4 REVEILLE KENYON COLLEGE Gambier, Ohio One 1954-55 Bruce Richardson..... Hans Gcscll.......... Howard Russell....... Phillip Bunyard...... James Truesdell........ ......Editor 1954 ...Co-Editor 1955 ...Co-Editor 1955 ......Co-ordinator ......Co-ordinator Introduction We came to Kenyon to he educated, but in those freshman days of early freedom few knew what that meant. Since then most of us have learned at least one truth about education, a sad though stimulating one. It is that education is never finished, not while we walk this round green earth of ours at any rate. Not till edu- cation has led us to our final lesson can we hope for completion. But there is much to learn be- fore that last lesson, and Kenyon showed us something of how to start and gave us our pack of learning equipment for the job ahead. That pack of equipment we call “a liberal education.” A liberal education aims at developing a man who can, and will, make his own judgments which arc to he made in a vacuum of opinionated individualism, for the liberal education familiar- izes a man with the accumulated wisdom of the race. That the liberally-educated man makes his judgments for himself means rather that he is not deceived by the appearances amid which truth is hidden and that he does not permit him- self to he swayed by mere convention or ma- jority opinion when, as sometimes happens, these reflect the appearances rather than the truth. This dedication to searching out the truth in turn implies that the liberally-educated man is pre- pared to function as critic in the society, whether large or small, through which his influence is felt. To this society he points out “the best that has been thought and said in the world”, and if by doing so, by showing where it has slipped into folly and hypocrisy, he becomes “a gadfly to the state”, then so much the better. The liberally-educated man is then a leader in that he shows the best way to society. Whether he does this primarily through his spirit, his thought, or his action docs not matter. What matters is that he is present to say, “There is good reason to put no stock in this”; or, “My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t”, when those around him are engaged in a meaningless and dangerous paroxysm of enthusiasm or fear. He is able to say these things with authority because his education has freed him to a large extent from the subjective traps of his own ego and supplied that liberated ego with knowledge of the major facts and values which the amassed experience of humanity can provide. With this equipment to help us we leave Ken- yon to undertake our further education, the job of living. To help in carrying the equipment and to make the job more amiable Kenyon has given us one final gift. It gave it subtly and in small portions so that none can say how, when or where it happened, whether in the classroom from the manifest nobility of certain professors, or from the social gatherings or different occa- sions around the Hill, or from the sports fields and their contests. Yet the fact of this final gift remains despite the difficulty of location or defi- nition. Essentially it is an attitude toward life and other human creatures. The heart of it is magnanimity, the large inclusiveness of far- looking men. In the view of such magnanimity all of life reaches toward dignity and purpose. By its precept every human creature deserves to he understood and none judged except where the welfare of either himself or of society makes it imperative. Through it the world and men take on a richness and value unknown to the constriction of the ego-entered mind, life be- comes at least equally a thing of enjoyment as of sorrow, and the course of human interaction is made pleasurable and significant. These things then Kenyon has given us, the liberal education and the enlarged spirit. They were given equally to all who wished them. There were, of course, benefits which each per- son gained in his private capacity—skills, rich and lasting friendships, memories deeper than he may care to admit. All this we have from the college years. It is what we came to Kenyon to get, an education. Robert Stewart Kenyon ’56 Three Five Church of the Holy Spirit Air View of Campus Middle Path Peirce Hall Seven ■4 1 frr • ri . IBHMHhi Rosse Hall Nine Ten ADMINISTRA TION and FACULTY Eleven FRANK EDGAR BAILEY A.B. (Dartmouth), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard) Dean of the College Professor of History TRACY SCUDDER Litt.B. (Rutgers), M.Ed. (Mary- land) Director of Admissions STUART RICE McGOWAN Ph.B. (Kenyon), M.A. (West- ern Reserve) Registrar Associate Professor of History and Political Science Twelve CORDON KEITH CHALMERS A.B. (Brown), M.A. (Oxon.) Ph.D. (Harvard), LLD. (Hobart) Litt.D. (Rockford, Brown, and Notre Dame) L.H.D. (Ripon) President DOROTHY GERTRUDE FESLER Secretary to the Dean of the College ELAINE LINA WEYCAND A.B. (Wheaton) Assistant Registrar of the College _ Thirteen JOHN FREDRIC FURNISS. JR. A.B. (Kenyon) Assistant to the Dean of the Col- lege Director of Scholar- ships and Student Aid ROBERT BOWEN BROWN M.A. (Kenyon) Secretary of the College MISSB. JOHNSON MISS PARKER GEORGE WILLIAM LANNING, JR. Kenyon Director of Publicity MRS. R. ELLIOTT Fourteen MRS. COLOPY MRS. KUNKLE MILDRED IRENE KIMBALL B.S. Home Economics (Minnesota) Associate Dietitian LILLIAN GROVER CHARD ANNE JOPLING LESTER Matron. College Infirmary MRS. SCUDDER Bookshop Certificate in Institutional Management (Simmons) Dietitian Fifteen CHARLES MONROE COFFIN A.B.. M.A., (Ohio State), Ph.D. (Columbia) Secretary James H. Dempsey Professor of English PHILIP WOLCOTT TIMBERLAKE A.B. (Kenyon), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton) Mclivainc Professor of English JOHN CROWE RANSOM A.B. (Vanderbilt), B.A. (Oxon.) Carnegie Professor of Poetry DENHAM SUTCLIFFE A. B. (Bates) B. A., M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon.) Professor of English EDWARD CLEMENT HEINTZ A.B. (Brown), A.B.L.S. (Michigan) Librarian FREDERICK WAKEFIELD THON A.B. (Harvard), M.F.A. (Yale) Visiting Associate Professor of Speech and Dramatics PETER HILLSMAN TAYLOR A.B. (Kenyon) Associate Professor of English IRVING WILLIAM KREUTZ B.A., M.A. (Wisconsin) Assistant Professor of English Seventeen RICHARD CEORGE SALOMON M.A., Ph.D. (Berlin) Professor of History, Kenyon College Cooke Professor of Ecclesias- tical History, Bexley Hall ROBERT ORWILL FINK A.B. (Indiana), M.A. (Cor- nell), Ph.D. (Yale) Professor of Classical I.an- Ruagcs RAYMOND DU BOIS CAHALL Ph.B. (Kenyon), Ph.D. (Co- lumbia), L.H.D. (Kenyon) Professor of History, Emeritus CHARLES RAY RITCHESON A.B. (Oklahoma), Ph.D. (Oxon.) Associate Professor of History HOYT LANDON WARNER. JR. A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard) Associate Professor of History RICHARD CLARKE MANNING A.B., Ph.D. (Harvard), L.H.D. (Kenyon) Benson Memorial Pro- fessor of Latin, Emer- itus SAMUEL BILLINGS CUMMINGS, JR. A.B. (Amherst), M.A. (Co- lumbia) Ph.D. (Princeton) Spencer and Wolfe Professor of Psychology RAYMOND ENGLISH B.A. (Cantab.) Professor of Political Science PHILIP BLAIR RICE A.B. (Indiana), B.A., M.A. (Oxon.) Cuy Despard Goff Professor of Phi- losophy VIRGIL CHARLES ALDRICH A.B. (Ohio Wesleyan) Diplome d’Ktudes Suplrieure de Philosophic (Sorbonne) Ph.D. (California Professor of Philosophy Twenty WILFRID DfiSIRfi DESAN Licence en Philosophic (Lillie) Ph.D. (Harvard) Assistant Professor of Philosophy KATHRYN CLARK RICE University of Cincinnati, College of Applied Arts Art Academy of Cincinnati Visiting Instructor of Art EDWARD HARVEY A.B. (Bates). M.A. (Middlebury) M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard) Associate Professor of Modem Languages HAROLD CLINTON WHITE. JR. A.B. (Vermont) Certificat d'Etudes fran- Raises (Grenoble) M.A. (Middlebury) Visiting Instructor of Modem Languages JAMES ROLL BROWNE B.S. (U. S. Naval Academy) M.A. (Cincinnati), Ph.D. (Chicago) Professor of Spanish Language and Literature PAUL SCHWARTZ Ph.D. (Vienna) Diplomas in Piano, Composition, and Conducting (Vienna State Academy) Associate Professor of Music BRUCE HAYWOOD B.A.. M.A. (McGill) Assistant Professor of German Language and Literature T tventy-one PAUL MERLIN TITUS A.B. (Oberlin), Ph.D. (Prince- ton) Edwin M. Stanton Professor of Economics PAUL BARTON TRESCOTT A.B. (Swarthmorc), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton) Assistant Profeaaojr of Economics CLEMENT WILLIAM WELSH A.B. (Harvard), B.D. (Episcopal Theological School) Milnor and I,cwis Associate Pro- fessor of Systematic Theology, Bexley Hall Associate Professor of Religion, Kenyon College T wenty-two m ALFRED BYRON STARRATT B.S. in Ed. (Boston University) B.D. (Episcopal Theological School) Ph.D. (Harvard) Chaplain Associate Professor of Religion _——!--! WILLIAM REAGLE TRANSUE A.B. (Lafayette), Ph.D. (Lehigh) Peabody Professor of Mathematics DANIEL TALBOT FINKBEINER II A.B. (Washington and Jefferson) Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology) Associate Professor of Mathe- matics OTTON MARTIN NIKODYM Ph.D. (Warsaw) Professor of Mathematics ELBE HERBERT JOHNSON A.B., M.A. (Olivet). Ph.D. (Chi- cago) Doctor of Science, Honorary De- gree (Kenyon) Henry G. Dalton Professor of Physics, Emeritus FRANKLIN MILLER. JR. A.B. (Swarthmore), Ph.D. (Chi- cago) Associate Professor of Physics Twenty-three CHARLES STEAD THORNTON A.B. (Harvard), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton) Professor of Biology EDWIN JAMES ROBINSON, JR. A.B. (Dartmouth) M.S., Ph.D. (New York) Assistant Professor of Biology BAYES MARSHALL NORTON B.S. (Yale), B.Sc. (Oxon.) Ph.D. (Yale) Bowler Professor of Chemistry JAMES MEREDITH PAPPENHAGEN B.S. (Mount Union) M.S., Ph.D. (Purdue) Assistant Professor of Chemistry Twenty-four ■ j 'lir nnwi JESS WILLARD FALKENSTINE B.S.. MS. (West Virginia) Assistant Director of Physical Education WILLIAM CHARLES STILES A.B. (Hobart) Director of Physical Education THOMAS JOSEPH EDWARDS B.S. (Springfield) M.A. (Toledo) Assistant Director of Physical Education FRED HENRY LURDING Master Sergeant, United States Air Force Administrative Non-Commis- sioned Officer, Department of Air Science NICHOLAS TONY B.S. (Waynesburg) Captain, United States Air Force Assistant Professor of Air Science JOSEPH F. HALL B.S. (Oregon) Major, United States Air Force Associate Professor of Air Science T wenty-six FACULTY SNAPS ito ftlemoriam WILLIAM RAY ASHFORD The Faunce is dead. How easy it is to utter these words, hut how difficult it is to comprehend their mean inp. To all of us who knew him (and who among us did not?) it is inronreivahle that he is gone. It is safe to say that in the long history of this college no other man ever meant so many things to so many people. True, many have been more famous, many have been more distinguished, and many have been more scholarly; hut every Kenyon man from 1924 to 1954 knew and loved this man for a variety of reasons and in a variety of ways. Ray Ashford was truly the Mr. Chips of Kenyon College. He knew more about all of the things that together make Kenyon what it is than anv man alive. Diverse were his interests and many were his activities. What organization on this campus during the past thirty years has not in some way been affected by this man,— the Dramatic Club, The Hill Players, The Kenyon Klan, the Church, the Library. And the list could go on and on. No one else had so many friends. His greatest joys came fom his associations with the students. No fra- ternity party was complete unless Fauncy was there. He taught many of us our Spanish or our French or our Italian when we entered, and he called our names in Latin as we left. It has often been said that one was not a real Kenyon man until he had had the Fauncc for a class. Give my regards to Rocky; Rcmemlicr me to Fauncy, too.” This simple song, sung every Sunday in the Com- mons. illustrates the feeling of Kenyon men for Dr. shford. lb- has become a legend. And he will become even more of a legend as the years go by. The stories about him are many: the story of how he was tied to a tree when initiated into Psi Upsilon; the story of how the cow was placed in his classroom; the story of his lirst motorcycle ride; the story of how he called his favorite students ‘stupid’. And there are hundreds more. Whenever Kenyon men gather Fauncy stories always will be related. No one hated sadness and mourning more than he. Although he is gone in Iwdy he is still very much with us in spirit. . . Remember me to Fauncy, too. I.et the words ring out and the song go on as long as there is a Kenyon. John F. Furmss, Jr. And see a river like Kokosing, In meadows sweet with asphodel. II here memory dwells dear past supposing, Farewell, old Kenyon, fare thee ivell .... T wenty-eight Kososing River Twenty-nine THEY LAUGHED WHEN I SAT DOWN TO PLAY When the President asked me. several months ago, to make this Interruption In your day. I at once boican to hope for the inspira- tion of a subject. That Lope was fruitless, as it deserved to be. and 1 must try to draw yet one more note from the old string. The State of California announces that it must quickly recruit 172.000 new public school teachers. So small a city as Mount Ver- non speaks of the Imminent need for seventy additional teachers. Every other state and city tells the same talc. Yet the number of college students who are preparing to be high school teachers of science has dropped by fifty per cent In the last live years. Some- body has said that If. for several years, one half of all college graduates became public school teachers, we would still be short by many thousands. A small school of engineering In a nearby state will this spring Sraduate sixty men. when a friend of mine, a representative of a eavy Industry, visited that school last winter, he learned that 128 Industries had applied for the services of those sixty men. When that same friend went to the Georgia Institute of Technology to Interview seniors, he found that eight hundred other firms had done the same. You will understand this situation better for know- ing that In 195« Industry needed 30.000 engineers; only 18.000 were graduated. In that same year, only 200 advanced degrees were awarded In physics; of those men. only half made physics their profession. In 1949, the medical schools were for a variety of reasons be- sieged with applicants for admission; for each place In the schools, five or six applicants presented themselves. This year. In ominous contrast, there were only two applicants for each place. Such a decline in numbers obviously means a decline In quality. Mean- while the national population Increases, and with It the need for physicians. The Episcopal diocese of Ohio would like to fill this year more than twenty clerical posts; eleven men are available. To estimate the needs of the Church In the nation Is not easy; It seems likely, however, that there Is room for some 5000-8000 clergy- men. Currently wc are ordaining about 400 yearly. Your own knowledge will doubtless supply comparable figures for other trades and professions and will justify tny assertion of the national need for educated persons. Those persons the colleges and universities nre asked to provide. But prospective physicians, clergymen, teachers, and engineer make ns you see a small pro- portion of our collegiate enrollment. The colleges and universities are called upon for many more sorts both of education and training. In response to that call, the colleges and universities have Insti- tuted courses, departments, and colleges In pharmacy, journalism, agriculture, hotel management, nursing, business administration, home economics, You may add subjects at will. It would be dif- ficult. perhaps Impossible, to think of an occupation or an activity which Is not. at one college or another, the subject of study leading to an academic degree. The attractiveness of these ventures In ''education'' Is manifest by current enrollment In what are called Institutions of higher learning. In those Institutions, two and a half million persons are enrolled. And. as I have Indicated, pressure Is on these young per- sons to fit themselves as speedily as possible for practical purposes. By way of training them, our Institutions of higher learning offer courses—what I nm about to say comes not from my Imagining but from the pages of current university catalogs—our Institutions of higher learning offer courses In: Advanced radio announcing Badio and television advertising Conference Leadership Training (this In Business Administration! Upholstery Teaching moral and spiritual values In the public schools Literature for High School Students: reading of materials suitable for use In extensive reading programs in secondary schools I cite these particular courses for their patent absurdity and to emphasize the absurdity of calling them higher unless one Is able to show what they are higher than. One might suppose that for the teaching of moral and spiritual values In public schools the teacher ought himself to be acquainted with those values by ex- perience and by deep study of religious, philosophical, historical, and literary texts. One might suppose that for true leadership of conferences, n man ought to bring to the table a logical mind, a deep knowledge of the problem being discussed, some convictions. But the assumption of all these courses seems to be that a stained ply-wood veneer is as good as mahogany: that superficial training In skills obviates the need for genuine learning. Thirty To suggest that all vocational courses are equally absurd would be sinful. To suggest that they are unnecessary would be stupid. But this much I am willing to suggest, that practical training as distinguished from education Is always more like the veneer tnan like the mahogany. That it trains men to do again what has been often done before; that in the degree that It Is Immediately prac- tical. In the same degree Is it superficial. It is an undertaking, as Abraham Flexner said, to tell people how who mainly do not know what. To those persons who have enrolled In the colleges and univer- sities for limited vocational purposes, add the inestimable number who have enrolled in compliance with the national admiration of what is indiscriminately called a college education . Though we cannot say how many of these persons are. their ubiquity is revealed by the courses of study that have been created for them. To name the courses Is. I know, a popular pastime among us, and I will for- flvc you if you no longer find it amusing. These, too. I have drawn rom current catalogs: Food for Special Occasions: Preparation of attractive and ap- petizing dishes to help the homemaker In planning buffet suppers, receptions, picnics. Laboratory four hours. Selection of Costume and Management of the Wardrobe: Design- ing costumes to meet individual needs. Lecture one hour, laboratory four hours. Folk, tap. and social dancing Camping in education Orientation to University Study (l.e. the studies listed above): two semester . One course I should perhaps have named in my first list, but I save It for a category of its own: Entymology. The study of words. One middle-western university recently achieved the notoriety of the weekly news magazines for Its course in Conversation; a teacher at another university was recently celebrated for her course In proper use of the telephone. She teaches collegiate young per- sons to speak slowly and distinctly; she teaches them how to dial long distance and how to use the directory. Whether the teachers of conversation and of telephoning create in their disciples sound learning, good sense, and a will to virtue the magazines do not say. Presumably they do. however, for the courses arc stepping-stone to academic degrees. Without in the least knowing whether It Is true. I suspect that these two categoric of persons—those who seek Immediately prac- tical training and those who seek the vaguely named college edu- cation —comprise the majority of our two and a half million under- Kraduates. Where did these persons prepare themselves for these Igher studies? In the public high schools, where graduates of these same universities and colleges taught them metal shop, com- munity civics, typing, car driving, business English. World History, and salesmanship. The high school made available other things, to be sure—quick bites of foreign languages, seldom chewed and rarely digested: some science—too often general science ; some mathe- matics; a rudimentary acquaintance with the mother tongue. The instruction was offered by underpaid, overworked, and Ill-educated teachers, whose own claims to learning arc largely founded on methods courses In the schools of Education. It is not I who say. but o distinguished public school administrator who repeated last week: that our high schools arc designed to deal with the average and the below average student; that they stress mediocrity and depress superiority. Abraham Flexner, speaking of the quality of achievement in our high schools, said that no nation has ever so completely deceived Itself . Are we assured by a high school diploma that the recipient can write and speak English with moder- ate accuracy: that at eighteen he can read a French or German page; that his knowledge of our national past enables him to par- ticipate intelligently In current affairs: that there has been aroused In him a respect for learning or a wish to attain it? Yet on the pith of this green sapling Institutions of higher learn- ing undertake to glue the veneer of vocationallsm or of popular culture. The annual result is thousands of degreed persons of whom some have been trained to one Important Job or another; of whom many more have been poorly trained for the conduct of private life. Meantime the world s problems grow apace. Bandung. Saigon, and Taiwan are neighbors whose problems are ours. Our whole political, social, and religious structure is threatened by neo-bar- barism from without and by neo-feudalism from within. Shall we commit the problems of such a world to fire-new experts In public relations, business English, and advanced radio announcing? While the geographical horizon contracts, the horizons of science have been pushed nearly Into Infinity, and the men who shall lead us toward them will not be the products of hand-to mouth techno- logical training. We need Pasteurs. Darwins, and Mendels: we need Newtons. Einsteins. Oppenheimers. and even the most efficient In- stitutions of higher learning have not yet introduced courses that will produce them In three or four semesters. We need Burkes. Jefferson . Marxes: we need Miltons. Goethes. Hawthornes. We need deeply learned men; wc need institutions that can nurture them: wc need the scholar-teachers who can Inspire them. We have equal need of millions of men who. If they fall short of these high names, have nevertheless on awareness of true learning, who value it. who are willing to be guided by It. If my description of the educational system is one-quarter Just, we are not getting them, or are getting them In numbers so small as quite to be lost in our swelling population. True, there is the Institute at Princeton with Its hundred Fel- lows. True, there arc graduate schools here and there and research institutes here and therethat harbor a few dedicated men and thclr few dedicated pupils. There Is not a college. I suspect, however small or obscure, that docs not have on its staff a man or men who are still, among the press and distractions of the Job. seriously prosecuting their studies. You arc personally acquainted with a small number. But again I say they are too few. too harried, and too little respected to make the necessary inroads on the national distrust of learning, the national addiction to superficial practicality. n °na‘ complacent assumption of superiority. I was told as a fn d thc ChlnMO developed a water wheel centuries ago; and that during centuries each generation reproduced the wheel The Image was created In my mind of a wheel that turned forever on ■ . but th“ went nowhere. Rote learning, slapdash training of the Ignorant, single-hearted devotion to the immediately prac- Vnal thV?T . 1 neglect of theoretical learning—these 2 Lr.c™ln,d me tf,at whccl 1 have ‘nce read of the man who. 8J.°r c?riKWO ?. ' ,unc°vered a treasure, which he threw “'Kjy Hl5 neighbor, digging for treasure. Ignored the worms. MaK«z«ne for April proclaims a national need for research and Invention. At the same time, it assures readers that one doesn t need what It calls long-haired scientific degrees or I noerutvc laboratories in which to work. American Ingenuity, it j««ts. Will suffice. The article then specifies some of the national 6J$5,_how to make shoes all in one piece: how to make clothes without laborious sewing: how to Improve the safety pin. An article m Collier's recently called for similar advances. Again I ask you to i -oport from your experience my notion of the popular press, that it r.t« the nation a wholly distorted view of what constitutes learning ind achievement: that It exalts the obvious, the practical, and of course the commercial at the expense of the difficult, the funda- mental. the sound. Those articles, one wouldn't l e surprised to learn, were written by persons who had taken a university degree in nasarme article writing. Emerson once remarked that our politics Is a poor patching, and srtued that there would be less patching If there were more edu- cing. What might he now say. when everybody lx being edu- cated in the high schools and mounting millions in the universities? What patching might he see! Our national government, as you know, became aware from time to time of the atrocious style of thdr letters and publications, of the gobbledcgook. This time they arc combatting It with n pamphlet that urges governmental em- ployees to put aside their turgidities and write simply and natu- rally. Is simple and natural writing an art to Le learned by admonition? Tne City of New York is about to institute a course tor police that will encourage them In “tolerant human relations . The training, says Mayor Wagner, will utilize the most advanced methods of instruction . I like to imagine what that means—That the Instructor will be one who has taken at the teacher's College levrn course's in audio-visual education. I hope I shall always ap- plaud simple and natural writing. I shall always be pleased by attacks upon bigotry and Intolerance. But I am not sure that clear thinking and humane understanding can be learned, as the adver- tisements say Spanish can Ik , at a glance. There arc those who attribute the ills of American education to John Dewey. Just as a Harvard scholar a few years ago fathered ill the diseases of modem life upon Bacon and Rousseau. I am pleased to announce that I have discovered the true model upon which our university catalogs are based and the philosophy upon their Instruction Is founded: Astonish your fttends. I.earn the piano this easy way. No musi- cal knowledge necessary. No laborious practice. Yet in Just fifteen day , using our most advanced methods of Instruction, you will he able to play. Thousands of satisfied pupils have written: They laughed when I sat down to play . . I have called to your attention two mistaken notions of educa- tion. first, the assumption that upon the shoddy of an American high school malcducatlon It Is good to machine-stlteh the em- broidery of vocational training. Such a procedure. 1 have sug- gested. can for the most part produce only rote learners who are incompetent to the obvious need for profound and basic learning In all the arts and sciences. That furthermore, the national ad- miration of and concentration upon the production of such rote learners effectively forbids the education of nearly sufficient num- ber of truly learned persons. Secondly. I have called to your atten- tion the cosmetics that pass for culture—the hope that a sophomore aurvey In English can arrest the national and individual Illiteracy: that a speeding glance at world history or a eourse In conversation or in general science can arouse a respect for learning, produce germinal ideas, or do anything more than confirm the ignorant in the pride of knowledge. But there is. I remind myself, the still unfallen bastion of true learning, the college of liberal arts. Or. at any rate, one college of liberal arts. In that college, though It talks n lot. there is no course in conversation. There, if only for want of proper equipment, there Is no course in telephoning. Journalism, business administra- tion. and courses in recreation for librarians have made no inroads. 4!i .w 'vondcrer whether that college offers courses in the selection of the wardrobe need only look at the undergraduates. At such ma ' h°PP. a” true learning will flourish and abound. At this college of liberal arts of which 1 speak, the undergraduate required to pass—to achieve, that U. the grade of D the second year of a foreign language. The world is thereby assured that he can read six out of ten words of a text that a French schoolboy r.« mattered at the age of eight. We are unfortunately not as «urco that he will Improve the shining hour by reading the litern- v. 1 J-’b uage. for the college has so many other things to ? ,hat ” cannot insist upon that particular Improvement igivora'nce ' con,cnt wl,h hav,nK rubbed off one small corner of his college. the undergraduate is initiated Into the mi?!! ? of thc tongue. His learned attention Is called to rf ? a d «Jangling participles, and he is drilled Into setting oown five hundred words, one after the other. Cynical or even fli«.oyal persons on the faculty almost daffy ask the teachers of fcngmn why the undergraduates do not Invariably acquire the r ?.d, -,,h «rdonlc triumph they exhibit the qunsi-llterate isi ud 4.nd fourth-year men. The undergraduate has In . 0 'cd to such recondite texts as Genesis, some short :n Ml«rcpr n.,cd fom the magazines, and a popular novel or two. , n rc lu,rcs tha he pay further attention to his language and .kra.,u.!r bcf,,,w ,ht' college has so many other things to do to VX . cannot Insist upon that particular Improvement. ,h.4' undergraduate is required to study two of the . du,I requirement prevents his falling into the rut l.„yiUh7alton ,nd • a dir end of those courses, he has acquired ,r.n.V uC an ,helr grammar , the college must be content, be- H, !,,.. i10 rna«y more things to do to him. . Instance, enroll in philosophy «elementary) or his- m ii!!!C,,1Ciel ry, .or rclWon «elementary) or something else (clc- to hc has assembled a number of these introductions no in!!!1 ' hc not cultivate their acquaintance. lie may , marc freely what shall be studied for him by the pro- rnrfii-.., i psychology «elementary), economics (ele- ..... ,y-ri. ft“''anccd writing (elementary), or music (very elemen- L - hypothetical candidate for a learned degree must, to orr Ji!P'.oinro ,n ,e|Kht or nine semester courses whose relation to fUmi?1 V r. 15 bM ,norc obvious than that of those I have just in tt i.p ”... a fiance ; t the records of a few seniors indicates that Wun,;„ 5ar ?r residence the undergraduate customarily en- «II .i!! ™ eleven to fifteen separate subjects. This fact caffs awav ,n crsl.c, image of one who mounted his horse and sped h,. vyj. aJl directions. The supreme test whether our candidate ffonr r-Tn t!1Vcatcd.i!s administered by the adding machines, which ,.n hi.!he crucial question how many hours he has sat hon let f stud y , 0',om 'hile somebody talked around the ques- ° Ich I speak, few concessions have been made od ... w_ ocationaliwn and few to the more superficial notions of sell ...i J, '.Par,icular bugaboo of this college lx the notion of the Rensu .! ,n.an which is. I dare say. a hangover from the reniurv oi! i ? hc universal man or even of the eighteenth from ► of pcntleman. Much of what those men learned . nR ' hls college tries to teach In brief and •y superficial courses. In its terror lest the undergraduate ?°.r£.? n 2 h!lg■ lrlc l ? acquaint them with everything iiT Y? .V cl’ d.' .s;,ld Oliver Goldsmith, soon becomes a talker ‘n a ubjects. but master in none. He thus acquire a superficial ,for nR ,.°.Md.. onl shows his Ignorance when he attempts to exhibit his skill. And where did these candidates for well-rounding prepare them selves? For the most part, in llie high schools I have described It is rumored that not all of them, even there, attained to the ton three quarters of their classes. With a curriculum so crowded, with energies so dispersed, with so much text-book learning of rudiments, how can the college of liberal arts make a sufficient contribution to the national need for learned men?' At the college of which I speak, scarcely four out oi ten freshmen remain to take a degree, some withdraw to take degrees elsewhere, but they hardly push the average beyond fifty percent. Yet upon the first two classes in the college over half the resources of the college- -money, time, space, energy--are cx- pended. Instructors are chosen for evidence of learning They are honored in the profession according as they increase that learn- mg. et it would he hard, 1 think, to find in that college an in- structor who does not give the lion's share of Ills attention to Instruction in the rudiments of his subject, to men of whom the greater number will never take the degree He has little or no time for his own studies, and he fight a not always winning battle against stalencss. boredom, or cynicism It is the custom, I know, and an honorable one. to proclaim the virtues of the liberal college. The college of which I speak I Justly proud of the number of Its giaduates who enter upon learned studies: who arc honored by fellowships of all sorts That college has been cited, by disinterested observers, for Its disproportion.iir contribution of young scholars I share that college's pride In those distinctions and declare, not for the first time, by conviction that liberal education Is the only true education. But, as a better mnn said on a better occasion, I have set my heart on honesty in this chapter I want to remember not onfy those who faffed to complete the course, or those who completed the course with distinction, but those who did neither. Those. I mean, who com- pleted the course, took the degree, and who were «h Huh- inter- ested in learning when they left as when they came. 1 will not utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken (true learning), and have burned incense unto other gods . It Is sufficient to remark their continued hampering presence and the small honor they do us when thev depart It was not perhaps necessary for tne to quote Jeremiah, hut there was a certain appropriateness in it Having done so. I ought now to be, as they say. constructive. That men should dress tastefully is no bad Ihlng. To study radio announcing, camping In education, and the teaching of moral and spiritual values In the public schools Is belter, perhaps, than to study nothing. We need hairdressers and pharmacist and hotel managers. Bui I am sorry that Institutions of higher learning should have supposed it their duly to provide such persons I am sorry that it should have been necessary to confound such training with education an«l so to obliterate the real, the vast difference between them. I am sorry that the mediocrity which has no long marked our public schools should so ominously threaten to domi- nate the higher institutions I am sorry to use a cliche. hut I can't help saying that Gresham's law Is apparently working all too well. To say of a man nowadays that he is a college graduate Is to communicate nothing more precise than to say of the object to he guessed that It Is animal, vegetable or mineral It can mean voca- tlonnlist. trivlnlist. or no-Ionger-Jagged individualist. I should like to he able, a few years from now. to use ■ very precise term. I should like to say of many well-educated men that they were Kenyon graduates. College enrollments will double in a few years; Kenyon will attract a small share of the increase. I hope Kenyon will use the opportunity not chiefly to increase its numbers but Its quality: to say What constitutes preparation for college work. Colleges have been notoriously vague about that for some time. We can't get better students than the secondary schools will supply, but I hope we will Insist on getting their best. Once the young man Is here. Kenyon ought to he able to Insist, ns now it cannot always Insist, on the minimum performance which entitles him to continued membership In the college Kenyon will cease. I hope, to require or even to allow him to dissipate his energies over half a score of subjects at the secondary level. I quoted Jeremiah; 1 will even the score by quoting Gordon Chalmers: Straight Is the gate and narrow Is the way that leads to breadth . Or as he might have said, depth. Let us try to create not well-rounded but well-cultivated, well-matured men. Let's do it by aiming not for diversity but for unity Let's do it bv reducing the amount of time we spend on secondary subjects and by practically eliminating time spent on persons who are unlikely ever to take a degree. There is not time, even If this were the occasion, for ine to an- nounce the perfect curriculum. But I do envisage a course m study that would as soon as possible project the undergraduate into the Intensive and liberal study of at most a couple of allied subjects—science and philosophy; literature and history; mathematics and economics. A lot would be left out. you vny We should be mov- ing in the direction of the very specialization I have decried. The leaving out might be beneficial and might in any event be only formal With time for study, with a center to work from, and in the company of undergraduates who want to learn, a man might do bet- ter this way than in the present. As for the specialization. I would distinguish between the merely mechanical and technological on the one hand, and the theoretic or liberal on the other. The Journalist is mechanically trained who on poor secondary study ha imposed some courses In layout, the recruitment of advertising, and the writing of headlines. A man Is liberally trained who. having given ycant of close study to history and literature, turn to Journalism A move in the direction of that kind of specialization would. I think, he a move not from but toward truly llbernl education Having selected the best available men. having more directed than dissipated their energies, the college would then insist on their revealing by genuinely comprehensive examinations their fitness to enter the company of learned men These graduate . a very high proportion of the entering class, would not be Pasteurs. B rhaps. or Einsteins. They might not be Milton or Jefferson . ut neither would they be talkers of all subjects and masters of none. Thev would not Join those who travesty or despise learning out of ignorance of what it Is. Instead of riding In all directions at once thev would constantly be making for ray upon all the disciplines for the Insights that would strengthen them in their own centers of knowledge. Produce ten classes of such men. say 1250 of them. Send them to the schools of medicine, law. or theology: send them to graduate schools or Into business or into the service of the government It would soon he said of them not they are college graduates hut they .re Kenyon men . -Denham Sutcliffe. Thirty-one FACULTY NOT PICTURED HARRY PHILLIP BAHRICK, A.B., M.A. (West Virginia) Ph.D. (Ohio State) Visiting Lecturer in Psychology ERIC STANLEY GRAHAM, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Queen’s University), Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Associate Professor of Chemistry On leave of absence, 1954-1955 PAUL HERBERT LARWILL, Ph.B. (Louvain), A.B. (Princeton), Ph.D. (Munich) Samuel Mather Professor of French and German, Emeritus ROBERT WILLIAM MEYER. B.Ed. (Southern Illinois Normal). M.A. (Iowa) Visiting Instructor of Economics JAMES ELDER MICHAEL, A.B. (Amherst), M.F.A. (Yale) Associate Professor of Speech and Dramatics On leave of absence, 1954-1955 JULIUS PAUL, A.B. (Minnesota), Ph.D. (Ohio State) Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science MAXWELL ELLIOTT POWER, A.B. (Indiana), M.S. (Oklahoma), Ph.D. (Yale) Professor of Biology Deceased March 5, 1954 Thirty-two LESTER FRANK WEEKS, B.S. (Colby), M.A. (Harvard) Visiting Professor of Chemistry PHILIP E. BENTLY Pre-Medical Bay Village, Ohio Seniors STEPHEN L. BEST Political Science Bethesda, Maryland ASHLEY I). BURT. JK. History Newton, Massachusetts Thirty-four Seniors JOHN L CLARK. JR. Chemistry Champaign. Illinois DAVID CUMMINGS Political Science Fall River, Massachusetts Thirty-five CONSTANTINE A. J. DALLIS French East Liverpool, Ohio DAVID J. DAVIES Physics Mansfield, Ohio Seniors Thirty-six F. WILSON DETTUNGER History Crosse Pointc, Michigan RICHARD G. EVANS, JR. Economics Cincinnati, Ohio v i 11 ■Jiriiarauai ■■BBC Seniors STEPHEN FEDELE Biology Rochester, New York GEORGE S. FEINBERG Biology Bronx, New York J. WILSON FERGUSON History Willow Grove, Pennsylvania Thirty-seven ROBERT A. FIRST Pre-Medical Cambier, Ohio Seniors JOHN D. FOULKE Pre-Medical Steubenville. Ohio ALLEN K. GIBBS Economics East Liverpool, Ohio Thirty-eight ■asm 9BSED ROBERT F. COULDER, III Economics Cleveland Heights, Ohio ROBERT A. CRF.ENBERGER English Sharon, Pennsylvania JOHN L HAMMOND Philosophy Hollvillc, California Seniors Thirty-nine JOHN C. HARRISON Economics Xenia, Ohio Seniors JAMES A. HUGHES, JR. Mathematics Wilmette, Illinois WILLIAM C. HUMPHREY Biology Upper Sandusky, Ohio — — wm — — — i'i | ■ Forty Seniors ARTHUR L JOHNSON History Natick, Massachusetts ALAN R. KIDD. JR. Political Science Highland Park, Illinois PETER B. KIRSCHTEN Political Science St. Louis, Missouri Forty-one Seniors EDWIN H. KNAPP Mathematics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania DANIEL C KRAMER Political Science Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WILLIAM B. LIERLE History Iowa City, Iowa Forty-two WILLIAM G. LUND History Jenkintown, Pennsylvania GEORGE H. MASON Political Science Farmington, Connecticut THEODORE F. MAYER History Skokie, Illinois Seniors Forty-three Seniors B. ALLEN McCORMICK Economics Muncic, Indiana D. BARRY MENUEZ Economics Wayne, Illinois JAMES C MINARIK Economics Westlake, Ohio Forty-four BOULTON D. MOHR Political Science Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ARTHUR T. OSAKO Biology Lanai, Hawaii WILLIAM L. OSTRANDKR Political Science Highland Park, Illinois Forty-five PHILIP H. PITNEY History Basking Ridge, New Jersey Seniors LEWIS M. PORTNOY Biology Brooklyn, New York ALBERT V. PROESCHOLDT, JR. Biology Jackson Heights, New York Forty-six mm EDWARD T. RHODES Political Science Cumberland, Maryland BRUCE A. RICHARDSON Political Science Berkeley, California CAMERON H. SANDERS, JR. French Waynesville, Ohio Forty-seven DAVID R. SEXSM1TH Chemistry Niagara Falls, Ontario Seniors Forty-eight NORMAN C. SCHWENK Economics Rocky River, Ohio WILLIAM E. SMART. JR. English St. Louis, Missouri ROBERT S. SNYDER Physics Charlotte, North Carolina ALAN R. SPIEVACK Biology Cincinnati, Ohio CAMBER F. TECTMEYER. JR. Pre-Medical Milwaukee, Wisconsin Seniors Forty-nine PAUL TISON, JR. History Stamford, Connecticut Seniors JOHN E. TRONE History Portsmouth, Ohio I JON V. C URNES Political Science Chicago, Illinois Fifty CHARLES M. VOCTrJR. History Tiffin, Ohio JAMES E. WALLACE Economics Lakewood, Ohio CARYL WARNER, JR. Economics Lansdalc, Pennsylvania Seniors Fifty-one WILLIAM C. WENDT Speech and Dramatics Columbus, Ohio JAMES T. YASHIRO History Kobe, Japan VICTOR ZEMAN Chemistry Jamaica, New York Robert T. Bornkessel Charles W. Carter SENIORS NOT PICTURED Richard A. Gillis Lewis C. Leach Roger G. Miller Menefee Seay Joseph G. Hubbell Donald G. McLeod, Jr. Eugene E. Schrier Perry A. Williams ’•two Fraternities Fifty-three Delta Kappa Epsilon First row left to right—Campbell, B. Wilson, Martin, BufTalin, Meyerhardt. Second row—Lutes, Waldman, Hudec, Kati, Livingston. Third row—Honda, Souder, Cobb, Selway, Currier, Sehocnlrb, Rudd, Goriansky, Goulder, Schwcnk. Fourth row—Wilkin, Bartels, Furlong. To the strains of “Hock Around the Clock” and Cochran’s mambo wastebasket Dekc wan- dered through another year at Kenyon. Some people left, but others came back, so that was all right. We got some pledges, too. With the aid of some campus subversives we had a smash-up social season. In athletics . . . . we had fun. Likewise—academically. The third floor stayed up too late, and Wald- man talked too loud. The second floor had too many parties. The first floor wrestled. The chief topic of conversation was Farouk and his existentialist theory of college life. Farouk ate off campus and Mr. T. went to Florida for six months. Everybody had lots of dates. Some people got pinned. Chris made a habit of it. The first floor wrestled. Fifty-five Alpha Delta Phi Came commencement and the Alpha Delts paused to recall the happy year. We congratu- lated our newest alumni, and the gay young pledges who filled their places. The athletic year found us on most teams, and fiercely proud of Gino’s co-captaincy of the foot- ball squad. In intramurals we pulled a few first places and more seconds. The parlor activities were even better. The two dance weekends ran true to tradition, and the faculty Christmas party was smashing, as was the spring 2-4 get together. When the dust had settled, the brothers re- joiced to see East Wing practically intact, and pledged with all their hearts to keep the TV set burning happily forever after. First row—Hoffman, den Breeder, Detlef. Holliday, Taber, McDonough. Second rote—Patton, Greaves, Fullwood, Kidd. Adelstein, Fox, Fenn. Third rote—Walters, S. Fullwood, McCullough, Harrison, Price, McConnell, Goldberg, Cummings, Ostrander, Wiseman, Keene, Fullerton, Daly. — Ii1 l Psi Upsilon First row—Cohen, Carlcton, Daumc, Woodward. Second row—Polk, Rclin, Needham. Third row—Young, Morrison, Weymark, Mull, Hester, Sexsmith, Shearer. Fourth row—Roloson, Sanders, May, Foulke, Hubbcll, Tegtmeyer, Lawder, Lierle, Jones. The 1954 1955 season of the Iota of Psi Upsilon was distinguished in respects too numer- ous to mention. Rather than attempt to dwell on these, we shall consider some of its less dis- tinguished aspects. On one occasion, it was dis- covered that 90% of the Chapter members were complete with dates. Nine pledges were ac- quired. Zonar was also acquired. Brother Lierle discovered China Hoses. The division was, on occasion, subjected to cleaning and. painting. Brother Mason departed for the outside world, all were envious. Brother Roloson's Thunder- bird was patted lovingly by all. Brother Krok swam. Plans were made to renovate the Blue Room, naught came of this. Brother Sanders became an uncle. The Chapter found Brother Gibbs highly entertaining. Curious subfreshmen were entertained with much aplomb. Brother Needham returned to the fold with seaweed in his hair. Brother Hubbell dubiously looked for- ward to the prospect of matrimony. Brother Cohen acquired wings. A burst of creativity spread through the division. This was soon quelled. Brother May collected money. Brother Polk managed various things. Brothers Foulke, Gibbs, Hubbell, Lierle, Sanders, Sexsmith, and Tegtmeyer look comps. Some may graduate. Fifty-nine Beta Theta Pi After a few rather routine weeks at the begin- ning of the year. Beta Alpha settled down to a serious participation in various scholastic and social activities. Our intra-mural football team, irreparably damaged by the loss of A1 Spivack who, after his so-called moral victory, stumbled around on crutches for several weeks, insinuat- ing that he is this century’s incarnation of Tiny Tim—found out one patent fact. We now know that Slitz is not the breakfast of champions. Our net men—ping pong net that is—trampled over the others to victory, led by the unbeatable and heroic combination of Phil Pitney, Gene Naz- irick and Bob Holstein. In collegiate sports, we are represented by a surplus of co-captains. Bill Lowry is co-captain of next year’s football team and of this year’s baseball team. Frank Gingerich and Bill Lowry will be the basketball co-captains next year. Ted FitzSimons will occupy the same position on the 1956 swimming team. Bob First, to carry the thing to tedium, is this year’s co-captain for Lacrosse. Honors were also won by the non-athletic contingent of Beta Theta Pi. Jim Hughes gained his Phi Beta key, while Bill Lowry succeeded Jim, in his position of Student Assembly president. Dick Milligan was elected secretary-treasurer. Roby Robinson is struggling with baritones, basses and a few colorful mono- tones, in the hope that we can again win the intramural singing cup. As spring approaches, Beta Alpha is moving outside—conserving itself for final exams. First row 01 instead, Wainwright, Milligan, Knight, FitzSimmon . Norehad. Second row—Fisher, Gingerich. Holt, Robinson. McCormick, Pitney, Hughe , Vogt, C Ewing. Third rou Levering, Well , G. Mason, Stephen, Fishman, Opdyke, Cowles, Short, Ailing. Carpenter. Fourth row— Bronco, Topor. Mell, Ehrbar, Slagle, Wirt , Payton, Nazarek, Bumstead, Bunyard, Campbell, Noce, Stidgar, Shannon, T. Mason, N. Ewing. Sixty • - I Delta Tau Delta First row— looker. Moody, DufFey, Fleser, Clark, Hagan, Truesdell, Hammond, Rurton, Donaworth, Riesslcr. Second jow—Havre, Smith, Dcttlinger, Evans, Block, Stewart, Rowe, Nelson, Schwarz, Murphy, Watkins, Kendrick. Third row—J. Wilson, Wilcox, Adams, N. Anderson, Bennington, Forbes, Smyth, T. Wilson, Bennett, Gilpatrick, Schwartz, ftetwiler, Brown, P. Conway, Webb, Swing, Price, Edington, Bender, J. Conway, Halvcrstadt, Baugh, R. Anderson, Kurrus, Stanley, Bradbury. There was no dearth of activity in the halls of Middle Leonard this past year, plenty being sup- plied simply by all those people walking through them. But somehow we were able, despite the overcrowding, to maintain our collective dignity. Obviously we won the swimming meet, the track meet, the badminton tourney, etc., ad nauseum, and were eyeing greedily the Pasini intramural trophy so rudely snatched from us last year by one of those other clubs. Members’ activities ranged anywhere from squandering the students’ money to a long and pointless debate season. The generous nature propagated by Delta Tau Delta’s spirit of brotherhood was in evidence when three of the brothers finally cornered the campus laundry franchise and brought to the students friendly and efficient service and moder- ate prices. The collective generosity of the group was well demonstrated when they treated the campus to Busty Bryant on Fall Dance Weekend of 1954. But of course dignity is not everything and we lost it on occasion, notably when the fraternity scholastic average was compared with the all-men’s average, and less notably on Friday nights occasionally. With the faculty cocktail party and the Mothers’ Day party in sight, the halls were again looking to dignity, and trying to assimilate it from among the rubble of a long year’s easy-going joviality and compan- ionship. Sixty-three Sigma Pi i- usual. Mast Division remained on campus ‘us yrur. soaking up knowledge. Sigma Pis h i returned thirty-four strong, nine weaker ll;.in last year, hut aided by the return of Ben l •( jrt. Pod Falk, ami John Card. Athletically the Peeps fought a fierce battle to niai itain possession of the Pasini Trophy. I'hey unfortunately did not win. Football hero lb, . Smith was elected co-captain of next year’s varsity. Perry Pascarella presided over the Peeps for ti c lil t semester, and (ieorgc Iiallock for the second. The second semester netted them nine new members, including transfer student Boh Wright. Tod Falk became engaged during the second semester, which means that the A. D. Phi’s will lose the pleasure of listening to his Hi-Fi set next year. Both Dance Weekends were easily up to par in East Division. The traditional shrimp-and- champagne parties were given on the Friday nights, and the girls wore leis which were im- ported from Hawaii for the Spring Dance. hut rou pfau, C. Warner, Duke, McCart. Knudson, Pugsley, Zcdella, Kakin. Second row—W. Fox, Pascarella, L nrr. R- Srni,h. Kaufl. Tarbell, Hallock. Wilkes, Capozzi, Cihbs, Allardyoe. Third roie-Trone. Anderwn. S-n'l-irom, Scott, Bivens, Seio. Crowell. Culhert, Dallis, Morrow. Crimes, Sullivan, Burrows. Meyer. Shearer. Crawford. V iltrhik. McKlavinc, Wright, Card. our Sixty-ft Phi Kappa Sigma First rote—Bradley, Bently, Cans, Mucntcr, Caldwell. Second row—Simonton, Milkow ki. Parsons. Tokioka, Whitaker, Morgan, Arrigo, Ycttcr. Third row—Yee, Berg, Arklcss, Schneider, Bly, Beese, Fogel, Fnno, Grabb. Fourth row— Rarsanti, Edwards George, lluude, Kuchta, Rambeau, Bolster, Wallace, Adams, Protus, Dick, Walker, Metcalf, Jones, Brandt, I.urding, Roberts, Staub. The Phi Kaps had a very energetic year. They took up stoop ball, watched TV,' and played poker. Hud Morgan and Unk Whitaker came back. The Dance-Weekends were the finest, sonic say, on the Hill. Bill Wallace became a pledge in the first semester. Many of the students took the rise of physical science, not in order to raise their grades, but to advance the cause of science. There was a dignified and sensible rushing pol- icy which netted twenty-two pledges who wrote a song called “Tok-ee, Tokioka, etc.” Sgt. Lurd- ing and Milkowski and several others started a sandwich service which brought cgg-cheesc- peanut butter and jelly to all hungry Kcnyonites. Mr. T., who runs the Village Inn, complained as business fell off as lazy Kcnyonites were fed. The pledge class improved their singing as they marched to chow singing; and their knowledge of the highways was broadened through exten- sive geographical surveys taken on ride-hikes. Staub thanked his professors for their fine in- struction. Dick Yee was elected president of the Student Council and Hon Kuchta and Carmen Arrigo were chosen editors of the 1955-56 year- book. The soft-ball team became the intramural champs in a glorious finish. Sixty-seven Delta Phi The fall social season at Middle Hanna began on a whiskey sour note. Frequent post-game keg parties offset the more formal Dance Week-end. At the KOTC Hall Tank Mayer, proclaiming himself a secret weapon, was refused admit- tance. The fifteenth anniversary Delta Phi Re- union and Banquet was held in April and the chapter enjoyed a short talk by President Chalmers in the Peirce Hall private dining room. The same evening several members contributed their dramatic talents to the “Kenyon Review”. Spring Dance Week-end found most Delta Phis sw imming in the crystal clear Kokosing, with no after effects. During the official intramural season, the divi- sion made no distinguished record. Nonetheless, we excelled in stoop ball, tennis, golf, flick at- tendance, bridge, and in other enterprises as well. Hob Greenberger was President and sole member of the honorary Tau Kappa Alpha Society, the recipient of the division scholarship award, and, at graduation, of High Honors in Knglish. Ho Mohr captained the soccer team and Eb Crawford wrestled. Hob Kelley botched most of the lights for most of the school plays. Co-Editors Hans Gesell and Howie Russell were not responsible for this yearbook. First row Nirmann, Karquhar, Jocobsen, Wolfrum. Kysclla. Lawson. May. Second row— Mayer, Greenberger. Best. Mohr Snyder, Burt. Third row-Umcrez, Thompson, GjeUness, Karr, Crawford. Phillips, Kelley, Campbell, Taylor, Kussell, Gesell, Kurt .man. Sixty-eight mm Archon Ursl row—Tcruya, Burgess. Silver, Yourno, Scavcr, Kastner, Chavin, Scherck. Second row—C'.iaccia, Davis, Taddonio. Criss. Richter, Roak, Nassa r, Rouland, Taubcnheim. Third row— Kellogg, Bowers. Neuman, Cawthorne, Rislev, John- son, Sleman, Abbott, Mosher, Montgomery, Pierlconi, Hammond. Riley, Morgan. Winter. Edclman, Osako, Soden. Crocker, Cronin, Mitsui, Clark, Cole, Shavzin, Friedman. The Archon year 1954-55 was what is known in the year-hook trade as a “good year”. John Clark was re-elected president in the fall and ruling with an iron, but prc-theological hand, got things rolling. The football team played football and the fraternity won the scholarship cup again. With the subversive intent of form- ing an Archon Beta chapter many of the brothers lived in Old Kenyon where seniors C. Schrier and E. Rhodes terrorized the Mu Kaps. Also several of the boys became pinned and one un- pinned. We traded a pledge for a DKE pledge and 850,000 in cash. There was a highly successful Dance Week-end with many of the Archons having dates. J. Wilson Ferguson and several other Archons proved on the soccer field that Archon does have athletes. Mike Taddonio proved this even more later on by being elected co-captain of the baseball and soccer teams. The second semester was more exciting be- cause Jim Riley, also a pre-theo, got himself elected president, and Archon got one of the best pledge classes which was large enough to make it the second largest fraternity on the Hill. Dance Week-end was another success sur- prising even celebrities Friedman and Soden as more than half of the persons associated with the group had dates. Then everything started to fall apart when everyone remembered that he was a big and rugged individualist. There was no spirit and no one liked anyone else and be- cause of this the group became stronger. The pledge class was united as a group until pledge- master and sadist Cawthorne made them little groups which is the Archon spirit. The boys under Roak finished second in the song contest and decided to sue the Betas under the anti-trust laws. Archon kept control of the school’s propaganda sources as August (who won’t be here he’s going as a junior to dental school) became head of the radio station and Shavzin was co-editor of the Collegian. t Seventy-one The Mu Kaps had a weird year. None of then recovered in time to write anything for the year- book. The Middle Kenyon association started again early in the year with a small membership of five. Then there was a bunch of independent Independents who didn't like the MKA and the feeling was mutual. There was bitter contro- versy, but nothing came of it in the way of violence and so the campus was disappointed. Then the independent Independents made things worse because they were the majority and the MKA disbanded. The Collegian ran a story on it. The persons living in Middle Kenyon did so much that there isn’t room here. Treitel was co-editor of the newspaper and wrote humor. Gillis, who was a senior, learned to swim. Kramer won a Fulbright Scholarship to London, as did Perry Williams, who won one to France. Jett played basketball. Gjelsness’ (who is really a Della Phi) room caught fire but didn't spread because of the superior fire-proofing of the building. Wolman reported it but later shrugged off comment with a non-commital, “No comment. No statement.” There were many Archons and some Delts and some others living there. Then the MKA reformed and had a good Dance-Week- end, joining in a monster party with the Peeps and the Archons. Baron wrote a story and it was good and so he went to a writers’ conference in North Carolina. Zcman, local photographer and seller of Arab League War Bonds, gradu- ated with high honors in chemistry. Wolman put out a new book entitled “Who’s Who.” The year ended happily because Portnoy is going to medical school and because Barker won a na- tional pri c in math and because the building got cleaned. hint row assily, Heblry, W illiams, Sly, Barker, Wolman, Srhwalb. Mocxtcr, Quigley, Knapp, Harris, Rubin. Seventy-two Middle Keny on Seventy-four 1 Dances Seventy-five tm Seventy-seven Seventy-eight Seventy-nine A Eighty Activities Eighty-one Krok. Mignon, Stewart, Hu dec, Campbell. Pan-Hellenic Council The primary function of the Pan-Hellenic Council is to offer a body through which the several campus fraternal groups may formulate and unify their policies regarding rushing and other major social events of the year. Composed of the presidents of the various fraternities, the Council meets upon call of the Council President (Allen Kidd during the first semester of this year and Robert Stewart during the second) or at the request of any member through the President. An enjoyable activity of the Council is spon- sorship of the annual inter-fraternity song con- test in which the fraternities compete in march- ing and singing down Middle Path in accordance with the Tuesday-night college tradition. The final responsibility of the Council is to carry on relationships between the fraternities and the college administration, attempting thus to assure to Kenyon as much benefit as possible from her internal corporations while maintain- ing these latter at sufficient strength to give health and balance to college life. Social Committee Composed of one voting member from each fraternity or social club, and one non-voting member from each freshman dormitory, the Col- lege Social Committee plans all “all campus” social functions. Ably led by president, Charles Mignon, '56, this group has just brought to an end one of its most successful seasons, with its Spring Dance’Weekend, featuring Count Basic and his orchestra. In addition to the two Dance Weekends (Spring and Fall) the social com- mittee has managed to present an all campus dance once in every three weeks. Assisting Chairman Mignon were George Hal- lock and Bruce Olmstcad. Olmstead, Campbell, McCart, Bartels, Mignon, Whitaker, Portnoy. Eighty-two Senior Society First row—Evans, McCormick, Spievack, Stewart. Second row—Bently, First, Ferguson, Hughes, Wallace, Richardson. The Senior Society is a small self-perpetuating organization composed of outstanding men in the senior class chosen for their leadership in campus activities. The group meets with the Faculty Council to discuss affairs of common concern for the improvement of the College. President .......................Alan Spievack Secretary-treasurer.......B. Allen McCormick Eighty-three U x CO W First row—Ferguson, Wallace, Currier, Yee, May, Spievack, Hughes, Campbell. Second row—C. Smith, Taubrnhcim, Clark, Farquhar. The executive functions of the Student As- sembly are performed by the Student Council, which is composed of representatives from each division, Middle Kenyon, and the freshman dormitories. The functions of this Council arc legislative, judicial, financial, and the mainte- nance of order and discipline. The Student Council derives its powers from the Assembly and the officers of the college, and wide author- ity over discipline is accorded the Council as long as in the judgment of the President of the College student government is effective. The president was James Wallace. The Chase Society is an organization of soph- omores whose primary purpose is to promote various activities in the College. Its members serve as ushers, marshals, cheer leaders, and in many other capacities in service to the college. During the 1954-55 school year Donald Stephan served as president, while John Wilkin was the secretary. S 0 c 1 E T Y Eighty-four First row—Fischman, Crowell, Halveretadt, Baugh. R. Anderson. Scon. Dick Anderson. C Smith. Scherck, T. Crawford. Second row—Wiseman, Hoffman, RufTalin, B. Wilson, Farquhar, May, T. Mason. Teruya. Cobb. Fenn. Third row—Barsanti. Holstein. Stephan. W ilkin. E. Crawford. Phillips, Peppers, Slayman, D. Katz, P. Fox. Phi Beta Kappa Eighty-five Kenyon Singers Lake Erie Choir KENYON SINGERS This was a banner year for the Kenyon Sing- ers. The strength of the group was swelled con- siderably by the addition of thirty-five stentorian freshmen voices to the four upperclassmen and four Bexley men who had been the backbone of the choral society the past year. For the first time in years there were more than three natural first tenors, and the thankful falsettos were at last permitted to sing first bass again. Observers have agreed the Singers have never, in their long and dubious history, been louder. The highlight of the winter season was the shrewdly arranged Christmas Concert held in the soft lights of the Chapel; the Singers rendered the more esoteric arias and left the traditional carols to the audi- ence, whose members sounded forth in the jovial spirit of the day. Later in the year, the group tackled two difficult assignments, moving to for- eign ground for concerts with Pennsylvania State College for Women and Western College. Our men emerged twice victorious. At home, they hosted the damsels from Lake Erie College, and song, undaunted, throughout the program. With no one except a few key men from Bexley grad- uating, next year should be an even greater achievement by the Schwartz-led Singers. Eighty-seven O EE O fW EEn Drama DRAMATICS CLUB BANQUET The little theater off Cambier Square was host to a number of interesting productions in 1951- 55. In November of the school year the Kenyon Players got their theatrical season off to a good start by a most skillful and most adequate pres- entation of Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke. If there were any major fault in the presentation it was probably in Mr. Williams’ vehicle rather than in the ride the Players gave it. One of the year’s outstanding performances was given by Mrs. Tuttle of Mount Vernon in her sensitive and exciting portrayal of Alma Winemiller, the daughter of the preacher. Bill Wendt played the male lead opposite Mrs. Tuttle and did a fine job, also. This play also marked the first appearance of the director of dramatics, Frederick Thon. Then, in the second week of March, the Play- ers gave the comedy-drama. The Lady's Not For Burning, by Christopher Fry. This was another production which came off well in spite of the playwright. Joe Malof strutted about with energy and wit as he played the lead role of Thomas Mendip, the poet-hero-soldier, who wants Phil Fox, the comic sniffling Mayor, to hang him. Marg Johnson played Jennet Jourdc- .1 maync, the daughter of an alchemist, and the lady whom the townspeople wished to burn. Bill Wendt played the wrinkled-knced Richard who is the second love interest of pretty Eve- lyn Rocdcr. Outstanding buffoonery was added by bass-throated Dean Burgess as a hypocritical magistrate, and by George Spratt as the drunk that Jennet Jourdcmaync supposedly had be- witched into a dog. The Dramatics Club was led through the season by George Feinbcrg. Eighty-eight J • HH! Cdt?30 S. Walch Bender Willson Duffey Stewart. Hail! To the Kenyon Forensics Hail! Hurrah! This is to make clear that debate at Kenyon is flourishing, nay, more, is prospering once again. New blood has been injected into the anemic veins that have leaked in recent years, and Kenyon is once again in a position to challenge some of the top schools. A more successful year than the Inst can hardly be hoped for. but optimistic as we are. we will therefore hope nevertheless. They were grand, and showed an uncanny ability to talk on both sides of a question with near-philosophic impar- tiality. Finishing third in a top tournament in Pitts- burgh, the team made the name of Kenyon feared all over the Middle West. Red China was admitted and thrown out of the U. N. dozens of times, only to come bark as an issue doggedly through the course of the forensic year. With a veteran crop of talkers returning, the team standard should be maintained next year. Captain Stan Walch finally led the team to the high point of the season, first place in the Case Tournament. A returnee to the Kenyon scene this year was the Philosophy Club. With a fluctuating composition of eight neo-philosophers, some three mature thinkers (our teachers) and Mrs. Miller, an interesting season was enjoyed by all. The programs were varied, appealing to both metaphysicians and language-men. I)r. Aldrich got the group off to a flying start when he attempted to communicate his ideas on the origin of the A Priori. He met with some degree of success, and the argument lasted for some time. At this meeting it was agreed that the rest of the papers to be read would l c student- creations. There were therefore two more meetings dur- ing the course of the year. The first of these came in November, when the Mystic’ league attempted to com- municate with the dear-departed spirit of B. Pascal, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of his super- mystical experience. The wave-lengths, unfortunately, were defective. The final session was largely concerned with a paper which tried to show how Suzanne (.anger attempted to communicate her notions on the symbolic nature of music. Baron Philip B. Rice Hammond Roak Shavzin Cole C I, u B Ninety J MIMAM Kenyon K1 a n First row—C. Warner. Jenkins, Fischman, Kendrick. Goldberg, Campbell, Mohr. Second row—Sliles, Crawford, L. Warner, Schwarz, Nelson, Bumstcad, Gingerich, Lowry, Opdykc, Block, Katz, Best. As it has for many years, the Kenyon Klan once again occupied a prominent position in the campus life. Led by its competent president, Dick Evans, the Klan completed one of its more active years. This academic-sports honorary initiated a highly successful Dad's Day in the fall, and resumed the always popular Klan Tent during the commencement festivities. Continu- ing its policy of doing service to the Kenyon athletic program, the Kenyon Klan capped its activities with the traditional awarding of “K blankets to the senior members of the organiza- tion. Looking toward the future, president-elect Frank Gingerich promised an even more active season in 1955-56. Ninety-one St. Paul Society with Canterbury Club from Denison Kenyon Flyers Hall, Roloson. Cohen, Grciser, Titchcner, Gilpatrick, A. Campbell, Truesdell, Smith. Tony. Ninety-two - - - —------------------— — — - - __ -------------------------------------------------—— Richter, Falter, Willson, Davis, August, Pierleoni. WKCO, Kenyon’s particular offspring of G. Marconi, functioned frenetically and happily during the past year. Records were set in various departments, as in consecutive nights of playing Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F Minor (6), to give one example out of the hundreds that would leap to one’s fingertips if time permitted. Many mechanical improvements were added, including a revitalized Trevor Barker. Professor Miller was induced to give much of his time and energy to the Advance of History, and succeeded in hooking up the two new freshmen dorms onto the ever-expanding network. Several competent freshmen and one dentist helped Ed Knapp in the regulation of the enterprise, which will con- tinue to be handled with dispatch in the future, there is small douht. Working under Station Manager Knapp, were Program Director—Bruce Olmstcad. Chief Engi- neer—Trevor Barker, Special Events Editor— Barry August, Popular Music Director—John Crowell, and Sports Editor—Boh liudcc. Reveille Collegian Sealed—Srhwall . Sly, Stcek, Johnson, Mosher, Schcrck, Rowland, Burgess, Riley. Standing—Baron, Keene, Meyer- hard!, Horowitz, Arrigo, Treitcl, Shavzin. I L This past year was an important and outstanding one for the Kenyon Collegian. It marked the ninety-ninth year since its initial publication, and the second year of its restoration to the more traditional journalistic format. But the newspaper this year will probably be remembered, if at all, for its innovations, rather than the conventions it accepted. There was special emphasis placed on feature articles in general, with the tendency to approach news also mainly from the feature angle. Many long essays were printed, in the hope that they would be subjected to the scrutiny of a large part of the student body. The faculty became more interested in the paper, many of them submitting to the editors extreme expressions of favor or disfavor. Editors—Shavzin and Treitcl. Ninety-four ■ Hika Detlef, Gcscll, Shtvzin, Fox, Haron, Stock, Clark, Stewart, Trcitel. Hika was a muddled and short-lived institu- tion formed to provide an organ of literary expression for the college's informed and dedi- cated intellectuals (i.e., the staff). Effectively mismanaged by editor Robert Clark, this im- portant organization brought into existence, and takes full responsibility for, two issues in the academic year 1954-55. These issues contained poetry, stories, essays, and drawings represent- ing the achievement of the most accomplished and talented among the academic community (i.e., the staff). Ninety-five I ■ ■ I P 0 r t s Ninety-seven Ninety-eight Football EaOHBSB First row—Thomas, Lowry, Bcntly, Harrison, Mio, Kidd, B. Smith, Gingcrich, Boh Anderson. Second row—Furlong. Murphy, Seto, Flcser, J. Conway, Wilcox, Milkowski, Ricsslcr, Dick Anderson, C. Smith. Third row—E. Crawford, Kdington, Bennington, Brown, J. Wilson, Holstein, Parsons, Smyth, Bender. Fourth row—Simonton, mgr., Baugh, Chambers, Weidu, Carleton, Fisher, Stanley, Beese, McCullough, mgr. Fifth row—Coaches, Ashton, Stiles, Falkcnstine. As Sam Katz once said “A college’s academic standing is measured inversely by the success of its football team”’. Therefore, Kenyon is re- garded as one of the higher academic institutions in America. Kenyon’s touchdown came in the fourth quar- ter of the Hamilton game as Ron Bennington superbly dodged 11 would-be tacklers and threw a bullet-like pass to end and co-captain Cene Mio who, with bull-like strength, fell magnifi- cently into the end zone. It must be said that Coach Bill Stiles’ boys never gave up and always played good clean ball against insurmountable odds. Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon 0.....................Ashland 40 0.....................Wooster 7 0.....................Muskingum 27 0......................Hobart 33 0.....................Capital 27 6.....................Hamilton 27 0.......................Hiram 6 Ninety-nine ■ First row—C. Warner, Mayer, Ferguson, Mohr, Smart, Cummings. Second row—Fullwood, Phillips, Schneider, Wal- lace, Wilkin, Taddonio, Opdykc, Hoffman, Adams, Mason, Weil, Coach Franklin Miller. Third row—Coach Tom Edwards, Umerez, Keene, Katz, Schwartz, Harsanti, Peppers. The soccer team had its ups and downs throughout the 1951- season. Coached by Frank- lin Miller, and assisted by Tom Edwards, they won four, lost one, and tied two. The co-captains were Bo Mohr and Wilson Ferguson. Ferguson made second team all-American goalie. Charles Opdykc was named to the All-Midwcstern team, being one of the top scorers in the area. Kenyon 3.... Denison 3 Kenyon 2... Earlham 0 1 Kenyon 4... 1 Kenyon 1... Ohio State 1 Kenyon 4... Kenyon 4... 1 One undred One First row—Polk, mgr., Coach Edwards. Second row—Ray, HalvrrMadt, Wilson, Richardson, Campbell, N. Ewing, Krok, C. Ewing, Cowles, Kurrus. Third row— Roth, mgr., Hoexter, FilzSimons, Gesell. Roloson, Craham, Payton, Tokioka, Arklcss. Under the guiding hand of coach Tom Ed- wards, the Kenyon swimming team was once again outstanding, losing only one meet while winning ten. They also captured the Ohio Con- ference Championship for the second straight year. Their only loss came at the hands of Ohio University who went on to win the Mid-American Conference meet. Team captains were Bruce Richardson and Charles Ewing. Outstanding swimmers were FilzSimons and Kurrus in the freestyle, Krok and Payton in the backstroke, and Ray in the breaststroke. During the season the Kenyon swimmers broke nearly every pool and varsity record in the hooks, and finished the season hy breaking six Ohio Conference records. 33 Kenyon 55.... 29 Kenyon St.... 30 Kenyon 54.... 30 Kenyon 55.... 29 Kenyon 67.... 15 Kenyon 63.... 21 Kenyon 39.... Ohio University 45 Kenyon 59. .. 25 Kenyon 56.... Kent State 28 Kenyon 51.... 33 Shown above is Dean Bailey presenting Ohio Con- ference Championship trophy to Co-Captains Ewing and Richardson. One Hundred Two . -T. a.h-. -•— BiftMTtlfiafl f pprr left—Krok, FitzSimons, Ray, Kurrus. t pprr n A —Ray. Lower left— Kurrus. Lower rifAt—Coach Edwards. One Hundred Three Coach Falkcnstine, Cingerich, looker, Forbes, Moody, Lowry, Swing. Dclwiler, Schwarz, Kendrick. llumMcad, Smyth, Stidger, Weida, Keys. The Kenyon basketball squad, paced by cap tain Frank Cingerich, became the first winning team at Kenyon in several years. It also showed promise of l cing one of the finest teams in Kenyon’s history. Ably coached by Jess Falkcnstinc. the team won nine and lost eight during the season, re- ceiving fine performances by center Peter Keys, forwards Hon Kendrick. Dan Bumstcad, and Jon Dctwiler, and guards Cingerich. Lowry, and Tom Forbes. Although Delwilcr transferred, there were no losses due to graduation and Coach “Skip” was looking toward the coming season with eager anticipation. Kenyon 72 0. w. u. 77 Kenyon 69 59 Kenyon 53 56 Kenyon 77 65 Kenyon 78 64 Kenyon 93 68 Kenyon 62 65 Kenyon 83 94 Kenyon 70 Capital 81 Kenyon 83 74 Kenyon 75 66 Kenyon 87 Case 69 Kenyon 91 89 Kenyon 72 Capital 86 Kenyon 81 90 Kenyon 80 79 Kenyon 90 92 One Hundred Four Basketball One Hundred Five One Hundred Six ■ HD ■ First row—Keene, Wilkin, Katz, Wigglcsworth, Greaves. Second row—Furlong, Mayer, Parsons, Crawford, Wilson, Teruya, Coach Nlidea. Coached by Mat Midea, the Kenyon wrestling club continued to function for the second straight year. Their captain for the ’54-’55 season was Eb Crawford. Outstanding performances were turned in by John Wilkin, Dave Katz, Toni Wigglcsworth, and Crawford, all of whom will he hack next year. One Hundred Seven Lacrosse First row—Fischman, Drttlingrr, Urncs, Evans, First, Spicvark, Cummings, Johnson. Second row—Simonton, Norchad, Donaworth, Coldlx-rg, Thomas, Nelson, Umerrz, Payton. Third row—Anderson, Kiessler, Olmstcad, Stephen, BufTalin, Halverstadt, Greiner, Baugh. Fourth row—Fisher, llolstcinc, Funo, Peppers, Meyerhardt, Chavin, Wilson, Kellogg. Fifth row—Coach Stiles, I'rotus, Parsons, Bcntly. The 1955 edition of the lacrosse team was the most outstanding in the short history of this ancient Indian sport on the Kenyon campus. Playing a schedule of eight games, the Lords came out undefeated and untied, tucking away the mythical mid-western championship. Two hard working captains, Dick Evans and Boh First led the team through a long training program and they will certainly be missed next year along with Al Spievack and Bill Dcttlinger. On the brighter side, however, several men will be back next year including co-captains elect Dick Nelson and George Thomas. With many returning lcttcrmcn Coach Stiles is looking for- ward to another fine season. Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon Kenyon 7...................Cleveland L. C. 4 5...................Ohio State 3 5...................Oberlin 4 12 ...............Denison 5 4...................Ohio State 1 13 ...............Cleveland L. C. 5 10 ...............Denison 2 11 ...............Oberlin 4 One Hundred Eight One Hundred Nine One Hundred Ten First row—Looker, Kendrick, Mock, Wilcox, Rowe, Ixiwry, Pitney, Taddonio, Waldman, Webb. Second row—Falkcn- stine, Berg, Brown, Bennington, Detwilcr, Adams, Edwards, Haudc, Fiscbman, Mason, Ycttcr, Richards, Furlong, mgr. Inclement Gambier weather again took its toll on what could have been a very successful base- ball season. During spring vacation the squad gained valuable experience on an eastern road trip. Returning to school to open the regular season, the rains came, and for two weeks no game could he played. Also, at this time. Boh Rowe, co-captain, injured his ankle and was out of commission for some time. Despite his injury, he still received the Drake Trophy for the second straight year. Outstanding performances were turned in by co-captain Bill Lowry, Rollic Webb, Mike Tad- donio, Dick Block, and Pat Wilcox. Coach Falkenstine is looking for a fine season next year, as he is losing only one man from the squad, ’SI- captain Phil Pitney. Kenyon 9.............Ohio State (J. V.) 4 Kenyon 2.............Ohio State (J. V.) 3 Kenyon 3.............Cincinnati 14 Kenyon 7.............Marshall 6 Kenyon 8.............Concord 9 Kenyon 4.............Fort Lee 27 Kenyon 7.............Quantico Marines 12 Kenyon 5.............Potomic State 6 Kenyon 4.............Wooster 3 Kenyon 10.............Denison 9 Kenyon 2.............Obcrlin 4 Kenyon 4.............Wittenberg 6 Kenyon 8.............Otterbein 9 Kenyon 13.............Wooster 1 Kenyon 7.............Fcnn 4 Kenyon 6.............Capital 12 Kenyon 5.............Marietta 3 Kenyon 3.............Otterbein 4 Kenyon 5.............Denison 0 Kenyon 2.............Mount Union 17 Kenyon 3...............0. W. U. 6 T-TT One Hundred Eleven I I Upper left: Schwartz; Upper right: Ostrander and Wiggles-worth; Middle left: Wigglesworth; Middle right: McDonough; Lower left: Ycc. Kenyon 0...................Ohio State 9 Kenyon 1...................0. W. U. 8 Kenyon 7....................Akron 2 Kenyon 6...................Ohio University 3 Kenyon 6...................Western Reserve 3 Kenyon 4...................Wooster 5 Kenyon 7...................Mount Union 0 Kenyon 0...................Denison 9 Kenyon 5...................Wittenberg 4 Kenyon 1...................Oberlin 8 Kenyon 1...................Capital 8 T e n n i s i - One Hundred Twelve . - __s ’rf Golf i - One Hundred Thirteen One Hundred Fourteen Commencement One Hundred Fifteen Commencement 1955 Commencement weekend arrived on a chilling wind and in a fresh burst of rain. The campus, usually at this time of year animated by brightly- colored crowds, was somber and empty during many hours of the day and on most evenings. The single bright spot in otherwise pervasive darkness was The Tent at the southwest corner of Ascension Hall. Here were alumni headquar- ters and here was the focal point for much of the informal social activity of the weekend. On Friday night, when cold and rain might have been expected to keep everyone indoors, a gen- eral get-together was held at The Tent which will take its place as one of the most successful of its sort in many Junes. Throughout the re- mainder of the weekend The Tent was in almost continuous use. It was furnished with tables and chairs and provided with a refreshment counter. Members of the Kenyon Klan served as waiters, and other students took care of alumni registra- tion. The College feels confident that the great success of The Tent in weather that could have scarcely been worse promises that in other, more benevolent Junes it will be one of the most pop- ular of Commencement features. At the indoor Commencement ceremonies on Monday, June 13, the College awarded 90 de- grees in course and nine honorary degrees. The senior class in the undergraduate department was composed of 66 men. The senior class at Bexley Hall consisted of 24 men. Three members of the class have been awarded Fulbright scholarships for study abroad. They arc Perry A. Williams, Mt. Vernon, ()., who will go to The University of Poitiers in France, Daniel C. Kramer, Philadelphia will study at The University of London, and Alan R. Spie- vack, Cincinnati, whose award would have per- mitted him to study at the University of Bologna in Italy, has chosen instead to attend the Medical School at Harvard. David J. Davies of Mans- field, ()., has been awarded a Radiological Physics Fellowship from the AKC. J. Wilson Ferguson of Willow Grove, Pa., has enrolled in the graduate school of Bryn Mawr College. He is a Henry G. Dalton Fellow in American Studies. Other fellowship recipients arc Allen K. Gibbs of Fast Liverpool, O. (from Cornell) and John L. Hammond of Holtvillc, Calif, (from Stanford). Scholarship recipients were Rich- ard A. Gil I is of Philadelphia (Harvard), Arthur T. Osako, Lania City, Hawaii (Rochester). Caryl K arner, Jr.. Lansdale, Pa. (Cornell), and James T. Yashiro, Ikutaku Kobe, Japan (V. T. S.). Five men have been awarded teaching assistantships: Kdwin H. Knapp, Philadelphia (California), F.ugcne K. Schricr, Flushing, N. Y. (Rensselaer). David R. Sexsmith, Niagara Falls, Ontario (Rochester), William E. Smart, Jr., St. Louis (Conn.), and Victor Zeman, Jamaica, N. Y. (M. I. T.) One Hundred Sixteen The degree of Doctor of Laws was awarded to three men: Neil Hosier McElroy, president of the Procter and Gamble Company, the Hon. Arnold Danford Patrick Heeny, Canadian Am- bassador to the U. S., and Fred M. Hccbinger, education editor of the New York Herald Tri- bune. The Hon. George F. Kennan of the Institute for Advanced Study received the degree of Doc- tor of Humane Letters. Recipients of the degree of Doctor of Science were Elbe Herbert Johnson and George Wells Beadle. Nelson Glueck was awarded the degree of Doctor of Sacred tatters, while the Rev. Louis M. Brereton and the Rev. John L. O’Hear re- ceived the degree of Doctor in Divinity. Governor I.ausche Arnold Heeney E. H. Johnson Gordon Chalmers One Hundred Seventeen Intnon mim : CRliC (im.s'd stance One Hundred Eighteen oQODOgr UI£fc' ItfU ) onto Willi U9l£W fm One Hundred Twenty Bexley One Hundred Twenty-one The Divinity School of Kenyon College housed in the Tudor building at the extreme north end of Middle Path found the year 1954 55 an extremely busy one. Bexley Hall, the build- ing from which the seminary takes its name, housed twenty-seven men, a little less than half the total of fifty-seven students. The other thirty men, all married, lived in apartments scattered throughout the community. The students came from all parts of the country and both the Panama Canal Zone ami South India have repre- sentatives enrolled. The spiritual needs of the men were met by daily services of morning and evening prayer, three weekly celebrations of Holy Communion, and Quiet Days conducted at appropriate times during the year. Classes ran from 9:00 A.M. until 4:50 P.M. five days a week and there were evening semi- nars conducted for those having interest in special fields. “Thursday Afternoons” were initi- ated this year and speakers addressed the student- body on topics runging from Milton’s View of Creation to the eschatological teaching in the One Hundred Twenty-ttvo new curriculum. Both Dr. Charles Coffin and Dr. Franklin Miller gave interesting lectures thus helping to spread Kenyon’s fame amongst the theologians who had not had the opportunity to hear the Southern professors. Bexley's ‘Chowder and Marching Society' sponsored five luncheon meetings throughout the year having as speakers men on the faculty as well as from far away Yunkwei, China. His- tory was made at the society meeting when chow- der was actually served—it is rumored that plans arc afoot to march next year! The highlight of the Bexley year were the Faster lectures delivered by Dr. Kenneth Scott Latourettc of Yale University. Dr. Latourette’s lectures were attended by over one hundred vis- itors from outside Cambier in addition to fac- ulty. students, and residents of the community. All was not classes and lectures however. The Bexley family including all fifty-seven men. the thirty wives, ami thirty-one children as well as the faculty and faculty families got together for a Fall picnic. In addition to this there were several informal dances sponsored by the mar- ried couples held at Harcourt Hall. The Bexley Society, the formal student gov- ernment group, cooperated with the faculty in making plans for various programs. In addition to the annual Conference on the Ministry, Bexley was represented at several conferences held in other cities. The Bexley wives continued their program of monthly meetings and found time in their busy schedules to take courses in cake- decorating, and the making and care of altar linens. Sharing a mutual birthday with the Reveille, the Bexley Missionary Society, which was formed in 1855, continued its important work in the life of the seminary. The aim of the society, accord- ing to Dr. Smythe, was to acquire information about missions, and establish and conduct Sun- day Schools in the vicinity of Gambier. The men of Bexley in 1955 continued to conduct Sunday Schools both in and out of Gambier and the interest in missions was manifested in the largest budget ever alloted for outside missions by the society. Sharing a place with the running of Sunday Schools practical work found men continuing the program of services at Avalon Tubercular Sanitorium and the State Mental Hospital as well as working at the County Jail. Probably the high-light this past year of prac- tical work done was the blossoming of Good Shepherd Chapel to such an extent that larger quarters hud to he sought in the Bedell Chapel. Practical work was put under the direction of the newest member of the faculty. Professor illiam G. Worman who was also appointed to fill the post of Seminary Chaplain—the same position held for so many years by our beloved Canon W atson. Canon Watson found his way into the hearts of those who had not known him. when this last year they saw a collection of his sermons. Dean Roach also had published his latest book. All Sorts and Conditions. The Hexleyan, the student journal, was incor- porated into the Kenyon Alumni Bulletin and thus, still continuing under student editing, moved from a newspaper to a slick finished article. The ties between the two ends of the hill were further strengthened by innumerable ‘bull sessions’ both over the coffee-cups at the Village Inn and in student rooms at both ends of Middle Path. The Bexley Players entered and won the inter-fraternity play contest with their presenta- tion of the ‘Terrible Meek’. Two other plays were presented, ‘Everyman’ and ‘Masque of Reason’. The Bexley Players received direction for one of their plays from Don Bateman ’42 who is now teaching in the Gambier schools. The tennis courts just north of the Hall have had good work-outs both fall and spring and the men of Bexley have entered into the intra-mural sports of the College. The re-opening of the ping-pong room provided many recreational hours for weary theologians and despite bulging stomachs and balding heads enough brawn was mustered to capture the intramural basketball competition. One Hundred Twenty-th One Hundred Twenty-four 1953-1954 Supplement One Hundred Twenty-five WILLIAM C. JAMES. JR. Brooklyn. New York Economics Delta Kappa Epsilon Left to right: Robert Goulder, Fred Maddock. Norm Schwenk. One Hundred Twenty-six Left to right: (standing) Frank W. Budd, Paul W. Bartels, John R. Cohan; (sitting) E. Christian Schocnlcb, Philip H. Currier, Kohcrt E. Hudec, Martin J. Waldman, Myron J. Livingston. Clockwise from the top: Aldcn D. Hatch, Richard H. Lutes, 0. Robert M. Benson. David L. Katz, John M. Wilkin, David B. McFarland. One Hundred Twenty-seven ALBERT H. EASTMAN Shaker Heights, Ohio Political Science EMMETT D. GRAYB1LL Massillon, Ohio Political Science MORGAN W. GUENTHER Cleveland, Ohio Political Science ETHAN A. TURSHEN Brooklyn, New York Biology Left to right: (top) David Davies, David Cummings, Richard Davis, Barry Menuei; (bottom) Bill Ostrander, Gene Mio, William Smart. One Hundred Twenty-eight A 1 P h a I) e 1 t a Left to ri ht: (top row) Charles W. Mipnon. Joseph A. McConnell; (middle row) Edward W. Walters, Koliert G. hull wood, Kipps S. Miller; (l ottoni row) Kichard C. Fullerton, Thomas K. Wigglesworth, Richard C. Emery, William K. McAfee. 1 Richard E. Dctlef, Fred A. denBroeder, (bottom) Philip W. Fox, Charles W. (.reaves, Richard I- Fenn. One Hundred Twenty-nine CU A GEORGE H. DUNN Jackson Heights, N. Y. Political Science DANIEL L. LYNCH Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania English DANIEL D. PETERSON Harlingen, Texas English DAVID P. RANDELL Niles, Ohio English PAUL B. WOLFE New York, N. Y. History One Hundred Thirty Left to right: (top) Cameron Sanders, David Sexsmith, Rill Lierle; (bottom) Gamber Tegtmeyer, Joe Hubbell, John Foulke, Al Gibbs. Left to right: Douglas R. Dadisman, Charles M. Polk, David 11. May, Paul B. Belin. Left to right: (top) Roi crt B. Kohn, Richard B. Hester, David C. Jones, Henry B. Pflagcr, Douglas W. Lawder; (bottom) Robert M. Roloson, Donald I,. Mull, Stanley A. Krok, I. Kclman Cohen. One Hundred Thirty-one Beta Theta Pi ROBERT B. CAMP JOSEPH F. CULP ROBERT O. FORSYTH Cambier, Ohio Arlington, Virginia Fairfield, Conn. History Psychology English PHILIPS. HOLT Croton, Mas . Economics Robert b. McAlister hugh j. McGOwen hi Circleville, Ohio Middletown, R. I. Political Science History FREDERICK R. PAPSIN JOHN T. SEAMAN, JR. MENEFEE SEAY Toronto, Ontario Yardley, Pennsylvania lx uLsville, Kentucky Biology Political Science Biology One Hundred Thirty-two Left to right: (top) Al McCor- mick, Jim Hughs Phil Pitney, Tim Leach; (bottom) Bob First, Tom Tison, Chad Vogt. Left to right: (top) Joseph E. Dodson, Charles O. Ewing, H. Kichard Holt, John B. Carpenter, Richard S. Milligan, Stephen P. Bartholf; (bottom) Frank H. Gingcrich, Paul E. Scbuttcra, Roger Ailing, James H. Robinson. Left to right: (top) Donald A. Stephen. Thomas M. Jenkins, Carl W. Wilts, Peter M. Hermes, Philip O. Payton, Donald A. Fischman, Daniel D. Bumstead, Ernest A. Norehad, K. Gary Mason. James T. Weymark, Brew- ster P. Campbell; (bottom row) Donald J. Bronco, Phillip W. Bunyard, F. Bruce Olmstead. Ed- mund F. FiuSimons, William J. Wainwright. One Hundred Thirty-three Delta Tau Delta JACK T. GAMMON Columbus, Ohio History TED N. LYNCH Louisville, Ky. Pre-Medi cine richard e. McPherson Elmira, New York Economics WILLIAM C WILLIAM Bay Village, Ohio Economics Left to right: (top) Jim Wallace, Jack Harrison. Chap Burton, Bill Briggs, Bill Dcttlinger: (bottom Bill Wendt, Bruce Richardson, Bill Humphrey, Dick Evans, Jon Umes. One Hundred Thirty-four r, Left to right: (top) Charles L. Schwartz, Robert W. Ritzi, Peter L. Keys, Robert F. Murphy, Robert W. Rowe, Paulcn A. Smith; (bottom) Richard A. Nelson, J. Cordon Duffey, Richard B. Block, Frank E. Hagan, W. Stanley Walch, Robert C. Stewart. Left to right: (top row) Lowell G. Arnold. Roland M. Webb, David T. Sharp, Dale C. Havre, Theodore E. Bradbury, Albert N. Halvcrstadt, Robert D. Price, Ronald E. Kendrick, Jack M. Donaworth; (middle row) Richard J. Flescr, R. Bradley Bennett, James R. Conway. Skipper D. Kurrus, Kurt R. Riessler, Ronald E. Crciser; (bottom row) James P. Truesdell, John K. Wilcox, Robert E. Anderson. Robert S. Clark. One Hundred Thirty-five WILLIAM H. AULENBACH, JR. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania History SHERMAN P. CONGDON Caracas, Venezuela Psychology DAVID T. CRAWFORD Marion, Ohio Biology P h i K a P P a s 1 g m a RICHARD DAVIS Callipolis, Ohio Biology RONALD A. PETTI South Euclid, Ohio Psychology One Hundred Thirty-six Left to right: (top) Fred B. Ashplant, Don- ald S. Mrllrath, An- thony II. Milkowski, Thomas 1 . Metcalf, Richard H. Strauss, Ronald Kiirhta. John R. Dick, Carmen J. Ar- rigo, Glenn Burress; (iKjttom) William S. Yetter, David S. Sipes, Robert L. Jay. Samuel R. Bradley, G. Robb Roberts. Left to right: James W. Simonton. Lionel Y. Tokioka, Richard Yec. Left to right: Phil Bently, Jim Staub, John Gans, Bill Lund. f Sigma Pi ARTHUR W. ARCHER Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Modern Languages J. BARRY CAHILL Snyder, N. Y. Economics EDGAR C. BENNETT Cape Vincent, N. Y. History RICHARD M. ELLER Geneva. Ohio Political Science ROBERT A. KING Eggertsville, N. Y. Economics DONALD K. MARSH Geneva, Ohio Political Science DAVID Y. SMITH Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Economics One Hundred Thirty-eight Left to right: Gus Dali is, Caryl Warner, John Trone. Left to right: (standing) H. Alan Pugsley, David W. Tar bell, Hirhard H. Wilson, Charles I . Mcllvaine, Dexter S. Y. Soto, William 1.. Culbcrt, Thomas A. Duke, Kdward L Kakin. Fred- erick L Pfau; (sitting) Robert Wilkes, Perry J. Pasrarella, Rob- ert 11. Smith, John G. Gard, Sal- vatore J. Capozzi, Henry M. Price. Left to right: (standing! James A. Zedella, Clifford Smith, (Charles F. Gild . Lloyd Warner, Allan G. Meyer, Gerald J. Holliday, Raymond C. Burrows, John H. Stauffer, John J. Crowell. William C Wallace. Richard J. Anderson, David B. Allardvce. Richard K. Kauff; (sitting! Jake W. Knud- son. George B. Hallock. Samuel G. Wiltchik, Arthur R. Bernstein. One Hundred Thirty-nine Delta Phi STUART U. COLE Lakewood, Ohio Physic JAMES C. KENNEDY Roekville Center, N. Y. English DAVID A. SCUDDER Camhier, Ohio Political Science ROBERT T. BORNKESSEL Bogota, New Jersey Political Science WALTER E. CAREY Columbus, Ohio Physics Left to right: Bo Mohr, Ash Burt, Boh Snyder, Ted Mayer, Steve Best. One Hundred Forty Left to right: Howard H. Russell, Hans Gescll, Fred- erick B. Taylor. Left to right: (top) Richard M. Kennedy. Richard K. Thompson. Eben G. Crawford. Barent R. Gjclsness, Richard (). Phillips: (! ottom) George Farr. A. Barry Campbell, Robert E. V. Kelley, David R. Kurtzman, Leonard H. Benson. One Hundred Forty-one Arc h oils ROBERT A. BENNETT, JK. Baltimore, Maryland Philosophy RODERICK S. FRENCH l.a Grande, Oregon Philosophy JOHN P. RYAN Tulsa, Oklahoma Philosophy ROBERT C. BUSACKER Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mathematics RAY E. PUCKETT Garden City, N. Y. English DAVID RYEBURN Goshen. Ohio Mathematics One Hundred Forty-tuo Left to right: Will Ferguson, Gene Schrier; (bottom) John Clark, Steve Fedele, Art Osako, Jim Yashiro. Left to right: (top) Jark 0. Brown, John C. Koak, Konuld Winter, Cecil M. Criss, Michael F. Taddonio, Barr ' F. August, James F. Riley. t Left to right: (standing) Frank C. Fogl, Richard B. Friedman, Eugene Hutchinson, Randall J. Taubcnheim, George S. Cawthorne, Franklin G. Gilli- land, Eugene P. Nassar, James M. Sodcn, John I). Cronin, J. Thomas Rouland, James W. Montgomery, Charles T. Bole; (sitting) Alan J. Shavzin. Henry J. Sleek, J. A. Frazer Crocker, Donald R. Cochran, Roger I Schcrck, William R. Abbott. Non-aff iliated MARVIN P. BETTS Jackson Height , N. Y. Economics WILLIAM I). CRAY .tdiington, D. C. Economics HERBERT E. COBURN Peoria, Illinois Political Science PETER CARTER Bedford Village, . v English 1 J GORDON M. GREENBLATT Milwaukee, Wisconsin Pre-Medicine J JULES M. KLUCER Far Rockaway, N. Y. Biology 1 One Hundred Forty-four RICHARD R. TRYON. JR. Princeton, New Jersey Economics GERALD S. WE1NTRAUB Detroit, Michigan Pre-Medicine SENIORS NOT PICTURED MELVIN L. PLOTINSKY New Rochelle. N. Y. English RICHARD H. COLLIN Philadelphia, Pennsylvania English RONALD SANDERS Brooklyn, N. Y. English RICHARD II. GRIMM Birmingham, Michigan History W. ROBERT MILLER Dayton, Ohio Political Science One Hundred Forty-five Acknowledgements This Reveille would not have been possible without the help of the following: Ann R. Humphrey, typist Richard Nelson, typist Norman Truedell, copy-boy Charles Walch. photography Fred Lurding, photography Charles Woodward, photography Al PuGSLEY, photography Elaine Weycand, identification Upper Sandusky High School Publicity Department Athletic Department One Hundred Forty-six Advertisements One Hundred Forty-seven One Hundred Forty-eight Compliments of HAYES1 GROCERY GAMBIER, OHIO VILLAGE INN GAMBIER, OHIO CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANT Shellmar-Betner FLEXIBLE PACKAGING DIVISION MT. VERNON, OHIO Sol Offl In frin lpol CM One Hundred Forty-nine Compliments of A Home Away From Home THE PEOPLES BANK DOROTHY’S LUNCH STEAKS —CHOPS SANDWICHES BEER —WINE Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. GAMBIER, OHIO Congratulations Class of 7953 Serve Lifer's The Manufacturing Printers Company Turkey For That Special Dinner Publishers - Printers - Engravers Phone 170 Phone 31070 LIFER’S TURKEY FARM MOUNT VERNON, OHIO DANVILLE, OHIO One Hundred Fifty COCHRAN MOTOR SALES, INC. 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