Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 148 of the 1957 volume:

DEDICATION Charles Monroe Coffin, former chairman of the department of English and secretary of the faculty, died in California during the summer of 1956. This news was a great shock to the academic world, and to those who knew Dr. Coffin personally the shock was overwhelming, for his influence was deoply felt wherever he was known. At Kenyon College we miss him not only as a scholar but also as a teacher. Wo miss the inspiring oxample he set, the help ho was so willing to give, the rare sense of humor that could be so sharp, and the conversation in which he so excelled. Dr. Coffin was no mere scholar; he was a gentleman first. He fit himself perfectly into the collogo community, whether it be at a party, a baseball game, a committee meeting, or in the classroom. His profound insight penetrated the fields of politics, literature, athletics, philosophy, student government—to name a few; but more importantly, he had the ability to judge men. His students, colleagues, and friends know how capable he was in this respect. Nothing establishes greatness quite so definitely and painfully as death. While e lives tho adjective groat may occasionally be used in reference to a man, but the expectation of yet more accomplishments delays definite assignation of the torm. But death forces us to take the final look at the record to see whether a man was truly great or not. Surely, then, here was a great man, a man whose many a ents were dedicated to further scholarship and right conduct. What Kenyon Uollogo hopes to do for the Kg nvftn i— 1------— - ' I, ,— -=wu.area to further scholarship and right conduct o ogo hopes to do for the Kenyon student has been variously and expounded Let us hope simply that Kenyon College can cultivate n calibre of Charles Monroe Coffin. often verbosely more men of the 1957 REVEILLE Kenyon College Gambier Ohio STAFF Editor Robert E. Mosher Layout Clifford L. Slayman, Jr., with Bruce Kennedy, Norman E. Miller, William Petty, Richard M. Reg-nante, John Roberts Photography Richard Bradshaw, David Canowiti, Andre F. Doc-torow, Charles Finzley, Michael W. Glucck, John E. Winesdorfer co-ordinated by Morton A. Silver Copy Eugene P. Nassar, with Bertram Van Arsdale Sports Donald A. Fischman, Lawrence Schneider Art Theodore S. D. Kurrus, Charles W. Thompson Business Ernest Norehad, with James E. Parsons CONTENTS Dedication 2 Administration 4 Humanities 9 Sciences 37 Social Sciences 51 Informal Life 70 Fraternities 89 Athletics III Advertisements 129 FRANK E. BAILEY Acting President Dean of the College Professor of History I o the Class of 1957: Yours have been a not uneventful four years. As freshmen you helped wreck the old T-barracks, and you have witnessed the gradual disappearance of others. You survived tho noble experiment”, known as second semester rushing, and so did all nine of the fraternities which had 1 il r_ . ° 0 f!'P1er'm®nt . known as second semester rushing, and so did all nine of l °jni PS u 1 )ac? an 'c'Pated personnel as well as financial bankruptcy. You |.L_ . -e y CS ° c °wde conditions in Feirce Hall, in the Library, in the friend Yo °U lW ead as when death removed your beloved teacners and and wisdomU hardy ones who refused to relinquish your quest for knowledge P«g� Four they to urn'havr rff1 a °.madr fr,ends and Prob«bly influenced a few professors, and In spite oVvour elv !« I ° yOU aS wel1 aj on Your permanent record cards. encTexcelloncr to u yL°U lC grown UP matured, learned the real meaning of quality no mean crDetr : fW ??• y°° r°mdi devoted- Of course your education is by men ”life self SuccessV ? d at lajt V a ‘ ..in your,elves,-alone, .ha.V wi'(W bE£3 f f9ei h W ° volume years hence y 1r ool( IS lt°,C.0r1re T ba y memories. As some of you peruse this you thinl of your friends and The laCr °l mdny fhings yOU sou9ht - but whi,e restor’d, and sorrows end ' exPerienc®‘ of eventful years may ’’all losses be ROBERT B. BROWN Secretary of the College Vice-Protident for Development DANIEL T. FINKBEINER II Dean of Student STUART R. McGOWAN Registrar of the College 1 1 AUSTIN C. HERSCHBERGER Assistant to the Dean of Students Director of Scholarships and Student Aid CHARI ES E RICE Ass.ifrfut Director of Admissions TRACY SCUDDER Director of Admissions Page Sii WILLIAM E. FRENAYE Alumni Secretary ELAINE L. WEYGAND Assistant Registrar of the College EDSON R. RAND Comptroller Page Seven MARY ELLEN DARLING Secretary to the Oean of Students DOROTHY GERTRUDE FESLER Secretary to the Acting President Page Eight MILDRED |. KIMBALL Dietitian LILLIAN M. GRADWOHL Assistant Dietitian DEPARTMENT PHILIP W TIMBERLAKE Secretary of the Faculty W- H.,nn« Professor of English tvr.NING AT THE ATHENAEUM (Ad Amicos Huntingtonienses) At t!v c-nd of the olive walk, unheard, C healing on the world’s edge - n ludes a continent. The Sun's fall Stops � d iy .!• d fh cool Planet's flame candling • ',; ip of the bit ok yew asserts the night. And we sit hero in Ihe olive peace, near Th - world's end and at the day's, an island, Composing all meridian furies, By the song ond undersong of the head And hoart, blending one voice, spoken into Being. Elemented of all tempers Begotton in southern latitudes, all Humours bred where th'Atlantic's mists and rain Drench earth with waters of tho firmament; Of souls annealed in desert furnaces, And thoso timed to the march of the City's Metronome; and of green hearts rooting in The temperate fields between: conglobing Here, an island, by providential Accident. In what dark ways? Where, how long Preparing? There, whilo one, alone, surveyed The wide geometries of Grosz, or watched El Groco's earth-planes bending spherical To Heav'n, another one heard Berlioz, Or tinkled Purcell on the harpsichord; The Fugitive from dream snatched by the Muse, OF ENGLISH RICHARD E. DETIEF W«itlake, Ohio Alpha Delta Phi Reading for honors PHILIP W. FOX. JR. Wheaton, Illinois Alpha Delta Phi DANIEL D. BUMSTEAD Bucyrus, Ohio Beta Thota Pi RICHARD O. PHILLIPS Yonkers. New York Delta Phi Page Tei I JOHN CROWE RANSOM C«rnegi« Profettor of Poofry ALBERT N. HALVERSTADT. JR. Cincinnoti, Ohio Delta Tau Delta JOHN MaeBRIDE WILKIN Gates Mills. Ohio Delta Kappa Epsilon Poised equilibrist. A champion fierce Armod by the Stagirite, insistent, roved, As Speculation scanning sat, remote, Rapt by the emblem peacock's spectrum pride. And otnors: smiling the Norwich Doctor's Paradoxos; pulling the sock of Lear, Or lovely Venice fatally conspired, Upon the weary academic foot; CHARLES MONROE COFFIN EDITOR'S NOTE: This poam about an evening at tha Huntington Library, whare Dr. Coffin died at his work, incraasas further our already high esteem for Dr. Coffin's attainments. We thank Mrs. Coffin, who found tha poam imona his papers, and the KENYON REVIEW for permission to reprint it hare. Page Eleven DONALD R. COCHRAN. JR. Bala-Cynwyd. Pennsylvania Delta Kappa Epsilon MELVIN BARON Brooklyn, New York Middle Kenyon Association DENHAM SUTCLIFFE Professor of English Nobly frustrate, stalking Truth, in the dim Bibliotheque, evading, whore some whose Beauty unblemished in the tedious Pursuit, camo dancing nymph-like to this place. Tho great stage everywhere — from Paradise And the vast abyss, to lovely Celia's Bower and sage-brush balladry: all hero, Now, enisling to a little world, made In the Imago, like the First Day’s work Wolding the seeds and the fierce embattled Substances. And now, as the Sun plummets And the candled yew assorts night's return, Anticipating dissolution, there Is felt the inward prick, creasing the smile To a downward irony: that perhaps — Indeed, perhaps not — in these dark-long Light yoars of being, a continent like This might not rise up again, as this one Rises now while tho day falls, unless Lovo Elicit from the remote dispersed Atoms such unison as here, and in This moment sings both in the undersong And the song, as one new-creating voice. ROBERT B. KOHN Elkin Park, Pennsylvania P i Upsilon DONALD L. MULL Gary, Indiana Pii Upsilon PETER H. TAYLOR Associate Profossor of English TODD BENDER Reading for honors LEIF E. ANCKER Reading for honors FRANK H. ROUDA Instructor of English DEAN BURGESS EDGAR C. BOGARDUS Instructor of English DOUGLASS W. LAWDER. JR Fairfield, Conn. Psi Upsilon J. E. PARSONS IRVING W. KREUTZ Assistant Profassor of English RONALD A. KUCHTA Clavaland, Ohio Phi Kappa Sigma BIRCHARD A. FURLONG Columbia Station, Ohio Dalta Kappa Epsilon Not picturad: SAM A. CARMACK Andalusia, Alabama Psi Upsilon EDMUND F. FITZSIMONS Now Havan, Conn. 8... p; JOHN s KN|GHI Mansfiald, Ohio ROBERT E. V. KELLEY Varo Baach, Ohio Dalta Phi NIELS O. EWING Not picturad: JERRY L. CARLSON JAMES DONOVAN Raading for honors HOWE CARSON STIDGER. JR. .JOHN S. KEENE CHARLES O. LAWSON P«q« Fourteen PHILIP WOLCOTT TIMBERLAKE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY VIRGIL C. ALDRICH The shadow of Phil Rico's absence from our Department is still upon it. A fine tribute was paid to his memory — a photograph underwritten by John Crowe Ransom — in the last Reveille. So we turn to the present, as all men must. In the last three decades, the tree of philosophy has developed two main branches growing in different directions. The one extending out over British and American territory has cast the spell of the analytical and linguistic method over tno philosophers underneath. Tho other, reaching out over the European continent, has made men dialectical and metaphysical in The effort to reach a dramatic synthesis. Unfortunately, many philosophers under one branch think of those under the other branch as being in its shadow. The philosophers in the Kenyon department take a less dim view of the situation. Though Professor Desan is of continental extraction and an expert in its method of dialectical involvements. and though Professor Aldrich meets easily with the analysts on and in their own terms, both are concerned not only about the excellent inter- mediatr- philosophical positions between the two mighty opposites just mentioned, but are convinced that philosophy is on the threshold of a new statement of the whole case which will be fainer to all the parts including the extremes. VIRGIL C. ALDRICH Professor of Philosophy WILFRID D. DESAN Aitocialr Profouor of Philosophy We are happy to find that this sort of concern is attractive to Kenyon students. Plato is our introduction to philosophy, with Aristotle and Kant and Mill having their classic say in the ethics of the second semester. Of course, this is the occasion for each of the professors to indoctrinate his students with a slight bias, the one in favor of metaphysics in the grand manner, the other in favor of closer analysis. T£ie results, combined, are just right. h°r example, among our majots we have Bill Wainwright who has become incredibly ambidextrous. He can simultaneously crack both whips, the cutting one of the new language analysis, and the heavy one that staggors a man with the impact of metaphysical innuendoes. (We shall have to wait for the future to find out if his right hand knows what his left hand is doing.) Then there are Messrs. Abbott and Payton who are critically examining some of the intermediate positions. Vernon Woodward graduated in the middle of the year, primed for action in a theological seminary. Our junior majors, Messrs. Davis, Ehrbar, McLaren, Morrow, Risley Titchener, are keeping, their poise as they feel their way past the initiation barriers into the temple, each of course bracing himself-to defend the truth as he is going to see it. They are spreading out in a fairly even PHILIP PAYTON Louisville, Kentucky Beta Thete Pi WILLIAM MORROW Reeding for honors WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT Kirkwood, Missouri Beta Theta Pi Reeding for honors JOHN M. TITCHENER Reading for honors Not pictured: V. POWELL WOODWARD Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania ROBERT M. EHRBAR Reading for honors LEE RISLEY Reading for honors JOHN DAVIS Reading for honors distribution under the great dome in the sky that shelter philosophers. The shadow of this sort of thing is the finest light in the world for seeing — a gray north light in' which the colors of things are seen to best advantage. Our Department is also happy to be in the shadow of the other Departments at Kenyon. We feel it as a benign influence and will always have things to say in our philosophy classes that remind us of the fundamental kinship which it is the genius of our College to feature, without succumbing to sentimentality or giving up the right to protest as among friends. WILLIAM RAYMOND ABBOTT Columbus, Ohio Archon RONALD E. McLaren Reading for honors Page Seventeen In Memoriam Philip payton of a U,1dV S0C7 inadequate fo express the feelings on the deatf. o Li?- ° d- For of us “ho k “ Payton the choicr manv inters°t'Cn T°re difficult. It is almost useless to remember the are thinking V lv'lt'os which Phil Payton had here while still we are ♦hmfc.ng about h,s death, and yet. this is what we must do. have US ®ath and remember the life if we are to our tbourth C°TU,-,af,0ni .af a ’ Per aPs wo are to keep Phil alive in ltd ’, Th'S “« bo fitting, for I know no other student who wL I t„ i PprtC,a re.d Kenv°n College as much as did Phil Payton, all we l’crnem cr him for his activities and interests, but most of death? ° rcmem er him as a close friend. Is this not the life in word, of John Donne sum up the thought we have at death: One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more.' DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION CLEMENT W. WELSH The study of religion at Kenyon is based upon the assumption that an education in the arts and sciences is not truly liberal if it does not include the study of religion. Such a study is not intended to bo the technical preparation for a career that is provided by a theological seminary, nor even a specialized introduction for seminary studies, which only pre-theological students would need. Instead, the courses are designed to provide an opportunity for a careful examination of religion in its major forms, Christian and non-Christian, from a point of view that is scholarly, intelligent and objective and yet sympathetic in the sonse that the student is encouraged to see the religious life from within, and to grow in an educated awareness of his own religious development. Such a study may be made in various ways, and the courses of the Department are intended to provide a variety of approaches. A student may wish to know more about the Christian tradition, its scriptures and its history. He may wish to learn something about religions other than his own, especially those of the Orient. He may be concerned to relate Christian ideas with philosophies hostile to religion, or with problems raised by science, or with the activities of the arts. His interost may be that of the committed believer, the skeptical philosopher, or it may be a mixture of both. In any case, his study should contribute to a growing understanding of one of the most important elements of the human situation, and it should help him to relate that study to the development of his mind in the other areas of his education. And as an adjunct to such academic study, the college chapel and the religious activities that center there provide occasions for more direct contact with the fact itself, the living essence of religion, and serve to make relevant his study to the life of the college and of tho world. Acting Chaplain Auociata Profettor of Roligion ROBERT J. PAGE Auittent Professor of Religion Page Nineteen DEPARTMENT OF CHARLES T. BUNDY II ■ gone, but the department survived. Off iqht ro Italy, Bob Fink left behind an empty and the tradition of high standards i ' '9r idc-s). His fill-in for the year, a Kenyon ilumnus nurtured in the Fink tradition, and consequently unshaken by the concept that the ablative '■ absolute, kept the Classics Cupola in North Asconsion alive with laughter, and refused to teach except at the most unlikely hours of the afternoon. The department felt it contributed its share to the furthering of education. oven without benefit of tho elec- P«g Iwenty £rvv‘ -m _ r CLASSICAL LANGUAGES JOSEPH 0. YOURNO JOHN E. BOWERS tronic mechanica which ruined the symmetry of second-floor Ascension. Twenty-five students read a hundred thousand words of Greok and Latin. They worried over linguistics and literature, over morphology and mythology; they marched with Cyrus, plotted with Catiline, won the fleece with Jason. Only a fow were fortunate enough to translate, but many learned to understand what the Greeks and Romans meant in what they wrote, and as they wrote it. Most of them felt it had been worth it all; their instructor certainly did. Pag Tw nty-one DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES IDWaRP HARVEY ■ foitor of French Language JAMES R. BROWNE Profeisor of Spaniih Language and Literature EDWARD HARVEY ♦hr. srr ,|| j . m� Cnf 0c rn Languages, while it appears to be a large department, is in reality nd 5Z k ?:- P I int0p°ne- RV0 inStrUCt°rJ «’ • •« • course! offered in French, German. Haywood Entire v T G T deVOted h” 9 «■ . entirely to Spanish. Professor viderhU time 'equallv C f° • hi,e Weinberg French and one of Spanish [ ormAn an Spanish, and Professor Harvey teaches three courses of signed to he!p the rtudVnh wtisfTrheTP°nS,b,l,t'e ’ pr°V'd° in$frucflon for the course de a whole. It must offer re r y anguage requirement, which is a requirement of the Faculty as lifv taking courses In ZllZ TtThoped th.7 u ' VT the grades and in , . „ P d hatf as more anc more language instruction is given in wi bo ble ,o cut dow ,h' It was only because the Am °V° ° m°r° 'me ° courses ,n advanced language or in literature. i-cdzt?;7z:Tr-°urr cduca,:on ,ai,°dd° «• • « — in high school is forced oroign anguages. The more work which should have been done d open th. colleges, the thinner the quality of the liberal art, education is. This WO P«go Twenty-1 BRUCE HAYWOOD Auociate Professor of Gorman Language and Literature PIERRE GUEDENET Associate Professor of French Language and Literature HERBERT G. WEINBERG Assistant Professor of Modern Languages is what has happened in many subjects of the curriculum and it means that for many students the Freshman year is spent to a great extent on what should really be high school courses. While there will always be a reason to offer first year courses in college, since some studonts will want to study a language other than the one they studied in high school, the least we can hope for in the next few years is that more students will arrive at Kenyon ready for the III-II2 sequence of courses and will be able to take an introductory course in literature in their sophomore year. Page Twenty-fhree JAMES M. SODEN Yakima. Washington Archon JOHN D. CRONIN Cincinnati. Ohio Archon CARMEN J. ARRIGO. JR. South Euclid, Ohio Phi Kappa Sigma J. A. BUFFALIN ROBERT T. BAUGH JAMES A. MARTIN Not pictured: MICHAEL STOCKE COII PETER CONWAY RICHARD H. HAUDE D. CALHOUN JONES. JR. SAMUEL WILTCHIK DAVID R. MORGAN Brooklyn, Naw York Sigma Pi DONALD PEPPERS Page Twenty-five DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PAUL SCHWARTZ Profinor of Music PAUL SCHWARTZ Whon the Department of Music was founded at Kenyon in the fall of 1947, it was housed in a so-called temporary building located between the Swimming Pool and what was then the Speech Building. This made for a pleasant and fruitful relationship with a Drama Department in search of incidental music on the one hand, and swimming coaches in need of spare offico furnituro on the other. To the innocent visitor, the Music Building appeared as a cleverly camouflaged toolshed, discreetly tucked away in an oak grove. Its architecture followed a style particularly popular during that transitional perioa, namely, G. I. Gothic. As time went by, it was observed that the building—-like some other units of similar construction—was becoming less temporary and more permanent every Soar. Aftor a number of stormy seasons, oods rushing down the eastern slope of the Hill had left heavy deposits of glacial sedimentation in the class room. The legs of two medium-sized Steinway Grands were beginning to grow roots through the floor boards. On the outside, rodents were engaged in a two-pronged attack on the edifice: mice were undermining its foundations, while squirrels kept the roof undor incessant bombardment. Not only was the musical equipment in serious danger, but teaching and learning were, under the circumstances, becoming increasingly hazardous occupations. Many a winter, after braving the icy descent'from Asconsion Hall, devoted mombors of the musical community would reach the comparative safety of the building only to find themsolves threatened by new perils: for some inscrutable reason the heating system would provido only two constant temperatures—95 or 35 degrees Fahrenheit. It became obvious even to the hardiest music lover that the department would have to find another refugo if it was to survivo the onslaught of the elements. Inspection of a building used only sparingly on wookdays yiolded the desired results; in February 1954 the department moved to the Chapel Basement. Here it occupies throo rooms: a good-sized class room with a concrote floor, a spacious office adorned with all the daguerrotypes expelled from the other offices on campus, and a room which serves as an incipient departmental library during the week and as the choir breakfast nook on Sunday mornings. I miss the friendly noises emanating from the Swimming Pool, but I can now hear the stern voices of Bexley students practicing their sermons upstairs. Instead of the sounds of the birds in the oak grove, I hear the organ pealing in the Sanctuary as some exploring freshman experiments with the stops. In all of this, it seems to me, there is a curious moral or at least the ROBERT L. CRONQUIST Assistant in Music Pag Twanty-sii repetition of an historical and sociological phenomenon, with duo variations. For its corporate activities, the early Christian Church was forced to go underground before it was accepted and recognized. In modern times, early Music at Konyon is still in this stage, occupying the Catacombs, so to speak. We are indeed grateful that the Church is now in a position to grant asylum to music. However, is it too much to hope that Music at Kenyon will before long find a dwelling place of its own? ■ Page Twenty-ioven ■ : ' ' Page Twenty-eight many other of the more serious tower residents have shown us that beauty and form arc created by the individual, not by the ethnic group. We must thank Mrs. Philip B. Rice for this lesson, for her patience in enduring the tourists, and for her attempts to en-courage the gifted. KATHRYN C. RICE Visiting Instructor of Art Mr. H. L. Moncken felt that the American psyche embodied a definite libido for the ugly. The urge to create monstrosities, to surround onoself in discomfort, drabness, and stark horror, he felt, was deeply rooted in the American personality. The works displayed this year and in the past in Phil Hall have offered in some cases striking confirmation of this theory. But others convince us either that the groat iconoclast was speaking too generally or else that there are many foreigners among us. Surely wo have looked at much rubbish by clowns looking for a rest cure course by whiling away the hours in the Chase ivory tower. But just as surely men like Hans Gescll, Jack Brown, Ron Kuchta, Tommy Thompson, Phil and Brock Cole, and DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH AND DRAMATICS JAMES E. MICHAEL It will surprise no one who has spent any Time in the Speech Building, or the Hill Theatro, or who has given the structure even a sidelong look as he passed it while returning from lunch to Leonard Hall, to learn that a number of activities, not specifically mentioned in the catalogue statement of the Department of Drama, go on there. Nearly all of them are implied by that statement, however, and particularly by that section of it which says that some of man’s most revealing and significant statements about himself have been mado in his dramatic writings, in his plays; and that a play is to be understood in relation to the theatre. It is with the pleasant task of understanding plays of all sorts, particularly the better sort, and their connection with the theatre and with the theatre's audience, that the Department is principally concerned. Its time, energies and talent are divided in about equal shares between the Curriculum and the Extracurriculum. Between these, its two natures, thoro are differences that anyone can recognize, but both aro parts ot the educational process, and both place tho Play at the center of things where it can reveal itself and the principal object of its scrutiny, that is to say: Man himself. In course, the play is discussed; in production it is re-created. In the classroom, the student is a critic; on tho stage, an object JAMES E. MICHAEL Profossor of Speech end Dramatic of criticism. The class is made up of individuals whose paths tend to parallel one another; the cast of a play, of individuals whoso paths seem to lead in many different directions, but finally convorge. The member of the class wants to learn, to develop himself, and to get his reward (a grade and a sense of accomplishment); the member of the company, to learn, to develop himself and to get his reward (a sense of accomplishment and applause). But both activities, and the points of view they represent, are important in a college community, and both — the theory of the classroom and the practice of the theatre — come together at many points and in many individuals. In both its characters, the Department does a good deal of begging, borrowing and stealing from other departments in the college. And it is one of the necessary conditions of its existence that it do this, that it bring together, from a groat variety of sources, bits and bodies of knowledge, points of view, theories, techniques and insights, and put them to its own particular uses. In return, it trios to keep accounts balanced by returning to the main stream its own bits of knowledge, points of view, theories, techniques and insights, happily supported in this by the great playwrights of the world. Paq Thirty-on The 1956-57 reason started with Lillian Heilman's Tho Littie Foxes.” It was greeted with mixed reviews and small houses. Ellen Darling, Mrs. Wolsh, and John Stanley dominated the cast with Dick Haudo and Nadja Hudson sniping an occasional scone out from under thorn. Things (and ticket sales) would have gono much bettor if Miss Heilman had written a better p,‘L sale of tho full house on Wednesday night to tho Exchange Club of Mt. Vernon got the wintor production off to a good start. Previously things had looked bad. The set was finished on time, lights were done early, and costumes prosented .little problem. A bad dross rehearsal brightened the outlook a bit. Mrs. Ritcheson and Marge Johnson did a magnificent job in Fry's A Phoenix too Fre-quont. A Collegian reporter accused Cascio of failing to mako his knees properly sympathetic. Androcles and tho Lion” was another kettle of fish. Instead of three there was a cast of thousands including two— count them — two oxen (ox heads by Knight) and a lion. The cast camo to tho conclusion that Shaw had writton better plays, but the audience Paq® Thirty-two THEATRE loved it. Tom Penn as the Lion stole a number of scenes, and Fox worked his waist down to a neat 35 running up and down the sot. A Collegian reporter missed the point. Financially the production was a success, and almost everyone in the four nearly full houses was happy. Peter Taylor’s Tennessee Day in St. Louis was chosen for the spring production. It promises to bo quite successful, although at this writing it is too early to tell how it will be received. Mr. Taylor undergoes the tortures of the damned while making the necessary changes. The Mesdamos Darling, Scudder, McGowan, and Ray are the cast as the various womon, while Clawson, Burgess, McCoy, Ancker, Cobb, and Craig take the masculine parts. It is hoped that tho Dramatic Club will be able to count on one original production each year. Bob Kelly became a Hill Player in February, swelling the undergraduate ranks of that exclusive club to one. Fenn, Knight, and Giles produced, and the RWP boys with a light assist from the school carpenters did nobly. John Knight was president of the Club for the first semester, succeeded by Leif Ancker. Pag® Thirly-fhr®® jM The Inter-fraternity Play Contest The Hill this year saw the second One Act Interfraternity Play Contost, sponsored by the Dramatic Club and produced by Robert Kelley. The Contest originated in 1953 when Beta Theta Pi won with an original play by Bob Forsythe. This year's contost was devoted to one-act plays, cut or uncut, by established authors, limited to thirty minutes, and judged by how well the production realized the author's intention. The contest was won this year by the Archon Fraternity with excerpts form the second act of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. It is hoped that next year's contest will be dovoted to oriqinal works by Kenyon undergraduates. The radio voice of Kenyon College WKCO is a radio station. Home is Room H, Speech Building. Broadcasts, legally and otherwise, from two transmitters, Old Kenyon, Norton Hall. Announcers at WKCO play music, all kinds: Lanza, Ponnario, Ellington, Beethoven’s 5th, the 1812 Overture, Stravinsky. Catholic tastes, abetted by a library of 600 LP’s. All in all, music lovors. There is a phone at WKCO. Sometimes it rings: Don't like what's being played. Stay with us. Law of averages: oventually, something you like. DEBATE SOCIETY I The voices of Kenyon College Kenyon's Debating Society has lived this year after its conventionally haphazard fashion, cursing the preposterous topic of discussion and alternating cries of triumph with complaints of incompetent judging. The record as woll has been the usual haphazard, including sevoral second places and an unmentionable or two, shortcomings again being ascribed to the crude and inadequate perceptiveness of Ohio judges. We look forward to another year in the hope that it will offer as fair reward for our labors. A Pag Thirty-ii O' O WILLIAM R. TRANSUE Peabody Professor of Mathematics DANIEL T. FINKBEINER II Professor of Mathematics DEPARTMENT WILLIAM R. TRANSUE Although it may bogin to soom so to the rest of the college, the primary purpose of the Mathematics Department is not to train teams for the Putnam Competition. However, this by-product of our activities has been so valuable for purposes of publicity that we cannot resist the tomptation to exploit it. Having now for threo consecutive years placed teams among the top eight in this mathematical horserace entered by tho leading colleges in the United States and Canada, I think we shall have to rest on our laurels for a few years at least. As I write this, the competitive examination is less than a wook away. Veterans Tom Jenkins and Bob Mosher and rookie Mort Silver, who make up the team this year, havo been in spring training— solving three differential equations every morning before breakfast — and will make a creditable showing we arc sure, although we hardly expect to make the top eight. If I may be permitted a few more serious words in this place, I should like to say something about what I do take to be the primary purpose of the department. The fact th t mathematics is a science — in the strict meaning of the word, a body OTTON M. NIKODYM Professor of Mathematics DAVID RYEBURN Instructor of Mathematics MATHEMATICS of facts — is well understood. Indeed, those whose contact with tho subject has been slight, or badly directed, often think of it as a collection of formulas to be memorized and used on the right occasion. What is loss well understood is that mathematics is also an art — in the strict sense of this word, an ability to perform. To learn the art of mathematics the student must be taught to understand clearly a given problem, to formulate intuitively the necessary line of attack, and to proceed with logical precision and economy of thought to its solution. To do this successfully a certain amount of scientific information is necossary but this amount is surprisingly small. In fact, a good memory for facts is less a necessity for tho mathematician, I think, than for the scholar in any othor field. Onco the ability to think mathematically is achieved, the rest is easy. It is the development of this ability in tho student, whether he studies mathematics for one year or four, which I conceive to be our essential aim. Finally I change tho subject again to give the readers of tho REVEILLE something to work on. The puzzler below was culled by David Rycburn from the Scientific American. MORT SILVER Reading for honors ROBERT E. MOSHER Reading for honors BEN CIACCIA You find yourself on an uncivilized island, fhe natives of which are known to be of two types. The first type always answers questions truthfully, the second type always lies, but these two types are indistinguishable in appearance. Neither type will answer more than one question in any one occasion. You are proceeding alona a path with the desire of reachinq a villago before nightfall, and come to a fork in the path. You are sure that at least one (perhaps both) of the two paths leads to a village. Fortunately there is a native sitting at the fork. What question, with a yes or no answer, do you ask him to be sure of taking the right path? The answer will appear in the 1984 REVEILLE. DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY CHARLES S. THORNTON CHARLES E. OPDYKE Verona, New Jersey Beta Theta Pi CLIFFORD SMITH Philadelphia. Pennsylvania East Division A good small liberal arts college is commonly considered to possess unique advantages for the education of students whose primary interest is in the humanities or social sciences. The natural sciences, it is said, require such elaborate and costly equipment and, being so highly technical, force on the instructor and student alike such a narrow focus of concentration that they can be properly served only in the universities. Fortunately, science in the small college is not so seriously handicapped as this view would indicate. One must remember that it is as true in science as it is in language that the basic grammar of expression must be learned before the great intellectual creations can be appreciated, and it is in the small liberal arts college that this scientific grammar is best presented. Indeed, the very smallness of Kenyon has forced us to concentrate almost entirely on developing in the biology student an understanding of the basic principles which underlie the larger theoretical and conceptual structure of modern biology. We concentrate on the fundamentals and leave the specialties to the graduate school where, we believe, they properly belong. In order to present biological principles in the most integrated manner, the number of course offerings is relatively small but the intensity and efficiency with which these few can be taught correspondingly increases. At Kenyon biology is taught as informally as possible. We firmly believe that students develop competence in science by participating in the business of science. Therefore, neither equipment nor instruction is limited to those hours officially scheduled for a course. The biology laboratories are open to DALE CHARLES HAVRE South Euclid. Ohio Del Teu Delta CHARLES S. THORNTON Profeuor of Biology RICHARD EDEN KAUFF Far Rockaway. New York East Division Reading for honprt DONALD A. FISCHMAN Laurelton. New York Beta Theta Pi T. RICHARD ST. CLAIR Athens, Ohio ROBERT E. ANDERSON PAUL TODTFELD Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Brooklyn, New York Delta Tau Delta students from 8:00 A. M. to I 1:00 P. M. each day. Each student is responsible for the materials and equipment assigned to him and he may use these at any time. The system tends to reduce the number of assignments which are poorly conceived, improperly assimilated and hastily completed. We believe that at Kenyon a biology or pro-medical major becomes far more familiar with the materials and concepts of his subject than is possiblo in the more formalized instruction which is a necessity in the larger universities. Finally, as in the other departments at Kenyon, we stress independent thinking. The importance of integrating facts into meaningful concepts cannot be over-emphasized. Wherever possible we try to stimulate in the student a desire to formulate problems and to find answers to them in independent laboratory investigations. Several such projects have resulted in publications in national journals of biology. Although we have no way of measuring it, we feel that the scientific research of the staff is important in directing student interest toward the intellectual problems of biology. Therefore, wo invite and encourage student participation in faculty research projects. This is a program which is seldom possible in the larger universities where the research of a staff member is commonly now a highly specialized project involving a team of expert research associates. It is, of course, impossible to duplicate the expensive research equipmcnt of a large research institute in a small college like Kon-yon. There are, fortunately, many basic problems of biology which lend themselves to investigation without the necessity of using eloctron GARY I. KATZ micro- Cleveland Haight . Ohio scopes. EDWIN J. ROBINSON. JR. Associate Profossor of Biology RONALD E. KENDRICK Lancaster, Ohio Delta Tau Delta RICHARD ARKLESS Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Archon CHARLES F. GIBBS Rochester, New York East Division DAVID M. SHEARER To investigate these problems successfully demands imagination, ingenuity, and clear thinking, and it is to the cultivation of these invaluable attributes of the scientist that we are devoted. JULIUS S. RICHTER STEPHEN IRA CHAVIN SANDSTROM PAUL H. BARTON HOEXTER Not pictured: DAVID LELAND KATZ Pittiburgh, Penniylvania Delta Kappa Epiilon ANTONI HENRYK ZYGMUNT MILKOWSKI N w York City, New York Phi Kappa Sigma CHARLES G. ADAMS ADOLPH FALLER Page Forty-two The re-established pre-modical club, in its second consecutive year under Dr. Thornton's reviving guidance, continued to acquaint its members with specific fields in medicine, through a series of lectures and through actual observation of surgical operations (by the courtesy of Dr. Drake). New officers Barton Hoexter, David Law-renco, and Max Berman succeeded old officers Rick Kauff and Don Fischman, who were so excellent in tandem that three were needed to replace them. PRE-MEDICAL CLUB DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY STANLEY A. KROK. JR. Holyoke, Man. Pti Upiilon knows, and some acquaintance with the technical terminology has become a prerequisite for social and literary success. Wo must now include tho hero's (or in these modern days, the heroine's) frustrations in our analyses, and wo must be prepared to decipher not the culprit's motives, but his neuroses. We must be ready to match complex with complex, to pit Jung against Freud. The department this yoar graduated but one major, Stan Krok, who was more in need of a physician for his bad shoulder than he was of a psychologist. Both tho natators and tho analysts will miss him. Besides the well-stocked first course, the department offers a number of advanced courses, including a full major, and the road is open for the ambitious. GEORGE A. F. WEIDA STANLEY G. FULLWOOD AUSTIN C. HERSCHBERGER Aniifant Profeuor of Psychology The Department of Psychology is truly essential to Ken- J'on's well-being, t is hardly necessary to point to the many strains on the Kenyon student (such as absence of coeds and civilization), but the psychology department offers us an opportunity to find out why we're so bothered by t h i n g s that would bother anyone who hadn't studied psych. And now we learn the right names. The right names arc very important, as anyone in the College who has been around on a Saturday night Samuel c. Cummings, jr. Spencer end Wolfe Profeuor of Ptychology C. THATCHER SCHWARTZ Page Forty-five Students here at Konyon seem to have all kinds of trouble with physics. Particularly with physics lab. Thoy can't get the experiments to come out right. There seem to be a number of reasons for this problem: I. They're not bright enough to use our new-fangled, complex lab equipment in all its precise intricacies. 2. The lab assistants aren't bright enough either. 3. Students keep trying to get this year's answer with last year's data. But despite all theso hindrances in the aspiring physicist's path, Konyon offers no small opportunity to learn, if only it is to learn the value of improvisation. And. even if from necessity, the emphasis in the lab falls on tho theory and not on the results. And even though he can't really test what he knows too well, the eager one can find out many things about mechanics, electricity, electronics, heat, light, and even radioactivity, when the Geiger counter is working. Aeronautics too may be covered, in the interest of Jim Montgomery, who actually decided to continue in physics after he left here, leaving differential equations to the ivory-tower boys in Ascension. the department this year was headed by Dr. Miller, sans beard, mais avec slipstick. Dr. Miller, Forty-� li dividing his time between classes, soccer, duplicate bridge, Mrs. Miller and Paul Tillich, and the Society for Social Responsibility in Science, kept up a firm front, always making it quite clear that the experiment would have been successful if the conditions had been bettor. And Stuart Elliot carried on in the department's fine traditions, scaring freshmen (or worse), and teaching upperclassmen, mostly about theoretical mechanics and inclined planes. This year the department was unofficially visited often by Dave Ryeburn, who, until February, lived in the electronics lab and tinkered with ham radio equipment, while secretly assembling a Heathkit hi-fi amplifier. The department will be in print soon, when Dr. Miller's text for freshmen appears. It looks already as if the next incoming class will serve as guinea pigs for the manuscript, which will be a comprehensive introduction to college physics. Despite the trials and tribulations, though, the department at Kenyon, amidst the not-quite-modern lab equipment and the stuffy facilities, manages to do its job. It teaches physics, and good stuff it is. p«g« Forfy-t«von THOMAS M. CRAWFORD Raading for Honors RAYMOND C. BURROWS Yoakum, Torn Sigma Pi Reading for honors BAYES M. NORTON Bo-I.r Professor of Chemistry ER,C $ GRaHam This short note is written in an attempt to ex-plain tho role of the chemistry department at Kenyon. Obviously our department must do many things. We must preoare chemistry majors for work in industry or for further work in chemistry at the graduate level. Wo must also provide courses suitable for premedical students, for biology majors, and for physics majors, as well as for those whose major interest is not in science at all. In the large universities this problem is solved by offering many different courses in any one subject in order to satisfy the needs of each specific group. Thus they would offer a course in organic chemistry for chemistry majors, another for the chemical engineers, another for the biology majors and pre-medical students and still another course (and Kenyon students would certainly approve of this) for FRir c ro u nurses These largo schools do this as a matter a • ! r, AHAM of convenience but their approach is wrong. At 'o ovior of Chemistry Kenyon we are forced to use the proper approach if only for economic reasons—we simply could not afford so to diversify our offerings. But our method is correct for other reasons. If a student wishes to learn some chemistry he should take a strong course in chemistry and not some watered-down version designed for classics majors who are, for some unknown reason, presumed not to be able to add two and two. We must not forgot that the teacher provides only a part of the stimulus in any class and that the rest is provided by the students them-selvos. We would not wish there to be a special course in philosophy, for example, designed only for science students. We feel that our students deserve the extra stimulation provided by being in a class with those whose very special interest is in the subject being discussed. Similarly, we believe that the French or history major, if taking chemistry for diversification, should do so along with those students intending to major in science. This, course, is not always entirely possiblo but the goal is always achieved in some measure and Kenyon chemistry courses are, on the whole, designed for chemistry majors. It is a tribute to the quality o SENE NASSAR Uf.ca, Naw York ArcHon Forty-eight DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Kenyon men that non-science students talcing such courses regularly do embarrassingly well in them. One should not get the impression that Kenyon chemistry courses are not liberal arts courses. Quite the opposite is the truth. Our whole approach is away from tne purely technical and perhaps trivial aspects of science. The subject matter is treated thoroughly and with respect with emphasis on the fundamental aspects of learning. We are very pleased to find that most students like this approach and would not be satisfied with a more superficial ireafmont. When we are successful, the student sooks to learn beyond the confines of the regular course work. Ho begins to realize that Kenyon degreo, good though it may be, is not the end of tne learning process. This applies whether or not the student goes on to graduate school but wo are gratified that some 45% of tho chemistry majors do go on to do graduate work in chemistry and an additional 17% do graduate work in other related fields. This means that we have been able to devolop a research consciousness. This is done by enabling students to carry out thoir own research and by helping and encouraging them. All mombers of tho staff have research funds available and all Honors candidates undertake a research problem as part of thoir Honors work. Laboratory research, however, is not limited to Honors studonts, but is an opportunity open to all who show the necessary ability and indicate an interest. There results a certain informality and flexibility in the major program in chemistry. After the basic courses have been accounted for, a schedule can be constructed to fit tho desires and capabilities of the individual. About the only limitations are those imposed by lack of time on tho part of tho student and tho Professor, and by a very serious lack of adoquate laboratory space for advanced research. With these limitations the chemistry department at Kenyon does its.job—a job which is not just the training of chemists but rather is holping a Kenyon student to earn an education. Not pictured: JOHN R. DICK Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Phi Keppe Sigma JAMES E. JOBES JAMES M. PAPPENHAGEN Associate Professor of Chemistry PAUL W. K. ROTHEMUND Visiting Professor of Chemistry DONALD D. BLY ERNEST A. NOREHAD Chicago, Illinois Beta Theta Pi JEROME J. LOOKER Reeding for honors ■ DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY RICHARD G. SALOMON Professor of History C. WILLIAM KERR One night sovcral yoars ago, Miss Helen Maud Cam, the momentous medievalist, spoke to the Harvard History Club on the unsettling subject, Why Study History. Now the Harvard History Club has a sense of purpose second to none, and tends the flame with an hieratic zeal that would seem showy even in a templeful of vestal virgins. So, when Miss Cam, who is not herself notoriously frivolous in touch or aspect, said that she studied history because it was fun, the consternation was quite general. The whey-faced, somewhat matted apostles of salvation by archives fell into a fury, while the dealers in instructive historical parallels publicly lost their elevation. They were clearly not of a mind to tolerate levity at Armageddon. But Miss Cam, the intimidation of whom would require the liberal use of napalm, held to her beachhead. Others might be in it for redemption; she was in it for fun. I realize this attitude rfiay seem alien to some of the students majoring in the Department of History at Kenyon, who, from all one can see, are in it for morbidity. I observe the dispirited curvature of their backs, the desperate scurry of retracted hands across pages gladly blank, the looks that suggest the meagre mirth of oarsmen in a galley: and I conclude that the element of fun is not uppermost. This is too bad, though I will admit the fun I have in mind may seem attenuated by the standards of h. landon Warner, jr. Associate Professor of History CHARLES R. RITCHESON Associate Professor of History Page Fifty.two C. WILLIAM KERR Assistant Professor of History opera buffo or a keg on the lawn. It it a pleasure, first of all, of the imagination, by which we behold again mighty champions and deeds of renown, by which we breathe upon the dry bones of chronicle and register until the valleys are Tilled again with marching hotts intent upon their awful errands. It it the pleasure, too— the somewhat sly pleasure—of unearned omniscience: of the person afterwards wise, who knows where to look for the unchoruted event, the negligent choice, the continent personality. the intellect undecected in its time, all of which have left their witness after therp—these silent, these hesitant, these unintending makers of our world. This, of course, suggests the pleasure of nagging curiosity come to knowledge; not curiosity for the hole-in-corner detail, the commerce of the back stair, but for the very fontes et origines of our familiar thoughts and institutions. And this entails the pleasure inherent in the exercise of any subtle skill—the skill in discrimination and analysis, which may become a passion like another, and possibly not the most pallid. The study of history is cerebral and vicarious in method, to be sure; but what it concerns are the lives of men like as we are in a succession of immediate moments and vital choices. And living with them and through them, we win an understanding of tne community across time of human experience and the rugged singularity of its parts. This certainly is a vital use of history. But -it there in it no more exact utility for the taking of instant decisions, no receipt for the formation of a specified future? No. not much. Not enough to encourage a high-minded manipulator, or to promise a happy apocalypse. Yet there is something which, if it will not fabricate for us a new human age, may yet instruct the human spirit in the age that is: and that is the knowledge of the indeterminate possibilities of public life for creation and destruction. It is a knowledge that may encourage a sober hope and an unrelenting strife for the amelioration of men's affairs; but at the same time it is an unenchanted knowledge that may save one from shock and despair if the foundations themselves seem to break, and the heavens fall. I believe it is the purpose of the History Department at Kenyon, whatever may be its attainment, to impart these rare and manly pleasures, and through them to disclose this vision that is a part of wisdom. J. THOMAS RUSSELL Washington. D.C. Alpha Lamde Omega JAMES D. MORGAN Lakewood. Ohio Archon DAVID B. ALLARDYCE Cincinnati, Ohio Sigma Pi f JACK M. DONAWORTH Milwaukee. Wisconsin Delta Tau Delta WILLIAM C. WALLACE Princeton. New Jersey Phi Keppa Sigma ROBERT M. ROLOSON Lake Forest. Illinois Psi Upsilon Page Fifty-four DONALD R. BIVENS DAVID ADAMS MARTIN BERG Reading for honors WILLIAM E. SWING PAUL c SHEARER WALTER L. EDELMAN Reading for honors RICHARD J. FLESER Indianapolis, Indiana Delta Tau Delta PETER V. YOUNG J. A. FRAZER CROCKER JR. Grosse Pointe Wood . Michigan Archon JAMES R. CONWAY. JR. London, Ohio Delta Tau Delta DANIEL G. RAY RIGGS S. MILLER Page Fifty-five CHARLES W. GREAVES Elmhurst, Illinois Alpha Doha Phi KURT R. RIESSLER Parma, Ohio Doha Tau Dalta LLOYD WARNER Lansdala, Pennsylvania East Division PAUL F. HILL CARL W. WIRTS Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Bota Thata Pi STEPHEN P. BARTHOLF ALAN C. HOLLIDAY Not pictured: F. BRUCE OLMSTEAD Elmira. New York Beta Theta Pi STEPHEN WASHBURN DANIEL P. ROTH Page Fifty-sii In Memoriam CARL W. WIRTS Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Bata Theta Pi Page Fifty-seven -iun's ho? r;n 5 ? 3 . -2 • — ye-f g ° 3 i 2 5 g .? a ; 2 2 O • 1 3 - a. — • , o e • 5 r—!. y-” ? • m M 3 5-•. 2 3 -n E 3- r; o o • o_ ma? i mi =• £ s 3- • r; � _. D 2 • _ §?.°-??.3?-S-?5Q.ro ? 2; ' llo t=rs i � o afian § r-f S 2 S 2 3 . S • a 3 • • 2‘c = 3 a.'g 1$ • _• ; ‘ r. ° 5 • 3 ; ? C • £ 2 2. —'• •- 3 3 LTS S, rl° Is £a-. s 81 • ’ 3 Q. 3 0 0 3. • - =r -2.1 13 a ?s-a: r = T3 •S.-? HI RAYMOND ENGLISH Profonor of Political Scionco LAWRENCE SCHNEIDER Reeding for honor W. WAYNE SHANNON Reading for honor RICHARD P. IONGAKER Associate Profossor of Political Science ROBERT KENT SCOTT Reeding for honor a difficult world for the optimi t, but Henry doe not renounce the dream. Of a different temperament i Dick Fried-mar.. wallowing luxuriously in pessimism with Nieftsche, Do toev ky, and Brook Adam , full of ftrango myth , yet weighed down, like Sindbed with the Old Man of the Sea. undor the mon trou unsought burden of Vilfredo Pareto. Thero i intoxication in the vory word residue and derivation ; while revolution may well be only a mathematical formula capable of verification by the logico-eiperimental method. The life of the pari h prieit already draw Jim Trueidell away from the meretriciou tuperficielitie of poli-tic , yet he occasionally glances back from his Greek Testament to the grandeur and ervitude of Natural Law and the general will and the intricacies of the Bricker Amendment. A great politician it lost in Jim, but the man who made the Mock Convention of 1956 hat tome powerful hot left in the locker. Finally, there i Hal Walkor, betwiit and botwoen the classes of 1956 and 1957. plowing two separate furrows with a steady hand, running a farm while he skims the cream ot liberal knowledge. Hal is in the great American tradition, and he know better than any of ut where to fit political science in the scheme of thing . So there they go: the political scientists — more or less— of 1957, setting out in confidence and confusion to make dent in the fenders of the universe. And the professor of political science remain, prepared to tell tho next generation how to take the dent out again, but succeeding, doubtless, in showing them only how to make a slightly different dent. Nescis, mi flli, quam perva cum sapientia regitur mundus? David r. willson Reading for honors STUART R. McGowan Associate Professor of History and Political Science DALE A. NEUMAN Reading for honors ROBERT G. PIERLEONI ERIC PETER STONE JACOBSEN Page Fifty-nine THE ESSENTIALS OF FREEDOM A Conference at Kenyon College April 4th to 7th. 1957 .INTON ROSS1TER RICHARD T. SELWAY A. DENIS BALY Visiting locturar in Political Scianc The continuance of the republic it bated on the quality of the individual and hit education at a perton, and liberty it bated upon a belief in and understanding of the moral law. Gordon Keith Chalmers, President of Kenyon College. 1957-1956. MINOO ADENWAllA Instructor of Politico! Science Not pictured: HARLOW L. WALKER Gambier, Ohio Phi Keppe Sigma ROBERT NICHOLS FARQUHAR Reading for honors ROBERT S. PRICE Reading for honort CECIL GRIMES r it J. THOMAS ROULAND Wa� hington. D.C. ArcKon Reading Tor honor RICHARD EDWARD THOMPSON Downer Grovo, lllinoi Delta Phi Reeding for honor DEPARTMENT OF PAUL B. TRESCOTT Economics was invented by Adam Smith, who had nothing better to do. He believed that each individual was led by a Hidden Hand to promote the general welfare, establish justice, and promote the domestic tranquillity, and that the Govern-mcnt should mind its own business instead of everybody else's. He was followed by Reverend Malthus, who discovered the Passion Between the Sexes, which required no great originality on his part. Malthus feared that increasing population would prevent living standards from rising. Because of his views, Economics came to be known as the Dismal Science. There are other reasons why it is still called that. Another outstanding individual was David Ricardo, who made a lot of money in the Market and therefore thought he knew everything. Ricardo was worried because soup was so expensive: so he wrote a pamphlet called On the High Price of Bullion. Ricardo served in Parliament, and pushed through two famous statutes, the Law of Diminishing Returns, which reduced the income tax, and the Non-Law of Wages, which reduced the wages of sin. He feared that eventually the landlords would Get It All, and was therefore opposed to the Corn Laws, which referred to wheat. Among other prominent economists of JOHN K. WILCOX Wheaton, lllinoit Delta Tau Delta PAUL M. TITUS Edwin M. Stanton Profe tor of Economic LOWELL G. ARNOLD Marion, Ohio Delta Tau Delta ECONOMICS ♦he 19th century were Nassau Senior and his son Nassau Junior, and James Mill and his son John Stuart Mill. The latter had a nervous breakdown at the age of 21 and thereupon wrote his Principles of Political Economy. This led promptly to the discovery of the famous literary principle, A big book = a big evil . In view of the foregoing, it is not surprising that Karl Marx rebelled against the sterile cliches of classical economics and established a set of brand new sterile cliches of his own. Marx established the concept of Dialoctical Materialism ( I itch, therefore I am. ); the idea of a Dictatorship of the Proletariat ( Tote dat barge, lift dat bale, get a little drunk. ); and the doctrine of surplus value. Marx suffered from boils, which made him very grouchy. Marx was un-American. The most outstanding Amorican economist was Irving Fisher, who invented the famous equation MV = PT, or money spent equals monoy spent . Fisher was a Prohibitionist, and felt that if people had a strong liquidity preference, they should not be permitted to indulge their propensity to consume. In addition to this useful information, the economics major at Kenyon learns the meaning of parody prices, discovers that the banks haven’t got your money—they've (Continued on Page Sixty Seven) R. BRADLEY BENNETT Washington Court House. Ohio Delta Tau Delta JACK W. KNUDSON Hclyoko. Mass. Sigma Pi DONALD A. STEPHEN Dayton. Ohio Beta Theta Pi THEODORE S. D. KURRUS Dallas. Texas Delta Tau Delta Pag Sixty-four RON K. BENNINGTON W. THOMAS WILSON HARVEY M. ADELSTEIN THOMAS A. MASON Reading for honors PAUL B. TRESCOTT Associate Professor of Economics ROBERT O. EDINGTON CHARLES E. WOODWARD RICHARD L. MEYERHARDT ROBERT 1. JAY Kansas City Missouri Phi Kappa Sigma RICHARD FENN Bay Village, Ohio Alpha Delta Phi i GEORGE FARR III Cleveland Heights, Ohio Delta Phi Page Siity-five spent it—, and comes to realize that he lives in a world where money talks (it says good-bye”). Comes June. Kenyon again opens its doors and jettisons forth upon an unsuspecting world its gross national product of dismal scientists, then closes them quickly, lest any try to get back in. JAMES THOMAS WEYMARK Bay Village. Ohio Pti Upsilon PHILIP B. FOGEL THOMAS J. KYSEIA JOEL H. RUBIN Allenhurst. New Jersey JOHN r. BEESE. JR. Not pictured: J. BENJAMIN RICE Midland. Michigan Delta Tau Delta HOWARD JONES JACK P. NIEMANN Page Slity-seven Page Siity-nina AIR SCIENCE p Pag S v nty-two Page Seventy-three The Collegian this year could make claim to one notable achievement: it made it through most of the year with some som-blance of regularity if not variety. High powers on the staff, imbued with principles that can only come from the Associated Press Style Book, endea-vorod to run the paper on more journalistic standards, concentrating on the more nowsworthy aspect of tho campus rathor than the esoteric. The paper succeeded also in alienating the editors to all members of tho student body who own cars. Significant among the achievements of the Collegian were its crusading reforms of Sunday singing and the commons, its stout-hearted stand for the losing candidate in the presidential elections, and its coverage of tho Kenyon Collegian — Shu 4 J8S6 — EDITOR Harley Henry ASSISTANT EDITOR Terry Moody NEWS EDITOR John M. Anderson SPORTS EDITOR Larry Schneider BUSINESS MANAGER Thomas Rouland ASSISTANT BUSINESS MGR. George Sayles ADVERTISING MANAGER John Winesdorfer EDITORIAL STAFF: Bert Van Arsdale, Harvey Adelstcin, Jim Parsons, Micky Reingold, Hugh Gage, George Gre 11a, John Hodges, George Scott, John Kleinbard, Gene Beecher, Lamar Hill, Walter Taylor, Bill Whisncr, Ross Gelbspan. PHOTOGRAPHY: Chuck Finzley, Dave Canowitz. BUSINESS STAFF: Russell Van Hooser, Wesley MacAdams, Galen Yanagihara, Dave Gury, Walter Taylor. Office located in Aiccntion Hall. B-17. Telephone GAbricI 7-4241. Rcprcvrnicd for national advertising by Xatoinal Advertising Services. Inc. College Publishers Rep.. 420 Madison Ave., N. Y. Subscriptions arc $3.50 a year. Send requests for subscriptions and or inquiries for advertising rates to: Business Manager. Kenyon Collegian. Box 308. Gambicr. Ohio. Conference on the Essentials of Freedom. Toward the end of the second semester members of the staff were seen talking with philosophy professors in an attempt to modernize the dance weekend issuo, and thumbing through old Collegians to determine what the old gentleman has said in his 101 years at Kenyon. The editors wore fortunately endowed with several fine freshman writers who made up most of the paper's staff. In addition, journalists who committed themselves well were Larry Schnieder, sports editor; Arthur M. Moody, assistant editor, and John Anderson, news editor. Noxt year's staff is wondering how they will find a replacement for Mother Rouland in the bookkeeping department. Pag Sev nfy-� i SENIOR SOCIETY The Society, under the sterling leadership of fiery Phil Fox, was fairly active this year. It conceived the idea of the Hungarian Student Fund and collected some $1900 from the college community in its support. The student is eagorly expected next fall. Once again, the Society aided Mrs. Robert B. Brown at the Bloodmobile and drew some 166 pints from the healthy commons-fed Kenyon population. The Society also debated many college problems with the administration. The results of these talks are debatable and next year's society shall debate them. Jenkins. Phillips, Gibbs. Bonder. Kendrick. Nossor. Stock. Fo . PHI BETA KAPPA Dr. William Kerr, a most scholarly addition to our history department, held his audience enthralled at the annual Phi Beta Kappa lecture this year. His talk on The Idea of Fortuna in Italian Humanism was highlighted not only by the ample flow of ideas, but also by the brilliant flood of semantic g?ms which engulfed his listeners. And Mr. Ransom delivered the oration at William and Mary's Phi Beta Kappa Hall, where the organization was founded in 1776. New members elected from the class of 1957 are Richard Bum-stead, Eugene Nassar, Richard Thompson, and William Wainwright. Page Seventy-seven STUDENT COUNCIL After years of chaos molded by indifference there appeared a Student Council which was firm for the right, yet eager for justice. The Council was led by William Wainwright, who combined with force and vigor the calmness of a philosopher, the fanaticism of a seminarian, the understanding of a Beta. With the revolutionary intolerance of Robespierre and tho judicious austerity of Increase Mather he merged the spirit of the two in the Council's motto: Virtue, apart from which terror is baneful; terror, apart from which virtue is powerless. (Robespierre) And he had good and trusty fellows: with the clearness and perception of Richelieu Thomas Jenkins, Secretary of Student Assembly and Chairman of the financial committee, kept the budget and held tight the details of constitutional reform. Daniel Bumstead, President of the Studont Assembly and Chairman of the investigating committee, spoke with moving eloquence for the turbulent masses who chose him, yet ho sought wrongdoers with the rolontlcssnoss of Tom Mix, and his committee pursued tho truth like the inquisition of olden days. Henry Steck was Secretary of the Council, and his minutes spoke truth and dogma as did Tom Paine in earlier days of revolution. With the might of a Hegelian synthesis, the Council stood above the neo-Puritanism of the Dean's office and the neo-anarchism of a Bakunin-inspired campus. Maintaining independence from the other branches of the community, the Council improved its procedure, proclaimed and followed policy, assumed disciplinary power over fraternities, and by cleansing itself of police powers over students, avoided hypocrisy in punishing. In thus detaching itself from student and administration pressure, the Council achieved the absoluteness of the Idea of the Good in student government. These mighty precedents were caught for all time in the revision of the Constitution. The Time of Troubles was thus ended. Long may Kenyon honor this Council. STUDENT ASSEMBLY The Student Assembly had a relatively quiet year during 1956-57. Possibly because matters pertaining to student government were handled so well and so quickly by the Student Council, tho Assembly had to convene only for matters of routine, such as voting on the Assembly budget and nominating next year's officers. One notable exception to this, however, was a meeting in which the Assembly passed the constitutional revisions proposed by the Student Council, thereby completing the procedure of amending the Student Government Constitution. Moanwhile the Student Assembly President Dan Bumstead and Secretary Tom Jenkins were kept busy in their traditional roles as chairmen of the Student Council Investigation Committee and Financial Committee, respectively. Pag S v nly- ight KENYON KLAN No one can say that athletics have been over-emphasized at Kenyon. As partial recompense for the lack of headlines, Power, Glory, infatuated cheerleaders, and back-slapping alumni, the Kenyon Klan offers a member the opportunities of social mingling with his calis-thenic colleagues. This dub is almost as exclusive as T.N.E. Leonard Hall is well represented. Gambier is certainly not the typical location for a college flying club, but equally certainly it is an apt one. Its remoteness from all areas of human feminine existence, from all monuments of human history, from all forms of human entertainment makes periodic escape imperative. Soaring in the heavens is possibly the most perfect sublimation for the frustrations of the acadomic travail. Those men are the rare few who have broken the bonds of boredom here in the Ohio wilderness. KENYON FLIERS Page Seventy-nine CHASE — Honorary ushers, t(ie Orphan's Christmas Party, Pre-freshmen Weekend, and Freshmen Orientation Week are the ovents to which members of Chase Society devote the most time. Chase Society is a sophomore society, consisting of twenty-two members elected as second semester freshmen by the preceding society. It is an organization designed to have mon ready to carry out the numerous small jobs which arise on special occasions as well as to plan and assist in the abovo-montioned events. Tho highlight of the year is the steak dinner given for tho society by President Bailey. SOCIETY The social life of fhe Kenyon undergraduate this year remained as exaggerated, inadequate and unorthodox as ever. Tho monastic tranquillity and frustration of tho woelcdays were too great a contrast to the Lake Erie female carnival spirit of tho woekonds. The student suffered hot and cold tremors, fluctuated botwoen states of apathy and ecstasy, slept through Kant and wore himself to a fraiile to Claude Thornhill. He scorns celibacy or utter dissipation, but feels that the via media has not yot been struck in peaceful Gambier. ■ to ■ Pag Eigh y-� v n i Pag Eighty-nine The tun hat started shining again, and the Middle Kenyon Association reminisces back to the Fall when veterans took ovor; back to the days of the Ratskeller and the door prixe; to the struggling rejuvenation of a spiritless group. The perty crashers soon became a problem as we grew in members and as our cause became known. Our dictatorship under Hoexter and Bomann was proven in various notes signed W.S. But Wachtel threatened always with a judo hold, and so we remained undaunted. Fuller's minutes drew many laughs at meetings, whilo Middle Kenyon Association Marty juggled the books.Adolph led our swimmers, but one misplaced some Peirce Hall chow in a vain effort in intramurals. While Gary Katz led a defeated, untied, scored upon basketball team, Titchenor and Loxterman ad-libbed us into second place in the intramural play contest. Our success has boen great, although Baron found that there was no end to winning scholastic awards, and Furlong never could afford petrol for his machine. Wes MacAdam and Larry Dressor, however, assisted by Ken Stollo and Steve Clarkson, combined offorts to consolidate us with Norton and Lewis while Processor Miller chaperoned our parties and gave us splendid advice. With the blossoming of buds, our minds turned to the breezes of the sea, and we almost forgot we had classes to go to. Delta Kappa Epsilon Dodging the Dean, student council, and traveling secretaries, the Deices somehow managed to survive another year on the hill. A pleasant background of modern jazz and flamenco guitars serenaded tho west wingers throughout tho year. Early in the fall, tho pleasures of glass crunching and tile roasting had to bo given up for a time in order that a pledge class might be acquired. Brothers Giles and Gage led the program which netted fourtoen pledges and four chickens (since doplodged). After rushing, the usual west wing activities were resumed? ! Brothers Wilkin, Katz, Doherty, Levy, and Roberts played soccer; Katz, Furlong and Arnos wrestled; Lamport swam; Buffalin, Meyerhardt, Parsons and Hawk lacrossed; and Martin played tennis. Intramural athletics were undertaken with the usual bounding onthusiasm . . . The play contest entry was worked on by a largo number . . . and we gave blood. Weil swung, Meyerhardt played hallball, Solway slept, Muncie won the neat room award. Levy lost weight, and Doherty obtained a part-time job as a light extinguisher. The pledges amazed all with their abilities as interior decorators, and thoir fine taste in drinks. Parties were held . . . some went over well . . . Wilkin, Furlong, Katz and Cochran took comps . . . some graduated. Pag« Nin ty- hr«e Alpha Delta Sing a song of East Wing and Alpha Delta too, With Jack and Goofy rushing and Miller here anew. T.V. timo with Greaves and a drink with Master Fenn, Stan is now the ruler and Hawes drums on again. A local monastery now houses Dick and Phil, And Tabor's at his dressor searching for a pill. Hank stirs a biq martini urged on by brother Doc, Keene listens to a record discerning roll from rock. Govo does feats of powor, and Maxio sleeps near by; The oriental Schneiaer squints a wicked eye. Paul heads toward Lake Erie while Lanny's horns increase, McCullough's here from Lancaster, strictly on lend-lease. Dischav is wearing ivy and Chubby throws the ball, Price returns to Kenyon diamond stud and all. Old Harvey gets shot down by numbers one and two, And still the brothers ask, What is this thing called Lu?‘ Peg Ninety-four Pag Nin ty-fiv« Psi Upsilon It was an incredible year for the Owls. First came Willie Kerr, who had to be seen to believed in all his erudite escapades, and then came the pledge class standing first on the hill scholastic-ally, a catastrophe that has been seen but is still not believed, least of all by the brothers. But sanity did manage to survive the onslaught of scholarship in North Leonard. lota of Psi Upsilon did fit in a few social events into the academic year, and in the process forcod the campus police into throe-shift operation. To escape the clutches of the law the brothers resorted to aquatic activity, which again brings to mind the aforementioned Willie Kerr. But everyone enjoyed it, even the few Kokosing Karp still untouched by the Peirco Hall anglers. On the lighter side, Mull and Carmack dragged thomselves out of the sack long enough to sleep through the Commencement speech; Adams was ostracized for his election to high office; and Hartong camo back. Anderson's pipe wrote a Collegian column, and Stanley was unfortunately pledged iato, as Psi U helped sponsor the Pan-Hell post-song contest entertainment under most regrettable circumstances. The only bright note for next year, aside from Willie, seems to be the outside chance of successfully reforming the hard-working froshmen. P«ge Nin ly.� ven Beta Theta Pi Tho inhabitants of South Leonard, oft-notod for their leadership in campus affairs and athletic triumphs, mado a significant and signal contribution to the dull, boring life of the Kenyon student with the introduction of FRISBIE this past year. With Brother Joe Murray acting as entrepreneur and the whole division as salesmen, athletes, and officials, Murray got rich and FRISBIE became the enlightment for the otherwise drab and gloomy existence of the inhabitants of the Hill. Though tho frisbie rites have been profaned by the adoption of tho game by the more serious athletic groups of the campus, Beta Alpha continues to be the Academy of Frisbie. It is certain that stoop ball, wall ball, hall ball, and roof ball are doomed. Elsewhere, Bill Wainwright held the chair of the Stewdent Council (augmented by an unprecedented three other Betas) . . . Dan Bumstcad and Tom Jenkins directed the Student Assembly . . . Bumstcad, Charlie Brown, Ted FitzSimons, Don Stephen, and Don Bronco captained varsity teams . . . Wayne Shannon kicked in all the pianos and edited the Collegian for a semester . . . Bruce Olmstead built hi-fi sets and harassed the defenseloss AFROTC cadets . . . Jim Jobes served as president, vice president, press agent, and morals chairman during the year . . . Niels Ewing wielded the gavel during the second semester and found it hard to talk during several parties . . . Bert bore the burden of social chairman with distinction . . . Chap- ni n 19 % 57 39S5E - 3323 sszFirasass vaaastmsz man became president of everything . . . Bar listened patiently for tho Bar Horn and looked for his New Yorker . . . Bartholf was welcomed back to the fold . . . Tom Mason studied . . . and McCurdy got fiercer with the quality not quantity pledge class. After wheezing their way through another year of Commons singing in which tho song leader had to write editorials about himself in the Collegian, Beta Alpha is still trying to decide whether to win the song contest again and how to keep South Leonard from falling apart when Jenkins graduates. Pag Ninety-nine Delta Delta It was a great year for lifting weights. Trophies and letters were won—of course. There were also parties. However, a local milk shortage curtailed many of our social ovcnts. Wo found that a few fresh-faced fuzzios had made the mistake of picking up our bids. These pledges are all strong, clean-cut, and tee-totaling. We will gratefully accept any offer from any fraternity involving a trade in pledge classes—except the Peeps, of course. We acquired a new television set. Our academic average dropped accordingly. Our alums gave us some money to refurnish part of the division. iii ii i I ti I k i i ii I rk I ti Delia (Thu Delia hijkTlI I 19 4 57 ItWkli'll tfkiih Sj licntjon I i I ii 11 k r 'I fl lu d ik i Sik Wo had a champagne party on Dance Weekend. Our academ c average dropped accordingly. Jack Donaworth built a hi-fi sot. Many of the brothers got jobs as proctors in Lewis and Norton Halls. Our acadomic average dropped accordingly. Skip Kurrus got married and donated his address book to tho fraternity files. Our academic average dropped accordingly. Page One Hundred T)ke belta Creed ■ I BELIEVE in Delta Tau Delta for the education of youth and the inspiration of maturity, so that 1 may better learn and live the truth. ■ I BELIEVE in Delta Tau Delta as a shrine of international brotherhood: her cornerstone friendship. her foundation conscience, her columns aspiration, her girders self-restraint, her doorway opportunity, her windows understanding, her buttresses loyalty, her strength the Everlasting Arms. ■ I BELIEVE in Delta Tau Delta as an abiding influence to help me do my work, fulfill my obligations. maintain my self-respect, and bring about that happy life wherein 1 may more truly love my fellow men, serve my country, and obey my God. Page One Hundred One Sigma Pi We Peeps make history just like everyone else. Of all tho shouts that go up to Mount Olympus from Kenyon's Greek groups, we suspect that the god's must have detected our unique contribution to this year's muddle of events. We paid tribute in turn to Athena, Apollo, Bacchus, and Morpheus. Socially wo raised the roof and a few eyebrows. Lloyd Warner got shot down, and the Fastard got pinned. We smashed down boor and pretzels at rushing parties, and then sipped champagne and nibbled traditional shrimp on Dance-weekend. Wo roclced and rolled with Billy Graham and occasionally found time to stand around and air our tonsils while Spaeth and Morrow did wonders with the elderly piano. At Homecoming, Anderson lived it up. and Searles will never live it down. In betwoon Panher's Beck-runs, we studied it up a little. Shearer, Mench, Scott, and Robert wero out in front as we copped highest scholastic honors among the other nationals. Grimes got off pro. and Gibbo shyly revealed his acceptance at Yale. Everybody was happy that we finally put the Stiles trophy in a permanent position on our shelf. Varsity-wise, Bronaugh played basketball, Pep gained nonors at lacrosse and soccer, and Bedell's left wrist saved the Wooster football game. Typical of the events not worth mentioning: the fierce threesome jarred the division with a 'coming-of-ago' celebration; we heard a report that the lodge is free of termites, but . . .; McCreery picked up the Lake Erie Dean of Women; the Genoral lost his buckshot and a little pride; Coleman was surprised when all the pledges came to line-up at once; and Duke counted tax stamps. It was a great year, and Kyle slopt through it all ... . Page One Hundred Three I i 1 I I AfllcoM 1 Phi Kappa Sigma 4 i i UN Archon Tho Archon Fraternity is now ten years old. It was founded in 1947 by a group of nine men who felt a need for a purely local social organization that would also lend an atmosphere in line with the main business of college—the development of an amount of flexibility and breadth of mind. With Dr. Salomon's invaluable aid, they framed a constitution free from discrimination oxcopt in matters of character and scholarship. It s ten year list of membership reads something liko an international register and the group has acquired both the benefits and misfortunes that como with tho interaction and clash of widely varying types and opinions. Agreement is doubtful on generalities, near impossible on specific issues. There is always someone circulating a petition against one of tho other dear members reading Let's throw that idiotic, irresponsible, individualistic out! This however impiios no lack of brotherhood. We simply have lifted our love for each other to a higher ievol of abstraction, to a platonic realm of agreement on principles—our main tenet: leave thy brother alone. Our scholarship is fine, our athletic endeavors spirited but helpless, and our social live is lousy. And we have shared the experience of spending together our fleeting, memorable college years in the divine quarters in South Hanna. But as the Archon trudges down the weary path of life, he will not have so easy a way as most of his classmates. For his Beloved will suspiciously search for his hidden weaknoss—why else would he not be a Sigma Tau? And thore will be no secret handshake to fill his breast with the warm gush of clannish comradship, not a sack in any state on which to rest his aching soul. But, as recompense, ho may joy in the fact that tne Archons have made him into a person free to clutch to his own prejudices, to stumble oyer his own mistakes, to depond on his own inadequacies and to be as big a slob as he wishes. What more can any man ask? rag On Hundred Nin Well, hero we are, picturod in the ancient tradition of our Alpha Lambda Omega, ancient that is since last March. With this we officially rear our new and somewhat frightened facos as the young-ost of Kenyon's fraternities. Our journey was long and unsure at times but we sincerely fool it was well worth the scrutiny, the conferences and the anxiety. Wo are confident that our immediate success will be even more rewarding in the long run. We've made an attempt to live up to Kenyon tradition by talcing part in as many inter-fraternity activities as our small numbers would permit. Though our social activities have been somewhat limited, we havo managed to take part in many a brawl, one lastod for three dazel . . . and Burgess didn't miss a minute of it. SOCCER Foreground. Levy. Wallace: seated. Schwartz. Opdyke (co-captain). Wilkin (co-captain), Katz. Poppers. Mason. Kennedy. Bormann, Ciaccia (manager); standing. Edw«fds (coach). Cascio. Farr, Preuss. Overmier. Hobler. Scott. Fuller. Gove. Roberts. R. Van Dyke. W. Von Dyke. L. Von Dyke. Pierlooni (manager). Kenyon’s 1956 soccer teem seemed destined for national recognition, when in September Coach Tom Edwards assembled his team. Built around a nucleus of seasoned lettermen, with a promising crop of incoming freshmen, the Lords appeared even more powerful than in 1955, when they reigned as mythical champions of the Middle West. After the first three games, when the booters swept to onesided victories over Fenn and Kent State, though tied by a good Earlham squad, pre-season eipectations still showed signs of fulfillment. However, the remaining contests were disappointing, as the Yeomen from Oberlin gained sweet revenge for the loss suffered in 1955. which broke their forty-two game undefeated skein. Following the Oberlin loss team spirit diminished as the last five games seemed anticlimatic. The Lords defeated such mediocre opponents as Ohio State. Ohio Wesleyan, and Ohio University, but faced with tougher competition in the Spartans from Michigan State, Kenyon came out second best, thus suffering their first home defeat since 1951. Soccer spirits reached their lowest ebb when, in the final game of the season. Kenyon dropped a 3-1 decision to an aggressive. but ineiperienced Denison team. This was the first tim� • Kenyon soccer history that the Lords had been defeated by � � • Big Red. All was not gloom, however, for such outstanding co-captains Charles Opdyke and John Wilkin, along wi to-tflpiimk upayio ana vunn g � . Peppers. Bill VanDyke and Reg Doherty received sectional a « national recognition. Wilkin and Doherty were named to honorable mention All-American team. m t ,_j For the fourth consecutive time Charlie Brown Opdy • 1 Kenyon in scoring, as wall as making the All-Middle West • ’ for the third year in a row. Why national honors were bestowed upon this outstanding athlete remains a puzzling tion to many of Kenyon's sports enthusiasts. .. The loss of seniors Al Halverstadt. Dave Katz, and B«ll • 1C and the co-captains, along with the transfering of Butch • « ' Van Dyke will be sorely felt by nezt year's team. FOOTBALL The trite saying wait ’till next year might well be applied to the present football outlook on the Hill, for last season's individual performances point to a more promising gridiron future than Kenyon has had in the past few years. The loss of senior co-captains Clifford Smith and Dick Fleser, along with the stalwart lineman Kurt Riessler, will be missed by next year's team; however, the youthful squad of 1956 should prove to be the seasoned veterans of '57. Tho records compiled by juniors Brown, Bccse, and Berg, as well as the performances of underclassmon Holmes, Zalo-kar, Mulholland, Donahuo, Burghardt and Fischor, aro encouraging. Quarterback Holmos led the conference in punting and was ono of tho loaders in the passing department, while co-captain elect John Boose was named to the All-conference honor toam. An exciting and spirited win over Wooster opened the soason, but the Lords were out-manned and ovorpowered by five of their noxt six opponents. An injury to end Dick Fleser in the Denison tilt hampered the Kenyon attack for the remainder of the season. A possible second victory for the Purple and White ended in a disappointing tie when Oberlin fought from behind in the fourth quarter to deadlock the contest at 12-12. Coach Stile's 1956 squad had the misfortune of facing unbeaten or once-defeated elevens on six consecutive Saturdays. At the end of the season, such opponents as Capital, Wooster, and Hobart were regarded to be among the finest teams in the country. Better luck next year, Kenyon. Pag On Hundred Fourteen KENYON-WOOSTER: The End of an Era 1 IV- WRESTLING Under the guidance of Mote Walker of Bexley. Kenyon1 three-year-old wre tling season wound up the 1956-57 season with three wins and six losses. While the record does not sound impressive, it was still successful considering the handicaps which the college's newest athletic team faced. Eight men comprise a wrestling team and eight men were of this squad; it was lucky that each man fell into a different weight class. There were four promising freshmen on the team. At 123 lbs. Norman Arnos won 4 and lost 5 matchos; Bard Robert in his first year of wrestling had a 1-8 record, but he has the ability to become an outstanding wrestler; Richard Schori was the only undefeated man on the team with a 9-0 record; Tom Carroll wrestled the last half of the season at 167. lbs. Sophomore Bob Gove ended up with a 4-5 record in the touqh 147 lb. class. He is next year's cap-tain-elect and undoubtedly will be quite improved. The only junior on tho team. John •Keene, won 2. lost 6 at 117 lb. Senior Birch Furlong wrestled half of the season at 167 lbs. and fared poorly, mainly because of his weight (145 lbs). Two other seniors who started tho team at Kenyon three years ago compiled fine records. Captain Dave Kati at 137 lbs. won 6. lost 3. and heavyweight Eb Crawford won 8 out of 9. Tho highlight of the season was the Ohio Conference Tournament at Denison, in which ten schools competed. Kenyon ranked fourth and took two individual gold modals, Dick Schori and Eb Crawford winning top honors in their respective classes. Foroground: Amo . Katz. Robort. Knooling: Koono. Wolkor (coach), Carroll, Schori. Standing: Furlong. Crawford. Gove. SWIMMING Hi I With another victorious season a matter of history, the Kenyon swimming team can look back with pride on its hard-earned accomplishments. Over the past few years the Lords havo so completely dominated the conference swimming scone that they now hold every record in the Ohio Conference. The records are so impressive that one can readily understand a swimmer's pride here on the hill. For the second consecutive year Kenyon won the Ohio Conference Relay Championships, and then went on to accumulate a dual meet record of nine wins and one loss. The solo defeat came at the hands of a good Miami University team. The outstanding team contests were the dramatic victories over Bowling Green University, and the highly rated Indianapolis Athletic Club. Climaxing the season at Oberlin the Lords swept the Ohio Conference title for the fifth consocutivc year. In doing so the Kenyon mermen built up the highest point Soated: W. Booso. Lamport, Martin, J. Booso, Walkor. Cowles. First row: Appleton, Arlloss, Ray. Krok. FitsSimons. Kurros. Howard. R. Wilson. Second row: Edwards (coach). Topor. Ritter. T. Wilson. Borman. Selman. Mason. Hooxtor. Fuller (menagor). total in the twenty years the championships have been held. Kenyon men set four new conference records and five new varsity records this year. However the long control Kenyon has oxerted over conference swimming will not be nearly so secure next year. For with the close of the 1956-57 season our Gambier community must bid farewell to four graduating seniors who have had much to do with Kenyon's prominence in the aquatic world. Dick Arkless, a premedical student who never seems to come up for air as ho breaststrokes down the pool, is a member of the conference record medley relay team. Though hampered continuously by bad shoulders, Stan Krok, long a fixture in Shaffer Pool, is a co-holder of varsity as well as conference records. The spirit which co-captain Krok instilled in the team was invaluable in its successes. Skip Kurrus, another holder of conference as well as varsity records, whose splashing freestyle has won many a meet for Kenyon, will be sorely missed next year. Last but not least one must mention Ted FitzSimons, probably the. best swimmer in Kenyon's history. This co-captain's n any records at conference matches and innumerable dual meets will stand for more than just a few years. The avid interest shown by students toward swimming certainly reflects the contribution these four men have made to Kenyon athletics. Kneoling: Bumstoad. Falkonstino (coach), Kendrick. Standing: Bronson. Bokhof,.Fisch«r. McCurdy. Craig, Woida. Bronaugh. Mulholland. Solior. Moody. W«il. Height is one of the key factors for the success of any collegiate basketball team, and as Konyon was quito deficient in this department, the outcome of the 1956-57 season was understandable. Despite the brilliant scoring ability of senior co-captain Dan Bumstead, this disadvantage could not be overcome, and so the Lords won only three of their seventeen games. One of them, a 64-62 last second win over Ohio Wesleyan, was one of the most satisfying wins a Coach Falkenstcin team has gained, for it marked the first time in fifty years that the Lords wore able to suppress the Bishops. The Lords almost pulled the upset of the year in Ohio Conference play bofore they wero edged out by Denison's Big Red , 78-77 in one of the most exciting games seen here in years. Bumstead was the one consistently bright spot in the Kenyon cage picture, for he placed second in the conference in scoring with a 22 point average. His four year total of 1150 points is surpassed only by the great E. Rixley. Besides these offensive feats, Bumstoad's astute rebounding and uncanny defensive prowess deservedly earned him a placo on the INS all Ohio Conference first team. Kenyon's other senior co-captain Ron Kendrick did not find the scoring touch till late in the season but his fine play was the instrumental factor in Kenyon's win over Wesleyan. Ted Pop Moody, the most under-rated player on tho team, performed steadily at guard for tho Lords, being second to Bumstead in total team scoring and a fine defensive specialist. John McCurdy at center faced the task of jumping against opponents 3 to 4 inches taller. Freshman Steve Solier's amazing accuracy on jump shots was the talk of the College at the beginning of the cage year, but due to a foot injury and, then grades his season ended prematurely. The plight of basketball at the College cannot be alleviated until a big man assumes the center post or until more players of Bumstead's caliber arrive on the scene. Pag On Hundred Twenty-on GOLF The 1957 golf team showed considerable improvement over the teams of the past few seasons. Although the club won only one match, there was adequate evidonce pointing to a stronger team in the near futuro. The team will have lost only one member when the 1958 season opens (barring scholastic mishap). This year the toam was built around returning lettermen Don Bronco, John Har-tong, and Bill Swing. Surprisingly, the rest of the team was composed almost entirely of froshmen, and newcomers Will Reed, Jim Cox, and Joe Everly all lettered this year. Other members are Henry Harrison, Fred Bergold, Henry Curtis, and Bill Waechter. Nor can be forgotten tho sincere interest shown by the team's two coaches, Professor Graham and Major O'Brien, who greatly added to the team's competitive spirit. As is expected in spring sports, various players were hampored by scholastic commitments, and this problem forced the team to forego competing in the conference championships. But, in the light of the 1957 season, a much-improved toam seems to be, like prosperity, just around the cornor. Soatod: Road. Nordstrom, Bronco. Curtis, Hartong, Evorly. Waochter. Cox; Standing: O'Brion (coach), Borgold. Har-rison. Swing, Grahom (coach). TENNIS Although every member of Coach Tom Edwards' starting tennis team was either a sophomore or a freshman, the Lords nevertheless had a successful season, gaining seven victories in thirteen matches. The squad hold high hopes of finishing in tho top four at tho conference meet at Wittenberg. Captain John Templeton, number one man, Eric Pantier, number two, and number three man Frank Coleman were consistent winners in singles competition. All throo are sophomores, and so tennis enthusiasts may expect bigger things in years to come. Templeton especially has tremendous potential and could become one of Kenyon's finest racquet mon in recent years. Freshmen George Russell, Duncan Muir, and Lanny Ritter, the team's fourth, fifth, and sixth men, have developed fast during the year. Dave Taber, number seven, has stepped into a starting role when necessary and performed well. Tom Moore too has been an adequate sub. After the new men have learned their teammates' styles in doubles, the Lords will have a greatly improved team, for doubles was the major weak spot of this year’s club. Edwards (coach). Taber. Moore. Coleman. Ritter. Tompleton. Pantier, Muir. Russell, Martin (mgr.). Page One Hundred Twenty-three LACROSSI While the rest of Kenyon College basked in the sun of Miami Beach over spring vacation, the lacrosse team battled six tough Eastern opponents in eight days and made a tine showing for Kenyon in the East. Returning home, Coach Bill Stiles' stickmon played their customary schedule of ten games, and won nine of them. Only a hard-fought loss to Ohio State at Columbus marred the regular schedule of the Mid-West champions. Included among the victims were, for the first time, Ohio Wesleyan and Akron, schools which have just taken up the game and should, in time, greatly strengthen lacrosse in Ohio. Leadina the Lords were five seniors. First row: Beese. Moyorhardt. Reser, Halvorstadt. Stophon, Riessler. R. Andorson. Kollogg. Second row: Konnody. J. Andorson. Farr. Nowman, Mason. Van Epps. Banning. Palmer. Third row: Montgomery. Scott. Riddle. Powdormakor. Spooth. Schori, Lashmot, Hawk. Fourth row: Hall (coach), Dressor (mgr.). Stilos (coach). each in their fourth season. Co-captain Kurt Riesslcr (twice all-midwest), co-captain Don Stevens,, and goalie Charlie Opdylco (all-American) were the nucleus of the very strong defense, while attackman Al Halverstadt and midfielder Bob Andorson provided the needed spark on many occasions, Halverstadt adding punch to the offonse, and Andorson aggressiveness to the midfield. Underclassmen were outstanding too. Don Peppers and Dick Menninger scored frequently and tellingly, while freshmon Mark Powdermaker, Ed Farr, and Bruce Hoblor show great promiso for future teams. Their aid toward another season like the last would be welcome. BASEBALL Good pitching, unaided by hitting and fielding, proved to bo not enough to prevent a disappointing baseball season this year. Whilo pitchers Frost, Reingold, Richards, and Roane were all very effective, oach boasting an earned run average of loss than 3.5 runs per game, the hitting was missing. Lettermen Bonnington and Holmes hit; the team did not. And the often sloppy fielding gavo no comfort. If Kenyon is to improve upon the four-and-nine record of this year's club, hitters must bo found. The prospects for next year are not entirely black, however, for only two men were lost by graduation. And although Captain Pat Wilcox and Booby Jones will be missed, tho rest of the team remains for another try. First row: Whiteman. Richards. Barg, Wilcox. Jones. Bennington. Adams, Looker. Second row: Falken-stine (coach), Fischer, Carroll. Frost. Holmes, Roane, Evans, Slavin, Davison, Reingold. Brown. Page One Hundred Twenty-si IB — Donahue and Davison 2B — Brown SS — Holmes 3B — Bennington RF — Slavin CF — Looker LF — Berg, Fischer, and Adams C — Wilcox and Whiteman P — Frost, Reingold, Richards, and Roane Pag On Hundred Tw nty-� v n Pag One Hundred Twenty-eight CAMBIER BARBER SHOP JIM LYNCH PHIL THOMPSON JEWELRY Genuine Stone Jewelry MT. VERNOR OHIO THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY PAINTS, VARNISHES, LACQUERS LEADS, OILS, ENAMELS AND BRUSHES Ernie Brunner, Kenyon '47 Monoger “See us for all your painting requirements” 212 S. Main Mount Vernon, Ohio FOSTER’S Beta PRESCRIPTION Theta PHARMACY Pi Public Square ■ar Archon MT. VERNON, OHIO Compliments of Mana s Restaurant- Compliments of GOURMET ROOM SEARS ROEBUCK We Specialize in CO. STEAKS —CHOPS RAVIOLI — CHICKEN SPAGHETTI — ITALIAN SALADS 14 E. Gambier St. Operated by MAZZA BROTHERS MT. 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The photos here give you a rough idea of the many different applications for which Cooper-Bessemer heavy-duty engines and compressors arc engineered. j Movnl 0 ii� jj COOPER-BESSEMER Now Yack • Chicago • Washington • San Francisco • lot Angola • San Dlaga • Houston • Dallas • (Malta • Pompo • Grogglon • Saotllo • Twlta • Si. lavlt • Gloucostar • Now Or loom • SKrovaparl Caapar- laiiamaf at Canada ltd., Holito . N. S., Idmaistan, Albarta DIESELS • GAS ENGINES • GAS-DIESELS • ENGINE-DRIVEN AND MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSORS • HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID PUMPS Compliments of HAYES’ GROCERY Gambier, Ohio The Al cove Mt. Vernon, Ohio Lemaster‘s FINE CLOTHING FOR MEN Mt. Vernon, Ohio The Peoples Bank Gambier, Ohio Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation COMPLIMENTS OF ROUND HILL FARM BUTTER-PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM-ECCS Phone 61021 MOUNT VERNON, OHIO Serving Knox County and Vicinity Since 1898 — with Quality Merchandise RUDIN‘S DEPARTMENT STORE Mt. Vernon, Ohio Complimenn of THE VILLAGE INN BANQUETS LUNCHEONS DINNERS CATERING O lillian and Jim Trinipo Members of Knox County Auto Dealers Association Buick Kincaid Buick Co. Cadillac-Oldsmobile Pond Motor Sales Chevrolet-Mount Vernon J. T. Glackin Chevu'olet, Inc. Chevrolet-Fredericktown Fredericktown Motors Chrysler-Plymouth Reid Edman, Inc. DeSoto-Plymouth Metcalf Motors, Inc. Dodge-Plymouth Cochran Motor Sales, Inc. Ford Foirchild Ford, Inc. G. M. C. Trucks Roger Servais Pontiac Niggles Pontiac Co. 2-7715 2-4775 2-1715 7-341 1 3-3715 2-2831 2-3936 2-3866 2-8951 2-5941 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION In the coming years, your path may lead to the door of some Division of our widespread Continental organization. Whether as a customer or as an employee, you'll find Continental friendly, efficient and proud of its high quality in both personnel and products. We're a highly diversified company, producing packaging materials and containers of infinite variety. Our SHELLMAR-BETNER DIVISION manufacturers polyethylene film; and prints, laminates, and fabricates polyethylene, cellophane, foil, paper, Saran, Pliofilm, acetate, Mylar, and other films whose properties lend themselves to flexible packaging of the approximately 4000 items marketed in SHELLMAR-BETNER packages. Our finishod products are: roll stock for use on packaging machinery, and bags and pouches of all typos. Continentals' other divisions lead in the production of: metal containers; crown caps; fibre drums and paper containers; paper cups and kraft bags; corrugated boxes and folding cartons; conolite and decoware; and a host of other containers designed to solve any packaging problem. CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY, INC. Shellmar-Betner Flexible Packaging Division Mount Vernon, Ohio PATRONS DR. GORDON H. PUMPHREY SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY DR. JOHN C. DRAKE ELEPHANT LUMBER COMPANY WOLFE'S FRUIT PRODUCE COMPANY Ackowledgments Daniel T. Cobb Franklin Miller, Jr. The Collegian William Morrow David Daulton John P. Niemann Adolph Fallen Richard Phillips Daniel T. Finkbeiner J. Thomas Rouland Thomas M. Jenkins Richard T. Saint Clair George Lanning