NO. 14 VOL. XVIII CLOCK TOWER, AFAIL 26, 1943 UNION COLLEGE LIBRARY LINCOLN. NeeliA5KA cr INCLEMENT WEATHER MARS SCHOOL PICNIC MISSIONS CAMPAIGN FOR YEAR LAUNCHED At about 9:00 students began to gather outside and await the trucks which were to be their means of transportation to Pioneer Park, the traditional picnic grounds. Crowded into place, the students went merrily off, being shoved forward at every stop, and crushed backward at every lurch- ing start. And so over past the orphanage, the penitentiary and the insane asylum the truckloads went. Unloading at the park, the stu- dents immediately set out to ex- plore the park, which probably had not had such a thorough going over since last year. The famous statue of the Indian giving smoke signals had to suffer the indignity of having students sit on his head most of the day while their fellows took pictures. Despite the cold wind and lack of co-operation from old Sol com- petition ran high in the races. Students however showed a defi- nite lack of physical tone and pre- paredness. James Lewis broke the finishing line first in the 100-yd. dash, with Paul Joice and Merill Wall close behind in second and third places. First place in the girls' 50-yd. dash went to Lola Jane Rowland, who was followed by Merlene Og- den in second place and Mildred Danielson in third place. � The men's mile run was completed with Oliver Nazarenus first, Paul Kern- per second, and Marcus Payne third. Underclassmen took the laurels in the two soft ball games played in the morning, the sophomores the sophomores beating the sen- iors, and the freshman beating the the juniors. Nothing builds up appetites like a brisk wind and outdoor exercise, and so there was no need for a second dinner call. Long lines of students filed by the tables having their plates loaded with potato salad, baked beans, macaroni and sandwiches. Desert was chocolate cake a la mode. Gaily-colored benches on a bright green lawn, a blue sky overhead filled with scintilating stars, tasty refreshments offered by genial hosts—what more could a senior class and guests ask of a sponsor? All the seniors and the wives of seniors were entertained by the Drs. Hagstotz at 8 p.m., April 25 at a lawn party. Other guests in- cluded E. E. Cossentine, president of Union College, N. C. Wilson president of the Central Union Conference, W. H. Howard, pres- ident of the Nebraska Conference, and their wives. Decorations featured the senior class colors, blue and white. The seniors and guests were served potato salad, sandwiches, radishes, cup cakes and fruit juice. Dr. Gideon Hagstotz acted as master of ceremonies for the pro- gram. � He first introduced Dr Hilda I Iagstotz who read a paper on May Day observance. Other parts on the program in- cluded a Maypole exercise per- formed by 14 children from the elementary school, supervised by Miss Frances Stoddard. Paul Kein= per followed with flute and clar- net solos. Then followed a seed- guessing game which was won by Oscar Heinrich, who received as a prize a package of onion seed. Dr. Hagstotz read "The Man and the Shadow," after which Elders Cossentine, Wilson and Howard, in short speeches, challenged the seniors "to do great things for Union." A senior mule quartet composed of Charles Lickey, Le- Roy Leiske, Paul Kemper and James Stevens sang two numbers. After dinner many of the stu- dents left the picnic grounds. The wind was still cold, and the day was altogether unsuited for those used to a winter in steam heated rooms. More left as the afternoon wore on, and the rumor got around that there was free skating in the college gym. Although it had been planned to stay out at Pioneer Park until 8 o'clock, this was changed and the picnic supper was eaten in the gym because of the unfavorable weather. About 7:30 p. m. the hundreds of wind-blown students called it a day. hattre Thursday, April 29 Ingathering Field Day Friday, April 30 9:35 a.m. Chapel A. I. Ivanoff 8:22 p.m. Sunset 8:00 p.m. Vespers Elder J. L. Pettis Sabbath, May 1 9:45 a.m. Sabbath School 11:00 a.m. Church Elder J. L. Pettis 8:2:3 p.m. Sunset Evening: Study period Sunday, May 2 8:00 p.m. Lawn party Monday, May 3 9:35 a.m. Chapel 6:40 Alpha Tau Sigma Wednesday, May. 5 9:35 a.m. Chapel Motion pictures College Chorus Sings at Air Base Hospital Three army trucks and an army automobile transported the Union College mixed chorus to the Lin- coln Air Base Sunday afternoon, April 25. Before an audience of approximately 100, at the Red Cross hospital, the chortus pre- sented a 45-minute program of sacred selections. Annalee Lyon sang two solos, one of which was accompanied by Paul Kemper playing a flute obligato. Prof. H. A. Miller di- rected the chorus and Mrs. H. C. Hartman accompanied. Evelyn Sherrig was soloist. Elder Pettis Stresses Practical Christianity The challenge of a consistent Christian life was brought to the students in chapel Friday, April 23. Elder Jerry L. Pettis, the speak- er, used as his main idea the words, "We should be seven-day Adventists and not just Seventh- day Adventists." Elder Pettis stressed the value that should come to the com- munity from a large institution of this type and said that the people were judging Adventists not by their words but by their deeds. "Too many of us don't have a twentieth-century Christ," was a striking statement of service. Elder Pettis emphasized that the need today is for a practical working Christianity. Practice Teaching Is Fascinating Work Leonard Nelson Is Press Foreman Mr. Leonard Nelson, new fore- man of the Union College press began work on Thursday, April 22. During the past four years he has been connected with Oak Park Academy as manager of the press and as an English instructor. Mr. Nelson, a graduate of Em- manuel Missionary College, early demonstrated his interest in things pertaining to printing, for while there he was editor of the school paper and the yearbook. Although his hobby as well as his work is printing, Mr. Nelson expressed his desire to join in the musical activities of the college. He likes his work here and hopes to soon become well acquainted with the students of Union Coll- lege. At the present time Mr. Nelson, his wife and two childlen live at 48th and Hillside. * Spring Ingathering is in the air! Launching of the campaign by Mr. E. E. Hagen in chapel, April 26, resulted in students organiz- ing 18 different bands to go out to surrounding territory on Thurs- day, the college field day. Singing bands, who will solicit the city of Lincoln, will go out Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. In introducing the annual cam- paign, which has been changed from fall to spring by the General Conference, Mr. Hagen recited the history of the movement. The plan originated in Iowa in 1902, but was not officially adopted until 1908; since that time some 26Y2 million dollars has been raised. Because the Ingathering campaign is second only to the Sabbath School as a means of raising funds for missions, it cannot be separ- ated from the church, he declared. Mr. Hagen said that Ingather- ing work has already begun in neighboring conferences, and en- treated the student body to coop- erate whole-heartedly in the cam- paign. Cadets Practice For Combat Conditions Getting their training for the first time this semester in behav- iour under combat conditions, the Medical Cadet Corps spent Fri- day afternoon, April 16, in a field maneuver, directed by Major E. N. Dick, commander of the Union College Medical Cadet Corps. The cadets were drilled in de- ployed formation of a litter pla- toon, and also practiced taking cover in case of an attack by air. Last Friday another maneuver was directed by Cadet Captain Edward Nordstrom. This consisted of practice in bringing to the first: aid station wounded men from a, field under fire. Many of the boys say they en- joy these maneuvers, and all of them, whether they like it or not, agree that it will help them serve Uncle Sam if he needs them. "Get an 'education' by all' means, if you can, but recognize its true purpose—to lend vision, power and guidance to a mind trained to do one useful thing ex- ceedingly well." Nebraska weather being almost (proverbially changeable, it was arranged that bell signals from Lawn Party Enjoyed the clock tower should announce whether or not the school picnic would be held as planned Wed- nesday, April 21. If the picnic was to be cancelled, the bell at 7:30 was to ring ten times instead of once. Imagine everyone's sur- prise, therefore, when at 7:35 the bell rang five times. by Senior Class A half hour spent in the training school would seem uninteresting to most students in Union College, but we student teachers find teach- ing very fascinating at times. It is not always the easiest thing to step into one of the classrooms with a "school-teacher" look o, our faces after a good laugh with } our roommates. On the contrary all past and future must be put out of our minds so that we can concentrate on being a dignified teacher. We often wonder what passes through the minds of the pupils as we enter the classroom. They see us other places doing things which might make them think that we do not act like teachers. A teacher can tell of many amusing answers or questions which come from the mouths of small children. For instance, in a science lesson about the gravity of the earth, one little boy asked, "If a perso: dug through one side of the earth to the other side, where would he come out?" Such questions as this bring us teachers to the conclusion that we will have to have a store of know- ledge in order to be able to keep ahead of such inquisitive minds. 2 � CLOCK TOWER, API(IL 28, 1943 President and Business Manage Secretary Treasurer . zCirculation Manager �. Assistant Circulation Manager Advertising Manager �. Business Adviser editor in Chief As,:ociate Editor Associate Editor News Editor Feature Editor Makeup Editor Copy Editor Headline Writer Literary Adviser Contributors: Russell Hagen, Evelyn Prussia, Kathleen Meyers, James Chase, Veta Mae Longfellow, Jack Bowers, Arlene Church, Frances Cunningham, Vir- ginia Pate, Betty Anne Baker, Harold Roll, Vivian Meyers, and Stella Parker Peter- son. Published every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m., and every month during the summer by Union Colege under the auspices of the department of Journalism. Subscription rate: Mailed, one dollar per year; unmailed, seventy-five cents a year. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Lincoln, Nebraska. April 5, 1911, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1897. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized June 17, 1921. Today the world is practical minded. Everything which lends itself to the improvement of living conditions right now receives particular emphasis. There is no time for exploring the excellencies of past civilizations only insofar as they pro- ject new and helpful light on the world of the present. I agree with thinking people who are recalcitrant toward anything that is unnecessary or unimportant in education. As a peculiar people, we know what must be done and done quickly. We have a certain goal and a particular work to do, and only by training leaders for that work will we be able to accomplish it successfully. Music is one of those necessary cultures which has proved its timeliness by the permanence of its existence. Before the world was, music was, it is, and it shall be throughout eterni- ty. MUSIC HAS ITS SPECIFIC PLACE IN THE EVAN- GELIZATION OF THE WORLD. Because we believe in employing only the best methods, it should behoove edu- cators to recognize the imperativeness of courses which will provide the best possible training for future leaders. E. M. A. He Practical . . . Member Rssociated Collegiate Press EDITORIAL COUNCIL BUSINESS STAFF ELDON DICK '44 EDYTHE MAC ALEXANDER '44 MAVIS BECKNER '44 KENNETH COPE '46 A. MILDRED THOMPSON .46 WALTER HOWARD '45 PHYLLIS FOLLETT '45 RAYMOND OSBORNK '45 JERRY L. PETTIS '38 U 1111 HAROLD WERNICK '44 MORNA LEQUIER '45 EILEEN MAYBERRY '45 VERNON BURCESON '44 ALDEN JENSEN '45 H. C. HARTMAN '21 rr Round Robins' Let-From The File A Sign of Progress . .6 . A certain road construction company erects at the place where it is working the sign: "Detour—the Sign of Progress." It has a healthful psychological effect, for it seems to level the bumps in the road and still the clouds arising from the un- dulating dust pools of the detour. It's a happy turn to an un- pleasant situation. The idea of "progress" immediately pro- jects one into the future, and he beholds in this spot, not the dust and the bumps of the detour, but a beautiful concrete bridge. Life has often been likened to a highway—for many of its circumstances are very much like unpleasant detours. One's plans are so often juggled—no matter how carefully laid. Billows of unpleasantries impede progress—and we groan and criticize the divine Highway Commissioner although He knows what it is we need and just where detours must be made. All-loving and all-wise, he works to that end. Usually it is difficult not to grumble, but should we, when we come to realize that this inconvenient detour which we are asked to undergo is for our own eventualgood? "'" Th'faugli tfi'acWidSnOf .ii`npleasantries and over the burri . iroad � life;' let's �the),r,sign � ptogress,'J1t'9:rh( if rli lonhtelook) hitrdi enough fonit. .,i)i.4(ifiartaes .Chajse V News Notes Mrs. E. A. Krogstad from Elk Ilorn, Iowa, visited with her daughter Goldie from Friday night until Sunday noon. ° ° Wayne Neidens spent the week- end at home in Kansas City, Missouri. 6 6 Gilbert Jorgensen left Thurs- day afternoon for Denver, Color- ado, to he present at his father's wedding, which took place Sun- day, April 25. Oliver Lorenz and Winslow Parker accompanied him to their homes in La Salle and Denver. • Norman Prusia and Gerald Jen- sen visited with parents and friends in Decatur, Nebraska, last weekend. • • Harold Werniek spent the week- end of April 23-25 at his home in Lake City, Iowa. 0 0 Roy Henneberg visited his home in Kulon, North Dakota, Sunday, April 18. Cpl. Perry W. Beach, who for the past two years was instructor in piano at Union College, re- turned for a visit over the week- end. Ile was inducted into the army last year and at present is at Camp Barkeley, Texas. • * Elder E. 1). Dick, secretary of the General Conference, visited his son, Eldon, here Sunday. • • Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mayberry from Denver, Colorado, and their son Lt. Kenneth !Mayberry, visited with Eileen from Friday night until Monday. They were accompanied by Mrs. W. F. Atwood from Ft. Morgan, Colorado, who visited with her daughter Olivet. 0 0 Mrs. J. J. Douma from LeMars, !ova, and Mrs. I. \V. Reck from Sioux City, Iowa, visited their daughters Madeline and La Rewe. Two other visitors in North Hall were Merlin(' Johnson from Min- eapolis, and Betty Christensen 'rom Hutchinson, Minnesota. 0 0 Myrtle Chapman spent the week-end with her parents in Omaha. F. T. C. Enjoy Sun- rise Breakfast On the Sunday morning of April 19 the Future Teachers Club let down their hair and went for a sunrise breakfast to Robert's Park. The event scheduled for 5:30 to 7:15 a.m. allowed the future teachers to relax a little and get rid of some pent-up energy. Hot cocoa, doughnuts and fried egg sandwiches answered the call of the early morning appetites. )Allotment .:\i4is ;made: Tif two tipi4e) iciutadi'en.;tiorrie firtufelimath tea4hk citeJ .v004 i ;not( ikeeriukctirate5 of the number they. tilin.;=,it,ti td: ter Sets Records As a feature of the Union Re- union at Washington, D. C., Mrs. Bertha Shanks Chaney told a re- markable story which rates as a "Believe-It-Or-Not." Among the friendship groups which have been formed at Union was a group of nine girls, who, in 1893, as school was closing, de- termined to keep in touch with each other through a "Round Rob- in" letter. And so the circulating letter was started on its way by the old custom of passing from one to another in rotating order. After the letter (which really became a packet!) had been going on its way for a time, the nine girls came to be known as the "Robins," and, believe it or not, that Round Robin letter is still, now in its fiftieth year, making its rounds! That is a record! Two of the original nine are deceased, but the remaining seven keep the letter moving briskly from one to another. This Round Robin letter is no ordinary letter. Mrs. Chancy said that soon after it had been started it took on a personality of its own, and the Robins have looked for- ward to its coming as they would (Continued on page 3. ) Thomasine Longware From Oakwood Junior College in Ituntsville, Alabama, to Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, has come Thomasine Longwarc to per- sue her education and prepare to he a teacher. To her friends she is known as "Tommy." Home economics is "Tommy's" major; she likes to sew much bet- ter than to cook. As a matter of fact sewing is one of her hobbies. Another is collecting stamps, al- though she confesses that she hasn't paid much attention to that recently. All the months that she has been on the campus, "Tommy" has been hiding her light under a bushel. We knew that she could play the violin, bilk we didn't know what an excellent whistler she was. Before school is out she is going to demonstrate her ability a little more. Claude Turner Four years ago he came to Union College; he was tall, soft spoken and kind. This year he has demonstrated the fact that under his calm exterior there runs cool fire, and that he is very capable of taking care of his rights in the gym. He is a living testimonial I that ;Awe does 'not ,nqcclitn.11)4.e; cbme Claude Turner.../;:b � ti A college film would serve as an excellent advertiser of all WWC stands for. Shown in the academies it would stand as a cordial invitation to come to the school that "educates for life." It would give concrete evidence of a real work carried on and of the pleasure derived from doing it. A college film is not out of the question. It is a necessity. (Might not the same idea be applied to Union College?) The Collegian 0 0 0 The Hard Times picnic for the seniors, juniors, and professional seniors, held at the C. C. C. camp attracted much attention on Wed- nesday afternoon, April 14. It was a repeat performance because last year's party was such a success, and the nearly 200 who partici- pated reported it was every hit as much fun as last year's party. Campus Chronicle • The Associated Students of Walla Walla College nominating committee is planning to meet at 9 a. m. Sunday to choose candi- dates for next year's offices. The Collegian A ninth beatitude added to the eighth in Scripture: Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never he disappointed.—Pope Claude graduated from Cam- pion Academy, Loveland, Color- ado, and when school is out he is going hack to his home con- ference to work as a ministerial intern. Collecting books is Claude's hobby, and at present there are about 250 in his collection. Eating is another quite enjoyable activ- ity and "just anything" satisfies. But Claude can't fool anyone, be- cause we can all see that his very best hobby is his family. Carl Clark One of the the two non-religion major boys of the senior class is Carl Clark from Iowa. He has stu- died so hard and diligently since he came to Union four years ago that he is counted worthy to take the examinations which lead to graduation with distinction. But studying isn't Carl's only occupation. He finds ample time to drive his big green Buick or dash around town On a motor cycle. Then, to soothe his nerves he tries a little music on the piano or his marimba. There are only three states west of the Mississippi which Carl hasn't visited and he says that he :iptenk ,to inc,:them as soon, as ,have taken .1?)1C11;!ff()1P,,CPA't to 1fe>ic~ and from Detroit to,,c,.1Afopi?.... SENIOR SHORTS KNIGHTS OF 72 CONDUCT COMMEMORATION SERVICE CLOCK TOWER, APRIL 28, 1943 � 3 • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••04.4, • o • o G * • • C �It. C • • • Prints Charming , • es... -.; __ � ). For Your � i, ,N.- • • : • • • kapp,a 'Ada If some girl in North flail passes you and doesn't seem to notice you, please don't think she is try- ing to snub you, because we are so busy that we just can't get everything done. Practicing for the lawn party keeps everyone hop- ping, for it's no easy job to enter- tain a couple hundred men, ( more or less.) Despite the business we still find time for fun. Three of the prayer hands had waffles, scram- bled eggs, sweet rolls and milk for breakfast in the spread room on Sunday, April 25. The prayer band leaders were Mercedes Eng- land, Ruth Steinke and Evelyn Halverson. The girls who have been ac- cepted at hospitals for nurses' training are going around rather sore and sick, especially Elizabeth Genetti and Dolores Wiltse, who are taking shots for typhoid fever, T. B., scarlet fever, diphtheria, and small pox. On Easter morning a group of the girls and others went to sun- rise services held in churches in Lincoln and Bethany. The rain, which, by the way, made the lawn look very pretty for the lawn party, didn't dampen their Easter spirits any. In worship Saturday night sev- eral brothers and sisters entertained the girls. Glenn Wiltse played his trombone and Ruth accom- panied him on the piano. Paul and Janette Kemper sang. Formals were donned by many of the girls Sunday, April 25, as they prepared to sing in the chorus for the soldiers. There were many envying glances cast by girls who were not in the chorus, because it isn't every day that girls are escorted in special army convey- ances out to sing for the soldiers at the air base. Easter Sermon Given by Elder N.C.Wilson Christ's resurrection and ascen- sion was portrayed Sabbath, April 24 by Elder N. C. Wilson, presi- dent of the Central Union Con- ference, at the church service. Because the Lord arose, his fol- lowers have been commanded to go quickly and tell the world that He is .risen, has ascended and that He is coming soon to call unto Himself those who belong to Him. Elder Wilson's opening text from Matthew 28 refreshed the hearers' minds of Mary Magde- lene's experience upon finding the Lord risen when she came to the tomb. :••••••••••••••••••••1 • • TSK TSK . . It's a good thing Mildred 1. Thompson had broken her glasses otherwise she would have had no excuse for skating when the sign read "Men only!" A. Mildred Thompson had asked her roommate ( Rose Massoz) to be sure to remind her to write up articles for the Clock Tower. After the lights were out, when about to retire for the night, Rose ques- tionel, "Midge, have you written those articles yet?" Receiving a negative reply, she said, "Well, hurry." Flash! According to Miss Rees and we all agree—Bonnie Hohlier is in dire distress! She's lost a black notebook. And it has all her social relation notes in it too! Guess Dr. Dick's friend about hit the nail on the head when he remarked that since food rationing, the yellow substance with which we spread our bread we take for "butter or worse." Several weeks ago Mr. Cad- wallader played records in Mission Band illustrating the music in South Africa. After he had played several. Dottie McConaughey re- marked to Naoma Draper, "That sounds like negro singing." North Hall to Hold May Festival May 2 A May Festiva eing given by the women of North Hall for the men of South Hall and Union College faculty members will be a closing highlight of the year's activities. This event is scheduled for May 2 and will he held on the North Hall lawn. This May Festival is the second of its kind since the return of Dean Pearl Rees to Union College in 1941. Spring Wardrobe •• •• •• •• your Spring calendar. Won- Gay and debonair—and just right for all the events on frocks of smooth, new rayon sheers or butcher linens. All derful one and two-piece at low, low prices to send your spirits soaring! Misses sizes 12-20. • •• • • • • • • Sia 9oia kappa Sigma Iota Kappa presented "The Ninth Inning," a film dedi- cated to Lou Cehrig, for its enter- tainment Thursday, April 22. The picture was shown in the college chapel, and only the fellows were present. As the title of the film suggests, it was about baseball and some of the heroes of the game. It depicted great batting "stars" such as "Babe" Ruth. One of the excit- ing narts of the film was that which reviewed the 1941 World's Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yan- kees. Sigma Iota Kappa sent a Corn- husker Hotel hell boy to the girl's worship to deliver a telegram in- viting them to a hike May 9. David "P." Rose was the bell boy. its existence, what a story that would be! The names thus listed are, in order, Clare Sheperd (N.S.) Ashton; Anna Jeffers (Guy') Dail; Ida Patton; Minnie Hennig (C. W.) Irwin ( deceased); Mary 0. Rice (Andrew) Bernsen; Bertha Shanks (Frank) Chaney; Eliza- beth Patton ( Roger) Brown; Cora Deming (Newton) Evans (de- ceased); and Alice Green (D. K.) Nicola. Shouldn't this year's fiftieth an- niversary be celebrated with gold stationery or gold ink—or some- thing? � S. P. P. A mariner must have his eye upon rocks and sands, as well as upon the north star. DRESSES . . . at Miller's "There is laid un for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord ... shall give me ... and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." Thus Elder Jerry L. Pettis read as the students sat quietly in vespers Friday evening, April 23. Surely no one can cherish this event more than those who are laboring for Him in the capacity of foreign missions. We little realize the great sacrifice alumni are making as they accept calls from the world-wide field. Harold Roll, in a short parable, likened Union College and missions to an electric circuit which is un- ceasingly attracted from its source to the plate. Melvin Rich gave some first-hand information on Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cash, who are now in the West Indies. Since these names were not placed on the Foreign Mission Roster when their golden cord was hung, it was done in this commemoration service under the direction of the Knights of '72. LeRoy Leiske told of the work of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Htlls of the West Indies, and Glenn Wiltse gave information on Miss Helen E. Lode of Africa. As the orchestra played, their names in turn were solemnly mounted. Round Robin . . . (Continued from page 2) to the visit of a very dear college friend; when it arrives all else is put aside until the many pages of news and jest and inspiration have been read from first word to last—then read again and again until all parts of the letters are almost committed to memory from repeated readings; and when the Robin again takes flight the mem- ory of it is cherished until it again arrives. It has a link that has hound this group as perhaps no other group of Union College stu- dents have ever been bound. The Robin has flown the world over, for the nine girls in time became widely scattered, carrying Old Union's tradition of service to earth's far corners. Could Robin become vooal and tell the joy it has brought to the girls, and relate its varied experiences in transit through the 50 years of PANGBURN'S Mother's Day Candy Everett—Pharmacy 795 GOLD'S . . . Third Floor To wear now and all summer . . . charming L'Aiglon prints, simple in design, flattering and wearable. Spun rayons, sheers, voiles and ginghams . . . cool confections! Sizes 12 to 42 Miller's Cottons—Third Floor 6.50 to 10.95 ..o.••*.****,******.o••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• CLOCK TOWER, APRIL 28, 1943 � 4 By STELLA PARKER PETERSON J. J. Williamson, '40, and T. J. Golden Cords would become fam- Aluitimi News Jenkins, '38, "set the ball rolling" for a Union Reunion, and on the evening of March 31 more than 75 old Unionites gathered about a banquet table at the Review and Herald cafeteria in Washington, D. C., and spent an evening in renewing old friendships and ma- king new ones; and in hearing many an interesting reminiscence. With Roger Altman, '27, as mas- ter of ceremonies the success of the evening was assured. It was such an evening as is always ex- pected when old Unionites get to- gether. But this evening was un- usual in many respects. To begin with, it was an all- Union affair, since there was not one year of Union's history not represented by some former stu- dent or faculty member present. The Washington group spanned all of old Union's history, from the rainy day in 1891 when Union College opened its doors to the "Original 73" students, and started its college career off by singing "There is Sunlight on the Hilltop," to commencement of 1942. It was a keen disappointment that Union's first president— who helped to locate the college at Lincoln, and who gave the school its name—was prevented by frail health from being present, but a basket of flowers conveyed the greetings of the group to W. W, Prescott at his home. H. A. Morrison, ( 1900), who was a lad at the time Union was "born," told of the meeting of the locating committee at his father's home at Knoxville, Iowa, and of interesting incidents connected with that historic meeting when the vote was taken to locate the new college of the Middlewest at Lincoln. Then followed many memories of Union, with emphasis upon high points of history which have made Union the beloved college it is to us all. M. E. Kern, '98, one of the "Original 73", told of the historic first day, and also of the gift of his class—Old Union's famed Rock Pile. Bertha Shanks Chaney, '96, ( Union's first class with ladies) told a remarkable story which ap- pears elsewhere in these columns. Dr. Vera Morrison, '03, who, with her husband, H. A. Morrison, 1900, hold the distinction of being the only married couple to have both served as class presidents, related how the flag of her class was flown from the tip of the clock tower—at the peril of life. She also gave an interesting ac- count of that historic ball game between two teams of girls cap- tained by Cora Blodgett (Fortner) and herself in 1901. A. W. Peterson told of the Gol- den Cords. When J. P. Anderson originated the idea, he did not know that a cord would ever be hung for himself, or that Union's ous the denomination over. Dr. Lynn H. Wood, designer of the college seal, briefly related how the idea originated. Union's first colporteur to pass the $1000 mark in summer sales told how he set his goal at $1200 and finished the summer with $1900. John J. Strahle knows, de- finitely, of seventeen people who accepted the message through the books he sold that summer. Linnie Keith, '22, representing Union's largest class of 51 members told of their striking gift — the clock for the tower. Mabel Hinkhouse, '25 recalled a tragedy of the days when the Clock Tower replaced the Mes- enger as the college paper. A representative of Union's lat- est class, Mary Hindmarsh, '42, had memories of the editing of the Fiftieth Anniversary annual in '41. Interspersed among t h e se speeches were recollections by the former presidents who were pres- ent. Beside H. A. Morrison were Leo Thiel, '11, M. L. Andreasen and A. H. Rulkoetter, '36. Some of the college songs were sung—some with greater success than others. A committee was appointed to take steps toward organizing a Washington chapter of the Alum- $7.95 We picture a two-piece dress of Kelly weave jacket beige, blue and green plaid ging- ham skirt and dickey. Also in brown, beige and yellow combination. nae Association, and as Dr. Rob- ert Hare, '10 closed the evening with a fervent prayer, all present felt a renewal of loyalty to Union, and of gratitude to God for having had the privilege of coming within dear Old Union's wide :inhere of influence. 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