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

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CLASS Pres idcm' ......... Vice Presfirlmzt ..... Secretary ...., N lreasurefr. . . , I fl1,'i.s'f'r ..., Wle came to Lock Haven in 1937 be- cause we wanted a college education . . . because we wanted to be teachers . . . or because . . . Our Freshman year was a hard struggle because we were really over- grown high school students who were eX- pected to be adults . . . We forgot to wear stockings-or neckties-in the dining room . . . we forgot to go through receiving lines . . . we neglected to pay the proper respect to deans and instructors . . . but we soon learned! . . . After Freshman Cus- toms and semester examinations we began to acquire that collegiate air . . . we began to appreciate the Bald Eagle of I..H.S. T.C., and went home that year deter- mined to return. The Sophomore year was hard . . . we felt like testing our wings for long-distance jaunts but . . . for some reason . . . we could not gain the desired respect . . . only Freshman cowered beneath our tyrannical glance . . . we began to realize the scope of this business of education and began to look forward to our being in the field . . . VVe had our first taste of electing courses of study, and most of us began to be sure of our majors and minors . . . Phys, Ed. , English, History, hlath and others . . . some of us gravitated toward OF 1941 XVILLIAM lNIAs'rif1RsoN . . . .I,oU1s MA1t'i'r11,LA . . .Lois XVAGNER . . .Ronnnr Bowles . . . .hhss BlcN'rLEY the younger school ages and chose ele- mentary . . . we all knew whether or not we wanted to teach . . . or thought we did. This Sophomore year we gained more confidence in social contacts . . . formal dances, like the Soph Hop . . . teas . . . all-school parties . . . everyone learned the meaning of 'fcfampusologyv . . . and apple polishing . . . Teachers began to look like real people . . . we began to feel like teach- ers. The Junior year was not a picnic . . . we were considered childish if we liked roller skating or high school girls . . . we began to talk about VVhen we were youngi' . . . we were all business that year . . . because we had to be . . . we took methods courses and elected most of our Subjects . . . History students studied his- tory . . . English students studied English . . . Phys. Ed. majors danced and learned about muscles . . . Elementary majors sang and painted pictures . . . we were be- coming teachers! . . . That year both Freshmen and Sophomores looked at us with glassy awe-ful eyes . . . we were really upperclassmen. Receiving lines were a matter of course, and we felt at ease at any banquet or so- cial event . . . our wings were capable of 28

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turn to college last September . . . Bill Grenoble capably filled the office . . . Don Rathgeber elected new vice president. The end of first semestergfond farewell and best wishes to Dr. Geary, class ad- viser . . . we'll miss her guidance and sup- port . . . The search is on . . . for a new adviser . . . Mr. Sullivan honors us by accepting. Dorothy Keister served her third con- secutive term as treasurer . . . we follow the trend of the times . . . third term . . . that reminds us . . . of mundane things . . . like class dues . . . meetings . . . and things like that . . . those activities that go with class , lVIany of our number have been out- standing . . .in publications . . . in athletics . . .in music . . . in general . . . We claim as our own the editor of this year's l'R.xlcc'o . . . the president of next year's Student Cooperative Council .... Xs a class we have no unique claim to fame . . . our achievements can not be termed start- ling nor our members eulogized in glow- ing terms . . . our progress has been steady . . . upward . . . sucessful socially . . . scholastically . . . politically . . . and other ways . . . The class of 194-l continues its steady flight . . . we serve the Bald Eagle faithfully . . . dependably. Hloving Day . . . we take the Seniors' places . . . we are ready to wing our way through another year . . . as leaders . . . as followers . . . always as loyal supporters of Lock Haven State Teachers College. VVe look backward as we soar higher . . . glad of friends we have made . . . work we have done . . . VVe look forward and up- ward . . . expecting new trials and new victories . . . our aims lofty . . . our pur- poses high.

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cross-country flights . . . nothing could stop us now . . . we were too old for Spring fever, but cramming was a bare necessity . . . some of us joined Kappa Delta Pi . . . some of us were football heroes . . . some of us were delegates to conferences . . . we were indispensable to the life of the college . . . we went to the Junior Prom and helped to promote the Senior Ball . . . we began to wonder about the over-crowded iieldsf' After three years of hard work, of long hours of study and the acquisition of a vast amount of knowledge we became Seniors . . . just listen to that word . . . Seniors . . . we would not be here much longer, but we had a lot to remember . . . from our class we had football captains. next-to-professional wrestlers and boxers. officers in many organizations and the leaders of campus life. That Senior year was wonderful . . . we felt like adults . . . we were adults . . . some of us learned about selective service . . . some of us voted and paid taxes . . . YVe were prepared to take our places in the society of America as responsible citizens and teachers. Yve entered thc experience of student teaching with much anxiety . . . we tin- ished, feeling capable of being called Miss or Mr.', . . . teachers with experi- ence . . . we learned about students and began to practice what we had learned . . . handed out home work . . . gave grades . . . coped With disciplinary problems . . . What is wrong with these pupils?', . . . How can we make them want to learn? . . . Who said I wanted to be a teacher? . . . Just wait until I get a jobf' We had our pictures taken for place- ment cards, and began to consider the teachers' agencies . . . we looked forward to being economically independent . . . we interviewed school board directors . . . the end of the year came too soon . . . the Junior-Senior Ball . . . the Senior Banquet . . . then the Alumni Banquet when we realized how out of things we would be . . . college students no more . . . we tried on caps and gowns . . . we went to Bacca- laureate . . . then Commencement . . . we turned the tassels on our caps and walked out with B.S. degrees . . . we had earned them! The old Bald Eagle was now the symbol of all the best times . . . the most profitable years . . . the busiest period of our lives. President '41