Bowling Green State University - Key Yearbook (Bowling Green, OH)

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Richard Lilley, Mariorie Suffer, Gordon Humphrey, Anthony Frances, Helen En Insh, Weldon Brooks, Dr. Rea Mcgain. REOPAG-US is composed of a selecl' group ol six sludenls, lhree men and Ihree women, who meel' 'rwice each monlh al lhe home of Dr. Rea McCain, lacully sponsor, for dinner and discussion of conlemporary Iileralure. Discussions al Areopagus meelings since ils founding five years ago have been concenlraled on Ihe drama of 'rhe Iegilimale lhealer, and 'rhe group's library of conlemporary plays is one of lhe besl in Bowling Green. A club proieci' for Ihe pasl 'rwo years has been lhe sale of poslcard reproduclions of elchings of campus scenes made by Belly Boyer. an alumna of rhe Universi+y. THE HILL OF THE GODS The name Areopagus was Taken from Ihe Greek Areopagus--meaning +he hill of 'rhe gods. The Lafin form, Areopagus, was used for 'rhe name of 'rhe informal, coffee house. discussion group of Spencer. Sidney. and olhers in Renaissance London. The modern, Universily Areopagus is Icepl informal and sponlaneous. II' encourages quick Ihinlcing and allempls lo promole 'rhe arl of conversalion. SIX MEMBERS CHOSEN Areopagus mainlains no rigid membership requiremenls, bul new members are elecled only when a vacancy occurs because of gradualion. Formerly com- posed of eighl sludenls, membership has now been reslricled 'ro six. Miss Mar- garel Zaugg, an alumna of Areopagus and a posl graduale sludenl al 'rhe Uni- versily, was a guesl al lhe meelings 'rhis year. Officers for Ihe year were Richard I.iIIey, president Anlhony Frances, vice- presidenl and librarian: and I-Ielen English, secrelary and Ireasurer. ' 3 I rvupaggus

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Eiiggliua Tau EE if si as IGMA Tau DelTa, naTional honorary English FraTerniTy, was Tounded To pro- moTe The masTery of wriTTen expression, encourage worThwhile reading, and TosTer a spiriT OT Tellowship among Those persons especially inTeresTed in English. The Greek leTTers symbolize The moTTo oT The organizaTion, SinceriTy, TruTh, Design. Kappa DelTa ChapTer was esTablished on The Bowling Green STaTe UniversiTy campus in I936. Tl-TE RECTANGLE, a magazine published by The naTional organizaTion, con- sisTs oT prose and poeTry wriTTen by members oT The sixTy chapTers ThroughouT The enTire UniTed STaTes and chapTer leTTers Telling oT acTiviTies and programs held aT various colleges. Two poems wriTTen by Welda BerlincourT have been included in recenT issues. DR. McCAIN ENTERTAINS This year many of The meeTings have been held as inTormal dinner parTies. Members oT The local chapTer prepared and served dinners aT The home oT Dr. Rea McCain, The sponsor. The spiriT oT These occasions lenT iTselT To avid dis- cussions oT books, wriTers, poeTry, and plays, boTh old and new. AT The evening meeTings held in TronT oT an open Tire place, original works were read by members and criTicized by The group. Reviews oT several recenT books were given. On one occasion Dr. lv1cCain Told The group oT her journey Through lTaly The pasT summer. couresr Buims INTEREST .Sigma Tau De Ta sponsored a liTerary conTesT To encourage and discover any laTenT TalenT on The campus. The winners in The Three divisions, BeTTe Bradley, essay: Rose DehnhoTT, poeTryg Vivian Walker, shorT sTory, were inviTed To become members oT Sigma Tau DelTa. Each member oT The group submiTTed a shorT sTory which was judged accord- ing To The rules prescribed by The Toledo Blade. The Three besr Trom Bowling Green were published by The Blade. OTTicers Tor The year included Welda BerlincourT, presidenT: Virginia Cross, vice-presidenT and program chairman: RuTh Dodds, secreTary-Treasurer. Firsi row, leff To righf: Dorothy Harris, Mary, Cross, Virginia Cross, BeTTy Effinger, Welda Berlincourf. Second row: RuTh Osborn, Marian Archibald, BeTTe Bradley, HarrieTT McKnighT, Evelyn Leader, RuTh Dodds, Dr. Rea McCain. l 30

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OOK AND MOTOR is an honorary organizaTion open To arTs and educaTion sTudenTs and mem- bers OT The TaculTy. The club was organized in I9I4 wiTh PresidenT EmeriTus H. B. Williams and Dr. J. R. Overman as Two oT The ThirTeen original members. Purposes oT The organizaTion are To TosTer Univer- siTy spiriT: To supporT all universiTy acTiviTies: To build up recogniTion oT scholasTic endeavor: To recognize social acTiviTies as well as academic: To seek sTudenTs who combine The social side oT college life wiTh The academic and To provide educaTional inTormaTion To iTs members Through iTs Tinal meeTing. The scholasTic requiremenT Tor candidaTes Tor membership is a 3.4 poinT average: oTher TacTors considered are: service To The universiTy, personaliTy, sTanding on campus, inTeresT in exTra-curricular ac- TiviTies. New members are voTed inTo The group by mis asses members Twice during The year-aT The Tall meeTing and The spring meeTing. The members receive The Book and MoTor Key which is emblemaTic oT The TundamenTal principles oT educaTion: The open book represenTing knowledge and The moTor symbolizing indusTry--The combinaTion represenTing progress in concreTe applicaTion oT knowledge To living. The Tall meeTing To elecT members is The TirsT oT Tour acTiviTies held each year. AT The annual ChrisT- mas parTy The new members are iniTiaTed, and The second elecTion of new members is held in The spring. The lasT meeTing of The year is a Tormal banqueT wiTh an ouTside speaker. This year's oTTicers are: presidenT, Rex Moorhead: secreTary, RuTh Kohls: Treasurer, Dr. WalTer A. Zaugg: commiTTee on selecTion, Dr. WalTer A. Zaugg, Dr. J. R. Overman and Miss Caroline Niel- sen. FirsT row. leTT To righT: MildredSEolTz, RuTh Kohls, Marian Archibald, Agnes Drummer, RoberT HabensTein. RuTh Mack, KaTherine Mirillian, Ellen Henderson, Elmer WeiTz. Second row: Dr. D. J. Crowley, Harold Hagemeyer, Charles Rankowski, Welda BerlincourT, Mariorie SuTTer, Dondus BerndT, Phyllis PorTmann, Miss Caroline Nielsen, Miss Grace Tressel, Dr. W. A. Zaugg. Third row: William Mahoney. Mr. John Schwarz, Muriel Goodrick, Alma Roach, Elsie Clinger, RuTh Hardin, Pauline Hall, RuTh Dodds, Virginia Cross. . EourTh row: Lloyd Long, James HunTer, William Chappell, Rose Dehnhoff, AlTa Miller, Helen Friend, Margarel' Kaiser, James Ludwick. FiTTh row: Owen Hughes. Darwin MayTield, Rex Moorhead. 35