Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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recognize the raw material in most cases. Then it is but a matter of time until the displays I possibilities in varied fields of campus activity are put through a period of important training. Whether he be inclined toward fraternity leadership, forensic activity, or working on one of the schools publications, be may be groomed for an important position in the future. The point i thai the new men of today will be upperclassmen ami leaders for succeeding college classes. Upon their shoulders will rest the responsibilities of maintaining and improving upon the standards of preceding officers. Their inevitable traits as freshmen need never lie a reflection, for, after all, the first year college men comprise an age. Any student who misses it has evaded a part of life, and may be none the wi-er for it. Before the dance anil after ihe game group cif frosh lalk it over. An argument then silence, fur it ' s the Durham A tonight. Ten days before Christmas and five min- utes after a quiz. The sun was still s|,i n i„. ' in December. After all, Rome wasn ' t built in a day. But perhaps Professor Clonts didn ' t boss that job.

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IT DOESN ' T TAKE the average freshman long to claim his share nl life around the college. First ol all he must prove his versatility, and he usually sings on his way across the campus, plays his radio at full hlast, goes out for at least one sport — or else talks ahout the six letters he made in high school. When the campus newspaper editors he- gin a drive to get new men. they generally wind up with fifty former high school editors and not a single reporter. A freshman can write a five-hundred-word theme on any topic at a moment ' s notice; he can speak authenti- cally on any spurt or swing band; and he often wears his best suit to class for the first week. In spite of the pointed accusations at the traditional newish hopefuls, we find that there arc talents of outstanding qualities to In- found among each entering class. While few of them dream of being beaten as orators, debaters, athletes, or whatever fields of endeavor they decide to cast their extra-curricular talents, the older leaders Orator Morgan expounds.

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% Freshmen athletics LeIiOY ClTHE.NS Manager A, JVTONG OTHER THINGS Wake Forest was justly proud of the freshman foot- Iiall team last fall. The Baby Deacons played five games, winning four, losing one, and tying one. I nder the direction ol Coach Jim ea er. the yearlings presented a squad of fighter-, with a dearth of individual stars. Getting off to a good start, they took the Duke Imps lor a ride in their own hack yard. 6-0. This game proved to he one of the hardest fought of the season, and while the Imps pounded bitterly against the Deaconlet line, the powerful for- wards gave little ground. State Col- lege came next in line, and after sixty minutes of relentless raging, both teams had failed to tally. Then came Carolina, and the Tar Heels fell before the onslaught of a powerful Wake Forest backfield. Crashing thrusts at the line . - ,Mliw j netted the Deacontown men a 25-0 victory, ftcr successes on the North Carolina fronts, the Luis journeyed to William and Mary. For the onl) time during the season they were — — outclassed, losing h a large score. 26-6. Wednesday night before Thanksgh ing, the ea- vermen paid a i-ii to Me- morial Stadium in Charlotte, where the) were to pla) the H the -km of hi t+jrlfW