Coach “Doc” Freeman’s swimming team started out the season with the best squad in recent years, but they were scuttled be for they had gotten a good chance to weigh anchors. This was due to inadequate trans portation facilities caused by gasoline rationing, and a general need to curtail athletic expenses for econony’s sake. Among the Wesleyan mermen were […]
Gregg on Varsity
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Dick Gregg, Columbus sophomore, was a member of the 1942 undefeated freshman basketball squad. Last fall, he donned the helmet and shoulder pads, and went on the gridiron. Although it was his first year of varsity football in college, Dick held down his end position like a veteran. His excellent playing ability and unbeatable spirit kept him in the starting line-up […]
Brentlinger is Outstanding Athlete
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In recent years, Coach Gauthier or “Little G” as he is familiarly known, has not been bothered by an overabundance of good athletic material. He has had one blessing, however, in the presence of one of Wesleyan’s greatest athletes. This talented individual is one of the Sons of the Stars, Bob Brentlinger, Lima Junior. In the fall, this versatile lad dons the moleskins […]
Ohio Wesleyan’s Famous Band . .
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Above is a photograph of Ohio Wesleyan’s famous fast-stepping Marching Band. Every Saturday afternoon, during football season, this great band of 69 men and a girl take to the field to gat on a show unsurpassed by the larger schools. In this outfit are four Betas, Joe Newhard, clarinet; Chuck Gatesman, trombone; Bob Harris, saxophone; and Bud Anderson, […]
Mcfarland and Minton star in Freshman Football
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On November 12, 1942, two Beta fresh men, playing on the Ohio Wesleyan Re serve Squad, handed Ohio University frosh a 20-14 trouncing. Packy McFarland and his roommate, Dale Minton, scored the three touchdowns, leaving the two points on the kicks to the toe of A.T.O. Bruce Heisler. McFarland scored the first six points on a pass from Benbow. […]
Fred Johnson Number One Man in Tennis
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The number one man on the Ohio Wesleyan Tennis team in 1942 was Beta Fred Johnson. After staying in the back ground for his first two years, Johnson forced himself to the top his junior year. In the other two years, he was not able to meet the competition of the Wesleyan star, Moon Zink. Fred was not a consistant winner, […]
Betas Win An I-M League Championship
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Despite the dire conditions, Ohio Wes leyan continued to maintain an intramural program: and as usual, Beta Theta Pi stood high in the ranks of contenders. The fall season opened with touch football, a polite name for mayhem, and volleyball. In foot ball, the team lacked experience and was forced to be content with an inglor ious last, despite a willing […]
Brentlinger Wins Election
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In a hotly contested race, Robert W. Brentlinger, Beta junior from Lima, defeated Phi Gam Bruce McKinnon for the of fice of Athletic Representative last spring. One of the few candidates of the “United for Service” party to be elected, Brent- linger won by a vote of 806 • 429 and carried all four classes by a large majority. Brentlinger’s […]
Anderson Made Advertising Mgr.
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Howard -Bud” Anderson, Cleveland junior, entered school as a freshman with the class of 1944. In the three years Bud has been here, he has shown himself a worthy friend and loyal Beta. His best efforts have been for the fraternity. And he has sometimes shown more interest in his duties about the chapter than he has in his college studies. […]
Freeman Steals Scenes In Play
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A short little fellow with a heavy beard and gold-rimmed specs wandered into the Beta House during rush week of 1941. He said hs was from River Forest. Illinois, and had been pledged that summer by one of the boys. Not wishing to doubt his word, the Betas took him in and nicknamed him “Brains” because he looked like a brain. This little […]
