William Penn University - Quaker Yearbook (Oskaloosa, IA)

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Uhr Qbuukrr 21111 Alumni Penn College honors the sons and daughters who have gone out from her halls to meet the tasks of the world- NfVith pride she watches them scatter to distant lands in response to the urgent call for workers. NVith gratitude she sees them faithful in the humble, unpraised, yet all important toil of home life. Wfith joy she watches them eagerly gather together to recall happy memories of four carefree years and she finds them ever ready to pledge anew their allegiance to the college they love. Penn alumni have attained distinction in all forms of achievement. The presidents of three Friends' colleges know Penn as their alma mater. The president of the National .Federation of Farm Bureaus is an example of what Penn can do for a man. Scores of ministers and hundreds of teach- ers have become the recognized leaders in their communities, and by their lives have caused people to think highly of the old institution. The way in which the alumni have scattered is amazing. Almost as many reside in California, for example, as in Iowa. The influence of the college, so dis- tributed, cannot be measured. Penn clubs are beginning to arise in various centers. The Des Moines- Penn 'Club is a live organization and reaches its zenith each year in a bau- quet at the time of the annual convention of the State Teachers' Associa- tion. liarl Kellog, a successful business man, is the mainstay of the Des Moines club. In August, each year, another merry crowd meets on the lawn of the Maxwell farm near Tf:Zl.I'll12111l. There is no fixed organization but Penn enthusiasts of every generation work together in honor of the institution- Frequently the friends of Penn in Chicago gather at the hos- pitable home of Dr. H. F. Andrews, of the class of '9l. These clubs cannot fail to inspire the young people who are naturally drawn into the circles with a genuine desire for college life when they hear the happy reminis- cences of former days. The annual Homecoming Festival offers an opportunity to former students to flock back to their alma mater. One of the outstanding features of the occasion is the pep meeting held in the gymnasium on the evening before Thanksgiving Day. Each class contributes a stunt or song, veteran football men give rousing speeches of encouragement to the team and pic- tures of athletic stars of all times are thrown upon the screen. The alumni assist yearly in making the Turkey Day game the greatest athletic event of the year. An alumni toast program makes a fitting close for the foot- ball banquet held each year in the dining-room of the NVomen's Dormitory. Commencement week is the natural time for another reunion. The alumni student baseball game, picnic dinners of former classes and the alumni banquet and business meeting are scheduled events of the gradua- tion festivities. The membership of the alumni association is growing faster now than ever before. The current addition of fifty-one members is the greatest in the history of the institution. It increases the number to more than seven hundred. The Penn Letter Club, organized in 1913, is becoming more inliuential each year. Business sessions of the club are held in November and in .Tune in connection with the two chief alumni events of the year. Since its in- ception the Letter Club has sponsored the Homecoming Festival. Both men and women eligible to wear the official college letter become members upon receipt of such insignia. The club rendered its greatest service this year by instituting the Annual Invitation Basketball Tournament-for the 'High Schools of south central Iowa. The eminent success which attended every phase of this gathering has added much to the prestige of the club. mea -l Twenty-ive

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Uhr flbuakrr 21111 Bag Friday, October 7, stands out among all the days of this school year, Qnninunnoraihig again one of PCHH,S1HOSt unique and revered tradiUons- l?enn llay. liooks and class-roorns xvere forgotten, that the entire coHege con1nnu1uy'1night enter heartny into the plans of the day. The morning program was held in the Friends' Church. Following a musical program arranged by Prof. Charles Griffith, head of the School of Music, Albert Brown, pastor of the local Friends' Meeting and member of the facuhgg gave the Peniillay address. ln a uumlderfulvvay he opened up to us those iuduences in the background to inake his venture of fahh. The splendid practical consecration of wealth, power, position and natural endowment to service for God and man was the secret of his greatness, and Ins chahenge to us today. Due to the chill of a strong north-wester the class picnic dinners were served in the college building. Each class pre-empted a room for itself. VVhat though the table was a dissecting table, and the odor of preservative iningled udth the aronia of hied chicken-these but added zest to the oc- casion. One of the two great features of the afternoon was the presentation of the Penn Pageant, for the second time since the burning of the old col- lege. It is an historical pageant prepared by Dr. Clarence M. Case, former- ly of our fac1dty,lJut noiv of the llnivermty of lovva. It very accurately depicts in four acts presented by the l'q1'CSll11lIlll, Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes respectively, some of the great events in the life of Penn. The first act portrays a Quaker wedding, at which Penn QWillard Rey- noldsj meets George Fox Qfllheodore Cookj and defends his wearing the sword. Fox advises him to wear it as long as he can. At a later chance meeting Penn has put away his sword. Act ll pictures Penn on his father's estates in Ireland meeting King Charles lil tVerne Parsonsj on the hunt. Penn courteously gives his rea- sons xvhy he niay not take oH'lus hat. 'Phe scene then slnfts to the nneet- ing of Penn with his stern father, Sir VVilliam Penn, and his mother as they are entertaining a fashionable party of young people in their beautiful garden. Sir Wfilliam fClarence Fiscusj angered by his son's adherence to lns fanatical notions drives hina frorn his door. In Act III we come to Amreica. Penn and his party are met by the Swedish and Dutch settlers, who declare their loyalty to him as their Gov- ernor. l?enn receives the charter for l7ennsylvania froni YViHian1 hdark- hani Lkrthur Rindenj, deputy governor ofliekuvare ldielast actis the nupressive and fanied cereniony of niaking the treaty with the Red Men. The three tribes of the Lenni Lenape, the Mingoes, and the Shawnees, very realistic in blanket and paint, gather about the great councn hre. Ilere the sunple arthies of the treaty of brotherhood are ex- pkuned UJtheniln'the Governor,and King Tanunend Udenry Keeneyj sob eninly pledges that the Indians Hxvdl hve in love with the great CDnas Cln- dnuifor Hpennj and hm chddren aslong asthe dvers Hong and the sun and moon endure. Between acts the Academy classes and Commercial Department helped make the spirit of the times more realistic with folk dances, clown stunts and scenes offlypsy hfe,strongly contrastnig the niore serious spirh of the IUHMISCCHCS The great success of the Pageant was made possible only by the splen- did co-operation of the entire school body. Almost two hundred fifty stu- dents took part, and all were in costume. Special credit is due Miss John- son, Miss Bass and Dr. Emerson, of the faculty, who engineered the work. ' 11122 Twenty-seven