Otterbein Towers Winter/Spring 2005

Assignment in Baghdad: A Reminiscence and Perspective on Iraq by Glynn H. Turquand '54

While living in Iraq, I was befriended hv q it between Egypt and Israel in June opened their homes and culture to me, eenuinel ^ playing ping pong at the local to better understand perceptions and r'nlr 1 a1( experiences. I now relate a true incident whic 1 erences between Americans and the Iraqi people.

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Featuret Pres. DeVore Reflects on 20 years President C. Brent DeVore, the 19th president of Otterbein, has been at the helm now for over 20 years. A conversa­ tion with the boss.

Life-Long Connections Along with a new director of Alumni Relations, Otterbein has a newly formed Alumni Council that's working to strengthen alumni connections.

Students os Farmers Pbw the field in between Latin and Literature! Otterbein’s early and failed experiment with the Manual Labor movement.

President of the College • Brent DeVore H’86 Vice President for Institutional Advancement • Rick Dorman Director of Alumni Relations • Becky Fickel Smith ’81 Executive Director of College Relations • Patricia Kessler Executive Director of Planned Giving • Jack Pietila ’62 Editor/Designer • Roger Routson Coordinator of News Information • Jenny Hill Photographer • Ed Syguda Email:

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• When the Walls Come Tumblin’ Down ~ 2 • Welcome to the Otter Bean Cafe ~ 3 • Violet a Bboming Success ~ 4 • The Eagle’s Shadow (Common Book) ~ 5 • Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ~ 8

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• Profile: Wayne Cummerlander ’80 works hard for the money for his students ~ 27 • Profile: Manners is a full-time job for Cathi Carr Fallon ’80 ~ 29 Milestones The "0" Club Philanthropy Alumni Notes

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To make room for new stadium, venerated Memorial Stadium falls

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beginning in 2005, Otterbein will be playing football in a new home as construction of a $2.7 million foot' ball stadium grandstand began in October.

“This new stadium will complete the multi'year upgrade of our sports and recreational facilities,” said Presi' dent Brent DeVore shortly after the Otterbein College Board of Trustees approved the financing plan last May.

By Ed Syguda “It will have state'oT the'art locker rooms, a training room and equipment room,” said Head Football Coach Joe Loth. “It will be a great place to not only play in, but to come watch us play.”

The new grandstand, to be built on Center Street on the same site as the old Memorial Stadium, will be financed through private funds, raised through the Clements Founda'

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tion and the Otterbein “O” Club, both long'time contributors to ath' letics and other academic programs at Otterbein.

Demolition of Memorial Stadium, built in 1948, began with the first swing of the wrecking ball at noon on Nov. 18, right after Homecoming.

“We wanted our seniors to play three games at home,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Bob Gatti.

The new stadium, with handicap access, will feature seating for 2,400, including a reserved section in the middle with 500 stadium chairs, and a press box. Corna^Kokosing Con^ struction Company has been selected to build the new grandstand.

Over the last four years. Otterbein has added the Clements Recre­ ational and Fitness Center, a new softball field and new tennis courts to its athletics complex.

“With the addition of the new stadium,” Gatti said, “we have one of

the best athletics complexes in the conference.”

Otterbein played its first three home games in Memorial Stadium.

The Cardinals played the last two home games of the season at Wester­ ville South High School.

Wellcome to tho Ottor Bean (afo!

Over the summer, the Courtright Memorial Library was trans­ formed with the enclosure of the overhang at the main entrance to the building. The addition created four classrooms with a total of 142 seats, public restrooms and a campus coffee shop called The Otter Bean Cafe. The renovation also included the installation of automatic doors facing Main Street.

The classrooms are equipped with an instructor’s computer, data projector, document camera, and VCR/DVD players.

Comfortable seating in the Cafe allows for students to meet with friends, work on group projects, or

study between classes. Individuals can purchase beverages such as cof­ fee, latte, espresso, cappuccino and tea, and food, including muffins, cookies, sandwiches and salads. “It is great to see groups meeting in the cafe. The Otter Bean Cafe has been very popular with students, faculty, staff, and alumni,” indicated Lois Szudy, Library Director.

Wireless Internet access is available within the library to indi­ viduals with laptop computers with the necessary hardware. For stu­ dents, faculty, and staff without lap­ tops, the library is now offering the use of 11 laptop computers with wireless network cards and peripher­

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als. These computers are for use in the library or can be checked out for one day, without the option of renewal.

Szudy said, “The new addition to the Courtright Memorial Library is beautiful and makes a difference in the look and feel of the entire building. The installa­ tion of automatic doors into the building insures that everyone can easily enter the library. The hand­ icapped accessible restrooms on the first floor are popular with visi­ tors to the facility. The library staff members are very pleased with the results of the recent trans­ formation to the library.”

Otterbein college Theatre opened its 2004-05 season to critical

*e 'nost acclaimed off-Btoadway shows of the 1990s

Violet astounded critics and audiences with its powerful storv

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energetic, toe-tapping gospel, rock, country and rhythm and blues score and its well-crafted hcxik and lyrics

According to TJ^Columhus- Dispatch theatre critic Michael Grossherg, Otterhein College Theatre’s absorbing productum, sensitively directed by David Caldwell, ranks fs one of the season s best shows and perhaps the mos affect mg area college musical in years.”

Based on a hook and lyrics by Brian Crawley and fea turing music by Jeanine Tesori, Violet is set in 1964?! Z Deep South during the early days of the Civil R' R x It foil™ srowth ,„d e„lighte„„.„, young woman accidentally scarred by her father T u that a TV evangelist can cure her, she embarks ney by bus from her sleepy NorthCaroli^a i^^^^^^ homa. Along the way, she meets a young black s!?r . teaches her about beauty, love, courage and whar to he an outsider. ® ^ « means “Geneva Hyman is terrific in the title role ” P c wrote. “At once inntxent and worldly tend ’ ^ and courageous, her Violet personalizes the i™,m 7“®^’ innocence to experience ” Journey from

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Common Book Author Mark Hertsgaard talks about how the rest of the world sees America.

The Rike Center filled with stu^ dents and faculty on Nov. 9, eager to hear what the 2005 Common Book author, Mark Hertsgaard, had to say about the outcome of the presidential election. With his liberal views and whispered rumors of a mass walk^out y Republican students, Hertsgaard was walking a fine line to not offend anyone in the volatile climate one week after yet another contentious and closely contested presidential election.

The author of the Common Book, The Eagle’s Shadow. Why Ameri­ ca Fascinates and Infuriates the World, has traveled extensively throughout the world, talking to people at all lev­ els of various societies about American po itics, foreign policies, society and Stereotypes.

Hertsgaard began his lecture, entitled “How the U.S. Looks to the orld Now,” by commending the ate Mary B. Thomas for establishing the Academic Excellence Series that

makes the Common Book possible.

“As I was researching an ealier “It is one thing to stay inside your book. Earth Odyssey, I found that peo­ own head, it is another thing to talk ple wanted to talk to me as an Ameri­ across minds, to talk to others who can about the U.S. Nobody was ever have read the same book or have indifferent; there was always an opin­ seen the same movie as you,” he said. ion one way or another. At that time, “No one has a monopoly on the the rest of the world was far more inter­ truth, and you can always learn ested in America than something from some­ America was in the rest one else, even some­ “Theriot of th? world of the world,” he said. one you think you dis­ has no choice but to bo “But after September agree with,” he added.

11, it began to matter to He then began his interested in the U.S. the United States what discussion of the recent because American deci­ the rest of the world election with an thought of us.” overview of his book. sions shape everythinq “The United States “When I first got the manages to operate idea for the book, I did­ from war to interest under deficits because n’t plan to publish it in Chinese and Japanese the U.S. I got the idea rates, jobs and even banks lend us money, after the scandal of the what is on TV...” yet they know who 2000 election, and I Alan Greenspan is, and planned it only for my -MarkHertsqaaid we have no idea who foreign publishers to their officials are, even explain America to the rest of the though they could bankrupt us easily by world,” Hertsgaard said. calling in our loans,” Hertsgaard said.

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^^Q(>v<>n hunditNl coffins of American citizons have come back, with S,000 wounded, but 98,000 Iraqis are dead.

Their families are now feelinq hatred and askinq how we would feel if someone came in the nameofliberatinqus and killed our citizens.”

“The rest of the world wants to “The reasons we do not know like America, wants to get along with about the rest of the world are geog­ us and wants to stand beside us, and raphy and power,” he said. they will if we treat them as friends, “In Europe, they know that just not servants who must do what over the mountain is a different cul­ Washington says,” he said. ture, language and heritage, and they The rumor of a walk-out proved are not alone in the world,” he said, to be just that, and the students noting America’s relatively isolated remained seated through a question location. “However, geography is less and answer session with the author. of a problem now because of When asked about the role of advancements in transportation and environmental issues in U.S. policy, telecommunications.”

Hertsgaard said that the global cli­ “As far as power, for the last 100 mate change is the biggest threat to years, the U.S. has been the most the future of the world. powerful empire, which has made its “The Pentagon has said that by citizens complacent. We can do any­ the year 2020, there could be mass thing we want without answering to chaos, drought, starvation and maybe anyone,” he said. nuclear war as countries like India “The rest of the world has no fight over scarce resources. Tony choice but to be interested in the Blair also takes this threat very seri­ U.S. because American decisions ously,” he said. shape everything from war to interest “The U.S. is the leading source of rates, jobs and even what is on TV greenhouse gases and also has the and at the movies,” Hertsgaard said. technology for fixing the problem According to Hertsgaard, “The through ‘green jobs’ that help the rest of the world did not want Bush environment and make money,” re-elected because of the war in Iraq, Hertsgaard said. “The solution is including our traditional allies. A called the ‘Global Green Deal’ and is poll was conducted of citizens of 11 modeled on the ‘Race to the Moon,’ allies, including Great Britain, Cana­ which spurred technology. Some da, Spain, Russia and France, and the have renamed it ‘The Apollo Project,’ results were 2-1 that they wanted and it is endorsed by the Sierra Club, Bush defeated.” the Steel Workers Union and backed “Others see (the) Iraq (War) as

by Senator John Kerry. The plan cre­ worsening terrorism,” Hertsgaard ates jobs making ‘green’ cars and other said. “They say it has been the best environmentally friendly projects.” recruiting tool for A1 Quaeda.

But Hertsgaard said it is the Images of Abu Ghraib set us back environment that scares him the and were used as recruiting tools.” most about President Bush’s second “Eleven hundred coffins of term. “President Bush is an oil man American citizens have come back, and he is not interested in shutting with 5,000 wounded, but 98,000 down the oil business. Instead, he is Iraqis are dead. Their families are interested in expanding the war to now feeling hatred and asking how we would feel if someone came in the Iran.” name of liberating us and killed our While clearly not a supporter of citizens,” Hertsgaard said.

President Bush, Hertsgaard said he “The world is baffled why the has been excited about the recent U.S. chose Bush, and while we say election. “This election has gotten we don’t care how the rest of the people involved in politics again. world feels, the terrorists are armed, One of our country’s great embarrass­ they are serious and they are coming ments is how few people vote in our again,” he said. “We need good democracy. Now the Left has real­ working relations with the rest of the ized it must work together better.” world to deal with this. We need to “It is exciting to watch the ener­ care about how they feel.” gy currently surrounding politics and

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how that plays out,” he told the stu­ dents. “I hope it doesn’t retreat back into apathy. You might not care about politics, but politics cares about you. It decides if you will go to war, if your parents will get Social Security and many other things.”

When a student asked Hertsgaard about the relationship between religion and politics, he said the U.S. is famous for its separation of church and state. “Religious wars tore Europe apart, so the forefathers want­ ed to separate religion and politics here. In Europe, people admire that about us, but the Middle East sees us as a secular, godless state.”

However, Hertsgaard said it was “the right wing conservative Chris­ tians that made the difference in this election.” He pointed out their ideas about gay rights and abortion, and noted that any group can organize on either side of these issues. “No one has an exclusive line to God.” Another student asked Herts­ gaard whether he thought the pur­ pose of the war in Iraq was the threat of Saddam Hussein or oil. To that, he answered, “I really do think that President Bush thinks the U.S. should be in the business of liberat­ ing people and believed that we would be welcomed with open arms.”

“However, he needed to pay more attention to the root causes of terrorism. One such cause is , poverty, although not all poor people become terrorists because they have enough to deal with just working hard for the next meal.

There has to be a politi­ cal motivation, as well,” he said.

He ended his discus­ sion by urging students to look outside the U.S. for their worldview. “Look beyond the American press. Check out the BBC News. If you are on the Left, read the Right. If you are on the Right, read the Left. Read people you don’t agree with and you will definitely learn something new.”

Hertsgaard is a journalist, broad­ caster and author whose books have been translated into 15 languages.

His previous books include Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future (1999); A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles (1995); and On Bended Knee: The Press and the Rea­ gan Presidency (1988). He has con­ tributed to leading newspapers and magazines the world over, including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Salon, The Guardian, Die Zeit, Der Speigel, La Republica and Yomiuri Shimbum. He is the environmental correspondent for The Nation, the political correspondent for the national satellite channel Link TV and a regular contributor to the pub­ lic radio program “Marketplace.”

He has taught at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Cal­ ifornia at Berkeley School of Journalism. He lives in San Francisco, where he is beginning work on a new book about how the English language is taking over the world. ■

^look beyond the Amer­ ican press. (heck out the BBC News. If you are on the Left, read the Right.

If you are on the Right, read the Left. Read the people you don’t agree with and you will defi­ nitely learn something.”

All the great Otterbein musical traditions on one CD! __ Under the direction of Professors Gary Tirey and Jeffrey Boehm, the CD showcases many of the College’s his­ toric pieces, such as Kris Lehman’s and Paul Shartle’s arrangement of “The Otterbein Love Song,” Glenn Grabill’s “Fight Song,” arranged by both Lehman and Tirey, as well as many other favorites. In addition, the CD features spoken commentaries by several of the composers and arrangers represented on the record­ ing, including Anthony Zilincik, Jim Shackson and Grammy Award winner Marvin Hamlisch. An added attraction is a complete history of the Otterbein College bands written by music alumnus and College archivist Stephen Grinch.

CDs are available for $20 each. Proceeds beyond the costs of the recording will benefit the band program.

To purchase, call Professor Tirey at 614-823-1608 or email him at gtirey@otterbein.edu.

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19th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation

MLK Ir. Was Extremist Not Pacifist, Spoakor Says was a black man leading black and white people to solve a prob­ lem, and in 1963, that was dangerous, that was aiminal” - Samuel Gresham, Jr.

by Jenny Hill The 19th annual Martin Luther with if you are under 30 in this room,” King Jr. Convocation stole the spothe began. He pointed out the increase light as the first event in the newly of multi-lingual classes and signs in renovated Cowan Hall on Jan. 20. government buildings. “These are all This year’s speaker, Samuel L. Gre^ evidence that your world is changing. sham, Jr., president and CEO of the America will be emerged in questions Columbus Urban League, expressed of race as people called minorities will his honor at inaugurating the updated soon be the majority. You are going to facility, but it was truly the honor of have to find the solution to race in the audience to hear the oratorical America. You are going to have to find masterpiece of a speech that Gresham the solution to ethnicity in America.” delivered.

“We are the most powerful, most The event began with the tradi' multi-ethnic country in the world. tional opening prayer and singing of We are unique. That has never hap­ the Black National Anthem. pened in history before,” he said.

Ladan Osman, a junior English “Only 40 years ago, those black major from Somalia, passionately read kids wouldn’t be sitting there,” he said, a poem she wrote for the event about pointing to African American stu­ the stereotypes against, and the diversi' dents in the audience. ty within, the black community. Fol­ Gresham went on to speak about lowing her moving poem, which Martin Luther King Jr. “We try to earned a standing ovation, Otterbein’s make gods out of humans,” he said.

Gospel Choir of outstanding student “Dr. King had his faults. He painted voices performed to the hand-clapping, himself as a pacifist, but I’m telling you, toe-tapping delight of the audience. he had to be angry, he had to be radi­ Then it was time for Gresham’s cal, he had to be crazy even, to do what speech. he did.”

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Two Seniors Win MLK Peace ancf Justice Award

by John Kengla, Faculty Coordinator for Service Learning At this year’s Martin “Lauren and Lucia Luther King, Jr. Convoca­ know how important it is tion, Lucia Jeantine, a for the Indianola students senior psychology major, to begin to see a future .... and Lauren Suveges, a As a way for this change senior art major, received to take place, these excep­ the annual Martin Luther tional young women are I King, Jr. Award for Peace committed to...the weekly I and Justice. trips the Indianola stu­ When Lucia and Lau­ dents make to Otterbein, ren walked on the stage to the time for doing home­ receive the award, the work with their mentors, I power of their contribu­ the time to be with their tion and their extraordi­ mentors—to see them as nary commitment to the role models and to confide Otterbein-Indianola Mid­ Lauren Suveges, left, and Lucia Jeantine, both seniors, react to being them, the field trips, dle School Mentoring named this years recipients of the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for special programs that Program seemed apparent. Peace and Justice. make them better stu­ As Lucia and Lauren dents, and those that accepted the award, they expressed their gratitude for the show them career paths and the value and fun of a col­ honor humbly. They cried, they hugged, and Lucia lege education.... The 18 students in the program are exclaimed, “We did it for the children.” much more likely “to make it” because of these two won­ As the faculty coordinator for the mentoring program derful young women.” over the last year, I am honored to observe the extraordi­ I am in awe of Lucia and Lauren. Their dedication nary work of these women. The purpose of the Indianola and commitment to peace and justice inspires us all.

Program is to establish mentoring relationships between Otterbein students and Indianola Middle School students.

As mentors, our students assist in the Indianola students’ educations and acquaint them with college life.

As the student coordinators of the program, Lucia and Lauren have worked tirelessly, recruiting and training mentors; planning the weekly sessions during which the Indianola students come to campus; learning each child’s strengths, weaknesses, and needs; teaching the children academic skills, self-confidence, the importance of self-awareness, and aspirations; expressing a rare level of empathy for each child in the program; ded­ icating their time—and their individual beings—to this urgent work.

In measuring the effects of their work, Barbara Parker, who coordinates the after school program at Indi­ anola, wrote in her nomination letter—one of many the MLK Selection Committee received:

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Left: Members of the Otterbein Gospel Choir had the audU ence clapping hands and swaying to the beat. Right: Samuel Gresham spoke with wit, eloquence and passion.

Excerpts From the "1 Have A Dream" Speech

by Martin Luther Kinq, Jr. Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.

♦ ♦ ♦ In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnify cent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Inde^ pendence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obliga­ tion, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

♦ ♦ ♦ 'So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now.

♦ ♦ ♦ Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children.

Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tran­ quility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights.

♦ ♦ ♦ In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

♦ ♦ ♦ I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former sbveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that | one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, swelter­ ing with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be trans­ formed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.

♦ ♦ ♦ When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every vilbge and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, I black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants |

♦ ♦ ♦ It would be fatal for the nation to overbok the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro.

This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will 5not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. .Those who hope that the Negro needed to bbw off steam and

and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

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(»> from page 8) “He was a black man leading black and white people to solve a problem, and in 1963, that was dangerous, that was criminal,” he said.

“It’s hard work to make change in the world. It’s hard work to convince peo­ ple that what they’ve been doing for hundreds of years is wrong. And it takes an extremist to do that, not a pacifist.”

“Martin Luther King Jr. was a reluctant leader at first,” Gresham said.

“But he came up against the greatest system of Apartheid in the world and had a series of victories.”

“I had the pleasure to meet Dr. King in 1963 when I was a child,” Gresham said. “He changed the world at 26 and died at 39. The next time any of you say you can’t change any­ thing, I am going to slap you,” he joked to the students.

“Eventually, Dr. King became intoxicated with himself, with his pic­ ture on the cover of Time, with his Nobel Peace Prize. And in the latter part of his life, people hated him,” Gresham said. “He met with Malcolm X, so the peace lovers hated him. He spoke out against Vietnam, so whites hated him. The Black Panther party formed and changed the direction of the movement, so those people called him an Uncle Tom.” “His time had passed, and now he knows he is a sacrificial lamb,” he said.

“His death, no matter how tragic, was almost historically good, because it froze him in time.”

One of the most moving moments in Gresham’s talk came when he spoke of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. “I went in my room and cried,” he said, his voice choking at the painful memory. “My parents couldn’t get me out of my room. I did­ n’t have to read this stuff in books. I lived it.”

Gresham said, “We are a wonder­ ful experiment and haven’t reached our zenith. If Star Trek is any indica­ tion, we have something to look for­ ward to. Race is not an issue there.

Black, white, green with things stick­

ing out of their heads... Now that is diversity!”

“People of the world, colors of the world are coming to the United States, and they want to be Americans,” he said. “You are going to have to change the Constitution to include more than just the rights of white men.”

Upon the conclusion of his speech, the audience rose in a standing ovation.

Samuel Gresham, Jr., is a native of Greenwood, Mississippi, and migrated to Chicago, Illinois where he was educated during his formative years. He attended the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and received a Bachelor in Urban and Regional Planning in 1974. Addi­ tionally, he attended the Johnson Graduate School of Management of Cornell University and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, for advanced train­ ing.

Mr. Gresham came to the Columbus Urban League in June of 1985 from Housing Urban Develop­ ment (HUD), where he served as Chief of Single Family Loan Manage­ ment. While at HUD, he received the agencies second highest award, the "Certificate of Merit" in 1984, and four special achievement awards.

Mr. Gresham's extensive back­ ground involves skills in television.

He had the honor of producing the first black talk show in the history of television, as well as the first black soap opera in television history.

Additionally, he played minor league baseball for the Chicago White Sox. During 1994, as president & chief executive officer of the Colum­ bus Urban League, Inc., he complet­ ed the construction of a new head­ quarters building at a cost of $2.3 million dollars; it is equipped with the latest state of the art computer system. In 1995, the League obtained a $1.1 million dollar grant from HUD for drug prevention in public housing. In 1999, the Columbus Urban League, Inc., was selected in a national competition for a $3.1 mil­

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lion dollar grant from the Depart­ ment of Labor’s “hard-to-serve, welfare-to-work” program.

Following the speech, the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace and Justice Award was given to students Lauren Suveges and Lucia Jeantine for their work with the Otterbein-Indianola Mentoring Program. In their tearful acceptance, Suveges said, “We are what needs to happen.”

“We try to make gods out of humans. Dr. King had his faults. He paint­ ed himself as a pacifist, but Pm telling you, he had to be angry, he had to be radical, he had to be crazy even, to do what hedid.^’

President DeVore Reflects on 20 Years at Otterbein ill

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by Roger Routson

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little 20 years ago, Brent DeVore came to Otterbein to become the Colleges I9thpresi­ dent.

bde arrived in July of 1984 and had no

idea he’d still be here 20 plus years later.

“I ceime on a handshake agreement with Board chairman ‘Dubbs’ Roush for three to five years,

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President DeVore says.

“The College used an executive search firm using a business model.

Otterbein may have been their first higher education client. They created a small search committee composed of four or five trustees, two faculty mem^ hers and a student. When I arrived on July 1st, 1984,1 met the senior officials and faculty of the College for the first time. That wouldn’t happen today. Today the process would be much more participatory.”

A Place of Opportunity...

What President DeVore saw, upon arriving in the QPV (Quiet Peaceful Village), was tremendous opportunity. He was coming from two years as president at Davis & Elkins College located in a picturesque but isolated town in West Virginia. Prior to that, he had spent ten years as vice president of Hiram College located in a village with only 400 year-round res­ idents. “So here I am, coming to Otterbein College, in Westerville, Ohio, adjacent to the state capital with a million people.”

That population base became the focus for recruitment. DeVore notes, “We had a finely tuned Admission operation that was very dispersed. We re^focused our efforts beginning at the center, like the pebble dropped in a pond with ever-increasing circles. We put a lot of energy into the local high schools which were growing. That was key to successful recruiting. Yes, we have students from 25 states and from 25 countries, but by coming back and consolidating our efforts we became stronger.”

“We also broadened our educa­ tional offerings to respond to the needs of the general population.” That included “beefing up” the Continuing Studies program at a time when not many institutions were serving the adult learner. And then Otterbein moved into the graduate world of edu­ cation. The Graduate Education pro­ gram was added in 1989, the Graduate Nursing program in 1993, and the MBA program in 1997.

“We were saying to potential stu­ dents, we have diverse offerings: tradi­ tional undergraduate, non-traditional undergraduate, and three graduate programs.”

Another thing that has improved greatly in the last twenty years is reten­ tion of current students. “Every stu­

dent you retain is one less you have to recruit,” DeVore says. “So we created a campus wide program aimed at reten­ tion of current students. And that retention has doubled over the years.”

Retention efforts included what President DeVore calls “truth in advertising.” “We worked diligently with students in explaining what we were about in the recruiting process so when they arrived on campus there would be no surprises. On Campus Visit Days I say up front, ‘Our goal is the same as yours, we want you to make the best decision for you. We hope it is Otterbein College. It may not be. While you’re here, talk with our administrators, talk with our fac­ ulty, but most importantly, talk with our students. I want you to find out what our students like about the insti­ tution. These may or may not be the things you like about the institution.’”

Once students are here. Student Affairs and Academic Advising offer a variety of programs and stay alert to students who may need assistance. As President DeVore says, “The best recruiter is a satisfied student.” ...A Very Different Kind of Place Of course one thing that’s very different about being president at

Presidents of Otterbein College 1847- 1849 Mr. William R. Griffith (Principal) 1849- 1850 Rev. William R. Davis 1850- 1857 Rev. Lewis Davis 1858- 1860 Rev. Alexander Owen 1860- 1871 Rev. Lewis Davis 1871 - 1872 Rev. Daniel Eberly 1872- 1886 Rev. Henry Thompson 1886- 1889 Rev. Henry Garst 1889- 1891 Hon. C. A. Bowersox 1891 - 1901 Rev. T. J. Sanders 1901 - 1904 Dr. George Scott 1904-1909 Rev. Lewis Bookwalter 1909- 1939 Rev. Walter G. Clippinger 1939- 1945 Rev. J. Ruskin Howe 1945 Dr. Royal E Martin (Acting) 1945- 1957 Rev. J. Gordon Howard 1957- 1958 Mr. Floyd J. Vance (Acting) 1958- 1971 Dr. Lynn W. Turner 1971 - 1984 Dr. Thomas Jefferson Kerr IV

In the Early Days: President DeVore shakes hands with then Chairman of the Board Edwin “Dubbs” Roush.

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1984 Dr. C. Brent DeVore

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Otterbein is the College’s unique form of governance.

“Our form of governance is a uni­ cameral system as opposed to a bicam­ eral system. We don’t have separate systems for faculty and students.

Everyone - students, faculty and administrators - comes together to debate the issues. Our accrediting associations find it very obtuse, find it very challenging, and usually suggest that we need to change it.”

“1 think it’s marvelous. It begins at the top with students and faculty as full voting members on the Board of Trustees. The same is true with the College Senate, when you bring together the faculty and an equal number of students with an equal vote, the level of participation, the level of focus on solving the problems rises.”

“In order to be successful in our system, you have to be articulate about your position on an issue, you have to be prepared, you have to be accepting of criticism, you have to be accepting of all of those things that make a college what it should be - a place where you can debate issues and come to a successful resolution.”

It's the People If you ask President DeVore what really stands out in his mind when he thinks of the last 20 years, you may expect to hear about the opening of Roush Hall or the Clements Recre­ ation Center. You might think he’d mention the Commons apartments (I and 11) or the Towers renovation or even the 1997 Sesquicentennial Cele­ bration. Or as of late, the addition to the Courtright Memorial Library or breaking ground for the new football stadium. But to the president, it’s clearly the people.

“What continues to be the strength of Otterbein is that we have been very careful in who we’ve invit­ ed to join the community. As a presi­ dent, you’re only as good as the people around you. You want to choose indi­ viduals who complement your skills, who do not mirror your skills, so you begin to broaden your areas of exper­

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tise. With the faculty, we want to raise the bar. As an example, over the past 20 years we’ve gone from 47% of the faculty having earned doctorates or terminal degrees to 96%. During that time we have nearly doubled the size of the faculty.”

“What defines Otterbein is the quality of the people - from the trustees to the faculty to the staff to the students. There is a commitment to improving everything we do across the College - from the academic pro­ gram to the co-curricular programs to the quality of the facilities. Collec­ tively, we have accomplished a lot.

Importantly, what hasn’t changed is that we have never been a pretentious place. This is a school that has always been open to all students of potential.

We call ourselves a college of opportu­ nity. We do a lot of things well but we don’t walk around puffing our­ selves up. Sometimes I think we are too understated.”

One integral people part in the Otterbein community mix, is of course, the student body. And it is clear that President DeVore is impressed with our students.

“The increasing interest in giving back through community service has absolutely amazed me over the years.

Last year 51% of our undergraduate students participated in some kind of community service program, giving back 6,000 hours of their own time.

When I speak to new students at ori­ entation programs, 1 talk about the three immersion experiences they will have at Otterbein. The first two are required - immersion in the liberal arts and an immersion in their elected field of study. The third is voluntary, and is what I call ‘immersion in another cultural experience.’ For some students it is travel abroad, but for most students it’s that they will get outside of their comfort zones and try something different. If they grew up in a small town they are encouraged to do some volunteer work in the city of Columbus. If they grew up in Columbus, they are encouraged to do some volunteer work someplace else.

We want them to understand that

there are people out there who are dif­ ferent from them, who come from dif­ ferent backgrounds and who can enrich their lives.”

And the Future...?

“My crystal ball gets really fuzzy looking several years out,” DeVore says with a chuckle.

“During my second year I did a presentation in the Campus Center with Harold Hancock, who was a leg­ endary professor of history. He talked about the history of Otterbein College up to the present, and I became the forecaster, pretending that it was 15 years out and 1 was describing the Col­ lege in the year 2000. As I look back, I think I missed all of my predictions.

“Education isn’t like a high tech company where you invent a ‘widget,’ go public with your stock, and it grows exponentially. Education responds to society’s needs, we do not create the need for education. Society said they needed more continuing education for adults, we responded to that need.

Students were saying they needed to continue their education after gradua­ tion, so we responded by creating graduate programs. What we have been able to do is keep that growth going, with an ongoing commitment to quality.”

And that growth, which most would call a good trend, will also be the biggest challenge in the years to come.

“That is the biggest challenge, to keep up with the growth,” the presi­ dent says. “To stay current with the infrastructure, and that while we con­ tinue to grow be certain we don’t compromise the integrity of anything we do.”

“Central Ohio has become much more of an education destination than it was 20 years ago. As a result, most of the educational institutions here have flourished. It’s been a boon for the prospective students to have so many options. It’s up to us, then, to maximize our potential. I’ve been in isolated places, and it’s a challenge.

We have never had to worry about survival at Otterbein.

“Sometimes when I talk to alum­ ni, they say to me, ‘the college has changed. It’s not the same college as when I graduated.’ And they’re right.

While the College has changed dra­ matically in the last 20 years, what has not changed is our commitment to the educational program, the com­ mitment to the personal and intellec­ tual growth of every student on cam­ pus. That may sound ‘preachy’ but think about what alumni talk about when they leave Otterbein. They may not remember the substance of a particular lecture but they remember the substance of the person who deliv­ ered that lecture. They remember those relationships they had with fac­ ulty and staff. Yes, a lot has changed, but a lot hasn’t changed. Consider the people you know who have attended Otterbein College. Regard­ less of their positions, regardless of how much money they make, there is something through them that is Otterbein. They keep that grounded­ ness. People from other colleges may doubt that, but people from Otterbein know what that means.”

If you ask the president about what he might do differently, if he had

it to do over again, in the last 20 years, you won’t get a laundry list.

“I do not dwell on wrong roads taken or mistakes made. I do not do that. As I look back over the years I know that I have made some wrong decisions or not so good choices. I have tried to learn from them. To me the key in life is to learn from missteps or mistakes and move on, whether it’s something that has occurred in your personal life or professionally. I’m at the point in my life where the two most important things to me are good health and good relationships. It’s not money, it’s not things. I’ve never been concerned with material things.

Good health and good relationships, family, friends, associates, col­ leagues. . .money won’t buy any of that.”

When asked if he will be here for another 20 years. President DeVore promptly says “no.” Then he laughs, and says “no” again.

“But I hope I’m one step ahead of everyone’s time frame of when I should leave. If it was up to me. I’d like to leave on a Friday, and send an email out on Monday saying, ‘I really enjoyed it. Keep the faith.’ ” ■

Otterbein College 20 years then and now 1985

2005

$6Mil

College Endowment

47%

Faculty with Ph.Ds. (or terminal degree)

90

Number of Faculty

0

No. of Graduate Programs

44%

Rate of Retention to Graduation

69%

3%

Ethnic Diversity (% of students of color)

11%

1655

Overall Enrolllment

61*

Acreage of College-owned land

$76Mil 96% 152 4

3090 113*

New Buildings: Roush Hall, Commons 1 and Commons

2,

Clements Recreation Center, New Memorial Stadium Renovations: Dunlap King, Davis Annex, Davis Hall, Mayne Hall, Towers Hall, Cowan Hall, Courtright Memorial Library

* estimated

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Ottorbein’s N«wly-Fonn«d Alumni Council is Working to Build John Bullis ’56 and Jean Reynolds ’77

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by John Bullis ‘56 and Jenny Hill Relationship with Otterbein The new face of Alumni Relations at Otterbein Col­ lege is not only reflected in the twinkle of our new Direc­ tor’s eyes, but also in the smiles of the 18 members of the Alumni Council. Meeting for the first time in August 2004, the Council has adopted a mission to “build and maintain meaningful, life-long relationships between the College and its alumni.”

Becky Fickel Smith '81 , director of Alumni Relations, is working with the Council in order to intensify the con­ nection between alumni and Otterbein. The vision is to engage those who might not have interfaced with the Col­ lege or other alumni since they left their alma mater.

The new Council will actively pursue the develop­ ment and implementation of communications, programs and organizations to enhance the connection between Otterbein alumni and the College. Council members were selected from a broad range of classes, each bringing'^ life and work experiences that will enhance the group’s efforts. Each member will serve an initial three-year term with one third of the council turning over on a revolving basis. In a change from such past organizations, this group has no officers and the former term “advisory” has been intentionally eliminated so they may pro-actively work in . three committees. Clubs and Classes, Programs and Events, and Communications and Marketing. >>> to page 18

A Life-Long

Steve Johnston '82

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As a member of the Otterhein Alumni Council, I hope..... ...to include more alumni in activities and communications that will get them in touch with old friends and give them the opportunity to make new friends.

Jean Reynolds '77 ...to accomplish the establishment of a stronger relation­ ship between Otterhein College and the entire network of fellow graduates, families, and friends of the College. As part of this goal, I would like to encourage those in my class to become more engaged with the College.

Eddie Harrell '94 ...to be part of the enhanced communications to fellow alumni which (over time) will hopefully provide a strong bond and name recognition associated with graduates of our College.

Janet Tressler Davis '82 ^ ...to see a more firm connection and interaction between the College and the alumni in terms of continuing educa­ tion, career enhancement, recognition and social activities. "" We must focus on empowering our alumni everywhere to organize these activities in their localities in their own ways with support from the College rather than trying to organize everything from the staff on campus. Our council will be available to lend support where ever needed.

John Bullis '56 ...for an increased participation among alumni from across the age spectrum, especially younger alumni, and greater awareness among the current student body of the value of staying involved, connected and active in the future of Otterhein.

Dave Gault '69 ...to foster both additional and more consistent participa­ tion in alumni events and in life-long learning opportuni­ ties by graduates and friends of the College.

Marge Trent '65 ...to accomplish the development and implementation of an effective plan to improve alumni involvement at the local level and to enhance the connection of all alumni with the College in an ongoing and more meaningful relationship.

Jim Heinisch '53 ...to “pay forward” so that future students might have the same opportunities that Otterhein provided me.

Steve Johnston '82

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Life-Long Friendships and Associations The Clubs and Classes Commit' tee will organize ways to bring alum­ ni together on campus, at regional gatherings, and through alumni clubs and chapters. “We are looking for natural connections that already exist to learn lessons on the best way to increase links to the College,” committee member Kent Witt '75 said. “We can learn a lot from groups like the Dayton Junebug Jamboree, the Fort Myers reunion and groups meeting in various areas of Ohio, Pennsylvania and in New York City as we continue to support their suc­ cess.” Committee member Jane Melhorn Witt '75 said, “Our objec­ tive is to delegate and empower alumni to form their own groups and to use us as the support vehicle to exchange information with other groups and clubs.”

Annie Gaunt ’86

This committee also will oversee the annual Alumni Awards program, and explore other opportunities to recognize alumni, students, faculty and friends. “A key objective,” Jane noted, “is to find ways to encourage our younger alumni to ‘get connect­ ed’. ‘Life-long’ means that we have to provide a connection to our alumni at all phases of their lives and careers starting the day they walk across the graduation stage.”

Life-Long Involvement The Programs and Events Com­ mittee will focus first on assessing current programs such as reunions, homecoming and Cardinal Migration to identify opportunities for improved participation and creative programming. New events will be developed with some specifically designed for younger alumni. The committee also is exploring our inter­ national travel opportunities. Loca­ tions under consideration are Ireland and Italy.

Committee chairperson Marsha Rice Scanlin '74 indicates this com­ mittee is also establishing relation­ ships with campus liaisons in the area of orientation, community service, career services and admissions. “We are working initially with a newly formed Alumni Career Advisory Board to increase networking, men­ toring and shadowing opportunities,” she said. “We are working on more alumni-to-student career contact. In addition we will be working with the Office of Admission to help recruit new students in targeted areas,” she added. According to Jane Leiby '73, the committee plans to target recruit­ ing efforts first in Orlando, Florida.

“We want to identify younger alumni to attend college fairs and correspond as Otterbein representatives.” The council will also be designing ways to associate with new students and par­ ents. Eddie Harrell '94 will be work­ ing with the orientation staff to wel­ come new students to campus and provide summer send-off receptions in targeted Ohio cities.

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Life-Long Contact The third committee. Communi­ cations and Marketing, initially will focus on improving and increasing all communication vehicles. Early atten­ tion is being devoted to the alumni section at the Otterbein web site (www.otterbein.edu). A total redesign of this site will be unveiled in March.

Committee member John Bullis '56 is excited about the prospects. “For all the alumni who have email addresses, "" we want the Alumni web page to be the primary contact point. This new web page will be more interactive through event registration and kept current with alumni news and campus happenings. Visitors may sign up for most events at the web site and will be able to identify others who are attend­ ing. We will be conducting numerous alumni surveys on the web site in 2005 and we need input from everyone of you.”

The committee plans to develop new formats for alumni communica­ tions and will support the efforts of the other two committees. As the web site develops, opportunities for an alumni email newsletter will be explored. “The only way you can receive the email newsletters will be if we have your cur­ rent email address. It is imperative that when you change your email address, you let the College know,” indicates Janet Tressler Davis '82. At the same time, efforts to increase com­ munications to alumni who do not use computers remain an important effort for the committee. “One of our (alum­ ni council) goals is to increase commu­ nications to you as fellow graduates to bring us closer together,” says Davis.

A Life-Long Home Ultimately, the goal of the Alumni Council is to maintain a solid link between Otterbein alumni and the College, whether it is in a social context, career networking or life-long learning opportunities.

“After all,” Smith said, “Otterbein does not just offer students a degree; it offers alumni a.life-long home.” ■

Lisled below are the members of the Alumni Council. You may get in touch with any member by contacting the Office of Alumni Relations at 1-888-614-2600 or emailing alumnicouncil@otterbein.edu.

John Bullis '56 Retired, Sr. VP of Human Resources Janet Tressler Davis '82 President, CEO of Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce David Fisher'75 Attorney for Kephart & Fisher LLC James Francis '71 VP of Human Resources, Swagelok Co. David Gault'69 Retired, Vice President, The Hoover Company in marketing, sales and business development

Margaret Lloyd Trent ’65

Annie Gaunt'86 Owner, Gentle Wind Center for Conscious Living Eddie Harrell '94 Executive Director of “I Know I Can” and “Project Grad” in Columbus James Heinisch '53 Retired, VP with Liberty Mutual Michael Huston '86 Research Chemist, Lubrizol Steven Johnston '82 Sr. VP, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer for the State Auto Insurance Co. Jane Leiby'73 Oncologist Colette Masterson '05 Student

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Jean Weixel Reynolds '77 Resident VP and Branch Manager for Ohio/Michigan regional offices.

State Auto Mutual Insurance Co. Marsha Rice Scanlin '74 Human Resources at Nationwide Insurance Tamara Staley'96 Tap Pharmaceutical Sales Margaret Lloyd Trent '65 Retired, State Board of Education

Kent 75 and Jane Melhom Witt 75

Kent Witt'75 President, Hi^Grade Oil, Inc. Jane Melhorn Witt '75 Educator for over 15 years

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Otterbeins Early and Unsuccessful Experiment with the Manual Labor Movement

by Alan Borer I live in a world where I can Otterbein was antislavery in politics mostly see where farms used to be. and open to men and women. It also Prestigious plantations and humbler tinkered with broadening the minds of farms everywhere have been slurped students by setting them to work on a up by suburban sprawl. Living in college^owned and sponsored farm, Westerville, Ohio, now a suburb of trading farm labor for tuition and, ptC' Columbus, I’ve gotten used to seeing sumably, edible produce. where local farms were, rather than The Otterbein experiment in are. And one such place is the Otterwhat was termed “manual labor” did bein College football field. Otterbein not last very long, from 1854 to now plays football on grounds that roughly 1861. It had popular backing were once the site of a hopeful experi­ from United Brethren congregants, ment m getting college kids to grow mostly rural people who knew what their own food. manual labor really was. But it lacked the support of the College faculty and Otterbein farm left. It is only a staff. Poor choices were made in dent of sportsmanship that left financing, planning, distribution of Otterbein farm unpaved. But i resources, and even land acquisition. and age where most children gi But the Otterbein experiment stands with no personal experience of as a case study in why the high ideals food comes from, the efforts of of the sponsors did not work out for hem to, in effect, trade farm w( long. tuition seems worth another lo The effort to make part-time Westerville in the 1850s wi farmers out of Otterbein’s students quiet, mral village. With a pop, had its origin in what was called the of in 1858, the only thing t, manual labor movement.” Active guish It from hundreds of other from the late eighteenth to the early ^ towns across the Old Northwest nineteenth centuries, the movements Otterbein College, a small, priv ends were twofold. It offered poor stU" educational college founded 1 dents the chance to work in exchange United Brethren Church in 18^ for tuition, and gave students the

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chance to get regular, physical exerelse. Students farmed, gardened, built furniture, did woodworking, spinning, and wood chopping, from two to as much as four or five hours a day. The highly idealistic leaders of the move­ ment believed that physical exercise and mental acuity went hand in hand, and that a diet of strict scholarship would breed a race of weak, pasty, effete graduates unable to compete in the rough and tumble world of strong nien and virtuous women. Indeed, it was believed that strenuous physicality equaled a high level of morality.

Labor, backers of the movement theorized, was a necessity for mankind.

“Without labor, society must soon be dissolved, and the race exterminated,” said the March 10, 1958 Religious Tele­ scope, the United Brethren newspaper.

A correspondent of the paper repeated the arguments that manual labor schools were accessible to the poor, that exercise is a necessary accompanintent to mental strength, and added that manual labor “prevented that feeling of importance and display, so common to college life.” The written justification for manual labor was not just financial, health, or otherwise. It uiade the students moral, and that is what mattered to the proponents of unanual labor.

But in ‘real’ life, the flaws of the uianual labor movement revealed themselves rather quickly. The preoc­

cupation with labor-as-spiritual-good was questioned by many thinkers.

Teachers found that many students simply could not stand the twin effort of studying and working. Unskilled or inexperienced students produced defective products.

Several other colleges tried the manual labor experiment. New York’s Oneida Institute, and in Ohio, the colleges of Western Reserve, Marietta, Lane Theological Seminary, and, most doggedly, Oberlin, all tried work-fortuition. Otterbein was late in trying it out; most experiments had collapsed by the end of the 1830s. Otterbein’s early historian, Henry Garst, theorized that the members of Otterbein’s par­ ent church, the United Brethren, were mostly rural and farmed for a liv­ ing. Therefore, they saw no difficulty in asking students to trade farming for studying.

So Otterbein College, created by theologians but financed by hornyhanded farm people who could not but see the sense in the idea of making thinkers work, took the plunge and tried manual labor. Anyone who shirked labor was liable to public criti­ cism. Working students were healthy students. United Brethren believers were mostly unable to afford college.

These reasons urged on the creation of a manual labor program at Otterbein.

After some initial foot-dragging, the Otterbein Board of Trustees decid­

A rendering of the Otterbein campus in the 1850 s

ed the manual labor system was wor­ thy of trial. Eighteen acres were pur­ chased adjacent to the campus, and the attempt of Otterbein students to farm their way to virtue and solvency was underway.

The actual farming done in Otterbein’s college plots was in keep­ ing with agriculture as it was known in antebellum Ohio. The Board of Trustee’s minutes from the June 23, 1857 meeting notes that “Indian com, broom com, garden vegetables” were among the crops raised by students per­ forming “considerable labor.” A report to the Tmstees shows seven acres of broom com, yielding three tons.

Three acres were given to potatoes, providing 241 bushels for cooking. 26 bushels were “lost by freeze [sic] through the winter.” Com (presum­ ably regular field com) occupied 10 acres, where it yielded com and fodder for sale. The College also grew 11 acres of “grass” for hay, seven of pas­ ture, and an unnoted amount of oats.

That one of Otterbein’s chosen crops was broom com showed a practi­ cal bent and also gives us a view of one

of the student'farmers chores. Broom com (Sorghum saccharatum) was used mainly for making the heads of brooms and for drying and grinding. The cub tivation of broom com implies but does not prove that Otterbein students were making brooms with their broom com, as field com was the usual choice for grinding. Broom com was planted in a row of small hills, and had to be plowed and hoed at least three times.

Harvesting would have been done after the first frost, and like field com, needed time to dry thoroughly. Broom com was usually scraped for its seed and to clean the stalks for making brooms. Seed was also used for hog and cattle feed. With broom com weighing forty pounds to the bushel, one can see why the students did not exactly line up to do this hot, heavy, labor intensive chore.

There is not a great deal of mate­ rial left to tell us about how the Otter­ bein land was actually farmed. We know from the minutes of Otterbein’s Board of Trustees that there was con­ cern the Otterbein land would not get plowed in spring in a timely fashion.

Thus, rental of parcels “to students and professors” at five cents an acre was approved. About ten acres were rented. The trustees’ minutes warn that the condition of the farm should be regarded as “a test of skill, for it is

impossible to do somethings [sic] when there is nothing to do them with, and especially so when the per­ son who is expected to do them has his full time employed in the duties of their departments.”

In other words, there was a real difficulty finding time and tools to garden and to study.

In 1857, the heyday of Otter­ bein’s experiment, the farms were described in the College catalog thus: The College premises which contain the buildings consist of nine acres. A little north of this is the College gar­ den, containing eighteen acres in good cultivation, the work being almost all done by students. East of the town, and easy of access, is the College farm, containing fifty-two acres, which is being brought under cultivation as rapidly as possible.”

And in an advertisement extolling Ctterbein’s advantages in The Religious Telescope, “There is a manual labor department connected with the institution, by means of which many students are enabled to pay the greater part of their expenses.”

The Ctterbein Tmstees required daily manual labor for all students at their meeting of June 20, 1854, but this seems not to have been enforced.

And what of Ctterbein’s most notable graduate of the period, Ben­ jamin Hanby? Hanby, famous as the composer of “Darling Nellie Gray” and “Up on the Housetop,” attended Ctterbein during the manual labor period. Hanby published any number of songs, now forgotten, celebrating the rural and pastoral life. But as tempting as it is to see Hanby’s com­ positions like “The Farmer’s Song, “Pastures Fair,” “Weaver John,” and the “The Sower” as celebrating the pastoral life learned by manual labor, this may be inaccurate. Although Hanby grew up on a farm, he did not prefer agriculture as a student and ful­ filled his manual labor requirement by washing chapel windows and working as a sexton at the Ctterbein cemetery, rather than working on the college farm.* From the beginning, the Ctter­ bein farms, like so many other farms before and after, ran into financial dif­ ficulties. The farms certainly did not pay for themselves. An 1857 report showed that it cost $554.07 in tuition exchanges and livestock while making a profit of $525.60 from selling pro­ duce. More and more money had to be diverted from the College, which was already struggling under a burden of debt. Yet such was the support for the manual labor experiment that a professorship of scientific agriculture was recommended to Ctterbein’s executive committee. It was believed that such a professorship would induce the College’s contributors to be generous.

Equally important to the continu­ ation of manual labor was the stu­ dents’ unwillingness or inability to perform it. Some students perhaps did not need the financial help. Cthers,

* There is no modem anthology of Hanby's songs. Some of the above mentioned pastorals are included in George F. Root and B. R. Hanby, Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools (Chicago, 1866). The financial data that includes Hanby's Otterbein jobs is reprinted in Ben Hanby and Ctterbein College, pp. 8, 10,

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like Benjamin Hanby, found alternate jobs in and around Otterbein. There is also some question about how many students participated. In 1856, min­ utes of a faculty meeting showed the arrangement of the students’ time, and reserved 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. as “hours for labor.” But it is unclear whether many of the students actually did work. An 1856 visitor to Otter­ bein found that “no student is required to labor any portion of the time.. .A few of the students work; but so far as we could learn, no system of labor has been elaborated.”

The board took up the issue of the future of manual labor in 1858. A committee appointed to look at the controversial project couldn’t reach a decision, and so delivered a split major­ ity/minority report. The majority rec­ ommended the two collegiate farms be sold and the proceeds applied to reduc­ ing Otterbein’s debt. The minority report found that the new land proved too wet for adequate cropping, and the committee recommended selling it and

buying land “of a better quality” and nearer to the Otterbein campus. The same committee suggested splitting the original eighteen acres into 72 lots of one quarter of an acre each, and divid­ ing the larger into 172 lots also of a quarter of an acre. The lots were to be subsoiled, “and as many lots as there are students be planted either in goose­ berries, raspberries, red and white cur­ rants, strawberries, osier willows, and dwarf pears... .Each lot may contain a few flowers and ornamental shrubs.”

Thus, the minority of the com­ mittee had a fine vision of small fields of berries, fruit trees, and carefully reg­ ulated small plots, females participat­ ing. The board argued the pros and cons of this in a 24'hour session, then finally rejected the minority report, although it did hire a professor of sci­ entific agriculture and horticulture.

But the supporters of the minority report did not take their defeat lying down. Many financial contributors to Otterbein still stood firm that their donation to the College hinged on its

having a manual labor system. The farm was sold, but the College garden (the original eighteen acre plot) was continued.

Or was the farm sold? The same year that the Board received the majority report, it passed a resolution continuing the manual labor require­ ment. Whether the farm was sold is not completely clear, but the records are clear that the garden at least sur­ vived the tumult of the 1858 meeting.

It seems likely that Otterbein’s farm­ ing experiment was dying not of the effort to keep at least the garden going, but of student neglect of the plot. Minutes of a Board Meeting in 1859 states, “Does the Board wish to adopt and enforce a Manual Labor System? At present not even the ghost of a system exists here. We have asked for the College farm and find it partly rented and the balance suffering from the want of culture and the expenditure of a few dollars, for the small garden and find it in clover.. .It is not proper, nay it is not

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An early map of Westerville shows the Otterbein campus at left. Note the University Garden north of North street.

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o publish this school as a tion. The spring crops look quite Writers of the catalog may have been Labor School.” well.” The outlying farm, however, more honest earlier in the decade, is brutally honest report, was “poorly attended to.” Again, rent­ where the wording was “a few,” not uggests weedy, untilled land ing out small lots to students was sug­ “many.” s unwilling or unable to till it, gested. Otterbein was still doing ditch When reading about the Otter­ to force a decision. It work, buying tools, and accepting stu­ bein experiment with manual labor ted the various actions of the dent labor. and farming, one is tempted to shake with regard to manual labor But 1860 was the last peacetime one’s head and put the failure to 3 1849, then suggested a series year for the student-farmers. By the human nature. There is some truth to lutions favoring and funding a time the Otterbein trustees met in this attitude. Although no first hand Luation of the experiment. But 1861, Fort Sumter had been fired accounts of the students’ performance Board could not agree with this, upon and the search for volunteers as farmers at Otterbein remain, a stu­ he report suggested: “Resolved, was underway. That May, the Board dent at Oberlin College recalled his in view of the financial embarreported income from hogs, chickens, experience in that college’s similar ents of the school and the diffiand garden vegetables, but also experiment. H. L. Hammond recalled :s attending any system of labor resolved “that the interests pertaining in 1883 that as an Oberlin student ^em it is best to discontinue the to the manual labor be deferred for fifty years earlier he participated in aal labor system entirely from this the presant.” [sicl The Board in fact the then-required manual labor. tution.” never again discussed manual labor Wood chopping rather than farming The argument continued. Some after 1861. In 1862, “We found the was his job, but his summation of the ;ees wanted voluntary manual eighteen acre lot rented out and grow­ experience is worth recalling. “A man >r. Trustee ]. Weaver proposed ing a beautiful crop of wheat. We cannot long give his best energies to : campus farms be worked as a hope the tenant will have a good har­ two different kinds of business, and chen garden or farm,” but then vest.” And in 1865, the college sold to when both kinds demand the best as led the suggestion that the farms be a local farmer an enclosed parcel of conditions of success, one or the other rked by female students only. But ground that might have been the last must soon suffer. Change of work will ler trustees objected, stating that of the eighteen acre college garden. A for a time be a kind of relaxation, but inual labor had been a successful few faculty held out for manual labor. only for a time.”

3gram, and rejected arguments that As late as the school year of 1877-78, The above recollection is of mual labor had been ignored by Otterbein’s catalogue noted that, in working in the wilderness 170 years )th students and faculty. making arrangements, “many defray ago. Otterbein tried to require its stu­ In I860, the student'farmers were part of their expenses by manual dents to work cleared land twenty ill farming. That year the trustees labor.” This notice appeared regularly years later. Although the record is eard that the college garden was in catalogs for many years, but disap­ incomplete, one might summarize the round in a tolerable state of cultiva^ peared in the catalog for 1878-79. failure of the Otterbein experiment as that of an inability or unwillingness to work so hard while studying.

Whether this was because of student apathy or a simple physical inability to fit preindustrial field work into study time is perhaps lost to history.

But an experiment, noble in intent from a pastoral time, had failed.

Editor’s note: The author relied on several sources for this story, incliiding but not limited to, Henry Garst’s Otter­ bein University 1847T907; Harold Hancock’s 1974 history, The History of Otterbein College; Ben Hanby and Otterbein College (1964); minutes from the Board of Trustee meetings; and f)ast copies of The Religious Telescope, the United Brethren newspaper. The author wishes to thank Otterbein College Archii;ist Stephen Grinch '99 for all of his assistance.

■ Minutes from a March, 1958 Board of Trustees Meeting

otes compiled by Mindy Harsha

Submit information for Class Notes and Milestones to Mind^ Harsha, Office of Advancement Services, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio, 43081 or email: MHarsha@otterbein.edu

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chairman of the Board and chairman of the Invest­ ment Committee.

1961, Reunion Year!

Alumni Wkd. June 1 OH2, 2005 iq6}

Virginia Walker retired from teaching in June 2003. She taught 35 years at Downey High School in the Modesto City Schools System, Modesto, CA. She also taught two years at Port Clinton High School, Port Clinton, OH and two years as a graduate assistant at Penn State University.

neys were polled and asked to vote for the best lawyers they have personally observed in action. He is a partner in the Toledo law firm of Fuller (Sl Henry Ltd.

Kathleen Fernandez, for­ mer site manager of Zoar Village State Memorial and Fort Laurens State Memorial for the Ohio Historical Society, was pre­ sented the Outstanding Publication Award from the Communal Studies Association (CSA) in Pittsfield, MA last Octo­ Reunion Year! ber. She received the Alumni Wkd. award for her book, A Sin­ June 10-12, 2005 gular People: Images of Zoar, Kent State University >965 Press, 2003. CSA, head­ quartered in Amana, lA, is Thomas Robert Pringle’s an organization of scholars, poem “Ricardo Klement preservationists, members Speaks of Border Wars” of communal societies and won the long poetry com­ others interested in com­ petition at the Scottish munal groups.

International Open Poetry

Tom Morrison was recent­ ly selected by his peers in the legal community for inclusion in the Londonpublished Guide to the World’s Leading Trademark Lavu Practitioners. Tom has practiced law in New York City since his discharge from the U.S. Air Force in 1970. He has represented such well-known compa­ nies as Abbott Laborato­ ries, Church Dwight, Coca-Cola, Dow ]ones.

Hallmark, Hertz, Johnson &L Johnson and Time Inc. in lawsuits throughout the United States. Tom is rec­ Competition. ognized nationally as a leading trial and appellate Reunion Year! lawyer in the fields of Alumni Wkd. trademark, advertising and June 10-12, 2005 unfair competition law and many of the cases he has m litigated have become landmarks in their field.

Ray Farris was selected Tom has been a member of and included in the 2004 Otterbein’s Board of edition of Ohio Super Trustees for 12 years and Lavuyers. All Ohio attorcurrently serves as vice-

Reunion Year!

Alumni Wkd. June 10-12,2005

1980 Chris Carlisle was named 2004 Mid-Buckeye Con­ ference Coach of the Year in his inaugural year as head coach of the John­ stown High School varsity golf team. The team won the conference, sectional and district champi­ onships, finishing the sea­ son with a 112-16 record.

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David Phillips has been elected Chairman of the Maryland State Arts Council.

igSz William Zourdos and wife Gail celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary last October.

Reunion Year!

Homecoming Oct. 22, 2005

1986 Jeffery Kin wrote, directed and played Jason in the play Anna, Leona & The Lady Luck.

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Michael Maxv/ell was ordained to the sacred order of Catholic priest­ hood on Sept. 29, 2004.

1989 Michael Yanico was pro­ moted to assistant vice president of commercial lending for the Eastern Ohio Region of Advantage Bank, Nov. 22, 2004.

Reunion Year!

Homecoming Oct. 22, 2005

1990 Jay Snyder graduated from Nova Southeaster University in Feb. 2004 with a master’s in curricu­ lum and instruction. He presently is teaching 8th grade language arts in Florida.

1991 Barbara Cabot Roubanes is proud to announce the opening of her law firm, Barbara A. Roubanes Co., L.RA, on Oct. 1,2004.

She has spent the past seven years practicing as an associate with Frank A. Ray. Barbara practices in the areas of serious injury, wrongful death, product liability and premises cases.

Reunion Year!

Homecoming Oct. 22, 2005

'997 Corey Brill will play the role of the “gentleman caller” in Tennessee Williams “The Glass Menagerie, in the Eisen­ hower Theatre.

Brian Few, a tenor, per­ formed a recital for the Bru­ ton Parish Episcopal Church Candlelight Concert Series

General Lance Lord '69 on Space and the War on Terror Space-based assets are proving critical to winning the Global War on Terrorism, according to the commander of Air Force Space Command.

You cannot go to war and win withI out space,’’ Gen. Lance W. Lord '69 said I Nov. 11 during a live appearance on “Fox I and Friends.”

The command is comprised of about 40,000 space professionals who provide combat forces and capabilities to North I American Aerospace Defense Command I and U.S. Strategic Command, supporting I various operations throughout the world.

Space enables precision attack on the battlefield, the general said, and has trans­ formed the way the U.S. fights modem wars. Precision guided munitions using ^Global Positioning System satellites limit > the exposure and vulnerability offerees I while minimizing collateral damage and I maximizing combat effectiveness, he said.

“We take the 'search' out of search and rescue,” General Lord said during the toprated cable morning show, which reaches more than 87 million homes a day in the U.S. He said the command is currently sup­ porting warfighters on the ground in Fallujah, Iraq.

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“We provide the navigation and the timing so that they can know exactly where they are-and what the target coordi­ nates are-and be able to hit those with pre­ cision using space-based capabilities.”

The general reiterated the importance of space during a speech at an Air Force Association Iron Gate Chapter luncheon later the same day.

He said space superiority is a prerequi^ site for success, describing three elements necessary to achieve and sustain space superiority.

“Space situation awareness provides a robust understanding of what's going on in the medium of space,” he said.

Defensive counterspace is not a pro­ gram or a goal, but rather a mindset, he said. “We must work diligently to protect our advantage in space. Our nation depends on it.”

Finally, the general said the U.S. must develop the ability to counter enemy sys­ tems through reversible effects.

“We have made some tremendous progress with our existing capabilities and we can all be proud of the contributions made by our military space systems,” Gen­ eral Lord said. “We are making a difference-where it counts the most-on the battlefield.”

rof Me Wayne Cummerlander '80 is on the Move for his Students the parents realize what is possible, they pro­ vide extra support to push the students along.”

Wayne spends much of his time writing recommendations, keeping up with all the colleges for the mural and finding scholar­ ships for all types of students. “There are scholarships for left-handed students, stu­ dents with an incarcerated parent or single parent, students for different ethnicities or for writing an essay. There are even scholar­ ships for students with one brown eye and one blue eye,” he said.

He also attends college fairs to obtain cards and college materials from recruiters. When he goes, he has a gimmick. “I walk around with a little red wagon.

Recruiters tend to remember a big guy with a little red wagon, and because they remember me, they are more likely to take my students later. I take some teasing for it, but anything for the students!”

“My student success is my reward,” Wayne said. “I love to help people get what they want in life.”

During the school year of 2003-2004, Wayne was named one of his district’s PTA’s Outstanding Educators for 2004. This is a prestigious honor for South-Western City Schools, as it is the sixth largest school district in the state of Ohio and the third largest in land area. “During that year I had to have an emergency appendectomy,” he said. “I had a Black History play to be performed, so two days later, I was back at work.”

In addition to his four jobs, Wayne takes two classes “just to keep up with things” and spends as much time as he can with his wife Marie and children Lauren, 14, Anthony, 11 and Angela, 4. “And in my spare time, I play golf,” he said, with a laugh.

Wayne attended Grove City High School and came to Otterbein as a football recruit, as well as for the reputation of the education program. He became the first African American All-America in football at Otterbein in 1979.

After graduating, he taught for 13 years at Grove City High School and coached track and football. “The stu­ dents came into school with issues, and I didn’t have the chance to help them when I only had them in class,” Wayne said. “That’s what led me to counseling.”

Wayne earned his master’s degree in school counsel­ ing from the University of Dayton. He retains close ties to Otterbein. He works with the Office of Admission to recruit students and he is currently serving on his reunion class committee with the Office of Alumni Relations. ■

Wayne Cummerlander '80 is a self-proclaimed “man on the move.” He works hard not only to raise his own three children, but also to make life better for other children in the Columbus metropolitan area in a variety of roles. He is a guidance counselor at Franklin Heights High School, a residential contract supervisor for chil­ dren at St. Vincent Family Centers, a site manag­ er and facilitator for the Saturday Morning Workshop through the Education Council for Safe and Drug Free School Consortium for chil­ dren who have broken codes of conduct at their schools, and he works in a truancy program called TIPS, which helps children reduce their suspension sen­ tences for skipping school.

Wayne has been at his “day job” as a guidance coun­ selor at Franklin Heights High School for three years. He is assigned to a class of approximately 365 students and follows through with them until graduation.

Prior to his joining the staff, approximately 23 per­ cent of the graduates from Franklin Heights went on to a two- or four-year institution of higher education. In only three years, Wayne motivated 72 percent of his class to continue their educations after high school. Equally impressive, Wayne helped his students to earn approxi­ mately $3 million to aid their college aspirations, a great increase over the high school’s previous average annual scholarship earnings of $600,000.

What is the secret to Wayne’s success? “I observed the things the students did and learned how to motivate them to go to school and focus,” he said. “I created healthy competition among the students and started rec­ ognizing them so they would feel good about themselves and inspire other students to do the same. It had a rip­ pling effect.”

One of Wayne’s most ambitious projects was a mural of a railroad track going into the horizon, with the catch phrase, “The Golden Falcon Express is On the Move.” The students themselves and an artistic colleague create the train on the tracks. As they are accepted into college, a train car is painted with the student’s name and college col­ ors, as well as how much they have earned in scholarships.

“Other students see these and...they come into the office to see how they can get their own names on the train, and I tell them what it takes.”

He teaches his students how to use the tools at their disposal. “I help them learn how to use the Internet effec­ tively, as well as teaching them essay-writing skills and making home visits to their parents,” Wayne said. “When

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as a special feature of the historic Williamsburg, VA, Grand Illumination Week­ end. The program featured baroque and classical music and traditional Christmas selections.

Brian is the business coor­ dinator for Costco, Inc, Anne Arundel, MD. Ronald Wuerth was recent­ ly promoted to credit officer and business loan under­ writer for business banking at Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH.

1999 Beth Kraus Mitchell accepted a position with the Muscular Dystrophy Association as the district director of Central Ohio.

She is now responsible for all fundraising activities for 12 counties throughout central and southern Ohio.

Tim Morrison was appoint­ ed to serve the United Methodist Church of Berea, Berea, OH on July 1. He will serve as their Associate Minister.

Reunion Year!

Homecoming Oct. 22, 2005

2000 Katie Thompson is an Academic Advisor in the Ohio Dominican Universi­ ty Lead Program. Two years ago she received her masters degree from The Ohio State University in the Higher Education pro­ gram.

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education in International Educational Development at Teachers College, Columbia University.

2003

Running into a fraternity brother at a restaurant in Columbus is not that uncommon, but running into a fraternity brother in the chow hall in Iraq is slightly rare! That is the story of two Zeta Phi fra­ ternity brothers, 1 LT Bob Vagnier '01 and SPC Scott Karr'02. Both Zeta Phi alumni are currently deployed in Iraq in support of the Operation Iraqi Freedom mission. Bob is serving as the Company Commander of the Head­ quarters and Support Com­ pany in the 216th Engi­ neer Battalion of the Ohio Army National Guard, based out of Hamilton, OH. Scott is with the 454th Transportation Unit of the Army Reserve in Columbus. The two “brothers” first ran into each other at Camp Atterbury, IN where they trained for their individual units’ missions. Ironically enough, they both ended up at the same Forward Operating Base in Iraq.

Bob and Scott have had time to catch up while they lift weights in the gym or have dinner at the chow hall. Both are expected to return home in the early part of 2005.

Misty Spring Karr will be coaching track and field at Otterbein College this year. Her husband Scott 03 had been in Iraq since Dec. 10, 2003 and returned home in February of this year.

Jennifer Preston recently joined Mills/James Produc­

tions as a designer in the company’s Learning and Presentation Resources group.

2004 Sarah Hoffert accepted the position of special pro­ jects coordinator with the Eastern Triad HIV Consor­ tium in Burlington, NC. ■

Otterbein Senior Opens Upscale Secondhand Store

Tyler TerMeer '05 has been named the youngest busi­ ness owner in the district by the Short North Business Association.

It's incredibly exciting but also frightening," said TerMeer.

Last fall, TerMeer and his business partner, Charles Gray, opened the doors to Take 2 Apparel, an upscale secondhand store at 30 Warren St. in Columbus, offering men's and women's name-brand clothing and shoes.

Tyler attends classes and works 12 hours each business day and says it’s great to have something to fall back on upon graduation.

The idea for the store originated when he sold clothes to a competitor. He and his partner thought there was a more effective way to do it.

"We want to dispel the image typically associated with stores like this," he said. "Our store has a trendy atmosphere and has very clean lines. It's more like a sec­ ondhand Gap." It focuses on "experienced" clothes and accessories for people in their 20’s and 30’s, he said.

Featured brands include Abercrombie & Fitch, Express, New York and Co., Levi's, Gap, Banana Repub­ lic, Old Navy, American Eagle, Outfitters, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein. Prices range from $8 to $30.

2002 Susan Zedella is an Eng­ lish teacher at John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, NC.

Leah Mason is currently studying for a masters of

Take 2 Apparel in the Short North in Columbus.

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rof Me Proper Manners Full-time Job for ^80 Alumna For some parents, teaching their children proper man^ ners seems to be impossible. For some employers, training employees in people skills is a must. For Catfii Carr Fallon '80, these everyday challenges add up to a fulfilling job.

Cathi is the founder and director of The Etiquette Institute of Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton, which according to her website, is “an etiquette consulting firm specializing in business and social etiquette programs for adults and children.”

When Cathi first began her institute, she only taught children, but eventually she branched into teaching busi^ ness etiquette to adults.

“I have a pas­ sion for working with children, but my mission is help­ ing people make the most of themselves, and this lets me do that,” Cathi said.

According to her website, Cathi’s pro­ grams have been conducted “through department stores such as Dillard’s and Lazarus, private social clubs like The Athletic Club of Columbus, private schools such as Columbus School for Girls, universities such as Denison and Witten­ berg University, and she has taught business etiquette to companies such as Covansys in Columbus, Ohio.”

Her classes include five-week programs for girls in grades 1-5 to learn proper posture, sitting, walking, hand­ shakes, telephone manners, grooming, table manners and more, as well as similar courses for boys in grades 4^9, teen girls in grades 6-9, and a co-ed program for teens in grades 10-12. For adults, she teaches workshops in social eti­ quette for young professionals and college students and a business etiquette class for professionals.

“The challenge with children is that they come in thinking we want to make them geeks, so we need to make them understand the bigger picture,” Cathi said.

“The adults usually come willingly because they want to learn, so they are like sponges.”

Despite some challenges, Cathi’s job is full of rewards.

“Seeing the students take what they learn and blossom is so rewarding, from an adult getting a promotion to parents

being happy with their child’s progress. When I get a rec­ ommendation from a client, that feels very rewarding,” she said.

Cathi hopes to continue growing her Etiquette Insti­ tute, which is currently a “one woman show.”

“I am never satisfied. I always want to continue grow­ ing my business,” she said.

Cathi moved to Columbus from the East Coast when she was in her teens. She took classes and worked her way through college doing alterations on women’s clothing for her father’s tailoring business.

After graduat­ ing from Otterbein with a bachelor’s degree in educa­ tion, Cathi worked for schools in West­ erville and Wor­ thington. Even­ tually, her father’s business grew so much that she quit teaching to handle the women’s clothing side of the busi­ ness.

In the early 1980s, work took Cathi and her husband to Dallas, Texas, where she taught at a college and worked for Laura Ashley. When she moved back to Columbus, she opened an alterations con­ sultation business, which quickly grew from a part-time job to a 16-hour a day business.

She realized that she missed teaching, but loved being self-employed, when she read an article in The Columbus Dispatch in 1999 about etiquette and started a correspon­ dence with the founder of the Institute of Etiquette Con­ sultants in St. Louis, Missouri, an international organiza­ tion with 40 or so territories in the United States. Cathi decided to buy her own territory of Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton.

Now a “nationally recognized expert in etiquette,” she has been quoted in various publications, according to her website.

The Etiquette Institute of Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton can be found online at www.magnificentmanners.com.

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Marriages 1955 Duane Yothers to Diane Mallery, Nov. 6, 2004.

1990 Richard Rulli to Angela Sells, Oct. 9, 2004.

1992 Kevin Wortman to Samantha Crail, March 20, 2004.

1997 Jesse Truett to Karen Baker, Oct. 2004.

1999 Scoft Arthur to Tricia Johnson '01, Oct. 30, 2004.

Randy Boettner to Cara Bonasorte '01, Oct. 2, 2004.

Adam Wickham to Dawn Wood '00.

2002

Additions

Colleen Degnen to Thomas Kingery III, June 18, 2004.

1983 Charlotte Latvala and husband Tony Savocchia, a baby girl, Mary Elena, Aug. 12, 2003. She joins big sister Mathilda, 9 and big brother Anthony James, 7.

Patrick Fagan to Susan Caygill '04, Oct. 10, 2004.

Stacy Pavlik to Nicholas Muniak, Oct. 16, 2004.

Carla Stauffer to Ryan Cave '02, Oct. 2, 2004.

1988 Beth Helwig Carlson and husband Tim '89, a baby girl, Emily Anne, Sept. 9, 2004. She joins big sisters Katherine, 10 and Erica, 4.

2003 Nikki Andrews to Michael Powers, Sept. 25, 2004.

Stephanie Miller to Gre­ gory Hunt '03, Oct. 2, 2004.

Robin Rogers Pryfogle and husband Scott '86, a baby girl, Maya Catherine, Dec. 27, 2003. She joins big brother Zachary, 5.

Proud grandparents are Lorry '64 and Ann Cherry Pryfogle '61 , great aunt and uncle Jim '75 and Kim Pryfogle Reed '75.

Molly Moore to Tyler Pensyl, July 24, 2004.

Jessica Reck to Andrew Welch '03, Nov. 6, 2004.

Misty Spring '03 to Scott Karr '03, Nov. 29, 2003.

1989 Andrew Hall and wife, Marni, a baby boy, Alexan^ der James, Nov. 3, 2004.

He joins older sisters Mor­ gan, 7, and Makenzie 3.

Molly Winter to Josh Busic, Oct. 9, 2004.

2001 Lena Bockrath to Joshua Furci, Aug. 28, 2004.

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1990 Deborah Stolorski Erwin and husband Paul '90, a baby boy, John Alexander, Sept. 28, 2004. He joins older brother Gregory, 2.

Proud relatives include aunt Diane Stolorski Keerps '94.

Paulo Ety Knight and hus­ band John, a girl, Audrey Jane, June 18, 2004. She joins big brother Jackson, 3.

Motisok Rosen Kimberly and husband Paul, a baby boy, William Paul, Sept. 9, 2004.

Joy Snyder and wife Mar­ cia, adopted Emily Aman­ da Fu Snyder. She was adopted from Puling, Chongqing Municipality, The People’s Republic of China in Nov. of 2003.

1991 Barbara Cabot Roubones and husband Matthew, a baby girl, Katherine Grace, June 18, 2003. She joins big brother Blake, then 2.

Melissa Miller Winters and husband Eric Winters '91, a baby boy, Ross Anthony,

Aug. 16, 2003. He joins big sister Vanessa, 5.

1992 Julia Orr Allerton and husband Clint, a baby boy, Eric Joseph, March 24, 2004.

Lesley Stadt Walden and husband Jon, a baby girl, Laney Emma-Rose, Sept.

5, 2004.

1993 Elizabeth Rufener Hick­ man and husband Jon, a baby girl. Holly Marie, June 28, 2004.

Heather Ruchel McVoy and husband Paxton '96, a baby boy, Beckett Pax­ ton, Jan. 12, 2004.

1997 Darcie Gribler D'Ascenzo and husband Rocco '97, twin girls, Marol Rebecca and Mia Bella, March 22, 2004. Proud grandparents are Mike '69 and Becky Lust Gribler '67.

Eric Worth and wife Shan­ non, a baby boy Tyler Allan, Aug. 2, 2004.

1999

Jennifer Sutherine Kinser and husband Tyler, a baby boy, Zachary Richard, July 25, 2004. He joins big brother William, 3.

Tim Morrison and wife Lisa, a baby girl, Rebecca Elizabeth, April 28, 2004.

1994

Mandy Jenne Paulchel and husband Ken, a baby boy, Michael, Jan. 19, 2004.

Marsha Kinkead Siefker and husband Jeffery, a baby boy, Jeffery Michael, Sept.

17,2004. HisOtterbein heritage includes grand­ mother Martha Slack Kinkead ^63, aunt and uncle, John '98 & Rachelle Chestnut Kinkead '98 and great grandmother Helen VanSickle Slack '34 (now deceased).

Carrie Liggett Stevens and husband Erik, a baby boy, Brendan Erik, May 23, 2004. He joins big sisters Christine and Cara.

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James Bright passed away Sept. 17, 2004. He retired in 1969 from Lima City Schools where he taught Chemistry. He also taught at Jackson Township High School, Hoytville, Ohio, where he coached basket­ ball and baseball. From 1936-1944 he taught at Hicksville. He was a 20year board member of the Allen County Council of Aging, a 60-year member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church and a 75-year member of Ft. Amanda Lodge #706 F&AM. He was preceded in death by his wife, two brothers and three sisters. He is sur­ vived by son, James (Mary) Bright; daughter, Mary Bright; two grandchildren, James and Jeanne Bright; and a sister, Mary Larsen.

Evangeline Spahr Lee passed away Aug. 13, 2004.

She taught for 40 years, teaching social studies, language arts, and develop­ mental reading. She was a member of the First Unit­ ed Methodist Church, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, where she served on a number of boards and committees. She was Wor­ thy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 245, for two terms. She was chosen to be a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, a teachers’ honorary organi­ zation, and belonged to the College Club of Akron.

She had an interest in world travel and journeyed to all the major conti­ nents. She was preceded in death by husband, Robert; three sisters and two brothers. She is sur­ vived by a number of cousins, including her guardians, Carolyn Cribbs '57 and Harvey Smith '55; nieces; nephews and dear friends.

George Rohrer passed away Oct. 31, 2004. He was a high school teacher in Pennsylvania for several years before spending the remainder of his career at Woodward and Bowsher High Schools in Toledo, OH. He was first chair bassoonist with the Toledo Symphony for about 40 years. He was in the Army Air Corps in England dur­ ing World War 11. He is survived by wife, Wilsie; sister, Dorothea Rohrer Windley '34; niece, Jan (Tom) Parker; nephew, Douglas (Roseanne) Windley; sister-in-law, Blanche (Wesley) Brewer; nephew, Scott (Karen) Brewer; nephew, David Brewer; and four great-

Tara Light Mowry and husband Kris, a baby boy, Kamden Bradley, July 19, 2004.

2001 Kristy Fanta Vagnier and husband Bob '01, a baby girl. Liberty Grace, June 9, 2004.

2003 Tom Collins and wife Melanie, a baby girl, Nina Camille, June 30, 2004.

1995 Carolyn Gregg Koesters and husband Nick '94, a baby girl. Calliope Kather­ ine, July 22, 2004.

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nieces and one greatnephew.

1934 Frances Fitez passed away Sept. 3, 2004.

1937 Julia Arthur Landon Zim­ mer passed away on Sept.

13, 2004.

19}8 John McGee passed away July 31, 2004. He served in the Air Corps in World War II . He was vice presi­ dent of industrial relation

for Dayton Power and Light until his retirement in 1975. He was preceded in death by first wife, Martha Jean Richmond, and brother Edwin. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; children, Michael McGee and Carol Katz; stepson, Steven Hicks; siS' ter, Rosemary Ruyan '41 (John '48) ; brother, Roger McGee '48 (Esther '47); grandchildren, Sophie and Danielle; step grandchiL dren, Steve and Savannah; and many dear nieces and nephews.

mo Randall Campbell passed away Feb. 28, 2004. He served his church for 50 years. He served the Evan^ gelical United Brethren and The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He taught school for 18 years in New Castle, IN and Monroe Central School Corporation. He is sur^ vived by wife, Catherine Ward Campbell '40; sons, Glen and David; and daughter Mary Campbell Garlathy '68.

1943 George Trayler passed away Aug. 19, 2003. mk

Otterbein has learned that Glenn Riley has passed away.

1946 Vivian Albery Campbell passed away Aug. 8, 2004.

She was a member of Croton United Methodist Church and a 50''year memher of Columbia Chapter 33

Order Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by son, Roger Scott Campbell. She is survived by daughter, Christine Bertrand; grand' daughters, Anne^Marie (Phillip) Smith and Nicole Renee Bertrand; great' grandson, Christopher Robert Scott Jenking; for' mer husband, J. Chandler Campbell; cousin Juanita Snair; and numerous other cousins.

Helen Teter Frederick passed away Sept. 11, 2004.

She retired from Carey Pub' lie Schools in 1978, after 20 years of teaching. She was a member of the Wyandot County Retired Teachers Association, The Fortnight' ly Club, Carey Women s Club, Stephen Ministries and American Legion Aux' iliary No. 344. She was pre' ceded in death by husband, Robert; and son, Douglas.

She is survived by three sons, Paul, Steve, and Richard; eight grandchiL dren; a great'granddaughter; and a sister, Joann BonnelL

Bridgman Booster Club and past president of the Bridg' man Chamber of Com' merice. He was director of the Mercy Hospital Pharma' cy from 1978 to 1986. He served in the European The' atre with the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II. He and his wife, Fern Spaudling Williams '45, who survives him, owned and operated Williams Pharmacy in Bridgman from 1956'1975.

He was preceded in death by brother, Earl Williams.

Also survived by two chiL dren, Karen (Paul) Wegner and Ellen Williams; two grandchildren, Clifton (Tara) Wegner and Timothy (Kara Reinecke, fiancee) Wegner.

1948 Andrew Pallay passed away in April 2004- He is survived by nephew Joseph Pallay '72.

1949 Luella Cecelia Martin Bradford passed away April 9, 2004. She is sur' vived by husband Orla Bradford '51.

1947 Lydia Maley passed away in March 2004.

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Ken Watanabe passed away Nov. 10, 2004.

Robert Jack McQuilkin passed away Oct. 17, 2004.

Waller Williams passed away March 8, 2004. He was a member of the National Association of Retail Druggists and the American Pharmaceutical Association and was a life' time member of the Berrien Springs Masonic Lodge No. 39 F&AM. He was member and past president of Tri' County Pharmacist Associa' tion, past president of the

Kenneth Simmons passed away Sept. 30, 2004. He served as an aviation radioman in the U.S. Navy from 1943'1946 on Atlantic Coast Submarine Patrol.

He began his career as a recreation therapist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Hamp' ton, VA. After 20 years with the Civil Service, he left the

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field and became the pet' sonnel director at the Third National Bank of Dayton.

He returned to the Veterans Administration in Cincin' nati, as an administrative assistant, for medical research and was transferred to the central office in Washington, D.C. He then moved to Johnson City, TN, in the Medical Center Per' sonnel Department, where he retired after 30 years of civil service. He was pre' ceded in death by brothers, Luther Earold and John Simmons; and sisters, Mary Robbins Simmons Hofler and Ethel Ava Simmons Jones. He is survived by wife, Nancy Jones Sim­ mons '49; son, Mathew (Lisa) Simmons; three daughters, Cynthia (Ed) Hine, Molly (Tim) Sproles, and Libby (Thomas) Cot' tee; a brother Marvin (Red) Simmons and a sister'in'law, Violet Simmons; three grandchildren and numer' ous cousins, nieces and nephews.

1952 W. Eugene Putterbaugh passed away Nov. 13, 2004.

He was a long'time educa' tor and served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War 11. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Vernon and Elwood Putterbaugh. He is survived by wife, Florence (Kruckeberg); daughter, Beverly Gene (Steve) Lar­ son '68; son, W.E. (Tatiana) Putterbaugh; and two sisters, Ann Good '47 and Maxine Alvarez '48.

1953 George Allton passed away July 4, 2003. He is

survived by his wife, Jean, and daughter, Pamela All­ ton Barber '78.

nieces, nephews and friends.

aunts and uncles Margaret Moore Glover '33, Harold Glover '34; Kathryn Moore Hohn '36, Wendell Hohn '35; Lucile Ewry Peden '23, Roy F. Peden '22, Don P. Fouts '45; cousin David B. Peden '54.

196J Jack Overcash passed away in April 2004.

Robert Seibert passed away Nov. 7, 2004. He is sur^ vived by his wife, Nancy Longmire Seibert '52; and three daughters, Kathleen Seibert (James '75) Martin '74, Rebecca Seibert (Robert '75) Deckard '76, and Belinda Seibert (Kevin '79) Lynch '77.

1954 Charley Eversole passed away Sept. 2, 2004. He taught science and math at Shore Junior High School in Euclid from 1955H982, and at Euclid High School until 1986. He retired after 31 years. He spent the last 20 years of his life as a volunteer with the Singing Angels. He is sur­ vived by wife, Katherine, and sons, Charles and William Eversole.

1955 Gordon Mingus passed away June 15, 2004.

1960 William Lamb passed away Sept. 3, 2004.

1961 Robert Ringo passed away Oct. 26, 2004. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Jackie Collins. He is survived by wife, Bev Peck Ringo '62; daughters, Jenny Ringo '88 and Julie (Rick) Flury '90; grandson, Nicholas; brother, Ron (Carol Lou) Ringo; and numerous

David Gordon passed away July 2, 2004. In his lifetime, he taught at Franklin Jr. High and Schaefer Middle School and was also a farmer. He was a life long member of the Bethel Bap­ tist Church. He is survived by his parents; son, Kenneth Robert Gordon; step-son, Ged Degenhart and Chris Dumell; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Jane Gordon Cook and Sally and Marlin Brallier; one brother and sis­ ter-in-law, Bill and Carole Gordon; special nephew, Randy and Angela Moodispaugh and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

1968 Robert Abdalla passed away Nov. 24, 2004. He was a Naturopathic physi­ cian and served the people of Licking County for over 35 years. He was the past president of Ohio Massatherapy, past president and faculty member of Mid Western College of Massotherapy, and attended the Central States College of Health Sciences. He was the founder and producer/director of Encore Productions. He is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by sons, Robert Nathaniel and Andrew Lee Abdalla; brothers, George (Carol) Abdalla and Anthony (Jeri) Abdalla.

Letha Anderson Hunter passed away Oct. 17, 2004.

William Thomas Moore passed away Aug. 7, 2004.

He retired from Coming Inc. as division vice presi­ dent after 32 years of ser­ vice. His memberships include the American Ceramic Society, the Center for Manufacturing Enter­ prise at Cornell University, Five Rivers Council of The Boy Scouts of America, Pi Kappa Phi, “O” Club foun­ dation and stadium commit­ tee. He is survived by his wife Emily Crose Moore '63; son Jeffrey Moore, daughter Kimberly (Hugh) Hillix; daughter Kathleen (Scott) Bulkley; six grand­ children; cousins Richard C. Hohn '63 and wife Sally; Roger A. Hohn '66 and wife Linda; Doris Peden Fouts '49. He was preced­ ed in death by parents Roger T. Moore '31 and Helen Ewry Moore '55;

Barbara Sponsel Bulthaup passed away Aug. 25, 2004She taught English in the Westerville School system for many years. She is sur­ vived by husband Donald Bulthaup, who is an emeriti member of the Otterbein College faculty and former academic dean.

1972 Jeffrey Snyder passed away Nov. 8, 2004. He was a community banker in Salida for 25 years and vice presi­ dent/loan officer for Colle­ giate Peaks Bank at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Elliott Snyder '72; sons, Barry and Kurt Snyder; parents David

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and Jean '40 Snyder; and brother, Steven (Merry) Snyders.

1977 Otterbein has learned that Daniel Vonschriltz Jr. passed away.

1978 We are deeply sad­ dened to report the death of Asso­ ciate Dean of Aca­ demic Affairs and Director of Institu­ tional Research Dan Thomp­ son '78. Dan died unexpected­ ly of a heart attack on March 4, 2005, after Towers had already gone to press. A memorial ser­ vice was held on March 8. The Otterbein community wishes to extend our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies to Dan’s family and friends. A full story of Dan’s accomplishments and full obituary will follow in the next issue of Towers.

Friends, if they wish, may con­ tribute to the Daniel C. Thompson Memorial Fund, Institutional Advancement, c/o of Otterbein College, Wester­ ville, Ohio or to the American Heart Association.

1979 Martha Montgomery Bieberle passed away Feb. 3,2005. While at Otter­ bein, Martha was a mem­ ber of Sigma Alpha Tau, serving as president her senior year, and Treasurer her junior year. She also played field hockey. She just celebrated her 20th anniversary working at Disney World. She is sur­ vived by two small sons, Guy and Samuel, and her husband, Darius Bieberle.

ved in Ocoee, FL. d many friends at ein, and remained o them all these including sorority Tracey Dover les '80, Susan man Arnold '80 and >a Cmson '79. Her nates (and rooms) Nancy Case Stru79, Tina Fetherolf gers '79, and fellow s Louise Rynd '79 and icy Bocskor '79 nded the funeral.

Other survivors include two aunts and uncles, Tom and Carol Allyn and George and Ruth Abels; a special great aunt and uncle, Harold (Gills) and Doris Bradley; and several cousins. After college he joined the Navy, attending Officers Candidate School.

He then transferred into the Air Force, where he enrolled in the Uniform Services Medical School.

He later entered a residen­ cy program in San Anto­ nio, TX.

Columbus. She was pre­ ceded in death by her father, Thomas. She is sur­ vived by husband, Hal; son, Ryan; mother, Nancy Looby; two brothers, Thomas (Kelly) Looby and Richard (Kathy) Looby; mother-in-law and fatherin-law, Mary and Asa O’Harra; five nieces and a nephew.

198? idley Abels passed away f 27, 2004. He is sured by parents. Gene d jean Abels; wife, igelita Abels; children, lex and Lani; sisters. Barira Abels; Beth and Sara; id son Bradley Cline.

1985 Susan Looby O'Hara passed away Dec. 1, 2004.

She was a math teacher for approximately ten years in the West Jefferson School System and a member of St. Cecilia Church of

Ohio, Whitney Electric in Colorado Springs and most recently was employed in the payroll/human resource department at West Elec­ tric, also of Colorado Springs. She is survived by husband, Michael David Whalen; parents, Ed and Sue Solar of Dummer, NH; a brother. Ward Solar; and paternal grandmother, Lucy Solar.

199^1 Jennifer Leigh Solar Whalen passed away Oct. 19, 2004. Jennifer gradu­ ated with a BA in Music.

She graduated from Berlin High School in Berlin, NH, where she played trombone in the Berlin Jazz Band. She also played in Wendy’s Old Fashioned Band while in college.

She worked for UPS in

Fri(>nd Cynthia Gilmour Sander passed away July 30, 2004She is survived by her par­ ents, Carole Lincoln Grandstaff '55 and Robert Gilmour '50.

William Ward passed away on June 9, 2004. He was preceded in death by spouse Evelyn Svec Ward '43.

Homecoming 2005 “txtnniM* OC Makeover: Buildinq a New Tradition October 22.

Mark your calendars now!

Upcoming Dates Annual Social &. Fundraiser Sunday, October 9 at 5:00 p.m.

The Lakes Golf St Country Club 31st Annual Fall Golf Classic Monday, October 10 at 10:00 a.m.

The Lakes Golf & Country Club Otterbein’s Flomecoming & the “O” Club’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Saturday, October 22

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Club Board of Directors os of October 10,2004 President - Paul S. Reiner ’68 Vice President - David E. Lehman ’70 Secretary - William ]. McLoughlin ’83 Treasurer - William N. Freeman, M.D., ’57 Director - Christopher ] Carlisle ’80 Director - Ronald W. Jones ’61 Director - Jack W. Moore ’66 Director - W. Wayne Woodruff ’81

Members of the men’s and tuomen’s varsity baskteball teams pose with food donated this past December at the “O” Club Classic.

Contact Information Executive Director - Rebekah Carlisle ’81 • Otterbein “O” Club • Rike Center • 160 Center Street • Wester­ ville, Ohio 43081-1405 • 614/823-3555 (office) • www.otterbeinoclub.com • E-mail: oclub-home@columbus.rr.com

This past years tuinners of the 30th Annual “O” Club Fall Golf Classic on October 11 at The Lakes Golf & Country Club: Jeff Brindley ’81, Larry Roush ’76, Dan Roush and Andy Swope ’90.

Above: “O” Club Honorees Ron Balconi ‘69, Excel Award Recipient; Mike Carter ’87, Ron’s presenter; Paul Reiner ’68, “O” Club presL dent; Moe Agler ’48 former coach & athletic director; post “O” Club president & current stadium project co-chair; Gary Stuisher ’69, Out­ standing Service Atuard recipient; Dick Beckner ’69, Gary’s presenter.

Left: Coach Dick Reynolds present­ ed Kevin Miner, Otterbein’s director of physical plant and telecommunica­ tions, iuith the Athletic Director's Award of Distinction.

hi lanthropy compiled by Lori E. Green

SBC Provides $75,000 for Linden Project On Oct. 18, 2004, The SBC Foundation-the philan" thropic arm of SBC Communications, Inc.—presented Otterbein College with a $75,000 grant to support the Center for Community Engagement’s partnership with the Linden Education and Aspiration Program (LEAP) for at-risk students. In attendance were Columbus Public Schools Superintendent Gene Harris, Ohio Congressman Pat Tiberi and Otterbein and SBC officials.

SBC’s Senior Vice President of External Affairs Mike Kehoe said, “The future of a strong and vibrant world lies in our classrooms. That future is in jeopardy because in many classrooms there are students who don’t believe col­ lege is an option for them.”

In connection with the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), Otterbein will use the grant to fund it’s three functions: Project SAIL (Summer Academy for Integrated Learn­ ing), a summer teaching camp for local teachers; the Otterbein-Indianola Middle School Mentoring Program, which pairs middle school students with Otterbein stu­ dents as tutors and role models; and a new Indianola Col­ lege Club for middle school students and their families to improve students academic performance and increase post-secondary education awareness and opportunities.

Merck Grant to Fund Life Sciences and Chemistry Research, Teaching A grant of $60,000 from the Merck Company Founda­ tion will provide funding for a three-year project that will develop collaborative and interdisciplinary research and teaching within the Life Sciences and Chemistry depart­ ments. It also will support four undergraduate research experiences annually.

Nev/ Endowed Funds John H. Baffa Scholarship Fund John H. Baffa '69 has provided for a scholarship in his estate that will assist endowed scholars who major in Equine Science.

Lowell (Rip) and Ann Shauck Collins Memorial Scholarship Ann Shauck Collins '51 and her husband Lowell have pledged a percentage of their estate to support an endowed scholarship for Otterbein students.

Marilyn E, Day Scholarship Created in memory of Marilyn E. Day '53, this scholarship will be awarded annually to students majoring in physical education or sports medicine, and who have financial need.

Commences: 2005 Harold and Virginia Ruffing Endowed Award Virginia Banta Ruffing '71 and her husband Harold creat­ ed an award that will be presented annually to an outstand­ ing elementary education major.

Commences: 2006 Robert and Annbeth S. Wilkinson Scholarship Robert Wilkinson '56 and Annbeth Sommers Wilkinson '56 created an endowed scholarship in memory of their grandson, Bradley Wilkinson. The scholarship annually will be awarded to a student majoring in education or business.

Commences: 2006

Help for at-risk students: President DeVore accepts a check from SBC. From left, Congressman Pat Tiberi, DeVore, Columbus Public Schools Superintendent Gene Harris, and SBC Vice President of External Affairs Mike Kehoe.

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Tom Bromeley ’51, Jean Hostetler Bromeley ’54, Nancy Nikiforow, Brent DeVore ’H86.

from the 2004

Recognition Dinner

Ken and Connie Hellwarth Leonard ’63

Jeff Lehman, professor of Life Sciences, Tracey Lehman, Katelyn Tilley ’05

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tterbein College Board of Trustees and President C. Brent DeVore hosted Heritage and Leadership Giving Society (LGS) donors at an evening reception and dinner Oct. 15 at Nationwide Atrium in downtown Columbus. Some 200 guests attended the event, and were honored for their gen­ erous investment of at least $1,000 in the College during fis­ cal year 2004 (July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004). More than $6.25 million was raised last year for Otterbein through donations, grants and corporate matching gifts.

Heritage members have contributed cumulative gifts of $50,000 or more through cash contributions or deferred gift commitments, and are acknowledged in four levels: Guardian’s Circle, Benefactor’s Circle, Leader’s Circle and Founder’s Circle. Heritage Fellowship investors have made cumulative gifts and commitments to Otterbein College that exceed $58 million.

LGS members, including alumni, parents and friends, i provide support to Otterbein College that helps strengthen the educational opportunities provided to students through endowments, the Annual Fund and other funds which sup­ port programming and educational opportunities.

In all, more than 130 new donors invested in the College at LGS levels in fiscal year 2004.

Edwin "Dubbs” Roush ’47, Mary Bivins ’H85.

Beatrice Ulrich Holm ’52, Ann Yost Ickes ’53.

Charlotte Sanders ’H91, Dick Sanders ’29.

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The Online World of Otterbein Alumni

by Becky Picket Smith'81, Director of Alumni Relations One of the many joys of my position is visiting with Alumni Book Club site to see what books the club will be alumni friends and sharing with them the exciting happenreading the next few months. She was breathless when I ings on campus and the anticipated changes to occur in the showed her the pictures of the renovations to Cowan Hall, Otterbein Alumni area. I was reminiscing with an alumna Otter Bean Cafe and the Stadium demolition! from the Class of ’48 of the time Then we wanted to see if a she, her daughter (also an alum­ Otterbein College classmate was registered in the na) and I had a coke date in the Alumni Online Community “Online Directory” and we real­ Roost. Though it seemed like ized she was not registered as an The 2005 Cardinal Migration will take us to beautiful Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia for a 4-clay excursion in yesterday, it was 20 years ago. history. Colonial Williamsburg is the world's premier living Online Community registrant. history site, an entire town that has been restored to the She indicated she needed to days when it was the hub of the Virginia colony. Get all of On the front page of the Alum­ the details and register online here and plan to join us for what promises to be a fabulous tnp! Registration deadline register for the Ft. Myers, Florida is March 7. ni Home site we clicked on Alumni Gathering. Since we “New User” and preceded to This annual gathering will take place on Sunday March 6, 2005 at 12:00 p.m. at Events/ Replstration were sitting in an Akron, OH Cypress Lake Country Club. It will be hosted by Bill '57 and Sheila Freeman, Edwin (all you need is your register '47 and Manlou '45 Roush and Bud Yoest '53 and featuring guest President Devore Check out all of the details and register online here. internet cafe, we pulled out the alumni number located on the Online Directory laptop and logged on to Make plans now to come back to campus June 10-12. We'll have tours, My Profile back of your Towers magazine entertainment, the annual luncheon and much more. Details. www.Otterbein.edu and clicked Giving to Otterbein above your address). Now we Otterfagin Home That you can post your own personal news on Class Notes? We'd love to hear from on alumni. Right there on the Webmastfr you! were able to view the “Class Contact the Alumn, Events Registration page was the rofQOt oassworri?

Notes”, “Online Directory” and form to register for the Florida gathering. She was registered “My Profile” pages. in 20 seconds. And she was able to see who else was attend­ The Online Community website provides you with ing the gathering. happenings at the ’Bein and alumni events. Periodically I proceeded to show her other changes that have visit the website and find out more on upcoming spring occurred to the Otterbein Online Community. We viewed events for alumni. (See the back cover for dates of the the “Alumni Calendar” which details daily events in the Community Plunge for alumni and students or the Sunday arts, athletics, alumni and other all-campus events offered Brunch/Spring Musical event.) By spring the website will to alumni. She was curious as to where the 11th annual get a new Online Community design and we will be unveil­ Cardinal Migration will be held. So we clicked the “Alum­ ing email newsletters to Online Community registrants in ni News” site to view the details of the migration to Colo­ the summer. (You will also want to make sure you are regis­ nial Williamsburg scheduled for April 7 - 10. She was able tered on the Online Community at www.Otterbein.edu to view the schedule of events, pre-migration option and >click on alumni to be a recipient of the upcoming email register right on-line for this life-long learning experience. newsletters. If your email has changed and you are a regis­ We read the Alumni Weekend “Save the Date” information trant, send your new email (address and/or phone) to highlighting some of the events planned for June 10 - 12.

MHarsha@otterbein.edu.

(Watch this site for more details of the program and class It’s about life-long relationships! Little did I know reunions.) She was unable to attend ’04 Homecoming so twenty years later from our Roost coke date, my alumna we viewed pictures on the “Alumni Photos” site. friend and 1 would be connecting to Otterbein from an What other alumni news did we find? Since we were in internet cafe through the world wide web! a bookstore internet cafe, we checked out the Otterbein

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I Carggr Corner

by Meg Barkhymer ’68 Director of Career Development Services Editor^s Note: Starting this issue. Alumni Notes will include ''Career Corner, ” which will feature pertinent infor­ mation on resumes, job searching, and other career-related topics. For more information, contact Meg Barkhymer at mbarkhymer^otterbein. edu.

NYC alumni gathered for a holiday get-together that was well attended. From left are Pamela McVeagh ’04, Mandy Bruno ’04 (currently a regular on Guiding Light), and Aaron Ramey ’98.

Hey, get your own TowersJ Robert Bartholomew ’50 (left) visits with Chester Ferguson ’27 at Elmwood Assisted Living in Green Springs, Ohio.

The 10-Step Plan for a Career Change 1. Assess your likes and dislikes. Spend some time rediscovering yourself.

2. Research new careers. Learn about careers that cen­ ter around your passions.

3. Take an inventory of your transferable skills. You may already have a solid basis for a new career.

4. Check out possible training and education if you will need it to make the change.

5. Network. Broaden your current network by joining professional organizations and contacting Otterbein alumni working in the field you want to enter.

6. Gain experience. Getting a part-time job or volun­ teering in your new field can solidify your decisions and give you needed experience.

7. Find a mentor. Locate someone who can help you through the overwhelming times.

8. Consider a lateral move. Sometimes this can serve as a springboard to a bigger change.

9. Review job hunting basics. If you need a refresher course, the Otterbein Career Center can help.

10. Be flexible. Set positive goals but expect setbacks and change. Just don’t let these get you down.

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Josephine Moomaw Lahey '39 (right), visited her sister, Marney Moomaw Wells '37, in Delray Beach, Florida for Marney's 90th birthday. Josephine now resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado. All four Moomaw sisters, from Sugarcreek, Ohio, graduated from Otterbein. Only Marney and Josephine remain.

Alumni and friends gathered last October at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. A reception hosted by John ’68 and Susie King brought together more than 50 people. Some of the guests attended a performance of the National Symphony Pops Orchestra following the reception.

Th« London Exporienco Providos “Old World” Holiday Flavor The Otterbein College Alumni Association offers The London Experience • November 29 - December 13, 2005 • Only $2450 from Columbus, Ohio The London Experience is a special opportunity to travel to England and see the magnificent sights at holi' day time! Eor the past 35 years, groups of Otterbein students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and friends have all taken advantage of The London Experience. You’ll see and experience many exciting landmarks of England in two locations - Stratford-on-Avon and London.

Sites in Stratford-on-Avon include 4 nights with bed and full breakfast accommodations. A performance at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, visits to Anne Hath­ away’s cottage, Mary Arden’s house, Shakespeare’s birth­ place and day trips to Coventry Cathedral, Warwick Cas­ tle, Stonehenge and Bath. London includes 9 nights with private bath and full breakfast, three theatre perfor­ mances, transportation pass for bus and underground trav­ el; half-day guided sightseeing tour, visits to the British Museum, Tower of London, tour of Parliament, Dover, Canterbury Cathedral, Windsor via British Rail (option­ al) and much more.

The London Experience is set for November 29 December 13, 2005 at an approximated cost of $2445 per person based on double occupancy. With the camaraderie of Otterbein alumni, students and friends and an excep­ tional inclusive price covering accommodations, excur­

sions, full breakfasts and transportation from Columbus, this is truly a distinctive opportunity.

Your non-refundable deposit of $400 is due by August 1, 2005 with the remainder due by October 1, 2005, also non-refundable. For a brochure and more information, please contact Becky Fickel Smith, ’81 at the Office of Alumni Relations, 614'823-1650 or RSmith@Otterbein.edu or the college website www.otterbein.edu click alumni.

Save the Date for AlumMatters News from the Office of Alumni Relations: 614'823-1650 Register online for these events at www.otterbein.edu >click alumni Firsf Mondays of Each Month Alumni Book Club at the Otter Bean Cafe. Check www.otterbein.edu click on alumni for book club website.

April 3, 8 p.m. NYC Alumni Gathering New York City Alumni and Friends Gathering at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Sign up by March 22 at www.otterbein.edu >click alumni or call 1-888-614' 2600. Featuring the Senior Showcase performers of Otterbein Theatre.

April 7-10 - Cardinal Migration at Williamsburg, VA April 23, 8:30 a.m. Spring Cleaning Community Plunge Alumni, students, faculty and staff will be painting, planting and polishing at local schools, non-profit agency partners, and local parks. Engage as an Otterbein partner in our community by working alongside of a current student! For more information, contact Angela Gude at AGude@otterbein.edu or 614''823-3206.

May 22, 12:30 p.m. Brunch and Jesus Christ Superstar Sunday brunch with 2:00 p.m. performance of Jesus Christ Superstar. Sponsored by Otterbein College The­ atre, Bon Appetit and Alumni Relations. Cost $25.00 for brunch and theatre tickets. Reservations by May 1st www.otterbein.edu >click alumni or call 1-888-614' 2600. Limited seating.

June 10-12 - Alumni Weekend (See information, facing page) Class Reunions for 1950, ’55, ’60, ’65, ’70, ’75, and ’80. Celebrating Otterbein’s Past Present and Future. Watch the website www.otterbein.edu >click alumni.

Saturday, June 18 - Annual JuneBug Jamboree Dayton, Ohio region

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Celebrating Otterbein’s Past, Present G Future!

Alumni Weekend!

June 10, 11, 1 2, 2003

Special events for reunion classes of 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and 1980 on the evenings of Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11 Past • Celebrating the Golden Reunion for the Class of‘55 • Honoring the 2005 Alumni Award winners at the annual Alumni Luncheon • Class Reunion Hospitality Rooms in Towers Hall • Alumni Choir Concert • “Celebrate on the Shadow of Towers” on Friday at dinner • Class of 65, 70, 75, 80 Reunion Gathering on Friday night at Embassy Suites • AlLClass Dinner at Little Turtle Country Club • Share your Otterbein Memories and hear a few from Dean Joanne Van Sant

• Connect with your past faculty and staff members such as Dr. Thomas Kerr, Dr. Bob Place, Dean Bob Gatti and Anne Pryfogle Present • Clements Recreation Center Tour with Exercising Tidbits for those over 45 • Discover the 21st century Resi^ dence Hall Living and Learning Environment in newly renovat' ed Mayne Hall • Through Sight and Sound, Wit' ness the Renovations in Cowan Hall • Tour Frank Museum of Art fea^ turing Nigerian Images • Campus and Westerville Van Tour

For a schedule of events for Alumni Weekend, periodically visit the Otterbein College website at www.otterbein.edu >click alumni, or call 1 '888-614-2600.

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Future • Otterbein’s 10 '15 Year Master Plan by President Brent DeVore • Thinking about college for your adolescent? Learn more from our Admission Staff on the college search process WINDOWS ON THE PAST A photographic retrospective of Otterbein College From the football team that heat OSU to the basketball team that won the NCAA title, from the Banjo^Mandolin Orchestra to the Cardinal Marching Band, from the literary societies to Greek Week, from 1847 to the present, the Courtright Memorial Library will take you through time one frame at a time, exploring the past that shapes our future. Nearby in the Otter Bean Cafe you can sample historical Otterbein desserts.

Towers Otterbein College One Otterbein College Westerville, OH 43081

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Alumni, students, faculty and staff will be painE ing, planting and polishing at local schools, non­ profit agency partners, and local parks on Satur day, April 23,8:30 a.m. (meet at the Campus

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Center). Engage as an Otterbein partner in our community by working alongside a current stu­ dent! For more information contact Angela Gude at AGude@otterbein.edu or 614-8233206. Register online at www.otterbein.edu >click alumni.

Sunday Brunch Sunday, May 22, 12:30 p.m. brunch with 2 p.m. performance of Jesus Christ Superstar Sunday brunch is a highlight in the Otterbein Cardinal's Nest when omelets are cooked to order and you leave the cooking to Bon Appetit. A special

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Two Events Coming this Spring!

For more information on these or other alumni events, WWW.otterbein.edu >dick alumni I'888^614-2600.

appearance will be made by a represen­ tative of the Otterbein Department of Theatre to enlighten you on the perfor­ mance of Jesus Christ Superstar. In the newly renovated Cowan Hall, you will witness one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's best scores as Otterbein student per­ formers illuminate the transcendent power of the human spirit with a passion that goes straight to the heart. Cost is $25 for ticket and brunch. Reservations

by May 1 at www.Otterbein.edu, click on Alumni or call 1-888-614-2600. Lim­ ited seating. Sponsored by Otterbein College Theatre, Bon Appetit, and Alum­ ni Relations.