Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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enra- f 'eww . A V 55123222 Hill' . ll . .I'lliS BBS , A , A f , , V 'Y-rltvwrrhlgg BBW M55 5 . .,.. in as 52? mg I.-ln ir- nulir. lim r-.az lnrrise l'...krAn-. Nl.rvl-4-llv lfpp. ,L-lm Iirrmlr, lblnifl S. tirmrlvnier. I. .Xrllmr llrllingvr, bmw-r if llrrlrln-ll, l'n-Wlvm ll--my fl tlarmufr lwlm- lmman S Sn-tt-nc. Ihr Vlmrminu Smith. llr, T. F. Denny-. Erlmnml Nt Nltl'-rm..-v ...nl flu-an li, Sinn N---.ml roxy l'..ul IS.-tla-r, lmlgf- Vlmrl.-: t. XX'f-nm-r-umm, I..-lt l,-rgfm. Dr. Niarxin .'X. Sansl-un, Xnlmr S, lxirk, fmrflm-r fhulv-, lr lf--ln-rt Nl l.t.n.-. tit-mme 51. l'e.1lt l-'rr-fl Swanson. tl:-rlwrt l.. Hnrlrm mul Ralph le-:lm GRHX'l'fR I' lll'lGIllilI., I'n-till:-in The Dralce Board oi Trustees . . . the power ln-hind thr- helm . . . Students seldom come in contact with tlxese vener- ahle . . . respected . . . learned scholars . . . yet everyone lcnows that they compose the intricate mechanism that malces a great university function and live through periods ol de- pression and War. This year the Board encountered the tasli of appointing a new president . . . a most excellent choice . . . and we stu- dents would lilce to talce this opportunity to thanlc every trustee Hior the genuine leader and friend you have selected to guide us through these warring years oi strife and disillu- sion. But the activities oi the Board are not all xvorlx . . . each year they give a dinner lor the faculty rnernlyers . . . they play hingo . . . rallile turlceys and such . . . aslc Boh Evans . . . helll tell you all about it. lwien and women of courage . . . determination . . . vision . . . and tolerance . . . They are Drake Universityls Board oi l Trustees. 29

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' X Lih-rar Staff t Xl Xltt lit It Xl,lIIt IJf'l I lliiwr-m lil,mn..n Pmooics must be stmetvcd . . . cards iited , . . pcriodicais tabulated . . . innuinerabte questions answered . . . aii in a day's wortc for time Library staff . . . in tire Hconducive to studyu atrnosptlerc of tile beautitui Cowles tibrary, students conslantty ire- quent ti'1e periodicai and reserve rooms in order to master daity assignments . . . to aid ttlem witty ttleir probiems is a Weit- trained, Weil-organized, coordinating stati . . . Regutar meetings are tleid in time spacious office ot iVtiss Nettlercut . . . to discuss new lnettlods oi making the woric more pleasant and proizitabte . . . at tile rigill is pictured tire staff in conference . . . Reading ieit to rigbt: Frances Car- iiart, twtarjorie tVicAiister, bliss Netiiercut, Marjorie Campbeit, Frances Saar and Dorothy Barttioiomew. fivtrs. Vvinnifred Standing repiaced ixtiss Saar at tire be- ginning of time second semester.j Reserved . . . diplomatic and dignified . . . a deiigbtiui person to tnave as a friend is our University Librarian, Miss Niary Beit Netixercut . . . tt takes competence and perseverance to supervise tile tlandiing and distribution of 90,000 volumes . . . ingenuity is required to display and arrange famous coitections . . . like tile C. C. Dowett gift of important and vaiuabte government docu- ments . . . yes, Miss Nettaercut is capable of aii ttiis . . . and more . . . at trome side exhibits culinary sicitt by preparing ati tire meats . . . strawberry st1ort catce is tier specialty . . . What does stue enjoy reading . . . Oh, ptmitosoptiy and Current Events . . . and wiwen- ever time permits . . . a motor trip is just tire treat . . . tier pet antip- attny . . . tate appointments ta tiint is sutticientj . . . efficient . . . friendly . . . joviai . . . is our iibrarian. 28

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6ilfl6t l 0l'l6 W? iii W5 EJ or the American peoplefour luamilies. our lellows. our sons lo come,-Vve Carry arms . . . Rernernlmr lidw we beganl . . . Born ol explorers, colonisis, liuniers in deersliins: schooled in ilwe wildernessg fighting lor a continent . . . Rernemlmer Concord Bridge, l775l fn . . . There it was, tlwere at that bridge, we llired tlie slmot lreard 'round tlwe world . . . Re- 'V memlmer Valley Forge! Vve were llie winter-soldiers. starving. marching, freezing, lziglwi- A ing and praying at niglii, alone in the snow . . . VVQ planled ille Flag of I5 stars at the Nlississippi, at tlwe Great Lalces . . . on these liard-won sliores, our Flag still llies . . . We louglmi ll'1e Revolution . . . Vve won this lilmeriyl Nlarclwing, we made America great.-Nortlw to the Forty-ninili Parallelg Souilw io llwe Rio Grancleg'VVesl lo tlie Pacilicl . . . in 1860, 1865. we were the Blueg we were flue Gray . . . Nlarclming, we made America Free: marclaing. we gave America peace . . . Today, we are marching again . . . to malie America Free: to bring America Peacel H -..M ,, ,. ,,,,,..