Geneva College - Genevan Yearbook (Beaver Falls, PA)

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SENIORS - - - 1933-3-1 OFFICERS LESTER KILPATRICK. CLIFFORD J. AULTMAN. .V. XV. GRACE ABBOTT ........ ELIZABETH INGRAM. . 1932-33 OFFICERS ARTHUR lVl!lBSTlflR ....... . . LESTER KILPATRICK . . Vice MARGARET CAUGIIEY . GRACE ROBB ......... Tre:ts111'01' 1031-32 O1 1 ICI'IRS ARTHUR YVEBSTICR ........ . JOHN L. BLAIR ........ Vice MARY A. CAUSER .......... HENRIETTA E VANS . . 1930-31 OFFICIGRS CHARLES T. BROWN. ...... . ARTHUR G. MITCHELL. . . Y MARY A. CAUSER .... JOAN MCCORMICK. . . I'rcsido11t Pvosi den I' TPGRISII l'0l' Sec1'eta1'y President President Secretary President President T1'e:1s1u'c-1' See1'el:u'y I,1'QNlflClll I'residout 'l1l'l?2l.NllI'01' Seeret:11'y N September 9 and 10, 1930, one hundred fifteen bewildered boys and eighty-eight nonplussed girls straggled in groups of two, three, or more from the auditorium to class- rooms, from classrooms to the campus, from the campus to the G , from the G to near- campus confectionery stores, where some of the boys, bolder and braver than their partners in mis- ery, bought ice cream cones for giggling girls. Dur- ing these Orientation sessions the girls were given their arm-bands and the boys their gold dinks. Both groups were given orders as to where to buy the clothes which heartless Sophomores had decreed that they should wear. You see, this was 'way back when-and Geneva permitted some hazing, pad- dling, and not a few other Freshman regulations. Everything was designed to make the Frosh feel as miserable as possible. But if during the two Orientation Days the group were miserable, they were abject on their third day here. For that day was Registration Day. For hours some of them struggled with schedule-sheets, blue cards, and blank checks. Per- haps some kind members of the faculty helped them 0 outg at least, on the next day all of the children showed up for classes. Now they discovered that there was a faint possibility of the faculty members' not being entirely truthful in the speeches which they had made the few preceding days, when they had said that the Frosh were welcome, that all must cooperate, that the work was not hard. Ah, pity the poor Freshmen! For four long years they were to be disillusioned like this. However, they soon learned to like the work, because- On September 17, 1931, one hundred seventy-four of them returned to the campus and registered at the new McCartney Library, donated by the Misses Deal of Philadelphia and dedicated to Dr. Clarence Edward Macartney of Pitts-- burgh, a Geneva alumnus. Ground for this beautiful building-of English Collegiate Gothic architecture-had been broken june 3, 1930. On January 7, 1931, the cornerstone had been laid. By the time school ended in June, 1931, most of the exterior had been completed. During the summer months the library had been completed. Now these students had a place in which to sleep during cut classes, to have afternoon dates, and occasionally to study. 122 IIB

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Back Row: MCMILLAN, GRAHAM, EWVING, GR1l TITHS Front Row: CAUGHEY, PROP. PARK, ATCHISON COPLEY Until the present the Student Senate has consisted of a man and woman representative of each of the three up- per classes, a president, and a secretary. The powers and duties of the Senate have been the administration of Freshman regulations, the settling of class disputes, the supervision of all social affairs sponsored by the student body as a distinct organization and of such matters as gifts of flowers and expressions of sympathy, nomina- tion of the president and secretary of the Senate, and the election of the editor and the business manager of the Cabinet. As a result of action taken by the organiza- tion, the committee on dormitory regulations, in coopera- tion with the council of McKee Hall, revised the rules so that the overnight privileges have been increased. Two extra overnight privileges are allowed those girls whose homes are more than one hundred miles away. Each girl is granted one eleven-thirty permit a week instead of three a semester. The time for girls to return to the dormitory on week-nights has been extended according to the class seating of the student.

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Long and loud were the howls of dismay that went up from the throats of the members of the class when they learned that prior to registration a new ruling had been made relative to Freshman regulations. The Frosh were to wear arm- bands ,or dinks, but no paddling and no tribunals were permitted. Vent was given to their wrath when at Darlington Lake a few weeks after the beginning of the semester the Sophomores tossed into the water every Freshman boy who had lined up opposite them at the annual Sophomore Feed. Perhaps it would be better to omit any detailed account of the Freshman Feed of that year, for the Sophomores were unable to interrupt it, due largely to the fact that the Frosh had been so secretive about their plans that the second-year students could not find the place where the Freshmen were holding the outing. The second year of the class was saddened by the death of two of its out- standing members. On February 22, 1932, word was received of the death of S. Garnett Bath, a student well liked by all who knew him, active in campus or- ganizations, and an excellent student. Elizabeth Bloom died on April 4, 1932. Elizabeth, who had been valedic- torian of her class in Beaver High School, maintained her high scholastic stanfd- ing after coming to Geneva. An exceptional student, she was popular among her classmates and well liked by her instructors. Geneva College as well as the Class of 1934 lost much through the death of Garnett and Elizabeth, whose passing left a hole in our ranks. During the Junior year of the class death again entered their midst, this time taking John L. Blair. Iohn s death, the result of pneumonia and an infection superinduced by participation in a cross-country race, occurred but a few weeks after the beginning of the first semester. The suddenness of the departure of this beloved member, a former vice-president of the class, threw a shadow over the activities of the entire year. The class met soon after his death and elected john Honorary president. September 15, 1933, marked the beginning of the last step in their college careers. Not long after the hrst semester began, officers were elected, and mem- bers of the class began the publishing of the Cabinet, the work of organizing the campus clubs and societies, and the representation of Geneva on various ath- letic teams. Their linal period of service to their Alma Mater had begun, and none of them was unwilling to do his share. Every activity connected with the school was represented by at least one member of the class. They have served faithfully and well. There is not one student now in school who will not be affected by the departure of these members of our student body. So in the name of the student body the Genevan bids them adieu. May they through their every action prove themselves worthy of being called Genevans. VV e are proud of them, and we want the world to be proud of them. IIB CT