Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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AQ' x Class of Ufficers wx E lncixrx Xlnuxxi rl. D4-i.1,on' K,u'Ht,f,Px RLILLY fhicr GATES BICDONALD P11 :dint l'itr-I'rrsitl'fnl Srtrrlrzry Tran: urn SE IDR C ASS HISTURY We were 180 in September, '41, when we began what most of us naively thought would be a nor- mal college career. Yet we should have been warned by that first issue of the Student, Faculty Votes Special Exams for Drafted Menf, Freshman week plunged us into Bates traditions and respon- sibilitiesAthe CA Tent, meetings. receptions, and more meetings, tour of the libe. IMUR. ice cream at a meeting for WA,-X, and then Stanton Ride. Hot-dogs toasted over a fire. then our picture lwlllll happened to Connie's shoe?i. and then a walk through the woods in the steps of Uncle Johnny, topped off by cider and doughnuts. Classes --fwho is that tall blonde? Don't you think heis cute? Only three words. Dance Saturday Night, and on Friday mornings the work of the Unholy 13. ,Ionesie as an Indian, Howie prematurely bald, and Culler-f-Y Who was it that fished so unsuccess- fully from the chapel steps? Rumors of water fights. broken doors. and a stink bomb -all in Roger Bill. Mountain climbs-ralliesg Back-to- Bates Weekelicl --paradesegames.--remember our trip to Colby and rumors concerning the Bowdoin polar bear?vSaturday night dancesfyes, fresh- man girls always get rushedfMothers, Weeketitl. the first formal, Soph Hop, and Tea Dance. December 7. and next day the broadcast of dec- laration of war in Fiske. As Ralph Tuller wrote, Chapel programs, and football games, and college spirit. and Bowdoin polar bears all seem suddenly to have lost the importance we gave them a few days ago. All at once we realize how essentially insignificant our own little problems and our own little lives really are. Traft, Barb Littlefield, Romeo, and Kay Reilly were elected class officers. California took his place on Stu-C. Exams and our first carnival with Marty Blais- dell as Queen. Measles -sleigh rides-cabin par- tiesfappendectomies. 27 of us made Dean's List that first semester, believe it or not. Barb Cox earned 4 point. Johnny Marsh as Abe. At spring elections Traft and Barb were reelected and Chris Stillman and Bob Corish filled in as secretary and treasurer respectively. Barb was also named sophomore representative for Stu-C, as was Stonie. Johnny Morrison and Ken Drummond made Stu-C. Benny placed third in the oratorieal contest. Traft and Jaye soloed at the spring con- cert. Four of us made the Betty Bates Parade. Remember Ray Cool on campus for Ivy with Von- nie Chase? Don and Hal Marr-mayors. We left Bates that first year in the middle of May. November saw only 150 of us returning to Bates for our sophomore year. 17 fellows immediately enlisted in the Reserves in hopes that it would keep them in college a while longer. Blackouts- air raidsfRed Cross courses. Chris Stillman, Bea Benson, Thelma Rainville. Bob Vernon, Benny, Gene Woodcock, Ervin Perkins, Dave Kendall, and others were already second semester sophomores

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JOHN H. GRIMES Major: licommniics: Band 1, 2, IZ. -1: Vlafnn Key 32, 43 1'rosQ-f'nuntry 1, 2, f'n-Vzlptaiii 33, Faptain 4: Outing Club Junior Body 1, 2, Director 3, Presi- dent 4: Robinson Players 1, 2, il. 4: Pulllishinfl Assm-iatinn, Yiee-President -11 Prortur -1: Mirror SME 35: Trai-k 1, 2, 3, 4: Skiin 1, 2, ii, 4: Yar- Sity Club Zi, -1: Ivy Day Speaker. HAROLD H TODD JR Concord N H l lllt ll: llll t U ft Illl ALBERT A. GELLER XX est Newton Islam. fvieiltifie Un-iety -1: :. 'e 1: . - ELEANOR B. CARROLL Vine, Mass. Major: English: Heelers 3: Student Staff 4, IIOT cnllullllt U1 N 1110 0 X 96 QI 1' EVELXN H MARSDEN Um Lmlulnll Nm to cr t 1 in tununtn Nm to n x Pu L Q ui . . . aim . 4: 0,5 . e. man rn 1. , B:nml1,L,Z, :S 1:5-If , 1- - it Ba v a,er L, I 2 - . iz n -ie ZA 4, Nuine a 5: Jnr an Athul. Mass. Leu mon Mc JANE RAWSON TOMPKINS Rockland, Mass. Major: Sociology: Transfer Student in Soplm more Year: Technical Stat? for Abe Liueoln' 12: First Aid Course 2: Heelera 3, 4: Robin Son Player 3, -1: Community Servit-e Vninmi: sion 3: Bates Radio Studia 4: Ileauk List -1 Assistant in Speech and Dramaties -1.

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spectively, Johnny Morrison, secretary-treasurer of because they accelerated. Chris. Ervin and Benny got 4 point. Jeffrey Lynn!!! In that famous Pre-Maine Rally Barney Harkins. our Senator, spoke and we heard the swing cheer for the first time-lmember? Bates women were allowed in the Chase Hall Lounge at the Saturday nite dances. Connie with her diamond and off to a wedding in Dec. Not so many Sat. nite dances nowadays-Hanyhoo, we old sophs were left in the lurch. Too many cute freshmen. Our own Soph Hop. 24 on Dean's List. Men leaving right and left for the Service. and the temporary suspension of the Student, except for special editions. Nothing the same, at all. Men of our class coming back in uniform. News of the V-12. Scottie as Betty Bates. Stonie and Mickey were elected vice-president of Stu-G and WTAA re- Stu-C, Scottie. secretary of CA and Traft and Barb Littlefield to PA. Once more it was Traft and Barb as class officers and Mickey and Bob Corish as secretary and treasurer respectively. 685 Bates men in the Service. and 4 gold stars already. Chris Stillman a Phi Bete. Profs Knapp. Britan. Gould. and Whitehorne retired in June. How the diamonds glittered in November '43! Pat Merrill and Connie Nickerson back for a try at studies instead of housekeeping. Prohibitionf of whistling on campus for V-12ers. Mt. David out- of-bounds. Lou Scolnik. Frankie Burroughs. Zeke Finch, Jonesie, Jackie Joyce and Dave Lindquist in at 10 o'clock for a change. Bell bottoms re- place gabardines on the campus. Bowdoin men galore. Reveille at 5:45Mohh, how we hate to get up in the morning! BASC. Class officers-Mary Guiney, Mickey, Penny Gates, Kay Reilly. News of Skip Mulhearn's death overseas-our first gold star. Our class baby-Cheryl McGlory. Our own Ivy Day and the Garnet Room of the Bates-well, er-Club, guess you'd call it. Tickets to Niagara for Sinny and Zeke. and a can opener for Chrissie. a leash for Petie and Gene las if one were neededll Barb Phillips and Ervin Perkins named to Phi Bete. Back home for our last summer. Shirley Stone went off to Mexico. Our senior year! All of us busier than before. Glad to be almost through and sorry to leave. Prexie's inauguration. And you know what I mean by 'in time! ' Youngsters in the V-12. Our own Carnival with Janie Webber the most beauti- ful queen ever and her extraordinarily lovely court from the Class of '45. Next to the last exams, and nostalgia for the days of the Bobcats and Bates men. Shirley Stone and Babs-magnas, and Wil- lie-a cum. Gene out in Cal, but named to Phi Bete. Lili Flechtheim and Shirley Stone. too. Bob Harris and Tony Drago missing for so long and then POWs-news of the men of '45 in Service: Purple Hearts, marriages-Romeo Baker, the first married, Ted Collins. Bill Chamberlain. Pete Mc- Guinness, Howie Morris. Lou Jordan: stationed from one end of the world to the other. Class en- gagements: Bet and Jack. Barb and Marvin. Polly and Took, Petie and Gene. Class marriages: Blanchie and Bud plus Cheryl, Sinny and Zeke: those who didn't choose a Bates '45er. Connie. Boots lnow plus Rickey born in Aprill. Irene Myers Daitch. Olga Liimatta Pierce. Jean Purinton Maynard. Ervin Perkins. Penny Gates McDonald-W off to Texas just before mid-years.-'I'ina Hemore Gray, Chris Stillman Kolstad. Lee Jewell Ballard. E. D.'s death and war in Europe nearing a close. May 15th. theses due and just around the corner graduation. and some June marriages. We were lucky. we '45ers, for we had one year of real Bates life before the war knocked at the gates of our ivory tower. Some T9 or 80 of us have seen it through. but the days when we were all here together bring back the fondest memories. CLASS OF 1945 FROM BATES HOMES Sfamfzvrl. I,-it In ftfhti ,lolin lf. l'Qiicel.tml flrlcxtcr R Kncc- larid. 'IS and Xlaririn Foes Knee-l.intl, 'ISJL Xlary fi, 'liililtctts lLuther D, Tihhetts. 'Wok Louis vlortlan. -lr tlnitiis lttrtlan, 'liz gramlfatlicr, lsrael .lHl'tl.lIl. 'STM liatherine .X Usewi-l lll'illi.zm Lf Osnootl, X'l'I1 Rtilictt L' Ycrtifiri fllcrcy L Yer- rion. lion, 'ii .intl tru-tecli Lhristtnc ,l Stillman 1R.ivtnt-titl D. Stillman. 'ltr and llarlene Rane Stilltiiati. 'lhlg Etltniintl XY. Nuttinc 4rr.intll.ither. ,l'tl1t1 XY. lltittliins. ATSDZ Ncxtcll N Tfiothal-:er lerttntlfather. Nc-well l', Nttlilc. 'TTJI ,lean Purin- ton lEtlii-in Xl, Purinton. 'l9: :r.in.it.4thcr. llert-ert R Piirm ton. C11-hh '9-ll. Fran! Rox' Ufatfffl: Nliriam rl. Dtillwfi tZel.1 Britlrharii Dollofi, 'l2l: Elizabeth Jewell fglwliri P. -leuell. 'flflg srantl- father. Leslie C. Jewell. 'iili Virginia Parsons. special ittl- dent llired .-X. Parsons, X'lSlg Constance S. Blaistlell 1I.e-w XV. Blaisdcll, 'l2l. Szforzd Rott-2 Elizabeth Davis fllwrace gl. Davis, 'lik Bea- trice l . lVoodworth 4.-X. Alden Xl'oodworth. .-Xdv. 'itilz Fred R Jones, lr. flired R. Jones. XTIQV Stanton C, Lamb ffelm Smith Lamb, 'ITJ. Third Rox: Howard S. Dion fXlaurire H Dion. '2ll: Eu- gene L. Woodcock Cliarl S. Woodcock. 'IS and Hazel Luce lVoodcock. '22J: lane A. Smith tDoris lrigersol Smith. 'liz grandfather. Tohmas P. Smith, 'TMI Carolyn C. Peterson fCharles XV. Peterson. '21 and Beatrice Clark Peterson, '225.