Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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ROBERT CAMAC President JOEL SHARP Vice President MARILYN HARER Secretary RICHARD ATHERLY Treasurer SENUm CLASS The last of Bucknell ' s war orphans , the mem- bers of the class of 1949, entered their Alma Mater in November, 1945 and in March, 1946, when Bucknell was still under accelerated schedule. The November freshmen found the remains of the Naval V-5 and V-12 programs still in operation on the campus, and the college enrollment still con- sistino of a small 1,200 students, with the number of women in the majority. March, w ith tlie inHu.x of the veterans, brought a change in these situations. The Navy disap pearcd, the enrollment increased considerably, and the women no longer held the weight ol niimhers. It was a short ear from November to June, Init the 49 Iresliinen orgaiii ed successlulU under the leadership of l ' »ichard McCiinn, jiiditli Martin. Elizabeth Birdsall, and Jack Jackson. With the arri al of l all, l ' -)46, and a more normal year at Bucknell, the new sophomores reorganized under lack Jackson, Richard Watson, Dorothy Yawner, and Judith Martin. These officers led the class in its successful coming-out party, the Sophomore Cotillion. The December prom lea- tured I ial Mclntyre and liis band, ,ind Alma Fagot was chosen Sophomore Queen. Alma reiuned again in I ' -H , when the class presented the [unior liall in l-ebrLiar , with C ' l.uule Thornhill ' s orchestra. Class members, now led b Bernie Bujak, Clint Marant , Marian Merrill, and Bett Lou Snyder, were making iheii ' presences felt in all phases ol campus acti it . As tluir junior year came to a close, the ' Torty-niners took over the stuilent responsibilities ol a post-war lUick- nell. rheir Alma M.iler had cluniged consiilerabU since No ember. |94S, and tluA h.nl w. itched .mil aided in the transition. 28