Lock Haven University - Praeco Yearbook (Lock Haven, PA)

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shining lights . . . sportsmen . . . vocalists . . . orators . . . students . . . leaders . . . romanticists . . . then life became routine . . . classes . . . weekends , . . special per- missions . . . vacations . . . nine-weeks' grades . . . boxes from home . . . school parties . . . dates. VVe became acquainted, but to liasten the process we took matters into oa.r own hands and decided upon a, civilized and refilled method . . . the roller skating party at llecla l'arkfthrills . . . spills . . . chills . . . the party was a wonderful suc- cess . . . no broken . . . bones. flame December I6 . . . by then we were deemed capable of choosing our own lead- ers . . . we elected our officers . . . strong. stalwart men and women with the courage and fortitude to carry us through the year with high honors . . . a really gifted and outstanding group of students . . . the class of '-L-L. In February the 'Hu changed some of our plans . . . the Freshman Frolic post- poned . . . too many codes and germs in the air . . . too many people out of circula- tion . . . the will of the group undaunted . . . we carried through . . . we were sorry to find a large number of our group had faded away over the semester vacation . . . only the strongest eaglets left to fly the goal. Tuxedos . . . formal gowns . . . new coiffures . . . tl1e St. l'atrick's Fotillion . . . many of us helped to make this all- school formal dance a success by our work. and by our attendance . . . a fine experi- ence . . . an evening to be remembered. Easter Vacation . . . 110 more Easter bunnies . . . we were grow'n-up by then . . . Santy Claus was all right, in December but a few months in college makes a big difference . . . return to work and the end of tl1e year in View . . . we have almost pulled through one year and are beginning to plan for the next. This motley group who calls themselves the Class of '-L4 has had a great beginning . . . greater things to come . . . higher planes to reach . . . the roughest part of tl1e flight is over . . . the day will come when we will, with honest pride, dolf hats to the grand old Bald Eagle . . . let him fly high . . . we will follow him!

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CLASS OF 1944 l'rcsident ...... . . .DON BLOBIBIEN Vice Presiflorzt. . , . . .JOHN TUCKER Secretary ...,,, . .IJRISCILLA Hnss Treasurer, . . . .HELEN BURGEss Aflzriser. . . . ..4.... Ma. IQEHBIAN 6'Hey Froshn . . . Yes, Sir . . . Your Honoru . . . and stuff . . . class of '44 . . . September, 1940 . . . YVe came to the halls of learning as a group of sophisticated, learned Seniors from high school . . . we brought our standards of worth . . . our honors for meritorious activities . . . class rings . . . club pins . . . sports letters . . . hats that looked great back home . . . good habits . . . suntans . . . a will to work . . . a sick feeling in the pit of the stomach . . . dislike for strange faces . . . a longing for the old gangw . . . and what for? All this we brought only to find a new life . . . new friends . . . new sets of standards . . . new habits . . . new hats that had a 'geol- legiatev look . . . a feeling akin to that of the underdog . . . sometimes . . . a new out- look. Orientation week , . . introductions to teachers . . . speeches . . . by President of the Collegeilkan of Women-Dean of lN'Ien-Dean of Instructino-l7ean-uncia- tion . . . homesick . . . sleepless nights . . . a whirl of activities that left us breathless . . . Assemblies were called to tell us about campus organizations, and to give us ad- vice . . . don't join everythingi' . . . read the bulletin boards . . . compulsory chapel and assembly . . . who would think of cutting classes? . . . a good idea, maybe . . . .X get-together party . . . shy stagline . . new girls rushed for dances . . . games . upperclassmen envious of attention . . . more introductions . . . forgot to sign in . . . eollege life not so bad, but then . . . Customs! . . . green bows . . . dinks . . . signs . . . bonfire that was fired too soon . . . hair nets . . . cruel upperclassmen . . . embarrassing moments . . . Wle looked and felt like leopards with stripes . . . purple cones . . . bald Bald lflagles . . . VVhy did upperclassmen deserve all this respect? . . . or did they? . . . Townspeople stared . . children ran in fear . . . dogs barked . . . paddles. . .tribunals . . . girls' meetings . . rules, rules, rulers . . . football games . . . snake dances . . . snakes . . . customs over and we were accepted as good sports and real college students. Some of our fellow-classmates became

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President ....... .... I AEVVIS RATHGEBER Vice President .... . . ......, LUCY REAIJ Secretary .... . . . . . .JANICE STRATTON Treasurer. . . .,.. GEORGE GIVEN Adviser ..,.... . . . .... MR. FLEMING No more derogatory shouts of Hey, Freshman! . . . No more bowing in hum- ble humility to superiors . . . no longer a feeling of inferiority . . . September finds an added dignified group of upper-class- men, occupying new places in the New Auditorium . . . come Freshman customs . . . we are tyrants-in a refined way . . . sometimes, to our dismay, not so refined . . . Customs over and no casualties . . . We are pleased to find that the Freshmen are real students . . . good sports, too. October means Homecoming . . . now Wno straps? . . . does 6'she prefer roses or gardenias? . . . Bruce Bellys orchestra . . . a wonderful evening! Students start working in the stores . . . Christmas shop- ping . . . secrets . . . gifts . . . diamonds Cnot many! . . . Christmas vacation . . . Santa Claus. Back again . . . but not too willingly- still tired from the New Yearis festivities . . . studying for final exams . . . worst of all, term papers . . . over-night papers! . . . then the Blitzkriegfall night cramming . . . a realization of all the things one does not know . . . there, it's all over and . . . semester vacation. Registration . . . we fill out dozens of cards . . . fees . . . deadlines . . . new classes and new teachers . . . who said American 6'Lit would be fun? . . . no work for seven