The 1953-1954 volume of The Echo, Taylor University’s newspaper.
This volume of the Echo features several labeling mistakes. The first issue is labeled vol 38, but all other issues are 37. Page, issue, and volume numbers are missing or mislabeled for various issues throughout this volume. Particular mistakes are noted per issue. For the sake of consistency with later volumes, this collection has been labeled 37B.
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The Echo: May 25, 1954
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 15
Eighty Seniors To Receive Degrees – Assembly for Awards on Monday Agenda – Dodge Listed for Speaker of June Missionary Service – Faculty Changes – Ballinger to Give Recital – Fine Arts Recital On June Docket – Seniors Back Project – Program and Dinner Highlight Alumni Day – Attention Young Men – Art Winners Are Liechty, Wheeler – Open House at President’s – 108th Annual Commencement Exercises Slated for June 8 – Jr.-Sr. Banquet Well Attended – What is the Score? – Dr. Laubach Challenges With Outstanding Literacy Lecture – Challenge Unlimited – Moving Enthusiasts of a Windy Day – Is It Natural – Chapel Announcements – Stepping Stones – Prexy’s Pen Points – From the Crow’s Nest – Holmskog Gates-Howard Winner – Trackmen Hold Conference Spot – Golfers Fifth – ‘Bon Voyage’ Athletes – Time Out… -- Wood Highlights Athletic Banquet – 4th Conference Spot To Dispute Winner – Pitchers Records and Batting Averages – Frosh Top Softball – Tennis at Franklin – Final Standings—TU in Review – Student Guidance Program Launched – Musical Records Given To Dining Hall – Rediger to Host Honor Groups – New Financial Report – Winona Lake Reunion Planned for Taylor – Coverin’ the Campus – Peters and Dawson Top Literary Competition
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The Echo: May 10, 1954
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 14
Echo Positions Open for Next Semester – Seniors Execute Skip Day – How to Get Most From Campus Life – Activities Slated for Move Up Day – Steiner Elected President of Chi Alpha Omega – Case Elected Echo Business Manager – Fall Production Try Outs Are Scheduled – Student Project Reaches New Total – Wood to Speak at T-Club Banquet – Annual Art Exhibit To Be Shown Soon – Mary Dahl To Present Senior Recital – Co-Chairmen Are Named for Youth Conference Next Year – Sports Night with T-Club – Evangelaires Announce Busy Summer Program – Talk in Russia Is of Peace – Education Evaluation – From the Crow’s Nest – Bucket of Roses – Stepping Stones – Bishop Taylor Contest Winners Announced – Class Elections Held – Notes from the Upper Room – Prexy’s Pen Points – Letters to the Editor – Time Out… -- Baseballers Are Stopped by Indiana Central Nine 6-1 – Conference Standings – 8-Game Football Card Is Released – 1954 Grid Schedule – Tennismen Meet Tough Anderson Saturday, There – Tracksters Seek Upper Division In Loop Track and Field Meet – Twin Bills End League Action – Coverin’ the Campus – Final Examination Schedule – Magnificent Man Of the Past – Officers Elected For Ambassadors – Winners Acclaimed For Art Contest – Are You Creative?
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The Echo: April 27, 1954
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 13
Kipfer, Gilkinson Oratary Winners – Two Faculty Retirements Are Affirmed by Administration – Style Show on Docket for May – Late Sports Bulletin – Taylor’s Itinerant Choir Completes Eastern Tour – Alspaugh to Head Home Ec. Department – Pre-Registration Commences Monday – English Club To Sponsor “Pygmalion” – Rediger Named Chairman Of Congo Mission Board – Plumb and Whitley Assume Gem Posts – Art Contest Open For Students – Hegle and Wright To Present Recital – Prexy’s Pen Points – Bucket of Roses – Stepping Stones – Pre-Chapel News – Letters to the Editor – Scoundrels or Scandals? – The Echo Advocates… -- From the Crow’s Nest – The Real Taylor – Council Acts on Issues – Time Out… -- Central State Track Foe; Manchester Downed 78-53 – Twin Bill Split; Anderson Stopped – Diamond Win Nets Loop Tie – Netters Edged by EC Squad – Prinzing, Steiner, Folkers Triumph – Baseball Takes 2 of 3 Illinois Trip Clashes – Pingpong Goes Seven Game Limit – Coverin’ the Campus – County Fair Begins April 30 – Repertoire Class Presents Recital – Faculty Dames Plan Musical Program – Speech Contest Set for Friday, April 30 – Graduates from Pre-Flight Training – Bergwall to Be Guest Speaker – Choir Experiences – 3D and Shostakovich
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The Echo: March 30, 1954
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 12
Taylor Looks Ahead With Director’s New Program – Coach Odle Honored At Lions Club Banquet – Alumni Commend New Student Project – Kerlin Elected Council President – Promotion of Area For Recreation Has Early Commencement – Furbay Coming For Lyceum Soon – New Taylor Catalog Ready – Student Work Program Slated for Monday – Band Presents Varied Program – Newspapers-TV and Radio… Russian Style – Majority Must Rule! – Bucket of Roses – Letters to the Editor – Stepping Stones – Chapel Chips – Representative From Maranatha Here – News Items of Campus Interest – Faculty Dames Have Paid Program – Chapel Notes – Prexy’s Pen Points – From the Crow’s Nest – Habegger, Jackson Unanimous All-Hoosier Conference Picks – Time Out… -- Odle Chosen League Prexy – Raqueteers Open Conference Race – Trackmen Duel Central Wednesday on I C Track – Baseballers Host Conference Opener – Townsend, Mier Doubles Champ; Other Finals Set – Record Box – Coverin’ the Campus – Risen, As I Said – Students Participate In Revivals – Visits Campus – Cancellation Announced
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The Echo: March 16, 1954
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 11
Missionary Vision- LeShana – Student Projects Become Activated – Ambassadors Quartette Bound for Germany – Coach Odle to Be Honored at Banquet – Are You an Artist? Students Elect Council Members – Rabbi Doppelt Slated for Campus Visit – Speech Department Anticipates Events – Redman to Direct Taylor Band in Spring Concert – WLW to Feature Taylor on Radio – Moscow University… a Giant Skyscraper Showpiece – Raby and Wing To Present Recital – Prexy’s Pen Points – Letters to the Editor – Stepping Stones – Junior Class Plans Sadie Hawkins Party – Spring Tour For Choir Begins April 7 – Chapel Chips – Pioneer Spirit – Bucket of Roses – From the Crow’s Nest – Arts and Crafts Class Has Contest – Jackson Makes NAIA Selections All-American For Second Year – Season Records Released – Footballers Hold Two-Week Session – Jackson Takes State Scoring – Record Box – Time Out… -- 12th Highest Scoring Cager – Taylor Spring Sports Card Released Here – Taylor Team Names All-Opponent List – Spring Sports Schedule – Coverin’ the Campus – Oration Winners Make Recordings – Card of Thanks – Chapel Services – The Green Little Shamrock of Ireland
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The Echo: March 2, 1954
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 10
Around the World with Bob Cook – Mrs. Kelly to Complete Work Toward Degree – Kentucky on Students’ Weekend Itinerary – As Seen on Campus – New Student Project Proposed – Essay Contest in Democracy Announced – Thank You – See Rendezvous Of Comedy in “Earnest” – Evangelaires Are Slating Tour for The Midwest – New Alpha Chi Omega Members Receive Honors – Taylor Authors Resound Again – “Don Quixote” Shown Next Saturday – “Up Beyond the Village Border” – Adams and Good to Present Joint Musical Recital – Echo-logical Economy – Bucket of Roses – Coverin’ the Campus – Stepping Stones – Notes from the Upper Room – Revival Services at Center Chapel – Spring on the March – Prexy’s Pen Points – From the Crow’s Nest – Overtime Thriller Ends Play; Manchester Wins HCC Title – Time Out… -- Finish Conference With 8-4 Mark – Jones Cops Swami Trophy – Record Box – B’s Edged 73-72; Todd Tallies 31 – Four Seniors Play Finale In 97-91 Great Lakes Loss – Tau’s Stop Janes In Overtime Tilt – Lenin-Stalin Tomb – from Inside – Student Pastors on Directory – Timely Tips – Evangels-air TV – The Better Things and the Best – Play “Casts” for “Earnest” – Financial Erratum – New Society
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The Echo: February 16, 1954
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 9
Nelson and Neal Featured For Lyceum February 26 – Dean’s Office Releases Semester Honor List – “Land of Cush” To Be Presented Monday Night – Leland Meier Is Victim of Fatal Motor Accident – Forrest Jackson Exceeds Coveted Scoring Mark of Two Thousand – Sammy Morris Film Footage Is Viewed – Students Urged to File Selective Service Applications Now – We Were Objects of Curiosity – Bucket of Roses – Prexy’s Pen Points – Stepping Stones – Pre-Chapel News – Evangelaires to Appear On Television – A Rule for Brotherhood – From the Crow’s Nest – Our Revival Responsibilities – Our Sympathy – Wisconsin 2nd Wins Title; Edges Turtles in IM Final – Granitz Holds Baseball Meet – Six Shooters Win Girls I M Tourney – Oswalt Announces Pingpong Tourney – Spring Football Starts March 1 – Time Out… -- Navy Final Season Foe – Record Box – B-Squad Sports 11-3 Season Mark – Taylor Edges Franklin, 86-84 Manchester Trampled, 96-76 – Trojanes Whip 2 HCC Foes – Coverin’ the Campus – Former Student Receives Honor – Invitation – His Death Meant Life
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The Echo: February 2, 1954
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 7
Mrs. Dickson to Present Film – Scholarship Fund Established As Memorial To Dr. Van Duyn – To Make Glad the Heart, Etc… -- Medical Schools Recommend Spring Admission Test – Dean’s Office – “Martin Luther” As We See It – Pogue to Be Heard In Lyceum Program – Enrollment Reaches 403 00 Dr. DeWeerd to Conduct Spring Revival Services – Don Odle Chosen Indiana Young Man of the Year – Youth Conference Begins Preparations – Work Begins on Production of “Earnest” – Intercollegiate Debate Set for February 5 – Reformation in Reading – Coverin’ the Campus – Stepping Stones – Exchange News – Prexy’s Pen Points – From the Crow’s Nest – Camera Club Sponsored By Bookstore – Five Hoosier Conference Cage Foes Bar 3rd Successive Loop Crown – Time Out… -- B Squad Holds 10-2 Season Mark – Record Box – Wheaton Rally Drops Trojan Cagers 85-75 – A Needed Explanation – Chapel Services – Conservation of Time – Dr. Cross Returns From Philadelphia – Albert Schweitzer to Be Theme of Oration
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The Echo: January 12, 1954
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 6
Philos Capture Largest Rushweek Signup Trial – Calendar to Be Revised in 1955 – Reviewer Favorably(?) Impressed By Operatic Performance – Semester Room Changes Given – Cook Headlines Youth Conference – Servicemen’s Memorial Awards Announced – Speech Contests Preparation Open – Barbershop Quartet Review February 12 – Yoder Resigns as Student Project Head Effective January 22; No Successor Named – Wilde’s Play Spring Highlight – Summer School Discontinued By Administrative Council – Uncertainty of Certainty – Wright Presents Speech Recital – Cooperation or Criticism – Kampus Capering – Congrats to Presently Active Societies – For What Do You Pay? – Letters – Chorus Winners Released Friday – Cesler Awarded Nesco Roaster – Thus Saith The Lord – A Lesson in Socialism – Analytically Speaking – Crucial Days Ahead for America – Hoopsters Cop Runner-up Position; Drop 65-63 Sunshine Title Game – Time Out… -- Record Box – Hot Shooting Hanover Squad Stopped by Second Half Rally – Championship at Stake in Central Battle Saturday – Overhead Door Falls 82-76 to B-Squad Sat. – Semester Examination Schedule Presented – Coverin’ the Campus – Local News – Trojanes Meet Greyhoundesses Saturday There – Three Students Lead Swami – Wednesday Night Musicale Presents 15 Student Artists – Elementary Teaching Positions Open
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The Echo: December 8, 1953
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 5B
A Merry Christmas - Happy New Year
Booster Club Purpose, Rules Listed to Inform Students – ‘Time For Christ’ Chosen 1954 Youth Conference Theme – Sign-Up Begins For Pep Club – Important! – Band to Attend Midwest Clinic – Presents “Christmas Star” Friday Night – Handel’s “Messiah” Wednesday Night; Pearson Directs Taylor Choral Group – Christmas Recess Gives Two Weekends – Project Report Given Friday – A Capella, Bothwell Headline Chapels – Christmas Music Box – A Christmas Tragedy – Don’t Be Swindled – Youth Aids Progress – Bible and Science Message Delivered Friday by Bushey – Kampus Capering – McCarthy—How to Abuse Power – Analytically Speaking – McCarthy—Credit Where Credit is Due – “To Them That Look” – Next Echo – Thus Saith The Lord – Keep Christ In Christmas – Literary Supplement – The Answer – The Miracle Cane – The Burning Bush – Multitudes and Multitudes – Dawn – Snow – Song of Songs – A Second Chance – My First Sonnet – Birth At Christmas – Immortal Tree – A Blindman’s Elegy – Autumn Antics – Debbie Meets Santa – Indiana Tech, Franklin, Central State Falls to Hoosier Conference Champs – Record Box – Time Out… -- Cold Bucketeers Lose to State – Meet Five Other Champions At Holiday Sunshine Tourney – Sportpage Editorial – Central Here Saturday; Conference Lead at Stake – Franklin, Asbury Fall to B Squad – Echo Sponsors Swami Contest – Trojanes Defeat Huntington in Overtime Game – I M Standing – Help Wanted – A Brief History of Thalo literary Society at Taylor – Coverin’ the Campus – Live – Has He Your All?
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The Echo: November 24, 1953
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 5
Radio Project Approved By 4-1 Margin; Five Committees Setup To Outline Plan – Pre-Registration Period Next Tuesday – Vacation Begins Tomorrow; Classes Dismissed At 4 P.M. – Choir Appears at Marion Banquet – Bergwall Brings Thanksgiving Chapel Message – Background Given By Poetry Winners – Coburn, Prinzing to Assume Echo Posts Next Semester – Norwegian Bishop Declares Gospel A Message To Others – Cabinet Elects Raby Chorister – “Four Left-One Right” – Analytically Speaking – Reporter Summarizes Special Need Of Spirit Of Thanksgiving To God – Letter Writers Emphasize Need For Everyday Thanksgiving and Praise, Explain Oversight – Kampus Capering – Cosmic Meeting And Passing Of Strangers Stresses Man’s Littleness – Exchange Corner – ‘Twas The Night ‘Fore Thanksgiving – Thus Saith the Lord – Tatum Discusses Athletic Values In Banquet Speech – Trojanes Drop Opener to Alums – Time Out… -- Five Trojan Gridders Merit All-Conference Team Positions – Nutt Chosen Football MVP – Record Box – Trojanes Begin Seventh Season – Trojans To Meet Franklin Tuesday – Varsity Edges Inspired B’s In Last Warm-Up Encounter – Was Football Season Successful? – ‘Love of Truth’ Celebrate 75th Year of Founding – Supplement Deadline December 1 – Smiles Can Prove Underworld Pleasant – Coverin’ The Campus – Missionary Conference Speakers Explain Progress of Mission Work To Echo Reporter – Uhlinger Named Laison Officer – Help Wanted
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The Echo: November 10, 1953
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 4
Smith, Warren, Headline Conference; “How Shall They Hear,” Chosen Theme – Missionary Conference Program – Cabinet Posts Filled For 1954 – Cheerleaders Present Booster Club Setup – Eight University Students Selected For “Who’s Who” – Second Artist Series Number Features New French Music – Student Project Vote On Monday – Readjustment Needed – Where’s Our Spirit – Lacours Present New Party – Homecoming Events Headline Alumni Weekend – Letter – Thus Saith The Lord – Analytically Speaking – H Bomb, Benson, Churchill Pieces In Puzzle Called World Situation – Kampus Capering – Up-Coming Societies Again Asked “To Be Or Not To Be” Continued – Harriers Take Third in HCC; Blansett, Stark In Top Ten – Football Resume Emphasizes Improvement – Record Box – Time Out… -- Trojan Gridders Nip Panthers 7-6 Split Even In Eight Season Tilts – Taylor Host To Women’s Sports Day – Girls Basketball Practice Time Set – Basketball Opener Nov. 24 – England Captures Girls Tennis Title – Assembly Speaker Stresses Usefulness Of UN Today – Norwegian Bishop Heads Coming Chapels – Student Council Suggestions – Coverin’ The Campus – Shakespearean Days Draw Much Talent – Rediger Accepts Society Gifts – Newness Fails to Dim Enthusiasm Of Chi Kappa Literary Group – Marionettes, Skits Are Show Attractions – Taylor Timetable
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The Echo: October 21, 1953
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 3
Trojan Meets Earlham in Crucial Battle Saturday – Harriers Seek Fifth Straight Win; -- Team Depth to Determine Victor – Introduce Starting Eleven For Homecoming Classic – Third Place To Winner in Trojan—Quaker Grid Clash – Record Box – Coaches, Captains Express Game Views – Juniors Edge Frosh; Take Championship – Former Taylor Coaches Listed – Past Athletic Performances, Records Revealed in History – Move To Upland Made On Faith – David Bradley’s “Macbeth” Thursday Evening Feature – Karl Krudop to Portray “Brutus” In Julius Caesar – Anderson College Professor Will Lecture on Henry “V” – Holcombe Reveals Display Showing – Homecoming Queen Selections Presented; Student Balloting Takes Place Thursday – Shakespearean Festival to Open Anniversary Days – Earlham Players Bring Headliner – Two Alternatives… -- Exchange Corner – Student Project Leader, Yoder Summarizes Radio Possibilities – Thus Saith The Lord – Kampus Capering – Society Provoking Question Asked----“To Be or Not To Be” – Analytically Speaking – Badgers Appear Wooed by Donkey – Former Homecoming Gridiron Tussles Reveal Tough, Closely Contested Series – Runners Swamp HCC Foes; Manchester, Franklin Fall – Venture Reveals Opportunities Available During Summer Crusade – Letter Reveals Orient Response – Improving T. U. Footballers Whitewash Conference Foes – Basketball Still Athletic Year Question Mark – Time Out… -- Not Having Sen The Promises – Student Assembly Reveals Project – Wild Animal Under Window Leads Bookstore Merry Chase
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The Echo: October 21, 1953
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 3B
Anniversary Days Celebrate 60th Year
Reade, Tireless Worker In Founding Of Taylor, “Up Beyond The Village Border” – Parade, Banquet, Saturday Highlights – Wengatz Speaks Sunday – Hold Open House Sunday Afternoon – Alumni Group Sets Year Goals – Alumni Banquet Saturday Evening – Anniversary Days Schedule – Bulletin – President Gives Welcome – Chronological History Emphasizes Humble Beginnings, Present Development of Taylor Over Past Sixty Years – Echo Celebrates 40th Publication Year This Month – Changes Seen Since Issue I – Humor in the Old Days – Representative Articles From Former Echo Issues – Old Catalogs, Periodicals Reveal Changes Over Years – Spicer Initiates Artist Series – November Deadline Set for Campus Scenes – Coverin’ The Campus – Huffman to Lecture Here November 1-6 – Scottish Choir To Appear Monday – “Dem’ Bones, Dem’ Dry Bones” – Freshman Class Installs Officers – Campus Bookstore Sports New Look
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The Echo: October 6, 1953
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 2
“Travel With The Trojans” Selected as Homecoming Theme – UN Chapel Assembly To Hear LaFollette – Miller Stresses Christian Education Opportunities In Matriculation Address – Festival Opens Anniversary Day – Echo Staff Plans Lit Supplement – Council Assembly Set For Monday – Artist Series To Present Six Season Presentations – Students Give Impressions Drawn from Recent Services – Distribution Changes to Take Effect Immediately – Chi Kappas Launch Rush Days on “Wonderland” Theme – Ed. Majors Begin Supervised Teaching – Enrollment Figures Press 440 Mark – Music Students Present Recital – Taylor Timetable – What Is Success? – Were You There? – Criticism – Practical Democracy – Chapel Quotes – Thy Way Is Best – The Lifeline – Thus Saith The Lord – Analytically Speaking – Weather Remains (Politically and Otherwise); Longshoremen End (Strike Via Taft-Hartley) – Kampus Capering – Thinclads Split Two Decisions Meet Spartan Harriers Next – Freshmen, Juniors Tie I M Lead – Time Out… -- Record Box – Trojan Gridders Trounce Rose Poly; End Two Season 12 Game Losing Streak – Taylor Stopped By Anderson; Absorbs Second Loop Loss – Cheerleaders Are Selected – Intramural Standings – Class Day Symbols Escape Pilfering By “Hoodlums” – Korean Fight for Freedom Emphasizes Eastern Despair – Service Exam Dates Released – Popular Concert Highlights Told – Cadet Program Interviewer Here – Coverin’ The Campus – Porky’s Misfortune Mangles Manchester
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The Echo: September 22, 1953
Taylor University
Volume 37B, Number 1
Goshen College President Matriculation Day Speaker – Festival Plans Announced Recently – President Recalls Middle East Tour Experiences; Discusses Area Problems – Bailey, Watson, Royer Head Frosh Organization – Six Professors, Several Staff Additions Complete Taylor Administrative Selections – Time Changes All Things… -- Honor Scholarship Winners Released – Ye Shall Know the Truth – Infrequently but Timely – Passin’ Parade – In the Garden – Down the Aisle – In the Cradle – Thus Saith the Lord – What If… -- Kampus Capering – An Institute Of Learning? – Homecoming Set for October 24 – Analytically Speaking – News Analyst Poses Question, “Peace Now – What Next?” – Harriers End Central Streak With 24-31 Win – Gridders Seek First Conference Victory After 18-6 by Central – Hoosier Conference Set-Up Told – Graduate Record Dates Set – 1953 Cross Country Schedule – Time Out… -- Record Box – Frosh-Juniors Tie – Bishir, Blansett Lead Trojan Surge to Victory – Successful Outing Ends in Failure – Harriers Meet B. S. Tuesday – Old Students Stop Freshman Group 7-4 – 1953 Grid Schedule – “Venture For Victory Series To Stress Conditions, Need In Oriental Areas – Coverin’ The Campus – Gerow, Corliss Exchange Vows – Bringdale Leads Fall Series – Law Test Dates Set