West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

Page 16 text:

Robert Reger, Hank Ellis, Kathleen Judy, Betty W illiams, and Mary Lib Harper for the work they have done. They ' ve sold hot dogs at the football games. They ' ve peddled Coca Cola. They ' ve crusaded for the Union and got what everyone wanted. And thanks go to Dr. Hyma for the dream. A college in action is a great machine. The parts of the machine seem scarcely to belong to each other — and yet each interdependent part makes the whole run smoothly. If a freshman only had time to see the D LAMBERT, DEAN 01 [ HI ILLI ' .( parts, he might he baffled — but luckily it all turn-- so rapidly that his IRnlRLF FOR THF AXIS PROM WESLEYAN FRESHMEN mind H-cv little but the grand pattern. One is awed by the dignity of the Dean, who seems to be the chief engineer. That beneath his dignity there is kindness is soon evident. Re- sponsibilities seem to collect about him. Dr. Lambert does not shirk responsibilities. He seems to welcome them along with the friendship of all the students. Freshmen found themselves col- lecting old scrap metal to further the salvaging campaign of the govern- ment. From the old well, they drew no old oaken bucket. They drew out the pump itself and carted it away to that mounting stack of trouble for the Axis. It was a duty. It was hard

Page 15 text:

that strange, incomprehensible col- lege institution called registration. Somehow it worked, and everyone found he had prescribed classes at prescribed hours. The sessions with the advisers were a bit disconcerting, for preconceived ideas about pro- fessors began to break down. They were human after all. They seemed willing to help and to listen. The picnics were the best of all. That afternoon in Jackson ' s grove was the goodby to home and the hello to this new world. Even other fresh- men suddenly came alive. Nothing • I I DEN I I Nil ' I t M II Bai I Brown. Middle row: McDonald, executive secretary; Steele, Hymt, Harper, Thome, Kill- I i u Williams, treasurer; . Reger. really caught the spirit of the new- comers until almost without thinking or planning they staged one of the shows of the year — in their own name. It was a strange show — a mix- ture of everything that they said was W esleyan — ami thev called it Ameri- can Wesleyan. AI Boyles with Willie on his knee brought a new art to the campus; l)c Sales Purkev ' s voice joined the long tradition of good music at Wesleyan; ami Mary Jane Conley read Patterns. Yes, W es- leyan had gained something when these youngsters came — and they were just representative of the whole group. Then Freshman Week was over. It had not been college. That was soon to be seen. It had made college easier. It had been the change from one thing to another — and not at all unpleasant. The Student Union was at work from the very b eginning. Here was an organization that was scarcely a year old. Nancy Goodwin, the presi- dent, was there to meet the train. Ami when it came to planning and staging of parties, Jack McDonald stepped even beyond his office as executive secretary to make the whole campus the sort of place one likes to live on. An organization nt all the students and faculty is one thing. A working organization of such pro- portions is another. This group de- termined to give the students recre- ation of the best sort — ami a recrea- tion center. There has been the finest democratic spirit growing out of the dancer and parties. The Student Union PX is a success. W esleyan owes a great debt to Nancy Goodwin, Jack McDonald, Curtis Thome, Jerome Brown,

Page 17 text:

STUDENT COUNCIL u Hudson, K- Roberts, C. P.ist, H. Sharp, K Knox, tresidenlj K Tannehill, C. Thinn., C i Kalafal. Sealed Dl I W, BroyleS. basketball players. He handed out many a thrill with his fast pace on the floor. And he was a scholar. That adds to the respect one hold-, for a fellow-student these days. He was president ot the A K Pi frater- nity. He even waited tables in the dormitory in his spare time. Strange thing, too, he never seemed to he too busy to he friendly. And he was typi- cal of that student body governing board. Look at these names: Roberta Roberts, Herb Sharp, Curtis Thome, Kay Tannehill, Art Dunn, Nancy work — but, too, it was fun. Strange combination, work and fun, hut they so often get together around a col- lege. It ' s all a mixture hut it blends. Duty, service, ambition, work, fun, and the game — it ' s life in itself. student lias his share ot duty around a campus. Take the Student Council. It has a big job, governing the whole student body and cooperat- ing with the faculty in the plans and task-- of the college. Kenny Knox was the president of the 1 942-4 ! Stu- dent Council. He had the respect of everyone on the campus. Besides being the president of the student body, he was just about everything else, too. He was one of our star l ii.i Hughi ■ ' i Kccd, 10 ihc Dean, i L-urer. miih bk ■n «| | Goodwin, Charles Post, Bill Hudson, and John Kalafat. That ' s the list.