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Volume XXVII[ February 16, 1922 Number 8 PROFESSOR F. M. AUSTIN Honored Wesleyan Professor Passes Away It was with a great shock that the news came to the student body of the death of Professor F. M. Austin, who has been the instructor in Latin and Greek since 1901 in Illinois Wesleyan University. Professor Austin passed away at Brokaw Hospital on February 4, after five days illness with pneu-monia. Prof. Austin was a very prominent man both in the University and in the community and the loss of one so true to his beliefs and so impartial in his judgment will be keenly felt. In speaking with Dean Ferguson of Prof. Austin the Dean said: Professor F. M. Austin "My acquaintance with the Aus-tin family began more than forty years ago. An older brother, Cyrus, was a member of my class in college. and it so happened that later I came to know personally other mem-bers of the family, as well as other college students coming from the community in which the Austin fam-ily resided. Theirs was the brave and indus-trious pioneer stock which early made its way into these great states of the middle West, bringing with its members the sckool-house and the church and developing here not only wonderful temporal prosperity but also a stalwart respect for the law and the gospel. The children of this family, consequently, were reared to think highly of education, to be good citizens and devout members of the church, and not one of the large group of children has proved untrue to the teachings received in the fam-ily circle. Professor Austin was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan in 1887. The following two years he was teacher of Greek in the East Maine Conference Seminary at Bucksport, Maine. From 1889 to 1891 he taught Latin and Greek at Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H. For the next eight years he was instructor in Latin and Greek at the old Wes-leyan Academy at Wilbraham, Mass.- After these years of successful teach-ing Professor Austin entered Johns Hopkins University as a graduate student in Latin, Greek, and Sans-krit and because of his successful scholarship was made Fellow in Latin. After two years in residence at Johns Hopkins he was called to the Wesleyan as Professor of Latin, to follow Dr. R. B. Steele, who had resigned to accept a position in Van-derbilt University. Such is a brief outline of the career of our departed friend and colleague. However, no one will be able to read between the lines and learn the meaning of these years of study and (Continued on Page 2) TONY SARG'S MARIONETTES COMING February 25 the Bloomington Branch of the American Association of Uni-versity Women will offer to the peo-ple of Bloomington and Normal a novel entertainment-two perform-ances by Tony Sarg's famous Marionettes. The puppets are from two to three feet high, and so admirably propor-tioned are the miniature stage and settings that the figures appear life-sized. They are skillfully jointed; so they can perform all the physical re-quirements of the roles, with the as-sistance of from fifteen to thirty strings each, and a puppeteer to speak the lines behind the scenes while operat-ing the strings. 'The Marionettes will present Rip Van Winkle at the student matinee. For this performance the admission will be 50c for students and $1 for adults. In the evening Thackeray's satirical comedy, The Rose and the Ring, will be given, and for this a general admission fee of $1 will be charged. The proceeds of the two entertain-ments will go into a scholarship fund to be used for the college education of a girl graduate from one of the three local high schools. "Rip Van Winkle," Washington Irv-ing's old American folk legend, as presented by Tony Sarg's Marionettes undoubtedly achieves the pinnacle of artistic and technical perfection in the realm of minature drama. Mr. Sarg surpassed himself in this, the most elaborate and wonderful pup-pet production ever seen in America. The play is in seven scenes, each teeming with that quaint and fas-cinating atmosphere so typical of our early Dutch settlers. Before the hos-pitable doorsteps of the King George Hotel. where sits smoking peacefully its fat landlord, pass most of the thirty or more characters in the story: A sailor with his parrot (who does a real horn-pipe dance to a concertina accompaniment by the village school-master), Rip Van Winkle with his fat grunting pig and little Hendrik and William. In the wood scene appear butterflies, birds, rabbits, and other wild creatures. Then on the dim hori-zon appears the phantom ship of Hen-drik Hudson and his dwarfish crew. And most marvelous of all is the trans-formation scene in the mysterious treasure cave, where dance ghosts and goblins and skeletons and spooks. From the moment the curtains part to the gradual fading out of the last happy picture on old Rip's strange return twenty years later. the specta-tor is carried away by this fascinating and absorbing tale of the Catskill Mountains and its weird inhabitants. Wesleyan will have several local ticket sellers. Get yours early,-and make sure of it !-Adv. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * CODE OF A GOOD SPORT * 1. Thou shalt not quit. * 2. Thou shalt not alibi. * 3. Thou shalt not gloat over * winning. 4. Thou shalt not be a rotten loser. 5. Thou shalt not take unfair advantage. 6. Thou shalt not ask odds thou art not willing to give. 7. Thou shalt always be ready to give thine opponents the shade. 8. Thou shalt not under-esti-mate an opponent, nor over-estimate thyself. 9. Remember that the game is the thing and that he who thinketh otherwise is a mucker and not true sports-man. 10. Honor the game thou playest for he who playeth the game straight and hard, wins even when he loseth. -The American Magazine. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WESLEYAN DEBATES RIPON AND NORTHWESTERN ON FEBRUARY 23RD. The triangular debate between Illi-nois Wesleyan, Ripon College, and Northwestern College will take place on Thursday night, February 23rd. The- question which will be debated is: "Resolved, that Congress should pass the Adjusted Compensation Act for War Veterans, known as House Bill No. 1." When Wesleyan meets these two colleges in debate she will be meeting two of the strongest schools in the field of forensics in the middle west. The Wesleyan-Ripon debate will be held in Amie Chapel, at Wesleyan. In this debate the I. W. U. affirmative team, composed of Wilfred J. Gore-ham, Capt. Clarence Rogers, and Wil-liam Zwanzig, will meet a negative team from Ripon College, Ripon, Wis-consin. The Wesleyan-Northwestern debate wil be held in, Naperville, Ill. In this debate the I. W. U. negative team, composed of Jual Ford, Capt., La Rue Van Meter, and Dallas Puffer, will meet Northwestern's affirmative team. These teams deserve and should have the support of every Wesleyan-ite. They are representing the Uni-versity in these events in the same way that the athletic teams represent the school in the various sports. Much time has been spent in study and re-search work. Every afternoon is be-ing devoted to test debates. If the students will show their interest in the outcome of the debate by being present at the debate, their attend-ance will greatly enhance Wesleyan's chances for victory. Don't forget the date-Thursday night, February 23'd. present. I. W. U. RADIO CONCERTS OPEN Friday night, February 10th., the radio concert course was formally opened. This is the concert course that is given in connection with the "Movies" given at Wesleyan. On ac-count of the damp weather, however, the first concert was not wholly a success. However, there will be many more evenings of concerts. MASQUERS TO GIVE SCREAM-ING COMEDY "Importance of Being Earnest" to be Given March 7 The much talked of Masquers play, "The Importance of Being Earnest" is being pushed forward With great interest. With well organized com-mittees and the abundance of enthu-siasm that is being displayed it is evi-dent that the play will go over big. This is the first Masquers play of the year but with the record that they made for themselves last year there is no doubt that "The Importance of Being Earnest" will be enthusiastic-ally received by Bloomington theatre-goers. All Star Cast Much time was taken by the com-mittee of faculty members who chose the caste from a group of over fifty people who tried out for the various parts. All the members of the cast have taken part in other amateur pro-ductions and are well qualified for their several parts. The cast is as follows: John Worthing-Janvier Wetzel. Algernon Moncriff-Carl Smith. The Hon. Gwendolyn Fairfacts-- Kathryn Elgin. Cecily Cardew-Bernice Brown. Lady Bracknell-Anne Neidermeyer. Miss Prism-Lucile Kelly. Dr. Chausuble, LL.D.-Clarence Rogers. Merriman, Lane-Victor Zimmer-man. Out-of-Town Dates Already a number of out-of-town contracts have been signed up for dates in small towns around Blooming-ton. This will be good advertisement for Wesleyan as well as renumerative for the Masquers. Some of these engagements will be filled before the play is given in Bloom-ington. Tickets will' be on sale to-day and can be had from any Masquer or from the University office. Re-member! Everyone is going to see-. "The Importance of Being Earnest." The Alpha Gams held a post exam spread in their hall, Wednesday, Feb. 8. The pledges served the eats. Saturday, January 28, Clarice Hast-ings entertained at a party in honor of. Kathryn Pletsch, '21, Town alumnae and the active chapter were
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Full Text | Volume XXVII[ February 16, 1922 Number 8 PROFESSOR F. M. AUSTIN Honored Wesleyan Professor Passes Away It was with a great shock that the news came to the student body of the death of Professor F. M. Austin, who has been the instructor in Latin and Greek since 1901 in Illinois Wesleyan University. Professor Austin passed away at Brokaw Hospital on February 4, after five days illness with pneu-monia. Prof. Austin was a very prominent man both in the University and in the community and the loss of one so true to his beliefs and so impartial in his judgment will be keenly felt. In speaking with Dean Ferguson of Prof. Austin the Dean said: Professor F. M. Austin "My acquaintance with the Aus-tin family began more than forty years ago. An older brother, Cyrus, was a member of my class in college. and it so happened that later I came to know personally other mem-bers of the family, as well as other college students coming from the community in which the Austin fam-ily resided. Theirs was the brave and indus-trious pioneer stock which early made its way into these great states of the middle West, bringing with its members the sckool-house and the church and developing here not only wonderful temporal prosperity but also a stalwart respect for the law and the gospel. The children of this family, consequently, were reared to think highly of education, to be good citizens and devout members of the church, and not one of the large group of children has proved untrue to the teachings received in the fam-ily circle. Professor Austin was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan in 1887. The following two years he was teacher of Greek in the East Maine Conference Seminary at Bucksport, Maine. From 1889 to 1891 he taught Latin and Greek at Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H. For the next eight years he was instructor in Latin and Greek at the old Wes-leyan Academy at Wilbraham, Mass.- After these years of successful teach-ing Professor Austin entered Johns Hopkins University as a graduate student in Latin, Greek, and Sans-krit and because of his successful scholarship was made Fellow in Latin. After two years in residence at Johns Hopkins he was called to the Wesleyan as Professor of Latin, to follow Dr. R. B. Steele, who had resigned to accept a position in Van-derbilt University. Such is a brief outline of the career of our departed friend and colleague. However, no one will be able to read between the lines and learn the meaning of these years of study and (Continued on Page 2) TONY SARG'S MARIONETTES COMING February 25 the Bloomington Branch of the American Association of Uni-versity Women will offer to the peo-ple of Bloomington and Normal a novel entertainment-two perform-ances by Tony Sarg's famous Marionettes. The puppets are from two to three feet high, and so admirably propor-tioned are the miniature stage and settings that the figures appear life-sized. They are skillfully jointed; so they can perform all the physical re-quirements of the roles, with the as-sistance of from fifteen to thirty strings each, and a puppeteer to speak the lines behind the scenes while operat-ing the strings. 'The Marionettes will present Rip Van Winkle at the student matinee. For this performance the admission will be 50c for students and $1 for adults. In the evening Thackeray's satirical comedy, The Rose and the Ring, will be given, and for this a general admission fee of $1 will be charged. The proceeds of the two entertain-ments will go into a scholarship fund to be used for the college education of a girl graduate from one of the three local high schools. "Rip Van Winkle," Washington Irv-ing's old American folk legend, as presented by Tony Sarg's Marionettes undoubtedly achieves the pinnacle of artistic and technical perfection in the realm of minature drama. Mr. Sarg surpassed himself in this, the most elaborate and wonderful pup-pet production ever seen in America. The play is in seven scenes, each teeming with that quaint and fas-cinating atmosphere so typical of our early Dutch settlers. Before the hos-pitable doorsteps of the King George Hotel. where sits smoking peacefully its fat landlord, pass most of the thirty or more characters in the story: A sailor with his parrot (who does a real horn-pipe dance to a concertina accompaniment by the village school-master), Rip Van Winkle with his fat grunting pig and little Hendrik and William. In the wood scene appear butterflies, birds, rabbits, and other wild creatures. Then on the dim hori-zon appears the phantom ship of Hen-drik Hudson and his dwarfish crew. And most marvelous of all is the trans-formation scene in the mysterious treasure cave, where dance ghosts and goblins and skeletons and spooks. From the moment the curtains part to the gradual fading out of the last happy picture on old Rip's strange return twenty years later. the specta-tor is carried away by this fascinating and absorbing tale of the Catskill Mountains and its weird inhabitants. Wesleyan will have several local ticket sellers. Get yours early,-and make sure of it !-Adv. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * CODE OF A GOOD SPORT * 1. Thou shalt not quit. * 2. Thou shalt not alibi. * 3. Thou shalt not gloat over * winning. 4. Thou shalt not be a rotten loser. 5. Thou shalt not take unfair advantage. 6. Thou shalt not ask odds thou art not willing to give. 7. Thou shalt always be ready to give thine opponents the shade. 8. Thou shalt not under-esti-mate an opponent, nor over-estimate thyself. 9. Remember that the game is the thing and that he who thinketh otherwise is a mucker and not true sports-man. 10. Honor the game thou playest for he who playeth the game straight and hard, wins even when he loseth. -The American Magazine. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WESLEYAN DEBATES RIPON AND NORTHWESTERN ON FEBRUARY 23RD. The triangular debate between Illi-nois Wesleyan, Ripon College, and Northwestern College will take place on Thursday night, February 23rd. The- question which will be debated is: "Resolved, that Congress should pass the Adjusted Compensation Act for War Veterans, known as House Bill No. 1." When Wesleyan meets these two colleges in debate she will be meeting two of the strongest schools in the field of forensics in the middle west. The Wesleyan-Ripon debate will be held in Amie Chapel, at Wesleyan. In this debate the I. W. U. affirmative team, composed of Wilfred J. Gore-ham, Capt. Clarence Rogers, and Wil-liam Zwanzig, will meet a negative team from Ripon College, Ripon, Wis-consin. The Wesleyan-Northwestern debate wil be held in, Naperville, Ill. In this debate the I. W. U. negative team, composed of Jual Ford, Capt., La Rue Van Meter, and Dallas Puffer, will meet Northwestern's affirmative team. These teams deserve and should have the support of every Wesleyan-ite. They are representing the Uni-versity in these events in the same way that the athletic teams represent the school in the various sports. Much time has been spent in study and re-search work. Every afternoon is be-ing devoted to test debates. If the students will show their interest in the outcome of the debate by being present at the debate, their attend-ance will greatly enhance Wesleyan's chances for victory. Don't forget the date-Thursday night, February 23'd. present. I. W. U. RADIO CONCERTS OPEN Friday night, February 10th., the radio concert course was formally opened. This is the concert course that is given in connection with the "Movies" given at Wesleyan. On ac-count of the damp weather, however, the first concert was not wholly a success. However, there will be many more evenings of concerts. MASQUERS TO GIVE SCREAM-ING COMEDY "Importance of Being Earnest" to be Given March 7 The much talked of Masquers play, "The Importance of Being Earnest" is being pushed forward With great interest. With well organized com-mittees and the abundance of enthu-siasm that is being displayed it is evi-dent that the play will go over big. This is the first Masquers play of the year but with the record that they made for themselves last year there is no doubt that "The Importance of Being Earnest" will be enthusiastic-ally received by Bloomington theatre-goers. All Star Cast Much time was taken by the com-mittee of faculty members who chose the caste from a group of over fifty people who tried out for the various parts. All the members of the cast have taken part in other amateur pro-ductions and are well qualified for their several parts. The cast is as follows: John Worthing-Janvier Wetzel. Algernon Moncriff-Carl Smith. The Hon. Gwendolyn Fairfacts-- Kathryn Elgin. Cecily Cardew-Bernice Brown. Lady Bracknell-Anne Neidermeyer. Miss Prism-Lucile Kelly. Dr. Chausuble, LL.D.-Clarence Rogers. Merriman, Lane-Victor Zimmer-man. Out-of-Town Dates Already a number of out-of-town contracts have been signed up for dates in small towns around Blooming-ton. This will be good advertisement for Wesleyan as well as renumerative for the Masquers. Some of these engagements will be filled before the play is given in Bloom-ington. Tickets will' be on sale to-day and can be had from any Masquer or from the University office. Re-member! Everyone is going to see-. "The Importance of Being Earnest." The Alpha Gams held a post exam spread in their hall, Wednesday, Feb. 8. The pledges served the eats. Saturday, January 28, Clarice Hast-ings entertained at a party in honor of. Kathryn Pletsch, '21, Town alumnae and the active chapter were |
Collection | Student and Alumni News Periodicals (Illinois Wesleyan University) |