Fairmont State University - Mound Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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DEDICATION 0ieJKound ° °°l r ar T MAY 28, 1851 136 Seniors Receive Degrees The Mound Staff thi it an honor to recognizi most widely known men on the Fairmont State College campus, Dr. Paul F. Opp. Dr. Opp receiv- ed his A. B. degree from Mt. Un- ion College, Alliance, Ohio; his M A. from Columbia University, and he received his doctorate from the University of Toronto. He , has been on the Fairmont State Col- lege faculty since 1923. On cam- pus he has been an instructor in speech, dramatics, and English. He coached mai.y of the Masquers 1 early plays and now he is active as debate and oratory coach for the college. He is, however, national- ly famous for his work in dramat- ics. Dr. Opp was one of the three founders of the collegiate dramat- ics honoraries, Alpha Psi Omega, and Delta Psi Omega. Alpha Psi Omega was founded the summer of 1925 at Fairmoni State College. Since then Alpha Psi Omega has grown to 280 chap- ters, which have spread from Maine to California and to three other countries. The foreign chap- ters of Alpha Psi Omega are at COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Unii s;A Acadia Ur i ;l N.- Doe t emely busy V. She Playbill, th, ill Cana- the college dramatics magazine, which is published an- nually, and lie acts as grand husi- iiess manager for Alpha Psi Ome- ga. We feel proud that Alpha Psi Omega had their beginning at ou- own college and we are grateful to Dr. Opp for his help founding. We the stud ' Fairmont State College t hats off to a nationally km lire and a grand person. We hop ' that the future years hold as mucl promise as the past has Doctor Paul F. Opp. BACK GLIMPSES By Ma Nil nths at FSC meal months brimful with all the that are the springboard fuller, happier, future. September is the month tality. A new year yawns eager to reveal the cavalc events. Here begins the unfoi table orientation of the fresh: into a new and bewildering envi- ronment. Some think it ' s tough enough without being tried in court and tossed in the clink. But then they smooth it over with lots of lush parties to win back the good graces. October finds FSC wai The gridders and the Ms White band lend an air of festivi- ty to the crisp atmosphere. Con- struction on the new library build- ing is in full swing. The Mas- quers can be found busily rehears- ing for their first performance and the showing of a long series of foreign films is begun. With Oc- tober came the introduction of a weekly student recreation pro- gram called Faleonite featuring swimming, dancing, checkers, ca- nasta and pinochle. For cultural advancemefitj tickets to the Fair- mont Community Concerts were given to students desiring them. High-lighting November was the annual Dad ' s Day celebration with floats, parade, game and dance. Who will forget the record-In eak- ing blanket of snow 47 1 , inches deep that fell during the Thanks- eivmg recess and imposed an addi- tional 7-day vacation upoil FSC? December swirled in with bas- (Continued on page 11) BACHELOR OF ARTS: William Richard Barne Durward Elsey, William Rue, James W. Nottingha Raspa. ti . Ralph REV. W. RALPH WARD Rev. W. Ralph Ward. Jr., mil ter of Mount Lebanon Methodist Church. Pittsburgh, Pa„ will give the baccalaureate sermon May 27 : Rev. Ward (not a relative of oui Dr. Ward), has chosen A Philos- ophy to Live By as the topic his sermon, according to Dr. R Ward, chairman of th. meflftcommittee. HOLMES ALEXANDER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: Richard William Anderson, Paul Garrison Dodd, Frederick Gerkin, Donald Richard Guerrieri, Herman John Michelitch, Denny LaVerne Moore, Frances Louise Newlon, Raymond C. Paull, John Andrew Vance, Herbert Heinz Wurstle, John Zelenak. BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDU- CATION : Joseph Antulov, Eva Gloria Ar- giro, Jack L. Bruce, Grace Ten- nant Carpenter, Jack R. Cotrel, Jo- seph Marshall DePollo, Violanda Joan Forchi, Emma Cosgray Good- ing, Stephen Hardoby, Helen V. Hildreth, Robert Edward Lasko, Joseph Edward Lobuts, Cullen H. Lunceford, Rogers McAvoy, Wil- liam Blackmore McQuain, Marian Louise Mize, Thomas Lee Murphy, John N ' ebera, Evelyn E. Phillips. Betty Louise Provan, Raymond Dale Riley, Amos Barnett Sharps, Bernice Ware Stewart, Virginia W.itring Straight, Paul Tarasuk, Margaret E. Volk, Ray Mathew Weekly. Those receiving degrees in May BACHELOR OF ARTS: Joseph Anthony Curia, Herbert A. Gibson, Russell J. Grandstaff, W. Carl Huffman, Jr., Wilbur Hull, Ann Robb Jones, Edsel Glen Michael, Mary Louise Offner, lvn K. Thomas, James Rav W dell. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DE GREE: Paul Edward Alban, Jr., Jan Thomas Conaway, Ellert W. 1 Vaul, John Richard Diamond, M garet Ann Ford, Doris Ruth Gl er, Joanne Graham, Russell Gwinn, Betty June Havmond, Jo seph W. Johnson. Reginald Leoi Johnson, Roy Franklin Jones Clyde S. Judy, David Daniel Ken (Continued on page 2) Re . Wa d the d .of S. T. B. from Boston Univ, 1 of Theology in 1932 . T. M. degree from the sity in ' 33. He began his try as a student pastor in the England Southern Confer- . and continued there until ti-lcrjning to Pittsburgh. He lining his eighth year a . ' South Methodist Church, Man- chester, Connecticut, at that time frequent contributor to reli- gious periodicals and journals, Rev Wal-d was a member of the Juris- dictional Conference 1944, and the sdictional Con- Virginian, ne and novelist, will be th. ment speaker for the 1951 gradu atlng class at 10 a. m.. May the college auditorium. Dr. R. P. W rd, chairman of the mencement committee, reports tBat the speaker -conducts i.rulu umn in The West V i r g i n : fa n through the McNaught Syndicate and has writte biographies. A Princeton alumnus, Holmes Alexander took post-graduate work at Trinity College, Cambridge Uni- versity, England. Returning to his Maryland home, he plunged into politics, became a State Legislator at 24 and startled the State House regulars by the boldness of his po- litical thinking and his total disre- gard for the boss ' orders. Then followed a productive dec- ade in which Alexander wrote five books as well as many articles and stories for topflight magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Collier ' s, Esquire, Saturday Review of Literature, and the more discerning pulps. His biographies of Martin Van Bur ren and Aaron Bun- earned nt acclaim fro m the high-br (Continued an page 11) rAVUfpN £OLl EGE LIBBA '