Aurora University - Pharos Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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..-if-,L A 'CHE UQPHQQOS -'Sfk-f'-452'-Avr-A-A-1-+..x.fx,C'A :fa 1' A ul 1.4, 'X V Av iNfgAN.fg .4kr'-L15-4.1! The Record of'3Q In the fall of 1928 the class of '32 joined the Good ship Aurora ' . D 2, as recruits. The older sailors first made this motley bunch of tars into deck-swabbers-but not for long! I Our men rose rapidly in rank. Three made the football team, two the basketball team, and four girls played on the girls' basketball team. For our pilot we chose Mr. Hewitt, whose eagle eye we judged might abl for- Y see the storms ahead, -and pilot us safely through them Curt' M L g . is' ac ean became first mate with Martha Cleary, second mateg Miriam Watkins, purserg. and Emma Reichart recorder of our activities. We gave as our first play Cinderella 0'Reilly. ' In that year it was decided to add as many improvements as possible to the h. s ip. We helped to do our share in this work by planting a group of pine trees which became known as The Freshman Forest. e In our second Mary' Jane Otte, and Wilbur Murra toaid him Durifirst diit ' ' ' . y was to initiate the recruits into the joys of sea. life on board the Aurora -this we did with the d ' bl a mira e ability and whole-hearted enthusiasm becoming to third class seamen. Not only did many of us participate in sports but we furnished the basketball cap- tain-Paul Kess. ' year Philip Ayto-n took the position of first mate with Evelyn Lull' . On Valentine's night we produced the comedy Billy which was permeated 'th , W1 an essence of the sea. Dorothy Bair and Phil Ayton were the principal characters in it. ' A At the beginning of our third year at sea several of our membershad f k orsa en life on the billows, but to balance our loss Charlcie and Charlie Singleterry Fran- R' Gl Y ces inne, adys Lucas, and Jo Lucas joined our class. with George Hall vice- president, Evelyn Lull, treasurer 5 and Dorothy Bair, 'secretaryghelping Ikobe-rt Burns at the helmj . 1 Phil Ayton -and Evelyn Lull were captains of the basketball teams and Robert Burns was tennis captain. George Hall was chosen football captain for the fol- 1 I - 0 . ' 7 0 l I owing year ther members of the crew took active and important parts in ex- tra-curricular activities. f A ' Our 'third play, The Drums of Death, was the first attempt to give a mys l tery p ay. It was coached by llfIr. Perry and was so well received that it was given on two nights. Franklin Alexander and Dorothy Bair had the leading parts. In connection with the play our sailors built a new set for the stage In the Accrediting Campaign we had the honor of being the first' to reach our quota. On May 7 we entertained our superiors, the first class seamen, around the festive board at the Elks' Club. Thgey, however, had originated a new social event by taking us on a picnic at Johnson's Mound on the evening of April 24, I . , To date the sailors of '32 have done their share on the ship Aurora, Next year will be our last voyage, and with three years of service behind us we shall have attained the ranks of first class seamen. . Fair Weather ahead! HARRIET ANDREW. A-VA 4s..4..+,4.1LAL4A,4-4-4Q4-fb4f4-'4-'+'9 93 . ifwenly-three

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