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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-06
Gym Was Model Building When
Erected by Student Labor
30 Years Ago
Replacement of Antiquated
Structure Badly Needed i'm
Campus Requirements

The old Bluffton College gymnas-
ium built by student labor, more
than 80 years ago, was at one time
one of the finest gymnasiums in this
section of the state.
However, as time has passed,
other schools built modern physical
education plants, until now prac-
tically every high school has far bet
ter facilities than they find at Bluff
ton College.
A building is needed to give ade.
quate storage space for physical edu-
cation equipment, with facilities SO
that both men and women can have
physical education classes at the
same time, with dressing rooms
which are sanitary and have suffi-
cient locker space so that gymnas-
ium clothing can be kept in sani-
tary and dry condition, with showers
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-06
Proposed Gymnasium Ideally Designed

will be equipped with comfortable
seats. These bleachers can seat 1000
people and there will be folding
bleachers on the stage with capac-
ity for about 500. In this way 1900
people can seen an athletic contest,
and when used as an auditorium it
will seat from 1000 to 1900, includ-
ing the seating on the gymnasium
floor.
Storage is provided for chairs and
physical education equipment. The
storage room for supplies is adja-
cent to the athletic directors office.
An office. is also provided for the
girls physical education director, ad-
jacent to the girls dressing rooms.
A lobby on one side of the build
ing can also be used for physical
education class room purposes. Pro-
vision also has been made for music
practice rooms, with walls so con-
structed that they can be removed
after the building of a special music
building makes their use unneces-
sary. There are two entrances
which provide direct access to the
playing floor and to the front of the
bleacher sections. Under the bleach
ers there is large room with a
fireplace which will be used for re-
creation purposes. In this room are
display booths for art objects, ath-
letic trophies and the like.
The kitchen is so placed that COM
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-06

Bluffton colleges new gymnasium
auditorium building will be of cinder.
block construction, faced with brick
to match other buildings on the cam
pus. 1t is to be of the regency
style of colonial architecture. Heavy
steel beams will be support for the
roof, so there will be no posts OBJ
structing the view of the audience
Nearly all of the building will be
one story, and the only basement
will be under the stage. The lay OF
the ground where the building is to
be erected will be of such nature
that even that basement will be
above ground level.
1t has been planned this way be-
cause Easements have a tendency to
be damp in the Bluffton area, also
because proper support of an audi
torium floor and gymnasium would
require heavy bracing, which would
be expensive.
Mems dressing rooms and the
hobby room are to be under the
stage. A room for cleaning and dry.
ing physical education and athletic
equipment also is provided. The
stage itself will be used as a girls
gymnasium and will be so equipped
that doors can be closed, shutting il
off from the main gymnasium floor
Ceiling height will be % feet in the
clear.
Bleachers will be of concrete and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-06

Continued from page Il
for physical education, as an audi
torium and a location for student
recreation
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-06
Outmoded BlufftOn College Gym
Was Areas Best In Early Days

which function properly, and where
hot water for baths is available at
all times when needed.
Physical Education is now consid-
cred one of the very important parts
of ar adequate college program.
Present facilities on the Bluffton
campus are entirely inadequate for
an acceptable program for maintain
ing student health.
1t has always been the policy of
Bluffton College not to over-empha-
size athletics, but to consider it a
part of a general character building
program.
To have intercollegiate competi-
ton it is necessary to have a play
ing floor where both players and
spectators can have comfortable
quarters, and where the floor will be
of sufficient size and type to make a
game fair competition
The old gymnasium is inadequate
in these respects-it is very difficult
to heat, the floor is too small, spec
tator space is inadequate both in
amount and quality. The proposed
new gymnasium will adequately pro-
vide for athletic competition, both
intercollegiate and intra-mural.
A mans disposition is never well
known til he be crossed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-06

Community Need
Would Be Filled
By College Gym

Continued from page u
for physical education, as an audi
torium and a location for student
recreation
GYM SEATS 1900
One of the finest gymnasiums in
Northwestern Ohio, the new Bluffton
building will seat 1900 persons for
sports contests, making it an ideal
location for basketball tournaments,
etc, in addition to serving for coll
lege sports needs
Used as an auditorium there will
be seating space for 1900, answering
q need for performances such as the
annual college Messiah concert, com
mencement programs.
The larger auditorium also would
permit bringing Scholastic musical
contests to Bluffton; and give ade-
quate space for union church and
community gatherings, denominations
al conferences, etc.
ANSWERS OTHER NEEDS
Separate quarters also are provid-
ed in the building for student un-
ion, embracing a large recreation
room, lunch room and kitchen.
In addition, an expanded campus re-
creation program viii be made pos
sible by new physical education ia
cilities of the gymnasium.
In addition to the three major
needs, several minor purposes also
win be served by the new building.
Offices are provided for men and
women physical education directors;
there will be a therapeutic room to
care for minor physical ailments;
practice rooms are incorporated for
music students; and display cases
for the exhibition of the colleges
extensive collection of fine art OBJ
iects.
HOBBY Room
An adult need of growing inn
portance is that in the hobby field,
and a hobby room is provided for
student development in those pur-
suits.
Design of the new building is such
as to satisfy these many needs with
in a minimum space and at mini
mum cost. Erection Of the building
viii mean much to the standing of
the college, and to the effectiveness
of the educational program offered
to students.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-06
In MemOriam

In loving memory of our dear
husband and father, Carl w. Roeth-
lisberger who passed away Febru-
airy 4, 1914:
Memories are treasures no one can
steal
Loved dearly in life and living yet
In the hearts of those who will
never forget
His life is a beautiful memory.
Sadly missed by
The Roethlisberger Family
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-06

knowledge is of two kinds. We,
know a subject ourselves, or we know
where we can find information up
on it.
Samuel Johnson
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-02-06

A mans disposition is never we'll
known It'll he be crossed.
Evening star., 1947-04-13

builds the necessary apparatus. One
of his prize production numbers
called for prop steam roller that
ran over his colleagues and flattened
them. The flattening effect was OBJ
tanned by an oilcloth replica of the
victim who meanwhile concealed
himself within the ROLLER" As may
be imagined, the mechanics for this
gag were pretty complicated
Another aristocrat among circus
clowns is Emmett Kelly, who, like
Jung, started out in the circus as
something else. He was an aerialist
whose joints got too stiff for the
trapeze work, so he turned to Clown
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Can't Resist

a harlequin costume. and join the
congress Of clowns - for the pure
love of it.
A respectable family doctor of our
acquaintance used to do this regu-
larly - every time circus came to
town. What's more, he never failed
to draw belly laughs from his unsus-
pectlng patients.
One thing distinguishes all clowns.
They are without exception intelli-
gent. 1t takes logical mind to de-
velop some of the crazy tricks they
play in the ring. Or. as the saying
goes in the circus: ut takes brains
to play the fool" LOUIS BERG
Evening star., 1947-04-13
>>Make the Kids Laugh"

you 1t ulllleI Tie DlS
top
Jung is an acrobat
and a musician as well
as a clown. He is also
something of an artist.
One of his circus jobs
is to build the huge
papier-mache heads
used by dwarfs and
clowns in circus pa
rades, a la Carnival at
Nice. He is what is
known as a producing
clown. That is to say.
he originates produc-
tion mum bers and
Evening star., 1947-04-13

ing. In his youth he was a cartoon
ist. He adopted as his clown charac-
ter a hobo he had drawn for comic
strip. His tricks vary from year to
year, but one routine he has never
changed in his IL years of clowning.
He comes out munching cabbage
and wanders disconsolately about
the ring. Pretty soon his eye rests
on some woman in the audience. A
flash of recognition lights up his woe
full features. She is the kind lady
who once gave him hand-out, or
she is the one great love of his life.
He fixes her with a tenderly ardent
gaze.
Evening star., 1947-04-13

inspiration for the symbolic figure
of Uncle Sam.
Grimaldi, a great English clown,
had his memoirs edited by Charles
Dickens. An embittered soul, he did
much to establish the Laugh, clown,
laugh" tradition of the painted smile
and breaking heart. There is a clas-
sic story, told in a dozen varia-
tions, of the man who went to see
the doctor about his melancho-
liza. What you need is to be
amused, said the doctor. "Whydon't
you 60 to see the clown, Grimaldi?"
Il am Grimaldi." said the patient.
The modern circus recognizes the
clowns worth, takes him seriously.
For the greatest show on earth still
rests upon the laughter of children.
Put that to the test Take any kid
to the circus for the first time; ques-
tion him later on his impressions.
He will have forgotten she DEATH
defying feats. the cataclysmic caval-
cades. But he will remember the
funny man whose nose lit up like an
electric bulb. The rest is sop for the
elders who must accompany him.
>>Malxe the Kids Laugh"
lHE great clowns know this, and
keep their comedy on the childs
level. One of the greatest of them,
Paul Jung ION the cover, admits
and takes pride in this. fthe young
sters laugh. the adults have got to.
Hospital work is the real test. If you
can make the sick kids laugh you've
got nothing to worry about while
Evening star., 1947-04-13
The Queen Stares Back

1T ALWAYS draws laugh. Some
times stern-visaged lady will try
to outstare him. That is mistake
on her part. Eventually she is forced
to yield, must turn away or break
into laughter.
Only once was Emmett out
stared. That was when he was with
the Mills Circus in London. The
former Queen Victoria of Spain was
in the audience. and Emmett tried
out his stare on her. But, like her
famous namesake, she was not
amused. Winston Churchill on the
other hand, who was also present,
roared with laughter.
Kelly. Adler, Jung, Bell.
Jacobs-these are stars, and they
get billing when the circus comes.
Not the least talented among the
clowns, however, are some whose
Evening star., 1947-04-13

names never get into
the program. These are
men who have turned
to other professions
former "joeys," aero
bats or aerialists-who
have abandoned the
big top.
Can't Resist
But the lure of circus
life is still strong in
them, and from time
to time they take a
vacation from their
new occupations, whi-
ten their faces get into
Evening star., 1947-10-01

Bankers were much Impressed
with the new all-time record fol-
September and the all-time high in
the past nine months.
d. C. Bank Loans Up Slightly.
Combined loans by Washington
banks for the week ended September
Is were slightly above the previous
week, the Richmond Reserve Bank
reported today. Real estate loans
showed a S432,000 gain.
Total investments fell off as the
banks bought fewer Government
certificates of Indebtedness and
Treasury bills. Total assets de-
clined. Both demand and time de-
posits were also lower for the week
Loans in the fifth district were
s4,897,0OO ahead of the previous
week and S14O,S30.OOo above the like
week a year ago. Real estate poans
were up $2,459, 900 for the week.
w. r. g. E. Dissolved Today.
The Washington Railway & Elec-
tric Co. was dissolved today, October
/, according to plan. Stockholders
will receive newly classified securi-
ties of the Potomac Electric Power
Co: under terms already announced
North America Co. stockholders in
Washington Railway will also re-
ceiye Potomac Electric Power shares
Washington Railway is being liqui-
dated by SEC orders under the
Holding Company Act.
The Federal Reserve Bank OF
Richmond today reported that
building permits issued in Virginia
in August for construction totaiing
s5,70S,9O2, were IS per cent above
August, 1916, the Associated Press
said,
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Oct / lp, ,usDAl .-salabls
cents hishsr; butchers under 200 pounds
stances; top, 29.75; bulk, good and choice,
10000 pounds. .s:ao-3si7 IS; 15o.leo
scarce, but load old-crop 477-pound bar
under 400 pounds, 3s.0o:2s.50, few :s.75;
salsble calves. 700: total 200: fed steers
and yearlings strong to so cents, mostly
20 cents, hisher; choice offerings active;
medium grades slow; bulk good and choice
steers and yearlings, 32.00-35.5O: top.
$685. on 1,371-pound aversges. new high:
srades, 3.oo-es 90: heifers scarce. rs
cents higher: GOOD and choice offerings.
26 .O0-30.0 90. latter price top; cows steady:
bulk beef cows, 15.OO-l 90; good to 20.50;
cents higher, I9 90 paid freely; vealers
strong to ~ 90 down.
Salable sheep, 5000; total. $500; slow
in developing: scattered early sales, good
and choice native spring lambs steady at
90: many bids around so cents lower:
carlots. WASHINGTON slaughter lambs grad.
ing mostly choice, ,still held around 24.o0:
sapshter ewes not established, good and
choice ewes held above 900.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
19& Recession Expected
By New York Creditmen
By the xorintad prs.s

NEW YORK, Oct. IA business
recession beginning in the second
quarter of 1948 is predicted by 80
per cent of the $500 members of the
New York Creditmen's Association
according to a poll conducted by
the association.
High prices, buyer resistance, ex-
cessive inventories, too little' capital
and labor unrest were principal
reasons given as making a recession
practically inevitable"
The survey, conducted by the
associations Credit Planning Com
mittee, represent more than 20
diversified industries and services in
New York and the metropolitan
area.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Stocks Extend Gains
After Profit Cashinq
By the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Oct. Led by
steels and assorted industrials, the
stock market today got another leg
up on the recovery van after alb
sorbing considerable early profit
realizing.
Dealings turned unusually active
at intervals in the forenoon but
slowdowns appeared thereafter.
While many pivotals did little or
nothing on the swing, gains of|frac-
tions to a point or so predominated
near the fourth hour.
Brokerage customers generally
continued to hold aloof pending
more light on foreign affairs and
domestic economy. Propping trends,
however, were relatively urgent
short covering and professional bid
ding which again was based on the
idea that the technical position of
the list would bring a good fall
rally. The outlook for a number
of boosted year-end dividends was
helpful.
Bonds were narrow.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Business Briefs

Automobile Replacement Parts
are being bought at rate estimated
at $500, 100000 month because OF
the shortage of new cars, the Asso-
ciated Press reports from Detroit.
This is nearly six times the prewar
rate.
Electric Power Consumption in the
week ended September 27 declined
to 4,956,415, 900 kilowatt hours from
4,977,141 900 the week before, but
was 9.79a above a year ago.-Edison
Electric Institute.
Westinghouse Electric Corp. Is
turning out steam turbine generating
equipment at a rate nearly double
that of any previous year. Gwilym
A. Price, president, said that by 1851
the Nations electric generating Ca
pacity would be increased by almost
10000 900 kilowatts, or 400.
Consumer Credit rose to $11,216,-
100000 in August, up sl55,0Oo, 600
from July, the previous record high.
Federal Reserve Board.
New York Stock Exchange sales in
September were 16,017,170 shares,
compared with 14,153,458 in August
and 2o,8O7 ,082 in September, 1916.
International Paper Co. an
nounced plans for a 1948-9 construc-
ton program to cost SIS 100000.
The program calls for daily in
crease in kraft board capacity of
900 tons and in kraft paper capacity
Detroit Steel Corp. let contracts
for construction of cold rolled strip
mill at New Haven, Conn, to be in
operation by October, 194S. The mill
will have capacity of $4,000 tons a
year.
California Texas Oil Co. plans to
build a refinery near Rotterdam,
Holland, at a cost of $4,000, 900.
The plant, with a daily capacity Of
10000 barrels, is expected to be in
operation in two and half years.
Walter Hoving, president of How
ing Corp, announced formation of
the Anson Jones Co., which will
operate a number of speciality shops
handling dresses only at a single
price Of S2995. The first shop will
open in New York October 10.
Adam Hat Stores and agents will
offer a full line of shirts and haber-
dashery beginning October S.
Lukens Steel Co. will absorb two
subsidiaries November J.. They are
By-Products Steel Corp. and Luken-
valid, Inc:
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
asked authority of Missouri, Kan
sas, Arkansas. and Oklahoma to in
crease its rates at an average Of
about 109o.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. reported
for the first 1947 half a net loss
Of $4,890, ,694, VS.. loss Of $424,502
In the same period last year.
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
received authority of the Nebraska
Railway Commission to raise its
home and business service rates by
SO cents to 81 a month, increase
long distance charges on calls OF
less than IT'S miles, and eliminate
q prompt payment discount.
Eastern Utilities Associates earned
4i,588,770 In the year ended Aug
ust 81, VS.. $l,771 .s27 the previous
year.
Central Maine Power Co. earned
s3,57o,016 in the year ended Au-
gust 81, VS.. S3,345 .095 the year before
Consolidated Gas Co. of Baltimore
earned s5,416,996 in the eight
months ended August 81, or $39l a
common share, VS.. $5,2l3,628 or
G74 in the 1916 period.
Evening star., 1947-10-01

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Evening star., 1947-10-01
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK. oct lR.-Foreign ex-
change rates follow (Great Britain in
dollars: others in centsD
Canadian. dollar in New York open
market, 10ss per cent discount or S9.62h
Europe-Great Britain, S4 .03 u, un-
changed; France ffrancDj S41s of a cent
Funchanged; Sweden tkrona), 2T.S5, un-
,cfanged; Switzerland (franc) tcom.
mercial), 2340. unchanged.
Latin America-Argentina free, 24.a1
unchanged; Brazil free, $50, unchanged;
Mexico, 20.63, UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Mounting Costs Trim
Nets Of -Four D. T..
Utility Companies
By Edword c. Stone

4OWtl llCG COL llllA6o al WIG 2AA co
eight months of 1947 than year
ago were reported by Washington's
four utility corporations to the
Public Utilities Commission. De-
creases were substantial, expenses
having mounted rapidly.
Washington Gas Light reported
net income of $685. ,623. which was
$212,o97 under last year. Conver-
sion to natural gas was an i'm
portant expense factor along with
higher payrolls.
Potomac Electric Powers net was
$3l5,529 below the 1916 mark, as
operating expenses exceeded the
rise in revenues. Taxes were down
sharply and depreciation up.
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
earnings totaled $1,705,523, before
interest and dividends, a $748,828
decrease. With revenues down and
expenses up, officials have asked for
q rate increase.
Capital Transit registered net
income of $195,682 far below last
year because of an increase of $780,
459 in operating expenses.
Association 81 Years Old.
Today marks the 57th anniversary
of the National Permanent Build
ing Association, Robert E. Buckley,
president. Present resources exceed
S24,000,000 Mr.. Buckley stated. The
annual meeting of the stockholders
takes place Friday.
On the Washington Stock Ex-
change yesterday, Hecht common
sold at 25, Garflnckel common at
18 and woodward & Lothrop COM
mon at 48, the most active day in
these issues in weeks.
Clearings in Washington banks,
by months. so far this year COM
pare as follows with the like 1946
periods.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO; Oct. R,.-Grains over
came early hesitancy and advanced stv-
Wheat paced the upturn. :
Buying, came from both cash and COM
mission houses. The cash houses were
removing hedges against sales of fairly
large quantities of cash wheat to the
Commodity Credit Corp. yesterday.
Wheat at noon. was 2 to 41a higher,
higher: December. S2.33s4. and oats were
IA to cents higher: December. Sl15h,
Evening star., 1947-10-01
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Oct. l R. - Cotton
futures weer steady in active dealings
today. The market gained over 81 bale
in early trading and after . temporarily
reaction again turned firm.
Mills covered contracts ageressively.
Trade buying was. also attributed partly
| to covering against sales of cotton to the
Commodity Credit Corp. 1t was estimated
| that more than 10000 bales was covered
| in the cotton futures market.
Late afternoon prices were !25 CENTS to
S1.35 q bale higher than the previous
| close. October, 31.00; December, 30.s4,
ana March, 1890
Evening star., 1947-10-01
N. Y. Bond Market
Furnished by the Associated PressJ
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Evening star., 1947-10-01

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