Marion University - Marionette Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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Missions were again presented in a three day convention sponsored by the Y. M. W. B. The Reverend and Mrs. C. C. Decker, of the African field, were the speakers this year at the event which has always made a contribution to college religious life and to the missionary cause. Before March passed, the students and faculty enjoyed the formal birth¬ day dinner in the college dining hall. The programs by the month groups treated themes ranging from Little Orphan Annie to Father Time and from Balboa to gypsies. The greatest day in April and per¬ haps the most glorious of all the year was Easter Sunday. People from the college made up their share of the multitude who witnessed the grand and beautiful Marion Easter Pageant. The nationally famous ob¬ servance was held in the coliseum at 7 A. M. Following the hour of the pageant, Easter was observed at the college by the Easter breakfast prepared, tradi¬ tionally, by the men of Congress Hall. April also brought Arbor Day with the traditional campus clean-up per¬ formed by the state clubs. In addi¬ tion to the regular clean-up of grounds and buildings, a permanent improvement was made—the prepara¬ tion of a graveled parking area at the men’s dorm. Journal and Marionette business managers and editors, with their helpers, ambitiously papered the publications office. Fourteen

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I r - This year February furnished one of those comparatively rare days—a Friday the thirteenth, a day when everyone vehemently denies any su¬ perstitious beliefs and when multi¬ tudes in reality endure a day fraught with dreadful trepidation. But the day held no terrors; either out of dis¬ regard of the potential danger it held or out of blatant defiance of its threats the freshmen entertained on that day the whole student body at a party in the gymnasium. And they did it quite successfully. Through the crepe “rainbow” (above) we see the introductory phase to the eve¬ ning’s festivities, the unlucky ladder. The last two weeks of the month were devoted to a series of revival meetings with the Reverend W. D. Correll, the evangelist, preaching each evening in the College Church and each morning in the chapel. Stu¬ dents in large numbers opened their hearts to the Will of God. These two weeks will long be remembered as a time of showers of blessing when the Spirit of Christ was present in a truly marvelous way. Our evangel¬ ist’s ministry and friendship were enjoyed and appreciated by M. C. students. At their February meeting the Science Club enjoyed some very de¬ lightful scientific demonstrations, in¬ cluding an actual, prepared-on-the- spot exhibition of the internal won¬ ders of a cat. Another momentous event of this brief month was the invasion of the student ranks by a dreadful malady referred to as “the rash.” Thirteen

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an cl In May one’s thoughts naturally turn to the imminent close of the school year. The seniors begin to think more realistically of graduation and of leaving Alma Mater. And the juniors are not forgetful. Honoring the graduating class in the traditional manner, the class of ’43 enter¬ tained the class of ’42 at a beautiful banquet at the I. G. S. clubrooms down town. The dining room, with its attractive table and settings, was the scene of an occasion distinguished by typical M. C. fellowship and real delight on the part of everyone who attended. Trimming and dressing up the campus charac¬ terized the last few days of May, as Uncle Dan and his boys prepared the lawns for a neat ap¬ pearance on the Big Day. June 1 brought the grand finale to another school year . . . Commencement Day, when the whole school along with hundreds of visitors, re¬ lations of students, and friends of the college makes use of the auditorium facilities of the gymnasium to witness the honoring of all those who have special achievements and especially those who, like Watson and Mary Faith in the pictu re, wear the cap and gown of graduation— those who are no longer the future, but the pres¬ ent citizens, leaders, builders of America. And now, Good-by—for a summer—a year— forever. Which?