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

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THE PRE SIDEN T'S MESSAGE My Fellow Student Friends: The greatest joy I have comes through my fellowship with you in your fraternities, sororities, chapel, and other group life, and in conversing with you individually. I believe in you with all my heart. I believe in your purposes, the motives of your lives, your character, your interest in worth- while things. I believe you are the kind of young men and women who will guide tomorrow's affairs. l like you because you respond to the beautiful. You seem to catch this intangible Wesleyan spirit which vitalizes and grips every alumnus of Wes- Ieyan. lt is a joy to plan for Wesleyan's future because you are so devotedly interested in it. Your plan, as mine, is to strengthen it in every respect. It is my desire to make Wesleyan the outstanding institution of its kind in America. Be- sides maintaining the finest educational standards, it definitely attempts to create a constructive atti- tude toward God and human personality and at- tempts to motivate young men and women for the service of mankind. It stands for Christian ideals and standards of life on the campus, with a full program of education through the extra-curricular as well as the curricular life. The total experience of Wesleyan constitutes its educational contribu- tion. I now want to thank you for the contribution you are making to the better Wesleyan through your well-ordered lives, the constructive effort you are putting into intellectual development, the building of a fine morale on the campus, and the revealing of Wesleyan through your fine spirit and conversation to the many people who are seeking this particular type of educational institution. Good cheer and best wishes to you, my dear friends. Very sincerely and cordially yours, HERBERT J. BURGSTAHLER

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EDWARD THOMSON, first president of Ol-aio Wesleyan, 1842 Q46 Wwe: en . . . a loyal, earnest supporter of the university, leader of academic and administrative activities, and ' friend of every student. HERBERT J. BURGSTAHLER, president of Ohio Wesleyan University, 1940 Inaugural Scene

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President and Mrs. Burgstahler HE beautiful home of Dr. and Mrs. Burg- stahler truly reflects the graciousness, dignity, and warmth of our president and his wife. There, it is not hard to determine Mrs. Burgstahler's special hobby, for the solarium at one side of the house is filled with many plants and flowers which she cares for herself. Few people realize what o busy day Dr. Burgstahler spends. His every moment is taken up with planning bigger and better things for Ohio Wesleyan, or in making 'trips and speaking to groups which are able to help him bring his plans to reality. The president usu- ally drives his own car on his trips unless he is going on a journey that must be made in a very short time, in which case he goes by train. Mrs. Burgstahler usually accompanies her husband when he goes out of town. Despite the fact that they take frequent trips, the Burgstahlers make use of every opportunity while at home to entertain, and so come to know well the people who have on interest in Ohio Wesleyan, Besides enter- taining visitors who were here to look over the university, they have played host to the faculty, twenty-seven members of the Student Council, the basketball team, and held open house at Thanksgiving for everybody who was here at that time. . Dr. and Mrs. Burgstahler enjoy chaperon- ing dances, for they feel that by being with smaller groups both they and the students will come to know and like one another better. Dr. Burgstahler is fond of working with and for students, and as he sees the possibili- ties of a great work to be done at Ohio Wesle- yan, he and Mrs. Burgstahler are happy to be in Delaware and play such an important part in the progress of a Wesleyan which is mov- ing forward.