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Freshmen Orientation Week Opens '41-'42 School Year Tests And Addresses To Highlight Program Activities Under Direction Of Dean Bertholf; Class 011945 To Vol.19 No.1 WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE September 18, 1941 Be Given Reception Wednesday In McDaniel Lounge Western Maryland College's seventeenth annual orientation Replacements The President's Greetings ... program, on Tuesday of tests, Lloyd Bertholf, 23, when of the receptions will un- discussions, speeches, a week and direction Faculty, of Dr. der Dean the morning, one open September approximately and In Faculty In a time of national emergency every phase of life is hundred of Men or the Dean freshmen men and room women- register from at the seventy office of the Registrar assignments the and receive their Dean of Women. It is trite the impact The registration Announced affected. crisis thrown to point out the fact that public Shifting of the on ents and assignments of the new stud- popu- education is tremendous. present upon to rooms ,.•ill unusual have lations burdens schools on both the elementary and secondary levels. The attractiveness continue throughout the day, inter- rupted only by htnch and dinner in the Three Major Posts Vacated of remunerative positions for high school graduates, a similar Science Hali dining room for board- New students enrolled young men will be By Profs. Campbell, Ebaugh, appeal to young drafting and of a certain women number already of college men, in ing students. about the campus find to the conducted college and And Nathan To Be Filled will have a large effect upon the colleges and universities of their respective rooms by upper-clasa . the country. men, representatives of the Student Three major changes have been Present indications are that Western Maryland will be Governments and of the S. C. A. made ill the faculty of Western Mary- less affected than most colleges. For this we are encouraged. On Tuesday evening at 8 P. M. the land College for the current year. The need of sacrifice in the national interest is perfectly clear. freshmen will be entertained at an iu- Miss Jessie Campbell, who resigned At the same time it cannot be too strongly emphasized that for-mal get-acquainted in McDanicl to be married this past Summer, will post-war periods have great need of leadership. Young men Hall Lounge. be replaced as an instructor in the and young women who forsake the opportunity of higher ed- biology department by Dr. Ella Mar- ucation for the sake of immediate employment are likely to Religious Service tin. Dr. Martin has had considerable learn in later years that they are not prepared either for de- Wednesday's activities will start off teaching experience at De Paul Uni- sirable employment or places of leadership in the national en a reiigious note when a service of versity in Chicago. She graduated economy. worship, conducted by Professor from Lawrence College with a B.A. Montgomery Shroyer, will be held in degree and, specializing in botany, re- Never in our history has there been greater need for per- Baker Chapel. Immediately following i ceived her master of arts-and doctor's spectives. This is true both for the national government and Dr. Bertholf the service, President Holloway will degree from the University of Wis- for every individual in it. The high school graduate needs it. officially welcome the assembled new background of a alternatives against cousin. He must weigh his ask himself "What shall the I do now that will members of the student body in an ud- He must total life. dress in the chapel. The freshmen will Mr. Earl C. Ramer will become the mean most in the long run?" The college student needs it. then be assigned by Dr. Bertholf to assistant professor of education in He needs to weigh the opportunities now afforded him on a Full-Time Nurse their counselors who will advise them the absence of Miss Mary Olive college campus against the background of their eventual as to the selection of courses. Ebaugh, who has been confined in the worth. "What shall I do now that will give college the most In Infirmaries At approximately !l:25 A. M. all of Johns Hopkins hospital since the last meaning for me in the future?" Looking out upon a world the new students will take a place- semester of last year. Graduating ment test in English in Science Hall. from the U. of Florida, he obtained =~~~~r i~o~a~~e n~~~oe~sd~P~~~;~orh~~ apf~~;it~!ihii~:s~r~~l:: Miss Virginia Bland, Mar~land Those whose initials are from A to 1\1 his master of arts degree at Colum- upon the educational opportunities which is his. General Hospital, has accepted the will report to room 22. The other bia University and expects to get his position of full time nurse and will be freshmen will report as follows: N doctor's degree at the same institu- This greeting to both new and old students as we ap- assist~d by Miss ~argar~t Ada,:",s, through S, to room 31; T through Z, tion this coming spring. Although proach another college year has had to be in serious vein be who has been associated with the IU- to room 33. he is taking the place of Miss Ebaugh, cause we are in such serious days. We welcome you to Col- firmary since last January. It was he will not teach any of the educa- lege Hill, cognizant not only of YOUl- opportunities but also of found that a full time nurse was ne- Campus Problems tional psychology courses since Dr. our responsibilities. We cherish the hope that this year will cesaitated by the adoption of the Campus problems and their t-ela- Bai-tlett will take over these classes \be signal in the manifestation of a true and effective college free hospitilization plan" of the col- tions to the freshmen men and wo- in addition to the subjects she taught ~ommunity. FP.'El.) C. 1:iJLLOWi\Y; e le~~lil'~r "~"'W illfir~al'~ buiJQ! men will be discussed by Dean L. (Cont. on page 6, col. 3) t:_tL --'- '--_ ing has been ulj'proved by the Board Fun'est Rrccv Dean of Me", in l',)orui Bertha Z2;-Beience l'lan and by Dean Adkins, Dean of Women, in the S. C. of Trustees, ,aco;:ording to Dr. Fred G. A. room, McDaniel Hall, following the Men' 5 Student Government To Sponsor Various Holloway. Because of labor and finan- completion of the English tests. cial difficulties, the time of construc- tion will probably be delayed. Plans of The freshmen will receive another Activities As New Session Op~ns On Hill the building call for separate floors examination, after a psychological test, im- lunch on Wednesday mediately for the men and women. There will in Science Hall. After the exam, be a nurse's room, an isolation ward, Courtiers To Furnish Music The danee wifl be informal. Big Brother Movement, Sale and accommodations for those with Coach Charles Havens and Professor The Big Brother Movement, for- Barnette Speir will address the men For SGA Dance In Gill merly sponsored by the S. C. A., has Of Used Books Are Other minor illnesses on each floor. on the subject of athletics and physi- Gymnasium On Saturday been adopted by the Student Govern- Affairs Handled By Group With the completion of the build- cal education in room 22, Science n;ent. Letters have been mailed to ing, it is proposed to hire two full Hall. Miss Marie Parker find Miss Sponsoring a variety of activities both freshmen and upper claasmen, and demand, more used books will be time nurses to take care of the in- Roselda Todd, Women's athletic in- as the new session opens, the Men's, and both big and little brothers are gotten to those desu-ing them, and fir-mary. structors, wiii discuss the same sub- Student Government Association. un- urged to contact one another to give more time saved ill the process. DI'. Holloway expressed the hope of jects with the girls in the S. C. A. der the presidency of Isaac B. Reber-t, and receive the help of this move- The Student Government will as- starting the work soon. He could not room. opens the social season with the first ment. sist with the orientation program Promise a definite date, however, be- Remaining ill the same rooms, the Student Oovemmcnt Victory Dance The S. C. A. will continue to SPOll- when ten representatives will arrive cause of the uncertainty of the times. (Cont. on page 3, col. 2) on Saturday, September 27, from 8 SOl' the Big Sister Movement. on the campus Tuesday to show the to 11:45 P. 11'1:. in Gill Gymnasium. An effort will be made this year by freshmen to their rooms and help Dean's list . . . . lIfusic fOI" the occasion will be provid- the Men's Student Government to with the various social events of this cd by The Courtiers, who have been have the book-store handle the sale week. Acc~rding to the new ruling, "Sophomores, Juniors, and seniors in playing in and around Baltimore for of second-hand books. Mt'. Harrison Election of class representatives to full class standing who during the previous semester have attained an several years. They ~lso played f~' has agreed to receive the books in the the Student Council wili be held average grade of B or better and have not received a grade below C in the Bachelor- fraternity dance two book-store and sell them for sixty shortly after the reopening of college. more than one semester honr of work" are eligible for the "Dean's list." years ago. percent of the new value. He will The proposal for the building of an I'he following students have met these requirements: (September, 1941) Admission will be fifty cents, stag then refund to the former; owner annex to the college grille has been or drag. If the football team defeats fifty-five percent of the list price. It presented to a committee of admlnls- Paul Alelyunas Seniors Cortland that day, members of the is hoped that by thus providing an tration for approval. If acted upon Andrew Bohle Edna Bandorf Lucie Leigh Barnes varsity squad will be admitted free. agent for bringing together supply favorably, it wiii be presented to the Strayer Hancock Miriam Bond Board of Trustees in October. William Leatherman Esther Henvis Isaae Rehert Jean Lamoreau Dr. Lloyd M. Bertholf To Hebel hI Wentz Anna Robey Sweeney Virginia I Natural Resources Committee Convocation Set Janus Yentsch Louise Young For Sept. 29 Dr. Lloyd Bertholf, Dean of the search will be made by a single group Convocation of Western Maryland Milton Huber Juniors Verna Cooper Paculty of Western Maryland Col- that will be beneficial to each of the College for the Seventy-fifth an- Albert Jones Elizabeth Gable lege, was made chairman of the De- other organizations. It will be its nual session will be held in Alumni Alvin Levin M. Caroline Gable partment of Research and Education purpose to administer the wQl'k of the Hali on Monday, September 29, at 10 William Prettyman Janith Horsey of the Board of Natural Resources at five men that are located at the Ches- A. M. Hannah McKee the September meeting of the depart~ apeake Biological Laboratory and to The following program has been Hazel l\1etz ment. Other members, all of whom extend activities into research on pos· followed in recent years: Frances Ogden were appointed by Governor Herbert sibilities of conservati()o of inland Dorothy SowtCl' R. O'Conol"in June, include Dl·. E. E. water game fish and of birds and an- Prelude Soph()mores Cory of the University of Maryland, imals. Upon completion of certain Hymn-" A Mighty Fortress Is Our l\Iartin Gorten Margaret Adams Dr. H. B. Williel' of Johns Hopkins phases of the research, it will be God" Andrew Graham Lucille Gischel University, Mr. J. T. Handy of Cris- given publicity through the supplying With processional of Faculty in James Griffin Ann l\1eeth field, and Dr. J. D. Corrington of of films, lectures, and other material academic costume. William Harrington Mary Gladys Rehmeyer Washington College. to the various schools and colleges Invocation Wilmer Kerber Nancy Swecker Under the Board of Natural Re· throughout the state. Data will be Address by President Holloway Fred Kullmar SOUl'ces are TidewateJ' Fisheries, Fol'- compiled on the weather and filed for Reading of Undergraduate Honors Arlie Mansberger esby, Mine and Geology, Inland Wa- future reference. by Professor Shaeffer. William Richardson tus, and Game-departments that Dr. Bertholf will assume charge of Singing of the "Alma Mater". William Sires have previously done research separ- Recessional. Charles Tsouprake ately. .vith the formation of the de- the next meeting, which will be held John Yost partment headed by Dr. Bertholf, 1'e- on October 13, 1941. Postlude.