George Williams College - Embers Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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DENNIS OTTOSEN-GWE Ann Arbor, Michigan . . . Field work at Beverly YMCA . . . Looking toward Hawaiian YMCA as Boys’ Secretary . . . Veep and Prexy of Phi Zeta Tau . . . Student Recruiting Council . . . Varsity Basketball manager . . . Denny is known as a sportsman, particularly golf . . . good at quick quip. PHILLIP G. GEISEL - GWE Kansas City, Mo. . . . was employed at Lincoln Belmont YMCA . . . head¬ ing for YMCA work with camping emphasized . . . Phil was president of Phi Zeta Tau . . . member of Embers staff . . . intramurals . . . drama . . . glee club . . . Choir . . . The Indian Dancer . . . old camper . . . married and looking for twins. Left: Mr. Gunnar Peterson proctors one of the tests. New students include Evelyn Despenza, Harbans Singh, Ray Simser, Jerry Lloyd and John A. Clarke. Right: An informal sing serves as an entree to friendship for Cyril Myers, Lois Fredrickson, new stu¬ dents, Lynn Rinehart and Becky Abrahamson of the Orientation Committee, and Gordon Boys, another freshman. College camp the next day. Friendly fellowship on the bus made the 90 miles fly by quite fast and soon we were carrying our suitcases down Circle Drive. Our quarters in the modern lakefront cabins assured us that College Camp was not quite like the old “Y” camp back home; facilities proved to be more than adequate as a setting for us to become oriented to college life—its rules, curriculum, organizations, customs, philosophy, policies The periods of discussion and recreation went by quick¬ ly and Saturday night found us in Huppy Hollow for the rnr A .,

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The story begins . . . It made little difference whether you kissed mother good-bye in Pennsylvania, brought your wife and child from California, set sail from Israel, or came by CTA when you crossed the quadrangle and stopped at Dole Hall Desk you were greeted with the same friendly “Hi.” Your fears of finding friends or knowing just what to do were all but forgotten as “Mother” Marshall gave you your room number or a member of the Orientation Committee took you on a tour of the college. The climb to the Tower and your first visit to the George Williams Room left you winded but not so much that you couldn’t join in the singing of a few old familiar songs and for the first time you felt the spirit behind the words and music of the Alma Mater at the New Student As¬ sembly. Most of the first day was spent taking tests, but even these weie taken in stride with the promise of going to BEGINNINGS OF THE COLLEGE 1884 1890 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: YMCA Western Secretarial Institute established. Chicago: A one year course was offered at the Central YMCA with a total paid faculty and staff of one person half-time, and a total budget for the year of 1200 dollars. On the first day of classes the volunteer instructors out-numbered the students almost two to one.

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Left: Mrs. Dorothy Rambar (right), college registrar, is super¬ vising her corps of workers, Lillian Botma and Mati Robinson. Right: Mrs. Celia “Mom ’ Marshall, Assistant to the Business Manager, welcomes roommates Ron Watson and George Mathis hack for another year in Dole Hall. . . . Registration traditional initiation ceremony. In the blackness of the clearing we were alone, but as the fire broke forth it re¬ vealed the others around the circle, symbolizing the Col¬ lege Community. Though the torches in our. hands soon went out, the light that was kindled in our hearts burned on through the night and the years which followed. The spirit of Christian serv¬ ice, so much a part of the college, had burned its way deep into our lives. Registration and screening the next day was just a bit more confusing than we were led to believe by the students who had gone before. We knew we’d never forget our names after filling in all those forms. The screening program which followed found new stu¬ dents waiting to show their physical prowess as well as hearing, vision and blood tests. With these things out of the way we were ready to have our pockets cleaned at the cashier’s window and bookstore. Completely exhausted and even more broke we were ready for the first day of classes. This ear the Embers has departed from the usual practice of having the seniors in a special section. We have chosen rather to place them throughout the book. This is an attempt to help you keep in mind that the activities, classes and events of the college all have one basic goal in mind. To develop better leaders for tomorrow as well as a better life today. Here are the results of these efforts — the Senior Class of 1957.