Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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' The i ponite GOO RIPON COLLEGE JUNE. 1944 FIRST EDITION LANK KUEHLEK INALIQLlllATEIJ IMAESIDEINT 'ollege Representatives jather for Ceremonies I For Dr. Kucblcr $' inauguration as Eventh president of Ripon college It DcC. 7, the campus was filled lith distinguished visitors. Over DO colleges, universities, and famed societies were representde. tigh ranking dignitaries from sev- [al denominations also attended. ! In the morning Dr. Cowling of iaricton college led a panel discus- bn on matters of religion and sci- ice. Speakers were Prof. Chaun- :y Brewster Tinker of the Eng- jh department of Yale, and Prof, iiiton J. Carlson of the physiology riment of the University of cago. respectively. Guest speaker at the inaugura- banquet m the evening was (can Richard McKcun from the Inivcrsity of Chicago's division of utrianitics. Introduced by Dean J. lark Graham and Paul C. Rodc- dd, Ripon alumnus from Pitts rgh, Dean McKcon chose as his ijcct, ’'Humanities in the World jTomorrow. He emphasized past locational shortcomings, especial- in mathematics and the human- s and the need for understand- these subjects thoroughly in the st war world. Dr. Theodore R. yille of Madison read the invo- ion, and the Right Rev. Bcnja- Ivins, bishop of Milwaukee, the benediction for the ban- illy Elected Student President, ’44-’45 plane Farrclly will act as presi- Mol the Student Council for the lung year. She was selected by junior class in a popular elec- last week. Four nominations : made by the council commit- imj Miss Farrclly was nominat- [from the floor. |M inc ha» been active in her . - fey. Kappa Sigma Chi, and was cted president for the coming ir. She will also lead WSGA year. The election of a wo- rn this otTice is most unusual i proof of the leadership and y of Miss Farrclly. ASTR’S Arrive; ASTP’SDisband Ripon college campus became a military reservation in July, 1943, as a unit of men belonging to the Army Specialized Training Pro- gram were stationed here. The or- ganization of the unit was set up by Gil. George A. Sanford, who was the commanding officer when the men arrived. He was succeeded by Lt. Col. Frederick H. Gaston, and Maj. T R Burner, respective- ly- There were three separate units stationed on campus from the mid- dle of last summer until Mar. 30, 1944, the ASTP unit, the ROTC group, and the ASTRs. Other of- ficer» who made up the complete staff were Captains Campbell, Fredericks, and P. T. Miller; Lieu- tenants W. A. Staugaard, John de la Cova, Robert Miller, Fred Sul- livan. Douglas Cmnc, Fredrick Weber and Holmes Dice, and Warrant Officer T. J. Chrust. The men were divided into 12 sections according to their previ- ous educational experience. Com- pany A, consisting of sections 1 through 5 and 12, resided in Ev- ans, Shaler and Wright while Co. B was housed in Smith and West. Inasmuch as Ripon college stress- ed engineering in former years in its curriculum, the army set up a course of study designed to train the soldiers in this field. The pre- scribed course was as follows, math- ematics. which included algebra, trigonometry, geometry, U.S. his- tory. geography, chemistry, physics, English, physical education and military science. One week in- cluded 24 hours of required study 24 hours of classroom recitation, five hours of military science and six hours of physical education. In a recent announcement by the commanding officer, it was learned that on July 2. 3 and 4, Ripon campus will see the arrival of another unit of army men as a gnmp of ASTR’s take their sta- tion here. This group consists of hoys just out of high school, aged 17-18. Phi Alpha Members To Head Graduation Weather permitting, 29 seniors will receive their bachelor's degrees on the steps of the Student Union the morning of June 17. Led by five honor members of Phi Alpha, the procession will begin at 9:45. Dr. Carter Davidson, president of Knox college, will deliver the commencement address. Diplomas will he presented by Dr Kucblcr. Honor students Doris Stockton, Lottie Kucher. Carol Maas, Jean Searle, and Claire Kleinschmit, will lead the graduates, Ann Barker. Luella Bean, Elva Bicrman, Lee Brown, Harriet Cox, George Doll, Millie Edwards, Gwen Egdahl, Su- sui Fonk. Anne Guenther. Je.m Haas, Domthy Hotvcdt, Bette Jackson. Bette Lawson, Dorothy Lyle, Rosemary Middleton, Henry Miller. Mary Miller, Roland Schu- ning, Norma Jean Stuart, John Tollcfson, Jane Van Bergen, and Ruth Walker. Baccalaureate services will take place Friday morning, June 16, at 8 o'clock. Dr. Hugh Elmer Brown, pastor of Evanston's First Congre- gational church, will give the ad- dress. In former years baccalaureate and commencement services were held on succeeding Sundays. How- ever, to accommodate parents, vis- iting dignitaries, and students, the schedule has been changed. The re- arranged schedule will also permit members of the hoard of trustees, whose annual meeting occurs at this time, to meet students and par- ents. Speak to Tracy Army Men On Nov. 12 both President Kucblcr and Dean Graham spoke at an informal meeting of the for- mer ROTC juniors then living at Tracy house. Questions and an- swers were exchanged on such top- ics as clarification of the ROTC men's positions, and allowance of credits towards degrees on work accomplished under the army pro- gram. Trustees Formally Induct Talented College Leader Dr. Clark George Kucblcr, Ph. D..LL.D., was inaugurated as the seventh president of Ripon college on Dec. 7, 1944. At the after noon ceremony in the Scott Street Lutheran church, he received the charge of office from William R. Dawes, chairman of the college Ixiard of trustees. Dr. Kucblcr discussed the role of a liberal arts college m a world at war On the. second anniver- sary of Pearl Harbor our thoughts are inevitably on the war. the most devastating and disastrous of all time, As Allied armies spill their blood on battlefields that oth- ers may lie free. w«- must not for- get that the conflict between free- dom uid tyranny : •• • new but reaches back to the dii i baitons of prehistoric times. And they will always be set again , each other because tyranny leaves only the tyrant or tyrants free, while they, as Plato pointed out, arc ti»e slaves of their own caprices . To study the history of the western world for the past 5,(XX) years is, in a very real sense, to read the record of that struggle. . The totalitar- ianism we seek to extirpate is a military problem, but it is more than that: it is an intellectual and moral problem. . . . Radically divergent im: that ideology is the fir.it postulate on which democracy ts built- Aristo- tle's famous dictum that man is a reasonable being . Essential to the full development of this capacity for reason is liberal education as distinguished from what is voca- tional or professional. In fact, de- mocracy and liberal education are indissoluble. . It is necessary that we further the cause of liberal ed- ucation if our country is to keep and to develop further its sacred inheritance of freedom. . . If education is truly to be emancipating, if it is to free men from every form of tyranny, it must recognize that Christianity and civilization will stand or fall together. . . Now in the days that lie ahead the challenge to education (Continued on oaee 4)

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’ll ' r ..... cC«»m»oti nr1 THE RIPONITE RIPON COLLEGE, RIPON, WISCONSIN Nineteen Hundred and Forty-four

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 y • V -Jl L. I R. KUEHI.F.R MargurelCunninggiin AppointedNew Dean Faculty Enlarged For Army Program During the college year, ten members were added to the fac- ulty roster to till vacancies or to assist in the ASTI . At the disso- lution of the army program, sev- eral left Ripon for service else- where. Miss Margaret Cunniggim re- placed Miss 15,1 he 1 Ternll as dean of women. She had taught for live years at Alabama college, having received her B.A. at Duke and, in 19.'7. her M A. at Columbia, win miuiiKMMi study «•» Pc ..body and Northwestern. Dean Cunnig- gum holds the additional appoint- ment of assistant professor in art. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Dr. Van V Alderman joined the faculty as assistant pro- lessor m chemistry He received his I’h. I), from Chicago in 1937, taught at V.P.I.'s and William and Mary’s Norfolk division for two years, for a semester at Knox. He Ius served .is a research chemist for known companies, including du Pom. Mr. Anthony E. Cascino re- placed Dr. Constance Raymaker in economics. His Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees he holds from Northwestern, where he taught from 1941 -4.V His doctoral thesis is now in preparation. Mr. Alivrt M. Johnson, physi- cist, came to Ripon after three years’ industrial experience with the Anthony company, makers of hydraulic equipment. He received his B.S. from Illinois-Wesleyan in 1940. Mr. John Staugaard, drafts- man with a B.S. in engineering from Northern Illinois State col- lege. served as instructor in engin- eering drawing for ASTP. Previ- ously he had taught in the Avoca school. Dr. Wcsly Krogahl, instructor in physics, came to Ripon after a year’s service as a junior physicist at the Naval Ordnance labora- tory, Washington, D. C. He se- cured his Ph.D. in astrophysics at the University of Chicago in 1942. At the expiration of the ASTP he accepted a position as assistant pro- fesor of astronomy at the Univer- sity of South Carolina. After a a year of industrial ex- perience with the Curtiss-Wright, Mr. Joseph E. Love joined the fac- ulty as replacement for Mr. Law- rence Childs to teach the techni- cal mathematics in engineering. He holds a B.S. degree in civil engin- eering, Northwestern, 1942. At present he awaits induction. Mr. Perry Olson, a Ripon grad- uate of 1930, returned as instruc- tor in history for the ASTP. With graduate study at several institu- tions, he is now at the University of Chicago for a Master’s degree in education. A second Ripon graduate, sum- mu cum Jamie. Mr. Simeon Galgi- naitis, was retained as instructor in physics immediately after his graduation. The following April, he accepted a research position with the Eastman Kodak Co. Miss Mary Elvcbach, instructor in mathematics, completes the list. A graduate of Minnesota, with graduate study at Princeton, she had taught at Hunter college and at Minnesota. She is now engaged in industrial research. Cascino Attends Meeting in Washington Jan. 19-25 Prof. Anthony Cascino, instruc- tor in economics, attended the American Economic association convention in Washington, D. C., Jan. 19 to 25. Mr. Cascino’s ob- ject in attending the meeting was to obtain information regarding new methods and ideas in the stu- dy and teaching of economics. Peterson, Schv artz Aid in Music, Art Additions to both the music and art departments were announced during the spring quarter by Dr. Kuebler William Peterman, pres- ent director of choral activities for West High schcxil, Aurora, III., will teach music theory, direct the large choral group and develop in- strumental talent into an ensemble. Lester O. Schwartz will be resi- dent artist next year and establish a studio on the campus. Here he will teach and plan the mural for tlu: Student Union walls. Mr. Peterman studied one year at the University of Wisconsin Sch(X)| of Music and was graduat- ed from Northwestern university, Evanston. III., in 1943, having ma- jored in vocal music, speech and drama. An accomplished pianist and organist, Mr. Peterman has given concerts in Milwaukee, Ev- anston, Chicago and Aurora. Mr. Schwartz is a native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. This gifted painter did his professional work at the Art Institute of Chica- go. He recently had a one-man s!k w at this institute. As an hon- or student he was sent to Europe on a traveling fellowship. Listed as major phases of his work arc out- door landscapes, creative composi- tion, figure painting and drawing, and still life. Mr. Schwartz is, in addition, a keen student of art his- tory. Ellis New Manager Early in November. William El- lis was appointed business manager of Rinon college. Mr. Ellis spent the last five years in Alma. Mich., as business manager and assistant treaurer of Alma college. The ar- my contract, his first task here, was not new to Mr. Ellis as Ik had ne- gotiated a similar navy contract while in Alma. Mr. Ellis, who received his LL.B. degree from Chicago Kent College of Law, was in the. banking and investment business in Iowa, Illi- nois and Wisconsin for many years Ix'fore the late Oil. Frank Knox, secretary of the navy, appointed him to the position at Alma. While in Alma. Mr. Ellis did not confine his activities to the college, but also served as secretary of the. Al- ma Rotary club and was active in many town activities. Medill Tie-Up Scheduled For ’4! Beginning next fall, Ripon o lege in i (injunction with Nort western university, will offer a fr year journalism program. The fir three years will he given at Rip»» the last two at Northwestern the end of his first year in the pr fcssinnal school, the student will r ceivc Ins bachelor’s degree from F pon; at the termination of his sc ond year, he will receive a mastci degree in journalism from Nort western. While the pre-professional wo will be substantially the same that required at Northwestern, tl course is sufficiently flexible meet the liberal art' standards tl mantled by Ripon. Indeed jourm ism today is insisting upon the ric cst possible cultural backgroui before the specialized professior work is begun. Students while Ripon will gain practical journ; istic experience from participati i'll the various student publicatio! Carl Doehling Attends Gym Directors’ Meeting Coioh C,»r| Doehling represser cd Ripon college in the army ai navy meeting of the physical i rectors at Chicago the last of J.i uary. The directors came from t various colleges and umversit from the states of Iowa, Minnct ta. Wisconsin. Indiana, Ohio, I no is and Michigan. This cont’ once was the aftermath of the p vious meetings held by the me hers of the varipus Big T schools and included those scho within this conference’s bourn ries. In round table discussions n resentattves proposed vark changes in the ASTP progra and helped to clarify other siti tions which had arisen in differ» schools. New Parkhurst Office Mary Hockcnhull, junior fr Ripon. was unanimously re elec president of Pi Delta Omt at the annual sorority d tion. Betty Roeske, a sophomore fr Ripon, was chosen to assist b Hockcnhull in the capacity of president. Lucille Van Alstme i elected to the position of secret: Miriam Bcilke is the treasu for the coming year, Carole Hu will be the chaplam.’Thc office; page and corresponding secret are to be handled by Emi Yt: yama and Roberta Jackson.