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

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anquislied the Wolf Pack at tl Days slid into wicks, weeks were soon months, unci almost before the students knew it the session of 194JJ-44 was over. A peaceful year? Perhaps. But a year crammed with activity. Classes, study, meetings, bridge games, dates, dances, bull sessions. A postoffice box and a letter from home. A coke between classes at Snyder ' s. An all night bull session at the house. Shorty ' s at midnight. Cramming for exams. Sleeping through an early class. Lying with a book in the shade of a magnolia. A drink of water from the old well. hymn otball. Little ake up ftly at twilight. A game of tag- things: the st Perhap irv behini s. Hut the 1 the story little things of the year. Dr. Speas expounds on the workings of electricity.

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THE COLLEGE WAS DIFFERENT BUT ESSENTIALLY THE SAME A lot of things were different at Wake Forest when the school year began at the end of Sep- tember. With an enrollment of 450 instead of the usual thousand, with classmates leaving for the army every day, with the Army Finance School on the campus, things had to be different. Graduation was held at the end of eaeh quarter, not the kind of gradaution with caps and gowns, hut a small group of seniors gathered in the President ' s office, and Dr. Kitchin, saying. This diploma will mean more to you in the years to come. And the students thinking how much it meant to them then. Yes. a lot of things were different. Hut the things that really counted remained the same. We still studied or read in the Library. Everybody still said hello to everybody on the campus. The hell still rang between classes in the same way. We stood in line at .Miss Jo ' s. The magnolias bloomed and the grass was green. Romance flourished with the coining of spring. There were as many kibitzers as ever at bridge games in the book store. On warm days the tennis courts and the golf course were crowded. Dames excited attention as before. One day followed another, fitting into the scheme of college life. Mornings were spent in classes. Afternoons not occupied with labs were filled with movies, bridge games, or outdoor sports. At night we studied, attending meetings or just talked. Week-ends, the highlight of the week, we went home or stayed on the campus for dances or informal parties. The round of college activity proceeded in the same old way. Hut still, a new spirit invaded campus lite, a spirit of preparation. Though the college was different, the college was still the same. New seriousness of purpose, new appreciation for Wake Forest and what il stands for— it was this that made the student of ' 43-44 different from the student of a few- years ago. It is this which will make Wake Forest remain the same Wake Forest when peace comes again. STUDYING

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In telling the story of the year at Wake Forest it is difficult tii pick out the things of most sig- nificance. All that occurred, even the little things, or, perhaps, especially the little tilings, were of vital importance in building up the picture of life as it was in the college this year. But, month by month, here are the things that may be rated most vivid memories of 1943-44. September . . . the trees of the campus were acquiring cloaks of yellow and red when the school year of lll+IS-ii opened at the end of the month. But the freshmen, true to tradition, remained as green as ever. After wading through registration with all its intricacies, the students settled down to college routine. Elections were held to fill vacancies left by men who were then in uniform. Freshmen wer e initiated to the mysteries of college life and found this life to their liking. They were rushed by fraternities; they were invited to literary society smokers; they were given a party by faculty advisers; they were asked to join numerous organizations. But they were made to see their places by haughty upperclassmen. October . . . the football season rolled around, and the team bad supporters as enthusiastic as ever. The students couldn ' t see as many games, for the only game held near at hand was the one with State College. Fraternities ended the rush- ing season by pledging !) men. Rushing was