Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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FROSH CLASS The class of 1945 started out their social activities with a reception at the home of Dr. and Mrs. John Wirt Dunning. Once in the swing, it wasn't long before the neo- phytes underwent their orientation into the duties to upperclassmen and the necessity for a particular type of distinguishing mark fgreen bows and potsj. After hurling ignominious epithets at each other for several days, the two youngest classes of men in Alma met, at the instigation of the Sophomores, at Davis Field for a flag rush of 15 seconds easily taken by the freshmen. The Paiama Parade brought Pioneer Hall out into the public thorough-fares of Alma to exhibit their gay night garments and to be duly cured of all insubordination in the subsequent command performance at the Strand Theatre, where histrionic ability early showed itself. November 8 marked the calendar with the Frosh Frolic, on the night of the Alma- Albion game. Making use of the fine new chapel recreation room, committees planned an All-Frosh class party for December 9. Early January brought a humorous chapel hour with freshman boys displaying their talents. At about this time marked ability in the freshman class in general began to show itself: Beth Aron and Emma Richter in debate and Bob Henny and Betty Powers in drama. The freshman were well accustomed to the idea of pledging by the latter part of January: smokers and open houses had been in progress all fall. Thus February found would-be fraternity men doing sentinel duty in front of Wright Hall, along with other equally unusual activities, and non-sorority women being led through a maze of spreads, teas, and rushing parties prior to their more belated initiations. All in all, the class of T945 proved itself worthy in many fields, scholastically it ranked very high, in debate, oratory, athletics, and general progressive outlook it took its place as well as filling to many leadership capacities. 105

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