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The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-03-12

Wooster Voice Editors

Jim Cooper has been elected as next year's editor of the Voice. Chairman of the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission Samuel L. Devine will be the speaker at the next Young Republican club meeting on March 18. Six candidates have been named for this years Color Day Queen. Over 225 students were on the honor roll for last semester.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-03-19

Wooster Voice Editors

Summer school classes will only occur if a minimum of 70 students register by April 15th. Brahm's Requiem conducted by Robert Shaw will be performed by soloists, the concert choir, an orchestra composed of Eastman School of Music students, Oberlin students, members of the Canton Symphony orchestra, alumni of Wooster, and Wooster students. The Wishart museum will feature the watercolor paintings "Early American Architecture." The Mardi Gras Masquerade ball will occur tomorrow evening in the gym.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-04-16

Wooster Voice Editors

This years chosen Color Day pageant script is "Legend of Rip Van Wooster" by Scott Craig. Bob Voelkel has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship where all expenses will be paid by the government to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Rivals" will be performed by the freshman class on April 23rd to the 24th. Mr. Bindley has been reappointed as chairman of the Publications Committee. The Wishart Museum will be exhibiting 25 oil paintings by American artists from April 29th to May 10th.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-04-30

Wooster Voice Editors

Ground was broken two weeks ago for the new women's dormitory which will be known as Compton. Professor Robert Bonthius of the department of religion has resigned from the College of Wooster. He will be going to New York to be a chaplain and professor of religion at Vassar College. Five senior art majors will have their art on display beginning May 9th. Head of the department of chemistry, Dr. Roy I. Grady, will act in the place of Dean William Taeusch for the 1954-1955 school year.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-05-14

Wooster Voice Editors

President of Ohio Wesleyan University, Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, will be on campus to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters from the college. The Men's Association elected their council for next year. The Symphonic Band will perform in the Quinby Quadrangle. The Art Department of the College of Wooster will begin to have its artwork featured at the Akron Art Museum. Five art majors have their art on display in Galpin Hall. The festivities for Color Day continue with the Little Theatre's production of Mrs. McThing, three sports events and more. Don Reiman reprints a world famous short story by his uncle Roark Reiman called How Come Color Day?
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-05-21

Wooster Voice Editors

Majority leader of the House of Representatives, Charles A. Halleck, will speak at the college on May 24. Jack Wakely has been awarded the 1954 Hayes Memorial Award, an award given each year to a senior male who has displayed outstanding sportsmanship and athletic ability but has never won a varsity letter. President of the University of Michigan, Dr. Harlan H. Hatcher, will be delivering the principal address at this years commencement. President Lowry has been invited by the Washington University of St. Louis to go to England for a week this summer with Dr. Compton and others. The concert choir is scheduled to sing in Detroit on May 25. An opinion article on page two appears to support racial segregation. Athletic updates for the past week are highlighted on the third page. Stanley Seifried won first prize in the newly formed Perley W. Dozer speech contest.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-09-25

Wooster Voice Editors

This Saturday, the Fighting Scots football team will open up their season with a home game against Allegheny. Over 150 students made the Dean's List for last semester. There is an article on the cover page listing all of the faculty who have received promotions for this year, as well as a section regarding seventeen new hires for this year. Donald E. Shawver has resigned from Assistant Director of Admissions in order to take a position with the Scott-Foresman Publishing Company. Page two has a short article about the upcoming 1954 presidential election. Toyohiko Kagawa, a prominent evangelist and reformer from Japan, spoke at the chapel last night. Athletic updates are featured on the third page.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-10-01

Wooster Voice Editors

The Dad's Day marching band show will feature the hits from the past five years. The Little Theater will present their first show of the season from October 6th to the 9th, this show is Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream." The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Joseph Martin, Jr., will be in Wooster on Monday October 4th to deliver a speech. Buddy Morrow and his orchestra will be performing in the chapel on December 3rd.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-10-08

Wooster Voice Editors

The Wishart Museum will open its new exhibition featuring contemporary designs by Noel Martin on October 25th. Petitions for the Student Senate positions will be available on October 11th. Homecoming festivities will kick off this evening with a bonfire and pep rally at 7pm, and will continue into the evening with the queen's ball. The Little Theater performed Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" as their first show of the season. There is a critique of the show on the first page.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-10-15

Wooster Voice Editors

Rodney S. Williams has been selected as new Assistant Director of Admissions by the Office of Admissions. The Wooster-in-India dinner will take place on Sunday with the guest speaker this year being John Gump. Sixty-eight students have petitioned to be elected for 23 spots in the Student Senate. This years Dad's Day weekend play will be "Canada" by George Bernard Shaw. It is being directed by Winford Logan from November 3rd to the 6th. The operetta production class and speech department will be performing "Amahl and the Night Visitors", and "Trial by Jury" on December 10th and 11th under the direction of Stuart J. Ling and Winford B. Logan. The Student Senate convened on Monday to discuss the possibility of adding a new jukebox and extending Friday and Saturday's dancing hours.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-10-22

Wooster Voice Editors

The first concert of the Community Series will be given by the Trapp Family Singers next Monday evening. Matthew Andrews Hall will have its dedication ceremony in the Memorial Chapel on October 24th. The Concert Choir and chamber-orchestra are rehearsing for their December 12th concert featuring: Schubert's '"Mass No. 2 in G Major", "Josn Mcine Freude"' by D. Buxlehude. and three Spanish Christmas carols. The Danforth Foundation grant is available for senior men and recent graduates who are preparing themselves for a career of college teaching and are planning to enter their first year of graduate school in September 1955.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-10-29

Wooster Voice Editors

The debate team of Oxford University of London will be at the College of Wooster on November 2 to compete against Wooster in the chapel. The topic of debate will be, "Communist objectives in the United States are being promoted by those who have usurped the anti-communist cause." Wooster's Nancy Orahood and Richard Watts will debate the negative. At the Sadie Hawkins dance on October 30th, the Dogpatch King will be crowned. This past week, the 126 girl's club pledges were designated as slaves. The Wishart Museum's first exhibit of the season is a modern showcase featuring Noel Martin of Cincinnati.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-11-09

Wooster Voice Editors

Recently elected United States Senator from Kentucky, Alben W. Barkley will be speaking in the Chapel on November 11 at 8:30pm. The Falk Foundation grant will allow the Young Democrat and Young Republican groups to operate better and students are encouraged to join.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-11-12

Wooster Voice Editors

The second Margaret Wallace Notestein Memorial lecturer of the year will be the famous historian Arnold J. Toynbee. He will speak on November 18th in the Memorial Chapel. On the evening of Wednesday December 1st Ruth Draper, a world famous actress, will be presenting a series of monologues. Tickets are $1-$1.50. The YWCA Centennial Banquet will take place on November 17th in the upper Holden dining room; Miss Winnifred Wygal is the guest speaker.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-11-19

Wooster Voice Editors

164 men are pledging for a fraternity. "Their Day Has Yesterday" is Dr. Vergilius Ferm's newest book, based on the struggle of educational policies of small denominational colleges in the 1920's. The Young Democrats will have Thomas Burke, a former mayor of Cleveland speaking at 7:30 on December 7th. The Young Republicans will have C. William O'Neill, Ohio's youngest attorney general speak at their meeting on November 22nd. On December 3rd in the Chapel, Buddy Morrow and his jazz band will be performing.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-12-03

Wooster Voice Editors

The Four College Conference will be held at Wooster on Saturday, December 4th with the topic being drama. The Student Senate has gone on the record of being against the rule of not being able to move the furniture in the large recreation room in Andrews Hall. The new Compton Hall is said to be completed by the beginning of next September. The Wooster Symphony Orchestra will hold their first concert of this season on Wednesday, December 8th, at 8:15 p.m. Jo Bruce will be the new Art, Music, and Drama Editor for the Voice.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-12-10

Wooster Voice Editors

The Christmas season will officially kick off this evening with the Christmas Formal, and will continue this Sunday with the Carol Concert. The Wishart Museum is hosting many contemporary paintings from Smith College. The Wooster-in-India program is now accepting male applicants for the 1956-1958 service years. Page three has updates about athletics.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1954-12-16

Wooster Voice Editors

Dr. Lean will present his annual reading of The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in the Memorial Chapel on Thursday evening. The Student-Faculty Relations Committee met last Monday to discuss the abolishment of a few of the required courses for graduation. Any women in college who are in good standing and need financial aid may apply to the local chapter AP of the P. E.G. Sisterhood. The week known as faculty hell week will begin January 7th; this has to do with the planning of student schedules.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1953-01-16

Wooster Voice Editors

The chosen script for this year's Gum Shoe Hop is "Manhattan Melody" written by Bob Chang, casting for the play is taking place this week. Sixteen seniors plan to be able to graduate a semester early. $2,500 has been awarded to the chemistry department by the DuPont grants for recognition of the outstanding record of the chemistry department in the education of chemistry majors. Assistant professor of the sociology department, Dr. Atlee L. Stroup, has been awarded a post-doctoral fellowship for advanced in service training in marriage counseling by the Grant Foundation of New York, allowing him to work his summer months as a marriage councilor.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1953-01-29

Wooster Voice Editors

The college has received a $43,500 grant from the Maurice and Laura Falk Foundation of Pittsburgh, Pa. to be used to finance the establishment and operation of an Institute of Politics here over a period of three years. The subject for the International Relations Club for next semester is, "United Europe." Anyone who wants to get into medical school for the fall of 1954, needs to take the Medical College Admission Test in May.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1953-02-06

Wooster Voice Editors

Dr. Clarence Jordan is the guest leader for Religion-in-Life Week which begins February 15. 150 underclassmen will be pledging for sororities and fraternities this upcoming week. Tonight, Mr. Paul Barrett will review the autobiography "My Island Home" by his Grinnell College school mate James Norman Hall. Dr. Willey Ley will lecture on February 12, he is a leading world authority on rockets, space ships, man-made satellites, and interplanetary travel.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1953-02-13

Wooster Voice Editors

The theme for this year's Religion in Life week is, "In Search of a Saviour," the speaker for this week is Dr. Clarence Jordan. There is an article discussing one students experience traveling on a budget of $600. There are approximately 200 fellowship opportunities for students who wish to study abroad.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1953-02-20

Wooster Voice Editors

The Wooster radio station has established a new schedule having both some old and some new programs. Applications will be accepted from Wooster students for the second annual Halle Bros. Co., $1,000 scholarship to New York University's School of Retailing. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, Carl Victor Weygandt will speak at a meeting of the Congressional Club on March 12. For career week, Dean Henry Gratton Doyle, and Dr. E. L. Stromberg will be on campus to speak about the psychology and language fields.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1953-03-06

Wooster Voice Editors

Peg Batterman, Marge Kurth, Ruth Peterson, May Lou Smyser, Corki Snuffer, and Kay Stimson have been nominated for this year's Color Day queen. "Tovaritch" by Jacques Deval will be performed in the Scot Auditorium on March 13, it has a fully French Script. For Career Conferences next week, Women's vocations will be the topic of discussion, specifically Religious Opportunities that will be talked about by Miss Mollis F. Stahley. The Symphonic Band will be performing both classical and contemporary music at their concert on March 8. President of Kenyon College, Dr. Gordon K. Chalmers will speak at the series of programs about "Personal Considerations in a Liberal Education."
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1953-03-13

Wooster Voice Editors

Next year's editors of the Index will be Nancy and Natalie Schneider, and Dick Sheppard will be editor of the Voice. The Mock United Nations Assembly will take place on March 14 in Wesleyan; the four colleges that will be participating are Wooster, Wesleyan, Denison, and Oberlin. This year's children's play will be "King Midas and the Golden Touch," directed by Mr. Howard Becknell. Next Tuesday, Dick Brubaker and Don Haskell will be competing for the position of president of the student senate. Wooster has been ranked in the top 50 by the Ford Foundation for colleges producing top scholars.