College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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which followed the Wooster Day Dinner. WAS A BIG ONE came unss curs The actual week of redication found students listening to the ttMagnificat,9 given by the choir and then the next night the Flaming Follies? Tuesday,December 11, was the day for the town to share in the ceremony. This they did as com- munity and college listened to the big name speakers, F airless, Wilson, and Compton at the Anniversary Dinner in Severance Gym. During the dinner, the planned building of a new girls, dorm was announced and some old grads feared that the old landmark, HOOVCI' Cottage, would disappear. . The Christmas Carol had its annual pre- sentation by Dr. Lean Who this year was glven an honorary degree by the college in appreciation of the enjoyable tradition he had established. Basketball started with much the same team as last 'year, but the final record awaited second semester. Confusion as to what major to take, trying for high grades to stay away from the army; counting the days until graduation, struggling to get a workable Student Union plan, wait- lng to get a V0icea9 to see what Whips and Scornsl, attacked next, all this was Wooster. Not all good, not all bad, but it was Wooster- In spite of the many activities the semester brought, I. S. and studies continued. The ttlilfl remained a popular place to combine study and dating. The tsFlaming Follies? a student-senate sponsored talent show commemorating the big fire of 1901, featured such campus notables as tabovel Dr. Ferm, Dr. Jenny, Mr. Craig, and John Welsh. 17

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MxMMxMM V: 7170 student vote elected Wylene Young as Woosteris sixth Homecoming queen. She was escorted by Dick Campbell. Visits of notables made October important. Dr. E. Stanley Jones, Mrs. Clarence Day, and Jeanne Crain gave campus routine pleasant diversion. ' Kauke was dressed up for the band concert FIRST SEMESTER llllTH FIRE WEEH Again the start of a new school year. The freshmen gathered on September 13, for freshmen orientation. Many upperclassmen returned earlier than necessary, some eager to tell of the summeris adventures, some glad to be back among friends after a boring summer, some anxious to start school before their draft notices caught up with them. F reshmen struggled with college courses and the necessary studying. Sophomores found the studying a little easier. Juniors finally started their own independent studv and found it just as difficult as they had been told but had refused to believe. Etehaors were calloused t0 the whole affair and tried to take evervthing in r1 e. . Scelally the year started quickly, with the freshmen mixer, and then the more formal S.C.C. Dance. Each big brother hoped his little brother would get h1s own date; each big sister hoped her little sister would have a date. One Of the-blg dances of the year, Homecomino, came October 20- Fellews were hes1tant, girls hopeful. It was followed 3 week later bv the Sadle Hawkins Dance. Girls were hesitant, fellows hopeful. . Since thls year was the fiftieth anniversary of the fire. there were several spec1al occasmns that were distinctive. The Symposium on Twentieth Cen- 7 9 ' tury Concepts of Man 9 gave an Intellectual boost to students and facultv members. .

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Religion . . . Reinhold Niebuhr FIVE MEN . .. They lived, learned, thought, and taught a long time . . . they came here . . . they talked a short time . . . Five Men and an Idea . . . the idea: WHAT MAN HAS THOUGHT ABOUT HIMSELF IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Their answers were as conHicting and different as the men themselves . . . only on one point were they all agreed . . . Mark Van Doren, the pleasant looking, soft spoken poet, who talked of literature and art, reflecting the condition of the whole, said: Man cannot feel himself important unless he can believe that something else is more important still. Merle Curti, the well organized, factual historian, stated: Our faith has been weakened in this century, but a long historical perspective may open a window of hope. Science . . . Arthur Compton VMM an .w I W; ,. ,' Wt 18