North Park University - Cupola Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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cheering them on U 0) (D walking across the back campus on a sunny, fall afternoon, one may see the long shadows and bare feet of hopeful girls trying out for the cheer- leading squad, the cheerleaders have boosted the spirit of our teams and spectators throughout the football and basketball seasons . . . snow, rain, and cold . . . we could always count on them . . . any person who has been a competitor in a sport under- stands what a cheering crowd can do for you when the pressure is on and the going tough . . . many thanks for their hard work and fine spirit. i b -o (0 i 0) u Q. 108

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first door off the corner of the men ' s dorm, down the four steps, in the maze of apparent disorder you may find three people, one is seemingly drawing vague shapes on oddly lined paper, another paces up and down the floor muttering to himself and the third, the only female of the group, bangs diligently on a typewriter, on the desk a heap of pictures and copy, the painful but precious labor of many a month. the staff this year has attempted to bring a change in yearbook composition through area relation, and emphasis of photographs in place of copy. most of the designing has been undertaken by editors ron magnu- son and ed dwyer while louise shumaker faithfully kept the typewriter keys warm and guided us through the dark hours which pre- ceded every deadline. it seemed that the day of our final dead- line would never arrive . . . but when march rolled around and the last layout had been turned over to the printer, there wasn ' t the expected rush from the office . . . the papers, photographs, rulers and pencils, were no longer strewn about, and the bell on the type- writer was not sounding the warning of an- other completed line . . . the office was strangely silent, once again we walked rather slowly up the four steps, opening the door we hesitated a moment . . . looking back at the empty desks we realized that another cupola had been completed . . . the lock clicked as we closed the door . . . not a word was spoken, but the feeling of sadness was evident. ?ditors cupola row 1: b. anderson, 1. shumaker, e. g. Johnson. row 2: r. sager, r. hanson, j, freshwater, e. dwyer, r. magm 1 . hlgren, d. fohlin, r. nelson.

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coach and co-captains in (0 o o the viking 1951 gridiron season was played un- der almost the worst conditions possible: a combi- nation of rain, snow, and ice. the blue and gold played seven games, only one of which was fought on good terrain, three were played on rain-drenched fields and three on snow-covered ground, one of these in a real blizzard at morton. all this added up to a season of close, low-scoring games in which hard, rugged line play prevailed. however, there was no lack of rugged line play in this year ' s eleven, and the boys more than held their own in a tough league, though compiling a mediocre 1-2-4 record, the team was nevertheless one of the best in the league, making every contest a real battle, there was little similarity of recent n.p. elevens evident as the vikings snapped a three- year losing streak at thornton ' s expense, 20-6 and proceeded to tie morton and then wright in a thrill- ing homecoming battle, the boys had more than their share of tough breaks, but proved beyond a doubt that coach swanson ' s team was one of, if not the best team in the vikings ' 16 seasons of foot- ball. kick off V,