The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-02
BETHANY COLLEGE
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! tho Civil war Although many nl IN"
usual routine Commencement l"SlIN!-
| ties were dispensed with ihls week,
| still The commencement spirit WAS MI
| SACRIFICED Tile unsettled atmosphere"
| which has been OCraSluned by inc
| exit Of nearly 4 hundred OF R"lhah! ;.
young men students who nav" an
| swcrCd the call 10 COlnrs, Will not pre-
vail when school "Opens in The laii.
according TO seemingly authentic pre-
dIctionS given on, Today by tho tx
/ crutive authorities Of the school.
Elaborate Plans.
! Elaborate planS have bean made Tor
! the opening OF schuni in the lHil.
School will open on September -.
| One big factor which will induce
students to enter Bethany will b. IN"
rompIpIinn of the new $50 900 gym
naSium donated by the Irwin family
| Of Big Run. Pa. The building Ii we'll
under construction and Will h. Gem
plelrd early in September. Ik'' gym
nasium will BE- OF Gothic architecture
in harmony with tho architecture OIL
| The main college building. IT, Is 10 ne
100 feet in length by 80 in width. II
is 10 be, equipped with showed ba>hS'
team rooms. coach rooms. troph!
room. lecture room. lockers and IN
door track in addition TO III" main
gymnasium floor. which will have mo
! usual equipment. This building. when
| completed will b. one of the best GYM
nasillms in this part of III" country.
The entire plans which were made
/ hy the board Of trustees AT ycsler-
days mcerings have not been made
public but il is certain the college VIII
have Il better equipment next fall than
ever before Professor J. William
Sprowls. H. !. Croylr and Eva VIII
! liams will not be back in the tall.
Professor SprowIs has accepted a po-
siton on the faculty Of Clark Uni
rcrSitY.
SOME Of the distinguished visitors
who spoke few minutes in chapel
were. r1-AmbasSador TO China +. T..
Williams of Washington. ID, C., Hon.
NJ. Cochran OF Uniontown. Pa. Hon.
Oliver S. Marshall Of New tTmber-
! land. ". Va. The men all smoke faV-
orably of Il great future for Bethany.
Larger Than Expected.
The commencement this year was
a larger one than expected despite
tho fact that Bethany is minus about
! 100 of her male students. There were
more visitors in proportion 10 the
number of students than ever before.
However, the spirit of unrest which
seems to be universal in this country,
prevailed.
1t was necessary TO cancel all ath-
lelic contests because every member
OF the varsity baseball team left 10
answer the call 10 arms or 10 farms.
Instead of the usual bannuetS the IRA
lcrniueS gave informal parties at their
chapter houses.
The trustees who were elected are
as follows:
Peter Ainslie, Baltimore. Md.
J.. W. Mulholland. Philadelphia, IA.
Hon. William II. Graham. Pitts
burSh, Pa
Hon. Oliver S. Marshall, New Cum
berland, ". Va.
Campbell Jobcs. Bethany. ". Va.
Samuel George. Wellsburg, W. Va
4. T.. McBee, New York. \. \.
W. y. Turner Cleveland. O.
". F. Frederic, UniontowD. Pa
=. II. Welshimer. Canton. Q.
W. +. Frederic and Z. H. Welshimer
are the only two new trustees. The
others were reelected W. r. Fred
ere is president of the ". F. Frederick
/ Piano Company OF fItt sburch and Tn
iontown. =. H. WelShmer is pastor OF
the First Christian church OF Canton
Summer School.
The fourteenth annual summer
school will open Thursday. juno list.
and close August LIST. 1917. The SEES
sion lasts six weeks, with six reclla.
items per week. The faculty Of sum-
| mer school will include in addition TO
several members Of the Bethany and
other college faculties Il number or
successful teachers IN the public
schools OF Pennsylvania Ohio and
West Virginia. The work will be-
thorough and every effort will be-
| made 10 equal the highest college re-
Quircments. Ample provision has
been made for the needs Of young
teachers, and those preparing for r&'
aminations. by means of thorough re-
views in all studies required in city,
! county or state examinations. Stu
dents preparing TO teach will find cx-
| cellent opportunities at Bethany.
The commencement speaker was
from Oklahoma. Mr.. Morgan has al
/ Hon. Dick r. Morgan. congressman
ways been Interested in educational
| work He is at present ono Of the
trustees Of Oklahoma Stale college
! and was Instrumental in its found
ing.
| The Program.
The opening feature OF the day was
| the academic parade, from the Heights
TO the College chapel. with all the
student body participating. Formally
+ opening the commencement exercises,
| Hugh Dwight Darsie, 0f Homestead,
Pa. as salutotorian, welcomed the
| friends of the college.
4 timely Grafton upon "Patriotism'
was delivered by Herman Lee Nathan
! of Follansbee, while Roberta Tener
! of Wheeling, followed with an 0ratlon
on the theme-"Thc Open Road" Be
thany's possibilities and future were
! touched upon by Rudolph K. Rennpr.
of Hundred, in his Grafton. while Nan
! ME f. Furbay. Of Uhrichsvillr. O.. had
as an Grafton theme--"Thc Girl Of 10
| day" Marie X. M'Collam. OF thrlchS-
! Vile, spoke upon The Question OF
the Hour" touching present national
and world crisis. Hugh Cory. Of kec-
kuk, Iowa. made a most favorable I'M
prrssicI in his discussion OF The
! Supremacy of the Law" Raymond l.,
| Bolon. of Bethesda. o.. SPOKE uPon
! The Most Essential Thing and
! Harry A. Smith. Of Wheeling. on A
! Broad Vision" THE Dignity of La
! Dor" was discussed by Simon David
! ian. of Worchrster, Mass. and "Thc
Heritage" by Myrtle S. Roudehush, "f
/ Johnstown. Pa.
At this point in Tho exercises q re-
cess was taken until afternoon when
Violettn X. 10. of Honolulu. discussed
as an oraiion theme "rhc Paradis" of
! the East" "Th" Glory OF Our land.