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The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-02-20

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The Board of Trustees have decided that tuition will increase by one hundred dollars, now totaling $900.00. The loan program has also been revisited; all students will be able to have loans of varying amounts. However, the total amount outstanding to an individual at the time of his graduation cannot exceed an amount equal to twice the full tuition. The loans will be interest free until one year after graduation, or one year after dropping out, and then the interest will be 3%. Mr. Robert Ramsey will be the manager of the Wooster Inn when it opens; it is in its final stages of construction.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-02-27

Wooster Voice Editors

Arms and the Man, by George Bernard Shaw, will be directed by Mr. Stanley Schutz of the department of speech on March 4, 5, 6, and 7. The Student-Faculty Relations Committee will be discussing the addition of six more monitors at the chapel, and having anyone who leaves before the presentation is done sign out. The 1959 World Affairs Institute was conducted by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs regarding United States-Soviet Relations on February 20-21. Dr. Eric L. Simmons will be speaking to groups on March 4-6. He is from the Argonne Cancer Research program.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-03-06

Wooster Voice Editors

The Severance Gymnasium will hold the performance of British 'jazzsters' Chris Barber and his musicians on March 10th. Angene Hopkins was name the editor of the 1959-1960 Voice. The Glee Club will be performing their show on March 13th; tickets are one dollar. The people who answer the phones in the dorms are known as Desk Girls, which is a strictly feminine job. President of the Cambodian National Assembly and other dignitaries visited the college on their trip to America.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-03-13

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Marty Ashbaugh, Dixie Barlow, Woonsin Chu, Margi Elliott, Katy Kerr, and Barbara Stockard will be competing for this years position as Color Day Queen. The Spring Choir Concert, occurring on April 3rd, will feature the performance of Ein Deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms. Mr. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. will be speaking on, "The Crisis of Freedom in America," on April 19th. He is a Professor of History at Harvard. The towel room in Severance Gym caught fire this past Sunday from a hand dryer that someone neglected to turn off, losing upwards of 200 towels, one dryer, all wiring, two window frames above the dryers, and the towel rack; replacement will cost an estimated $500.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-03-18

Wooster Voice Editors

The 55th Color Day queen, Woosin Chu, was crowned this past week, as was her maid of honor, Margi Elliott. Dr. Frances V. Guille, French professor, will lead a group of Wooster students on a European tour beginning June 10th on a Greek ocean liner, the S.S. New York. They will spend three weeks in Paris studying and taking classes. Mr. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., professor of history at Harvard, will discuss, "The Crisis of Freedom in America." Mr. Robert Cope, Director of Admissions, had to undergo surgery to have his appendix removed on March 10th.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-04-10

Wooster Voice Editors

An anonymous donor donated a sum of one million dollars for the construction of a new library; this donation is the largest single donation the college has ever received. The new library will be built after the college raises an additional half a million dollars. Ambassador to the United States from the Philippines, Carlos P. Romulo, spoke at the chapel on Monday about the necessity of American ideals in order to combat Communism. The girls' choir will be singing songs from West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Three Penny Opera, Robin Hood, Geisha, Girl, Carousel, and Mikado. The Color Day festivities will begin May 6th and go through May 10th.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-04-17

Wooster Voice Editors

The girls' chorus will be singing songs from recent and older musicals on April 17th. On April 28th, sophomore Bobbi Beck will be arranging the all-college picnic; the dining halls will be close for this. The men's dorms have a new rule that restricts pizza delivery to only once a night, and bans Sangys, a student operated sandwich concession. Miss Gould, Dr. Ihrig, Dr. Eberhart, Dr. Gore, Mr. Ling, Dr. Stephenson, and Dr. Walcott will be taking their sabbatical next year; they will all be traveling to overseas countries.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-04-24

Wooster Voice Editors

The Little Theater will be performing an interpretation of a play regarding, "The Diary of Anne Frank," on Color Day. A professor of physics at New York University, Dr. Lyle B. Borst, will be lecturing on campus on April 27th and 28th. Dr. Roy I. Grady, will retire this June; he was a chemistry professor at the college since 1923. The Wooster Symphony Orchestra will have its annual spring concert on May 2nd in the Memorial Chapel; the orchestra is directed by Alan Collins of the Music Department.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-05-01

Wooster Voice Editors

The 1959 Serenade Contest takes place tonight, May 1st; there are eight groups competing. The National Science Foundation has given the college a grant of $14,170 to support a conference on the, "Education of Faculty and Undergraduate Research in the Liberal Arts College." Beginning July 1st, Dr. Charles L. Adams, Associate Professor of the Spanish Department, will leave the College of Wooster to accept a position at Hiram College as Director of Church Relations. Mr. Bruce Knox will be retiring this June after 18 years as the treasurer at the college. Page four features an ad for Campus Belle Beauty and Slenderizing Salon, where women can go to get haircuts, as wells as a, "slenderizing program which combines a diet with the use of Niagara's reducing couch and chair."
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-05-08

Wooster Voice Editors

The 89th commencement ceremony will take place on June 8th in the Memorial Chapel. Page three features an article about the anonymous million dollar gift for the new library, to be completed by the centennial year of 1966 along with other buildings. East of Wagner hall, the Wooster Inn is almost finished with construction and should be done in June. Mr. Moore, and English professor since 1917 at the college, will make this year his last. Page four has an article reviewing "The Diary of Anne Frank," and a play relating to this diary.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-09-25

Wooster Voice Editors

The Centennial Headquarters, formerly Miller Manor, a woman's headquarters, holds the operations of the Alumni Building Campaign. This year, they are focusing on raising funds for the restoration of Kauke. The College of Wooster welcomes nineteen new faculty members this year. Miss. Marjorie Suhs, from department of music, will be performing four different composers - Haydn, Brahms, Mampou, and Ravel - at the faculty recital.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-10-02

Wooster Voice Editors

In Kauke 123, there is a new language laboratory being installed for the French, German, and Spanish departments. This lab will have a set of headphones with microphones at each desk. The 1959 homecoming queen crown will be fought for by five seniors: Martha Ashbaugh, Dixie Barlow, Carol Collins, Ellie Elson, and Katy Kerr. The vote for homecoming queen and student senate is due October fifth. This year's homecoming show is, "The Great Sebastians." The first art exhibition of the year at the Wishart museum will open on October 2nd, and features contemporary Dutch artists.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-10-09

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James Allardice, a 1941 College of Wooster graduate, and Thomas Adair, are both Hollywood writers who are teaming up to write a musical that will premiere by the Little Theater in March. Mrs. Vera Micheles Dean will be discussing her summer in Africa at the chapel. The Men's Association voted against the 1960 Serenade Contest because of the amount of time the practices take up, and the increasing importance of academia on campus. "The Ugly American," a political fiction book by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer, was on the top-ten booksellers list all summer. It is suggested that everyone read it. The marching band this year will play at seven games and consists of 56 bandmen, seven majorettes, and four bagpipers; 27 of the members are new.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-10-16

Wooster Voice Editors

The lecture series will be kicking off with Dr. Arthur Mizener, and English professor at Cornell University; he will be lecturing on, "The American Novel in the 20th Century." The Wooster Thespians will be casting the play "Medea," an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides' for parent weekend in November. The college bookstore will be moving to a temporary location to make space for the new library. The new manager of the library is Mrs. Charles Holden. In the piece, "Original Plans Construct Kauke As Member Of 'White City' Project," it discusses the history of the Old Main fire, and how this years alumni funds will be going towards the restoration of Kauke Hall.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-10-23

Wooster Voice Editors

The Wooster Inn, a colonial style building, is being dedicated to the donor Robert Wilson. There will be a mock election, which will be Democratic, is preceding the national party convention, on March 19. The Sadie Hawkins dance will occur on October 31. One mother of a junior student had three suggestions to improve dressing manners: boys wear jackets and ties to dinner, girls dress up more at dinner, and attention to manners be stressed like in fraternity schools.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-10-30

Wooster Voice Editors

This edition opens up with the language department receiving new earphones with microphones in which they can listen to their lessons and speak into them in Kauke 123-124. There is a new professor in the English department, James F. Arnott from Scotland, he was formerly a professor of English and dramatic studies at the University of Glasgow. Dr. Harold C. Urey, an atomic scientist, is giving a lecture on the origin of the Solar System.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-11-06

Wooster Voice Editors

The first page of the Voice opens up with the Fighting Muskies of Muskegon College coming to the college for a game. The Phi Beta Kappa lecturer this year is Dr. Ephriam A. Speiser, a Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages at the University of Pennsylvania; his talk is titled, "The Modern Middle East: Chronic World Center of Gravity." The Little Theater group is putting on the Euripides' tragedy, "Medea." The Student Christian Association raised $2,365 at their fundraiser, falling $1,170 short of their goal.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-11-13

Wooster Voice Editors

Parents' Weekend began this afternoon with registration in Galpin. On Recognition Day this Tuesday, Dean William Taeusch announced the winners of awards and prizes; the names of the winners are listed on the first page. The play that will be presented during Parents' Day Weekend will be Robinson Tellers' version of Medea. Beginning on September 9 of this year, the Alumni Building Campaign began to raise funds and to date has reached $160,000. Page one has a proposed drawing of the new women's dining hall to be located between Compton and Wagner.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-11-20

Wooster Voice Editors

This edition opens with the discussion about the three day music celebration honoring Handel and Purcell. The first page of the paper has an article regarding the building plans for the new speech center, featuring a theater with 546 seats. This new building will be across from Taylor Hall. The women's social club members will be hosting a Disney themed dance, which will include a Fantasyland and Tomorrowland.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-12-04

Wooster Voice Editors

This edition of the Voice opens with the announcement of the fact the Dr. William Foxhall Albright will be coming to the college to give a lecture titled, "The Dead Sea Scroll Twelve Years Later." Dr. Albright is a known archaeologist and professor. The larger dorm halls will have soda machines installed over Christmas break. 29 different faiths are represented on campus this year, 61% are United Presbyterian.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1959-12-11

Wooster Voice Editors

The paper headlines with an article about Dr. Delbert G. Lean's annual reading of Dickens, "Christmas Carol." Dr. Lean has been giving this reading since he first came to Wooster in 1908. The Wishart Museum has its fifth annual Christmas Bazaar is on display through December 17. The prospective upcoming freshman class is going to be tough to join as there have already been 2,000 applications. One of the most important factors of getting in to the college is the interview.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1958-01-17

Wooster Voice Editors

185 freshman and transfer men finished their pledging this past week. The sailing club has gained three new Tech Dinghies, increasing their fleet to seven boats. Saadideen Khayat, a 21-year-old student from Damascus, Syria, is featured in an article on the first page discussing his school experience in America versus the other countries he has gone to school in.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1958-01-31

Wooster Voice Editors

Freshman women from Hoover Cottage and Miller manor switched to their newly completed dorm, Wagner Hall, over the past weekend. Juniors Jim Edgar, Ray Machesney, Bill Van TiIburg, and Virginia Wenger embarked their journey to Washington D.C. for a semester long program. CBS bought the rights for "Everyman" in hopes to make the production more available to audiences. Dr. Van A. Harvey, Assistant Professor of Religion at Princeton University, will be speaking at the chapel about, "Movies, Morals, and the Church."
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1958-02-07

Wooster Voice Editors

Governor Mennen Williams of Michigan will be on campus February 15th to lead the conference of Ohio College Young Democrats. Dr. Samuel Laeuchli will be the guest speaker for the Religion in Life program. Nearly half of the 128 sophomores who took the written competence exam did not pass, meaning they will have to retake it in May, and those who still do not pass will be dropped from the college. Kent Weeks studied in Washington at a school for Young Republicans.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1958-02-14

Wooster Voice Editors

Sue Coleman of the 1957 graduating class, and June Mills, a junior, are teaching Spanish to elementary students grades 1-7. The governor of Michigan, Mennen Williams, will be speaking at the Jackson Day Dinner located at the Wooster Armory. A sophomore from Iran, Fred Takesh, commented on how Iran's education standards are much higher than that of the United States. Dr. Samuel Laeuchli spoke in the chapel last Monday about the open-mindedness of the American youth. Ex-congressman Donald Hayworth will be speaking in the chapel on February 17th about, "Political Profile of a Congressional District." The Wishart Museum will be presenting Religion in Life until February 22nd.