The name “Wooglin” has become legend among the students on the Ohio Wesleyan campus as well as among the brothers of Beta Theta Pi. The Ohio Wesleyan “Wooglin” is a brown and white collie, the mascot of Theta chapter. In his four years in college, he has won his way into the hearts of hundreds of Wesleyan students, and most […]

Frederick K. Johnson, Beta from Ash land, climaxed an active college career at the mid-semester graduate exercises held in January. Johnson entered Ohio Wesleyan in the fall of 1939, and immediately pledged Beta Theta Pi. He joined the Freshman Players, and was busy the entire year. His excellent characterization of a servant of Petruchio in the Shakespearian Festival production of “The Taming of the Shrew” that […]

Among the thirty seniors graduating at mid year was George Carey. He was the only man in the class to receive depart  mental honors in physics. Newhard enrolled in the class of 1943, and spent his freshman year at Murphy Hall. He pledged Beta in the fall of 1940 and was initiated the following February. By attending summer school last summer, he […]

Robert M. Best, New comers town junior, was elected president of Inter fraternity Council for the spring semester, 1943. In Ter fraternity Council is composed of the presidents of each fraternity and Dean J. J. Somerville, DePauw, ’12, is faculty advisor. His position as president of the council, also makes him a member of the Student Council. Best has been active in […]

Due to Ohio Wesleyan’s accelerated program, fraternities here held a rush week between semester for the first time. The university expected about 100 freshmen, mostly men, to enter at that time, since most Ohio high schools were allowing seniors to come to college after completing half of their senior year. They would be given their diplomas at the completion of the first […]

Winter initiafon was held on Sunday, January 3, 1943, for thirteen men of the Beta Theta Pi. Initiation was held early in accordance with the accelerated program of the university, and also because of the uncertaincy of the length of time that the brothers would be in school. “Work Week”, modern counterpart of “Hell Week”, began on New Year’s Day and ran thru […]

After a summer of letter writing and personal calls, the men of Theta chapter of Beta Theta Pi came back to school with a new enthusiasm which had never been shown before. In the spring when they left school, there were nine future freshmen who were wearing Beta pledge pins. These boys represented the finest of the ideals of the fraternity. However, for […]

Theta Men Listed In Who’s Who Compiled from the 1943 edition of WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA JACOB B. COONS, ’98 WILLIAM W. DAWSON, ’14 HARRISON S. ELLIOT, ’05 GEORGE B. HARRIS, ’00 LEWIS 0. HARTMAN. ’00 REUBEN T. SHAW, ’05 JOHN W. SHENK, ’00

Published by Theta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, to disenuninate news of the active chapter and the alumni to its members and friends. EDITOR Howard M. Anderson, Jr., ’44 1942-43 OFFICERS OF THETA CHAPTER First Semester                                           Second Semester President Robert M. Best, ’44          Robert W. Brentlinger, 44 Vice-President Robert […]