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

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climaxed by the pledge dance. Hopeful generals- to-be took ASTP tests. Another Wake Forest man was elected state president of the B.S.U. November . . . Winter proved that it whs here to stay. But though the trees were hare. Wake Forest was not barren of activity. The music department gave its first concerts. The Little Theater produced Eugene O ' Neill ' s Ah Wilderness. Campus leaders came to glory with election to Who ' s Who. DDK or Phi Beta Kappa. The Pan Hel council sponsored a dance for the entire stu- dent body. ke plans for anothei ternity dance. December . . . the Christmas spirit which pervaded the campus was not extinguished by thoughts of final exams. Organizations gave Christmas parties; the music department presented its annual Christmas vespers. Fourteen men and a girl graduated at the end of the quarter. January . . . the young new year slipped in, wrapped in a blanket of snow. The Army Finance School departed for Fort Benjamin Harrison. Faculty and students came to know one another better at a series of informal parties in the com- munity house. The fraternities pledged 22 new men. r y - -lw Mr. Snyder and Bobhv . £J Cm-ch look .hit the f 1 day ' s news in the Book I Store. Betty Williams rolls up her hair and Billie Collier studies in a t y p i c a 1 dormitory

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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

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February . . . the college celebrated its hundred ami tenth anniversary. The literary societies feted the occasion with their usual Founders Day debates and orations. Mid Winter dames were held in the community house. College men were notified that pre-medica] students were no longer draft exempt. The art museum sponsored a dis- play of etchings. And. departing from precedent, student body elections for the year to come were held. March . . . the March winds blew in balmy days, and romances sprang up like mushro s. The Little Theater presented The Bat; the music de- partment gave its final concert before the de- parture of Mr. McDonald for the navy. Twenty- students dance or watch, at the first Seniors receive their sheepskins in the president ' s office at the end of first quarter. eight seniors were graduated at the end of the quarter. Twelve received Phi Beta Kappa keys on the twenty-seventh. April . . . with the coming of spring students could he seen answering the call of nature. The tennis courts and the golf course were crowded. Intramural athletics absorbed attention. Another girl succeeded the graduating editor of the Old Gold and Black. Religious emphasis week was held on the campus. May . . . May marked the end of the year. The Howi.k.k at last came out. Exams and gradua- tion brought touches of sadness. And the session of 1943-44 came to a close. ■■■ ■■■ |H ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ 1 !!! UE. ■■■ ■■■ ■■ step back t watch ; pair of jitterbugs perfi