The name “Wooglin” has become legend\u00a0among the students on the Ohio Wesleyan\u00a0campus as well as among the brothers of
\nBeta Theta Pi.<\/p>\n
The Ohio Wesleyan “Wooglin” is a\u00a0brown and white collie, the mascot of Theta\u00a0chapter. In his four years in college, he\u00a0has won his way into the hearts of hundreds of Wesleyan students, and most of\u00a0the professors.<\/p>\n
Woogie was purchased in 1939 by all\u00a0the members of the chapter, and quickly\u00a0became the best known Beta on the campus.<\/p>\n
At first, the pledges found him a little\u00a0annoying. But, after all, he was only a\u00a0six-month old pup, and he soon learned\u00a0that there was a time and place for every \u00a0thing.<\/p>\n
After he got acquainted with the\u00a0brothers, the puppy soon found that he\u00a0could improve his intellect by regularly at \u00a0tending classes.<\/p>\n
When Wooglin came to the Beta House,\u00a0he was the only fraternity dog on the cam \u00a0pus. In the next two years, Woogie had\u00a0several playmates. Pat, the Phi Psi Great\u00a0Dane, and Duchess, the Phi Gam’s lumber \u00a0ing St. Bernard, were the prime contenders\u00a0for Wooglin’s crown. of “King of the Campus’.’ But better competition than this was\u00a0needed to remove him from his firmly at \u00a0tached position.<\/p>\n
With the advent of more fraternity dogs\u00a0and an ever increasing numbers of town \u00a0canine on the campus, one might say that the faculty was being “hounded” to death.\u00a0As a result, Dean Harold J. Sheridan and\u00a0Allen C. Conger, registrar, told the Dela ware police to rid the campus of the animals. A campaign for the abolition of dogs\u00a0resulted. Many dogs were shot, and Robert Brentlinger, president of Theta chapter\u00a0was arrested for allegedly allowing Wooglin to run at large from sundown to sun \u00a0up.<\/p>\n
This caused a furor on . the campus.\u00a0Petitions were circulated and signed by\u00a0more than 800 students. The chapter decided to fight the case, and enlisted the aid\u00a0of Forrest E. Smith, father of Beta Don\u00a0Smith and prosecuting attorney of Frank \u00a0lin County. However, the publicity arising\u00a0from the proceedings in the out-of-town\u00a0papers forced the chapter to give in and\u00a0pay the fine.<\/p>\n
And so, with the house closing up for\u00a0the duration, Woogie has left Theta chapter, and the Ohio Wesleyan campus for a\u00a0new home in Norwalk with Paul Miller,\u00a0Theta ’43. He has left behind him a lasting\u00a0memory in the hearts of Wesleyan students\u00a0who have been on the campus the last\u00a0four years, and especially the brothers of\u00a0Beta Theta Pi.<\/p>\n
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