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

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DEACON RAY GREETS DEACON JIM, SAY HEY DEACONS ! BEAT THE DEVIL ! OUT OF DOOK ! Hex. Oeais! Beat the devil (.ul of Duke! echoed tliroughout Baptist Ihilhiu during homeecuniiig weekend. On Friday evening. Nuveniher 12. a pep rally began the traditional e enl. The chant Go Deacs Go! couhl he heard for miles around . . . torches v ' ere lighted . . . the college band struck up Oh. Here ' s to Wake Forest . . . students gathered around a giant bonfire. Excitement inebriated the crowd as the golden flames from the fire lighted the surroundings and warme l the chill November air. It was a sleepless night for the frater- nities. First there were parties: then decora- tions had I., be pul up for tli. ' billouiii daN . On Saturdax. the big da . high scIkjcj! bands arrived, as well as the Duke and Wake Forest bands, to provide eye-filling halftime entertainment. .Shenanigans of Deacons Jim DeVos and Ray Whitlex ranged from the spectacular to the ridic u lous to keep the Deacon fans howling. Eluding the activities was the Tonimx Tucker dance, uhicli was held as usual al the Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh. Thus another homi to an end. ' If we d touchdown. . . . ■ oming weekend inl tnade one A huge mound ..r wood sloul - i-. ll:ipsrs, ami sparks fly lliicufjli Ih. III.- l.uiliiliK l..iliti]r ,lart l.ackwanl. slill .--liouling -Vcali Dca.s ' at t LiKI ' cprallv An early morning IT. iwi I of colt enthusiasts watcl arc Koll Ki ' -ats. Cillers Dirk Tl.l.lv .iihI .Vni.iia 1 ' : iti-lil,ctHcriitlilvc«- Vakc Foresters wh.i h as Hillv .Joi Pattou tries to siuk a putt. •V

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INTRAMURALS FEATURE NAMES WHICH ARE IMOST PICTURESQUE AND QUITE IMAGINATIVE Hieliliehliii III. Sigma Chis l.all tn.|iliy : mtiamuial [ rugrani for fall. t(uiili f(.(,ll,all l.ruujilu with it an cnllmsiastir ii-spiMisi- frdiii iiian an ardent fuolhall adiliit im the campus. Bearing names imaginative but significant, eight Fraternity League teams and eight Inde- pendent League teams battled shoulder- wise with unusual heat and furv for the all-campus football championship. Through a series of bitter conflicts the fate of each team was decided. Sigma Chi climbed to the top spot in the Fraternity League In edging Sigma Phi Epsilon. last year ' s win- ners. 7-6 in a hard-fought battle, while the Colonial Club put down the Pi-Rockets, who except for a loss to the seminary were uridifratrd. for the Independent League cliainpioriship. Sigma Chi. matched with the Colonial Club in the final skirmish for the campus championship, emerged from the intramural grid field uidieaten to cap- ture the campus crown. In the campus golf tourne) Ken Ethe- ridge defeated Carwile LeRoy for the golf champi(jnship. Louis Hayes took the cam- pus tennis championship b defeating Howard Abernathy. The men on campus were obviously ath- letic minded, as seen by the great number who participated in intramurals. Both independents and fraternity men had an op- portunity to display their athletic abilities. As the 1954 season, iivu i,.;, ,l,, r, tlir SiKni:i (■|iisi.miTt;,.(his Ihr i-mipus intraimiral loot hai: .-11:01. pi., n- I ' l.iiii.M ;,l,.,vi ' ar. ' Sifinia Clii foot- l.all.a-. W.,ll, Tiiiii. ' i, IJIi.TJ.In. ' . (Jiay, CHiHav. li.iyal S. ' , ' .,nii r.AV, ll,,U(;li, St.ik.ie, .M,-( llnl. ' V, .lanii ' s, li)MniliKliarii. Ilniiri.-, Ula. ' k, n);lit. Intramural Golf champion l.,i Ih. ' fall, K.-n J lhiii.Ji;. ' Characteristic ..I th. ' hi ' ali.l a.li..ri in Wake F.ncst intramural .■.,niprlili.,ri Ko. ' S tim.UKli a prarli.-,. session I., keep U|i his t, lf , i Hie s.-ciie l„.|ow as llie Sis l ' :|)s aridthe I ' iKA ' s liattic for IIm ' .■lusiv. ' hall. .T

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The theme of knocking ihr Blin ' D.viis .jui ..I tin- Ojutikc HhwI w.m lust |]riz.- lor tin- SiKiiia With a cook book ami :i leu o.ld iii- Clll- 111 III,- linlii,.,-,,, t;,l,.r,,rall.ill r,,lltr l, Till- srlllllniTlt was ll. -,. lull iliclirt spi ' ll thi- llirture. (irnllrlils, Ih.-.air.lsi], Ik.sHvickiai..k,ai flS i !S£S»S ' ' 4 SPORTING PATRIOTIC BLACK AND GOLD UNIFORMS AND SEVEN PAIRS OF PRETTY LEGS, THE MAJORETTES EVERYBODY WANTS TO PUT ON A SHOW Raising a little dust, ilu-cr- I.Milrr-.Salji-v. Hi-i.l. .Mitrlirjl, Honii ' coiiiiii — llif M ' l ' x wind sprlU nostalgia fur the ultl graduates. Krcuii far atifl near they came tii see the festival that has lierdiiie a traclitiiin at Wake Forest. From feverish preparation and hard »ork has come a program which inrpresses the inosi callous rivals with its color and planning. Ever thing »as arranged li llii ' local students except the Duke irl.ir in a chisely contested haltle. I he lival Icani made the last arrangement themselves. The game provided its share of thrills. nes|iitc the rahid cheering of the crowd, the Wake Forest spirit emerged too late lo prevent defeat. It was felt that had the game lasted long,-r the I leacs uould lunc During half-time the fans were thrilled with the college hand ' s presentation of Dixie I and music. Further excitement was stirred when three former students were presented. Miss North Carolina of 19.54. Hetty Jo Ring, ami two outstanding golfers. riiold Palmer and Billy Joe Patton. were guests ol ihe college for the day- The i-rouning of coed Jan Bell as Miss Demon Deacon also added interest to the liig da . The decorations on the dorms and fra- leiiiil houses that the coeds and men iMirked on so hard were spectacular.