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VOL. XXVIII APRIL, 1930 No. 2
STUDENT DRIVE
WELL UNDER WAY
Many Alumni Interested
Wesleyan is putting on a determined
drive to have 300 high type students in their
incoming freshmen class next fall: The
campaign is under way now. A short time
ago Dr. Davidson wrote to all the alumni
and urged them to take a personal interest
in this drive. To date more than sixty have
taken time to write Dr. Davidson and
assure liim that they are glad to cooperate.
Some of the alumni report that they have
already started organizing their county, one
prominent alumnus writes in part, "It is my
plan to invite all the Wesleyan alumni of
this city to attend a meeting in the very
near future to discuss the contents of your
letter and if possible to suggest a list of
prospects to be visited personally by two
or more of the alumni. I certainly approve
of the plan you have hit upon for I believe
that in maters of this kind it is absolutely
essential to get the personal touch."
The Alumni Secretary is speaking at
high school assemblies in McLean county
and as soon as this territory is covered will
go to other vantage points about the state.
His subject is "The Small College and Illi-nois
Wesleyan."
The following people are the ones who
have written to Dr. Davidson favorably re-garding
the student drive:
Louise Bach, Carbondale, Ill.O;. C. Tau-beneck,
Amboy, Ill.; Orville Roll, Cullonm,
Ill.; P. M. Hoke, Long Point, Ill.; C. H.
Wright, Mt. Olive, Ill.; W. Dayton Keyes,
Maroa, Ill.; Mrs. Verda Cline Dahler, Ab-ingdon,
Ill.; R. F. Campbell, Abingdon, Ill.;
Zelma Holloway, Anchor, Ill.; Homer A.
Maxey, Armington, Ill.; Milton M. Hoose,
Atlanta, Ill.; Fred W. Pitney, Augusta, Ill.;
J. Warner Carlyle, Bellflower, Ill.; Verda
Brubaker, Benson, Ill.; Florence Secor,
Bethany, Ill.; Egbert B. Hawk, Blooming-ton,
Ill.; Frank O. Hanson, Bloomington,
Ill.L;. J. Sailor, Bushnell, Ill.; R. P. Car-lock,
Carlock, Ill.; C. S. Bond, Clinton,
Ill.; Millard W. Pratt, Cullom, Ill.; B. A.
Danforth, Deer Creek, Ill.; George H.
Bauer, Effingham, Ill.; H. Louise Bourne,
Flora, Ill.; Stanford S. Meyer, Greenville,
Ill.; Harry C. Carlock, Hammond, Ill.;
Mildred Parkinson, Scotia, New Jersey;
Gertrude Barlow, Hoopeston, Ill.; Imogene
Connell Harvey, Joy, Ill.; Bessie L. Al-ford,
Chicago, Ill.; J. Allan Smith, La
Prairie, Ill.; A. B. Peck, LeRoy, Ill.; Ar-thur
Lathrop, Lostant, Ill.; M. P. Lack-land,
Magnolia, Ill.; Cliff J. Clapp, Man-teno,
Ill.; Ruby Patterson, Marion, Ill.;
Margaret Noble, McLean, Ill.; R. H. Imig,
Minier, Ill.; H. M. Blout, Mt. Pulaski, Ill.;
Alda E. Henry, Murphysboro, Ill.; J. D.
Maxwell, Nashville, Ill.; Carl G. Bickel,
Oakland, Ill.: A. G. Haussler, Pekin, Ill.;
Mrs. C. L. Dowse, Kempton, Ill.; Richard
Finfgeld, Princeton, Ill.; Alice M. Walker,
Princeton, Ill.; J. H. Cass, Raymond, Ill.;
25 YEARS AT WESLEYAN
This January, Prof. Cliff Guild finished
his twenty-fifth year at Wesleyan. For
many years Mr. Guild was head of the
Mathematics department, but for the past
ten years has been registrar and bursar. He
is next to Professor Ferguson in seniority.
Wesleyan feels greatly indebted to Mr.
Guild for the many years of great service
he has given our Alma Mater.
CONTRIBUTIONS! ! !
Where-are the contributions to the-
Alumni Bulletin?
It would be very easy to fill this
publication up with news of the stu-dent
body, but the alumni want news
of the alumni, too; the only way we
have of getting this is from YOU. Sit
down and write us an item or two
about yourself or a friend who is from
Wesleyan.
..Joyce Brabner-Smith, '28, of New
York City, has volunteered to write
a story for the Bulletin, telling of the
alumni in New York City. This is a
splendid idea and the editor is hoping
that Wesleyan alumni in all sections
will write an article telling what the
Wesleyan alumni about them are
doing.
J. F. Witter, Rock Island, Ill.; Frances
Prothero, Rutland, Ill.; Gladys Stoner,
Varna,' Ill.; H. G. Moore, Sullivan, Ill.; T.
O. White, Jr., Tolono, Ill.; B. W. Getz,
Tremont, Ill.; Roy W. Stocking, Victoria,
Ill.; L. W. Luce, W. Frankfort, Ill.; C. E.
Liston, Williamsville, Ill.
OLD TIMERS ARE
AWARDED LETTERS
Unique Banquet Success
March 10th, 1930, was the day for the old
timers from Wesleyan. The Wesleyan ath-letes
who had carried on for the Green and
White in athletics prior to 1896 were at
last rewarded for . their valiant services.
Through the efforts of Fred L. Muhl, ten
of these former Wesleyan stars were-gath-ered
together, feted at a banquet where 125
former Wesleyan athletes were present and
presented with varsity letters and sweaters.
The success of the banquet goes entirely to
Mr. Muhl, who has been planning such a
gathering for several years.
Adlai H. Rust, '14, served as toastmaster
and in turn introduced Vice-President Wil-bert
Ferguson, chairman of the athletic
council, who presented the official sweater
and letter of the university to each of the
old-timers, who had not received his just
reward previously for competition on the
athletic field.
The period from 1886 to 1896 was the
period covered in the awards. Each of the
honored guests responded with interesting
stories of the days when the flying wedge
and nose guards were "the thing" and no
one was troubled by such a regulation as
an eligibility code.
W. W. Whitmore of Bloomington, who
played football and participated in track
from '88 to '94, was the first to be honored.
W. O. Ireland of Peoria, who played foot-ball
at Wesleyan 39 years ago, told of his
experiences in the early days, and Dr.
Charles E. Shultz of Bloomington recalled
the period in the early nineties.
Eugene D. Funk, who has attained na-tional
fame in agricGultural-cir s--was an ..
"import" from Yale in the days when the
"bootleg" football player was common, re-ceived
the official- insignia of the college for
services rendered.
Wave Miller of Quincy told of the forma-tions
and the requirements in his day, when
the boys with the long hair and good
frames were the boys in demand.
James P. Bicket, editor of the Chicago
Evening American, was another veteran to'
be honored. He told the inside story of
how the boys of his day got Edgar N. Hea-fer
to tile Wilder field. Just to prove that
he did play on the Wesleyan team, Mr.
Bicket proudly displayed a photograph of
Fred Culp and he taken in their football
suit of that period.
Others who were presented sweaters and
letters were Judge James Riley of Bloom-ington
and Edgar N. Heafer, Jr., both of
whom were three-sport men, Amos John-son,
captain of Wesleyan's championship
eleven of '99, and Noah Henline of Mem-phis,
Tenn., who enjoyed a long and suc-cessful
career in the major leagues.
Heafer's career covered 10 years at Wes-leyan,
and in this time he served as captain
three years.