Allegheny College - Kaldron Yearbook (Meadville, PA)

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XXX X X FRESHMAN YEAR-September of 1937: 196 naive and confused freshmen enter-used as guinea pigs for the administration's new ventures into the realm of modern education-first freshman class to take the comprehensive examinations-Tarbell House inhabi- tants made life merry for themselves and a continual headache for the faculty -the future president of the senior class was a chubby little fellow in a bright red jacket-new faces, new studies, new ideas, work, term papers, reserve assignments-but it was a lot of fun. IUNIOR YEAR--September of 1939: 122 of the class of 1941 come back as Iuniors- Bob Oberlin, Don Starr, and Mary Brock elected to Phi Beta Kappa while still juniors- a notable achievement-this year being Allegheny's 125th anniversary, a celebration was in order, and for the first time in history the sheltered women of the campus were allowed out until 2:30 A. M.-- Ted Fio Rito at the Anniversary Dance signi- fies the first name band at Alle-gheny's many dances. SOPHOMORE YEAR-September of 1938: 134 new but much less naive sophomores return-the Cwens estab- lish their prize for the greatest improvement on the Comprehensives, Hrst awarded to Rudy Blake-a dead horse is left on the steps of Bentley to mark a new high in college humor, and the only known example of voluntary cooperation of three fraternities SENIOR YEAR-September of 1940: 106 seniors regis ter again and begin the fight to graduation -all sen iors must attend chapel-a record number of seniors listed in Wh0'.r Who in Americmz Collagen- Wible Seitz, Oberlin, Taylor, Gibbs, Robertson, and Faloon -cornerstone of Brooks Hall laid on Homecoming Day--a busy year with comprehensives the cause of many worries- a number of the male members were caught in the draft and after Iuly 1 will be Wearing uniforms.

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FO R YE RS RECAPTURED DAVID ROBERTSON RUTH-ELLEN BLAKE GP-IL BURKETT XVILLIARI Mcliwxax

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