Ohio Wesleyan University - Le Bijou Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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U . Clm j ' s eoen-kooi Sock S ' f Top row (left to rigliti. Ivlanypenny. Miner, Baker, Newconib, Jones, Andrews. Second row: Sandmeyer, Johnson, McGregor, Logeman. Bottom row: Manley, Neff, Weisel!, Rmgwald, Meridith. ENGLISH WRITERS ' CLUB , . . exclusive group of selected composers . . , plans to edit book of original writings on Wesleyan life . . organized for constructive criticism EARNEST F. AMY . . . fatherly smile . . , charm- ing speaking voice . , . precise pronunciation , , , attitude of teaching for pleasure rather than because of necessity , , , golf and rare editions his chief hobbies, RUTH E. FICKEL , prefers class discussions to lecturing . , , dotes on browsing about Ye Olde Booke Shoppes . has bumped into such celebrities as Jean Hersholt while thus meander- ing , has travelled in Europe MARIE DRENNAN . . dynamic personality . . , master of the English language . . . employs subtle humor and sarcasm in lectures . . , likes to chant poetry and does dialect to perfection RUTH DAVIES . . Wesleyan graduate , , Phi Bete . . . born in Mexico , , , couldn ' t speak English when she came to the States . . hobbies: collecting daggers, crafts, palmistry, music BENJAMIN T. SPENCER . . . tall . . . slender . , , expressive brown eyes . . , lectures carefully indexed on cards . . , always ready with sarcastic remarks for his favorites . . . likes conferences . . . gives helpful criticism RICHARD M, KAIN . . . known as schoolboy professor . , . admits passion for the primitive- ness of Hemmingway and modern novelists . . . possesses laudable habit of not taking roll E. C. MATHEWS . , . smooth-spoken . . . mus- tached . . . calm, frail . , . hobbies: reading mod- ern languages, contract bridge , , . eight hours in Porto Rican hiirricane most exciting time in his life. [27] CRAY CHAPEL

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occstiHOS, 8uiic)iHC anc) ouc)aets ALLEN CONGER , . , registrar . . . uses sta- tistics of present and past records to predict future performance of stude nts . . believes firmly that the nut tests are a real index to ability , . . admits he was only fair in college . . . only made Phi Bete , , threatens to flunk any students who say Zoo-ology . , . second in ferocity is his abomination for people who can ' t pronounce data, status, and apparatus - - . ex- pects his students to read texts for themselves . . . gives the most comprehensive exams of any professor in school . . . efficient and cheerful . . . with a knowing smile guards the mass of knowledge he has about each student. JOHN J HICKSON . , superintendent of build- ings and grounds . , . tall, grey-haired, tanned, mild-mannered, energetic . . . likes engineering . . . hobby is motoring ... his department is only department at Wesleyan that works twelve months . . chief worry is that pa|ama paraders will do damage to girls ' dorms . . , pet gripe: professors who continually leave windows open and the heat on — trying to heat the outside, says Mr, Hickson DONALD B WATKINS - . assistant treasurer - . . acting treasurer this past year . , . black haired, rnustached, dignified, with several gold teeth . . . graduated from Wesleyan with class of 1919 , . . prominent in football, basketball, and baseball while at 0. W. U. hobbies are reading and athletics . . . especially interested in volleyball and handball now , , . hopes to beat Big Bill in handball sometime , , , prefers not to be quoted on the present financial condition of Wesleyan. OFFICE FORCE . , . Never ending patience . . . continually pestered with questions . . . swamped with work, at time of registration and when grades come out. ' Left to right): Stump, Morns, V ald. Top row (left to right): Griffith, Lane. Second row: Hinkle, Foster, Denny, V. Lambert, C. Lambert. Boftorvr row: Gardner. Cruickshank, Palmer, Vogt, Kishler. GRAY CHAPEL [26:

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jicules C ani l.ie, out X.ia ' ii Caw ficuie Front row of chairs (front to back): Hickson, Mitchell, Knight. Second row Miller, H Long. H Smith, Prof Crane. Bottom row: Celston. Dial, Felts, Wolfe. Prof. Rowland. PI MU EPSILON , mathematics honorary . . . first established on the Wesleyan campus in 1927 . . . qualifications for membership consist of having a 2.2 scholastic average in two years of math and one year of calculus . . . members mList also have maintained a general point aver- age of 1 .85 . . . Kenneth Knight was president and Mary Lou Miller was secretary-treasurer during 1935-36. PROFESSOR ROWLAND . . . holds down two positions at once ... is the mayor of Delaware and the head of the mathematics department . . . termed the most fair and patient of the Wesleyan professors . . . never returns blue books or gives cuts . . . hurries to class every day, barely getting in under the five minute limit . . . kept warm during our sub-zero weather in a little black fur cap which he kept pulled down over his ears and almost over his eyes . . . was a major in the army during World War . . . still holds his rank . . . thinks modern dancing is a lot of bunk . . . has two brilliant sons. PROFESSOR CRANE . . . associate professor of mathematics . . . jolly, kindly, eccentric, and has shaggy grey hair . . . hobbies are botany and his garden . . . lost ten pounds working in garden last summer, consequently his clothes are roomy . . . graduated from Middlesburg Col- lege and M. I. T. . . . drives a motorcycle be- cause of its convenience and its economical ad- vantages . . . bought his transportation vehicle during his leave of absence in 1930 so he could commute from Delaware to Ohio State to further his education. CRAY CHAPEL [28] 1