College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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Prexy - Synonymous with Wooster All we could say about Charles F. Wishart's career and erudition has already been written, so we intend to show how he is more than President of the College of Wooster. Sym- phonies are built around one theme which throbs beneath every movement, like the heartbeat of the whole symphony. To reach back into the garnered memories of this year is to realize that in Prexy is the theme for the college. Impressions of him return, some- how symbolizing each mood of college life. lt is fitting to speak of him in this musical figure, for he loves music as few men do. The moods of our memory are like movements of a symphony, so let's listen for the theme. Allegro: Big Four reception-and Prexy playing the Love Song to end the evening. He touch- es the chords quietly, his head thrown back, and his eyes far away-he has seen many students grow suddenly serious when they stand to sing that song. He knows its mean- ing. Chapel-the morning Prexy read Casey at the Bat. Only rarely does the whole school feel such sense of solidarity in laughter- that most unifying of emotions. Every twink- ling eye in the chapel revealed how close together Prexy had brought his audience in enjoyment of that reading. Andante: Senior girls cherish their morning carol sing at Christmas time, and practice faithfully so their music will have just the right blending of gayety and tenderness. This year the President Wishart poses ai cx pic- nic with faculty children. Murcia Ann Graebel, Diane Ingram, and Iudy Young. tradition was symbolized for the seniors by Prexy, listening from his window in the dim dawn, young grandson David with him. That familiar face, the small, round, wondering face beside it, and in front of them a tall red Christmas candle seemed a complete picture of what that loveliest of all seasons should be. Scherzo: Football games-and PreXy's back punctu- ating a line of hunched backs on the team's bench . . . the leaping lights of a bonfire, and a shouting circle of students. Fall pep rallies have a flavour which sends shivers down the most stolid spine, for something about the darkness, and the shadows which make the most familiar faces seem mysterious gives the bonfire a perennial magic. Silhou- etted against the flames is Prexy, saying his word for the team. Largo: PreXy's crimson academic hood, marching ahead of a file of seniors at commencement. lt is fitting that he should lead them this last morning. He has been a good guide. We will not forget Charles F. Wishart.

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WESTHAFER . . 22 Years at Wooster ln addition to being professor and head of the Physics Depart- ment, Dr. W. R. Westhafer has been Dean of the College since 1929. Only a few of his duties are arranging the chapel programs, planning the curriculum, and acting as buffer between the faculty and stud- ents. He taught at Ohio Wesleyan, and Amherst before coming to Wooster in 1918. Included in his accomplishments are the publica- tion of two books and several magazine articles, and the attaining of Phi Beta Kappa rating.