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The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-05-09

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The 48th annual Color Day festivities will begin May 10 at 10 where the queen and her court will be crowned. Freddy Beamer, this year's queen, and her court will be attending the queen's ball on May 9. This year's Color Day festivities will come to an end with the Symphonic Band concert on Sunday May 11. The Independent Study projects of senior art majors will be on display in the Wishart museum on Sunday, May 11, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. There are two new political student clubs on campus now, the Young Democrats, and the Young Republicans.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-05-23

Wooster Voice Editors

The commencement speaker at the 83rd commencement on June 9 will be Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Reverend James Blackwood will deliver his first service this Sunday morning. The head of the Men's Association for the upcoming school year will be John Keitt. Many of the students and people in the range to listen to the WCW radio station do not tune in because they are already busy doing something else. Next fall, eight professors will be returning from Sabbatical, but twenty-three will be either leaving for good, or taking their sabbaticals. Eighteen students will be getting married this summer or the early fall.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-09-19

Wooster Voice Editors

The speech department has announced that this year's homecoming play will be "The Swan" by Ferenc Molnar. The College of Wooster officially opened for its 83rd year and it began with the annual Convocation led by President Howard Lowry. The Student Senate had its budget increased by $1030 since last year, bringing the total to $7375. The annual Frosh Mixer was held in Severance Gymnasium. The 1952 national Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship was awarded to William F. McKee. Twenty new students from twelve foreign countries have enrolled into the College of Wooster.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-10-03

Wooster Voice Editors

Over seventy-five candidates have been introduced for homecoming queen as well as class offices. There are eighteen new faculty members on campus this year. There is much debate over whether or not Wooster should incorporate co-ed dining. Some on campus believe it will be an issue, while others think it will be good for the students. A tentative schedule for the music department concerts and events has been released.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-10-10

Wooster Voice Editors

Tuesday's election decided that Marilu Darone will be the 34th Homecoming Queen. New rules and standards have been set for this year's pledging by the Men's Association. Twenty-eight new members will be initiated into the four honorary societies: Spanish, classics, history, and political science. The first performance of the year by the Little Theater was last night. It was the play "The Swan" by Ferenc Molnar. The city of Wooster and Wayne County are helping to raise funds for the new men's dormitory.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-10-17

Wooster Voice Editors

The college received $300,000 by a yet unnamed donor for a new men's dorm, it will house 75 students, and is going to be designed by the same architect who designed Compton. 58 sophomore and junior women are pledging the sororities this upcoming week. The keynote speaker for United Nations Day is a 1942 graduate of the college, Dorothy B. Robins. 20 paintings by Italian artists of the Giuseppe Verzocchi collection will be on display in the Wishart Museum. Dr. Karl Ver Steeg, head of the geology department, passed away a week ago from a stroke, funeral services were held Monday in Westminster chapel.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-10-31

Wooster Voice Editors

There is an article about the two presidential candidates, Eisenhower and Stevenson, one of which will be chosen in about a week. Recognition Day was held October 23 in the chapel, many students were recognized for their academic achievements. Entries to be considered for the Gum Shoe Hop script must be turned in by December 1. Tomorrow evening is the Sadie Hawkins Dogpatch Ball.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-11-07

Wooster Voice Editors

Tonight's pep rally kicks off the Dad's Day festivities. Last week's Sadie Hawkins Dogpatch Ball had the theme of clever corsages and blushing beaux. This year's Dad's Day play put on by the Little Theater is "The Traitor" by Herman Wouk. Any senior who plans to attend graduate school beginning September 1953 and wishes to have a career in college teaching is invited to apply for fellowships given by the Danforth foundation of St. Louis, Missouri.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-11-21

Wooster Voice Editors

Directors Mr. Winford Logan of the speech department and Mr. Stuart J. Ling, of the music department have started rehearsals for Walter Kerr's "Sing Out, Sweet Land." Ron Austin and Dick Brubaker will be initiated into the national classics fraternity Eta Sigma Phi. Tai Joon Park received a honorary doctor of music degree from the College of Wooster on November 13. Four juniors have been selected by the Washington Semester committee to spend their second semester in Washington D.C.: John Jeandrevin, Dirck Meengs, Jean Prentice, and Sue Reed. You can now find a 54-volume set of the "Great Books of the Western World" in the library.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1952-12-12

Wooster Voice Editors

Dr. Lean will present his annual reading of "The Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens. Dr. Lean is a retiree of Wooster's speech department. The topics of discussion at the Student Faculty Relations Committee were the enforcement of compulsory church, and modification of the class cut system. Dr. E. Kingman Eberhart, professor of economics, gave the keynote address titled, "Human Rights and the UN," at the Human Rights Day celebration. The concert choir will be presenting the "Christmas Story" on December 14.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-01-18

Wooster Voice Editors

The Student Senate has approved the plan for converting the southwest corner of the Student Union area into a smoking room. Carl Sandburg, an Abraham Lincoln guru will be on campus on Lincoln's birthday to lecture. Men and women will no longer have to be separated by an aisle in the chapel, however they will be closely monitored and have to sit in a specific row each time. If the administration can get the details together in time for next semester registration, students may be able to choose between two or three meals a day.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-02-08

Wooster Voice Editors

155 freshman will be going through this year's hell week. The WCW radio station will re-air February 11 with a few changes, the most important being that they will broadcast from 10-11 rather than 6:45-7:45. "The Madwoman of Chaillot," by Jean Giraudeaux will be performed in both French and English under the direction of Mr. Donald Shallower. A new alumni catalogue has been published for the first time in 10 years.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-02-22

Wooster Voice Editors

The senate may end this year with a surplus of $1200 to $1500. This year's Gum Shoe Hop, Go Continental, directed by Dick Oberlin, is said to have a weak plot, but the actor/ress had strong dialogue. Maxine Schnitzer and Corrine Snuffer were finalists at the Women's State Individual Events Contests held at Bowling Green State University. The YMCA will be having its carnival on the Wooster Campus on March 2.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-03-08

Wooster Voice Editors

The Board of Trustees have decided not to raise the board cost for this semester. They were considering raising it by 10 to 15 dollars because food costs are rising. The dining halls will begin to stay open until 8 am for breakfast beginning after break. Mose Hole, basketball coach, completed the last game of his 25th year Saturday evening; he was given a camera by the Voice sports editor, Bob Clark. Career month is off on a bang, and this year they are putting more emphasis on discussing women's career opportunities. "The Golden Fleece of '51," by Hob Chang and Howard King is going to be this years Color Day play.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-03-15

Wooster Voice Editors

Shirley Cousins, Ruth DiSalvio, Lynn Irwin, Eva Lou Michel, Barbara Policy, and Wylene Young are the six candidates for the Color Day Queen. Wooster will be sponsoring a DP student for next year, the man will be selected by the International Refugee Organization in Europe from a pool of many applications, many are victims of World War II. Cleveland contemporary artists, Victor Schreckengost, Marco DeMarco, and William Schock, will have their art on display in the Museum through March 29.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-04-19

Wooster Voice Editors

The Color Day play will be performed May 9 through 12; it is titled "The Imaginary Invalid," by Moliere. The Fourth Annual U. N. Model Assembly will occur on May 5th in the Severance gymnasium with the topic being the China-Korea Crisis. Nine staff members of the WCW radio station attended a tristate Intercollegiate Broadcasting System conference at Miami University on Friday.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-04-26

Wooster Voice Editors

Beginning next school year, Wooster will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Old Main fire and its rebuilding next year. By May 1, the campus should have the new dial telephones in operation. Ten students will be spending 52 days in Europe this summer. The students that will be living in the French house next year have been chosen. On Sunday afternoon, President Lowry will be a guest speaker on the Columbia Broadcasting System's program, "Invitation to Learning." Through April 29 at the Wishart Museum, children's artwork of the Wooster public schools will be on display. The radio station's schedule for the next week is featured on the second page. Athletics updates can be found on page three. This year's Color Day band will be Bill Yates.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-05-03

Wooster Voice Editors

Marge Kunart is going to be station manager for WCW next year. Jean Snyder will be next year's Voice editor, and Whit Weihe will be in charge of editing the Index. A committee of seniors has been created to decide what the 1951's class gift to Wooster will be. The annual Serenade Contest will occur Friday evening. Tom Fell will be representing the Voice at the 25th Ohio College Newspaper Association Convention that is taking place at Kent State this weekend.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-05-10

Wooster Voice Editors

Color Day is under way, with events including the Coronation of the Queen, the Maypole dance, a play and more. The Eighth Section won the Serenade Contest trophy. The 25th annual Ohio College Newspaper Association contest awarded the Voice top prize. The faculty in charge of upper class programs has decided on a uniform rule for handling late IS papers. The fourth annual U.N. Model Assembly met with tensions rising between the East and West. A featured writing piece called Across The Trees Into The River by W.W. Keifer is featured.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-05-17

Wooster Voice Editors

This year's 81st commencement address will be given on June 11 by Charles F. Kettering. Professor Stuart Adams, an associate professor of sociology will be leaving to be a part of the Personnel Research Board at Columbus, Ohio to do research for the Air Force. The weather has cleared just in time for Color Day festivities. Next year's freshman Index will be edited by Pat Blosser, and the Student Directory for the 1951-52 school year will be edited by Ivan Preston and Tom Angerman. There will be a Street Dance on Saturday on the corner of University St. and College Avenue.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-09-21

Wooster Voice Editors

1057 students have enrolled for this year, which is mostly back to normal from before World War II. The annual reception, where new students are introduced to the deans and presidents will occur September 22. The student handbook and freshman pictorial directory have arrived on campus on time for the first time in four years. Two students and one faculty member have started off this school year in three separate car accidents. One male has also been diagnosed with a mild case of polio. There are 11 new faculty members this year.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-09-27

Wooster Voice Editors

Robert Oppenheimer, Reinhold Niebuhr, Mark Van Doren, Merle Curti, and Theodore Meyer Greene will be the speakers at the five man symposium on October 25-27; the theme will be "Twentieth Century Concepts of Man." The campus radio station WCW will begin it's third year broadcasting. The Homecoming production of the Life With Mother will be performed at Wooster's Little Theater. There are twelve newlywed couples that returned to campus this fall. Freshmen and Sophomores are competing in the annual bag rush to determine if the freshmen will wear their beanies until Thanksgiving recess.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-10-05

Wooster Voice Editors

Three hours before dawn, sophomores woke the freshman for the 1951 Run Out where the freshman are put through humiliating tasks like cleaning the stairs with a toothbrush, running, calisthenics, and singing. The Student Faculty Relations Committee discussed the expansion of the Student Union. Beverly West, Jane Leber, Mary Limbach, Fleur Kinney, and Wylene Young have been nominated to run for Homecoming Queen. The Little Theater will be performing Shakespeare's Hamlet for Dad's Day weekend. The editor of the 1952 index, Whit Weihe, has announced that the theme will be progress.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-10-12

Wooster Voice Editors

On Wednesday, Bob Ferm was elected to be senior class president. 71% of the students put their vote in. Wooster will be playing Denison University at Granville on October 13, there will be four buses taking students. Senior music major Wylene Young is this years Homecoming Queen. Assistant director of public relations Miss Ruth Van Doren has resigned to take the position of program director for adult activities at the Y. W. C. A. in Jackson, Michigan. On November 3 Cornelia Otis Skinner will be presenting a program of her monologue character sketches.
The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1951-10-19

Wooster Voice Editors

Five scientists will be speaking at next week's symposium on the topic, "Twentieth Century Concepts of Man." Homecoming festivities will begin tonight, many alumni and other visitors will be coming to Wooster to celebrate. Scripts to be considered for the Gum Shoe Hop are due December 1. The winner will receive $62.50 to divide among the writer and composer. Professor Moore will be lecturing on Moby Dick the first two weeks of November. Jeanne Crain, movie actress, was on campus Friday afternoon for a short amount of time as a part of the "Movietime USA" tour. The first ever mention of a homecoming celebration was in the 1906 Voice.