southwestern University: German Club: Student Volunteers tOfficerl Anna Andrews Portland, Oregon ENGLISH Alpha Psi Omega fOfficerJ: President of Goerz Hall: Basket- ball: International Relations Club: Knega Club: News Club: German Club: S. C. M.: Chemistry Club: A Cappella Cholr: Choir Tour Marie Baergen Buhler PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC German Club: Music Club: A Cappella Cholr Alfred Berg Hillsboro ENGLISH Tabor College: Linotype Operator: Track: German Club: Science Club: Student Volunteers Frank Buhler Deer Creek, Oklahoma HISTORY Letter Club 1OfficerJ: Delta Sigma: Football James Clark Hutchinson PSYCHOLOGY Hutchinson Junior College: Basketball: Track: Delta Sigma: S. C. M.: Letter Club Pearlie Mae Dix Newton BIOLOGY Knega Club: Y. W. C. A.: S. C. M.: International Relations Club 11.1 TODAY -- CLASS OF '37 : Walter E. Ewert Marion, South Dakota L ENGLISH-ECONOMICS W Freeman Junior College: University of South Dakota fSum- merjg International Relations Club: S. C. M.: News Club: Debate: Director of Bethel College News Service Dorothea Franzen Hillsboro BIOLOGY Tabor College: S. C. M.: Biology Seminar: German Club COfflcerJ: Orchestra Ella Goering Moundridge HOME ECONOMICS Home Economics Club: Knega Club: German Club I Harold Gross Marion, South Dakota PHILOSOPHY Freeman Junior College: Y. M. C. A. tPresidentl: S, C. M.: Student Volunteers CPresident7: International Relations Club: Alpha Psi Omega: College Quartet: Chorus: Basket- ball: Track: The Tinker, The Enemy, Passing of Third Floor Back, Servant in the House : Order of the Golden A Lucille Hupp Newton MUSIC-EDUCATION News Club: Knega Club: Y. W. C. A.: S. C. M.: A Cappella Choir: Accompanist, Song Festival i Verna Kaufman Moundridge MUSIC Y. W. C. A. fCabinetJ: S. C. M.: Band: Orchestra: German Club: A Cappella Choir: Accompanist, Seven Last Words, Messiah, and Song Festival Peggy Patton Walton MUSIC Emporia Teachers College: Delta Sigma Epsilon Sorority fOfficerD: Splash Club lSwlmmlngJ: Sphinx Club: Omega Literary Society: Girls Glee Club: A Cappella Choir Martha Penner Mountain Lake, Minnesota MUSIC A Cappella Choir CSoprano Soloistj: Seven Last Words fSololstJ: St. Cecelia Mass : Rhythmettes: Basketball: Ten- nis: Alpha Psl Omega: Home Economics Club: The Enemy, Let My People Go : Who's Who Among Students Willard Peters ' Lehigh BIOLOGY Delbert Preheim Freeman, South Dakota BIOLOGY Freeman Junior College: German Club: Delta Sigma: A Cap- pella Choir 4.2 TODAY -- CLASS OF '37 I Mary Quiring Goessel l HOME ECONOMICS i Home Economics Club: Biology Seminar: S. C. M. Harold Ratzlaff Meno, Oklahoma BIOLOGY Phillips University tSummerJ: S. C. M.: Biology Seminar: A Cappella Choir Linda Ratzlaff Fairview, Oklahoma ENGLISH Y. W. C. A.: S. C. M.: German Club: Home Economics Club: Knega Club: A Cappella Choir Herold Regier Reedley, California 7 BIOLOGY Football: Delta Sigma: S. C. M.: The Enemy Ruth I. Regier Newton MUSIC A Cappella Cholr: Rhythmettes: Home Economics Club: Y. W. C. A.: S. C. M.: Knitting Club Theodore Regier Elbing PSYCHOLOGY , Delegate to K. P. A. C. at Wichita: Delta Sigma: S. C. M.: Alpha Psi Omega: Oratory: The Enemy Winifred M. Regier North Newton PSYCHOLOGY Reedley Junior College: Science Club: Home Economics Club: S. C. M.: Speech Club: Chorus Ralph Schrag Kingman INDUSTRIAL ARTS Y. M. C. A. tCabinet7: S. C. M.: Student Volunteers: German Club: Football, Track KCaptalnD, Baseball: Delta Sigma: International Relations Club tOfficerJ: Letter Club fOffice1'J: A Cappella Choir: Graymaroon Staff: The Enemy Paul Tschetter Pretty Prairie ENGLISH Freeman Junior College: News Club: Editor of Collegian: I Speech Club: International Relations Club: German Club: ' S. C. M. l Earl Unruh Bluffton, Ohio W Football, Basketball, Track, Tennis: Delta Sigma: S. C. M.: A Cappella Choir 43 TODAY -- CLASS OF '37 44 Ruth Unruh Newwn HOME ECONOMICS Home Economics Club: Art Club Sue Unruh Newton Home Economics Club !Presidentl: Speech Club: S. C. M.: Alpha Psi Omega: Assistant Director of The Enc-my Waldo O. Voth Canton INDUSTRIAL ARTS Football, Track: Delta Sigma: S, C. M. 1CabinetJ Everett Wenger Reading, Minnesota CHEMISTRY-PHYSICS-MATHEMATICS International Relations Club tOfIicerJ: Delta Sigma fOfficerJ: Order of Golden A Helen Whitwam HISTORY 1 S. C. M. Larned Friends University: Southwestern College: Wichita Univer' sity: Home Economics Club: Pep Club: Y, W. C. A.: Singing Quaker Chorus: Doctor Faustus Elizabeth Wiebe Beatrice, Nebraska Swimming: S. C. M. fOfficerJ: Student Volunteers: A Cap- pella Choir Hilda Wiebe Beatrice, Nebraska PSYCHOLOGY International Relations Club: S. C. M.: German Club tPresi- dentlr Debate Agnes Mieka Wiens Newton Woodstock College. Mussoorie, U. P., India: President of Ladies Dormitory: International Relations Club iPresidentb: S. C. M.: The Enemy Harry Martens HISTORY Buhler S. C. M. tPresidentJ: International Relations Club fPresi- dentlg Debate: Representative. State Peace Oratorical Con- test: A Cappella Choir: Who's Who Among Students Clarence Graber Marion, South Dakota Freeman Junior College: South Dakota University lSum- merj: Baseball. Basketball. Football: Glee Club: Boys Quar- tet: Y. M. C. A.: S. C. M.: Delta Sigma NOT ON PA NELH Clyde Coulson Newton William Dick Newton paul H311 Hutchinson jacob H. Schroeder GOQSSCI Earl Wagner Newton Hazel D. Whitwam LafUQd Fred Yust SY1V1a TODAY -- CLASS OF '38 Paul Zerger Moundridge PHYSICS Football 1, 3, 45 Letter Club 4: Class President 2, 41 Delta Sigma 3, 4 fOfficer 49, Student Council 2: German Club 1, 2: S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4, CCabinet 21, Who's Who Among Students 4 John O. Schrag Moundridge INDUSTRIAL ARTS Football 1, 2, 3, 4 fCo-Captain 41, Basketball 3, President, Letter Club 4, German Club 13 Literary Club 4: S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4, Class Officer 43 Officer, Student Council 43 A Cappella Choir 1, 23 Graymaroon Staff 43 Who's Who Among Students 4, Let My People Go, The Unexpected Guest, The Melt- ing Pot Lois Kliewer Salem, Oregon ENGLISH President, Literary Club 49 Officer, Delta Sigma 2: S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 43 Knega Club 1, 23 News Club 23 Class Officer 43 Collegian Staff 1, 2, 4, Student Council 2, 35 Graymaroon Staff 23 Attendant to Homecoming Queen 3, 43 Who's Who Among Students 49 The Unexpected Guest, The Melting Pot Edward Voth Buhler PHYSICS Football 2, 3, 4: Basketball 2, 3, 43 Track 1, 2, 3, 45 S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4, Delta Sigma 1. 2, 3, 43 The Unexpected Guest Paul Baehr Newton MUSIC A Cappella Choir 1. 2. 3, 4: S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4 Karl Baehr Newton HISTORY Officer, International Relations Club 2, President, Speech Club 2: S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4 tCabinet 3, Officer 45: Student Council 3, 4 fPresident 433 Collegian Staff 4: Debate 1, 2, 3. 4: Winner of State Peace Oratorical Contest 3, Honor Roll 2, 3, 4: Order of Golden A Arthur Balzer Whitewater MATHEMATICS Football 2, 33 Basketball 1, 2, 1,3 Comix ii Club 2, 3: S. C. M. 1, 2. 3, 4: President, 4-H Club, Delta Sigma 3, 4 4Officer 41 Ruby Balzer Buhler HOME ECONOMICS Home Economies Club 2. 3, 4 tOI1'ice1' 3, 47: S, C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4: German Club 13 Knega Club 2: Delta Sigma 3: A CHDDOI' la Choir 1, 2. 3 Arnold Buhler Deer Creek, Oklahoma INDUSTRIAL ARTS Football 1, 2, 3, 4: Letter Club 1. 2, 3, 4: Industrial Arts Seminar 3. 4, Delta Sigma 3: A Cappella Choir 1, 23 The Un- expected Guestf' The Melting Pot Eldon Dirks Pawnee ROCk BIOLOGY S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4, Delta Sigma 1, 2, 3, 4: International Rela- tions Club 1, 2. 3, 43 Biology Seminar 2 45 TODAY -- CLASS OF '38 46 Edith Entz Newton MUSIC S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4 Dan Epp Henderson, Nebraska INDUSTRIAL ARTS S. C. M. 1, 2. 3, 4 tCabinet 1, 2, 493 Student Volunteers 13 German Club 13 Speech Club 13 Delta Sigma 33 Graymaroon Staff 4 Morris Flory Halstead PHYSICS President, Alpha Psi Omega 43 Speech Club 2, 3,3 S. C. M. 23 All-School Play 1, 2, 33 A Cappella Choir 1, 2, 33 Choir Tour 1, 3 Arthur Friesen Reedley, California BIBLE Reedley Junior College 13 Bluffton College 2, 33 Track 2, 3, 43 Literary Club 23 Student Volunteers 3, 43 S. C. M. 33 German Club 43 Ista Staff 33 We Americans Edwin Gaede Hillsboro BIOLOGY Officer, German Club 2, 33 4-H Club 23 Rural Life Club 23 S. C. M. 2, 4 Norton Goertz Hillsboro BIOLOGY J. Richard Goertz Beatrice, Nebraska CHEMISTRY Delta Sigma 1, 2, 3, 4 tOfficer 433 German Club 13 Mathc- matics and Physics Seminar 43 Chemistry Seminar 3, 4 tPresidcnt 493 Collegian Staffl S. C. M. 1, 2, 33 A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 43 Choir Tour 3 Eldon Graber Pretty Prairie CHEMISTRY S. C, M. 1, 2, 3, 4 tCabinet 153 Editor, Graymaroon 3, 43 President, News Club 13 Officer, Forensic Chapter 43 Col- legian Staff 1, 33 Delta Sigma 3, 43 Speech Club 1, 23 De- bate 1, 2, 3, 43 Oratory 23 Student Legislative Assembly 3, 43 Class Officer 33 Class Honor Roll 1, 3 Marden Habegger Busby, Montana CHEMISTRY-BIOLOGY S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4 tCabinet 473 Delta Sigma 1, 2, 3, 43 In- ternational Relations Club 2, 33 Speech Club 1, 23 Literary Club 1, 23 Winner of Local Peace Oratory Contest 23 Debate 23 The Unexpected Guest Ruth Haury Halstead HOME ECONOMICS Home Economics Club 2, 3. 4 t0fficer 3, President 453 S. C. M. 1, 2, 33 Knega Club 1, 23 4-H Club 13 German Club 23 Doxles 43 Art Club 13 Homecoming Queen 3 TODAY -- CLASS OF '38 Helen Isaac Glendale, California ENGLISH International Relations Club 3: Doxies 4: A Cappella Choir 3: The Unexpected Guest Galen R. Koehn Pawnee Rock INDUSTRIAL ARTS Officer, Industrial Arts Seminar 4: Dramatics Club: German Club 2: Delta Sigma 3: S. C. M. 2, 3, 4 tCabinet 3, 43: Let My People Go, The Melting Pot Rhea Krehbiel Newton ENGLISH Emporia Teachers College 2: S. C. M. 1, 2. 3. 4 fCabinet 23: Band 3, 4: Orchestra 1, 2: Literary Club 3, 4: German Club 3, 4: News Club 2: Vlfinnestasky Trogrnfly Club 2 Thelma Ellen Krehbiel Mounclriclge PSYCHOLOGY S. C. M. 1. 2. 3. 4: Knega Club 1, 2, 3, 4 tPresident 23: Home Economics Club 3, 4 tOfficer 33: Officer, Art Club 2: Estes Club 2, 3 tOfficer 23: Knitting Club 3: Collegian Staff 2, 3, 4: Graymaroon Staff 4: Class Officer 1. 2, 3: Class llonor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4: University of Colorado, Summer of 2 Hattie Elta Pettis El Dorado ENGLISH S. C. M. 1, 2. 3, 4: Speech Club 2, 3 lPresident 23: Knega Club 4: Home Economics Club 4: Knitting Club 2. 3: VVomen's Debate Team 1, 2. 3: Alpha Psi Omega 2, 3, 4 4Officer 33: Class Officer 1: Class Honor Roll 1. 3. 4: VVho's Who Among Students 3, 4: Homecoming Queen 4: VVelcome Stranger. Paula Goes Modern. The Unexpected Guest. Ghost of a Freshman, The Melting Pot Esther Ratzlaff Newton HOME ECONOMICS Home Economics Club 2, 3. 4: S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4 fCabinet 2. 3: President 43: President. Doxies': Officer, International Relations Club 2: President, Art Club 3: Student Council 3: A Cappella Choir 1. 2, 3, 4: The Melting Pot B. Ruth Regier Mounclridgc HOME ECONOMICS Home Economics Club 2, 3, 4 tPresident 43: S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 4: Delta Sigma 1: German Club 1. 2: The Melting Pot Frances Regier North Newton HOME ECONOMICS Student Council 1. 2. 3. 4 tOffiee.' 3, -23: Class Officer 2. 3: Home Economics Club 2, 3, 4 :Officer 2, 331 S, C. M. 1. 2. 3. 4 tCabinet 2, 33: German Cluh 1: Speech Club 2. 3 tOfficer 23: Grnymaroon Staff 4: Secretary to the Dean 4: VVho's Who Among Students 4: Class Honor Roll 1. 2: The Unexpected Guest, Paula Goes Modern. The Melting Pot Eldon Rich Newton ECONOMICS Columbia University. First Semester of 3: Delta Sigma 1. 2. 3, 4 lPresident 43: S. C. M. 1. 2. 3. 4: Band 1, 2. 3. 4: Gray- maroon Staff 4 Louise Richert Los Angeles, California ENGLISH S.C.M. 1, 2, 3, 4 tCabinet 43: Student Volunteers 3, 4 fOr- fiC9I' 43: Knega Club 3: Collegian Staff 3 47 TODAY -- CLASS OF '38 Ruth Roth Whitewater MUSIC A Cappella Choir 1. 2, 3, 4 fAlto Soloist 2, 3, 433 Girls Quartet 25 Girls Trio 2, 33 Basketball 1, 23 Home Economics Club 3, 4 tOfficer 49, Art Club 1, 23 Knitting Club 2, 31 S. C. M. 1, 2, 3, 43 Student Volunteers 'lg News Club 1 Samuel Staley Bentley B1BLEf1'H1LosoPHY Edwin Suderman Hillsboro MUs1C Football 43 Basketball 2. 3: Track 2, 3: A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Men's Quartet 2, 3: S. C. M. 2, 3. fl: German Club 1 Thomas I . Walker Newton H1sToRY Football 1, 2, 4: Letter Club 1. 2, 3, 4 1l'resident, Alumni Letter Club 493 International Relations Club 23 Y. M. C. A. 13 Debate 1, 2, ll, Peat-e Oratory 13 Collegian Staff 4 Mary K. Woodworth Halstead HOME ECONOMICS Iilaryniount College 1: Home Economies Club 3, 1 lorfir-or 33: S. C. M. 2. 3. 4, W1 A. A. 1: Alpha Beta Rho 1: Chem- istry Club 1: Glee Club 1: Class Honor Roll 1. 3 Arthur Waltner Moundridge Orlando Waltner Freeman, South Dakota PHYSICS German ciub 2, 31 Radio Club 2. 3, 4 tOfficer to, Delta BIOLOGY Sigma 1, 2, 3, 4 Freeman Junior College 1. 23 Track 1. 2. 3. ll: S. C, M. 3, 4: Student Volunteers 3, 4 tOl'fieer 3, President 43: Biology ATO? ON PANELHH Seminar 1, 2, 3, 4, Passing of the Third Floor Back, The Katie Andres Newton Melting Pot Honorary Degrees Conferred at Bethel College, l une 2, 1938 Rev. A. H. Unruh, Winkler, Manitoba, Canada, Doctor of Divinity, Rev. David Toews, Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada, Doctor of Divinity, Pres. E. G. Kaufman, who conferred the degrees, Hon- orable Walter A. Huxman, Governor of Kansas, Doctor of Laws, Rev. P. H. Richert, Goessel, Kansas, Doctor of Divinity. 48 l. -l TODAY -- IUNIORS, CLASS OF '39 Robert Kreider, North Newton Robert B. Regier, North Newton Melba E. Kliewer, Newton Glenn V. Becker, Indiahoma, Oklahoma Waldo Brandt, Mountain View, Oklahoma Carl Friesen, Hillsboro F QW 1'X' ' Eric Friesen, North Newton is Marie Dyck, Elbing Mildred Dyck, Halstead Lucille H. Friesen, Furley Maurice Gephardt, Breckenridge, Oklahoma Anne Ruth Ediger, Clinton, Oklahoma Wanda Ruth Epp, Henderson, Nebraska Mildred Gerbrand, Buhler joe Goering, Galva Ruth Ewert, Newton Herbert I-I. Franz, Goessel l 1 Glen Fuller, North Newton Ellis Graber, Marion, South Dakota Viola Graber, Marion, South Dakota Milford Heidebrecht, Nowata, Oklahoma Alvin Kaufman, Moundridge Victor Klassen, Newton 49 TODAY -- IUNIORS, CLASS OF '39 Florence E. Krehbiel, Moundridge Aldace S. Mercomes, Newton George Musselman, Hillsboro Franklin B. Pauls, Lehigh Orville Penner, Ludell Annabelle Saylor, Burrton Pauline Schmidt, Newton Ruth Penner, Clinton, Oklahoma Margaret J. Regier, North Newton P Robert Schmidt, Pawnee Rock Hulda Schroeder, Newton Max W. Regier, North Newton Sam Richert, Newton Edward Schrag, Pretty Prairie Cleo Smith, Larned john Rouse, Newton Kenneth Rupp, Moundridge Jack L. smith 2 Newton 2 l Wilma Toews, Hillsboro lbur Unruh, Inman Delpha Waltner, Marion, South Dakota Agnes Wedel, McPherson Darrell Mayer, Newton NOT ON PANEL- Albert Bair, Newton Glenn McMurry, Hanston Aaron K. Schmidt, Newton TODAY -- SOPHOMGRES, CLASS OF '40 Top Row: Elmer M. Ediger, Buhler: Lander L. Claassen, Newton: Gertrude Dirks, Aberdeen, Idaho: Dorothy I.. Albright, Pretty Prairie: Herbert j. liaehr, Newton: Anton lianman, Newton: Sam Barkman, Herne. Indiana: Roland llartel, Hillsboro: Ben Boese, Canton. Second Row: Edward Buller, Inman: Leonard Huller, Newton: Victor liuller, Mountain Lake, Minnesota: Wayne Catlin, Kingman: Maurine Chambers, Newton: Richard Dick, Buhler: Richard Dreyer, Newton: Agnetha Duerksen, Hillsboro: Elma Duerksen, Buhler. Third Row: Lucile Enz, Newton: Elma Esau, Whitewater: Martha lick, Newton: Rev. August Ewert, Newton: Martha M. lfriesen, North Newton: Ronald Peter Funk. Aberdeen, Idaho: Richard Galle, Moundridge: Willard Gaeddert, North Newton: Gilbert Galle, Moundridge. Fourth Row: Thelma Garr, Newton: Helen Y. Goering, Moundridge: Mary Ann Goering, Moundridge: Mary Ethel Goering, Mound- ridge: Orlo Goerinff, Moundridffe: jacob Goering, Newton: Ella Graber. Pretty Prairie: Ruth Graber Moundridge: Celia Guthrie, Walton. Pt rw Fifth Row: Robert S. Guy, Newton: Donald Haury, Halstead: Walter G. Haury, Newton: Sam Hayden, Stafford: Peter Hildebrandt, Moose jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada: Elizabeth Hirschler, Halstead: Roy Hoff, Preston: Yelma I.. Hopping, Florence: Edna Hostetler, Harper. 5I TQDAY -- SGPHOMGRES CLASS OF '40 Q t l i 1 Z E l 5 l , , Top Row: Betty Jane Howerton, Newton, Freda Huebert, Stockham, Nebraska: Amos Jackson, Newton, Evadna Kaufman, Pretty Prairie, Dwight Krehbiel, Newton, Evelyn Krehbiel, Moundridgeg Nellie Laird, Newton, Eleanor Lowe, Newtong Esko Lowen, Newton. Second Row: Peggy McGraw, Newton, Agnes E. Miller, Halstead, Wilson L. Miller, Newtong Hazel Molzen, Newton: Mary Ann Pankratz, Whitewater, Waldo Pankratz, Moundridge, Paul Quiring, Goesselg Frank Rayburn, Newton, Arnold J. Regier, Elbing. Third Row: Clara Regier, Newtong Esther Regier, Newtong Gertrude Regier, Moundridgeg Walter H. Regier, Newtong Waldo Rempel, Hillsboro, Eva Schmidt, Pawnee Rockg Harold Schmidt, Walton: Dorothea Schroeder, Newton: Louise Schroeder, Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Fourth Row: Ted Shaw, Burrtong Leland M. Shetler, Hesstong Marion J. Shirk, Hesstong Edwin R. Stucky, Moundridgeg N. Paul Stucky, Moundridgeg Ruth Stucky, Hutchinsong Charles Tubbs. Turong Earl Tunnell, Newton: Annie D. Unruh, Goessel. Fifth Row: Avis Unruh, Pawnee Rock, Chester Unruh, Pretty Prairieg Arpa Wedel, Hillsboro: Loran F. Wilkens, Newtong Margaret Woodworth, Halsteadg Elsie Zerger, Moundridgeg Mildred Zink, Turong Roberta Watt, Warren, Arizona, Evelyn Wiebe, Aberdeen, Idaho. Not on Panel: V' Walter H. Dyck, Burrton1 Elbert Koontz, Dearingg Evelyn Koontz, Dearingg Edwin Nickel, Cordell, Oklahoma, Leona Reimer, Newton. 52 TODAY -- FRESHMEN, CLASS OF '41 Top Row: Charles E. Stevenson, Parsons, Gerald Stucky, Berne, Indiana, Doris Kellenbarger, Newton, Maurine M. Vogt Moundridge, Myrtle J. Aeschliman, Colfax, Washington, Doris R. Andres, Newton, Virginia Lee Ashbaugh, Newton, Ruth S. Baehr, Newton, john Banman, Newton, Peter Barg, Brooks, Alberta, Canada. Second Row: Lenora V. Bartel, Hillsboro, Lauren Baumgartner, Newton, Genevieve M. Becker, Durham, Dorothy E. Birch, Newton, Alvin Boese, Hillsboro, Ben Briley, Sylvia, Henry Brown,Adams, Helen E. Buhr, Morse, Saskatchewan, Canada, Don- ald Bumgarner, Attica, Jeanne E. Carley, Burns. Third Row: Howard Quentin Daniel, Newton, Robert Davis, Newton, Willard Derksen, Mountain Lake, Minnesota, Alvin E. Doell Henderson, Nebraska, Homer D. Doell, North Newton, Chester A. Doles, Jr., Newton, Gertrude Dyck, Elbing, Laurel Dirks, Pawnee Rock, Margaret Eck, Newton, Albertha Ediger, Buhler. Fourth Row: Ernest Ediger, Peabody, Jacob J. Enz, Newton, Carl Epp, Henderson, Nebraska, Selma Fast, Newton, Nick Fent Newton, Elma E. Franzen, Canton, Vera Friesen, Furley, Melvin V. Gaeddert, Buhler, Samuel Gaeddert, Buhler, Daniel Goering, McPherson. . Fifth Row: Erma E. Goering, Moundridge, Milo Goering, Moundridge, Weldon E. Goering, Moundridge, Arthur Goertz, Walton, Davie J. Goertz, Hillsboro, Grayce E. Goertz, Moundridge, Chester Good, Burrton, Ada Mae Gressinger, Halstead, Henry Guhr, Hillsboro, Mary Elizabeth Hammann, Burns. 5 3 7 7 TODAY -- FRESHMEN, CLASS OF '41 Top Row: Frieda Harms, Bessie, Oklahoma, Mary Harshbarger, Millersburg, Ohio, Helen M. Hendry, Newton, Elvina Hiebert, Newton, Martha Hinz, Corn, Oklahoma, Orville L. Horst, Newton, Lloyd H. Jantzen, Okeene, Oklahoma, Waldo Roy Janzen, Walton, Marvin B. Kaufman, Newton, Orlo Kaufman, Moundridge. Second Row: Viola M. Kaufman, Moundridge, Bonnie Lee Kennedy, Newton, Ruth Klassen, Sedgwick, Turelda H. Kliewer, Great Bend, Dean H. Koelling, Newton, Gilmer Krehbiel, McPherson, Clinton C. Koppes, Newton, Gordon Kliewer, Salem, Oregon, Ralph Kroeker, Newton, Ralph Kuehny, Deer Creek, Oklahoma. Third Row: Louise Langenwalter, Gulfport, Mississippi, Roland H. Leisy, Newton, Edith Mae Linscheid, Newton, Marie T. Loepp, Inman, Helen Lohmeyer, Newton, Harold Lowe, Newton, Albert G. Martin, Newton, Herbert Gene Miller, Newton, Myrtle Molzen, Newton, james R. Moore, Newton. Fourth Row: Allen J. Moyer, Deer Creek, Oklahoma, Ernest Pankratz, Burrton, Ronald Pankratz, Moundridge, Marion Patton, Burns, Edith Mary Peck, Newton, Charlotte M. Penner, Benton, Edison E. Peters, Lehigh, Harold E. Peters, Walton, Arnold L. Pfaffly, White Cloud, Mary Esther Phillips, Lake City. Fifth Row: Lois M. Pleasant, Merom, Indiana, Everett Potter, Kingman, Paul Renich, Newton, Lillian M. Ratzlaff, Meno, Oklahoma, Ralph K. Ray, Halstead, Elizabeth J, Regier, Newton, james Regier, Hampton, Nebraska, Margaret I. Regier, Whitewater, Verna Grace Regier, Moundridge, Wilbert Regier, Burrton. 54 TODAY -- FRESHMEN, CLASS OF '41 ww :-:.::: -:-:-1-1-:-:-:-Q.r-E-.-sz-:f.....:.,. K .. W, W if G5 il F3 . 2323, 'f 'W t::::-: ' it on ,. .'z...A 1 Top Row: Edward Reimer, Newton, Ernest M. Reimer, Inman, Rosella Reimer, Medford, Oklahoma, Stella Irene Reimer, Canton, C. B. Ridings, Newton, Irene Roth, Whitewater, Charles Rousell, Newton, Ada K. Ruth, Halstead, Arnold Schmidt, Elbing, Arthur A. Schmidt, Walton. Second Row: Edna L. Schmidt, Walton, Effie Schmidt, Pawnee Rock, John Schmidt, jr., Pawnee Rock, Lloyd Schmidt, Newton, Luella D. Schmidt, Walton, Cora Schrag, Newton, Elmer Schrag, Newton, Emil Schrag, Pretty Prairie, Mildred Schrag, Burrton, Orvid Shrag, Moundridge. Third Row: A Allison Schroeder. Newton: Dorothy Schroeder, Larned, Lorraine Schroeder, Mountain Lake, Minnesota, Esther Schwartz, Pretty Prairie: Robert W. Senner, Freeman, South Dakota, Betty Lou Simms, Newton, Ruth Sisk, Lake City, Harley j. Stucky, Moundridge, Phillip H. Stucky, Pretty Prairie, Alton M. Swanson, Newton. Fourth Row: Menno Thiessen, Inman, Erna Thimm, Beatrice, Nebraska, Richard Tschetter, Pretty Prairie, Arnold Voth, Walton, Hugo E. Voth, Deccan, South India, Mildred A. Voth, North Newton, Alice Waltner, Moundridge, Salina B. Waltner, Hurley, South Dakota, Benjamin Wedel, McPherson, Ruth Wedel, McPherson. Fifth. Row: Arthur Wenger, Aberdeen, Idaho, Ferne Westerman, Newton, Austin R. Wiebe, Newton, Elsie H. Wiebe, Beatrice, Nebraska: Richard C. Wiebe, Beatrice, Nebraska, Frieda E. Wiens. Newton, Martha E. Wiens, Newton, Alice Amelia Wright, Walton: Wayne Wagner, Newton, 'I', Bernice Zuercher, Macksville. Not on Panel: Roberta Enns, Inman, Mrs. Esther Henry, Newton, Sam jackson, Newton, Margaret Olson, Newton, Ruthabel E. Rickman, Newton, Hilda Regier, Burrton, Eldon Voth, Newton, Sam Wiens, Newton. 55 'YESTERDAY -- STUDENT BODY Student Body and Faculty, Halstead Seminary, 1887 liethel College Student Body, IQI7-IOIS TODAY -- STUDENT BODY l ' ' ' ' D D ' I ITIFTV YEARJ QECENT VEADJ 1913 1958 1952 1933 1934 Charts Q' owin Sh C' th of Student B 1 g Iron ofy ,or ion 0 3. Slut en I t N931-I9 9 I I liodv V? ML, First Course oi Study Offered at the Mennonite Seminary, 1884- 1885 ENGLISH TEACHER'S COURSE COMMON ENGLISH COURSE First Year Second Year Arithmetic Physical Geography Reading Algebra Geography U. S. History Grammar German German U. S. Constitution Writing and Drawing Third Year Physiology Methods of Teaching Practice of Teaching and Kansas Scho Fourth Year Geometry English Literature German Literature German Zoology Natural Philosophy Trigonometry Bookkeeping Chemistry Rhetoric and Composition Botany ol Laws First Year Same as first year preceding course Third Year Physiology Word Analysis General History German Natural Philosophy Rhetoric and Comp of the osition Second Year Physical Geography Algebra U. S. History German Bookkeeping U. S. Constitution Fourth Year Same as fourth yea Teacher's Course I' . Mental Philosophy Outline ot Instruction, 1900-1901 Branch Number of Courses Biblical Branches and Church History - ro Philosophy and Pedagogy - - 6 English, ----- 7 German 7 Latin 5 Greek 4 French - 3 Mathematics - - - 7 Natural Science - - 9 History and Political Economy 6 Penmanship and Bookkeeping 3 Miscellaneous Courses - 5 Music and Fine Arts Elocution Physical Culture Total - 72 Outline of Courses, 1920-1921 Department Number of Courses Biblical Literature - - - II English - - II Ancient Languages - - 6 Modern Languages - - 8 Mathematics and Astronomy II Physical Sciences - - 5 Biological Sciences - - 3 History and Social Sciences IO Education and Philosophy rr Home Economics - - 6 Library Methods 1 Music - - - 7 Physical Education - 3 Total - 93 58 Courses ot Instruction, 1938-1939 Number of Courses Division I. The Social Sciences General Introductory Course 1 Bible - - - I o Commerce and Economics 1 5 Education - - I 4 History and Government I 6 Philosophy - - 8 Psychology - - 1 2 Religious Education 4 Sociology - - 1 0 Division II. Natural Sciences General Introductory Course I Agriculture - - 4 Astronomy 1 Biology - - II Chemistry ---- 1 1 Health and Physical Education I3 Home Economics - - II Industrial Arts - - 1 5 Mathematics I 2 Physics - - - 1 1 Division III. The Humanities General Introductory Course - I Art - - - 3 English - - - I 2 Journalism - I Speech - 6 French - 4 German - - 1 3 Applied Music - - 20 Music Theory and History I2 Public School Music - 5 Total - - - - 262 EXTRA - CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 2 Q 1 5 ., 3 5 5 1 E 5 5 YESTERDAY -- FORENSICS Men's Debate, 1927-1928 joseph Foth, Ernest L. Harms Maurice Benfer Debate 1911 Uramry' 1917 Willis E. Rich, Albert j. Penner G. Nl. 1580112011 I , - . . .Xcaclemy ll6'lbZ1lC.IQIfJ-IQI7 Jramrl' 1923 Debating Council. 1917 lfrecl ll'olter, Earl Morgan Curt Siemens, Everett Reimer, Clara Taves Ilfbale- l9m'I9I7 Elizabeth Vaughn, Helen Yergler, Helen Kitch Theodore Yoth, Ray Guy J' J' ymh, Hcrshel Hawley Debate, 1929 Debate, IQSS Debate, IQIO-IQI7 , , iv . mf ,im-1-, -.ea .V .euwaa ,. Wg.. ri: Helen Hagen C. D. Voran Academy Debate, 1 9 1 5 Gus Haury Dillman Hess Academy Debate, IQI3 Hazel McAllister E. B. Weflel J. Y. Friesen Debate, 1917 Oratorical Union, 1915 C. D. Penner Oratory, 1920-1921 Oratorical Union, 1 John F. Moyer Ernest L. Harms Walter Niles Debate, 191 5 54 917 YESTERDAY - FORENSICS l it TODAY -- FORENSICS By HA TTIE PETTIS HLadies and gentlemen ...' Thus have opened approximately 250 debates in which Bethelites have participated during the last two years. Whether these I,I25,000 words uttered have been Nwisen or 'cotherwisefa we seem to have captured our quota of the honors. In IQ37 the freshmen uput us all in the shadew by winning the invitational tournament at McPher- son. The men followed up by taking second in the Kansas State Debating League. The women won more than fifty per cent of their debates but did not reach the heights of the two years previous-guess what we need is bigger and better women talkers! Karl Baehr and Eldon Graber made the radio waves sizzle in their debate with Kansas State, and Baehris and Graber's voices, with the addition of Robert Kreiderls, were heard at the State Legislative Assembly in Topeka. Extemporaneous speaking took an upward bound when Frank Rayburn and Max Regier won a plaque at Hutchinson. Then later at the Pi Kappa Delta Tournament at Hays, Rayburn again captured first honors. Karl Baehr brought further honor by winning the State Peace Oratorical Contest-the largest in its historyfeleven colleges being represented. Karl's oration was also one of the twelve best last year and is being used for declamation purposes in Ohio and Illinois. In 1938, Kreider and Baehr Cthis name Baehr is getting to be a bug-ubaernlj were undefeated in the Winfield Tournament, having wins over Southern Methodist and other large universities. We were represented at the State Legislative Assembly again, and representatives were also sent to the Pi Kappa Delta National Convention at Topeka to sit in the House of Representatives there. So we must say hats off to Dr. Harshbarger, the coach with the subtle wit but sound logic, and hope he will have as good success next year. 63 2 x x :L E TODAY -- DRAMATICS Hy ILITTIE PETTIS All the world's a stage .... The players have their exits and their entrances .... and many new players made their en- trances and exists in a group of one-act plays and the direction of Dr. Enid Smith. Later the junior their own. This was entitled S'The Unexpected I meanj who surprised his unsuspecting hostess, daughter, Frances Regier. The all-school play was pantomimes presented the first of last year under class set a precedent by putting on a class play of Guest, john Schrag being the unexpected Qguest Hattie Pettis, and captured the attention of her a return engagement of Passing of the Third Floor Back, Morris Flory playing the role of the influential stranger. Last year's seniors presented a powerful play, 'cThe Enemy. C'Dramatic is thc characterizing word for this play, with Martha Penner and Harold Gross carrying the leading roles. This year we are saying Nl-lats off! to Miss Thelma Reinhard whose uwim, wigor, and witality' has attracted new talent and interest to the dramatics department. Miss Reinhardis first major production here at Bethel was the junior play, gier, Frank Rayburn, and Robert Kreider. The 'eAttorney for the Defensef, starring Margaret Re- all-school play, HThe Late Christopher Bean was presented to an enthusiastic audience. The seniors of 1938 presented UThe Melting Pot,', in which Orlando Waltner, as newcomer to the Thespian another newcomer. all played stellar roles. ranks, Hattie Pettis, John Schrag. and Galen Koehn, llreider, Pettis, Rayburn, Regier Gross, Iflory, Penner, Schrag 65 Passlng of the Thlrd Floor Back All School Play, Attorney For The Defenbe junlor Play, I 958 UT h e Unexpected Guestn junior Play, I 937 Utwaundre', Low - German play given in the spring of 1937 66 YESTERDAY -- MUSIC ' Y- ...Q l ll QT The first organ installed in 190: EIN BETHEL KOLLEGE LIED Stimmt uns ein Schullied an, Das jeder singen kann Nach Herzenslustf Es muss von Bethel sein: Dann stimmen alle ein: Dann harmoniert es fein Aus voller Brust! Wir stimmen an mit Kraft Ein Lied von Wissensehaft, Natur und Kunst! Was sehoen und wissenswert. Was Geist und Seele naehrt, Den Sinn nach oben kehrt: Hat unsre Gunst. Hoch leben soll und lang: lfleiss. Treue. Spiel unrl Sang ,Xn diesem Ortf Wir stelfn fuer l rei'nflschaft ein. lfuer Betliels Sonnenschein. lfuer Deutschtum, fromm und rein. Und Gottes Wort. W as soll denn Bethel sein? Der Name sagt es feini Ein Haus des llerrnfn Er stammt aus alter Zeit lfnd strahlt in llerrlichkeit: Sei Bethel drum noch heut .Xuch uns ein Stern! P. A BETHEL SONG Sing we a Bethel song: Let it rise full and strong From loyal hearts! We sing of books and friends, Of true intelligence, Of science, commen sense. And all the Arts. Three cheers with voice and hands lfor all that Bethel stands ln work or play! Three cheers for Hebron's heights Its games and Birthday sights, Anil for all Bethelites Three cheers we say! When Bethel's song we sing. Be it with double string Of heart and voice! We sing a noble name With an historic fame: Remember whence it came. .Xncl so rejoice! Bethel means House ol Godin Soread this good name abroad. Xnd make it truef Stand up for truth and right. For wisdom's holy light. lfor all thats pure and brigght. li ,Xncl lovely. too! l'. li l YESTERDAY - MUSIC Ladles Glee Club, 1920-1921 Oratorio Society, 1915 College Band, 1923, OPPOSITE PAGE: Ladies Glee Club, IQIK7, Ladies Choir, 1925 Ladies Glee Club, 1921 Ladies Choir, IQKQO Music Club, 1929 Ladies Glee Club, 1911 YESTERDAY -- MUSIC Monk Quartet, 1951 Monk Chorus, IQXQO-IQXQI Professor W. H. Hohmann, 1951 Monk Chorus, IQ27-IQ28 Oratorio Society, 1925 YESTERDAY -- MUSIC College llaml, IQRQI lXIen's Chorus, IQZO Bethel Concert Band, IQI7 Men's Chorus, Ig C 71 The music department has been rapidly mounting to new heights. It is con- stantly rendering requested programs of various kinds. VVith the increasingly large number of students enrolled in this department, music floats over the campus from sun up to sun down. Har- mony and counterpoint stu- dents try their hand at being second Bachs, and although they probably never quite TODAY -- MUSIC By RUTH ROTH Left to right, lst row, Waltner, Gerbrand, Ratzlaff. Duerksen, Penner, Reimer, Linscheid, Goering, Kliewer, Rickman, Vogt, Hohmanng 2nd row. Lohmeyer, Ruth, Roth, Um-uh, Regier, Friesen, Schmidt, Penner, Goering, Aesehliman, Stucky, Hendry, Frieseng 3rd row, Goering, Stucky, Bumgarner, Suderman, Franz, Regier, Graber, Koontz, Wenger, Wiebe, Barkman, Dick: 4th roxv, Hildebrand, Schmidt, McMurry, Baehr. Senner, Banman, Pan- kratz, Rayburn, Pankratz, Claassen, Reimer. reach that level, their efforts are not altogether in vain, for usually among the dissonances is a har- mony which with a streak of good luck may be even beautiful. The monotony of a long afternoon of study is broken by the strains of beautiful sacred music sung by the a cappella choir at its daily rehearsals. The sweet melodies of the organ are heard all day, and even into the night, as all the students of this complicated instrument try to get their hour of daily practice. Faculty members of the music department render annual recitals. These display the talent of our capable teachers and are very inspiring to the students, as well as to the others in the audience. Music students, both vocal and instrumental, are asked to make public appearances during the Suderman Fenner Regier ilupp Roth Baffhf '72 rYW,,,,,Nt,. ,W ,,,,,,. Left to right, 1st row, Rich, Schroeder. Friesen. Krehbiel, Baumgartner, Suderman 1DireetorJ: 2nd row. Friesen, Smith, Buller, Vogt, Wilkensg 3rd row, Gephardt. Regier, Dick, Ediger. Baehr: 4th row, Schmidt. Krehbiel, Banman. Friesen, Haury: 5th row. Becker, Koelling, Albright. Laird. Ridingsg 6th row, Regier, Stucky, Shirk. Schmidt. course of the year. These afford them an opportunity to develop their poise and self-confidence before an audience. The men,s quartet, an ever popular organization, has been much in demand the past two years. It has made numerous appearances in the schools and churches in surrounding communities, and countless numbers have been inspired by its fine music. The quartet this year was composed of Robert Senner, first tenor, Donald Bumgarner, second tenor, Arthur Wenger, baritone, and Elbert Koontz, bass. The quartet of 1936-37 was composed of August Dick, first tenor, Edwin Suderman, second tenor, Sam Barkman, baritone, and Arnold Regier, bass. The ladies' trio of 1936-37 gave a large number of delightful programs, singing both sacred and secular numbers. It was much in demand, both in the immediate vicinity and at farther distances, singing over KFH in Wichita and KWBG in Hutchinson and in connection with the a cappella choir on its many trips. The personnel consisted of Martha Penner, first soprano, Lucille Schroeder, second soprano, and Ruth Roth, contralto. Since no ladies, trio or quartet was organized by the music depart- ment the past year, several self-organized groups have been taking the place of the above organiza- tion. Professor Suderman is the able director of another very popular organizationfthe band. During 73 1 String Ensemble Brass Quartet the past few years it has been growing considerably, both in number and in musicianship. The organ- ization with its thirty-five members has made many appearances, giving programs at many high schools and playing for athletic events both at home and for out-of-town games. The question no longer arises as to whether there should be a band, for it has been so much in demand that it is and will be a vital part of the music department. The stringed ensemble, organized the past year, is rapidly finding its place in the life of the school. It has accompanied, with the organ, Handel's 5'Messiah', and has participated in several programs given by the music department. The a cappella choir has been receiving honors with its beautiful music and is known as one of the finest organizations of its type in the state. At the beginning of each school year about fifty of the best singers are carefully chosen from the flood of applicants, and these make up the year's organization. These singers become acquainted with and sing the finest type of sacred music. The choir has presented many programs in the vicinity and broadcast a number of times. It has made numerous good-will tours, the most extensive last year being one of three weeks to the Atlantic coast. Each year on Palm Sunday the choir presents uThe Seven Last Words of Christ by Dubois, with the assistance of guest soloists. The choir also forms a nucleus for two other choral groups which pre- sent HThe Messiah by Handel at Christmas time and The Holy Cityi' by Gaul near the close of the school year. These presentations have gained a well-earned place in the music activities of the com- munity and are an inspiration to many. Men's Quartet T f'The Hungry Fivew 74 The Choir Trip East On the rainy morning of July IG, 1937, thirty-seven members of the a cappella choir, in a bus and two cars, bade farewell to friends and started on a four-thousand-mile good- will tour. Giving programs nearly every evening, they traveled through Mennonite communities to Chicago, through the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains to Washington, D. C., and New York City before they again turned homeward. The choir, besides giving several programs in Chicago, sang over the Columbia Broadcasting System, and in New York City they broadcast over the N. B. C. Through- out the trip Professor Hohmann was commended upon the finesse of his chorus. Lodging was usually provided the group by the people in the com- munity in which they were singing, and members could keep expenses down to a minimum. After traveling and singing for three weeks, the tired but happy group enthusiastically greeted friends who were on the cam- pus to meet them as their sojourn ended. 75 'rs vm'-'f me-rf + - - Sunflower Society, 1911 i Lincoln Literary Society, 1911 i Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, 1915 Student Volunteer Group, IQJI Mase A TODAY ORGANIZATIONS Bethel,s Ship of State Its Pilot SHIP OF STATE By KARL BAEHR Not perturbed about the threat of Communism, the menace of Fascism, or the Recession, yet not devoid of problems Qsocial room, library conduct, noisy halls, social functions, etc.j, not indulging in flamboyant filibusters, yet not minus periodic oratorical vociferationsg not pursuing policies as drama- tic as Hitler's march into Austria, and yet not without an occasional splurge of glamor Qremember the crowning of the Wheat Bowl Queen?Q, and not a dashing impetuous dictatorship, but rather a demo- cratic body legislating for and in the interests of student welfare-that is Bethelas Ship of State, that is the Student Council. Composed of ten students and three faculty advisors and meeting every two weeks, the Student Council is engaged in numerous functions: It chooses the editors of the Collegian and the Graymaroong it supervises the pep of the school and directs the election of the cheer leaders and the Doxies, it plans the Fall Mixer, Home Coming CWheat Bowl Classicj, All-School Picnic, Leap Week, Open House, and other social functions, and this year the organization sponsored the Midwest Assemblies Programs. Piloting this Ship of State last year was intrusted to Glenn Stevenson, while this year Karl Baehr has stood at the helm. Although it is doubtful whether any of the council members will make a Mussolini, it never- theless appears that in years to come several politicians may look back to Betliel's Student Council as the place where they got their start. 78 TODAY ORGANIZATIONS GRAYMAROON STAFF By MILFORD HEIDEBRECHT MI have selected you people not only for your abilities, but also for your determination, willing- ness, and genuine school spirit. Since this is the Fiftieth Anniversary of the cornerstone laying of the Administration Building, we are going to dedicate this Graymaroon to those who have made possible the development of Bethel to the splendid school it now is. We will devote a large part of our Graymaroon to a portrayal of Bethel College life of years past. I am asking for your cooperation and enthusiastic effort to make this year's Graymaroon the biggest and best in Bethel's historyf' These words were delivered by editor-in-chief Eldon Graber, a speaker of wide experience, who was address- ing the first meeting of the Graymaroon staff. Wfhelma, you enjoy going through old Graymaroons and old Bethel picturesf' he continued. We are going to need lots of them. I am appointing you as an associate editor, and together we will edit the first half of the Graymaroon. Your 'chattering' journalism will be a valuable contribution to the Graymaroon. Hjohn, I am appointing you and Frankie as associate editors to edit the last half of the Graymaroon, which deals with all of the extra-curricular activities. You have both shown an active interest in all of the extra-curricular activities of the school, since they are usually more interesting and thrilling than the academic activities. john, you have shown a special interest in athletics and dramatics, and Frankie, your varied experience and abilities qualify you to be an associate editor of this section of the Graymaroon. For that 'artistic touch, we have an artist on our staff. Pauline, that's you. Eldon, since you have a major in business and economics with a background of practical business experience, you should have no difficulty in keeping the Graymaroon out of the 'red' in your capacity as business manager. Dan, you are to be in charge of the photography department. You will have some crack cameramen to help you-Eric, Dwight, and Esko. Willis Rich has already worked out a tentative dummy, so we can start looking over it now and make any necessary re- visions. VVe will probably 'bleedi some pages. The administration does not allow us to solicit advertisements for the Gray- maroon, so we will have to put one out that will really go over with the alumni in order to make the Graymaroon pay for itselff' Editor-in-Chief Graberg Associate editors, Regier, Krehbiel, Schragg Business Manager, Rich. 79 TODAY -- ORGANIZATICDNS COLLEGIAN STAFF By ROBERT KREIDER The first Bethel Collegian to be published regularly on the Bethel campus in more than a decade made its appearance this year. Each Thursday of the school year the Col- legian is distributed to goo subscribers. Sponsored by the Student Council, the campus paper is strictly on an extra-curricu- lar basis. Throughout the past year twenty- two students contributed to the success of the Collegian. Publication of the weekly paper was under the direction of Robert Kreider, editor, and Professor Bernhard Bargen, adviser. Assisting in the task of edit- ing was Robert Regier, associate editor. Busi- ness management was headed the first semester by Max Regier and the second semester by Lois Kliewer. Columnists who penned the columns and features for the Collegian included the follow- CBMC ing: Glen Fuller, Ada Mae Cressinger, Mil- Krehbiel, Kligwer Editor Kreider ford Heidebrecht, Helen Isaac, Thelma Kreh- The Collegian staff at work biel, Esko Lowen, Pauline Schmidt, Margaret Regier, and Tom Walker. Scooping of campus news was the task of the following reportorial staff: Karl Baehr, Anne Ruth Ediger, Martha Friesen, Richard Coertz, Orville Horst, Doris Kellenbarger, Myrtle Molzen, Charles Stevenson, and Elsie Wiebe. The printing of the Bethel Collegian is under the supervision of the Bethel College Press. 80 TODAY .- ORGANIZATIONS THE STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT By ANNE RUTH EDIGER Faces aglow with enthusiasm and voices united in a common cause, talking, laughing, singing around a friendship fire-these characterize the spirit of the Student Christian Movement. Some purposes of the Movement are: To help students find the real meaning of the Christian life and to translate it into actual situations, to serve the surrounding communities and keep them in contact with Bethel, to further national and international justice and goodwill, to study local problems and to help in solving them. The S. C. M. makes a special effort to receive the freshmen in a cordial way and tries to help them adjust to college life. Throughout the year this organization sponsors breakfast hikes and wor- ship services, campfire discussions, Wednesday chapel programs, Heart Sister Week, and occasionally, intercollegiate student conferences. It also joins the International Relations Club each spring in spon- soring the annual International Party. - ESTES 1 1956 groups in front of their cabin Administration building at Estes Park Our chaperons, 1936 A hike in the mountains And we all stopped in Denver for a roller coaster ride! The Garden of the Gods Esther must be mixed up A well-kept mountain road The 1937 delegation to Estes An unusual summer sportssnowballing 81 TODAY ORGANIZATIONS Through regular Tuesday evening programs for the organization, and through deputation programs in the surrounding churches, the Student Volunteer Band proposes to foster a thorough-going evangeli- cal faith, effectively at work among and on behalf of all men. The purpose of the German Club is, aside from affording its members practice in the use of the German language, to foster interest in things German generally: German life, customs, literature, art, music, travel, etc. All speaking, singing, and deliberating is done in the German tongue. An occasional social evening helps to foster the interest. Artistically inclined students join the Art Glub and take part in its programs, which consist of studies of the masters and their works, problems in interior decoration, and contemporary art. During the year this organization brings art exhibits to the campus, giving all an opportunity to see them. The purpose of the Delta Sigma Society is to foster interest among the students in various lines of scientific study. To expedite its purpose, it has been divided into six seminars which meet bi- weekly. At these meetings papers are presented on various topics of scientific interest by faculty members and students. Gonvineed that the terrible problem of war and peace cannot be solved by sensational strikes and emotional protest, the members of the International Relations Clubs all over the world have set them- S :lvfs to the much more difficult task of quiet, objective study of the conditieiis which bring about war and of their possible remedy. TODAY -- ORGANIZATIONS In September, 1937, twenty-five prospective teachers organized the Rural Teachers Club. Programs are designed to acquaint pros- pective teachers with the problems of rural school teaching and to provide contact between students, teachers, and administrators in this profession. The Collegiate Rural Life Club is organized as a study group of twenty-five students interested in problems of agriculture and home economics. Worthwhile group discussions and lively social af- fairs are prominent in the activities of this club. The Literary Club is composed of students interested in any phase of speech work. During the past year the Dramatics Club, Book Club, and Speech Club have been united to form the Literary Club, which meets every two weeks as an extra-curricular activity. The Home Economics Club has as its objective the development of an understanding and appreciation of the field of home economics. The programs have been built up around a variety of subjects to fulfill such an objective. Social activities include a Home Coming breakfast, a Christmas party, a tea for the mothers, a picnic, and a breakfast for the senior girls. The Knega Club is an organization of girls whose purpose is to get acquainted with various books and authors. At the meetings, which are held regularly every other week on Tuesday night, the bi- ographies of distinguished authors and their works and influence are discussed. 83 YESTERDAY - PHYSICAL EDUCATION Football Squad, 1915 Track Team, 1920-1921 Baseball Team, 1915 OPPOSITE PA Gb.: Basketball Squad, 1921 Basketball Squad, 1929 Basketball Squad, 1925 Basketball Squad, 1928 Henry Gaeddert, 1 Q31 Arnold Unruh, 1 Q3 1 Donald Kenison, 1 Q3 1 Clarence Cook, 193 1 Art Darling, Coach, 1921 William Neufeld, 1921 Frank Balzer, IQ2I Football Squad, IQ 1 5- 1 9 1 6 Academy Basketball Squad, 192 5 84 ,,nr-eh I: . H, 'AMES' v My I , YESTERDAY -' PHYSICAL EDUCATION Girls' Athletics, 1 929 86 TODAY -- PHYSICAL EDUCATION BETHEL HAS A FOOTBALL TEAM OF WHICH IT MAY WELL BE PROUD ! B y TOM M lf' WA LKER Continuing the tradition of Unruh-coached elevcns, the Bethel College football teams have com- pleted two successful campaigns. Although the schedule has shown a steady improvement in the class of teams played, the Craymaroons, dubbed the 'cOttomen,,' have more than held their own. Under the co-captaincy of Stevenson and Regier, the 1936 squad turned in a record that showed four games on the Winn side of the ledger and a like number on the 'ilossw side. Starting the season with a number of inexperienced men, the Craymaroons met, and were defeated by, the College of Emporia. One long run was enough to spell defeat by the score of 7 to o. Journeying to the Panhandle of Oklahoma the following week, the Ottomen vanquished the tough Panhandle Aggies by the score of 7 to o. Then followed two set backs: one to Bethany, I3 to 6, and one to McPherson, 21 to 12. Sterling was defeated by the score of 26 to 6. A new opponent, the Ottawa Braves, carried away a 7-to-o victory. Hitting their stride in the last two games of humbled successively Chilocco, 7 to 0, and Hebron, Finishing their football careers for Bethel were ber, Wagner, and R. Schrag. Lost by withdrawal Fortified with the return of twelve lettermen, to mold another smooth-functioning machine in the received all-state honorable mention for the third men won four games and lost three. Opening the season against the College of revenge for their previous defeat. In one of the Presbyterians were defeated I3 to 0 in a game the line-plunging of Charlie Tubbs. Again journeying to Oklahoma, the men of the gies. After battling on even terms for three periods, the season, the men of the Cray and the Maroon 39 to 6. co-captains Stevenson and Regier, F. Buhler, Cra- was W. Wedel. Coach Otto Unruh and Cliff Morgan set to work fall of 537. Led by the mighty Charlie Tubbs, who time, and blocking back John Schrag, the Otto- Emporia eleven, the men of Bethel obtained 'gsweetw best games ever played on the local gridiron, the which featured the pass-catching of Roy Hoff and Gray and the Nfaroon engaged the Panhandle Ag- the Bethel machine turned on the powers, and push- ed across a fourth quarter touchdown which enabled them to win 7 to 0. Featured in this tilt was the long-distance punting of Dick Galle. Riddled by injuries, the Bethel team next took onw the Bethany Swedes. The Swedes, the top- notchers of the Kansas Conference, were in full stride and plunged and passed to a 33-tO-I2 victory in a free scoring exhibition. It was in this game that Quarterback Chet Unruh demonstrated his ability as an open-field runner by his spectacular return of punts. Returning to the local gridiron, Bethel next faced the ever-tough Chilocco Indians. With the reserves carrying the brunt of the attack, the Indians were humbled to the tune of a 26-to-o score. The open-field running of Dick Calle and the smashing, outstanding features of this game from a spectatoris A mid-season battle saw the playing of the perennial rivals, the McPherson Bulldogs, came to bruising line-plunging of co-captain Tubbs were the point of view. football classic of the local season, when Bethel,s town. The difference in the two teams lay in one 37 Back Row, reading left to right: Coach O. D. Unruh, G. Galle. Kuehny, Musselman. C. Unruh, R. Galle, W. Unruh, Tubbs, Walk- er, Horst, Lowe, Epp. Moyer, O. Sehrag, Heidebreeht: Second Row: E, Sehrag, O. Goering. Rupp, Haury, Voth, E. Buller, Stevenson. Hayden. A. Kaufman, Rayburn. Reimer. O. Kaufman, W. Goering: First Row: J. Schrag. Suderman, Stueky, L. Buller. Zerger, J. Gncring. Ray. Buhler, Hoff. Gaeddert. Potter. Mascots -Archie and Duane Unruh. point after touchdown. Going into the final period on the short end of a I3-YO-O score, the 'cOttomen', suddenly came to life and scored two touchdowns. However, they were unable to convert either point after touchdown and had to be satisfied with a I3-t0-I2 loss. It was the granite-like quality of Bethel's stalwart line, and the backfield play of Charlie Tubbs that highlighted the Graymaroons, performance even in defeat. The Sterling Warriors were Bethel's opponents in the annual c'Wheat Bowll' classic. By means of a perfectly executed pass from Musselman to Dick Galle, the local aggregation scored on the first play after the kick-off, and they retained the lead throughout as they threshed out a 21-to-I2 victory over the VVarriors. The final game of the season was played in the mud at Ottawa. Outweighed about twenty pounds to the man, the Bethel offense 'ibogged downw on the slow field as they were defeated I3 to o. Inability to stop the heavy line of the Braves and the impossibility of the Maroons' pony backs cantering were the contributing factors toward the defeat. Graduation and comple- W tion of eligibility took a heavy toll from the squad. Those who have worn the Maroon and the Gray for the last time are co-captains Tubbs and Schrag, Zerger, A. Buhler, Walker, Suder- man, Voth, and Epp. Coach Unruh with Co-captains Tubbs and Schrag Co-captains Stevenson and Regier Cliff Morgan 88 Gib -at sure triple thrcutcrw .lov Ili- has uhzit it 1:11-1-sz .loc plays ti nice ggumc L1l'lyXS'l'lCl'0 he's Butch -a good plug in any lim' out ' Barber Bill --at clotcrminod. calm. hurcl-lighting hull ii, lhilhw at gmiil 4-iid in tho mziking Army --the old rolizihloz an ussvt to :my tt-:im t-initio siaam-rl tht touuh we-iitor position Roy-end: II you Cam throw it fur vnoui1h hv'll snug it ilgifiuie-ii llw xx'otii4in't mow. tht-5' t-ouidn't got around. so the Chet -a shitty half: ll sure hloc-korg 90 yards :incl ll Sui-clt-:N ofiviist- stogiizt-il Lindyufsturdy tuvklo: at hulwurk ol' dvfcnsc liuvhiig ziiiolhor xziluzihlu pt-ziiliiigz into Tubbs' shoes next BL1S 7Il21lSlC?ld'S pride: at rugggvrl ittcklo st-zi5oii'. ' Ralph-a yeurling with plenty and ai future lizigilt-ii thu und lit-'mimi x-,hivh ul! hulls want to play: best from Zerg -tough, calm. und clopenduhlc Ihr- XM-st, Dick--a shifty half with un Cduvzitod too and ti mighy wing Wziliwi as srixiiigig' hull i-hiycrg iiowor hotli on offense and defense O. Goering-V--a. SCVZIIJIJX fighter: hos nt-vor clown Xolli .x izisi, stint-f'liioi'i42iig Q,u:ircl Punch -plenty of pumfh : il hard mam to mme iilimsut-liiitiii an mlm. smzxrt, fiultl gsm-rul 99 TODAY PHYSICAL EDUCATION THE 1939 BASKETBALL SEASON By BILL UNRUH Playing against some of the toughest competition in the state Hoff during the seasons 1936-37 and 1937-38, the Bethel basketeers played a brand of ball of which any school could be proud. Among the accomplish- ments was the winning of the Sunflower Conference championship both seasons. In the 1936-37 season the Grayma- roons won eight games against seven losses. The victims were Bethany, Ottawa, Friends, McPherson, Sterling, while de- feats were suffered at the hands of Ft. Hays State, Oklahoma City U., McPher- son, Mexico City U., College of Emporia, and the Chilocco Indians. Members of the 1936-37 squad were Hoff, Catlin, W. Unruh, Stucky, Banman, C. Unruh, G. Galle, Clark, E. Buller, Voth, Jackson, Friesen, Schrag, and Ediger. When the call for basketball men was Sent out at the beginning of the 1937-38 season seven lettermen together with some promising rookies reported, and a good team was soon whipped into shape. The end of the season found the Ottomen with ten wins and eight losses. The season was started off with a bang by a sensational win over the Ottawa Bap- tists, 25-24. This game showed that the boys had some real ball-playing talent. C. of E., the best team in the Kansas Conference, was a bit too much for the boys to handle at this time and the game was dropped, 28-52. The team again hit its stride in the Chilocco Indian game and Scalped them to-the tune of 34-20, 4 90 Rousell W. Unruh Miller Banman Voth E. Buller Friesen C. Unruh G. Galle Catlin R. Galle Horst In the tournament at McPherson during Christmas vacation two games were played. The first game was a hard-fought battle against C. of E. that that was in the air when the gun went off. The Swedes was easily taken at 40-29. The Bethel men, probably a bit over-confident, went into an overtime period and was lost by a shot consolation game in the evening against the Bethany were defeated by the Swedes 34-31 in the first game after Christmas vacation. The Chilocco Indians were again victims of the Craymaroon squad and were taken into camp with a score of 40-22. In a game McPherson Bulldogs were responsible for the next was a jinx to the Bethel team, again defeated the In the most brilliantly played game of the of the losses during the year by defeating Oklahoma that was rough, aggressive, and hard fought, the defeat, 36-28. C. of E., the team that apparently Q.tomen, 45-31. year, the Bethel men redeemed themselves for some City University quintet in a thrilling game, 37-35. In another close decision game the Bethel team lost to Baker University, 39-41. The old rivals from the north, the McPherson too much for the boys to handle and another close Sunflower Conference members, were both taken Bulldogs, came to Bethel February 12, but were still game was dropped, 43-40. Sterling and Friends, the in stride and soundly beaten by scores of 43-23 and 52-30, respectively. In the second game with Friends the Bethel team again ran up a high score to win, 46-35- The last loss of the year was suffered at the hands of an avenging Oklahoma City U. team by a score of 35-22. Sterling was again beaten, on the first of March, to clinch the Sunflower Conference title. The score was 37-25. The last game of the season was a hard fought game with the Bethany Swedes. Bethel managed to win out by a two-point margin, 28-26. Of the squad that finished the season not one member will graduate. With prospects like this we warn our neighboring schools to watch our dust. Basketball scenes in Lindley Hall QI TODAY -- PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1957 Track Team Coach Unruh, Captain Ralph Schrag Clark throws javelin Leisy greets Cunningham on Bethel track Waldo Voth on the mile 92 Relay Team: Stevenson, Galle, Jackson, Schrag Friesen broad jumping Ed Voth doing the high hurdles Hoff on the home stretch TRACK -- THE SPORT OF HRUGGED INDIVIDUALISM By ED VOTH The past two seasons have seen Bethel tracksters step up to previously undiscovered heights. For an opening victory to start the 1936 track team to their fame, the Bethel speedsters showed their spikes to the mighty Bulldogs to the count of 72 to 54. Repeating the tune of the first start, they followed through over the Sterling Warriors and Friends University by even larger scores than the opener. The conference championship was copped in grand fashion by a margin of 20 tallies over the Warriors. To top off their marvelous season the thinclads entered the Second Annual McPherson Relays only to be out-distanced by the powerful boys from Kansas Wesleyan. The 1937 record was almost a duplicate of the previous year. Friends University, McPherson, Southwestern, and Sterling were taken into camp in perfect order, all to the count of 2 to I or better. The Sunflower Conference championship was again conquered by an even larger margin. The McPher- son Relays were replaced by the Sterling Intercol- legiate Relays, where the Bethelites captured third honors. Individual records were established there by Ed Voth with a new record in the high hurdles, and Eric Friesen with a second in the broad jump. Besides a score of fellow tracksters, the records thus far created have largely been due to six out- standing trackmen: James Clark, Paul Hall, Eric Friesen, Dan Richert, Ed Voth, and Waldo Leisy. At the present time Bethel Boys are holding 9 re- cords out of I5 in the Sunflower Conference. Losing several of the best point-makers, but with a wealth of new material at hand and a num- ber of lettermen returning, the Bethel 'cRugged Individualsl' will be seen speeding down the track to even greater marks in the years to come. A THE LETTER CLUB By Roi' 11o1f1f The Bethel College Letter Club is composed of men of 'cB's', in intercollegiate competition. There arc two groups, the Alumni Letter Club and College Letter Club. The Alumni Letter Club members are active boost- ' B ers for Bethel,s athletics and give a banquet each year for TTER CLUB: m of B, reading down: Catlin, Musselman. A. Friesen, Hayden, R. tl1C fOOtb3.ll bOYS. Galle, C. Unruh. Ray, G. Galle, Tubbs r p -t of B, readinf to ri fht: W lk ', W. Unruh, Buhler, B n, . . Jiauiigi, Jackson ii A 3 el Emma Members of the club assist Coach Unruh with the ' ' 't f B, l'e'dlI'l' ll 'i ht: V th, E. F'i , Z ' ', S d ' , , . lgoffv' Ifoffv Schfagf Gf,ef,,,fg O ' QM mga U Hman Harvey County Grade and Little Ark Valley track meets. ':C'hU'h,D'.J.H.Dll . . . . mms Oak mu I OC This year the HB Club is sponsoring an intramural basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and boxing tourna- if 1 ments. The past three years the club has sponsored the 'ieflegendiniporia Segsgii buffalo barbecue, a 'cstagi' feed for the 'She-meni' of iilutwzn lnds1ms.-,,0ci. 15 V ' , i , MSPtgsr5Qn,,...1,,.,Gci.2k -I this community. The club has brought to the campus in Sfer?rng--.ff,g31.gglf'2Gf.i. 28 ' E , . , , , ..- connection with this feed many outstanding physical .,-,.,. K education directors, such as Dr. James Fran Naismith 'fAre you sure, that's One of the club's and Dr- Forrest C- Allen- true, Coach? projects THE DOXIES The Bethel College Pep Club fthe Doxicsj was created by the Student Council in 1937. and the twenty-five charter members were elected by the student body last fall, a limited number of represen- tatives being allowed to each class. The purpose of the Doxies is to promote school spirit among the student body. The 'gpep girls' in their gray-and-maroon costumes and with their pennants and dachshnnds lend a collegiate atmosphere to the halls of the Administration Building on days of all-school affairs and make a picture of enthusiasm and interest at athletic events. Some of their activities have included ushering at school entertainments, serving hot lunches after school functions, presenting stunts between halves at basketball and foolball games, selling tickets for school events, decorating the qucenls float for the Wheat Bowl Festival, and entertaining the basketball and football men. The Doxies helped with the annual Play Day, which was held on the Bethel College campus last spring. Stem of B, reading down: Zuercher. Guthrie, VViebe, Baehr, Pleasant, Sehrag-1, Ruth. Roth, Kliewer Upper part of B. reading to right: Enns, Chambers, Hopping, Ewert, Regler. Isaac, Stueky Lower part of B. reading to right: Westerman, Hostetler, Zlnk, Kaufman, Haury, Ratzlaff. Epp, Dirks. Ediger 93 Wheat Bowl Queen, IQKQ7 B Ruth Haury Wheat Howl ifioat Hattie Etta llettis Homecoming Queen, 1956 IQAQ7 Wheat Queen with Attendants Winning Float Homecoming Game, Sterling 13, Bethel 21 HOMECOMING - 1937 Wheat Bowl Classic Climaxing a successful football season, Bethel inaugurated the first annual Wheat Bowl Festival in honor of the homecoming of the alumni. Commemorating the fact that it was the Mennonite fore- fathers who introduced the Turkey Red wheat into America, the Vfheat Bowl football game will be an annual event. Queen Hattie Pettis and her attendants, Lois occupied the seats of honor and rode the queenis directly in front of the municipal stadium before in which college organizations and dormitories vied the tilt with the Sterling Warriors, Captain Charlie parade returned to the college, where alumni and Doxies. 54 Kliewer and Ruth lipp, chosen by student poll, float heading the big parade which passed in review the homecoming game. After the colorful parade, for honors in originality and beauty, and just before Tubbs crowned the queen. After the game the students enjoyed a bonfire and eats provided by the THE FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM 1933-1938 SYMBOLS IN THE BETHEL COLLEGE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY SEAL Center: THE CROSS OF CHRIST, revealing Godis supreme love for mankind. Upper Right: SWITZERLAND, birthplace of the Mennonite faith during the Reformation. Upper Left: HOLLAND, birthplace of Menno Simons, Christian leader after whom the Mennonites were named. Lower Left: CID BETHEL COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING-oldest Mennonite'Col- lege in America. Cornerstone laid October 12, 1888. CQQ OXEN DRAWING THRESHING STONE-introduced by the Mennonites and selected as the emblem of Bethel College by the students of 1934-35. This stone represents the pioneering spirit, simplicity of life, faith, stability, and strength of character. Q35 HARD WINTER NVHEAT-introduced to America by the founders of Bethel College. Lower Right: THE WORLD-Our field of service. 'cGo ye therefore, and teach all nations, bap- tizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. St. Matthew 28:19 and 20. Margin Crightj: THE CHRISTIAN SHIELD representing the Kingdom of God and His right- eousness which should be our great concern. Margin Qleftj: THE AMERICAN SHIELD-its colors represent truth, purity, and courage, its constitution guarantees religious freedom, its government recognizes Life, Liberty, and the pur- suit of Happiness as rights of its citizens. To the end of preserving Christian Democracy in Amer- ica and extending its blessings to the uttermost parts of the world, the friends who support Bethel College invest their interest, their money, and their lives. Inside Margin: FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE-These virtues motivated the establishment of Chris- tion homes, schools, churches, hospitals, and missions. These characteristics of the Prince of Peace have strengthened Mennonites during four centuries of persecution. These peace-loving people lived and died for their adopted countries, but they chose death in filthy prisons, were burned at the stake, served as galley slaves, and suffer starvation in exile rather than kill their fellowmen. Their lives are testimonies to the words of the poet who sings: 'fPlant lilies and lilies will grow, Plant roses and roses will bloom, Plant hate and hate to life will spring, Plant love and love to you will bring The flowers of the seeds you sowf' 96 THE FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM As we are nearing the end of the Five-Year Program adopted by the Board and Corporation to be achieved by the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration, October 12, 1938, we look back with interest to note how much of it has been accomplished and where we have failed to reach our goal. C In the following discussion the aims of the original Five-Year Program are quoted in italics.j 1. STUDENT BODY: a. Better quality b. Greater number C400 if possiblej Some progress has been made with reference to the quality of the student body, and accord- ing to the last catalog the total enrollment excluding repetitions for 1937-38 was 469. 0 2. 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 personality e. Community-minded, wholesome men and women f. Devotion to Mennonite principles g. Positive Christ-centered teaching and life The total number of the faculty has been increased and the scholastic standard, teaching ability, loyalty, and wholesomeness of personality of our faculty members is rated very high by the North Central Association. 3. CAMPUS AND DORINIITORY LIFE: An atmosphere more completely surcharged with the Christian spirit a. Have a faculty member live in each dormitory with students b. Develop our set-up for personnel and guidance work c. Student-faculty cooperation in school government by way of the Student Council al. Develop more campus traditions which are in line with the Christian ideal We have made progress in bettering our campus and dormitory life. A faculty member now lives in each student dormitory, who cooperates with the deans of the school in the interests of the individual student and the school as a whole. Our reorganized set-up for personnel and guidance work is making itself felt in a quiet but constructive way, and, although it cannot be said that we have an atmosphere completely surcharged with the Christian Spirit, we have consciously work- ed toward that goal, and several campus traditions have been developed which are in line with the Christian ideal, for example, the inspirational music from the chimes tower, the threshing- stone emblem, and the annual senior educational tour in place of senior Usneakfj 97 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION By Il,-l Icom R,-I TZLJ 1f1f Religious life on the campus is centered in various acti- vities directed by both students and faculty. Two student organizations provide avenues through which participants may receive inspiration as well as give opportunity for the expression of Christian truth and ideals. The Student Christian Nlovement purposes to Hbuild Christian personalities by helping one another weave the Christ-like way of living into our daily lives, by encouraging Prof. A. E. Kreider Director of Religious Life on the Campus These two student organizations seek to ac- desirable activity on the campus, and by stimulating a new sense of world Christian community. The purpose of the Student Volunteer Band is two fold: Ufirst, to promote missionary interests and education on the campus and in the community, second, to promote the spiritual welfare of its members by mutual fellowship and to assist in all ways possible in exemplifying and in spreading the Cospel of .Iesus Christ. complish their purposes by having regular weekly meetings, by giving programs in the various churches and schools of the communities surround- ing Bethelg and by undertaking definite problems as projects, thus providing creative Christian acti- vities to occupy students' leisure time. A picture of religious education would not be complete without mentioning chapel exercises. This brief period set aside every day provides an opportunity for students and faculty to cease their work and gather as a group for a period of real worship. Student-cherished memories will include the beautiful music of the pipe organ, the reading of Scriptures, the moments of prayer, and the singing of devotional hYmnS' of. w. ix. Elliott Speaker during Religious Emphasis Week, IQ37 98 Dr. D. XY. Kurtz Bible Week Leader, IQ38 Bible courses, too, help to enrich the studentis life and give him a broader outlook on life as a result of the deeper understanding of things spirit- ual which he acquires through a study of the Bible. For many years Bethel has annually set aside one week as Bible Week, during which time some well-qualified leader presents several lectures each day. This week is planned especially for surround- ing communities. Since 1935, another week has been set aside as Religious Emphasis Week, which is a period of special emphasis on Christian thinking and living, planned particularly for the students. Each Sunday morning the chimes call to wor- ship a large number of students who go to hear the inspiring words of Reverend Smucker, the pastor of the Bethel College Church. Rev. J. N. Smucker Pastor of the Bethel College Church Rev. D. C. Wedel One of the Speakers during Religious Emphasis Week 1936 99 4. CURRICULUM: Revise our curriculum in the light of best present-day trends of the small Chris- tion liberal arts college and work out a unique set-up for our particular situation and mission. Although a perfected, integrated curriculum, related closely with life, has not yet been fully realized, progress has been made. Our divisional organization of the curriculum and the introduct- ory courses have helped us to go in this direction. Much remains to be done to integrate a curricu- lum of mental, vocational, social, and religious life that is to set up a wholesome program of study, work, social life, and worship by activities engaging the mind, hand, and heart, making for balanced and integrated growth in wisdom Qmentalj, stature Qphysicalj, and favor with Cod Qspiritualj and man Qsocialj. 5 COLLEGE AND CHURCH: Work for a closer relationship between the two. a. Complete, if possible, the Bethel Fellowship organization b. Serve the church in every way possible, such as giving worthwhile programs by student groups and faculty members in our congregations, arranging worthwhile offerings at the college by way of institutes for ministers, and conducting training schools for church workers Bethel College has worked for a closer relationship with the church. The organization of the Fellowships was one step toward such cooperation. Other important contacts were the fol- lowing: service in' the churches through programs by various college groups and addresses by facul- ty members, the annual Mennonite Song Festival, the Kansas Institute of International Relations held on the campus, the Music Institute, a course for ministers of the surrounding communities, the annual Bible Week. The Bible offerings have been expanded by adding a ministers' short course as well as one year of Bible work to be taken by students studying for the ministry after graduation. Some such students have been assisting in the pulpits of the various surrounding churches. The gospel of Christian love is being lived and preached by Bethel Alumni in at least thirty- three states and nine countries. BETHEL COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP ASSOCIATION At the present time the Bethel College Fellowship Association has increased its membership to forty-four organizations. These organizations are distributed over Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Cali- fornia, Washington, Minnesota, and Idaho. The general aim for these organizations is to further mu- tual understanding and helpfulness between church and college. The association has as its specific aims the following: I. 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 Bethel's attention to prospective students IOO 6. To encourage prospective students to attend Bethel 7. To encourage individuals to make a definite annual financial contribution to Bethel Each local organization elects its own officers, one officer being elected each year for a period of three years. There is a central committee which is located on the campus and which cooperates with the local chapters. This central committee arranges for at least one general meeting each year of all local Fellowships for prayer, organization, discussion, and action. It also arranges for a personal canvass once a year, inviting every member of the respective congregation to join the local Bethel College Fel- lowship by making a financial contribution to Bethel College for that year. The contributions through the Fellowship in 1934 amounted to 36,8395 in 1935, to S5,985.0I, in 1936, to 847,205,415 and in 1937, to3B27,381.41. The local chapters that have been organized thus far include: Aberdeen fldahoj Church Alexanderwohl Church Arlington Church Beatrice QNebr.j Church I Beatrice CNebr.l Church II Bergfelder QMinn.j Church Bergthal Church Bergthal COkla.j Church Bethel QMinn.j Church Bethel College Church Bethesda QNebr.j Church Bruderthal Church Buhler Church Butterfield QMinn.j Church First Mennonite Church of Christian Deer Creek fOkla.l Church Eden Church Emmaus Church Garden Church Gnadenberg Church 4 Goessel Church Halstead Church Hanston Church Hebron Church Hillsboro Church Hoffnungsau Church Hutchinson Church Inman Church Inola COkla.Q Church Johannestal Church Lehigh Church Los Angeles fCalif.j Church Mt. Lake CMinn.j Church Menno CWash.j Church Meno QOkla.j Church Newton Church Pretty Prairie Church Reedley CCalif.j Church Sichar COkla.j Church Tabor Church Upland fCalif.j Church West Zion Church Wichita Church Wisner fNebr.j Church THE MENNONITE SONG FESTIVAL SCCIETY By Paul Baumgartner The Mennonite people, like other groups who have suffered because of their religious convictions, have found solace in the singing of hymns. When the early Mennonites came to America they brought with them this custom which they passed on to their children. Members of the younger generation began to study music and they in turn carried their training to the home churches, thus the interest and love for good music grew among the Mennonite people. IOI With easier travel came the idea that benefit could be derived by bringing choirs together in song services. Pretty iPrairie and Buhler had held previous festivals. and in the spring of 1930, the Alexanderwohl Church invited some of the neighboring churches to participate in a song service at which time the Mennonite Song Festival Society was organized. The invitation of the Eden Church was accepted for the following spring, and several additional choirs joined the group. In 1932 the festival was held at the Emmaus Church. The following spring when the festival was held in the First Mennonite Church in Newton groups of choirs were organized into districts, and these rendered the afternoon programs. In the evening The Holy City by Gaul and other great musical selections were sung by the combined choirs of all the districts. This plan was followed for several seasons. As time went on the festival had grown to such proportions that it could not well be accommodated with the available equipment in the various churches. Bleachers were built in the Kidron Park on the Bethel College Campus in the spring of 1934. The festival has met in this place each year since, with the exception of 1935 and 1937, when it was taken to Lindley Hall in Newton because of rain. The various choirs feel that they have a common problem, namely to render good music: in a reverent and Worshipful attitude. The aim of the society has been to foster Such an attitude and also to develop a love and appreciation for good musifl. MUSIC INSTITUTE The music institute idea has been carried on successfully to encourage good music in the pub- lic schools. Those vitally interested in sacred music felt that the same idea might be carried out to develop enthusiasm for better church music. With this in mind the Mennonite Song Festival Society sponsored a Church Music Institute at Bethel College during the week of July I7 to 23, 1938. The Society was fortunate in securing the services of Dr. H. Augustine Smith, Head of Fine Arts in Religion at Boston University. Dr. Smith is a master in the field of church music and, in addition to his teaching, has traveled extensively throughout the world in the interest of church music. He is an expert in leading congregational singing and massed choirs and has made a study of the place of pag- eantry in church music. The program of the week was planned primarily for those interested in church music regardless Of dCH0IT1iH21tiOHF1l 2lffili21ti0I1- A COlOrful pageant which was presented on the final evening of the Institute climaxed the week, IO2 The venture was successful even beyond the expectations of the Society. Many denominations were represented in the enrollment. People from the surrounding communities as well as from New- ton availed themselves of this opportunity to gain information and inspiration which, in turn, can be used in our music activity. It is hoped that something of this nature may be made an annual affair. KANSAS INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS For the past three years Bethel College has had the good fortune to be the host of the Kansas Institute of International Relations. This Institute is one of eleven affiliated groups located through- out the United States and is conducted under the auspices of the American Friends Service Commit- tee, the Peace Committee of the General Conference of Mennonites, Church of the Brethren Board of Christian Education, Kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends, and the Congregational Christian Council for Social Action. These institutes provide an intensive ten-day course of lectures, discussions, and personal contacts with national and world-famous authorities on vital international problems. The course is designed to quicken the spiritual concern for world peace g to furnish accurate information on, and penetrating insight into pressing world problems, to discover practical techniques for peace education for all citizens, and to provide a period of fellowship and interchange of thought for people of this region who love peace and democracy. The theme of the 1937 Institute was 4'Democratic America Faces World Crisis, and of the 1938 Institute, uPeaceful Change in a World at Warf' Some of the most outstanding leaders and the most popular here in Kansas have been: Dr. Fred- erick W. Norwood of City Temple, London, Dr. Leyton Richards, pastor of the historic Carrs Lane Congregational Church of Birmingham, England, and generally considered one of the most dynamic preachers in England, Miss Muriel Lester, often called the Hjane Addams of England , Dr. Y. T. Wu, leader among the youth of China, Dr. T. Z. Koo, an eminent Chinese Christian, Dr. Ernest Meyer, authority on Germany, and Samuel Guy Inman, authority on Latin America. An added feature of the 1938 Institute was a series of Teachers, Round Table Conferences, to further peace education in the secondary schools in Kansas. Proof of the value of the Institute here comes from such state leaders as W. T. Markham, E. H. Lindley, Thomas W. Butcher, Governor Walter Huxman, Senator Capper, Nelson A. Crawford, and William Allen White, who are backing it as sponsors.- 103 6. 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 The uptown studio has been established, which gives the town people an opportunity of availing themselves of our music faculty, the Booster Banquet, sponsored by the Newton Cham- ber of Commerce, has been of great help, and the annual rendition of the Messiah', by a corn- munity chorus has done much to bring the college and town closer together. THE BETHEL COLLEGE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION The VVomen,s Association has been one of Bethells most active auxiliary organizations. Any woman interested in the welfare of Bethel College and in widening its field of influence may become a member. The Association was organized in 1934 by a group of women from the Bethel and First Menno- nite Churches. The object, as stated in the constitution, is: to intensify the interest of the women of Newton and vicinity in the welfare of Bethel College, to develop the advantages of the young women students in college, to promote the interests of Bethel College in various communities g to co- operate in projects in which women may find a field for useful servicef, The outstanding project thus far has been the installing of the beautiful new pipe organ in the chapel. Besides this major undertaking, the Association has contributed several articles of equipment. Individual members have made special effort to keep their homes open to students and to give occa- sional parties. During enrollment, the past several years, members of the Association have served re- freshments to faculty members and students. 7. HISTORY: Make arrangements to have the fifty years of history of Bethel College written up in book form. This aim is being only partially fulfilled in the 1938 Golden Anniversary Graymaroon. CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN BETHEL'S GROWTH Founding of the Mennonite School at Emmenthal - ------ September, 1882 Founding of the Halstead Academy - - - - Fall, 188 3 Corner Stone Laying of the Administration Building - October 12, 1888 Completion of the Administration Building ----- - 1893 Removal of the Halstead Academy to Newton and Opening as Bethel College with C. H. Wedel as President ------ - September, 1893 104 Construction of the Ladies Cottage qElm Cottagej - College Credit Given for the First Time at Bethel College Construction of the Minnesota Home - - - Construction of the Ladies, Dormitory fCarnegie Hallj - - Election of Dr. J. H. Langenwalter as Acting President of Bethel College Election of Dr. J. W. Kliewer as President of Bethel College - - Introduction of Full College Course Leading to the A. B. Degree Construction of the White House ----- Graduation of the First College Class ----- Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Corner Stone Laying Erection of Alumni Hall ------- Accreditment by the Kansas State Board of Education - Founding of the Herman Suderman Scholarship Fund - - Resignation of Dr. J. W. Kliewer as President of Bethel College Presidency of Dr. J. E. Hartzler ----- Acquisition of Goerz Hall ------ Election of Dr. J. H. Langenwalter as President of Bethel College Erection of the Science Hall ----- College Drainage Ditch Dug ----- Election of Dr. J. W. Kliewer as President of Bethel College Establishment of the Retreat on the Campus - - Discontinuation of the Academy ----- Election of Dr. Ed. G. Kaufman as President of Bethel College First Annual Booster Banquet ----- Revision of the Curriculum into Divisions Reorganization of the Museum - Founding of the S. M. Swartz Scholarship - Oiling of the College Road ---- Organization of the Bethel College Fellowship Society - First Annual Newton Rotary Club Scholarship Payment Adoption of the First Five-Year Program of Bethel College Erection of the Song Festival Bleachers in Kidron Park - Organization of the Women's Association - - - Addition of the College Farm, Barn, Dairy, and Equipment Creation of the Bureau of Public Relations - - Establishment of the Song Festival at Bethel College - Acquisition of the Perryman Farm - - - - Acquisition of the Printshop - College Mottos Originated a. HBethel College Building Character - - - - b. HWhere Good Friends Meet at the Crossroads of a Nation - Establishment of the Ferguson Scholarship - Establishment of the Katherine Regier Scholarship Establishment of the College Post Office - - First Annual Sunflower Conference Play Day Acquisition of the Krehbiel Home - - Choir Tour to the West Coast ----- Completion of Basement Rooms in the Science Hall ---- Addition of the Infirmary and the Establishment of the Health Department IO About About October 1 2, Spring, Fall, February, - Fall October, I Spring, Spring, Spring, June, Summer, Summer, August, September, September, February, Spring, May, Summer, Summer, Summer, 5 1895 IQOO IQOO 1907 1910 1911 1911 1911 1912 1913 1914 1916 1919 1920 1920 1921 IQ2I 1924 1925 1925 1926 1927 1932 IQ32 1932 1932 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 Acquisition of the Farm Home tGreen Gablesj Summer, Organization of the On-To-Bethel Club - August, Addition of the Introductory Courses of Study September Addition of the Commerce Department - September, Addition of the Director of Religious Life September, Establishment of the News Service ------ October, Revision of the Accounting System according to N. C. A. Requirements November, Acquisition of the Thierstein Home ----- November, Establishment of the Grattan Loan Fund December, First Annual Religious Emphasis Week - Creation of the Advisory Board - First Annual Buffalo Barbecue - - Addition of the Curtain in the Chapel - Addition of the Addressograph Bureau January, Addinon ofthe hdnneograph Bureau January, Introduction of Visual Education March, Connnenon ofthe Chnnes'Tower - - - - - Spdng, Completion of the Third Floors of Goerz Hall, Leisy Home, and White House - Acquisition of the Goessel Home ------ Summer, Completion of the Dramatics Room and Art Room - Summer, Establishment of the Kansas Institute of International Relations Summer, Remodeling of the Chapel ----- August, Completion of the Storeroom - Fall, First Annual Visit to Other Colleges - Fall Acquisition of the New Organ - September, Establishment of the Employment Bureau September, Revision of the Personnel Set-Up - - - - Establishment of the Historical Library and Archives Beginning of a Ministers' Course - - - - Acquisition of the Kliewer Home May, Enlargement of the Library - Summer, Addition of the New Curbing Summer, Choir Tour to the East - - - Summer, Acquisition of the Martin Home QThe Pinesj September, Addition of the Book-Bindery - - September, Addition of the Photo-Engraving Department October, Addition of the Telephone Switchboard November, Extension of the Bible Department - - Fall, Donation of Twenty-Two Passenger Bus December, Construction of Memorial Hall Begun February, Donation of Windmill and Storage Tank - March, Entrance to the North Central Association - - April, First Annual Senior Education Tour instead of Senior Sneak April, Entrance to the Pi Kappa Delta ---- May, Remodeling of the Martin Home fThe Pinesj - - june, Incorporation of Bethel College Campus as North Newton - - September, Resanding of the College Road ------ October, Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Corner Stone Laying of Bethel College - October 9-12, Corner Stone Laying of Memorial Hall ------ October 12, Adoption of Second Five-Year Program of Bethel College - - - November, 106 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1936 IQ36 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 IQ3O IQ3O 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 IQ38 1938 8 BUILDINGS: Although we need a library and other buildings, and gifts for such would be most welcome, nevertheless, because of present economic conditions no buildings are definitely on the program now. Some smaller projects should, however, be completed, such as the rebuilding of the pipe organ, connecting the Ladies Dormitory with the heating plant, and making arrangements for the production of our own eggs, milk, meats, and vegetables. A number of new buildings have been added on the campus, including several faculty homes. Besides the building project begun last February, the new Memorial Hall, much remodel- ing has been done in college buildings so as to utilize every bit of space available. Attics have been enlarged and finished, and basements have been made usable, a new organ has been installed in the remodeled chapel, and a college dairy farm has been established. FINANCES: During these next five years do what we can in building a Fiftieth jubilee Anniversary Fund in order 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 5B5oo,o00 Regarding pledges our program is twofold: 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 During the last five years the school has balanced its budget annually. The indebtedness has not yet been wiped out, but it has been decreased from SI4.I,OOO to 885,000 The endowment has not reached the long-aimed-at sum of S5oo,00o but has been increased by 822,000 and now stands at 3,308,000 The aim of getting all the old pledges paid is not entirely realized, although prog- ress has been made here, too. IO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: In order to make the future of Bethel College more secure it would be well if the field of the institution could be widened by getting more groups to have a real share in the school. The Board of Directors of Bethel College recommends that advisory representa- tion 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 repre- sentatives of the various groups are to be appointed by our own Board, except the Alumni Asso- ciation, who would choose their own. An advisory board has been created to give representation not only to all groups mentioned above but also to the Bethel Hospital Association, Freeman College, Hesston College, Tabor Col- lege, and also the counties of Reno, Marion, McPherson, and Harvey besides a number of more distant Mennonite communities. 107 Special Achievements: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Corner Stone Laying of Bethel College PROGRAM FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORNER STONE LAYING OF BETHEL COLLEGE October 9 - October 12, 1938 QAll meetings in the College Chapel except as indicated.J ocToBER 9 Sunday Morning - It is hoped that the Mennonite Churches in gratitude to our Heavenly Father will remember the Golden Anniversary of Bethel College in the respective morning services on this day. Sunday Evening, 7:30 p.m.: CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICAN MENNONITE COLLEGES ChairmanfPresident E. G. Kaufman 1. Scripture and Prayer efRev. C. C. Wedel 2. Addresseifontributions of American Mennonite Colleges to Home and Societyl' Dr. H. W. Loh- renz, Tabor College L35 min.j 3. Music--A Cappella Choir 4. Address4f'Contributi0ns of American Mennonite Colleges to the Life of the Churchll Rev. Milo Kauffman, President Hesston College 135 min.j OCTOBER IO Monday Evening, 7:30 p.m.: PROBLEMS FACING MENNONITE HIGHERJ EDUCATION Chairman-Professor A. E. Kreider 1. Scripture and Prayer-ARev. P. P. Wedel 2. Address f Problems Facing Mennonite Higher Education in the Light of the Needs of Our Youth and Our Church -Rev. C. E. Krehbiel C35 mill? 3. MusicffC0llege Quartet 4. Addresseuln How Far Is the Service of Our Men- nonite Colleges Dependent Upon Conformity and Non-Conformity to Type ffDr. P. R. Schroeder C35 min-J OCTOBER II Tuesday Evening, 7:30 p.m.: BETHEL COLLEGE PAST PRESIDENTST MEETING 1. Scripture and Prayer, Psalm 10oefDean J. S. Schultz 2. AddresseDr. J. H. Langenwalter Q30 min.J 3. AddresssfMr. Paul Kliewer C12 min.J 4. Music-Harp SolowMiss Mary Eby 5. Address-Dr. J. E. Hartzler C35 min.j OCTOBER I2 Wednesday Morning, 9:30 a.m. Chairman-President E. G. Kaufman 1. Scripture and Prayer, Psalm 96fRev. G. N. Harms 2. Addressi'fPeople of Visi0n fvDr. J. H. Langen- walter Q30 min.J 3. Addresswf'C0rner Stone Laying Fifty Years Ag0 e Professor P. J. Wedel fI2 min.j 4. MusiceA Cappella Choir 5. Address-Dr. Theodore O. Wedel L30 min.J 6. Distribution of Subscription Slips for Contributions toward the Memorial Building Fund Wednesday Morning, 11:00 a.m.: CORNER STONE LAYING OF MEMORIAL HALL fAt Building Sitej 1. MusicfC0llege Band IO8 2. Reading of Psalm 24- Rev. H. T. Unruh 5.AClClI'6SS-'eHSlgl'1lflC3.IlCC of the Memorial Hallne Rev. A. E. Funk, Secretary of the Bethel College Board fI5 min.J Q 4. Dedicatory PrayereDr. P. H. Richert 5. Corner Stone LayingeRev. P. K. Regier, President of the Bethel College Board Q15 min.J 6. Collection of the Contributions and Subscription Slips for the Memorial Building Fund 7. Doxology-Congregation Wednesday afternoon, 2:30 p.m. CC0llege Chapelj Chairman-Dean P. S. Goertz 1. Inv0cati0nffDr. H. A. Fast 2. A Word from Our Colleagues Q 1 min. eachj a. Alumni Associatione-fDr. H. F. Janzen b. Bethel College Women's Association-Mrs. Paul Baumgartner c. Bethel College Fellowships-'AMr. O. C. Kreh- biel d. Bethel HospitalfSister Frieda Kaufman e. Pacific District ConferencefRev. Lester Hos- tetler f. Western District Conference-Rev. P. P Wedel g. General Conference- --Rev. C. E. Krehbiel h. Newton Ministerial AllianceeRev. Logan Martin i. Newton Chamber of Commerce-Mr. Carl K. Suderman 3. Music-Harp SolofMiss Mary Eby 4. Greetings from: a. University of KansasfDean Ivan C. Crawford b. State Board of Education-Miss Louie Lesslie c. Kansas Council of Church CollegesfDr. D. M. Edwards d. Freeman Junior CollegefPresident J. D. Unruh e. Bluffton CollegeeDean J. S. Schultz f. Visiting Representatives of Other Colleges IJ Friends University-President D. M. Edwards 2J K. S. A. C., Manhattan-Dr. F. L. Parrish K. S. T. C., Emporia-Mr. Harold Hunt McPherson College-N-Dean J. D. Bright 51 Tabor C0llegeffPresident A. E. Janzen 65 Washburn College-Mr. Lyle O. Armel 73 University of Wichita-Dean L. Hekhuis SJ Bethany CollegeeDean Emil O. Deere oj Hesston C0llegeffDean Paul Erb 5. Music -A Cappella Choir 6. Main Address5Dr. Theodore O. Wedel Q30 min.J Wednesday Evening, 8:00 p.m.: HISTORICAL PAG- EANT OF MENNONITES AND BETHEL COL- LEGE fLindley Hallj .33 43 A NEW FIVE YEAR PROGRAM FOR BETHEL COLLEGE TO BE COMPLETED 1943 1. Complete old five-year program 2. Constituency a. Increase the number of friends of Bethel College among our constituency in: CID General Conference Mennonites C22 Other branches of Mennonites Cgj Alumni Association Qaj Newton and Harvey County C51 Others b. Survey our active and potential constituency to discover: CID Their needs of higher Christian education C21 Number and type of prospective students available per year C 31 The reasonable extent of their ability and willingness to support Bethel College financially 3. Charter and Aims a. In the light of the above, restudy and revise our charter as well as our aims and programs to conform more nearly to actual needs and possibilities 4. College Board a. Make arrangements for General Conference representatives on Board b. Women on Board c. Revise Advisory Board 5. Faculty a. More Ph. D.'s of a dynamic sort b. Nobody on faculty with less than an A. M. degree c. Strive to strengthen faculty but hold number to minimum 6. Students a. Limit enrollment to carefully selected five hundred bona fide students during regular school term B 7. Curriculum and Instruction a. Consider one-course study plan in connection with employment program b. Consider work program educational and combine it with academic program c. Otherwise improve and strengthen curriculum and instruction 8. Student Employment Program a. Continue development of productive student employment program until every student can earn part of his way b. Consider combining all auxiliaries in a separate organization called Bethel College Student In- dustries to make student work more educational and more efficient 109 9. Athletics Strengthen program of physical education and work out definite policy as to the place of inter- collegiate athletics so that it can be controlled and does not interfere with the academic nor with the employment program 10. Physical Plant a. Complete Memorial Hall b. Repair and fully utilize present buildings, e. g., new roof on and new floor in Ladies Dormi- tory, third floor in Science Hall, and other similar improvements c. New library building d. Enlarge radio broadcasting station e. Develop own nursery for shrubs and trees f. Do work ourselves with student and donated labor I I. Finances a. Balance budget annually b. Pay debt by allowing at least five per cent of annual budget for debt reduction c. Build up endowment by allowing at least five per cent of annual budget for endowment purposes d. Education of constituency as to needs and aims of Christian education and stewardship im- plications of Christianity 12. Accrediting Agencies a. Strive to become a member of: lil Association of American Universities C25 Association of American Music Schools C35 American Association of University Women IIO LABORATORY OF LIFE BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT College Avenue About Twentyafive Years Ago i l l l l Early View of the Campus Minnesota Home Western Home Dining Hall Elm Cottage .Xclministration Building Thierstein Home Haury Home II lA I --V - - A ' H- - Early Picture of the Administration Building Early Picture of the Kidron CSite of the present Song Festival bleachers? 1 I4 l c Carnegie Hall Alumni Hall under construction II II Science Hall under construction The Library in early days Administration Building One of the Historical Linden Trees Through the Arch 117 II Ladies Dormitory KNOW Carnegie Hallj -4 sea ns SE V22 sae EE W 52? M Q25 Eg sie 3? ET 5' ff 5' ScienC0 Hal' I IQ 41 L. IQO Goerz Hall Dining Hall Elm Cottage Goessel Home Green Gables Kliewer Home Leisy Home Western Home Music Hall Thierstein Home Welty Home White House I 2 I Faculty Homes A. P. Friesen A. E. Kreider R. E. Geeting J. F. Moyer P. S. Goertz A. J. Regier W. ll. Hohmann IJ. 11, Richert Vim Lena Waltner Ilfl. G. Kaufman J. E. Linschcid P. J. Wedcl J. J. Voth Parsonage I 22 C LEA A' - L P DAI Twice a year, in fall and spring, Our spades and hoes and rakes we bring. We dig, scrape, scour, and scrub away: lt's really work, but it seems like play. We're each assigned our task to dog We never quit until we're through. We sometimes stop to take a rest: This gives us vim to do our best. At dusk when we are almost done, We lunch on coffee and a hun. Our work we all survey with pride, For Prexy knows we've really tried. 4T. E. K. and F. R. R. I2 Students Earning Their Expenses Linotype operator, Jerry At the printing press, Dan and Waldo The swinging bridge had to be made less swinging The addressograph department Ditch diggers! Our postmistress The mimeograph department always has plenty to do Val and one of his assistants Do as you're told, men Cooking our own meals lightens the burden on our pocketbooks Therels lots to be done on Memorial Hall Office assistants are always needed 124 We're Here for Knowledge A lofty View for lofty ideals L2 ii 2, Could it be cramming? The future office managers and secretaries 3 The Physics laboratory Them things Called Bacteria Whatcha doin' Tiny? These freshmen themes! Dr. T. Z. Koo, noted lecturer 125 Snow Fun It's winter, Dan And at their age! Who's that anemic man? Snowbirds Roy, you brute What fun! Happy haircut What happened, Ada? Noon recess Western Home on a spree Mr. Guy Hawk breaking the sod for Memorial Hall Esko and his pet Tough luck for a fine fellow 126 In a Lighter Vein Charlie Tubbs, our football hero in his younger days Love is so sweet in the springtime A horse we can ride Simon says, 'fThumbs up Behind the bars The old oaken bucket Belt line-ouch! Soft-soft hair Storekeeper goes fishing It's lovelyeteaching Funny faces Me for staying on the ground In the Printshop Hit Dan one for me Dr. Kroekere-alone Thelma stepping out Vic 1 2 7 I7 Our Social Life Faculty-Student Reception junior-Senior Banquet, 1937 S. C. M. Breakfast Senior Picnic Farcity Review Court of Misdemeanors 5 E C 1 Q N 1 414