Wittenberg University - Witt Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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are cold places sometimes even in mild weather so the class was not detained for a recitation. After they left, the mercury ascended again to the normal position in which the students had found it before they packed it in ice. A tardy rule was in force thirty years ago and more. In order to maintain it. Sam Keller. Professor of Mathematics, locked his door after the bell had rung. One day the late comer was Sam Shaffer ’94. who, when he found the door locked, took time to push under the door one of his calling cards. Pro- fessor K. appreciated the joke, took the card but did not open the door. A day or so later one of the Lipe brothers tried the same thing. This time, how- ever, the strong arm of Professor K. reached out and grabbed the late one by the collar, pulled him into the room with a yell that could have been heard at the old Dorm, lake your seat.” I hat particular tardy rule went the way of others. No better actor ever attended the college than W . Once upon a time Brother W. was called upon to appear before President Heckert for some more or less serious infraction of the rules. Doctor H. proceeded to give W. the drub- bing he deserved. W. took his punishment humbly and promised to remember and to observe all rules of the college. Not long after this Doctor H. was invited to attend a Dorm party. Among the stunts was one arrayed and carried on by W. The scene was Doctor H.’s office with a student upon the carpet for breaking the same rule W. had been arraigned for. The part of Doctor H. was taken by W., and Doctor H. had the pleasure of seeing himself impersonated admirably and of hearing a precise recounting of every word said at the meeting when he had acted as judge. At least one man in the audience enjoyed the show and that, of course, was Doctor Heckert. For many years, it has been the custom to plant an oak on the campus at commencement. One year the young man. who was appointed to procure the honored tree, experienced some difficulty in obtaining one to suit his rather discriminating taste. Finally he went down to Clifton on his bicycle, hoping there to find a tree worthy of the distinction which his class would naturally give it. He returned triumphant with his little tree. At commencement it was planted with fitting ceremony. Time passed and the tiny tree grew, but such is the perversity of Fate sometimes this tree grew, but not into a sturdy oak it had started scrub ash. and scrub ash it remained. The field house on the old football field was for many years the gymnasium and stood along the extreme western boundary of the campus, between Recitation Hall and the Library. Did you ever attend a dance or a keg party in the old gym? Some students did.

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%e WITTENBERGER. -? DR. RISES EDGAR Ti l.LOSS. A. B.. A. M.. B. D . Ph. D.. D. D.. L. L. D. President of tl c College Recent Educational Advances at Wittenberg SUCCESSFUL enterprise of any kind needs to have many sides to its development. The economic world of today realizes that it must pay strict attention to many seemingly contradictory things in order to be successful. The church has come to the conclusion that it cannot perform to the best of its ability the task that it was established to accomplish without extending its sphere of activities wider than ever 1 his tendency toward all-around development has manifested itself in edu- cational circles, especially emphasizing the mission of the colleges and the uni- versities in the world today. Fifty years ago. every influence in the college was toward the scholastic side and students were expected to apply themselves to their studies with diligence. Wittenberg’s athletes, debaters and orators have gained an enviable reputa- tion throughout the state. The college publications have attained and are maintaining a high state of excellence. And rapidly Wittenberg is becoming known as a college of intensive and able scholars, one whose graduates are of a calibre equal to that of any college’s alumni in the country. Paste Twenty-six