Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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HITS AND MISSES Music that everyone loves was presented by the inimitable Gracie and the cast of Hits and Misses against elaborate stage settings and costumes that made this show one of the finest musi- cals ever presented at Mon- mouth College. The curtain rose to the ever popular, It ' s a Grand Night for Singing, and the chorus moved into the music of the immortal Below: Marion Austin, Nancy Peters, Jeanne Black, and Claire Mcintosh photographed during their singing of Sweet Kentucky Babe. [16}

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The Order of the Octopus, senior men ' s honorary society, was founded in the spring of 1928 by a group of seniors who saw the need of an organization to bind to- gethe r the various groups on the campus and to thus carry on, as a unit, the traditions and ambitions of Mon- mouth College. Banned from the campus in 1942 by a college order that forbade all secret organizations, the Octopus was re- activated in 1946. The group remained sub-rosa until 1948, when some alumni members and the college ad- ministration came to terms to legalize the organization. The eight seniors who comprise the Octopus are selected late in the spring of their junior year by mem- bers of the preceding class. The selection is based upon campus activities, leadership, personality, and contribu- tion to campus life. The identity of members of the Octopus, by tradition, is revealed in the Ravelings that is published just prior to their graduation. A scholarship fund to aid deserving underclassmen was established last year. The award, in the amount of $150, is announced annually at the time of Commence- ment. The fund is provided by active and alumni mem- bers, who presently number 183. Professor Howard Jamieson, an Octopus member of the class of ' 40, is the faculty advisor. Members of the Octopus for the past year were: Ray Timmons, James Feehley, Robert Burnett, Walter Forsyth, Donald McKinley, Lloyd Jackson, Jack Francis, and Jerrold Linton. {15}

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Marcia Tubbs, Jo Black, Cay TurnbuU, Peggy Trainor, Elaine Thompson, Carol Levine, Wilma Barnhart, Joan May, Winkie Wilmot, and Imy Gardner in the April Showers number of the show. Vincent Youmans .... Great Day , Through the Years , Without a Song , and many others. The colorful Trinidad group of Poinciana , Tico-Tico , Flamingo , and Baia highlighted this near professional production. To the songs of the Scottish Highlands, Miss Dorothy Kern was presented as Queen of the Scots, culminating one of the most memorable productions in show business. Left: Floyd Hershberger, Dave Hershberger, Bob Siruthers, and Rog McCaig harmonize with the girls ' guartet on Sweet Kentucky Babe. [ 171