Otterbein University - Sibyl Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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3'-L? ': 'EW2E'N ' Q I 1-1 ' ' I MUSIC The hidden Soul of Harmony. -Chaucer. MAUDE. ALICE HANAWALT. Instructor in Piano. Ar the opening of every school year IVIiss I-Ianawalt is faced by some new student with the question, Are you a freshman? which is, of course, a hard blow to her dignity. Nevertheless she still maintains both her dignity and pro- ticiency as a teacher. She insists that her pupils relax the wrist and dig for tones until the most awkward of the aspiring musicians cannot help but apply both of her principles some of the time, and probably one of them all the time. MUSIC 'Tis strange how very like a duncef'-Shakespeare. LUCELLE E. GILBERT. Instructor in Violin and Band Instruments. Some people say that Prof. Gilbert uses his violin to beat the band, but we feel that he uses it to draw forth melody from the violin strings. Gil is of a happy hustling nature and has his hilarious moods as well as his sober ones, both of which reproduce themselves in his music. MUSIC Sang in tones of deep emotion, Songs of Iove and songs of longing. -Longfellow. GRACE EDITH DENTON. Instructor in Piano and Voice. It just makes me heart-sick that Miss Denton objects to having her favorite expression published, but since she fears that it will be plagiarized, we shall refrain from exposing it publicly. I-Iowever, if any one is especially eager to know it, he may have his desire by personal solicitation. Aside from her ability to entertain by her singing, this tall, willowly maiden is welcomed into all circles because of her love of fun. ART Art is nature made by man, To man the interpreter of God. -Meredith. BLANCHE E. BASCOM. Instructor in Water Color, Oil, Pencil, and Charcoal. IVIiss Bascom tells that she comes from Pratt Institute where artists make the colors sing. This lady is very devoted to her work, and exacts direct treatment from all her pupils.

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'3'3 I - H a 1 - . 'l 'l lE ilibf INV- ZTTEZZEIEI - MATHEMATICS Marriage is a world-without-end bargain. i I..ove's Labor Lost. SAMUEL JACOB KIEI-II.., A.B. Assistant Professor of Mathematics. We can scarcely realize what we have lost since- Dodger has accepted a position elsewhere. I-Ie will be greatly missed, for he is a good scout and was a student himself so recently that he can sympathize so much the more with those who get into trouble. We shall not mention any incidents or practical jokes with which this mathematician has been personally connected, but 'let it suffije ao . . . . t say that Samuel jacob will buy his chickens hereafter, since he as entere e state of matrimony. MUSIC Music do I hear? I-Ia! Ha! keep time. I-low sour sweet music is when time is broke, and no proportion. -Shakespeare. GLENN GRANT GRABILL. Director of the Conservatory of Music MUSIC Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care. -Longfellow. FRANK JORDAN RESLER, PH. B. Instructor in Voice. Daddy deserves to be written up with great eclat, for he has a hard life. I'Ie is compelled to listen to scales and exercises from morning until night, and is supposed to create singing qualities in persons who cannot carry a tune even if it is put in a paper sack. With it all, he and Mother bear up bravely under the strain. If in any of Daddy's musical organizations, there is a member who is not prompt in attendance, the same member will be kindly but emphatically in- vited not to return. MUSIC Softly her lingers wandered o'er, The yielding planks of ivory floor. -Taylor. LULU MAY BAKER, A.B. Prof. Grabill is a trained musician, but not of the vaudeville variety. He is . . noted for a number of things, and especially for his chewing habit-spearmint Instructor m Plano' preferred,-and for his frankness in dealing with his pupils. If he should acci- Miss Baker, after a year's study in Germany, has come back to us without dentally let slip a word of, praise, the victim is sure to be doubly repaid in criti- any visible influence of the traditional beer and pretzels. She is all the more cism before the praise is allowed to turn his head. Prof. CrabiIl's favorite com- efficient in her work here since her return, even though her class in the History of ment on a fairly decent lesson is, That's bad enough. Music is still three lessons behindlu

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bl I4 'W77' ': EW 2'E'Nf ART How pretty, Her blushing was, and how she blushed again. -Tennyson. HARRIET GEGNER. Instructor in China and Arts and Crafts. A very leisurely little person is Miss Gegner. She is very precise and care- ful about everything except getting to her meals on time. There is one fault to find,-she has broken the hearts of a number of male members of the student body by the coquettish way she has of using her eyes. Miss Gegner is fond of all kinds of athletics, and is one of the most enthusiastic rooters at all the games. LIBRARY The great consulting-room of a wise man is a librarvf' -Dawson TIRZA I... BARNES, BS. Librarian. Miss Barnes is one of the few members of the Faculty who never appears in the class room. From this we must not conclude that the students estimate her position lightly, for, indeed, she is their constant and untiring friend. It is she who is able to reveal to students and professor alike all the hidden store of knowledge. In the library it is her earnest endeavor to convince all who enter therein that Silence is Golden, and those who fail to appreciate her views are promptly expelled. LIBRARY I-Ier smile was like a rainbow flashing from a misty sky. -Anna K. Green. ANNA DELL LAFEVER, PH. B. Assistant Librarian. Rain or shine, hot or cold, no matter what may be the weather indications, Miss LaFever is always the same cheerful person. She has a smile for everyone, and is a veritable light-house for all ship-wrecked students struggling on the dark seas of long themes and essays, and searching for the Lost Island of Inspiration. Through her efforts the Muses are nearly always brought back from their hiding- places, and shown what is expected of them. IVIATRON Fret not thyself because of evil doers. -Proverbs. MRS. TERESA M. CAREY, Matron of Cochran Hall. It is Mrs. Carey's earnest purpose in life to instil into the frivolous minds of her charges at Cochran Hall that they must live up to the standards which their parents placed for them. Every one believes that she must be endowed with some superhuman power, or she would never be able to withstand the woes and misery naturally connected with the responsibility of such a position.