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During my tenure at Wabash, we had to attend compulsory Chapel twice weekly. We were allowed ten “cuts” a semester. Chapel attendance was strictly enforced by monitors who dutifully registered the attendance of all Wabash students who were required to sit in assigned seats. And woe to the student who exceeded his ten cuts.
In this picture, Dick Shelain, Wabash ’65, has been bricked in to his dorm room by several of his dorm mates. It was time for Chapel and he already had his quota of ten cuts …
Read full article »I remember a hot spring morning when the windows were open to keep down the heat — this was before air conditioning. Big Ed was doing a demonstration where two glass cups separated parts of a liquid. One was pink and included an indicator. He was about to remove the cups and let the fluid mix (thus causing the color to disappear). He reached in and as he pulled the glass cups out, there was a large clap of thunder very nearby. Most turned to look at the windows. Un-phased, Dr. Haenisch said “and that, gentlemen, shows you the power of chemistry.”
Read full article »Amanda, my physical therapist, a recent graduate of Franklin College and the University of Indianapolis, recently asked me what we did for fun in Crawfordsville when I attended Wabash. I was at a loss for words, since on weekends we usually left Crawfordsville in our quest for women at other Indiana colleges and universities. We left by any conveyance possible … car, bus, even by canoe down Sugar Creek. As I rapidly searched my memory banks for an answer to Amanda’s question, I uttered, “Well…um…er…” Finally I blurted out, “We shot rats at the Crawfordsville dump! I even took a date there once!” Then my memory of springtime water fights sprang to mind. We had campus dances. We painted the senior bench.
Since my original conversation with Amanda, I have reviewed pictures from the Beta Theta Pi archives. Looking at these pictures enabled me to come up with some other “fun” things that we did at Wabash.
Read full article »We started training and it felt like we never stopped. Initially, we started running 3 miles four days a week. We maxed at about 30 miles a week and started to taper two weeks before the rest to rest our legs. Before we knew it, we were running ten and twelve miles and thinking nothing of it. It was hard to find routes for these long runs around Crawfordsville. Needless to say, we could show you every pothole on Ladoga Road for about five miles south of town. Without my two pledge brothers, there would have been no way I could have done so well in the training. Each day we had to run, one of them would come into my room and make sure I was ready to go and sure enough, out the door we went.
Read full article »I will never forget that night. Especially because that is the night I really realized what it means to be a brother. It’s not just about sharing the good times, it’s about helping out in the rough times. Neither Dave nor Sean had to stay with me but they both did. They put their lives on hold to make sure I wasn’t going to be alone when I felt worst, and that small gesture made all the difference in the world.
Read full article »Over the past week, a grassroots effort has sprung up on Facebook.com to get ESPN’s popular College GameDay show to cover the 116th Monon Bell Game next Saturday. The effort, first started by a DePauw student has quickly taken on a life of its own on the internet and has led to students, alumni, and friends of both schools to do whatever they can to make this a reality.
Read full article »Wabash sophomore Sam Starbuck was flipping through the pages of Men’s Health magazine when he saw a promo for the Men’s Health Urbanathlon in Chicago.
The event is a rigorous race and obstacle course that incorporates challenging urban obstacles at iconic Chicago landmarks like Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, and Soldier Field.
And since the fall baseball season was over — and his teammate Keegan Leckrone said he’d run with him — Starbuck signed up for the nearly 12-mile, obstacle-riddled event through downtown Chicago.
Starbuck, a Logansport native, is an infielder on the baseball team, while Leckrone is a pitcher from Park Forest, Illinois.
Starbuck knew almost nothing about the event — only what he read on the Internet, so naturally he never imagined he’d finish among the leaders with more than 5,000 competitors.
And finish he did — first in his age group of 18 and 19 year-old competitors, and 282nd overall.
Read full article »The Goodrich family is well known to most of us who attended Wabash College. After all, there is Goodrich Hall, present home of the math, physics, and computer science departments. In my day, Goodrich Hall was also home to the chemistry department.
Goodrich Hall was named after former Indiana Governor James Putnam Goodrich, who donated $150,000 for the construction of this magnificent building. Goodrich was governor from 1917 until 1921. He was president of the Wabash College Board of Trustees from 1924 until 1940. As a young man, Goodrich had been accepted at the US Naval Academy, but could not attend due to a severe hip injury. Subsequently he attended DePauw University for two years before he began the study of law. Although he also made contributions to Hanover College, I don’t believe he ever donated money to DePauw University … a wise decision, in my opinion.
Read full article »Sure, there have been many father-son and brother combinations graduate Wabash College. But seldom has an alumnus ushered three sons through the College simultaneously. It’s been a year of milestones for the Robbins patriarch: Clay was given an honorary degree for his work leading the Lilly Endowment; and it just so happens to be his 30th reunion year, which he celebrated in June with classmates.
It was pleasing when Campbell ’09 made the decision to come to Wabash. But Clay insists having all three at Wabash was a surprise.
Read full article »Night was falling, and we had returned with the paint. My friend drove the supplies over to the bench, and we unloaded his car. I let the more artistic students design the bench, because I am useless when it comes to decorating. They decided on the design you see here in the pictures. Our class began painting at 9:30 at night. At 5:30 in the morning, the bench was finished.
I never laughed as hard as I did when we were painting. My class has such a diverse background, yet we all get along perfectly. This was a great bonding experience, and I will remember this night for the rest of my life.
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