Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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This page is dedicated to Prof. C. N. MacKinnon, the first Class Advisor of the Class of 1918. For three years, from 1914 to 1917, Prof. MacKinnon guided us, inspired us, and animated our class meetings with his humor and enthusiasm. It was with the deepest regret that the Class was forced to part with him. While at Ohio University Prof. MacKinnon’s genial personality gained for him a well-deserved popularity. He was a friend to every student on the Campus; an unceasing worker for the good of the Uni¬ versity and the student body. It was under his leadership and inspira¬ tion that the “Torch,” the men’s honorary fraternity of Ohio University, was established. When the call of his country came, Prof. MacKinnon, like many another college man the country over, was ready to answer the call. He entered the Officer’s Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and was graduated with the rank of first lieutenant. He is now in the service of his country in the National Army. Lieutenant MacKinnon is one of the twenty-eight men from the Class of 1918 who have gone into the National service, and of whom the Class feels a just pride. Altho we feel a keen sense of loss at his departure, yet we know that he has given himself to a good cause; and we are assured that we shall never have reason to feel other than proud of him. May good fortune follow him whereever he goes, and, some day, when victory is won, may he return to again inspire us and our successors.

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Mary Lavinia Warner, B. S. in Ed. Dundas, Ohio. Woman’s League; Y. W. C. A.; Platonian; Chrestomathean; Choral Society; B. S. in Ed. Melba Rowena White, A. B. Athens, Ohio. Woman’s League, Advisory Board; Cresset; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet; Oyo; Aloquin; Athenian; French, English, Biology Clubs. Marian Leone Whitsey, A. B. Put-in-Bay, Ohio. Woman’s League; Y. W. C. A.; English Club; Cresset; Girl ' s Glee Club. Clarence Okey Williams, A. B. Buffalo, Ohio. Delta Tau Delta; Pan-Hellenic, Pres.; Torch; Senate; Y. M. C. A. Ruth Iola Wilson, A. B. South Charleston, Ohio. Grace Emma Wyckoff, B. S. in Ed. Athens, Ohio. Woman’s League; Y. W. C. A.; French Club; Art, Music, B. S. in Ed. Clubs; Choral Society.

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SENIOR SERVICE FLAG Dedicatory Services in Chapel on April 24th. Prof. Martzolff Spoke On Wednesday, April 24th, the Senior Class unfurled its service flag containing rwenty-fivE starts. Afterward three more were added. Prof. Martzolff MAde the dedicatory rddress. He first read the uames of the memhers of the class of 1918 repre¬ sented bo the stars: Prof. McKinnon, Hollie Ellis, Ivan Amerine, Tom Morgan, Teaboldo Casanova, Arthur Scchmetz, H. D. Newberry, J. L. Fri, Judd Stinchcomb, John Emde, John Rader, Edward Petras, Harry Blackstone, Clyde Bowers, Robert Cotner, Dale Jones, C. O. Williams, Arthur Francis, Miles Cagg,-%,Heber Gahm, Darrel Sams, George Rambo, Stanley Lewis, Dana King, Russel Martin. The names of Harold Mardis, Ivan Massar and George Stuart were afterward added. The Professor said in part: The Service Flag is deeply significant. Of the many emblems which this war has brought forth, none have such a deep meaning as this simple arrangement of our national colors. Of the many recent slogans created to express the mind of the people, none speak so eloquently as these wordless banners, flung to the breeze on our streets, attached to the walls of lodges, schools and churches or hung in the windows of America’s homes. “The Service Flag stands for Loyalty. Wherever you see it you know that each star represents some one who loves his country, who believes in its institutions, who honors the flag and reveres the fathers.” “The flag stands indeed for service. In these desolate days of dark¬ ness and despair of war and waste, of fire and famine, of pillage and pain, of rapine and ruin, of disease and death, of hunger and horror, that one whose star you see on yonder flag has heard the wail of woe and become the good Samaritan to the countless millions who suffer because of a war-mad maniac. “It stands for righteousness. It is a great thing to be a warrior for that which exalteth a nation. “The Service Flag means sacrifice. To each it speaks a different language. To some it is a Rachel weeping for her children; to others a Gethsemane; to others a Via Dolorosa; while to all there looms upon the future’s sky the shadow of the Cross. “This particular Service Flag carries with it a special meaning. It represents the spirit of a class. It shows how twenty-eight have left academic halls and answered their country’s call; in no less manner does it indicate the patriotism of those who yet abide. This flag, this morning, sends 28 messages of greeting, of cheer, or well wishes to 28 soldiers somewhere in camp, in field, on the sea, in the air or on the battle line. This flag represents the spirit of the University. “We believe that these boys have taken with them the spirit of ‘Old O. U.’; that when the testing time shall come to them, somehow there will be brought into their souls the message from their Alma Mater ‘Stand fast!’ and the iron will come into their blood and their nerves will be steeled and they’ll fight to the death. “And when in future years those who remain behind, shall gather