Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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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

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The UUHEQE DU1 l1'lQ W01'lCl WEP II With its limited facilities. NVahash did a man-sized joh during' the war. For more than two years the under-manned faculty taught 48 weeks a year under the Navy trisemester sys- tem. The college provided some 300 navy men with housing, meals, hooks. and laundry service in addition to instruction. Six i'raternity houses tPhi Delta Phi Gam, Kappa Sig. Delt, lieta. and Sigma Clliis Kane Ilousel were turned over to the Navy. Professor t'harles taught Naval llistory and Strategy. often to students who had fought in the battles he was discuss- ing. NVarren Shearer taught Math, Physics and Spanish, and also ran the laundry. Near the end he joined the Navy himself. Ten other faculty members also went into service, includ- ing such leaders as Kendall, Trippet. and Paterson. President Sparks served for a year on the 1Var Manpower Commission, during which time a triumvirate of Ormes, Harvey and Banta F311 the college. The faculty was augmented at various times by the addition 01' seventeen full or part-time teachers, some of them recruited from civilian professional men of fll'2lNVfO1'tlSYlllt . The Navy made the XVabash curriculum the core of its officer training pro- gram, increasing' the emphasis on science and mathematics and adding' such courses as cam- ouiiage ttaught by the late Fritz Schlemmer, the resident artistl. engineering' drawing: and Profc.s.sor George V. Kendall The fJl'l'C'C'S.SiHllIII fornzs- for the 1940 Conmimiccrnerif exercises certain naval science courses taught hy navy personnel. The NVabash ship 's company con- sisted of a commanding- otiicer. an executive oiiieer. and a medical otiicer tall normally lieutenants senior gradej, and some seven en- listed men. t'ivilian college life never stoppedg the Bachelor sutfered only a brief lapse in 1945. and the fraternities continued to meet in For- est llall after the Navy took over most of the houses. Indeed. two chapters were at one time reduced to one man each. and the total fra' Dehate suffered relatively long' lapses. Sports were carried on without a complete break under Pete Yaugrliaii. Foothall and liaskethall schedules were played each war-time season and ternity membership was only 138 in the tall ot 1946. The Band, the International Relations tfluh. the Pan-Hel Council. and l'hi Beta Kappa all had a continuous existence. Ac- tivities such as Scarlet Masque. tilee t'luh. Blue Key. Senior tfouncil, Sphinx Club. and hasehall was suspended only in 1944. When the Navy unit withdrew in Uctoher. 1945, NVahash received a citation from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, and a VVell donel . from Admiral lientield. Vhief of Naval Personnel.