1942-03 - West Virginia Wesleyan College Bulletin

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VOL. 35, Xo. 6
Bl CKHA>>0\, W. Viu, MAKCH, 1942
SERIAL No. 215
State Science Group to Meet at Wesleyan
West Virginia Academy Convenes May 1, 2
Preparations Are Progressing for entertaining scores of visitors at the annual meeting
of the West Virginia Academy of Science on the
Wesleyan campus May 1 and 2. The meeting
will bring to Buckhannon leaders in science education from all parts of the state. The West
Virginia Junior Academy of Science, composed
of approximately four hundred high school students, will also meet in Buckhannon at that
time.
Dr. James E. Judson, professor of biology at
Wesleyan, is secretary of the organization and
is supervising the plans for the conference.
Other officers are Dr. Friend E. Clark, West
Virginia University, president; Dr. Andrew
Leitch, Bethany College, vice-president; and
Dr. Nelle Ammons, West Virginia University,
treasurer.
The West Virginia Academy of Science is
an association of persons interested in the biological, physical, and social sciences. It is affiliated with the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, which annually provides a small fund to aid in the promotion of
scientific research. The fund is awarded to
members of the Academy on the basis of the
merit of the problem to be investigated. The
Academy also sponsors such projects which may
be practicable for the promotion of scientific
interest in West Virginia.
Dr. Arthur A. Schoolcraft, professor of education at Wesleyan, has been named chairman
of the local arrangements committee in charge
of the forthcoming meeting. Assisting him will
be Dr. Nicholas Hyma, professor of chemistry,
and the Benzene Ring, student chemistry society, in charge of exhibits; Dean 0. D. Lambert and Ross Bonar, superintendent of Upshur
county schools, in charge of lodging; Dr. and
Mrs. Wallace B. Fleming and Mrs. C. Edmund
Neil, dean of women, receptions; Prof. W. A.
Hallam and Dean Gerwig, signs; Floyd N.
Shaver, A. L. Aylesworth, and Miss Gladys
Cronemeyer, head of the Wesleyan home economics department, banquet arrangements; Dr.
Judson and the Nucleus Club, student biology
society, field trips; and Mr. Bonar, Chalmers
Ault, George Dixon, and Beth Darnall of the
Buckhannon-Upshur   high   school   faculty   and
Wesleyan   alumni,   Junior   Academy   arrangements.
In addition to the business sessions of the
Academy, a program of general interest is
planned for the meeting. A feature will be an
address by a visiting scientist of national reputation. Various sectional meetings are conducted
for the purpose of listening to papers and discussions on topics of specialized scientific interest.
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Speech Festival Participants from Wesleyan
at the annual convocation at Concord State
Teachers College in Athens on March 20 and 21
included a group of dramatic and forensic students. They were accompanied by Mrs. C. Edmund Neil, head of the public speaking department, and Prof. Harold N. Ahlgren, coach of
debate.
"Mr. F," a one-act comedy by Percival Wilde,
was presented by the dramatic students at the
festival. In the cast were Bachel Zickefoose,
Buckhannon; Clarence Winans, Arlington, N.
J.; Bonald Sleeth, Charleston; and Peter Tom-
ley, Alexandria, Va. Harold Kenney of Buckhannon was stage manager and Eleanor Gil-
more of Wheeling had charge of properties. En
route to Athens the cast stopped at Summersville
and Rainelle to give the play before high school
assemblies in those cities.
Debaters who took part in the festival were
Rachel Cosgrove, Buckhannon; Jack Burner,
Ivanhoe; Sam Kyle, Clarksburg; and Allen Cut-
right, Buckhannon.
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Dr. Lynn Harold Hough, dean of the Drew
Theological Seminary, at Madison, N. J., will
be the Commencement speaker at the graduation exercises for Wesleyan seniors on May 18.
The Alumni gathering will take place on Saturday, May 16, with the dinner in the evening
before the Commencement play. Harold G. Cut-
right, Wesleyan graduate, and now vice-president of Standard Brands, Incorporated, will be
the speaker, and Dr. Thomas Zumbrunnen will
act as toastmaster. Sunday, May 17, will be
Baccalaureate Sunday. Further details concerning the graduation week activities will be given
in the next Bulletin.