College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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MW 5!? Xw Part of the 700 guests that attended the Wooster Day Dinner AND THIS IS A DAY OF GREATER THINGS . .. ciates, and partisans. mii I W Benjamin Fairless, President Lowry, and Arthur Compton 20 BE-DEDICHTIOH DIIIIIER HWS FOUHDHTIOII FOR FUTURE GROWTH At the banquet in Severance Gym 0n the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Wooster Dav, last De- cember 11, in a building which is itself a symbol of the trust which one of Woostefs great Benefactors reposed in her future, feats of mountain-peak banner placing were performed bv outstanding notables in Wooster9s great family of friends, relatives, and advocates. Surely there have. been few times during the last half century when the college has displayed as ardent and 'brilliant a group of offspring. asso- Many of the nationstop-flight men and women were present at this historic dinner. The rich and Vibrant V01ce 0f Pres1dent Emerltus Wishart was raised in invocation; and at the conclusion, President Lowry,s voice, fervent with appre- ciation and confidence, was heard. ' Presiding as toastmaster was Dr. Arthur Compton, chairman of the Board of Trustees. His father, Dr. Elias Compton, was a former dean and teacher at Wvooster, and it Was announced at the dinner that residents of Wayne County would campaign to raise $300,000 toward the construction of a girls9 dormitory to be named in honor of his mother, Mrs. Otelia Compton. The keynote address was onix'en by Benjamin Fairless, President Of the U. S. Steel Corpora- tlon, an active and interested member of the Wooster Board of Trustees and a former student at the college. Belief in hvoosteris power and potentialities has been denlonslarated. Who can doubt that its clock is set for eternity?

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, rh. -m; -4 ;H- Al History . . . Merle Curti English . . . Mark Van Doren AND AN IDEA Arthur Compton, the brilliant, unpretentious scientist, a man in whom we take a special pride said: , We need a source of inspiration to make us know that the indi- vidual is important. We can then go ahead in science and know that the future is bright before us. We can have stars in our eyes and aspire to greatness. Reinhold Niebuhr, the dynamic, dramatic theologian, specified: The American nation now facing frustration can still find wisdom. Then Theodore Greene, the tall, clear thinking philosopher, said: Dian must have something to live for, a goal, a faith, a pattern. The only wisdom we'can hope to achieve ishumilityebut hu- mility is endless. It is the secret of history9s men of stature. Then they returned to live, learn, think, and teach. Philosophy . . . Theodore Green 'l9

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ONCE AGAIN COMMUNITY ANI COLLEGE JOIN HANDS Mr. Raymond Dix, editor of the Wooster Daily Record, Together at the speakerhs table are Benjamin and his wife are shown with Dr. J. Campbell White, Fairless,Dr.Arthur Compton,1VIrs.Compt0n and former president of the college. President Emeritus, Dr. Wishart. Robert E. Wilson, Mrs. L. R. Critchfield Sin, and Mr. Dr. Lowry and Karl Compton, speaker Critchfield, chairman of Wooster Day Dinner. the convocation chapel exercises. Mrs. J. R. Caldwell, Karl Compton, and J. R. Benjanlin Fairless, main 3113. Louis E. Holden, Caldwell, speaker representing the business enter- speaker of the evenlng, ?s'lfe 0f the former pres- prises 0f the community. and Dr. Arthur Compton, lant, and Paul Gauss. toastmaster. 21 3' mvr-vvvwvwwm m w .V , 7h . . A mmmuylmuhe N..4..