Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 168 of the 1950 volume:

REVEILLE 1950 The Yearbook of Kenyon College Gambicr, Ohio............Volume 95 EDITOR Arthur W. Sherwood ART EDITOR Ilerhert I.. II irschc EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS John S. Peabody Justin C. Morgan Ernest P. Schrocder SHORT’S EDITOR Gerald N. Cannon ADI ERTISING M ANAGER John S. Tomasscnc ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER Robert M. Connolly TROT ESS ION AT PHOTOGRAPHY Joe Monroe Mueller Studio Dave Strom Canton Engraving NON - PROEESSION A I. PHOTOGRAPHY Arthur W. Sherwood Leonard II. Burrows COVER DESIGN Drawn for Reveille by Richard Henderson ACK NOW'LEI XfMENTS TheReveille is indebted to Dr. Coffin for his generosity in allowing the Reveille to use the basement of his house for a darkroom. Leonard Burrows kindly loaned his camera and enlarging equipment to the Reveille. John Barnes gave valuable aid in scheduling pictures and helping generally to finish up the photographic work. These men as well as others who gave needed advice deserve the Reveille's thanks. TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Faculty................................. 3-14 Seniors.................................15-44 Letter from Paul Hoffman.............. 45 Buildings..............................f7 60 Extra-Curricular Activities .... 61- 74 Social..............................75 84 Ink Drawings by H. L. Hirsche - - - 85- 88 Fraternities ..........................89-109 Sports................................111-137 Dedication .............................. 138 Advertisers...........................139-160 President GORDON KEITH CHALMERS A.B. (Brown); M.A (Oxon.); Ph.D. ( Har- vard� ; LL.D. (Hobart); Litt. I). ( Rockford and Brown); L.H.O. (Ripin). To the Class of 1950 The largest and in some particulars the ablest class will be graduated front the semi- nary anti from the college in June, 1950. Your performance in the college and in Bex- ley has been notable, and the start which some of you already have made toward graduate school, jobs, and the responsibilities in the world bids us in the faculty expect truly distinguished things front you. This is true on the intellectual side and on the side of character anti ability to lead your fellows. To all we wish Godspeed and a frequent return to Kenyon. Gordon Keith Chalmers PREFACE The final page proofs for this 1950 Reveille were read by the Editor and Ernest Peter Schroc- der in Bamberg, Germany at the home of Jo- hanna Schultz on August 17 and 18, 1950. A few days previous to this time the Editor spent a busy week in Berlin visiting the fringe of the Russian zone of occupation and discussing the problems of an eastern-western world split with the inhab- itants of the international city. Out of this strange merging of experiences, which seemed to magnify the interrelationship of Kenyon College in Ohio with the dominant cultural and political struggle between east and west centered in Berlin, came the inspiration for this brief preface. As the reader leafs through the following pages it may be well for him to make a mental note of what one young Berlin veteran (wounded three times and blinded in one eye) said to the Editor. The greatness of America, he said, is not in the things she possesses but in the responsibility which every American takes to preserve the thing he values most. A. W. S. I fit Io Higlfl Sen. Iloh I aft. (tovtrnor Frank J. lauuhc. Mr. Pat Patmi. I’hll T«I«mo, Dr. (Ktrdon Keith (.halntto FACULTY The first Argument always used by those who wish to uphold the ad- vantages of the small over the large college invariably resolves itself into the remark, You can get to know the faculty. Kenyon is sure-fire prod of this assertion. The senior who leaves Gambicr after four years with- out making at least one real friend with a member of the faculty has most probably left Kenyon without making one real friend with anyone. Unquestionably the smallness of Kenyon substantially contributes to- wards enhancing this relationship, but one feels there is more to it than this. A good part of this 'more’ certainly is the fact that the faculty is jam-packed with really top-notch men. And they make themselves easy to know. For instance, one family man on the faculty thinks nothing of standing on the Alumni Mouse corner with the boys and hitch-hiking into Mount Vernon. Even the most retiring student is bound to feel the line between professor and student fading under such conditions. On these pages, the Kenyon faculty have been pictured as much as possible in their role as fellow citizens rather than as the men who make the rules. Poge 4 1 (Van Frank Bailo. Mr. Norm Rahming UPP ff}l — IV. P ul Tin� and Mrv Tuw l.nuer right — Mr. Bill Stiln and Mrv S«il« Po5 :pper left — Mn� !ru«J Fnl«f Latter Ufi — Mr. George Vhite I pper right — Mr. Art Barton Latter right — Mrv Richard Pog« 6 I fl � • nah$ — Mi « Mo I’iiini, Mr. I«I l)r. K I), (.«hall. Mr. ( hu«k ««oImIkc. Tyler Thornton, Dr. (ihtrltr Itwrnion, Dr. I «ul litut, Dr. John ( halmrr Poq 7 I 'pprr 11 ft — ( Af« l n and Dr. John Chalmert and neighbor I aurr Ufi — John Harnev Mr. Chock Coolidp, Hank Robert� I PPft right — I r. Sam C Mr. Kermit Lo tr right — Dr. Bate� PoQt 8 Herb Hllmann, Cap liberie. Dr. B4II Ikrg. Martin Berg I)r. Jam R. drown Dr. Paul Rad in Dr. P. II. Mautncr Dr. Salomon and Mr Salomon 09 9 Dr. Charlie Thornton, Dr. Andre Hanfman. Mr. Hoyt L. Warner Mr. lid. Camp Mr. Jim Michael Mr. C. E. Hamer Mr. Kermit Lansner and Dr. Virgil Aldrich Dr. D. 13. Du Bob Page 10 Canon Orville Watson and Mr. Gene Harding Mr. Dave Strout Mr. and Mrs. Ray English. Dr. and Mrs. R. J. I). Braihanti Mr. Ed. Silverman Mr. J. G. Bellamy Dr. Otton Nikodym Page 11 Miss Nancy Gill, Phil Best, Dr, Hay Ashford Pogc 12 Mr. William Copithornc Dr. W. R. Transue Page 13 Maryannc Lester and Mrs. A. J. Lester Mr. Dick Bower Page 14 Kenvan college HONOR STUDENTS David Virgil Aldrich, cum laude George Robert Baker, cum laude James Warth Bates, cum laude Fred William Baum, cum laude Raymond Bentman, cum laude Ralph Owen Briscoe, mag tin cum laudc William Rashleigh Chadeayne, summa cum laude Robert Paul Dcllheim, cum laude Elliott Frederic Ellis, cum laude William Eaglecon Frenaye III, cum laudc Richard Goldhurst, cum laude Lane Schofield Hart IV, cum laude William Karl Hass, magt a cum laude William Redington Hay, magna cum laudc John Atlee Horner, r,, cum laude Theodore Dillon Jennings, cum laude Robert Edward Klein, cum laudc David Warren Kracmer, summa cum laudc Melvin Edward I.aFountaine, cum laudc Harris David Lang, cum laudc Edward Frank Masch, Jr., magua cum laudc Robert Bruce McFarland, cum laude John Cameron McLaughlin, magna cum laudc Martin Harm Molcma, cum laudc Robert Benjamin Muhl, cum laudc George Robert Nugent, cum laude James Blaine Olmstead, Jr., (honors in Philosophy) Frederic Milton Peake, cum laudc Philippe Antoine Plouvier, cum laude Paul George Russel, (honors in Political Science) Saul Leonard Sanders, summa cum laudc John Arthur Sanford, magna cum laudc William Graham Seslcr, cum laudc Robert Charles Shutt, magna cum laudc John Ellington White, cum laudc Earl Van Horn Thompson, cum laudc Edwin Wilson Watkins, magua cum laudc Joseph Arthur Wcndel, cum laudc MAJORS IN CHEMISTRY Robert E. Frenkel Experiment Measures A Molecule by Robert Frcnklc, Edited for Reveille OBJECT: To measure the surface pressure of a film on water and to determine the cross- sectional area and the length of a single molecule of that Film. PROCEDURE: A known volume of oleic acid is carefully floated on a large water sur- face. I he acid film formed is then compresset! by a movable barrier connected to a pointer so that a deflection of the pointer is proportional to the resistance of the Film to the barrier. Successive recordings of film resistance per barrier movement arc made until the acid film collapses when additional barrier movements are applied. DISCUSSION: The oleic acid molecules arc free to move in all directions. The molecules arc homogeneously attracted except for the surface molecules which lack upward attraction. These surface molecules are thus less free to move about and consequently tend to form a membrane; however,because of the tendency for the 'heads' of the molecules to dissolve in the water and the ‘tails' not to (Hydrophillic attraction), the oleic acid molecules arc all oriented in the same direction with the hydrophillic attraction between the water and acid at the interface greater than the membrane-forming tendency already mentioned. This ex- plains why a thin film is formed and when this film is under zero compression from the barrier, it may be as- sumed that the film is one molecule thick. Now. knowing the volume and the concentration of the acid, the total number of molecules may be com- puted. The area of the film at zero compression may be arrived at by extrapolating the curve—plotted from bar- rier movement values vs. film resistance—to zero pres- sure. The film is only one molecule thick as already ex- plained; hence the average cross-sectional area of one molecule may be calculated and similarly one may find the length of a single molecule. DATA: 2.00 ml. 0.0011 M Oleic Acid 1.35 x 10 acid mole- cules 67.2 cm- film area at zero pressure 50 x 10 ■ cm cross sectional area of one molecule 7.0 x 10 ■ cm volume of one molecule 1.02 x 10 : cm length of one molecule The results obtained by I. Langmuir arc in fairly close agreement with those in this experiment. Lang- Clyde W. Pinklcy muir: 1.12 x 10 f cm length. Langmuir, J., Am. Chem. Soc., 39, 1869 (1917). MAJORS IN CLASSICS Irresponsible Translators Damage Classics by RAY BENTMAN, Edited for Reveille Fifth century Greek was still an early tongue; the words had not yet acquired the clear-cut denotation so useful to scientific prose. The language seems to bristle with connotation, the meaning almost bursts out of its exterior shell, the sound. Chaucer and Shakespeare had a similar language to work with, but Drydcn, Swift, Johnson, and the more re- cent flood of clear, explicit prose writers have done to English what Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle did to Greek, what is probably inevitable in any language after periods of great poetry; twentieth century English simply cannot stand up under the weight of fifth century Greek poetry. There is further lacking the grandeur of those times, the classical dignity and order so very apparent in Greek tragedy, and the most that the greatest translators can do will be a weak substitute. More specifical- ly there are problems of grammar, syntax, and imagery. The high degree of inflec- tions in Greek permitted a free system of word order that allowed emphasis and shadings unapproachable in English. The optative mood is lost forever and the subjunctive is at best embarrassing. The middle voice can only be reproduced by adding such phrases as “upon himself or for himself, ' which lack the succinctness and clarity of the middle voice. The use of verbals, participles, and infinitives that convey a sense of latent action, the implication of movement without direct statement, must be conveyed into English by long and tiresome clauses or non-verbal adjec- tives. The translator often must choose between double meanings and forever re- move from the reader the opportunity of selection. Much of the Greek imagery is weak to an English-speaking person. The surging billow that meant so much to a sea-faring people has little impression on an Iowan whose knowledge of water is limited to the bathtub. But it isn't enough for a translator to re- sign himself to these drawbacks; he must use every available method to compensate. Far too often the translator has contented himself to throw the problem into the lap of the reader and this single irresponsi- bility has probably done more to discour- age interest in the classics than has the most 'realistic -minded university presi- dent. Raymond Bcntman MAJORS IN Peter Weaver Robert F. Koke David (J. Jensen John E. White Joseph A. Wcndel Frederick L. Phillips Robert M. Kastner Myron B. Bloy Robert L. Johnson, Jr. Page 18 ENGLISH George E. Labalmc James D. Squires Born Offspring of Revolt by Dr. Denham Sutcliffe; Kenyon Professor of linglisb Edited for the Reveille Youth and newness are our national preoccupation. Not today's car is the ideal, but tomorrow's. Our reverence is not for the man of years and wisdom, but for the youth of health and promise. Our effort is not to achieve maturity hut to retain youth, or at least the illusion of it. Our pride less often contemplates our social stability than our mobility, not our community or class but our hope of rising above them. Even an undergraduate may be expected to know that few things are more character- istically American than the assumption that wc are the crowning achievement of a teleological history; what Whitman called the culmination of the scheme.” Mrs. Trol- lope. in the eighteen-twenties, was greeted everywhere with the assumption that she must be overjoyed to escape from benighted London and all the kings into the tobacco- scented air of freedom. The fragrant farmers of Cincinnati were confident that she could have seen no city finer than theirs, no political institutions so divinely ordered as theirs, no independence so surly as theirs. Tocqucvillc, at the same time, was struck with our individualism — a new word, said his translator, to which a novel concept had given birth. The cry of our resplendent newness, hence of our superiority, is everywhere in early American literature and folk-lore. We are the pioneers of the world, cried Melville. God has predestined, mankind expects, great things from our race; and great things we feel in our souls-We are the advance guard, sent on through the wilderness of untried things.” Hawthorne cptiom- ized the popular spirit in the character llolgravc, to whom it seemed “that in this age, more than ever before, the moss-grown and rotten East is to be torn down, and lifeless institutions to be thrust out of the way, and their dead corpses buried, and everything to begin anew. . . . Holgrave might fitly enough stand forth as the representative of many compeers in his native land. I don't think Hawthorne had Emerson in mind when he wrote that, but why should he not have been thinking of the address to Har- vard's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa: Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions that around us arc rushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Emerson was right, as usual, in saying that our literature and history were in the optative mood. The mood triumphed. Our revolt from orthodoxy has been so successful that it is against the law to discuss religion in the public schools. Wc have so successfully re- volted from aristocracy that the tastes, manners, and speech of a B.A. arc not to be dis- tinguished from those of a street-vendor. Wc have so competently pulled down the moss-grown past that no ten alumni can communicate in shared symbols, or comprehend a reference more remote than to Ingrid Bergman. Having done with highbrowism, literacy is our last requirement of a Congressman or learning of a professor. I am quite of Koko’s mind about 'the idiot who praises with enthusiastic tone, all centuries but this and every country but his own. What I am asking is whether an entire preoccupation with present and future is a fruitful preoccupation, and whether Cicero's remark is less true now than when he made it, that the man who doesn't know what happened before he was born is forever a child. Forgive me if I don't mention everything that happened before you were born; I'll content myself with reminding you of a thing or two. A nation fell off from the univer- sal church. Shortly thereafter, yet another breach sent a body of men to America where Continued on next page Robert L. Westland Melvin E. LaFountaine A. Kandcll McKechnie Thomas C. Woodhury Page 19 Born Offspring of Revolt the vicissitudes of their faith bred a religious assurance, unleashed from all control in dogma or creed that has been called no less than terrifying in the lengths to which it was to go in proclaiming the individual as his own Messiah.” Property was once chiefly confined to an hereditary aristocracy. For them, possession entailed obligations: conservation of the land, for example, to posterity; an obligation to serve as models, or at least as patrons, of learning, taste, and virtue. The notion arose that property and class are separable, and they were separated, so that among us the man of property has no obligation whatever to serve either as model or patron of learning, taste, or virtue. Calvin affirmed pre- destination; success became a sign of God’s favor; devo- tion to business came to look like devotion to God; and then God disappeared from the equation, and we were left with the sanctity of success. What happened before you were born was in short no less than the creation of a context of tastes, morals, ideas, and ideals in which you must make a life. That context is founded not in nature but in history. Your tastes, ambitions, and values were created by society. In the degree that you arc uncritically immersed in the mo- ment — when you forget, that is to say, that those values were choices — then you are at the mercy of that so- ciety and will he incapable of sharing intelligently even in the great American tradition of revolt. When a so- ciety forgets the tradition out of which it sprang, it abdicates from humanity. It may be symbolized by an Ahah who, having smashed the quadrant, lost the log. and magnetized his own needle, pursues the demon of the absolute across uncharted seas. When Calvinism seemed to restrict the notion of limit- less human progress, we turned it in on a new model. We turned in the concept of the scholar and gentleman for the ideal of the practical man. We turned in mon- archy. What prevents us from turning in democracy? What prevents us from turning in the idea that of all things, man is most valuable; that nothing is good — not business, not government, not progress — if it as- saults his primal dignity or debars him from his pos- sibilities? What will prevent us from turning in democracy and the concept of human dignity is a knowledge what they are and a faith born not of propaganda but of participation. What will prevent our turning them in is the existence of a large class of men who know the difference between choice and submission, between the local and the universal, the fleeting and the more nearly permanent. What distinguishes those men from the social mass, is the idea of excellence. The mass of men accept their civilization as a natural thing; are likely to think them- selves no more indebted for the political institutions under which they live than for the air they breathe. Forgetting that free education is a benefaction from the past, they demand it as a prerogative; seem to think that, like the sun and rain, it subsists by an agency bc- yound themselves. They use their cars or their peni- cillin or their civil rights as casually as they would pick up a stone from the roadside; as if these, like the stone, were natural objects, infinitely self-sustaining, needing only to be used. What distinguishes the sort of men 1 have in mind is a knowledge that all these common- places of twentieth century life were created by the arduous and often sacrificial labor of men who had de- voted themselves to the idea of excellence. Yet more: the men I speak of also know that the precious com- monplaces of civilization could disappear far more easily than they were brought into being, and that as they were created by intellectual labor, so they must be sus- tained by it. They know, for instance, that men do not passively inherit freedom — political, religious, or in- tellectual — they earn it. They know that science, medicine, the law, and the arts were not, like the sun, erected for man. but that they were erected and must be upheld by man. If the mass of men are to continue their unintelligent enjoyment of the fruits of intelli- gence, a self-selected few must dedicate themselves to in- telligence. Such men will make high demands upon themselves, will judge themselves by standards radically different from those by which the mass of men arc con- tent. One characteristic mark of such men will be an un- easy sense of their own ignorance. Their knowledge of the past may cause them to wonder, now and then, whether modernity is the brand of excellence. They will not suppose that ideas, any more than juke-boxes, arc self-created; or that ideas, any more than juke-boxes, sustain themselves. They will know that the idea of a car preceded the creation of the car, and that cars will be improved not by ignorant enjoyment of them but by critical analysis of the physical principles on which they are constructed. And so of politics, religion, morals, and the arts — of the ideas of the just, the divine, the right, and the beautiful. They will in short know their own origins not merely as physical creatures but as humane creatures; they will have a sense of the past. That class of men will come chiefly. I think, from the colleges, and more especially from the college of lib- eral arts. Those colleges deal with much that is not easily demonstrable and that may have no obvious re- lation to the ideal of social advancement. Your society has prepared you to make an allergic response to such studies, and in bull session you will — if not expertly, at least loudly — demonstrate their futility. You will assert sour free-born right to have no interest in phi- losophy and to call history the bunk. The college will reply that you were born with no such right, and that the price of your being human is to learn how you may become so and remain so. You will clamor to be allowed to express your individuality, and the college will reply that individuality means one-ncss. a harmony of knowl- edge, taste, and virtue that must be put into you before it can be poured from you, and that your present notion of individuality is one of twenty-three known varieties of f x lishness, compounded of ignorance and vulgarity. If it seems to you that I am putting a value on fogey- ism or counselling retreat into dreams of a golden age, I have misrepresented myself. I am only announcing that today’s man is yesterday’s child, and that he cannot become time’s orphan without suffering the classic ef- fects of orphanage — the pangs of insecurity, of be- longing nowhere, of counting for nothing. Why should not such a man turn in democracy for almost any model that gives him an assurance of — or at least an illusion of — his value? Inasmuch, therefore, as the sense of continuity is weak in our society, the college of liberal arts frequently finds itself in conflict with the popular whim. In a world where the professor of Greek who cannot change a tire is inferior to the man who can do nothing else, the college persists in valuing the profes- sor. It insists that progress is as much from something as to something; that progress, chance, and change are not synonyms. Its concern is of course with the mo- ment. but also with the origins of the moment, the impli- cations of the moment, and ultimately with the value of the moment. It insists that its graduate shall know himself as a member not merely of the local and geo- graphical community, but also of the human community. By the accidents of genetics and economics, you have been appointed to that class of men. Mow well the genes and the dollars cooperate, you know better than I. This speech was delivered al Wabash College. March 15. 1950; revised and enlarged for delivery a! Kenyon. Apri II, 1950. Page 20 I op It’ll — Icll to right — Earle El Ison. Tom Davis. Hill Somckh; Top right — Ralph Briscoe; left — Wall Hwozdcwich, Joe Organ, John MeNuughton, Pete Scone. Dave Farnsworth, Ken Middle. lop right — Don Gray. Mrs. Gray. Don Hoff man, Mrs. Hoffman; Middle, hollow right — Lahalmc; Lower left — George Hull; Lower right — Bill and Tom Sesler. Middle Weiss; George Page 21 1 Top left — Ted Phillips; Top middle — John McCutchcon, Ann Martin; Top right — John Young, Bob Carr, Hill Schnccbcck; Middle left — Murcne. Lloyd Hood, Bob Emerson; Middle center — Floy Kilmer and George Pollard; Middle right — Mike Bloy and Toni; Lower left — Ray Reid; Lower center — Jim Bates, Jack Sanford; l.ower right — Saul Sanders, Boh Collinge. MAJORS IN PHILOSOPHY James B. Olmstead C. Douglas Waters George R. Baker Is Proffer Stale of Mind Loading the Dice? (What follows below is an excerpt and is not intended to he perfectly understood as it stands alone. Much of what is said was the result of several pages leading up to it and this should be noted.) .... the existence of God, as defined above, will be confirmed or disconfirmed by empirical evidence, espe- cially evidence whether men with the proper state of mind and proper attitude of worship” do gain a benefit from, and feel a personal relationship with, a great power [Note: In requiring that men possess the proper state of mind, etc., in order to experience Got! we are not logically loading the dice by considering the proper state of mind” to be such that whenever one does not experience God he is assumed not to possess it. Instead the phrase has an independent, objective meaning, i.e. . . .]. We have seen the difficulty in submitting such evidence to scientific tests. How, then, can we secure such evidence? The way is not by examining others to sec if such evidence can be found in their lives, this being scientifically difficult, but to adopt, oneself, the proper State of mind and attitude and see directly if the consequences implied by th pro- position God exists do occur. This being so it would seem that only a man who tries religion is qualified to pronounce concerning the existence of God, for only such a man has taken the steps necessary to finding the evidence. The philosopher who refuses to try religion until it has been verified has automatically barred him- self from the one possible source of evidence, i.e., experiencing God, which must be done in one's own life, and is no longer qualified to pronounce concerning the existence of God. by JACK SANFORD MAJORS IN SPEECH Better Conversation Needed Today by DON GRAY, fidited for the Reveille It would seem that from the beginning of recorded time there has been a great deal of emphasis upon the spoken word. It's importance has been ex- pressed in the old time curriculum of educational institutions, where Rhetoric held a high place. Debate has long been an important method of solving prob- lems, or at least an important method for getting people to see two sides to a given problem. In all forms of activities which stress a democratic form of solv- ing problems anti controversial questions, discussion methods have long I seen employed. These, of course, arc all highly special- ized forms of the speech activity. Forms that re- quire a great deal of practice; perhaps more than the average person is willing or able to give. There is however a form of the speech activity that is seldom thought of. It has somewhere escaped the recognition that it warrants. It seems to us, pictured on this page, that it is sufficienetly important that it lie brought out and examined. I hat is, every-day conversation. We believe that it is important that an acute awareness of this prevail, and we also suggest that it may be, in part, a solution to much of the trouble that we find existant in our affairs today. Robert G. Davis Donald W. Gray Philip S. Tedcsco Elliot F. Ellis Richard S. Hochlcr MAJORS IN PRE-MED Plastic Evolution and Its by DAVID W. KRAEMER There are several stages in parasite-host relationships ranging from one in which the parasite is extremely harmful to one in which the para- site and the host live together in mutual benefit. The evolution of parasite-host relationships can be assumed to proceed from that of an injurious relations to a symbiotic relation, for it is to the advantage of the parasite to become innocuous to the host, or perhaps even aid the host. The mechanism guiding this evolutionary trend to beneficial para- sitism has a genetic basis since it is brought about by gene mutations. The environment, through natural selection, determines which of these mutations shall survive. In this evolutionary scheme the host is the selective or environmental agent, and it is only logical that the or- ganism will be selected for benignity. By a similar mechanism there is an evolution of the host. Here it is the parasite that is the selective agent by choosing hosts which have higher resistance. This coevolution of parasites and hosts is readily seen upon exami- nation of the history of many diseases. Among the most impressive are syphilis, leprosy, and tuberculosis. When syphilis first appeared it was a terrible disease with an exceedingly high death toll. Gradually its pathogenicity has become reduced until now it kills very few in its early stages; most deaths caused by it are due to delayed effects. The reduction in its pathogenicity can be at- tributed to the evolution of hosts which have a higher resistance to the disease and the evo- lution of the parasite in the path toward com- mensalism and symbiosis. Likewise, the sever- ity of the disease tuberculosis has fallen con- siderably, and leprosy has also shown reduced pathogenicity until now mortality caused by leprosy is at a negligible level. Richard E. Gifford John C. Young J. Philip Jayme Saul L. Sanders William K. Haas Page 24 And BIOLOGY Relation to Disease Edited for Reveille It is by this evolutionary conception of parasitism that we can find an explanation for the cause of disease and parasitic injury. The evo- lution of a parasite is guided in the direction of non-pathogenicity. Therefore, the longer that the parasite exists in a particular host species, the better adjusted it will become. A well adapted parasite will not cause disease. Any new disease may be thought of as being caused by an aberrant parasite, that is, a parasite which has strayed from its normal host to a new host to which it is not adjusted. All disease then is caused by parasites which are in the process of changing toward harmlessness after having strayed into an environment to which they are not ad- justed. Aberrancy may be brought about by the straying of a parasite from one host species to another, or by gene mutation which causes the parasite to become unadjusted and therefore pathogenic to a host species in which it was previously adjusted. Cause of disease by aber- rancy is readily seen. The Malaria parasite is almost harmless in places where it has existed for ages, but on migration to other areas it becomes deadly. Trypanosoma gambiense is harmless in a number of animals, but causes terrible sleeping sickness in man, and the Diphyllobotbrinm latum larva, rela- tively harmless in its normal host the cope- pod, produces severe effects in man causing Sparganosis. In these cases and innumerable others that can be mentioned, the parasites become harmful and produce disease only when they become aberrant and stray from their normal hosts. The adjustment process following the initial straying is revealed by the reduced pathogenicity which usually oc- curs following the outbreak of a disease. Fred W. Damn David W. Kraemcr Robert B. McFarland David M. Bell Karle I. Ellson David V. Aldrich Alhin W. Smith Page 25 MAJORS IN Charles H. Dolan William R. Chadcaync Poge 26 POLITICAL SCIENCE Four Years of Free (?) Enterprise by DR. JOHN CHALMERS; Professor of Economics at Kenyon College ( litis speech teas first delivered at the Senior Class Commencement Dinner, 1950) Mr. President, members of the Graduat- ing Class, Fathers and Colleagues: I have no weighty message tonight. On Sunday and Monday, at more formal occa- sions, you will hear of the seriousness of the task before you, and of your responsibilities to yourselves and mankind. If, in spite of your education at Kenyon, you go out and amass considerable wealth, then you will hear more of your responsibilities to your college. There is, however, no moral to my tale. It aims to be but a sketchy register of the pinnacles, the depths, the crimes, follies and misfortunes of the eminent class of 1950. In September, 1946, one hundred and eighty-one neophytes came over the Bishop’s Backbone, or arrived on what is now of only historical interest, the Pennsylvania Rail- road, to begin a monastic experience opti- mistically called the Kenyon four-year plan. Of the one hundred and eighty-one sec- ondary school cowboys, there would de- velop men of distinction and men of extinc- tion. And much like a big league baseball manager separates the DiMaggios from the Pat Seereys, so does a college send its men of extinction back to the bush leagues. As the Lip” severs from the Giants those who bat less than 200., so does the Rock” give an unconditional release to those aspiring Run- yon men who fall below 2.00. But tonight we gather to pay homage to those of you who have succeeded: those with the sharp and wandering eyes, the supple wrists, the strong fingers, the bent elbows and the abil- ity to wield the shovel if not the bat. Fol- lowing an intensive two-week period of training, prayer, and meditation, during which Gene’s faced bankruptcy, your world series has just taken place in that beautifully appointed and classic structure designed for student comfort, Rosse Hall. Baf- fling pitches were served for the home forces by a full complement of chuckers including Dreadnaught Dennie, Malignant Max, Pul- verizer Paul, F x)lem Phil, and Sinkem Sam. The umpires, exhibiting an all too apparent affinity with the pitching staff, included Ralph the Ripper calling strikes, Rollem Raymond at first, Chopem down Charlie at second and Bustem Bill at third. Heated arguments took place between the unbiased men in blue and Fair Frank, field manager for the batters, who sensed a conspiracy con- ducive to a no hit, no run series. Sound ef- fects were supplied from the dugout by Yakkity Pat. Sustenance between innings, jokingly termed Mystery meals or yon guess what it is, was served by the bountiful Bobbseys. Injured players—or those just too sick to think—were practiced on by Leave- ein-die Lee. Throughout, hits, runs, errors, stolen bases, beer mugs and dance week-end dates were compiled by the official score keeper. Stupendous Stew. Now the wonder of all this is that, despite the little world series each February and June and the more recent hard fought bat- tle, there are 133 of you sporting a 2.00 batting average or better. And in this group we have our Ralph Kiners, Stan Musials and even a Ted Williams, the valedictorian with an average of 3.81. Though the average that you have com- piled may seem to you at the moment to be of the greatest significance, you will remem- ber longer the fast plays, the double plays and when the game was called because of rain or women. Your first impression of the men of cap and gown, to be revered, obeyed and slaved for, were supplied by the Collegian through the acid pen of an anonymous upperclass- man. Here it was pointed out, and I quote: Captain Fbcrle and Winkie: Cap is a stern prof who is too fond of fresh air. Winkie is a bitch. Dr. Coffin will hang you on the first dangling participle. Dr. Berg: he doesn't smoke, he doesn’t drink and he doesn’t pass the boys who do. Dr. Timberlake—is a driving professor. Mr. Pasini: From a tin god to a stout Coach. (Continued on page 28) Page 27 MAJORS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE George W. Hoithaus John S. Tommasscnc Roger G. Miller Four Years of Free (?) Enterprise Dr. Cummings: a psychologist in dire need of a psychia- trist.” Things ran smoothly until the last dance week-end of the Pre- Bailiolithic era. This was a dance week-end in name only. Everyone was in the swim. Rather than having a party that would go down through history, too many went down to Shaffer Pool and Student Government went down too. This thoroughly wet event climaxed your freshman year. Having passed from the lowly status of freshmen, defined by some as those who know not and know not that they know not, to Sophomores who know not and know that they know not, you attempted to impress your superiority on the new fuzzies through a series of traditional events leading to the usual defeat of the Sophomores in the cane rush anti the rope pull. That this victory typically goes to brawn rather than brains can be attributed in part at least to the zealous process of selectivity practiced by the faculty, as well as the normal attrition caused by the rude awakening of non-catalogue reading prospective students who finally discover, after infrequent trips to the li- brary, that the women there are student wives and that Kenyon is not co-ed. Among the arriving fuzzies still with us, should be includet! Professors Paul Schwartz, Dave Strout, Jim Michael, and the erroneously rumored chip off the old granite, John Chalmers. After a short period of time extending to the first down report, there appeared to be some question as to whether the above mentioned first year men were being properly initiated or whether, on the contrary, they had taken Hell Week into their own hands. As Juniors, who know but know not that they know, high spirits followed a successful indoctrination of the entering class in a Freshman week. Then, vandals from Ashland College de- scended upon our fair community before a football conflict and desecrated our most sacred shrines. Paint was smeared on Bex- ley Hall, the Rutherford B. Hayes lawn in Benson Bowl and the tomb of Philander Chase. Effective retaliation began in the next month. Illogically, the counter-moves were directed not against Ashland but against our neighbor to the south, Denison. The difference in the quality of the co-eds in these rival insti- tutions seems to have been decisive in the determination of the object of sustained student endeavor. When the so-called men of Denison instituted a no-date week, the gentlemanly Lords rush- ed to the aid of the Denison damsels. Not only did our timor- ous male rivals pledge themselves to no dates, they ruled as well that all Denison women should be banned to Kenyon for the (Continned on page 139) Robert J. Carr MAJORS IN MATHEMATICS A Problem to Solve Submitted by PROF. BERG At a small college there are a president, a professor, an instructor and a janitor. Their names are Mr. Black, Mr. Brown, Mr. Green and Mr. White but not respectively. In the college there are also four stu- dents that have the same names. We shall denote them without the title Mr. 1. The student with the same name as the professor plays tennis with Black. 2. Mr. Green's daughter-in-law lives in Philadel- phia. 3. The father of one of the students always con- fuses Green with White in class, but he is not absent minded. 4. Mr. White is the instructor’s father-in-law and he has no grandchildren. 5. The president’s oldest son is seven. What are the names of the president, professor, in- structor and janitor, respectively? 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Edited for Reveille Thorndike’s Law of Effect states: Of several responses made to the same situation, those which arc accompanied or closely followed by satisfac- tion to the animal will, other things being equal, be more firmly connected with the situation, so that when it recurs, they will be more likely to recur; those which arc accompanied or closely followed by discomfort to the animal will, other things being equal, have their connection with the situation weakened so that, when it recurs they will be less likely to occur. The greater the satisfaction or discomfort the greater the strength- ening or weakening of the bond.” (14). Some critics do not favor the law of effect be- cause it does not answer the question of what role effect (satisfaction) plays in more complex types of learning. Let us look at the various theories that attempt to explain the question. Mowrer, would defend the law of effect as a universal principle of learning despite the ap- parent failure of many learners to obey it — by- reformulating the law of effect so as to encom- pass these more complex forms of learning (9). On the other hand. Allport asserts that the law of effect holds only for animals, small children, mental defectives and in some peripheral phases of adult learning, whereas different principles such as ego-involvement and active participation, need to be invoked in the analysis of more com- plex adult learning, lie believes, therefore, that the law of effect is not a law of learning but merely one of the many conditions which may favor learning — a condition, moreover, which applies only to a very circumscribed segment of learning behavior. In the Symposium: The Ego and The Law of Effect (9) Mowrer has further clarified his view of the relation between the law of effect and ego- processes.” He believes the law of effect can an- swer any problems which ego involved” learn- ing poses. Learning occurs when and only when a drive is reduced, a problem solved, a satisfaction derived, but this satisfaction may stem from the reduction of either a primary or secondary drive.” It is the mediation of effect through symbolic processes especially self-administered rewards, which distinguishes ego-involved learning from learning which is reinforced by the reduction of physiological needs. Rice states that the law cannot be held if it means that success or satisfaction leads to a per- petuation of specific responses and or the repeat- ed choice of the same specific goal object. When normal adults repeat one of these two elements, it is usually with a variation in the other, or both response and goal arc varied. Rice suggests a reformulation of the law of effect. Success or satisfaction docs not stamp in a specific stimulus — response connection but it does confirm the learner’s interest in the general range of problems in which he has been successful. Interests, accord- ing to Rice, are what the success actually stamps in. Mowrer and Rice both agree that symbolic processes (self-administered rewards) play an im- portant role in the mediation of the effect. That core of the act which constitutes the ’interest’ is the feature of it which is most likely to be sym- bolized and repeatedly confirmed through ap- proval of its symbol (9, 10). Allport rejects the reduction of ego-processess to emotional arousal (secondary drives). Only certain emotional states are ego-involved and the two states should not be considered identical. Allport states that there are other basic phenom- ena of learning for which effect theory cannot ac- count satisfactorily. The favorable influence of motor activity participation resists reduction to pleasure or satisfaction. Concerning interests All- port states, the capacity to relate environmental events to one’s interest system, to discriminate be- tween relevant and irrelevant means, far tran- scends the operation of effect, however broadly conceived.” My own argument holds that the vagueness that must result from extending the principle of satisfaction to cover all phenomena of learning (at the higher level of complexity) is such as to disqualify it as a law. At certain low levels of mechanical learning, it may suffice; but at the adult human level satisfaction is at best a cue, of quite secondary importance, and often dis- regarded.” Felton I.. Hammond Henry W. Kunhardt Dale M. Holwick, Jr. 1 MAJORS IN MODERN LANGUAGE Anclas Levados Arthur T. Gray Alexander E. llocdt Donald A. Wahlstrom William S. Peterson Page 32 Ernest Peter Schrocdcr John A. Horner Martin II. Molcma John R. McNaughton Anclas Levadas Por Juan Horner El ano pasado yo tuve la ocasion de hacer un viaje a la Republica de Panama. Esto me fue posible porque servla de marinero de la reserva a bordo de un portaviones de los Estados Unidos durante un viaje por el mar Caribe. Hicimos escala en Panama, y yo tuve el placer de emplear mi espanol de una buena manera. Yo viaje por el pais de las altas palmcras, bebi la cerveza, com! las comidas, y dormi debajo de los cielos pan- amcnos. Un policia moreno y cortes fue el primero con quicn entre en conversation. Yo lc pre- junte en espanol donde podria encontrar un buen restaurante. A mi sorpresa cl me res- pond io cn ingles, dandome las direcciones necesarias. Impavido, yo lc di las gracias en espanol y me fuf por las calles angostas. Habia tiendas con sus duenos invitando a los turistas como yo para entrar y buscar una ganga. Dcseando verlo todo, yo entre en una y seguia conduciendo mis negocios en espan- ol sintiedome seguro de que yo pudiera per- suadirle a venderme algo a precio barato. A veces cl me lanzo palabras que yo no podia entender pero intrepidamente respondi no” y continue negotiando pero sin exito. Por fin, tuve que partir de cste pais donde sale el sol del oestc y sc pone en el este. Me despedi de las senoritas y naveguc al nortc. Top Icf — Jim Squires; Top center — Dick Keener; Top right — Ik b Carr, Bill Schnccbeck Milli!U left — Ciordy Greene; Middle center — Ralph S'ring; Middle upper right — Bill Somekh, Bob Westland. Doug Hall; Middle lower right — Fred Holdridgc. George Hull. l.ower left — Ray Bemman, Don Brunson; Lower center — Bob Frenkel; Lower right — John Schmidt, Lloyd Budge, Bill Schnccbeck. Page 33 Top: Steve Peterson sits for an informal. Bottom: The Senior Gass marches past two admirers. MAJORS IN HISTORY Contemporary Russia Is A Product of Her Past by TED JENNINGS. Edited for the Reveille. An event is history only because it effects a notable change in peoples’ lives. The isolated event is unimportant, the effect is what counts. His- tory, therefore, is the chronological study of significant happenings, their effects, and the interpretation of these two. Often it appears that a new approach to a common belief enables one to comprehend a prev- iously unrecognized side of his subject. One timely study, I think, is con- temporary Russia. How many of us have stopped to consider Russia’s past? How many more of us have only thought of Russia as she exists today — an incomprehensible monster in opposition to Western ideals? Eminent historians have singular interpretations of Russian history — often one completely out of phase with another. It is to these variances in interpretation that history owes its development. The late Sir John Maynard, outstanding in his field, has written an interesting study of Russian history. His work, Russia in Flux, is an excellent example of the historian’s interpretation of fact. Sir John views Russia through the eyes of the peasant. To a flag-waving, self- appointed supporter of that intangible the democratic way,’’ I suppose that he appears pro-Russian. Yet I believe, his approach to contempo- rary Russia is one of understanding tolerance based upon historical knowledge. Sir John explains the present institutions of Russian gov- ernment without sympathy. His achievement in Russia in Flux is one of informing Western readers of how logical was the change from the Tsarist ways to those of Soviet Russia. In brief, he interprets Russia’s transformation as a metamorphosis —not a sudden break with the old, to begin anew. Russia today, writes Sir John, is the natural product of total Russian history and thought. The roots of Russian communism lie deep-buried in her past. Having stated this premise, he prescribed for himself the dual task of explaining the peculiar thought and insti- tutions of Russia and, at the same time, advancing his own views con- cerning their flux, or evolution, to their present stage. Sir John traces the mir (village community) and the peasant through subjection and subservience until their reappearance today in the guise of the collective farm and farmer. He turns critically to the old Russian art forms, the theatre, the school, and points out that (Continued on page 36) Christopher H. O. Kotschnig Walter F.. Vansiekie Kenneth N. Weiss Franklin H. Stern George H. Hull MAJORS IN HISTORY Contemporary Russia Louis S. Whitaker George F. K. Pollard Robert E. Klein Frederick J. Holdridge Theodore D. Jennings Robert Benjamin Muhl they have become the shallow vehicles of the Party, designed solely to achieve a new re- spectability for Russia among the nations of Europe, The Communist Party, a misnomer from our understanding of the term since there is only one party” and usually but one endorsed” candidate, subjects the Sov- iet citizen to a position less like that of a Protestant Christian who reads his own con- science for himself, than that of a Roman Catholic who submits himself to ecclesiasti- cal guidance.” ) Thus, the Russian citizen must accept discipline. It is here that Sir John believes personality and collectivism part company. He points out that the Com- munist system provides a sort of economic democracy — but only by the restriction of liberty, . . . the restriction (which) can only be brought to an end when the remak- ing is complete.” This remaking” would necessarily require the forfeiture of per- sonality — that very factor which Western- ers are so reluctant to relinquish. Sir Johns conclusion is speculative in tone. lie hoped for a possible merging of the two democracies. Without a doubt his interpretation of contemporary Russia in the light of her own past will incite criticism; but that is also an important phase in the development of historical knowledge. l.Sir John Maynard. Russia in Vlux (New York, 1948), 517. 2. Ibid., p. 527. Philippe A. Plouvicr Page 36 Jane, John McCutch John Mitchell, John ■ George Porterfield, Upper left — Bob Cordncr, Dave Jensen, Paul Buck, Pete Weaver; Upper right eon, I.ibby, John Mitchell, Molly; Middle left — Jim Olmstead; Middle right Lyons; Lower left — Lou Mellon, Blondic. Mitzic, Jim Squires; l.ouer right Rev. Mr. Barrett. Page 37 — Upper U ft — Steve Peterson, Joe Organ. Bob Hall. Lane Hart; Upper right — Bob Stix, Bob Muhl, Pete Plouvier; Middle left— Harry Lang. Middle center— Pete Weaver. Sarah I.ou, Mavah Lou; Middle right — Kanin Buccy; Loner left — Tom Carruth. Bob McLain. Dinkic Gray. Don Gray; l.otecr right — Elliot F.llis, Dave Kracmcr. A1 Smith. MAJORS IN ECONOMICS Basic Point System of Pricing (The following pages are drawn from THE BAS- ING POINT SYSTEM OF PRICING IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY, Chapter 4, An Analysis of Basing Point Pricing, Subheading: Local discrim- ination. (This has been edited to fill the particular needs of the Reveille.) by RALPH O. BRISCOE One of the outstanding detrimental economic con- sequences of basing point pricing is the problem of local price discrimi- nation. The problem revolves about the question of who receives the bene- fits of this discrimination in favor of certain customers? Assume for the moment two steel mills located at A and B which are both base mills with an identical base price. These mills pursue the identical delivered price policy. If one mill chooses to invade the market of the other mill it does so by absorbing the freight differential, not by lowering its delivered price. This discrimination in favor of the more distant buyers consists in de- fraying additions to costs without charging them to the buyer. The cus- tomers near the discriminating mill pay the identical delivered price al- though the product is shipped a small- er distance. The competing mill will then retaliate to recover his sales vol- ume by serving customers in the other mill's area. If the former discrimina- tion was against customers near A, it is matched by identical discrimi- nation in their favor by the mill at B. Do these several discriminations cancel one another out as some have sug- gested? No, none of the buyers are any better off for it — all the favors are canceled out by unnecessary trans- portation expenses which eventually find their way into the costumer’s bill by means of a generally higher level of prices. Local price discrimination under this pricing tech- nique is built in” and not easily recognized. It al- lows the large concern to exercise control over the life and growth of its weaker competitors. The fact that it is not easily understood perhaps contributes to the fact that so many of the smaller concerns in the steel industry stated to the T. N. E. C. that they would perish without it. The position of the small com- petitor can easily be explained. If a small company wished to ex- pand their sales for instance and began to quote a price lower than the deliv- ered price of the large concern to gain these sales, the larger concern would merely accept this price announce- ment, under the basing point pricing system, as applicable to all of its sales in that territory. The individual mill could then go as low as it might, at each price it will be met by the other firms in the industry. This action alone then would net him few extra sales — if any. If the larger company wished to make an example of the smaller con- cern, it could, with a minimum of ef- fort and expense, send a large sales force into the area where at equal prices it would have little difficulty in taking business away from the smaller company. The small company would then, in fact, find its sales volume re- duced rather than expanded. To fol- low an independent pricing policy for individual benefit then, appears to be futile under the system. The announce- ment of competitive base prices is un- rewarding. Not only expansion, but growth in a period of increasing de- mand may be controlled in a similar manner. (Continued on pugc 40) Ralph O. Briscoe Joseph B. Organ Randolph D. Buccy Robin S. Cordncr John D. Mulford, Jr. MAJORS IN ECONOMICS Basic Point System of Pricing The systematic pursuance of such a policy of pene- tration of a small mill’s territory may and easily can result in complete stilling of the latter’s business. If the large mill pursues a policy of invading the market of the smaller mill regularly, the smaller mill must retaliate to save its sales volume. However, the costs it must absorb bear more heavily upon it than the absorption of freight does upon the large mill. Size alone, may be all that is necessary to dominate a small concern. This practice cannot be called meeting competition’’ as the steel industry sug- gests, it is a method of discriminatory pricing, which can be used to force merger or bankruptcy on the smaller concern, or, as a minimum, compliance with the general price pattern. Pursuance of the policy of the discriminatory choice of market areas by large mills is not just for the sake of the above reasons alone. Such policies are pursued to alleviate the problem of cyclical flucua- tions in demand which the highly centralized indus- trial giants fear. When business shrinks at home these outlying territories can be used to mitigate the problem of reduced demand. Thus, markets are continually cultivated to bear fruit when business is reduced. The problem of the secular growth of de- mand is also relieved considerably when the large mills retain contacts over a wide area. Holding the individual producers in check rather than letting their share of the national market increase allows the large producer to expand further at the expense of those located more favorably. Meeting competi- tion through freight absorption, maintaining high prices in the peripheral markets, and encouraging interpenetration between central and peripheral markets is an effective way of retarding the growth of the independent producers. The reciprocal dis- crimination involved in this policy depresses the in- comes of the small firms much more than the in- comes of the larger. Control over regional development and control of the entry of new firms may likewise be exercised through a similar discriminatory choice of markets. Such, then, is one consequence of the basing point system of pricing as we know it; a system which in- volves a sharp divergence from the norm of a com- petitive system, and has consequences detrimental to the welfare of the community as a whole. Robert I). Wysong Frederick J. Holdridge Thomas R. Seslcr John D. McCutchcon, III Raymond G. Reid Berry V. Allen Crandon F. Caufield Page 40 MAJORS IN ECONOMICS Lloyd C. Hood, Jr. William II. Schneebeck William S. Perkins Stanton M. Stoats Robert W. McLain Allen R. Pentz Ralph E. String Thomas N. Carruth Edward E. Match Willard R. Bell William R. Hay William Somekh Robert M. Harvey History John A. Sanford Philosophy Richard E. Warren History Seniors whose pictures do not appear in the Reveille. Paul S. Buck Robert P. Dcllhcim cum laude Richard Goldhurst magna cum laude Carl J. Himmelsbach Arthur E. Lein, Jr. John C. McLaughlin magna cum laude John R. Millar Richard Nash, II William P. Rocssner Earl V. Thompson cum laude Perry M. Trinkner Page 42 CARTER’S CARTOONS THE 1950 SENIOR AFTER GRADUATION 4 illi Page 44 A Letter from Paul Hoffman The world today is going through a period of rapid and violent change. We are compressing into this first decade of the atomic era political, economic and social developments that will influence, and may well determine, the entire course of history. The question facing us is whether this new era is to be one of peace in which free men may build a better world or whether it is to be a new dark age of enslave- ment with misery and despair the common lot of men. Through a combination of circumstances the U. S. has been catapulted into leadership of the forces that are fighting for freedom. It isn't a pleasant position. No nation, unless it had selfish interests to consider, would voluntarily seek such re- sponsibility. But we have no choice. We alone have the economic and financial resources, the military strength and, perhaps, the moral force to steer the free world safely toward our common goal. That goal can Ik stated very simply. We seek a permanent peace ... a peace in which free men can live in decency and dignity. We seek world economic sta- bility as insurance against forces threatening that peace. We seek not a Utopia but a reasonable, sensible world, able and willing to meet the challenge of our times. The United States cannot do the job alone. Europe cannot do it alone. In peace, as in war, only by working together, thinking together, planning together, can the free people of the world attain their objectives. Life has been described as a shared predicament.” It is no less a shared oppor- tunity. 1 am utterly convinced that in the solution of our problems today lies man s greatest opportunity to create the Golden Age of which the human race has dreamed from the beginning of time. Below: SHAFFER POOL Above: ASCENSION HALL v-i o� srv .. j i Page 51 SAMUEL MATHER SCIENCE HALL Above: BEXLEY HALL Below: LEONARD HALL PEIRCE HALL HANNA HALL Poge 54 PEIRCE HALL Opposite page: KENYON LIBRARY Poge 57 The Laying of the Corner Stone was one of Kenyon’s most impressive events for 1949 Old Kenyon Once Again EAST WING At 4:00 in the morning on February 27, 1949 the last remnants of the successful Sophomore Ship- wreck dance were dying out when suddenly flames were discovered licking their way through the center hall of Old Kenyon, the college’s oldest and largest dormitory. Within two hours Kenyon students and faculty watched stunned and horrified as the fire raged from one end of the building to the other. By 11 o’clock Sunday morning the flames had com- pletely gutted Kenyon's landmark and taken the lives of nine students. After the effects of the initial shock were spent, a united feeling to replace the ruins with a new Old Kenyon seized the campus. After some consul- tation it was decided to restore Old Kenyon; to pat- tern the architecture after the original. The alumni applauded the idea and with alumnus Whittaker’s contribution of $25,000 the Old Kenyon Restoration Program began. Today the spires of Old Kenyon stand once more as evidence of the success of that campaign. The exterior of the building is an exact replica of the original building. The interior of the build- ing has been completely remodeled. For the sake of convenience as well as safety, the halls now run Fast and West instead of North and South with the corridors always open instead of cut off into uneven This picture shows New Old Kenyon os it looked by Commencement The Home of Kenyon Men sections. This open corridor running the width of the building will separate the floors unevenly. Thus the rear or South side will contain large single rooms while the front or North side will contain double rooms. This arrangement allows 150 men to be comfortably roomed in the building as compared to the former capacity of 112 men. The building will be divided into four group sections. Middle Ken- yon will accomodate 72 men, while Fast Wing, Fast Division and West Wing will accommodate 26 men each. The single rooms will have a door between every other room. The plaster walls will be colored in pastel tints. The furniture will consist of a ward- robe, dresser, desk, book case, armchair, desk chair, anti bed. Each desk will be furnished with an ad- justable goose neck lamp. T he double r x nis will be equipped the same as the single rooms with two of each of the above mentioned articles. All the living rooms will be on the second, third, and fourth floors. All the parlors will be on the ground floor. There will be a parlor, card room, and room for a small kitchenette in each of the four divisions. An asphalt tennis court will be installed on the west end of the building, and the drive will once again run around the rear of the building. So far the con- struction work is on schedule, and Old Kenyon will once again be the home of Kenyon men next fall. Old Kenyon Tower Is Put In Place Two students watch as Bethlehem Steel’s work is raised The rising of the new tower for Old Kenyon was a time for celebration. The operation itself symbolized the spirit of a college that would not be downed by misfortune. Page 60 COVNC.li. Appa The Collegian In Ninety The Collegian in its ninety-fifth year was neither a great newspaper nor, in some respects, a complete one — but it had guts. In February 1950, the paper experienced a complete meta- morphosis under the leadership of Robert Hesse, who replaced Will Pilcher as editor-in-chief. Format was modernized, page number boosted to six, and editorial policy drastically revamped to make the Collegian a STIJDKNT newspaper. In its position of leadership on the Hill, the Col- legian tluim|x. d vigorously for student rights, was instrumental in bringing about several needed reforms, and supplied its readers with a weekly stream of campus information. It again sponsored the Spring Dance Weekend Queen Contest, and for the first time in several years sent a delegation to the Ohio College Newspaper Association convention. COLLEGIAN STAFF (Second Semester) Editor ........................ Robert HeSSC Managing Editor .................. avC Associate Editor .............. ®y Ren,man News Editor.................... mcs Kc€gan Feature Editor ...................Mort Scgl' Sports Editor..................Jcrr ’ E� ‘worth Copy Editor............................. BiH Personnel Director.................Ren Research Director........................J‘m RlI sa - uarrv Read Business Manager.................... ' . . .Ed Ames Assistant ......................... a Nick Cholakis Accountant .................... 1 Page 62 I)upper left. I. - r. — Dave LobdclL.Jim Birdsall. Evan I.oilman, Sy Wiesmann. Mori Segal, Hill Hanaford, Charlie Docter, Jerry Ells- worth. Will Pilcher, Hoi Hesse, Jack Martin, Tilly McMasters. Norm Nichol. Lower left — Jerry Ells- worth. Jack Martin. Center — Will Pilcher, Bob Hesse. Upper right — George Webb; our linotype oper- ator. Lou er right — Will Pilcher, Bob Hesse. Dave Eobdcll. -Fifth Year Had Guts Advertising Manager ...................... Bill Hanaford Circulation Manager ................Steve Smith Exchange Manager..................Tom Davidson News Stuff — John Williams, Leif Anker, Charles Docter, George Gordon, Dave Graybill, Andrew March, Joe Rotolo, Robert Stein, Richard Tail- man. Feature Staff — Evan Lottmann, Sy Wiesmann. Sports Staff — Irwin Ahrahams, Sol Bogen, Bob Frenkel, Boh McFarland, Norman Nichol, Bill Rumble,; Columnists: Paul Buck, J. B. Martin, Tilden McMasters. Business Staff — Gale Butterfield, George Gor- don, John Hallenberg, John Horsweli, John Lyons, Doug Stewert, Hugh Stier, Bill Townsend. Page 63 HIKA Once again HIKA magazine managed to convince a reluctant student body that an intellectual 'Tine arts” magazine was needed on the Hill. With money in their (xxrkets, the newly formed Hika staff, under the editorial leadership of John White, proceeded to put out a ''new” Hika. The size of the old Hika was cut down and a new cover design made. Then the intellects got their heads to- gether and gave Kenyon something to remind the student body that some writ- ing, and even some reading, is only done by one who has a determined, sustained, inquisitive mind and a real will to learn. Below is a brief sketch from the Hika's Notes” that indicates the quality of its staff. The news that one of Hika's editors, George banning, was awarded first prize in Tomorrow magazine’s recent College Writers’ Short Story Contest was received with pleasure by the entire staff. Of equal pleasure was the announcement by Cor- midi magazine of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina that other work by the same writer, along with work by three other Kenyon stu- dents, Richard Gibson, James Wright and Lloyd Parks, had been selected for discussion by Richard Blackinur and Lionel Trilling during its 7th Arts Con- ference. John White and George Labalmc Upper right — John White, George Gcasey, George Lanning, Norman Thomas, Dick Gibson, Ed Doc torow; Lower right — Norman Thomas, jo White, George Lanning. I'op row. l.-r. — AI Ballard, Dave Jensen, Ross Haskell, Stan Jackson. Whitey Hollcnbach, John Mitchell George Hull; Second rou- — I.en Burrows, John M u I ford, Pete Weaver, Boh Cordner, Grant Cooke; Third row— Bill Schneebeck. Bob Carr, Coach Bob Parmelee, Paul Conn, Brent Olmstead; 'row row — Bob Jones, Al Smith, John Jones, Dr. Ashford. CAPTAINS •'row row. l.-r. — Bill Schneebeck, Harry Lang. Dave Bell; Back rou — Pete Schroedcr, Dave Jensen. George Allicgro, Ross Haskell. Pete Schroeder — Soccer. Track Dave Jensen — Lacrosse George Alliegro — Lacrosse Ross Haskell — Football Bill Schneebeck — Tennis Harry Lang — Swimming Dave Ik-11 — Basketball, Baseball Page 65 KENYON KLAN The Kenyon Klan is made up of men who have won varsity ath- letic letters and who arc in good academic standing in the college. The major purpose of the Klan is to provide an organized means of furthering interest in athletics at Kenyon. The activities of the Klan, throughout the year, have been num- erous. The organization was of aid in indoctrinating the new freshmen, in entertaining visiting high-school seniors anti was also in charge of selling soft drinks during basketball games. Meetings were held sporadically with two initiation ceremonies anti two banquets. The climax of the activities of the year will be the running of two projects during commencement. One is the Klan Breakfast on Sunday morning of commencement week and the other is the op- eration of the Reunion ’l ent throughout the week-end. - _L GERMAN CLUB Der Deutsche Verein finished its sixth successful season with a well attended picnic in the latter part of May. The high light of the season was die Weithnachtsfeier. About sixty students and a large number of Faculty members enjoyed a well composed program fea- tured by music, poems, stories, short talks and, last but not least, re- freshments. Outstanding amongst the lectures presented was the il- lustrated lecture on picturesque and romantic Southern Germany, at present the American Zone of Occupation. German folk and stu- dent songs were sung at every meeting with great enthusiasm. W. K. C. G. Kenyon’s radio-station enjoyed its best year in 1949-50. Under the able leadership of Ed Doctorow, George Cameron, and Jack Johnstone, WKCG presented a great variety of material and talent. In fact, listeners who tuned in Monday through Friday could hear everything from Jim Wright’s Great Speckled Bird Show to Mike Schiffer's bop. Many new records were purchased during the past year which aided the stall no end in presenting the best in music. Ed Davis and Dave Kuhn came through with professional performances when they handled the local sports e- vents. The WKCG Workshop and Symphony Hall” were other outstand- ing features of the station. All of this, plus a remarkably good job done by the engineers added up to the best year in WKCG’s history. Die Gcscllcn singen mil frischcn. frohen, und frommen Stimmen. Vielleicht singen sic Dcr Papst.” Jack Johnstone gets ready for a broadcast n T. NE Beats Kenyon Average TNE was founded at Wesleyan University in 1870 and came to Kenyon eleven years later, as the Theta Chapter. It has exist- ed here, in one guise or another, since that time. In the years immediately preceding the recent war there were three student honorary societies at Kenyon: The Rod Gun Club, the Black Mask, and Ryebucks. (The last was founded in 1935, and a banquet was held in Peirce Hall upon the occasion. Unfortunately President Peirce could not attend, so a faculty member presided over the function.) There were three Ryebucks in Facultate, and all three are still at Kenyon. It is difficult to determine when the other organizations were founded, since the Dark Ages of 1920 33 interfered with the publication of pertinent data. In 1910 the Black Mask received the old designation TNE. There was a hiatus extending for a period of several years dur- ing the early forties, but with the return of the students after the war, TNE operations were resumed. The organization has carried on successfully, though at times in the face of strong opposition. Each semester an initiation is held in the woods, and there is a sunrise milk punch party on Dance Weekend. At the present time there are 23 active members in the student body. There are no officers, though there is a Thinking Com- mittee under the chairmanship of Tom Chase. Entrance into TNE is determined entirely by merit. All members have passed the mint gin test in the Gambicr Woods, which is essential to the proper understanding and enjoyment of the finer things which TNE endeavors to provide. This year TNE members showed their versatility by drawing a 2.63 average, somewhat better than the rest of the college managed to do. Below, top rote — Pete Scoane, Pete Knapp, Jack Worth. Ken Weiss, Steve Peterson. Joe Organ, Biff Daley. Frank Uhlig, Warren Chase; Bottom row — Charlie Marvin,. John Mc- Laughlin. Berry Allen, Eric Ekcdahl, Dave Farnsworth, John McNaughton, Dave Bohlc, Frank Altschul. Ed VanBurcn; Prout row — Ben Agler, Dick Cummings. Right above — Biff Daley, Boh Vallera Pan-hellenic Council I- to r. — Ray Bentman, Dave Kcyt, Lane Hart, Bob Hall, Whitcy Hollenbach. Bud Jayme, Jim Squires, Harry Read, Dick Warren. Vront rote — Russ Dunham, Al Ballard. Bob Kokc, Tom Southard, Earle Ellson, Ralph Briscoe. Dave Jensen; Duck roti — Frank Dressier. Joe Or- fc.in. George Pollard. John Mc- Cutchcon. Tom Davis, Pat Houston. Dave Bogle. Ted Jen- nings. Student Council Student Council Has Busy Year The Student Council under the leadership of Bob Kokc had a busy year during 1949-50. The follow- ing article, first printed in the Collegian, gives an il- lustration of their activity. As the result of a considerable damage to the Delta Tau Delta parlor by several Kenyon students last Saturday evening, the student council is conduct- ing an extensive investigation to determine the na- ture of the damage, the men involved, and the ex- tent to which they were involved. The council is further investigating a deliberately false alarm turn- ed in from Leonard Hall later in the evening. The administration, in accordance with the pro- vision of student government, has given the student council full power to take action against the men involved and to arrange for the payment of damages to Middle Leonard. The council is postponing a decision in the matter until all the pertinent facts have been gathered. The following quotation by Robert Koke, presi- dent of the student council indicated the seriousness of the incident and the probable severity of the pending action. Said Kokc, The willful destruc- tion of property shows a malicious intent which goes deeper than the healthy rivalry which has taken place between groups in the past. The few men in- volved are in a small minority group which show no respect for other people or property, and these men should not be allowed to be a part of any self-respecting community such as we have at Kenyon. 'I'he monetary damage is negligible when the entire picture is viewed, and I do not wish to be associated in any way with the type of men who would partake in such odious action.” Obviously with the distasteful job of disciplining the student body, the student council was not always hailed as the most popular group on campus. However, considering the year in retrospect, one may le- gitimately congratulate those whose efforts have maintained self gov- ernment at Kenyon. Page 68 Academic Achievement Shown Tau Kappa Alpha V. - r. — Jock Horner, Peter Crawford, Bill Seder, Skcflf Goldberg, Mr. Hamar, Ken Campbell, Paul Russell. Phi Beta Kappa Both of Kenyon's honorary societies, organized on a national scale, are highly selective, and repre- sent through their membership exceptionally fine academic achievement. The Kenyon catalogue notes this about the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The Phi Beta Kappa Society was organized to encourage and to recognize excellence in scholarship, and high academic standing is an essential condition for ad- mission. The fraternity, which was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776, established the Beta Chapter of Ohio at Kenyon College in 1858. Undergraduates are elected in the junior and senior years. Actually the minimum requirements for the Ken- yon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa are residence at Kenyon for at least five semesters and a cumulative av- erage of 3.5 or better. In language that anyone can understand, the boys at Kenyon who make Phi Bate have burnt the midnight oil with a vengeance. The Tau Kappa Alpha Society is a national forensic organization established at Kenyon in 1937. Its purpose is to encourage and re- ward outstanding achievement in the field of speaking, legibility for membership includes the fol- lowing minimum requirements. Students must rank in the upper 35 percent scholastically, have completed two years of college, and have partici- pated in Kenyon forensic activities for at least two years. The high point of Tau Kappa Alpha activity is the inter-fraternity speaking contest which they have sponsored every year since 1937. This year the Delta Phi Fraternity took top honors being represented by Ray Bentman and Robert Ashby. The Tau Kappa Alpha trophy will be kept by Delta Phi during the next year. I- - r.— Dave Kracmcr, Bill Hay, Bob Shutt ENGLISH CLUB L. • r.— I)r. Coffin, Dr. Timberlakc. Ted Thomas, George Fanning. Jim Jones. Gus Pat rides • r- — Fenton Goldberg, Jack Tomascnc, Dr. English. Bill Kunkle, Pete Crawford, Charlie Porter, Dick Tallman, Hugh Stier. Page 70 I. R. C. SOCIAL COMMITTEE - r. — Art Sherwood, Harry Read, Mike Schiffer, Tom Carruth, Lee Schcrmvrhorn, Lon Ryan, Joe Rotolo. iron! rote, I. - r. — Will Pilcher, Earle F. I Ison, Al Wickham. Henry Sharp, AI Chappelear, Dave Bunnell; Stuttered throughout — Tom lk tt, Dave Keyt, Grant Sullivan. Brent Olm stead. Fred Gutekunst, Joe Paulovich, Hugh Stier, Mr. Hastings, Al Connelly, Walt Hwoz- dewich, Gordy Brown. KENYON SINGERS � Page 71 DRAMATICS L. - r. — George Porterfield, Jim Furniss, Mike Bloy, Lorric Bright Lear is Highlight of Season This year the dramatic department diverged from the pattern of past seasons. Mr. Micheals and his group presented three rather than the usual number of five produc- tions. Due to the large casts and complex sets of A Beggar On Horseback,” ' King Lear,” and 'The Time of Your Life,” a record number of students participated in the three productions. King Lear,” the most ambitious of the three productions, proved to be the over- whelming success of the year. Lear” played to a full house for an unprecedented num- ber of live performances. The sets and lighting effects were simply, yet imaginatively- staged, and the lavish costumes lended the appropriate Elizabethan atmosphere to the tragedy. The production brought Caleb Smith and Lee Meier, in the leading roles of Lear and Glouchester, before a Kenyon audience for the first time. They, along with newcomers Gil Bryan and Ed Doctorow, gave outstanding performances. Much of the acting in all three plays was distinguished, and Hill player George Porterfield rewarded his audiences with consistently fine characterizations in each of the three plays. His portrayal of Nick the bartender in The Time Of Your Life” was especially noteworthy. Encouraged by such a successful season and by the ever-increasing interest shown by the student body-, Mr. Micheals has even bigger plans for next year. The new officers of the dramatic club will share the production responsibilities with Mr. Micheals for the first time in the coming season. The group hope to prtxluce an Elizabethan drama (Possibly Henry IV), a comedy, and either a musical play or a musical comedy. Opposite page. Upper left — Caleb Smith; Upper right — Caleb Smith. Bob Davis, Phil Tcdcsco, Mrs. McLaughlin, Floyd LcFever. Jim Wright; Middle — Jim House. Ed Ames. Bob McNamara, A1 Connelly, Lorric Bright; Louer left — Gil Bryan, Lee Meier; l oner right — Lorric Bright, George Porterfield. Page 73 So much time is spent in lab by the Mather Hall students that many of them consider this their exclusive extra work. Lab work is part of the curriculum, but it is an unusually strenuous time-taker. In the above picture one should notice, among other things, that the cat is dead. Edwina, Jcrty Cannon, Pa'tie Page 76 Barbara Grant, Bob McCullagh Daisic and Bob Jones Fall Dance Gambier, Ohio.—December 2 (Col- legian report). At the hour of noon the students of Kenyon College will silently close their books and usher in the Fall (?) Dance Week End. Quietly the students will prepare themselves for the numerous guests that will predominate on the cam- pus over the week end. A few men will be rushing around Gambier trying to get flowers for the ladies arriving later. The high spot of any Dance Week End is the formal dance Friday night. This year Ray Anthony will provide the music for the 10 to 3 session. As is customary each year all of the divisions will have parties at which the guests will be honor- ed. Early in the morning a brief recess will be called to allow everyone to gather their scents. During the afternoon everyone will be glued to his radio to hear the Notre Dame — S.M.U. football game. Then, as the evening draws on, the refrains of Jack Melick and his orchestra will be heard ris- ing from Peirce Hall. The weather prom- ises to be perfect. Meteorologist Canon Watson has given us the latest report: clear and cool. This part of the week end should complete the fine time that everyone will have. Gam., Ohio — June 15 (Reveille re- port) By Saturday night there were no honored guests, no recesses, no listening to football games, and no one gave a d---- about the weather. Everyone had a fine time.” L.-r.— Dave Jensen, Lola, Bill Simonds. V. • r. — Jim Wright, Carrie. Charlie Dolan. I-. - r. — John McCutcheon, Peyton Pitney, Ann Martin, Van McCutchcon. , aP — Sui asks Millc. Goldberg for a dance; Middle, l.-r_ Daffy Kahrl, Perc Paisley, and Vccy Gill; liottom — Joe gets paid off with Rankin’s blessing. Mardigras Dame Following in the footsteps of last year’s Sophomore Shipwreck,” the 1950 sopho- more class in keeping with the calendar, held its costume dance, The Sophomore Mar- digras.” Borrowing some of New Orleans’ gay colors, soft lights, and festive spirit, Rosse Hall appeared costumed in sweep- ing streamers and balloon clusters, as lively and bright as its occupants. The range of costumes that appeared on the dance floor was quite wonderful, typify- ing the uniqueness and interest of those present. To sec a sailor dancing with an angel was no more surprising than two beer mugs check to check or a Harvard man with lace on his underwear. Winning «rani Pete and Nuki Oates A Great Success Furnishing the music for the Dance, much of which was in the traditional New Orleans styling, was a Canton maestro and his orchestra, who played at the Sophomore Dance the year before. Supplementing his orchestration were many individual performances dur- ing the intermissions. The high point of the eve- ning came with the selection of the Queen’s Court and the crowning of lovely Miss Marge Ward as the Queen of the Mar- digras, with Joe Rotolo per- forming the honors. With the advent of mid- night, the traditional unmask- ing time, canopied streamers, balloons, and confetti came showering to the floor, shortly after which came the curtain on one of the most colorful and memorable dances of the year. make like Apaches to cop jitterbug prize Top — You pick the sober member; George, Sweetie, Dave; Middle — Porterfield shows gift from Ideanor M Gold- berg; Bottom — Men and woman of distinction — Bell, Lulu and Ollie. Spring Dance The 1950 Spring Dance took place im- mediately after down-period examinations, which left five hundred raw-eyed Kenyon Men on the loose trying to satisfy various hungers. Philander Chase Memorial Tow- er and a number of others were lit that night, while Patti Page warbled expensively in the Great Hall. Thirsty couples contin- ually shuttled between the Coffee Shop, the Great Hall and the Chard-Kimball con- cession, exchanging greetings and dates. On Saturday the guests had their choice between a half a dozen very fluid picnics and a combo” party in Leonard Hall. The informal dance on Saturday evening was followed by small parties io the division parlors, and was climaxed at sunrise by a milk-punch party at Henson Bowl, at which those who forgot to pilfer glasses from the Commons were forced to drink the unidenti- fied concoction from their cupped hands. On Sunday, amid proposals of marriage and various other proposals and pledges, it was discovered that tempus had fugited; so the girls poured and were poured out of Gambier, and once again Kenyon College became that quiet, respectable institution of learning. i I- r. — Louis Calvo, Frank Dressier, Hob Muhl, Hrent Ol instead, Stan Jackson, Dick Warren, Spring Dance Week End brought ro Kenyon a large group of girls! Period. - Upper left John Mulford. Kanny Bucey. Nellie; Upper right — Shirley Wilson, A1 Wright, Marilynn Wilson; Middle left — Harold Meier; Middle right — Harry Read, Junior, Jack Martin, Lizabeth, lid Ames, Jean, Bob Jones. Nancy; Lower left — Harry Meier, Shirley Wilson, Mildred, Bill Stierman, Art Johnson, Robbie; Lower right — Pattie Page, Ann Martin. Page 84 PEN AND INK DRAWINGS OF KENYON LANDMARKS by H. L. HIRSCHE The sketches on this and the following three pages are the work of H. Lee Hirsche, a junior this year at Kenyon whose three years at Gam- bier have been progressively more productive of artistic achievement. Mr. Hirsche came to Kenyon upon his completing two years of service with the Army. First as a prize” student of David Strout and later as an informal student of the arts, Mr. Hirsche, since his arrival at Ken- yon, has managed to set down on his canvases in oil, water color, crayon or ink a wide assortment of central Ohio scenes most of which represent the landscape and buildings of Kenyon College. The 1950 Reveille is fortunate in being able to present some little fragment of Mr. Hirsche’s work especially in view of the fact that next year Mr. Hirsche will leave Kenyon to be a student at the Yale School of Fine Arts. Page 85 MATHER HALL Page 87 Opposite page: THE OLD KENYON MILL Tirrrr if mi nv Tt TT!P CAPITAL FROM OLD ROSSE HALL l-rom row— Ioni Davis Martin Ncmcr, Dick Goldhursr, Earle Elbon, Bill Somekh, Bol i- Murr ,fegal. AI Connelly. KaM Schwengel. Dave I.obdcll. Don Gillis w !u : o'.an , “n,an- Howard Dunceman; Third row — Dick Gibson. F.d Doctorow More Segal. Shep kommurs. Jack Goldberg, Ed Rudnitsky, AI Feinbcrg. OFFICERS Leon A. Peris Martin Neiner Earle El Ison William Somekh M. K. Page 90 MIDDLE KENYON Middle Kenyon’s thirteen month residence in the Alumni House terminates with the completion of the new Old Kenyon, and in September 1950, the Mu Kaps will re- turn to their traditional stomping grounds. Commencement 1950 touched the division lightly with only ten of sixty odd members graduating. Academically, Bill Hass and Bob Shutt were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. The Mu Kaps temporarily lost possession of the Scholarship Cup but still maintained a sound average. Athletically speaking, the division won the badminton trophy and the runner up slot in softball. Four varsity squads had division seniors on them. Bob Frenkel, despite a stiff ankle, played a ter- rific game of tennis as number four man on the squad. Bob McFarland played varsity golf. Tom Davis, besides playing center on the basketball team and being one of the mainstays of the track squad, was nominated for the Anderson Cup, one of the high- est awards given to a Kenyon student. The coming years will be just as successful as these last have been. Page 91 Page 92 DELTA KAPPA EPSILON 1949-50 saw the stalwarts of DKE languishing in palatial Barracks Three. Though chafing at the bit in eagerness to return to the new Westum Wingum, the membership felt it contributed an indelible chapter to the fabulous” saga of old Harcourt. Our restrained parties endeared us permanently to countless neighbors, and Brother Rice acquired lasting relationships through his gently, early morning nizzling” with the many available canines. In fact, as we look back, everything in old Bits, No. 3 rightly could be left to the dogs. But with a new, well conditioned appreciation of Old Ken- yon, we can reflect upon the Harcourt period as one in which the good things, includ- ing parties, better access to such vital establishments as Dorothy’s, and the many kind- nesses of faculty, alumni, and friends, far overshadowed any problems and caprices of living in temporary quarters. f ront rou- — I’ctc Crawford. Tom I avidson, Jud Speer. Bob Hall. AI Wright, Jack Moses, Mike Goriansky; Second row — Chuck Kcckefus. Bob Wysong, John Chestnut, Bill Yohc, Doug Hall, Jim Rice; Back row — Art Webb. Bill McGowan, Dick McMahon, Roger Warn- shuts, Bob Westland. Page 93 ALPHA DELTA PHI Ol i ICI KS . • r. Hill Wcnncr Dick Keener Jim Squires I.k k FurniM A. D. P. I rout mu — I mi Mr I Ion. t a Sherum. Jor Olflfl, Bill W wi f, f nk Keener. Jim Squirev j� k Firnm, SkWI (roldherg. Bnxr llirtminn. InrrwJ mu — Bill (� fw� rv Ale� ( rugp, Henry lli) Reed Andrew� . Jim How«e. S� m Smith. DkI (oddmftv Jerk P«W?. Boh Mf, fUi mu — Don Coulter, len Canter. Dick (� erken. VTarrrn (Fue. Fric IMiM. John Humphrey� . John l ion� . Frank Alt«chul. Poge 94 ALPHA DELTA PHI The past year has seen vast improvements in the Hast Wingers. The spirit and moral of the group has improved along with their accomplishments. Of course, men like Organ will he sorely missed, but the outlook is bright, with the completion of East Wing scheduled for next fall. This year the athletic situation has looked good, with Giddings and Hartmann on the football team. Trinkner an outstanding member of the basketball five and the golf team. Mellon on the swimming team and four Alpha Delts on the baseball squad; n to mention brothers Andrews. Sherwin and Smith as managers of varsity sports. The Intramurals have also improved considerably, with the Alpha Delts a threat in every competition. Elsewhere on campus. Alpha Delts have held responsible positions. Brother Alt schul has been President t� f the junior class, and brother Organ represented the frater- nity in student government, (roldherg was president � f Tau Kappa Alpha and Griggs is president 4 the 1%-y Club. Many of the brothers base participated in Dramatics. The Collegi and Reveille. With the improved living conditions in East Wing next year, this improvement is bound to continue. Po9« 95 Irani mu — Curt Jamcv Hob Vallrra. IW� b licit. Doug Dimno. Al Koccnau, Hud Jayme. fohn ( rawford. harllt lea. Ilcrry Allen. Charlie Margin. Inn jotWB SrmuJ mu — J«� hn IDIIcnhcrg. Dace Uvinton, Dart linage. Jim (tray. I ony llacwell. Hill llriggv l a� e Hoglc. Hill Kmc. Vincent Guandnlo; mu -—John Williams Ihtli Needham. Stan llenning. John Me 1 ugh I in. Stuart Goldtborough. Graf Vcller. Don Jonev Arnold Starr. HiH Daley. Crtntgt Macon. --------------------------1 PSI UPSILON ; OFFICERS L • r. — Hud Jaymc Al Koscnuu Boh Belt Doug Downey Berry Allen As the Delta can willingly testify, the 1949-50 season has not been a quiet one for the Psi U‘s. In addition to President Jay mo's famous Jaymo Noises, there has been heard emitting from North Ixonard's ivy-covered walls and shattered windows the soft harmony of ice cubes tinkling against soon-to-bebroken ruby glasses, blended with the sweet strains of ukuleles, typewriters, and Crawford's snoring. Kushing-chair- man Mike Bloy also made a few well-chosen noises, his machine ultimately netting fif- teen men and a sailor, eleven of whom were initiated on April 29. Athletically, the Psi U’s have not exactly been burning up the playing fields, but. through some quirk. John Crawford. Brent Olinstead, and Lyman White have found themselves members of the Kenyon Klan. In addition. Bato Allen. Dave Bogle, Bill Briggs. Bob Belt, Vink C uandolo. and Charlie Ixa are rumored to have made apj carances in Kenyon athletic events during the year. Even Jaymo. Needham, and James have been seen playing what the} think is tennis. In other fields of endeavor, Jim Olmstcad has won a grad- uate scholarship to Brown University, while his brother Brent holds policy-level jobs in both the Commons ami the T-Barraeks. Sam DeMcrcll, besides supplying the cam- pus with glasses, was for awhile the Collegian's managing editor; Whoopee John Hal- lenbcrg is mnui to become the head of the Republican Party, and Marvin and Flinn are still vying for the trophy in spontaneous long-distance automobile trips. n SOUTH LI-ONARD Doctor Nash look one look at the age of our pledge class ami decided to graduate at Mid Year� . He took Hob ( Non entity of the half century) Klein. Lou Whittaker and Ed Masch with him;the last a Phi Beta Kappa. Though it gladdened T. N. E.’� average it in hard to lose such good men. As far as Beta Tau Beta goes we arc lousy with athletes; though Hull and Mitchell prefer to lx called participants in acquatic endeavors. Hoi- Icnbach and Jensen are members of the land hockey team. This guy Jensen does other things tin� , he's co-captain of the lacrosse team, president of the student assembly and Kenyon Klan, oh yes, he also plays football. In scholarship we got tired of being at the bottom of the keg and with the aid of a large and bright pledge class a noticeable change was evident. To replace such men as Dunham, Schermerhorn. Hull. Mitchell, (ireene, lloldridge. Ilolwick. Ilcnrnc. Russell ami Jensen is going to be difficult. We can't find anyone who can eat like llcarnc but we're training Phil (Harrumph) Wall who returned sans violin but with Ukc. We have a good nucleus for the future and hope to do as well as the past. With our new President Whitcy llolIcnbach and Chairman of Everything Knapp it seems a sure thing. 91 OFFICI Ks I «I Kurkow Whitcy Mollcnh.u Ii Pcyton Pitney BETA THETA PI rtv. L • r. — IVm ehorle. Ben A«lee. Ml Srnondv To n Hear ne. Ru« IWum. Pei ton P nry. VI, tet Hollenh. k. Id k.rkon, Cmed, C.rcene Ur Vhmerhorn. fnhn Mm hell Creor H.II SrreW rn� — Ton. Ortmadin. Id Stamheld. Bete Knapp. D� t femen. I. . llMm. Deee hotiM. (rt nr«r Rank.n. John Vhondr. C ofjre Crordoo. John HonatlL Ph,l Wall. Uri. r r — B«h Heokon Id l «� .v J.rn P-rket. Dat Ifafthev Bnh M Karoo. Boh JJfgj Bttifnrmton. J.m Kee ao John McKooe. DkW Thomrw. Po e 90 DELTS A the year draw� to a dote, if is lime for college men and fraternity men every where (o look hack, and u look ahead in anticipation of the year to come Look- niK hack. Chi of Delta Tau Delta cannot help hut think that it has been, in a word, a great year. The member� of our chapter nave again given a good account of themselves in student government, in the editorial offices of the various publi- cations, on the Spcet h Building stagr. and on the varsity playing fields. New intramural trophies have been added to the collection. Singing together, the chapter was proud and nappy to tie for first place in the intcrfratrrnity singing contest. The chapter's scholastic aver- age was raised considerably. These are tome of the things that have made the year a little brighter for our men. But now, as Commencement draws near, we experience a new emotion, a feeling which is deep and strong. It is one of regret. For fifteen of our members are being graduated; fifteen familiar faces will be missing from the parlor parties; fifteen mugs will he removed from the shelves. They are a great hunch, these fifteen Seniors. Ohio Conference Singles tennis champ. Bill Schncchcck, and his advisor, Mother” Boh Carr, are leaving. Senior Class President AI Smith, and Joanie Fiery Kanny Bucey. John Mulford. Salty John Young. Ted Jennings, Mr, Student Council of I9S0. Charlie Bat” Thomas, Schneeheck’s racquets partner. Our sexy ex-prexy. Pete (Lacrosse) Weaver, journalist extrmorJinstrt. Don Grey and Connie and haby Dink. Ralph and Barh String. And, of course, the fabulous Bloodshot F.ye Room. consisting of Whispering” Cieorge Holt- haus. Gaylord Boh Mcl-ain. and The Kid Tom Carruth. school social co- chairman and Dance Weekend promoter. And haskcthall Captain Daves- Bell. Fifteen wonderful guys! We will miss them. More, perhaps, than w-e know. They have left their mark upon the chap- ter; they have given us a high goal to shoot for next year. To these Seniors, then, we extend mir heartiest congratulations, osir vers best w ishes, ami our thanks for their sen ret to our fraternity. To each and every one of them, we say. Thanks. Brother, and Well Done! ’ P09e 100 DELTA TAU DELTA Frnml ron — Ranny Bmrt, l)i«t IWII, (.Kirli 1 horna� . led lenmnav It ’ a ft. 1 0 1� («truth, (tram («Mike. Ilarn Read. John Mulford. Mil Vhnrwnk Boh Mclam, Ralph String. (renrgr II..Ilham, |� ete Vraiff. JecoW rnu — John Young. (tern (jnwm. Sy Atiell. Id Amrv Frank Met.all. Boh McOaen. Ih� n Fraley. Bill llinalora, l a%e Kuhn. Bill Kmnn. lohn Jotiea. l an Newtomh. Boh Roth. Jerry Flltwoeth, Ray Smith. M . row — Idly Me- Maitm, Bill Kinder, lack Martin, larry Taylor. Boh B'armeling. Ja« k Greeley, Boh Iggrrt. Norm Nkhnl, John VerNooy, Ronny Ryan. Bid� Jonev l a� e alien. Boh Moore. ( aleh Smith. Rill llurd. OFFICERS I- - r. — Dave Kuhn Grant Cooke llarry Read Boh McOwtn Jack Cimln F 9e 101 SIGMA PI front row, I. • r. — Tom Srtltf, Jm k Tomiww, Ml Sftlfr. Fred GutekunM. Boh Stit. D ck VTarren. Jerry Fink. Rill Taylor. Ja k Horner. Pete Plou ier. Boh Mahl; SctonJ rou — An Sprajcue. Man in Flltv l ave long. Ken C amphell. l et ny HoefRef. Jim (ifihim, Low ft«rd. Joe If all. Art Gray; Hs k rou — (ie-orfe Grander. John Noyev Paul Spehr. Mile 'Wil- ion. Jack Sanford. Hugh Stiff. Boh Johnson. Joe Taylor. Bill Towmeod. AI Lee. Jtn� Hunt. Pog 10? SIGMA PI Fifteen departing seniors will leave quite a hole in our ranks next year. Among them the White Shoe Bloc” of Johnson. Fink ami Buggy” Tedcsco will no longer have to avoid the ttics of Stix or the Sesler brothers. Snuffy Muhl will relinquish his job as dog-catcher in the Commons, while Jack Sanford will no longer pound the cin- ders for Kenyon's track team. However, few seniors will forget their last year. Our shrimp cocktail parties, the picnic at Faglc's Nest Gxlgc. and our first annual orchid formal highlighted our social events. On the political front Pat Houston was elected president of the Student Council, while Marge Ward, earning the colors of Lew VTeingard. was chosen Queen of the Sophomore Mardi Gras. Next sear, looking for- ward to even bigger and better times, we leave South Hanna ami move into Old Ken- yon. Fred the Pope” Gutetunst will lead our embattles! crew-. South Hanna will be kind to our successors, wc arc sure, but Old Kenyon, here we come! . OFFICERS L.-r. —Will Pilcher Dudley howler Ijinc Mart Hill Stierman PHI KAPS front rox. . - r. — Da« d Meek. John Schlemmer. Karl NnK.mara. Da BannHI. lar� Hart. Did Sawv«. Nfck ( Mikiv Boh Kokr, SetonJ row — Ren Miller. Boh Hw. Ban Allen. Rom llatkell. l udlei Fooler. Otari� Tranheld. Art Joh-non. U«k l-ann.n . rnw — Boh Sinn. Al Pent� . Hank Rohertv Villie Reade. Ilotd Hood. Nick Oa-xea. Al Marpfcv Pope 104 [ - PHI KAPPA SIGMA In (he fall Kmmer, the cooler, more mature heath in Phi Kappa Sigma prevailed. The grand old man of football, Hceh Haskell, for instance, was captain of the team. Bob Koke was elected President of the Student Gouncil (and the Phi Kaps satlly put away their beer pump I. In the spring however the younger members took over. Will Pilcher turned over the Fditorship of to Si llesse. Hesse at the etui of the year, decided to throw over the Collegian in favor of the Rn ciJ r. George banning too, was appointed an Fditor. If his magazine is finally published, it will lx called Hika. In the second half of the year the Student (auincil again elected a Phi Kap President. Tom Southard, with his new Phi Bctc key still shining took over the post, and the joyous Phi Kaps happily unlocked the beer pump, looking forward to a great year. With most of the fraternity graduating, and the remainder living out of the di- vision. North llanna will obviously be empty, but with the aid of (� od. the gram! chapter w ill go on. Although most of the fraternity members arc graduating, and the rest are scattered all over (iambicr, still the words of one worldly wise person remain: Now that we’ve won the softball trophy, there arc new worlds to conquer. Opti- mism still runs rampant, however, for the fraternity won the softball trophy and lost the singing trophy. 1)1 I I A PHI Iron ton W illard Hell, Ttd Phillip . Ollir Ray llrnimm. Ilarn Ian . (� r r r ( hriM, El IK (� r«� r e I'ollartl. IV� n llrunwm. Petr $ hr« etler, StfomJ rou — Jim flirdull, llrrb Inimann. Irwin Abraham� . John Bar net, Pdr PlitlCTi Mikr lira min , Cjirl Pihl. l on lV � rii h . Dave llamittrr. Sy riuman, ll«l Kon — Wavne Hailey, I,en Baffowt, luck ludy, Dave Maine , lee I low hr. lW b Athhy. Jim lee. l ed fcepplief. Steve Row, Phil Hc i. (� cof r Alliepro. The Second Floor Surrealistic Triumph offended the aesthetic taste of the Dean un- til he found out Salvadore” Braibanti and “Pablo” English were responsible. He was pleased with the modern, sophisticated job in Timothy Ryan's Room: green, of course. — the white wocxlwork reminds some of Randy’s. Bentman t x k the TKA Cup by defending water fights and Slugger Burrows holds down the fourth batting position in the Hanna Hail window-breaking team. The Dean is still in a quandary as to whether he should have accepted the invite to the Delta Phi’s Oriental mattress party — wha' da hell's an ’’Oriental mattress ”? The division is maintaining its strength at four captaincies on the playing fields next year, while Oscar of Oxford will probably be more engrossed in The Sex Life of the Palcopleistoccnc Man.” — Kraemer. a Phi Beta Kappa who wears his key only with double breasted suits, is secretly jealous. ARCHON The (hirti full year of A rchon's existence was one of continued growth and txpin Mini. The largest pledge class on the Hill pushed the membership to new heights and added new spirit and talent, particularly some needed athletic ability. Masters, Wil- liams, Wright, Gceslin, Conklin, Sharp ami Pavlovich insure Archon representation in varsity sports in the future. In the intramurals, the Division piled up a res| ct table, if not winning, average. Scholastically, Archon was tops during the first semester with the highest average in Kenyon’s recorded history. Ohadeayne, Hriscoe, Ashby, and Neidhardt were prominent in student government; Duryee, Johns, Guenther, Ancker. Wendel, and Willitts in dramatics; Johns, Ancker, and March on the ( oIUgLtmi Ha- gan. Stewart, and Gccslin in the band; and Roger and Martin at Jean’s were in the midst of campus activity. Socially, the barracks were kept rocking all year with a climax coming on Alumni weekend in April. Under the able guidance of Baker, Dur- yee, and Willitts. the social committee always had things moving smoothly. Al- though graduation takes many. Archon is confidently looking forward to next year, the first out of Becker’s Bungalows. front rot — Al (KippHnr. Fred Baum. Bill Chadraine. Hal IFurtte. Have Km Ralph Britcoe. Martin Molema. Joe Wendel. SnonJ rot — Gerry Rk hard «on. Henri Sharp. J 1. WhitcomK, (� u« Patrides Brute Willitts. Tom Bott. (,il Johns Bill (iwenther, Joe Paiknich. I kk Qukk; Bet rot — Ro« Ward. Jim lfn le. Bill Matters Rofter Whiteman. Francii Williams Brute A«hhj. Nelton Wrifht. Roster Gerslim. l ou Mewan. Gem (onklm Page 108 U'-VUVI take iimrr than FOO TBALL - Kivu Spirit Keeps Fail- IJmlcr the headline Lords Drop Opener In Second Half, 19-6, a CnUc ittn reporter chronicled the first football game of the sea- son in the following words. A greatly undermanned Kenyon team proved to bo no match for the Hiram Terriers at Henson Bowl last Saturday as the Lords opened their football season by absorbing a 19-6 defeat. Sparked by Frank McLaughlin, who gain- ed yardage every time he carried the ball, the Terriers completely outplayed the inexperi- enced Lord squad whose starting line up in- cluded five sophomores. Only during the wan- ing minutes of the third and final quarter did the Purple and W hite show any signs of offen- sive when the aerials of sophomore quarter- back Tim Ryan began hitting the receivers. ArxJ another Lord hit «he retn The Hentlersonmen. aided by two recov- ered fumbles, held Hiram to a 0-0 tie in the first half, but were swamped in the second half by the running of Mcl.aughlin. The Hiram back scored two touchdowns on sprints of twenty and of six yards. The Terriers, who were constantly threatening Kenyon s gi� al. had two of their drives stopped by the pass in- terceptions of Hill Hurd ami Don Hrunson. both of whom played an outstanding defensive game. In the third quarter the lairds managed their initial first down on Ross Haskell's 8- yard bolt over tackle. An interference penalty and Haskell s spectacular catch id a Ryan pass — Ross svas on the ground and caught the ball deflected by Hiram's safety man — gave the Lords the ball on the Terrier's 8-yard line. At that point the Hiram line held, and once more the Purple and White was on the defensive. The Lord’s lone tally came in the final quarter on a one yard plunge by Haskell. This climaxed a scries of passes, the longest of which was a 57-yard heave from Ryan to Hoi lenbach. Defensively, the Old Pro' Pete Weaver was outstanding; Bill Simonds. Bob Eggert. ami Chig Cooke also deserv e a hand for their fine line play. The results of the Hiram game gave the lairds a little chance to rejoice, however, since the all-around play of the many sophomores promises a brighter future for Ken von foot- ball. Burner a41 in � rdt the k mI wMh llimn anti Simon� to lead ihf wgy, ing Sport Going Strong Sprinter Stan: Not Ho� did he e« Hchmd me' - FOOTBALL The last game of the season wm reported by the Collegi � as follows. Journeying 400 miles to Geneva, N. Y., Kenyon's luckless l.orsls slropjnd their sixth straight decision to an experiences! Ilobart eleven, 41-7. Had weather — it snowed, hail- ed and or rainesl throughout the entire game — a slippery hall, about as easy to handle as a greases! pig, and llohart's hard running single wing were just too much for the Henderson- men who as usual played good football but were unable to capitalize on the few breaks they did have. The Lord’s big score came midway in the third sjuarter on a neat bit of razzle-dazzle. After holding Hobart on their own 24-yard line, the Purple ansi White took over ansi drove to the New Yorkers 38. w ith I on Brun- son. ansi speedy Stan Jackson, who playesl a brilliant 60 minute game, eating up yards a- round the ensls. At this point Tim Ryan un- corked a 10-yard bullet pass to big Dave Hell who pickesi up a few yards ansi then lateraled SCHEDULE October 7—Wooster — H. October I f—Huntington — A. October 21—Hobart — H. — Homecoming October 28—Capital — H. November 4—Hamilton — A. November 11—Hiram — A. off to Brunson whs� scamperesl the rest � f the way into the ensl zone. Brunson convertes! for the extra point. With the cancellation of the Sewanec contest, the Hobart game market! the end of a highly unsuccessful season for the Kenyon Girds who with a little more experience ansi few breaks, could have been the surprise team of the Ohio Conference. The Hobart game al- so clsisetl the college gridiron careers of such outstamling stars as Don Brunson. Ross Hask- ell. Dave Jensen, ansi Pete Weaver. This is seventh time in JO years that Kenyon football team has finished a season without a victor}. The Ret cille fintls it fitting to report on the intervening games in the following man- ner: all the games were heartbreaks — all were losses. Bill: Wh«� hii ytw?’ I nf The hell � ilh ihti. � ho1l � e put in no� — MmVr'” “ l)«tr Kuhn Al lUllanl l a c lla no Imml rn„ — Coach Bill Stilev 1 kk (fiddinjrv Franc Wendlin . Pat Pacini, Bill Simnndv I lead ( in.h l a e Hendenon. Boh t«reri. S« W mar — Phil Beet. l on Brwnann. Bill llurd. l it mu— Grant f.ooke, I a% lenten. Al Ballard. ! ave Kuhn. Bill Rann«T. D«� f Bell, «aptam Rm« llatkell. Whitr Hollenbeck, Bnwr Hartmann. Paul (ana P«e Boh («ren Tim R n Cnnfc Pag 114 St n Jatkton Bern Allen Pete Weaver Why I Like Kenyon Football hy PI I IK UIAVIH Why I like Kenyon football (in 2S word� or more) . . . . Prine Essay for an all expense lour of the valley of Knur in out- er Mongolia. I like Kenyon football because . . . you don’t win game� but you have to much fun. There i� almost a cer- tainty of not winning any game� , so you don’t have any pre- game worries or will never be accused of being an ungracious winner. You are assured of making a position as only a hand- ful show up for fall practice. You don’t have to feel embar- rassed about losing in Benson Bowl because there are very few spectators there to make you feel self-conscious. You also feci very important because schools in Ohio and other neighlsonng state schools are catching the fever to have Kenyon for open- ing games or home-coming. Kenyon has become the most jx� pu- lar home-coming team in Ohio and it makes you feel kind of important to have all sorts of letters pouring in offering these open home-coming dates. We have fancy uniforms and look very good practicing before the game. We also have three good coaches to give personal attention to about IK men on the squad. Also Kenyon believes in keeping its squad small so that each man can get to know the other players better and can get more personal attention from the coaches. We undoubtedly have the best academic team in the state as the members have to go through a rigid screening before entering the school. I under- stand that in the future, to avoid professionalism, the team members or football candidates will have to sign a pledge say- ing that they prefer An and English to organized sports. The sport then w ill have its proper place sis a gathering for exercise and social discussions at the crowther machine. I also like Kenyon football because it provides so much dis- cussion among the students, faculty, administration, admissions and alumni and so little is done to interfere with our fun the way it is. Wc are happy the way wc are and are practically the only college in the state that can boast as few wins w ith as much fun. Po 115 -— Bright Spot of Fall Athletics I The one bright spot of the Full athletic program was the performance turned m by the soccer team throughout its past season. Despite the small si e of the wpiad, the team ended up with a respectable record of three wins, one tie, and two defeats. Oberlin handed the team its first loss, 6 0, in the first anti | erhaps the poorest game played all year; this could lx attributed to inexperience anti lack of practice. The following Friday, however, Allegheny was downed 5-3 in a close game which was not decided until the lairds tallied two goals in two overtime periods. Despite the fact that the lairds dominated the play against Kent State the following week, their scorers were unable to find the goal, and the game ended with Kenyon on the short end of a 3 1 decision. Thiel was the next opponent, and this game which was highlighted by excel- lent passing by both teams ended in a tie. The climax of the season was the victory over the highly favored Wheaton team, which was considered one of the best teams in the Middle West. My playing a fast, aggressive game the lairds overcame the superior play of the visiting team, and in the overtime period which followed the deadhxked game, larx lloedt made gotid a free kick to win the game 3 2. The season ended with a decisive 4-1 victory over Western Reserve. Without such outstanding performances in each game as Day, Jones, Schroedcr. lloedt, Thomas and Young turned in. the season would not have been as successful, and these last four men. who graduate this June, will be sorely missed next year. There will be a g md nucleus for coach Hanfman to work with next year, so the future team will undoubtedly espial the enviable record of last Fall's aggregation. SOCCER ( ee left — Boh Oat I meet — A Ik hern Bootee. Middle left — John Jonrt. Middle eight — Le lined� . Rottr.m left — St Astell. Boh Day. Kent Bootee. John Jones. R tlom eight — Ge lte John Young. Right — ( jptain Pete Sehroedee. Poo 117 Player - Professor Is Inspiration For Would-be Kenyon Scholar - Athlete From! rou — OmH« Tranheltl. Boh McFarland. Jerry Mltwonh. Jack Martin. Lex lloedt. IKck Keener, Ted Jennings. SeenmJ rou — Boh Jones. John Jones. Captain Pete Schmeder. ( harlie Thomas. Boh Day. ( eorge l artt. Bmt f«� « — Manager Boh Frenkel. Pete Pious ier. Tom Davidson. John Young. $y AatHI. (til Bryan, (.oath l r. Andre llanfman. Mere are (he Udi about Itow u scliolar-uihletc got bit soccer experience Indore coming to Kenyon. Dr. llanfman started playing tbit |M | tilar Kuropcaii tjHirt .11 the age of ten in the street� , vacant lott, ami parks. At the age of fourteen, he Itegan playing for the junior team of Jena. Germany. My seventeen he at playing for the city of Jena which was vying for the soccer championship of Germany. While studs mg at the I'Diversity of Turin in Italy, he held down the | niiion of left wing. 'I hen. after Iveing retailed to Lithuania for military servite. Ite Itoth played and hel| cd math the army team during 1958 and 1939. Looking at Dr Manfman from tins athletic side of Ins ability, that is. appraising Inin not from the shoulders up hut from the ankles down, one will observe an interest- ing anti brilliant ca|iahility. Some talk altout the educat- ed toe tin the gridiron. Well, epote a few of us at Kenyon believe Dr. llanfman'� two feet certainly have had enough ethical ion and experience to warrant no less than a Ph.l). lie has two well educated feet, not toes, as any Kenyon water player will tell you. Many turns during practice Dr. llanfman takes the ball down the held through the entire team as if he were com|ietmg m the Olympics. Or you have m isset I something if you have never seen nim run around Itouncing the stater ball tin Ins forehead with the balante of a circus juggler (by the way. hesitles perform- ing m stadiums. Dr. llanfman has acted latth on the stage ami m the movies — but that's another story). Dr. llanfman rcteived Ins early education in Berlin anti Munich. Germany anti his doctorate at the I 'Diversity of I urin. lie has a thorough know ledge of six languages. Before the war lie was Chief of Supplies for the Depart- ment of Armaments m Lithuania. After the war he was attat bed to the American Military Government in Thur- ingia, German� where he was put in charge of the or- ganization and repatriation of prisoners of war and dis- places! persons in that area. In 19(6 with a I'nited States visa, sponsored by his brothers anti sisters, who are all United States citizens, he came with his wife anti small daughter to America. Besules teaching German anti Rus- sian at Kenyon, Dr. llanfman finds time to fill lecture Coach Dr. Andre llanfman uses his head. The hall is in the goal. tours anti is now in the process of translating • play by Alexander Block into Knglish. Mere is an example by which the Kenyon athlete can obtain the inspiration for the athletic field and the clasa- rttom. With cloud in ihc ba kgrouml llrrh tfllmann an ho into a half gainrr whkh may win him a fmi in the OI n� | H% ( . Swimming Season In Review I hit year � twimming team can so down in (he hook as having hail a very successful season, even though (he win-loss record of five and five may not indicate it. To begin wiih, (he Lord ! ha«l a very (ough schedule. swimming some of (he hes( (cams in (he sta(c. For (he firs( part of (he year, (he (cam was composed of mostly sophomores. with the ex ception of llarry l-ang and George I .a ha I me. George Mull and John Mitchell came Rack in the second semester to give the team (he added depth that it needed, (apt. Marry Lang paced (he team through out (he year, consistently scoring in all the meets. In the first meet of (he year, the laird s got off (o a flying start by swamping a favored Case team by a 55 to 20 score. The laird's had expected to have a much closer meet, but as things turned out. they couldn't be touched. One of the highlights of this meet was Herb L’llmann heating Oise's diver, for- mer conference champion, by 1.1 points. In this meet. Kenyon won every first place. The winning ways were continued in the next meet when Wooster was defeated by a 49 to 25 score. This was a much closer meet than the score indicated. The lairds were pressed all the way. and had to do some hard swimming to win. Kenyon was then swamped by a powerful Bowl- ing Green squad, considered to he one of the top teams in the region. This defeat was expected, and the laird s bounced back to trounce Ohio Wesleyan 58 to 17. It was in this meet that Lang swam his best fifty of the year, covering the distance in 24.9 0 seconds. t The Fenn meet was another one producing disas- Ii trous results for Coach Boh Parmelee mei� . They went down to defeat by a 55 to 19 score. This was a rather disappointing meet, as it was hoped that the team could do better than they did against the Fenn powerhouse. Following this, the swimmers took another lick mg at the hands of Kent State by a V� to 19 count. This meet was also a disappointment, hut one of the highlights was llrrh l llmann heating Kotys, lc- fending conference champion, in the diving This defeat was followed by one from Oherlin, the con ferencc champions. Getting hack into the win column, the l.ords beat Wittenberg 50 to 25. This was an easy meet, and everyone swam well, especially Dave Haines and George Christ, not to mention George La ha I me in the breaststroke. T he Slippery Rock meet was un loubtrdly the best of the scar, and Parmelee' men came out on top. 58 to 37. The meet was scry close at all times, and Bob McOwen put it on kc by taking second in the i 10. It was a hard fought meet, and the team ma«lc its own breaks and cashed in on them. The entire meet was the highlight of the season The Unis, of Pittsburgh handed the team a set back in its last dual meet of the season The Pitt team was too much of a powerhouse, and was defi- nitely out of Kenyon's class. Kenyon erxlcd up in third place in the conference meet. Lang led the scorers in thiv placing third in th fifty.secnnd in the 100. and anchoring the free- style relay which took fourth. George I aha I me took fourth in the breaststroke and swam on the fourth place medley relay, in which George Mull swam his best race of the sear. Crowgc Christ made up the third member of this trio. John Mitchell swam a beautiful 440 to place in the finals in that event. Herb l llmann got fourth in the fifty and third in diving, while l)a%e Haines took fifth in the 100 ami swam on the free-sty le relay . 1 hf «hair low up for air Seniors: (vrofftt lahalmr. Ilam Lane. John Mitchdl. (imritt If «all Pool Records ( hriti and lan| lake lime «ml Ifom praiinr lap The many pool records set by (he great Kenyon swimming teams of die years 1938 (o 1942 remained untouched for seven years. Between the period from 1938 to 1949, every Kenyon pool record had been set by a member of a Kenyon team. 1938-1942 were the years in which Kenyon swimming teams were national!) known, being made up of men such as Hlacka, Tanner, Cook, and Sebach. It w asn't until 1949 that one of these records was shattered. Fenn (aillege had a sw im- mer by the name of Hushey, and it was he who broke up the string of records set by the great Kenyon teams of the 1938 to 1942 period. In one meet. Busbcy broke two records, the fifty and one-hundred yard free-style. lie swam the fifty in a blazing 23.9 seconds to break the 24.4 mark that Sebach had made in 1938. and the 100 in 5 3.3 seconds to smash Hlackas 55.1 record established in 1942. In this same year, 1949, two more rec- ords fell to the rush of a new group of swimmers. Kinsey of Oherlin College also set two pool records, one in the 220- yd. free-style, and one in the 440-yd. free. The 220 record had been set at 2:19.7 seconds by (a� ok in 1941. Kinsey cov- ered the distance in 2:19.1 seconds, thus setting a new record by .6 seconds. He swam the 440 in 5:10.7 seconds to erase the mark of 5:17.7 seconds set by Cook in row row. (iillmg I — jud Sprrf. Il� fh Cllnunn. Al Vt'idthim, Snntud rou Mini .� Bob A hh . John Miuhcll. («rorer I lull. Harry l«ng. � wr e Uhilmr, lou Mrllon. Manager Boh K«wh. U rou — («wh Bob Parmtlt . (� nw|r (.hrt««. Dttt Hainrv Dudle) fowler. Boh MtOwen. Manager Heed Andrew . Norice rhe irmion a «fart involve . Pool Records 1941. Kinsey set both these records in the conference meet which was held at Kenyon in this year. The only other record that has been broken is the 400 free-style relay mark. This record was established in 1941 by the Kenyon team of Smeeth. Monoghan, Cook and Blacka. at 3:45.2 seconds. This record was broken this year when Kenyon swam the University of Pittsburgh. The Pitt team. composed of Petersen. Mclogravc. Zent- graff. and Petro, swam the distance in 3:38.7 seconds, thus establishing a record which is going to be very hard to break. Of all the pool records, the breaststroke mark, set by Tanner in 19 0 at 2:28.9 seconds seems to be the one that is going to last the longest. This record was in danger while Skip Clark w as in school, but he never broke it. Now that he is gone, the record seems safe until some team can come up with an exceptionally fine breaststrokcr. BASKETBALL foo 123 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------— Factors Involved In Poor Simon by LEONARD BtTHROWS, 49'M) Team Flayer An attempt lo wi down the many (tutor unnUnl in a lining season it cpiite a tatk (or a placer who hail thought at one time that it would Ik a highly sue- uttful one. From the hrtt game it was all uni ap- parent that we mined the pretence of Kppa Kinv. Not only were hit «coring fcatt and indispensable height hard to rctdacc, hut alto hit leailerthip and determination. Likewise. we lacked Jack Mooney't tu|Krior hall-handling which had been a great nart of the tintet of the previous year'� team. I (tree regulars. Date Bell, Ferry Tnnkner and mytelf. returned for the 1949 50 season, hut the vacatetl positions were not filled. It wat Kanney Buccy’t hrtt tea ton at a ttartmg player. Ilit t|«eciality wat a remarkably longthot, which certainly wat an attet. hut he didn't supply Mooney't «kill m setting up scoring plays, lor Willie Keadc it wat the hrtt | f of intercollegiate competition. Although he the team to victory hy scoring 21 against (aipital and showed great promise of things to come, he couldn't Ik expected to fill Kixey't shoes hit first yewr. The team desperately needed more height. I think we rcalired too late that we had taken Kixey't height too much for granted before. I cannot recall any game in w hich we had thorough control of the back- boards. Too many timet we came down the floor to get only one shot at our goal. I-ten in the garnet we won, I can remember the troubles we had be ncath the baskets. Our three victories were gained by some red-bot shooting not by outstanding floor- work or control of the backboards. Vet it wasn't only ball-handling and height that we lacked Ohio Northern couldn't hcMtt of a man over six feet tall; wr had the height advantage at every position; Hell and I ourtrbet scored a total of Vi point� . Still, we lost the game. were, in fact, run right oil the court by a smaller team. We were a team that wanted more determination, more ag- grettitenets. For a tcpiacl that lacked both experi- enced team play and height, it was a necessity that those two weaknesses be balanced by added incen- tive and effort. I regret that those qualities were not fully exhibited. In spite of certain weaknesses we definitely had ability and a potentiality that was evi- dent but never realized. We sent oiKrlin, confer- ence chamjuon . into overtime In-fore losing hy 2 points. IX e split our two games w ith high-ranking capital, defeating them on their floor while losing to them at home by only -I iniintt. However, we Imt games to Fenn. Hiram. Wilmington, Wittenberg, and Ohio Northern; teams that we should have beaten. They had no exceptional players that com- pared with conference stars such as Milhon, Shaw, or Blackwell. Fach of thaw teams was up for our game. They showed more drive, more desire to win than we who allowed them to outrun us. True, we were handleapped by a schedule that conflicted with final exams and which was broken by two vacations during which we had no opportunity to stay in peak form. Vet. in my mind the tragic reason for our poor record was our not responding to the need lor the fasthreaking. hard driving style of play which Dave Henderson again and again urged upon us. Front rear — lew Burrows. Pern Triokoer. (epcatn One Beil. Tom Oasis. Renn? Botes, rear — Pete Knapp. l.fnt on4 . Wdl Reade. Sot Bnfan. Ml Bn cv (tath Dase 125 '50 Track Victories To I he great amazement of Kenyon College and the surrounding vkiniiv, Kenvon't ir.uk and field men turned in the nest season the Lord� have had for at long at anyone can remember. The tea ton began with an unexpected Lord tri- umph over Fenn. A week later Kenyan defeated Wooster for the first time in hittory by the close «core of 65 • 62. loiter, wint over lliram and Capital and another uptet over favored Wittenberg, gave Kenyon five wint in a row, and even merited a paragraph in the want ad lection of the ClneltmJ PU$n I Sett- er, at well at the firtt headline the track team hat had in the Cothgism tince a Republican wa� eletted president. Tues- day, after the customary parade by the student body and serenading by the Kenyon band, the laird tracktters depart- ed for far-off Pennsylvania to do battle against Allegheny and Fdinhoro. Here Kenyon soundly thrashes! Fdinhoro, 5H� 2 to 36, but was nosesl out by Al- legheny by 49 points. Coach Parmelee traced the cause of the defeat to the un- accustomed presence of girls; co-eds in the stands spurred Allegheny stalsraro on to phenomenal feats while the Ken- yon men were sc ires I with bashfulneac. Ken Campbell and Willie Reasle. for in- stance. hid under the stands and refined flelntr — The three sequence «host below show Captain Pete Schroeder in the ftrst stage eA a pole sault. In all three shots one can nonce the muscle power needed to gain height. t'Pfier — lorn Ihisis winds up for a competitise hrase. I enter — (rood form and a strong arm place the hrass Second 40 ft. A Pleasant Surprise co report for cheir eveni� . 'Ilie final dual meet of the teaton (he laird� , definite underdog� . turn in a credit- able performance again� ! Mt. I num � •trong «quad, coming in teiond 75-54. Kenyon planned to «enti four men to the Ohio Conference, but Phil Bnt, high Korer for the «raton, � prained hit ankle jumping over a flower bed. No one i� quite lure w hat Phil wa« tick- ing lumping over flower heck — gue� « he juit felt like it. Thi« loct wa« partly compenftated for, however, by Pete Schroeder � magnificent performance, Pete pole vaulting 11 9” to tie for 3rd in the Conference, and broad jumping 21’ 3 to «retire a fifth. Kenyon trackmen aren't wander- ing around in purple «weater� dm year hut the fact remain� they had a fine NWM and turned in tome per- formance� of which Kenyon «todent� can he truly proud. The lm« of ten- ion Pete Schroeder. I.loyd Hood, Tom Davit, and Jack Sanford, will he keen- ly felt hut «hotild he made up by thi« year'� frethmen. With «print man Stan jack«on unhampered by thi« year'� in- pirie� . and paced by veteran Fd Kar- kow in the dittancr and Cirant Cooke in the di«cu«. the team can be opti- mistic about it� future. Rtloti — Following the three picture� on ihe oppo«.te page, the «hot� Mow «how Schroeder completing a «ault. The center Pm ture� «how % the important rack knife ctage I — hig Cook hold e� er thing. Thi« .« going to he a good one. loner — («race and coordination plat a large pan in track «ucce« . Upper left — Van McCutchcon just makes if. Upper right — Phil Best shyly starts over. Lower left — Sanford at the half mile; Middle: Phil like a bird; Lower right — Best like a cow. They’re all at the 1st hurdle — Best is in the lead. Woos'cr and Gaylcy trailing. TRACK TEAM Front row. I. - r. — Stan Jackson. Ollic Gaylcy, Tom Davis, Ken Campbell, Captain Pete Schrocdcr, Jack Sanford. Phil Best. Coach Bob Parmclcc; Back row — Mgr. Malcolm MacDonald, Grant Cooke, Dave Haines, Ed Karkow, Lloyd Hood, Willie Keadc, Jan McCutcheon, Mgr. 'I'om Davidson. Schncebeck wants to know — will Ryan catch the ball or use his racquet? Upper left — Somebody must have served an ace. Upper right — Oops Lower left — Goldberg: He puts an overhand topspin on it. I.ower right ballet dancing pays off. Li i Extreme left— Coach Lloyd Budge; I'ront rote— Boh Frenkel, Jack Goldberg, Herb Ullmann. Mgr. John Schmidt; Hack rote — Captain Bill Schnccbcck, Tint Ryan, Bat Thomas. TENNIS RECORD: WIN 6, LOSE 5 Schneebeck Retains Ohio Conference Singles Title for 2nd Straight Year SCHEDULE April 18 — Muskingum April 20 — Capital April 22 — Wesleyan April 25 — Cincinnati April 29 — Case Tech May 3 — Kalamazoo May 4 — Wesleyan May 1 1 — Bald win-Wal lace May 13 — Wittenberg May 16 — Oberlin May 19 - 20 — Conference May 23 — Ohio State Captain Bill Schnccbcck RECORD 7- 0 8- 1 5-4 1-6 7-0 2- 5 7-2 4-3 7-0 3- 4 2nd Place 3-6 Shotsic takes a shot. Eat Dust Denison. John Jones slips in for an attempt. Stiles system of fast break play proved highly successful this year. Here a Kenyon player has gotten lose and in scoring position. New Era for Kenyon Lacrosse Last year and this year mark a new era in lacrosse at Kenyon. The sport is settling down under the leadership of Hill Stiles who has stressed smoothness in passwork and rugged conditioning. This has paid off in Ohio compe- tition with Kenyon winning five out of seven contests in this area. With Stiles’ teachings still ringing in their cars from winter practice, a squad of forty-two invaded the hast dur- ing Spring vacation. The first stop, Syracuse, pitted the Lords against the top team in the North. Syracuse boasted a team that averaged 16 points per game and never fell below 10 points a game. It was Syracuse’s best club in years and in previous competition they had defeated R. P. I. and Hobart with ease ... losing a close contest with Army. Kenyon lost 15 to 2 in a game played in ankle deep mud. Williams and Army B soon followed and the Lords, tired from their trip and weary from the Syracuse battle lost both games. Williams showed much more ex- perience and won 11 to i. Army won its bitterly fought contest primarily on physical strength 17 to 7. The eastern experience proved the deciding factor in putting the Lords out front in Ohio competition. At Ohio State, the stickmcn surprised and completely routed the Buckeyes 12 to 5. It was here that the Lords’ attack of Johnny Jones, Lenny Burrows and Whitcy Hollcnbach proved too smooth for Ohio teams. The Lords’ defense headed by Captain Dave Jensen and backed up by two ex- cellent goalies, Tom Berlin and Kollo Meyer, gave little ground to an inexperienced Ohio State attack. Oberlin was next on the Ohio circuit after an easy con- test with the Penn State J. V.’s. The midfield strength of Bob Jones, Sy Axtell, Co-captain George Allicgro, Jerry Ellsworth and Pete Weaver proved too much for the young- sters from Pennsylvania. Next year Stiles hopes to play the big boys” on the Penn State varsity. Oberlin proved to be more difficult than the Lords had planned. Cold weather, sloppy refereeing, and a poorly played game slow- ed up the Stiles system of attack. The Lords received an unwarranted physical pounding due to bad officiating and were lucky to cck out a 7 to 5 win. Midfielder Pete Weaver was put out in this rough contest with a shoulder injury. The big game of the year with Hobart from Geneva, N. Y. proved to be the best showing of the year even though the Lords were out scored 10 to by the far more experi- enced eastern team. The Lords played over their heads to give Hobart one of its stiffest games of the year. Tom Berlin was taken out of the goal with a shoulder injury and Kollo Meyer filled his shoes with 18 saves for the af- ternoon. John Jones proved to be Kenyon's main scoring threat with 5 goals to his credit. Jones has been the decid- ing influence in most of the Lord’s games. His years of experience in prep school made him a tough man to guard in any competition and one of the Lords' most valuable players. As we go to press the Lords have return games with Ohio State and Oberlin to fill out their schedule. Pros- pects look good as Ohio State took a shellacking to the tune of IS to from Hobart and then turned around to beat Oberlin 8 to 6 the next afternoon. 'row row, I. - r. — Paul Conn, Dave Kuhn, John Jones, Pete Weaver, Co-captains George Allicgro and Dave Jensen. Bob Cortlner, Paul Buck, Walt Vansickle; Second row — Al Murphy, Bob Belt, Tom Ot- tenjohn. Bob McOwcn, Don Fraley, Lou Weinguard, Bob Jones, Steve Root. Hal Meier, John Horswcll, Brent Olmstead; Back row — Coach Bill Stiles. Bill Ririe, John VerNooy, Bruce Pennington. Pete Pais- ley, Brook Abraham, Dom Cabricllc, Whitcy Hollcnback, Joe Hall, Mgr. Darr Briggs. Upper left — Jack warms up the pitcher; Upper right — He's got a homcrun glint in his eye; Carl Pihl;; Middle left — The captain is ready; Middle right — Bob, get up there and strike that man out; Lower left — Wham!; Lower right — Swoosh. Page 134 Front row — Jack Horner, Bob Day, Paul Hadley, Frazer Clark, Peyton Pitney, Bill Hurd, Dick Gid- dinps; Buck row — Gay Sherwin, Ed Ames, Jack Peabody, Captain Dave Bell, Jack Warth, Boh Stix, Coach Pat Pasini. BASEBALL Inability to Hit Hurts Team Although the baseball record for the year 1950 was not too impressive, there were some players who played good ball. Needless to say, Dave Bell has been the outstand- ing player of the year, having the best batting average and pitching most of the games. Dave pitched steady ball throughout the season, but the height of his record was shown at the Wooster game, when he gave up only two hits and struck out 1 3 bat- ters. Jack Horner, Dave’s battery mate, consistently made a fine showing behind the plate, catching most of the ball games. Jack is a veteran at the backstop, catching for a number of years, with three years on Kenyon Varsity. Between these two players, the nucleus of the team was formed. However, the murderous hitting of Bob Stix must not be left unaccounted, for Bob had the power in his bat to hit a long ball, as he often showed. Playing at third base most of the games, Bob also caught behind the plate, and even pitched two games. The main criticism of Kenyon varsity baseball this past season was the inability to hit, having an average of only 4.5 hits per game. The fielding of the team w'as good, with Pitney handling hot grounders at short and pegging them over to Bob Day on first base. Bob was also a member of the mound staff, pitching his quota of games. Paul Hadley looked impressive on second base, and at the plate, offered much trouble to opposing pitchers. Other infielders who saw service were G. Sherwin and F. Clarke. In the outfield, there was Bill Hurd, Dick Giddings, Jack Warth. Ed Ames, Carl Pihl, and Jack Peabody. Page 135 Upper left — Gerri blasts one out of the sand-pit. Upper right — Bert looks the part, This is the one that did it. Lower right — That poor hall! Page 136 L. ■ r. — Bert Craig, Jack Moses, Gerri Cannon, Captain Perry Trinkner. GOLF: Third In Ohio Conference Lord linksmen, coached by Dave Henderson, had a successful spring season in 1950, placing third in the Ohio conference meet on the tricky Wooster College- Golf course. Kent State won the title with a four man team total of 307 for eighteen holes, with Otterbein in the runner up spot at 310 and the Gambier swingers next with a total of 316. High light of the dual meet season was the smashing victory over Woost- er on the same course that the Conference meet was played on. The Lords handed the Scotts of Wooster their lone dual meet set- back of the season, WVi compiling the big time team total of 291 for the competing four players. Captain Perry Trinkner was medalist with a slizzling 68, just one stroke off a new course record. A pair of pretty umbrellas, and a pair of good clubs. CONGRATULATIONS Roy Stycrs: Now the way I look at it . . . The story, one example out of many, runs this way. A few years ago while Roy was making his customary Saturday night visits, he was stopped behind Hanna Hall by the pleasant but cost- ly sound of glass breaking. Sleuth” Roy soon discovered the source of destruction was in the none too steady hands of a slightly clobbered peep, who, standing near the center of his room, with remarkable precision, was systematically attempting to knock out his room’s window panes, because, as he remarked, ”1 gotta get some air.” The man was a freshman. When he saw Roy, he turned pale and passed out. The next day Roy checked with the maintenance de- partment, found the damage had been paid for and decided the young fellow had learned his lesson. However, being a freshman, our young friend did not know Roy and, after impatienti) waiting three days for the Dean’s summons, decided that a pica might save his neck and turned himself in. This story illustrates, perhaps, as well as any why Roy Styers is one of the most popular figures on the Hill. 'I hat freshman didn’t have to turn himself in and cause himself trouble, the Dean trouble, and the college trouble, because Roy was working his great principle of second chance. He puts it this way: Give the guys a break.” Now, in this Congratulations, the class of 1950 wishes to let Roy know that his breaks” have been appreciated; to remind him that his faith has worked, that his good humor, friendliness, and down-to-earth sincerity will be long remem- bered and we hope, in part at least, imitated by a grateful group of Kenyon men. Page 138 Four Years of Free (?) Enterprise (Concluded front page 28) week. This, unhappily, conflicted with a dance sponsored by the poverty stricken Lacrosse team as well as markedly interfering with the normal week-end activity of the Runyon men. Spontaneously, an eight car delegation was or- ganized to make a scouting trip. This action was received with shouts of joy from the Denison girls when they beheld their saviours dashing to their rescue.” After extending a blanket invitation to the Saturday night dance, Jensen and his cohorts withdrew to Gambicr. Two days later a proces- sion of twenty Kenyon cars arrived at Denison as three high-flying Lords bombarded the campus with Carter leaflets accurately contrasting the virility of Kenyon and Denison men. In the spring the faculty with considerable stu- dent help presented the Barrctt-Welsh musical comedy, This Will Do.” One well remembers Professor Lanny Warner as Dean Bunce, The Rev- erend Tom Barrett as Potwind Pcnnypacker, a la Groucho Marx, The Reverend Clem Welsh as Professor Thigpen, President Chalmers as Chief Rolling Stone and Professor English as a befud- dled but well-meaning Englishman. Not to be outdone, the students started a Ken- yon tradition, which, historians will note, lasted but a year, of a student produced and authored Runyon Revue.” After considerable difficulty in writing and rehearsals (it is said that the Revue was “conceived in bitterness, soaked in Old For- rester, written in sixty hours, re-written in two anti rehearsed for twelve days”) the show went on and was terrific, (definition of this adjective to be supplied upon request). As Seniors, who know anti know that they know, you are at last intelligent, mature, sober men. for which obvious reason a seriousness of purpose seems to surround the events of this year in which you have participated. To wit: the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the found- ing of Kenyon College and the laying of the cornerstone of the New Old Kenyon. During your stay you have seen not only improvements in the physical plant of the college, but such good things as its democratization through admission of Ne- groes, a wholeheartedly supported Christmas party for orphans, and the introduction of the Union-Management Forum to name but a few. This register, to be at all accurate, must men- tion the Delts' bear rug, the notoriety attached to the discovery, this year, that practical scientists had used the mysterious mausoleum hidden be- hind Rossc Hall for manufacturing their assorted tonics during prohibition days, and the biggest of all things to hit the campus—Son of Zorro. This last creature was blown up, crushed by a safe, shot a hundred times but was kept alive through 13 gruesome chapters by superhuman powers, a crafty mind and trick camera shots. The finale of this epic was greeted with almost as much grief by the town kids as by the Class of 1950. A class of such eminence as yours leaves a last- ing mark on the college. Its men of fame should be recognized. For this purpose I have suggested to the proper authorities that an all-star selection be made each year in the spring. After negligible consideration anti no consul- tation, your committee of one selects the follow- ing: Catcher: the one with the booming voice and a motorcycle to retrieve passed balls — George Hogshead. Left field: for his ability to cover ground on a bicycle and if worse comes to worse, in a borrowed blue Buick — the Senator Tomasene. In center field: to keep the blcacherites a- mused with stories of his six years in the Marines, and when that fails, his violin — Was Hwozdewich. At second base: one who never gives any- thing away, and thus there will be no stolen bases — Gordy Greene. At short stop: the great retriever, who also returned — Jackie the Zell. In right field: one so g xxl at throwing the bull he ought to be good at throwing the ball — Tiger Scone. At first base: where we need an expert on military courtesy to keep the umpire smoothed, the pride of Salem, Ohio, don’t ask him where he lives, copasetic, chipper Lieutenant Van Sickle. And pitcher: the one who knows and works every angle and curve, at the same time “makes book” on the side, the fast man with a buck, the fast man with a story, the fast man — Dilly Stern. The honorary society thus created shall be call- ed the Kenyon Kan. Annually, pictures of its deserving membership shall lx- hung in an en- closed cupboard in the top room of Peirce lower. And so, as the sun sets behind the fast moving, clear waters of our beloved Kokosing, we bid you 133 intelligent, mature, sober men farewell and good traveling on the road of your choosing. Page 139 GEORGE A. FULLER „ COMPANY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Compliments of Compliments of Fred L. 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For example $2,186,657 has been paid into the Employees Profit sharing Fund since the plan went into effect five years ago. Under this plan, 10 percent of the Corporation’s profits before taxes are shared by the employees. Cooper-Bcsscmers on the job. These photographs show some of the applications of the Company’s products. REFINERY ANI NATURAL GASOLINE GAS AND OIL PIPE LINES LOCOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION MUNICIPAL AND R. E. A. PLANTS MARINE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL AND PETRO-CIIEMICAL SEWAGE AND WATER PUMPING EARTH MOVING Since 1912 Robert D. Ransom A Complete Food Store GENERAL CONTRACTOR PITKINS Provision Store Builders in Knox County for four generations MEATS ❖ FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FROZEN FOOD DAIRY PRODUCTS TRAMONT OFFICE BUILDING AND GROCERIES PHONE 61871 Cochran Motor Sales, Inc DODGE U West Ohio Avenue PLYMOUTH MOUNT VERNON, OHIO ■V Baker - Schnaidt J. T. 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