Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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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

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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

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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