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

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ing water tanks during his student days. It seemed essentially appropriate that the story of Shorty Joyner, of hot dog and hamburger fame, should be included in the first appearance of the new Student. Another contribution to the new Student was a monthly opinion page written by Santford Martin and entitled Pen Pan Alley. This first issue of The Student also carried an interesting sports short story by Bill Mcllwain. The discovery of campus writing talent was the objective of the magazine editor. Jesse Glasgow. The Student was designed and published as an outlet for student literary expression and as such its editor welcomed contributions of articles, stories, essays, and poems from Deacon students. From all corners of North Carolina and from distant regions of the South fans came to see their alma mater beat her ancient rival. State College. They came in high spirits, because they were al- most certain of victory. They came early and waited anxiously for the kickoff — the homecom- ing alumni of Wake Forest — and they stood and yelled loudly wh en the ball was booted down the field for the first time on that Saturday after- noon, October 19. They cheered wildly when the Deacons made the first touchdown of the game. The score was 6 to in favor of the Deacons, and the old grads thought the game was in the bag. The truth came when on the first play of the second quarter, Howard Turner of State drifted quietly to his right rear and sent the football sail- ing softly into the hands of end Gibson, who had managed to secure an open place in the end zone, where a caught pass means six points for the passers. The score was Wake Forest 6, State 6. One minute later the same ball drifted end over end through the Deacon goal posts to make the score 7 to 6, State College. The Wolfpack stayed ahead for the rest of the game. Heads and eyes looked into the dust and spoke no words as they left the Wake Forest side of Groves Stadium that afternoon. The bell in Wait Hall was silent, too. It was a lonesome bell with a lonesome rope that had felt the strong hands of freshmen for the three previous week-ends. It had rung long on that Friday night in Septem- ber when the Boston College defeat news had reached the campus; it had rung proudly after the Georgetown game. And it had tolled sympa- thetically for the Clemson College boys as they showered bruised muscles under the warm waters of the Deacon gym. But no one visited it on the afternoon of October 19, 1946. The bell was also supposed to remain silent the following week-end as the Demon Deacons journeyed to Knoxville, Tenn., to challenge the fourth ranking team in the nation — the mighty undefeated Tennessee Volunteers. The Deacs paid little heed to the might of the Vols as our line pushed them all over the field, and the backs ran and passed to three touchdowns, while holding the Tennesseeans to a lone tally. It was the worst defeat for a Neyland coached team at Knoxville in Volunteer record books, and back in Wake Forest the victory-bell sang out to inform the nation of the greatest victory in Deacon history. The month of November came to Wake Forest bringing with it eager anticipation of the football games that would see the Deacons representing Wake Forest against three of our biggest rivals — Carolina, Duke, and South Carolina. But this month was also contemplated with intense dread by those of us who feared the impending deluge of mid-term tests. Anxieties, however, were temporarily staved off while Wake Forest ' s big Deacons warmed up on Friday night, November 1, for their game with Duke by defeating the University of Chattanooga, 32-14, in that Tennessee city. The victory over the Chattanooga Moccasins was Number Five for Wake Forest against one defeat and sent them

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they were expected to add a little color and a little charm and even a light sprinkle of high- heeled sophistication to the 1946-47 organization. The old battered Alumni Building — of pipe smoke and cigar ashes and cigarette butts — suddenly smelled of perfume and swayed with the oratorical voices of co-ed speakers and debaters tuning up for the big opening. In this first meeting of the Wake Forest forensic group, activities were planned with special reference to participation in the N. C. Student Legislative Assembly, to the possibility of local tournaments, and to the Pi Kappa Delta National that took place in April. Our speaking and debating reputation was also boosted by the return of several former members from the service: Bobby Smith and Bynum Shaw, J. D. Davis and Larry Williams, all of whom had had plenty of previous experience in college oratory. And that experience proved to be a big factor in our wins and losses of the year. The first Wednesday in October also saw William G. Smith replacing Ben N. Cole as commander of the Deacon Post No. 312 at a meet- ing of the campus American Legion post. Every veteran on the Wake Forest campus was declared eligible for membership and invited to join the campus post. Thus with new leadership the new Wake Forest Deacon Post of the American Legion got under way in its second semester of existence. During the first week of last October, President Harry S. Truman was made an honorary member of the Philomathesian Literary Society. The pres- ident ' s name was entered on the society rolls along with those of such other dignitaries as Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, James Buchanan, and Wash- ington Irving, all of whom were so affiliated with the society in past years. The letter of acceptance was placed in the archives of the college along with personal letters from the distinguished gentlemen named above. This collection of let- ters is a highly prized possession of the society and the college. The Phi Society didn ' t stop with President Truman — that is, didn ' t stop in their attempts to build their list of honorary members — for it voted to send letters of invitation to such persons of contemporary prominence as Clare Booth Luce, Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, Winston Churchill, Walter Lippman, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Wright, George A. Buttrick, and Mrs. J. A. Webb. And so. Phi stock soared, or at least it looked impressive. While the President of the United States was being given this singular honor, a significant com- mittee was meeting in the Sky Club of the Smith- Reynolds air terminal in Winston-Salem. It was the committee in charge of planning the new cam- pus for the Wake Forest plant in the Twin City. It was revealed that the architect ' s comprehensive plan for the campus would be presented within the year, and we were told that the move to Winston-Salem would be made within five years. And so the plans for another great Christian educational plant were actively under way. The Wake Forest College literary magazine, The Student, appeared in the P. O. boxes and on the library shelves for the first time in over three years on the Homecoming week-end of the State game. The first issue featured a history of the thirty- four-year-old football rivalry between N. C. State and Wake Forest. Written by Old Gold and Black sports editor, Charlie Giles, the article presented the highlights of games in which a world ' s record kick was made, and police and firemen were called to quell a near riot. Another article featured a distinguished faculty member who was given to the weakness of paint- lii

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into the Duke game ranking thirteenth among the major football teams of the nation. On the same day that our football aggregation turned in such a spectacular performance on the gridiron against Chattanooga, we saw our college become $100,000 richer when Jasper L. Memory, director of the College News Bureau, announced that two Wake Forest alumni of Rockingham had each given $50,000 to the school. The generosity of these two men, Mr. C. H. Teague and Mr. T. A. Haywood, provided a boost for the projected build- ing program on the Reynolds ' property at Winston- Salem, as their gifts were ear-marked for that purpose. It was learned also in early November that Angel Street was coming to Wake Forest. On that day, John Dixon Davis, director of the Little Theater, held tryouts for the parts to be played in this production — the first to be presented by the group for the school year. After much hair- pulling and nail-biting, the director and his aide, Bynum Shaw, selected the cast and work was soon well under way for the play, to be presented on January 9 and 10. However, Bill King, pres- ident of the Little Theater, along with Davis and Shaw, could still be seen accosting students who wandered their way, in a search for stage workers, make-up and costuming experts. The cast selected for the leading character parts in Patrick Hamilton ' s stage play included Doti Haworth, Jim Hobbs, Marcus Gulley, Sophie Webb, and Betlie Horsley, and early in the month Shaw and Davis had already cracked many a whip in the direction of this cast. With November, it was again time for those of our freshman class who could be induced to go to the polls to elect their officers for the year. As in most years, a large group was nominated; but on the fifth of the month their classmates nar- rowed down the group in the primary by sending Graham Barefoot and J. R. Carter, both of Wil- mington, into the run-off for president of the class with Barefoot finally emerging victorious. The first year men also elected J. K. Hanson as their vice president and Mary Elizabeth Westbrook their secretary-treasurer. At about this time another campus group was electing officers. The Wake Forest College chap- ter of Phi Beta Kappa met on November 4 and re- elected Dr. H. B. Jones, English Department head, as their president for the school year. To the vice presidency the scholars elected Dr. A. C. Reid, and Professor Carlton P. West was selected as secretary of the group. W ork on the college annual began to gain momentum early in November with the wheels behind the book demonstrating much effort to- ward laying the necessary preliminary work for publication. Student portrait appointments were made, photographers for the book could daily be seen snapping informal shots around the campus; and text writers, receiving assignments from the editor, teed off on their respective tasks. The week prior to the Wake Forest-Duke foot- ball game saw the experts establish the Deacons as the favorites, and it marked the first time since 1929 that Duke had met Wake Forest as the under- dog. The Deacs entered the game with five wins under their belts, whereas the Devils had suffered four losses out of six starts. However, Duke ' s Blue Devils upset the dopesters on November 9 by a convincing 13-0 win over Wake Forest ' s Demon Deacons in Duke Stadium. Wake Forest students recovered in time to observe Sadie Hawkins Day for the first time on November 15 with a dance at the Community House that night. Those who attended came Dogpatch style, dressed like the American classical characters, Li ' l Abner and Daisy Mae — 20 — ■ —