Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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he WElJBSl'l P1811 BECUITIES E Reality Pete Vuzlglzari-the grand old man of l'V11l2a.9l1 Utlzlefics The faculty which made the Wabash Plan go was a comparatively young group, and a large number oi' them were fortunately on the ,job atter the war. Llntimely death claimed Pro- fessors Tapy tpsychologyj in 1932, Leaven- worth tkrenchj in 1950, and Osborne, beloved chairman of the English Department and Byron Trippet's predessor as Mr, Wabash in 1952. Recently retired are Hutsinpillar tlinglishj, Domroese Qregistrar and Germany, and Bechtel tljotanyj in 1952, and Carscallen tllatheinaticsj, Gronert tllistoryj, and lien- dall, longe-time Dean and successor to Prof. Usborne, in 1956. Prof. Bechtel died in 1955. The liendalls now live in Duxbury, Mass. llutsy, Carscy, Gronert and Domroese are still most honored members of the college commun- ity. Other leaders of the thirties who have moved to other positions are Henry Montgom- ery at Miami lf., Robert Lind at the University of Kansas, John Tomlinson with United Na- tions, and George Horton at lllinois College. Those who go back to the twenties and are still active include Fergus Ormes tcomptrollerj, Brigance tspeechb, Howell Ccheinistryj, XVillis Johnson qbiologyj, Jim Paterson in economics and as director of student activities after a long career as freshman coach, Polly Cmathe- inaticsl. and Myron Phillips, now alumni secre- lVf1bc1.sl1 us. DePauw-19-39 Page F uurteeu

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expansion and relaxation would l1ave bee11 niuch easier, a11d executed i11 a depression, the plan called for changes which dismayed niany illltl eve11 angered SOIHC. lt set up the divisio11al Sj'St6l11 Zllld the coinpreliensive exaininations. requiring a student to build a broad base i11 his first two yearsand to lJ6COl1l9 very inuch aware of subjects related to his niajor subject i11 his last two years. lts success depended upon a careful Zllltl selective admissions policy which seemed to reduce the st11de11t body i11 days al- ready lean, a11d especially 1117011 the close co- operation of all faculty lllCl11lJ61'S. who 11ow had to rise above flQpH1'll11QI1t3l expertness to co11- cepts of a unified a11d balanced Cll1'1'lCl1lllIl1 for all students. Most 1ll1COI11f01't2llJlC for SOIIIG genuine supporters of the college was President Hopkins' insistence that all college activities. especially athletics, be integrated with the plan. This meant de-emphasis. But if 'Wabash had not taken this sobering course in the thirties, the structure of the college could have bee11 niuch different today, and one wonders l1ow the difficult decisio11s of the depression years could have lJCCI1 made better. The extent of VVabash 's coininitinent to tl1is educational philosophy can be see11 i11 the following capsule history of o11e n1an: entered as a f1'QSllll12ll1- 1926, the year of Hopkins' inaugurationg grad- uated-1930, a devoted honor SlllCl6l1lL of Gronert, Usborne, illltl Kendallg 1'etu1'ned to Professor Iarncs Inslcy O.sl1o1'm' Wabash as instructor i11 history-1934, after three years as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxfordg be- came ,DGZIII--1939, beginniiig l111l11BCllHlCly to be called '-111-. Wahashvg lJQC'2l1l1Q President of the Vollege-11956, a succession so right that a coniposer of iinaginary history with no facts to hinder l1i111 could not have concocted anything better. Yet this, in outline. is the true history of Bryon Kiglitly Trippet, The 19-34 Board of IJlI'L'CfUl'.S-CII!!FICS P. Goodrich teas Clmi1'11mn '1 , . :-' 1: . 5 .vw ' i ' , Page Thirteen

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Aerial rieu' of the Campus in 1930 tary after 22 years in speech. Finally, two personalities deserve special mention. At the beginning of 1956, Richard E. Bauta ended twenty years ot' service to the college in a num- ber of capacities so various they defy enumer- ation. And then there was, and still is in a too-limited way, Pete Vaughan. 'llhrough the roaring twenties, the difficult thirties, and half of the forties, Pete coached both champions and alsorans With a skill and devotion that made him the dean of Indiana coaches and the incar- nation of the hVE1lJElSl1 athletic tradition. He coached both basketball and football from 1919 to 1940, stayed with football until 1945 and was athletic director until 1947. Pete now serves his native city of Cravvfordsville as superin- tendent of parks and his handsome figure is still to be seen at VVabash games and athletic banquets. The second century of varsity football began gloriously under Pete with an astounding 34-0 victory over Butler in 1932. Then there was the famous 7-6 victory in 1934 over a DePauw team that had been undefeated for two years. ln 1935 and 1936 the football team won 13. lost 2, a11d tied 1. The early thirties produced such stars as Doc Joyce and Dale Davis. varsity stars in three major sports, and Her- man Berns in football and basketball. Both lierns and Davis served short terms as coach of basketball just before the war. ln the later thirties football sagged a little, but the teams of 1940, 1941. and 1942 were strong and suc- cessful. led by the bone-crushing Earl Dowd at fullback. The disruption ot' Wo1'lcl NVar ll hit lVabash as early as the summer of 1940, when President Hopkins died. Acting Prsident Kendall and the new President Frank Sparks tinaugurated in October. 19415 were beset almost immed- iately by many uncertainties, including the hasty departure of faculty and students. Pro- grams were stepped up, a summer school was started. and comprehensives were given several times a year. The enrollment began to decline in 1941 when temporary draft deferments ex- pired and reserves began to be called up in great numbers. In the spring of 1943 there were still 339 students. ln July the total was 342. but 294 of these were in the Navy V-12 program, and for the next two years NVabash was primarily engaged in training potenial naval oliicers. Between July of 1943 and Xo- vember of 1945 fewer than 100 civilians enroll- ed, and in the sunnner of 1945 the total civilian enrollment was exactly 10. During this time the govermnent' sent 677 sailors to Vivabasli. Page Fifteen