Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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ROY GILMER President GLENN MAXWELL Vice-President DAVID WAGGONER , Secretary-Treasurer ass Roy Gilmer, A.B. South Whitley, Indiana Mathematics Rhetoric 1-4; Student Council 4; Debate 1; German Club 3, President; Science Club 4; Aurora Staff 3; Class President 4; Both Your hHouses 4. Glenn Maxwell, A.B. Brookston, Indiana English Y. M. C A. 1-4; Phronia 1-4; Debate 1-4; Memory Patches 4; Both Your hHouses 4; French Club 1, 2; Mathematics Club 3, 4; Editor 1933 Aurora; Class Vice-President 4. David Waggoner, A.B. Bradford, Ohio Biology Y. M. C A. 1-4; Rhetoria 1-4; Football 3, 4; Band 1-3; International Club 2; Class Treasurer 4; Both Your hlouses 4.

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• CONCERNING SENIORS • MIRIAM CULLER I cannot remember of ever seeing commencement exercises for the first time. There must hove been a beginning, naturally, but as far bock as my memory reaches, the soul-stirring chords of the March of the Priests hove always aroused for me a mental picture of the stately tread of those be-robed gods and goddesses , seniors, in their supreme achievement — graduation! Different personalities, as the years passed, never seemed to change my picture of the graduation march. After years of observing the annual festivities incumbent to commencement time, the glory of seniority as an entity had become enshrined in my heart. It never occurred to me that such dignity was only external — just a mask for personalities. A senior was perfect and I did not question how he had become so. I cannot say that it was ever my ambition to be one of this bond of the wonder- ful, but this may have lurked in a misty corner of the undeveloped port of my brain, for I distinctly remember my perturbation when a schoolmate asked me what I in- tended doing after I was graduated from high school.. What, indeed? I ran to my mother for reassurance! What could one do, after high school — except to go to college? On the other hand, my ideals were shocked by the suggestion of a how-you- have-grown ' visitor, that Pretty soon little Miriam will be a senior, too! That vas probably the first intimation to my innocence of a connection between me and seniors! And this seed being planted in my imagination, brought forth unrest, for it seemed treasonous to think of such a thing — not because I had on inferiority complex. Ah, no! It was only my feeling that the abstract should not be sullied by contact with the concrete. Instead of my being glorified, the senior ideal in my mind had been somewhat deflated. Of course, my reactions were instinctive then; it is only in retrospection that I understand my repulsion. To me, some intangible influence seemed to transform commonplace persons into powerful dignitaries (so that even my own sister hod appeared regal), but it hod no connection with me. As a freshman, the awe and reverence for seniors increased by physical per- suasion. There was no doubt in my mind, perforce, that seniors v ere gods in human form. Great creatures, who spoke with familiarity about anthropomorphism and icositetrahedrons! More than that, they were intelligentsia supreme! Amazed, I gasped at their acceptance of teachers as equals — at their easy grasp of knowledge and at the surety with which they planned and executed all sorts of undertakings. They seemed to feel not only their own importance, but our insignificance — a feel- ing we shared. Now I am asked, Well, how does it feel to be a senior? And I am ashamed and a bit worried, at times, to admit that it doesn ' t feel at all. Disconcerted, at feeds, I notice that senior girls are just as silly as freshmen. Skipping down College Avenue, I stop aghast, wondering — Where is the proverbial dignity? I notice, surprised, that senior boys are still youngsters when baseball time comes. Yet — although it means the destruction of a cherished ideal — I am happy that seniors ore human! The ultimate to me, then, has always been seniorship. Seniors ore creatures who hove attained — they have reached the goal of all possible desires, hdow silly! Now that I have put away childish things and have become a senior, I know that instead of having reached my goal — I hove only just begun to live — everything is just commencing. 26 i

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H. Adams M. Allen M. Beckner J. Berkebile E. Blickenstaff L. Blickenstaff M. Bolinger W. Byerly L. Buck K. Callane Helen Adams, A.B. North Manchester, Indiana English Philomathea 1, 3, 4; Both Your hlouses 4. Max Allen, B.S. in Music Education EHuntington, Indiana Music Y. M. C. A. 1-4; Philorhetoria 1-4; Men ' s Glee Club 1; Octet 2, 3; Madrigal Club 4, President; German Club 1, 2. Leonard Blickenstaff, A.B. La Fontaine, Indiana Biology Y. M. C. A. 1, 2; Philorhetoria 1-4; Madrigal Club 3, 4; French Club 2-4, President 3, 4; Science Club 3, 4. Marvin Bolinger, A.B. Union City, Indiana Social Science La Verne College 1-3; College Quartet 4. Mary Beckner, B.S. in Elementary Educa- tion Goshen, Indiana Education Philoletheo 4; Student Volunteers 4; Both Your FHouses 4. James Berkebile, A.B. Jewell, Ohio Chemistry Y. M. C. A. 1, 4; Philophronia 1-4; Intramural Basketball 1, 3, 4; Intramural Debate 1-3; Science Club 2-4, President 4; German Club 3, President; Aurora Staff 3; Both Your FHouses 4. Ernest Blickenstaff, B.S. in Secondary Edu- cation Mulberry, Indiana Education Y. M. C. A. 1, 2; Philorhetoria 1-4, President 4; Intramural Basketball 1-4; Madrigal Club 3, 4; Pharaoh ' s Daughter 4. Lucile Buck, B.S. in Secondary Education Franklin Grove, Illinois Education Mount Morris College 1, 2, Y. W. C A. 3, 4; Philomathea 3, 4; Student Council 4; Women ' s Student Government 4, President; Madrigal Club 3, 4; Student Volunteers 3, 4, President 4; Class Treasurer 3; Both Your FHouses 4. Wilbur Byerly, A.B. Lima, Ohio FHistory Y. M. C. A. 1-3; Philophronia 1-4; Student Council 4; Football 2-4; Men ' s Student Govern- ment, President 4. Kenneth Callane, A.B. Flora, Indiana Biology Varsity Debate 1, 2; Seventh FHeaven 1; Aurora Staff 3; Intramural Baseball 1, 2; Class Vice-President 3; Both Your FHouses 4. y.