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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]