Central Methodist University - Ragout Yearbook (Fayette, MO)

Text from Pages 1 - 160 of the 1947 volume:

'N ,fwf3..ffP 0 Y A fl gglgzfgj , if 1 i cl -14 -:W V. X- N, Tiff J : i I I i 4 1 l V X l z I i . ix' w v ' 1 I i GONT . NENT PUBL , BRARY ,..,,.C.,N,...-.M PUBLIC IIIIIIIQIQLIQM Q!lMQ1,'QlQIQQIIQIIIIIH g,g5gng?g1ge,egeB'anw Nl P g indepbgdenoo. M0 54050 Zfl9 7 Cgpywrighl, 1047 The Ragoul Fayeile, Mo. A SYMPHONIC TONE POEM FOR FULL ORCHESTRA GNQD Composltlon KEITH INNES Production Arrangements NANCY I-IUTCHISON Premiere Presentation Effects ROBERT ROTI-TER SARA LIVERMORE GNTQD Pubhsher THE STUDENT BODY OF CENTRAL COLLEGE Fayette Mlssourl OPUS 38 Harmony 0 omwmfzce' Uf Qfffly Kwai of Complimmfaq Trogimmme Ifeywfgvfiofe To . . , Spayde ,.., A Cappella Choir ..,. Qrgan preludes . . . Stained Windows ..., Arched stone .... Carved Wood .... Bach...-.Koeni ....S g aeger .... Weston .... Call to Worship ..,. Beautiful Savior .... Sevenfold Amen .... Vibrant expression in tl'1e Universal Language .... I Page 4 Vearboolcs of the past decade have thoroughly exhausted themes ol, and dedlcatlons to, symbols ol war It IS therefore, wuth an especial sense ol the Fortunate that we are able to turn to emblems ol attempted stablllty lor our dedlcatlon, more spe cuhcally, to the IDSDIVIDQ notes ol the creeds ol the world, spe clhcally, to those ol our own l.1nn Memorial Church May all religions struggle to adjust themselves to the needs ol conlused humanity, to match the emotional value ol the wealth ol great music based on them and to approach the practlcal Goals set belore them by their lounders Introdzwtory ores Lite is a sym ony l inti etail, of myriad harmonies that b ' ' d toge f i th tempo ol the whole. 'N th the wi' ing 1- -gato that fea- tures colleg us ton ibrating on the personalities of the s nts, t Central. Form- ing around this chief th Q the symphony ofthis- allow us one more-ye of destiny played itself so naturally in our mind at we had only to hold it together long enough o put it down on our score For you. As we built our tone poem from single outstanding notes struclt by you-Fleeting images-we were actually startled at the unity of the Finished picture., The movements fell smoothly together r your confused First impressions, gaining sere t in development of the theme, and Force i ur ried overthe longer passages, d, N. '4 Cl6f182l ously near cacophony, the ov rall He t was of a group of serious seelcers h a e 1- a ove petty annoyances, yet are co tan ,. striv -- for shown them they must attain. . Through the year we have :sued you-in b the new heights to which the V- - arge has the classroom, across the town . a campus, into your rooms, and, we hope, into ur very dreams --and have tried to catch in the music derived therefrom enough to bring baclc vividly-as only good m ' n--the succession of moments- gra d Flippant, wild and serene, tense and ed blue and happy-that was your expe- ri ce on a college campus in 1947. W , as the First chords ol remembrance are frenzied GCfiVitYf and rushed to 6 l1i8lW 6 ' - stru s . . threads of harmony recalled . . . . f O I ing climax in the Finale. Spurts ol brill V, ce If Page 6 hony may nm W away e W WAMW0Wn1gnM!!eqfz0 Sub Warne: gone gfrvpfzemf 'orufucfon Wafune nddfonemfngfindanli hief 76' 91 fha Qgfudenf ECO C h fn Wgfmfn h fuify 7 f U X John Golson back to pre-warform .... Blank clock-face was confusing 'til the Ah! Freshman officers- cavorting thru Freshie pajama parade .... painter showed up again .... Swyden talent nite .... Esquires played O inaugurates post-war football. this first of many dances .... The 1946 Ragout was out .... the choir, Nine intense weeks, no finals, one short band and Dean Wright were thrilling a Music l-lall month . ., A - audience . . . Fred Vinson was new chief jus- tice .... a fresh student body constitution was straining at the leash backed by high ideals of a council Uof, by and forthe students .... hotel disasters scourged the nation. Yesl It was Spring, 'l946l And goodbye to Seniors, hello to summer.l Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, Plenty of sunshine headin' my way. .,. . Some hundred bravest of the brave find the water cooler than the classroom, spend half the summer at the city park .... McMurry is shared with the coeds. Truman Kayos GPA, Louis Vetoes Conn Draft Extended, GI Raises, Put Through NO SATURDAY, AFTERNOON CLASSES You don't have to learn how to read ' and write, When youire out with a fellow in the pale moonlight, Doin' what comes naturally. l-l. G. Wells Dead Polio at Worst Since 'l9'l6 Riots in India Bombs in Palestine Then, back to ,... Good l-leavensl 450 freshmenl RECORD ENROLLMENT AT CENTRAL. 'l0,000 Register at M. Ll. freshies, orientated by a still-proud Student Council and harried by a week of lecturesanol tests, still manage a fine talent show. New at Central are: Major readings, the prospect of a strong football machine, gas heat- ing Cno smokeb, and veterans-350-taking all four class presiclencies and l'loward-Payne by storm. l'm keepin' my eye peeled on you. Whatls the good word tonite? Are you going to be mellow tonite? Society hurriedly makes up for four lost years. Fayette glitters briefly with lights,ancl hogs, MGY 19 Kansas City Alumni Treat Page 8 Sec. Wallace Speaks Llp for the Eirst Time, Is Replaced by Harriman Andersonls Army in First Strenuous Drills EAGLES SI-IOW POWER IN LOSING TO ROLLA The Freshmen stage a pajama parade preced- ing a bare 'IQ-6 Ioss to a strong Miner eleven. Rushing activity begins a bit unevenly. Many Centralites see Birds Iose-in second half this time-alter two Iirst-period T. D.is at Nllfarrensburg, 'I4-'IQ. Cardinals Win I'Iistory's First Pennant Play-oti, Go on to Upset Bo-Sox. Strike onel TwoI Threel Eourl Drivers, power workers, movies, teachers! E Roy IVIoore's combo bows in at Freshman Tacky Dance as Siler searches surrounding cities Ior saxes, and meteorites shower from the tail oi a comet. You can ii you try Don't tell me no lie Qle' Buttermilk Skyl Two quick pigskin victories register as oI'iense begins to click here and in Kansas City. Goering a Suicide: Ten I-Ianged as The Ice Man Cometh DELTA PI OMEGA SORORITY CI-IARTERED Pan-I'IeIIenic Council Dissolved This brainstorm of Iast year's idealists sees new sorority in, realizes white elephant position, folds. , - Events crowd as October ends: Atom Club Returns Mr. E. E. Swinney Dies in Kansas City Truculent Turtle in Flight Record STUDENT EDITOR AND PRESIDENT RESIGN TOGETHER Editor Davis gives way aiter Five issues over Collegian policy, and Newgent resigns in sympa- thy. Replaced by Roindexter and Bates. Rumors are Flying, When I go walking I hear people talking .... I-IOMECOIVIING RETURNS TO CENTRAL Festivities, replete with royalties, pep raIIy, one oi best-and certainly longest-parades ever seen here, alumni, a Q5-I3 Eagle vicory with aII Cham-pioncereal-feeder Spry in the foreground- This bit of freshman foolishness took place at their Tacky dance. Culver-Stockton goes into the bonfire as Robin- son strikes up the band in Ieft background. The I-Iomecoming Parade, twice around the square, and homeward-bound, I-Ienry . . . . at I3auI's ..,. any nite . . . . Page 9 the halltime trimmings and fulltime llowings and a successful-il crowded-dance to the expensive music ol Russ Chambers. Star-gazing A. M. l-larding ol Arkansas U. precedes the original Smoky Mountain drawl ol lrene Bewley on Lyceum. They say our atlair is not just a passing phase, And l'm not denying . . . All the rumors are true .... Army O-Notre Dame. O Grand Qle Party Sweeps in at Mid-Term Elections Artie Shaw Weds Kathleen Windsor MISSOURI VALLEY Q5--CENTRAL 7 Fever-pitch gets over a hundred rooters to Marshall ahead ol the band and the Eagles reach a season peak in holding the Vikings to all-season low. Soft Coal Miners Out Again Second Childhood Opens Year for Campus Players Polio Strikes McMurry Hall COLLEGIATE DIGEST, AED BACK Wills l la'll inches-then loots-way into spotlight with broadcasts, and hits a high with stage show, giving a hand in kicking oft the 51000 W. S. S. E. Drive. Then came a letter from the governor .... Communists On Top in French Elections TARKIO 6-CENTRAL 6 Dismal showing on a dismal turf in dismal, snow-bound North Missouri. The sensational Football Follies help us all forget, also introduce Tom Kennan. Chapel gestures ol Bartlett, voice ol Gaston Foote and story of Paul Weaver inspire in quick succession. l le made the night a little brighter Wherever he would go .... ' Cl.lNCl-l SECOND PLACE IN SEASON l:lNAl.E .lewell is no match for the Eagles on a last turf. Eour days at Thanksgiving, then back to start December, and still little sign ol winter. The promise of additional recreation space in a former officers, club is looked on quite, quite cynically by government-project-weary married vets. Tomorrow is a busy day, We got things to do .l. . So quiet yourself and stop that Fuss .... Peak of action of Second Childhood, for both . actors and audience. 'This is station WlLLS.' The one and only pub- lic broadcast here features Fine harmony. Action inzthe only day game. Jewell had a hard time bottling up Eagle backs on this fast gridiron. Formal Thanksgiving beauty in H-P Parlor Perkins prepares for his strip and Dobyns .... '? On stage for Football Follies Page 10 Byrd to the South Pole 'I'l9 Dead in Winecog I'IoteI Fire, Atlanta FALIROT RESIGNS, LANDERS NAMED CAPTAIN, FOUR MAKE ALL- CONFERENCE COURT SEASON OPENS DISMALLY Little is expected from a green Eagle Five after the First crushing blow at Rolla. One defeat leads directly to another in this pre-Christmas season. I-IeII-weelcs come and go andthe campus wel- comes a Tharalson-organized orchestra. I-IaII is paid,shaves, further celebrates by adding onetothe tive or six columns in the advertisement-bounded Collegian. Oripes center around those ads and are answered in a subtly scathing morsel which we nominate for editorial of the year. . Bilbo Campaign Investigated - There ain't nobody here but us chiclc- ens .... We chicI4ens tryin' to sleep and you bust in . . . . - SILER'S BAND IN DEBLIT WITI-I DEAN AND I-IYPNOTIST KENNAN AT FRESI-IMAN TALENT SI-IOW - Bob's band sounds even better the next night at the well-planned, well-attended, annual Christmas Formal. If there were svveethearts in the parlc, I'Ie'd pass a lamp and leave it darlc .... The Choir thrills in Xmas chapel program. Intramural baslcetball just gets underwayp A great Kirlcsville tive smothers the Eagles at I Ianni- bal. Coast-dwellers slip away early. Caroling parties go out .... the formal I-loward-Payne Christmas dinner is held .... and .... va- cation .... I'lis snowy hair was so much whiter beneath the candle glow, ' The old Iamplighter of long, Iong ago. ean uce ino is son an ance iera e heclcs came in! Kennan casts his spell D P I4 tt t h 9 d d CSI UI' C pbell and Meyer, a Christmas Seniors hang the holly at I-I-P dinner .... And the snows fell on an empty fVIcMurry I-I Formal portrait Page Il First snows tall and W. C. Fields dies at Christmas. lllinois 45, U. C. L. A. T4 at Pasadena J. Byrnes is Manol Year Byrnes Resigns Milt Canitl sells Terry and the Pirates lt's back to uunusualn weather and the long hall ol the year. The Beta Sigs dance at their winter lormal and the sororities band together lor their big triangular dance. ' . K. C. Star Starts'Two-Week Strike TWO ONE-ACT I-HTS BV PLAYERS AT CLASSIC Raindrops down my collar-standing in the street, Raindrops down my 'collar-mis'ry in my feet .... More losing basketball: Eagles are well- trimmed in opening home game. Georgia Legislature Names Talmadge V Governor Semester Finals Endured 'Mid Swirling Snow ' A FACULTY FOLLIES A l-llT Sheddingdignity lor an evening and explod- ing their talent bubble around a last-moving minstrel show, the faculty pays oft a W. S.'S. F. debt and has a rare good time doing it. The Dean's colossal production scores by drawing l:ayette's largest crowd ot many years. Sixty new laces look in on the new semester and see tour quick losses at home-all close. Open the door, Richard, Cpen the door and let me inl Leo the Lip Weds Laraine the Mormon Grace Moore and Swedish Prince Die in Crash lntramural B. B. Well Under Way Albert E. Day Heads Religious Emphasis Week Speakers hold daily conferences with students who also hear Dr. Day daily in Chapel. Girls in First Central B. B. Victory Alpha Phi Gammas lnaugurate Sweetheart Dance Snows ot all kinds make lite and steps miser- able, but interspersed are First signs ol spring. l-l. Pfs tlower'garden breaks ranks in every- thing from bright prints to new sorority sweaters. Radios blare thru' open windows and balls- golf, base, and tennis-are warmed up on a greening McMurry lawn. Then, more tlurries of snow warn of a late spring. Yes, it,s,a good day For singin' a song, Then it s a good day for movin' along .... New Camera Makes a 50-Second Picture CONCERT BAND GLITTERS IN HOME CONCERT, TOURS Robinson 'IQ-Piece Band in Debut at Sig Dance NightotJanuary16tIw Given at Courthouse Home season opens .... Make-up For Faculty Follies Valentine dance .... Dr. Day in the Chapel pulpit .... Life at Howard-Payne .... High for a rebound .... Bookstore . . . . Titration .... The Valiant Mr. Perkins Meets Mighty Mouse Dobyns ..., Intramural BB ....., Snowscape .... Page I2 A vicroievi Eagles lead Tarkio throughout to cop First win in sixteen games. Season then closes quickly with a loss and two wins, after which the varsity quiets criticism by swamping an all-star team. Wright-Hayes Duo Piano Recital on March 'I6 A brilliant performance is followed by Spayde's equally inspiring annual organ recital, Truman Visits Mexico Earth is Photographed from 'IOO Miles Comic Strip Dance Sponsored by Atoms SPRING VACATION Ten wet-days Find Centralites splitting up lor everything from sleep to Dr. Brown's Gullcoast Educational Tour, as serious business is under- taken in Moscow. The world was in bloom, there were stars in the skies, Except for the few that were there in your eyes ,... . Clara Bow is Mrs. I-lush HBest Years of Qur Lives Monopolizes Oscars Back and lnto hlomestretch The magnolia tree bursts belatedly into bloom, still hindered by erratic weather. Windows ol the Con open to Flood campus and busy tennis courts with conglomerated sound. Dear, as I held you closein my arms, Angels were singing a hymn to your charms .... Texas City Explosions Kill SCO Byrnes' Fulton Address is Canceled Baseball Season Qpens With Shutting ol Durocher TRACK SEASON OPENS IN VICTORY FOR CENTRAL The A Cappella Choir gives its home concert and leaves for a weekls tour. l.abs vex as grass reaches cutting height and a warm sun alternates with cooling showers .... Many organiza- tions dance .... Atoms are cage champions . . . . Ragout goes to press . . . . Next pub- lications officials are elected .... M. C. A. U. meet held at Marshall .... More stage produc- tions .... Conservatory repeats triumph at K. C. Music l'laIl .... Student Body election picnics .... Dances .... May Fete .... Banquets .... Graduation .... and the year runs out .... Page 13 Hrs! Jlfofvemenf ALLEGRO Quiclc orientation by groups .... First impressions .... blending, flushed hues of our autumn-to-spring campus tone phantasy rise in the emotional programme of introductory passages , I lulling .... then, an important sub-theme-an innovation-features the conductors who gradually brealc the hesitating unison in their favorite orchestral sections down into individual, searching themes .... harmony .... Page 14 H . f 2'- 41 ? f g Z f fi! ,lf X f gf' affine Jlffafeff Amid the mystic shades of eve at nightfall, Across horizons where thy fair light lalls, Thy towers arise- Ennobled spires ol all the years That bless thy name, our Alma Mater. Through years of toil and comradeship together, 'Mid Friendly scenes and spirited endeavor, Fearless and lree, With loyalty vve've lived For thee, Central, lor thee, our Alma Mater. Unto these last of college days together I With mingled thoughts of distant days that sever Strong in thy faith, Gur hope and heart we pledge to thee, ' Central, to thee, our Alma Mater, -Bernard Eugene Meland Page 16 ' IN IVIEIVIORIAIVI EDWARD FLETCHER SWINNEY, DONOR, SWINNEY CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC JAMES MELVILLE EVANS, DISTINGUISHED VETERAN, STUDENT, FRIEND TO ALL , Y , , .. ,. .Q .1 . .. f, M- K-f'-: .' -.H-'L -':--1-f Q ' q' . ' - -, - - '- - ' - - ., . A ,,...,,,e,. , , X 6 I 1 I I I s v , X H7 1 L E mf First family portrait .... The beautiful Miss De- Vore assisted in the art and voice' departments during the first semester. E Dr. any S. YDe'U0ffe PRESIDENT OF Tl-IE COLLEGE Either in his administrative office at Brannoclc l-lall or at home in lovely Coleman l-lall, a bloclc west of the campus, vve find Dr. DeVore ever-cheerful as he shoulders successfully the many burdens of a progressive college. Happily for the student body, Dr. and Mrs. DeVore have often shared the beauty of their home with various groups for fellowship or business meetings. Their hospitality on such occasions is memorable. Dr DeVore at home Coleman Hall Page 22 Pg23 Dr. obmsfm T. Tmvteff DEAN OF THE COLLEGE Dean .,.. easy and learned wit ..., professor ot 'economics .... steeped in Central tradition .... director of student atlairs .... defying magniticently tlwe belief tlwat stability Cfentral since l9O8D,mal4es for dullness, and symbolizing perfectly tlwe adage tlfiat HA l4een wit is the only edge tool tlwat grows slwarper with constant use. omse ffzgfzf DEAN OF Tl-lE CQNSERVATORY V. . i i i i l i l Past-master of the universal language, Dean Wright is nationally known as a composer ol great merit, and is best-loved by the many students wlwo lwave found inspiration under lier skilled tutelage. Qutstanding testimony to her concert ability is the eagerness with wlwiclw her annual duo piano recital with Miss l-layes is awaited. This year's audience was privileged to lwear tlwe premiere performance ol lwer latest compositions. -'T Page Z4 Qld Jlfae Czzrfmmz DEAN OF WOMEN l l i E , Combining efficiently and graciously the jobs of Dean of Women, Assistant Professor of English Chairman of the Extra-Curricular Activities Committee, and Hostess at Mary Kring Givens l-lall, Dean Curfman has been counseling wisely at Central since 1943. The warm sincerity and striking friendliness of the entire Patterson Family made them a welcome addition in their first year at Central. Mr. Patterson, First as Associate Professor of Religion, then- second semester-as Dean of Men at McMurry l-lall, immediately impressed all with his ability and tactfulness. ' i Floyd JM Tczfierfon DEAN OF MEN P 27 I gw, ,:-Q-Y . a ,, ,f .v AL 4 - X N 1 Q . 1 wwf . ,XL A v. ,- . 41 nik , , W :S am A ,AWCW nw ,za ' ffj2315F5vQ.wr:2 ,,,,.uM M wvwew-am , 3, . f , Q' 'LY , X, wk ., . ,Q ' J-,, A 4 , ,f Q52 xyff' , il 'K x H 5 F ,w S N' ' ' M11 -. i?gfg??1g,wK i, , V , , . J,. fo 4, 1. 1 I. 5 'Ling-4 v .0 Q .A 4 JL, .,'-. ....-Mwfy :,. ..,- .... . . WILLIAM DENNY BASKETT ......... Professor of Foreign Languages Glory long has made Csuchl sages smile, and go quietly along their well-adjusted vvays. EULALIE PAPE ......... Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages Extraordinary patience distinguishes her from the ordinary run of conductors. ' FRANK LLEWELLVN HAGER ........ Professor of Foreign Languages To whom notes are the same in almost every language. LUTHER THEODORE SPAYDE ........ Assistant professor of Organ Introduces restful variations on the main theme vvith his A Cappella Choir. FLOYD F. HELTON .... A ..... Associate Professor of Mathematics Whose ordered mind corrects discordant impressions of the Queen of Sciences. DOROTHY KENDRICK SILER ........ Graduate Assistant in Business Adds beauty to the symphony in her first year here. WILBUR HENRY TVTE . . A . . , . . . . Instructor in Religion Slows the tempo with his easy southern manner. MARGARET AGNES BLACK ........ Instructor in English and Speech Begins stay at Central as a popular conductor of plays and players. CATHERINE S. STRICKLER ........ . Instructor in English Develops the theme tovvard perfection of individual expression QPAL LOUISE HAYES ........ . Associate Professor of Piano Stimulates artistry and original composition in the conservatory. ' FLOYD MERRILL PATTERSON .... . . Associate Professor of Religion Introduces the keys to emotional harmony. PHYLLIS CAROLYN ALWIN ...... Instructor in Theory of'Music and Piano Gives us technical understanding of the entire composition. LOUIS A. PENFIELD ..... . . Acting Assistant Professor of Art Loolcs down on us to inject pictorial tone. ' LEWIS GROVER ABERNATHY . . . . . Professor of Physics Simplifying mechanical, electrical and light harmonies. RGBERT HARVIE BARKER ........ Associate Professor-of Sociology Studies with us the most vitally human elements of life's symphony. HARRY JOHNSON KANADY . . . . . . . Instructor in Voice ' Introduces vocal strains to our music MARTHA Tl-IARAI-SCN . , . Instructor in Theory of Music and Violin Trains the strings for fine performance. . MARIE C. VILHAUER .......... Associate Professor of Business . Trains the fingers and minds for special lcinds of instruments. ORPHA QCHSE ......,.... Graduate Assistant in Piano Whose talent becomes a pedagogical example for the first time this year, DQRQTHY COCHRAN HARLAN ....... Graduate Assistant in English Returns to her Alma Mater to help shape further symphonies. P g 27 ,Hgh wyg? -gif-wg' Q .5 . A Fi-ik 1 5 aff:-.., ,gg Uv, ' 1 ' ,Q f 1513 -,E-5.z.My.,4 22 3 'i?. l , 4, 15, F A f si - if ,lyif ifiwf - , 'w A W ff 36,3 ,M I Q , QS, .v f +f f X V ,-ad gf 1 . ffjmqg -.-, ,rv-J. 1 f... 1 iff.. 5 ' Z3 : 'Q 3 n ff- 35. 2 . is x ,Q 1 R G9 X if 3 -1, 5152-545i5Jf,I 5f'Z, ill if 11' - rf y A QX' , X A . 5- 'A'Q.ff .,,, , X 4 'fa fsym. 1 ,, ,. ,, JJ 4 v K 1 , -'ww . .N 2 y.--..... . .f Q .Q vu: ,,-93 Qffn M , - cf. ,5- .' 3 is .STU din 1:-.u.:LiL. .:: L' 4: THOMAS A PERRY Professor of English Exhaustlng thought and hlvlng wrsdom with each studrous year EVERETT C BUCKNER Professor of Chemistry Heads and coordinates the conductors of science at Central by his own fine example MERRILL E GADDIS Professor of Hlstory Whose famous lectures and extra curricular counseling are an Integral part of our muslc WALTER HOWARD BROWN Professor of Bxology Offers proof of the symphony of Ilfe processes EREDERIC ARTHUR CLILMER Professor fHlstory and Government Has been an lnterestmg part of Central symphonies since 'I9'I5 LOIS AMY DEVEREALIY Instructor IU Voice Trams the finest Instrument of them all LORNA WATSON Instructor In Journalism Teaches the restrained use of hugh notes In newsprlnt MALIRINE R CHENOWETH Instructor ln Mathematlcs Starts us along roads of mathematical harmony CLARENCE EUGENE HIX JR Professor ofphllosophy and Rellglon Emphasizes man s past attempts at unrversal umson Has unraveled harmonies of Ilfe structures since 1990 WALTER R SCHAEE Associate Professor of Educatlon and Psychology Stresses preparation for conductorshlps CARL D BOCKMAN Graduate Assistant ID Chemistry Elnds that learning by doing worlts well ID conducting flelds too CLIFTON E DENNY Instructor In Mathematics Whose Intense Interests transfer themselves to has section members KEITH K ANDERSQN Assistant Professor of Band Instruments Trains proteges rigorously for faithful reproductions of composltrons EMMA CATHERINE WILDER Instructor ID English Moulds the theme ID the American tradltlon LESTER C SI-IELL Assistant Professor of Chemistry Conducts ln a new Iab and retains notes of past symphonies on file MILDRED STEVENS Director of Women s Physical Education For whom the beIIes toll FLORICE M LYDAY Instructor rn Business Aids ID n mbling the fingers of future secretaries EDWIN TQDD Acting Assistant Professor of Art Conducted a one semester stand and was off to Arizona WILLIAM G IVIQSS Dlrector of Athletics and Men s Physical Education Who bowed ID wrth the second semester and favors crescendos sn athletics at Central PgZ9 . . . . . . . I o ' EDWIN A. JENNER ........., Professor of Biology, Emeritus, 1, li RY ST LE 0 lzes . . . . H Pa o he Anderson-arranged ser ous ha o he program: Rhapsody in Blue by Spayde .... M C She 9 ves he Dean some as -m nu e he p . . . Cur aim- ime: Pu that pony away, Shell . . .. , ra nus he na ura Car oon s Gadcl s and one of his more popular subjec s see upper lef center Pen e d He on Puclce Scharf She Gacld s DeVore, Pot er, Hix, Pa erson, Perry, y e ahd Moss. E TH I 'iQ 'S is 4.1 H. Q... .H Q.. .J L f'X C o 1: 'U .2 .... ..f C U TQ L ,Q XJ I Sd Dress rehear 4.1 4.1 I- xj 4.1 4.1 4.1 ...J .J .J ...I 4.4 .M .J .J 4-lx .J -Q- .-.ui U- ' 'LE 'E LX- -'o 'TE ,E+- .UN 'CE a.g:g ?CE 33'Q' fain'-O 2141: 'UE af? QQ-9 EEG: ww x... QDO. :x.,Q? mug C- E-: wig O41- Page 30 JQHN J. JONES . . . . Enrollment Secretary EUGENE M. POTTER . , . . . . Bursar MARTHA C RICKETTS . . . . . Registrar ELEANOR A. BLANCHARD . . . . Librarian EDWARD EDWIN RICH . . Enrollment Secretary BARBARA GENTRY . . . . Secretary to the Dean ARTIE LEE BRUNKHQRSI , . . . Circulation Librarian MAUDE RLICKER . . . Hostess, Howarcl-Payne Hall ANNA ANDERSON . . .... Dietitian CHLQE S. DEATHERAGE . ' . . Bookkeeper EDNA UPHAUS . . . . College Nurse PEARL POTTER . . . . . . Qllice Manager KATHERINE GRISHAM . . . . Assistant Librarian SALLY WAMBAUGH . . .... Personal Grooming Counselor ELSA COOK . . , ...... Secretary to tlwe Rresiclent Staff 676507701 Qj1l110'U577457'lf ANDANTE Moderately slow, but Flowing .,., more settled .... as the chief tlweme develops in the 'spotligliting of tlwe individual .... the student Finds lwimsell .... eaclw life Flows so intensely that it not only writes its part but becomes a part of the orchestra itself in this First playing rattling percussion .... blaring brass .... toned by advanced serenity of the strings Page 32 f ,fx -' xx x . 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Orientating themselves in much less than the .allowed week, they chose Charley Cheatham-back and minus noventhusi- asm-to again take the reins. The Sedalia bloc got their own Kenneth l'lunt in as vice-president, and Colleen Balhorn as secretary, Morris Stokes, treasurer, Gene Henderson, representative to the Student Council, and Pokie Windsor, representa- tive to the Social Committee, tapered oft the list. A talent show served immediate notice ol things to come from this class of 450, and their pajama parade voluntary Conly 300 upperclass- menD heightened tension for the opening game with Rolla, The Freshies introduced Roy Moore and his combo to the campus at their Tacky Dance, piled crepe paper and vari-dressed class beauties high Page 35 on a typically lavish homecoming Float, chose Pokie Windsor and John Keane as Homecoming attendants, and closed the pre-Xmas season with another talent show. Plans for class management oi the Eagle-ite were dropped only alter becoming hopelessly ensnarled in red tape, and these First-year activists -undaunted-went right on into sponsorship of a long-range intramural basketball program which ended eleven weeks later in the awarding of individual trophies to the winning Atoms. l-lunt replaced Cheatham as the latter went Sophomore at the semester, -and Peggy Wright became vice-president. A brief breathing spell was experienced while the Bill Swinney-headed memorial committee made plans for permanent high-backed cement benches to be erected at strategic spots about the campus. Then, with a last resounding, percussing roll, the Freshmen year ended with a scavenger-hunt and picnic in mid-May. VIRGINIA ADAMS .... St. Louis JIMMIE ALLEN .,.... Paris ALBERT ARMSTRONG Webb City -T RUSSELL ARNETT .... Chicago, III. GEORGE MAX ASHBY . . Chillicothe COLLEEN BALHORN . . JeI'Ferson City DORMAN BALL . Normandy JIM BALSIGER . . . Crystal City BARBARA BARTEE . . Sturgeon PEYTON BARTLETT . . St. Joseph BETTY BATES . . . New Madrid FRED BAUMANN . Washington Freshmen TOMMY LOU BECK . Hillsboro DORIS BERRY . . . . Potosi GEORGE BISHOP . . Fayette CHARLES W. BOGGS . Maplewood VIRGINIA BOHMER . . . Troy BETTY VAN BOOVEN . . Slate ALICE ADELE BRADLEY , Linneus MARY BRADY . . . Sedalia JOHN R. BRIDGES . Dongola, III. JOHNNY C. BROWN . . ' . Naylor MILDRED BUCHANAN . . Hayti ELLEN BUCK . . . St. Louis Page 36 JEANNETTE BLINYARD . , Piedmont MARK BARTON . St. Joseph EARL BUTCHER . . St. Joseph WILLARD E. BUTTERWORTH Malverne, N. Y. J. DAVID BYRNE . . . Gardner, Colo. EILEEN CALDWELL .... De Soto MARJORIE CALDWELL . , Warrenton CAROL CALVERT . . Green Ridge BETTY CAMPBELL . Harrisonville CORNELIUS F. CARROLL . . Linn ' BOB CARROLL . . . . Clarksville CHARLOTTE CARTER . . . Salisbury Freshmen BILL CARTWRIGHT . . . Carthage DOROTHY LOUISE CASADY . Unionville CHARLES R. CASEBEER . . Waverly NVLA CHADWICK . . . Kingston CHARLES CHEATHAM . . St. Louis I MICHAEL J. CHICK . . Braclcenridge, Pa. WANDA CODER . . Fayette WALTER COLE . , . , . Troy I BARBARA COLEMAN . . Pilot Grove GLENN COLLIER . . . Fayette KATHRYN COLLINS . . Trenton JOHN R. CONNOR . . Hamilton Page 37 THOMAS B. COOK . . Richmond DAYSIE CORNWALL . WALKER CRAIG . Bonne Terre MARY FRANCES CRONBAUGH Charleston . . Crystal City CAROL CLITMYER . . . . Bates MERRITI' O. DAMRELL . . . Shelbina MARGARET DAVIS . . . . Naylor JOYCE DELVENTI-IAL . I . Q- . Warrenton HARVEY E. DIEKROEGER . Wentzville JEAN DIEHL .... East St. Louis, III. DARRELL DIGGS . . . Hamburg, Iowa LEE DIXON . . . . St. Louis Freshmen AARON DOLAN . . . I'IamiIf0n DON DOWLING .... Montgomery CHARLES D. DRAKE . . . Rocheport WILLIAM W. DUGAN . . Sedalia MARJORIE DLIPY .... Chillicothe HARLAN P. EBELING . St. Charles SHIRLEY EDES . . . . St. Louis RODNEY C. ELMORE . . Excelsior Springs WILLIAM F, EUBANK . . . Hamilton FRANK FALSKEN . . Kansas City T. ALEX FEELER . . . . . Vienna BILL FILLINGHAM . . Carrollton Page 38 BILL FINNELL . . MARGIE FIZER . . JAMES FLEMING . DICK FORD . . . LLOYD FRANK . . . RICHARD C. FRAZIER DOROTHIE FRENCH . JOHN W. FUOUA . GEORGIA LEE GALL EDWARD J. GALLAGHER . NORMAN GEIGER . . MARSHALL W. GILLETTE . . Roanoke Freshmen BILL GLADDEN . . RALPH GLAUERT . . MADELYN GLICK . . Piedmont . Lynbroolc, N. Y. Fredericlctown . . Princeton . CharIeston . Cameron . . Sedalia , . Mexico . St. Louis . . . Fayette St. Charles . Carterville . . St. Louis . St. Louis HOWARD GRAFF .... BrooI4FieId JO ANNE GRAHAM . . . Bogard MARION GREENE . Blue Springs HARRY E. GROB . . , , Festus MARY JULIA GROCE . . Richmond JUANA GROVE . . Norborne MARJORIE GROVE . . Cameron MARTHA GROVE . . . Cameron CAROLYN HAFNER . . Mokane Page 39 R. CHARLES HALL . . Sante Cruz, Caiif. VIRGINIA HAMILTON . Manhasset, N. Y. LOWELL HANNA ..... Fayette BRYAN LEE HANSFORD . Purdin HOWARD HARDEMAN . . Pacific FRANCES HARDY . . . . Belle ANN HARRIS . . Troy DICK HARRIS . PAT HART . . Kansas City . Exceisior Springs L. HAROLD HAYES .... Marceiine WILLIAM G. HAYES . . . Mapiewood WILLIAM C. HAYNIE . . Kansas City Freshmen JEAN HAYS . . . . Danvers, Mass. T. LAMAR HAZEN . . St. Petersburg, Fia. PAUL J. HEDDERICH .... Sedalia GERALD HEDRICK . . , . Brunswick GENE HENDERSON . . . . Fulton ROBERT M. HEYSSEL . . Caiifornia FRANCES HILDEBRAND . . . Wellsville - LEWIS A. HIRSCHMAN . New York, N. Y. MARY ALICE HOFFMAN . . . Sedalia CHARLES E. I-IOUCK . . Excelsior Springs BARBARA HOUSE . . . Sweet Springs KEITH HOUSE . . Sweet Springs Page 40' ARTHUR HOUSTON . . St. Louis SHIRLEY HOWELL . . . Elvins WILLIAM H. HOWELL . . Clinton GERALD HOXWORTH . . Portageville KENNETH HUNT . . . . Sedalia LOWELL HUNT . . Mexico CATHERINE HUSTON . . Marshall LINDA HYDE . . Fayetteville, Ark. GENE JEFFRIES . . . Higbee MARY RUTH JESSE . . Excelsior Springs NORMAN JETER . . . . Slater RUBY JOHNSON '. . Centralia Freshmen GARY F. JONES . . . Bevier HELEN DRUEN JONES . Chillicothe JOE KEELING . . . Purdy GORDON KEITHLY . . Seclalia DORIS KENNEDY . . . Baden CARL KESLER . Chillicothe OREN KESLER . . . Chillicothe SHIRLEY KILBY . . . . Vandalia GEORGE T. KILLION . . Portageville CHESTER KIRKPATRICK . , Sedalia ROSALIE KIRKPATRICK . . . Sedalia JEWEL KNIGGE . . Warrenton Page 41 FLOYD KNIPSCHILD . . , RALPH KNOERNSCHILD JERRY KOCH . LLOYD KOCH . . KEITH KREISSLER , BURTON LADD . RUTH LAKE I . . . CALVIN LAMBERT . Bos LAND . VERGIL LANDERS . JANE LATHAM . BETTY LAWSON . Freshmen JACK LAY . . . DELORES LAYTON . BOB LEEDY BILL LEEK . . .FRANK LEET . . GRACIA LEWIS . CHARLOTTE LIVERMORE ANNAMAE LOWE . CLEAVO LUELF KENNETH LLITGEN . ELMER E. LUTHER . MARILYN MALLETTE Norborne St. Charles . Plattsburg Plattsburg . . Sedalia . De Soto Sheibina Browning . St, Joseph Sedalia . Savannah . Fulton . Fayette . St. Louis . Kansas City . Troy . SedaHa . Albany, III. Shelbina ' . NewFrankIin . . BeIIIIower Sedaha . Maitland . . Festus Page 42 CAROL MANN . . . Wellington CLINTON MANESS .... De Soto MARY V. MATHIESON . . . Mexico HAROLD MAULLER . . St. Louis ELIZABETH MAY . . . . Daviess RUTH MCCLANAHAN . . Glendale BILL MCCORKLE . . . St. Louis MARIAN MCCUTCHEON . . Fayette GENE MCFADDEN . Waverly CHARLES MEADOR . . Macon PAUL MEDLEY . . . Salem RAY MEYER . . Overland Freshmen JIM MIKKELSON . . Hennepin, Minn. JOYCE MILDRED .... Warrenton DONNA JEAN MOORE . . . Butler HELEN CLAY MOORE . . McCredie ROY MOORE .... Leaksville, N. C. WALTER N. MOORE . . . Kansas City ILENE MORRISON . . Lexington SUE MUCK . . . . . Troy HOWIE MUELLER . . Washington JAMES E. NEER . . . Brookfield NIELS NIELSEN . . . Perth Amboy, N. J. LARRY NELSON . . . Kansas City Page 43 RAY NELSON .... L. NICKELL CLIFFORD DON NORTHINGTON VIRGIL O'CONNOR . VERNON O'DELL . GAIL OONK . RUTH OTTO . . FERN PANCOAST . ORIS E. PAYTON . BOB PECKENPAUGH . HELEN PENNELL . CAL PERKINS . , Sedalia . Thompson . . Calhoun . Senath . Salisbury . Baden Sta. . ' Hamilton . . Cuba . Poplar Bluff . Clinton . Trenton . St. Louis Freshmen MARVIN PERRY . . ROSEMARY PHILLIPS . DEE JAY PICKRELL . DALE PITNEY . JANE PITTS . . . DONNA JEAN POTTER . MARTHA LOU POTTS EVERETT POWELL . . CARROLL PRICE . JOHN REA . .. ,. CAROLYN REAM . TOMMY REAM . . Fayette . Waverly Independence . I I-ligbee . . Warrenton Bartonville, Ill. Bowling Green . Savannah . Rochzport . Nevada . . Green Ridge . . Hughesville Page 44 CHARLES R. REARDEN . NANCY RENDER FAE RICE . MARGARET RICH . DON RIDGWAY MATHIAS N. RILL KATHERINE ROBERTSON CARL ROBINE . MARY VIRGINIA HOWARD W. ROGERS . . Tina . Excelsior Springs . . Shelbina . Fayette . Brookfield . Chicago, III. Marshall . . . St. Charles ROBINSON . Versailles . . Roselle, N. J. . JIM ROGERS . . . . . Clinton JAMES E. RUDD . . . Neosho Freshmen BOB RUPPERT ...... Slater MARY ELLEN RLITHER EILEEN SAEGER . GLENN SALISBLIRY . JEANNETTE SCAHILL FORD , . Maysville . . St. Louis . . De Soto . . . Dawn MARIAN SCHAEFER . . Higginsville GERALD G. SCHMIDT . BOB SCHNECK . . Kansas City . . . Sedalia VERNON SCHNECK . Sedalia CATHERINE SCHOLTEN BETTIE SCHOOLER . . . Nlclfittriclc . , . Richmond NANETTE SCHWANER . . Fredericlctown Page 45 JACK SCHWEIZER .... St. Louis GLENN SCI-IWERDT . . , New Franklin NANCY SCHWERDTFEGER . Jefferson City DAVID SCRUBY . . Chillicothe ALVIN SHAW . . . . Fayette BEA SHEEEIELD . . Sedalia KATHRYN SHERWOOD . . Tallapoosa DOROTHY SHIFLEIT . . . Fayette 'BOB SIDWELL . . Mexico Freshmen PAT SIMPSON . . St. Louis JEAN SKINNER . Unionville JIM SMILEY . . . Cuba DON SMITH . . Lincoln NELLE SNYDER . . . . Hamilton ELEANOR STAPLETON . . Brookfield JULIA STECK . . . Benton FERN STEINHAUSER . . . Independence GLENN STEVENSON . . . Huglwesville BAXTER B. STINSON . . Independence MORRIS STOKES . . , Normandy SAM STORY . . East Prairie Page 46 BILL SWINNEY . . . Kansas City ANN SWISHER . . St. Joseph GENE SWOB . . De Soto FRED THEOBALD . . Fayette JACK THOMAS . . Kansas City LARRY THOMPSON . . . Fairport GEORGE TILDEN . . . Maplewood GERALD W. TINNEN . . Plattsburg JOHN TOWNER . , . Sedalia Freshmen BILL TRESTER . . Armstrong JIM TURNER . . . . Fayette IVAN LA TURNO . . St. Louis BOB VAUGHAN . St. Joseph JANE VALIGHAN . . . BeIIe DORRIS VITI . . Washington KARL VIVIAN . . . . St. Louis SHIRLEY VOGTMAN . Normandy GORDON VOSBURGH . . Ferguson MARY WAGNER . . Kansas City JACKIE WALKER ..,.. Ozark WILLIAM A. WALLACE . Ferguson Page 47 WILLIAM M. WALLACE . . Armstrong JOHN WARE . . . . St. Louis ELMER WAYE . , . St. Charles DON WEAKLEY . . Nevada BILL WEBER . . . St. Charles TED WESTERNIEIER . St. Charles CHARLES WHEATON . . b Shelbina CECIL WILEY I ..... . Calhoun MARIANNE WILKINSON . . McCredie Freshmen JAMES R. WILSON . JANE WILSON . . - PAUL WILSON . FLORENCE WINDSOR ' . . LELAND WOMACK . . BETTY JEANNE WOOD CHARLEY JOE WOODS . LLOYD WOOLSEY . DEAN WRIGHT . PEGGY WRIGHT . . LOCHLAN WRIGHT . . MALIRICE YOLITSEY Clinton . Napton . Hardin Boonville . Houston ' . Elizabeth, N. J. Auxvasse . Kansas City . Sweet Springs Kirkwood . Salisbury . Jameson Pug: 48 I I I I I 'I I If 'I ii 4 -I I I I I I I I I I I I BROWER MOSBY KORB AKARD . T he oplzomores E PLLJRIBUS PLURIBUS Sophomores, busily trying to live down their freshman days, or, in some cases, trying to remem- ber them, 'were satisfied with a year ol relative inactivity as a class. One lazy day late in September a lew ol them drifted over to Science Hall for the First class meeting of the year. A hastily organized machine installed Jim Evans as Student Council representa- tive, Duke Akard as class president, Wally Korb, vice-president, Anne Brower, secretary, and Betty Mosby, treasurer. Retiring president, Pat Brown, presided. When it looked as though the meeting might be drowned in a Flood ol reciprocal nominations, Madelyn Blaich decided to adapt the rules to the situation. ul cease the nominationsln she said- and she did. Although parliamentary procedure took quite a beating, everyone was well pleased with the elections-then, and henceforth. Page 49 For the homecoming parade, the sophomore committee met in Cmdr, Denny's back yard and decorated a buggy with torrid red crepe paper. Then they put a sign on the buggy that said, Our team is red hotln And to emphasize the point they perched Doris Steele, dressed in red tights, on the buggy, which by this time was beginning to smoke a little. Rodney l-liggins and John Mills pulled the Float, working so well together that they got several otlers From local Farmers. Duke Akard and Mary Pitts were the sopho- more attendants to the homecoming king and queen. Sophomores will remember the year as one in which they learned a bit, had lun, and learned to know Central better. They liked it here. DUKE AKARD . . GrantCity MARTHA RAY BEAGLES . . . Mexico BEE B. BAKER ..,. Otterville 4 i CHARLES BLAICH . . St. Louis MADELYN BLAICH . . St. Louis RAY BLANCHARD . . Nevada GLORIA BOTT . . :' . Maplewood BARBARA BRADLEY . . . Kansas City ELIZABETH ANNE 'BRAMMER . Topeka, Kam. ANNE BROWER . . Mexico PAT BROWN . . . sf. Louis SALLY BROWNFIELDV . . Auxvasse Soph om ores FRANCES BUCKNER . LYLE BURGESS . BILL CAINE VIVIAN CALKIN . . MARGARET CASEBEER DAVID CHILES SARA CHILES . . ALICE CHRIST . MARTIN CHRIST CHARLES F. CLARK . JOHN CLARK . JIM COLE . . Fayette Tampico, III. . Versailles Mexico Waverly . Independence . Buckner New London . New London Kansas City Danville, Union Pape 50 CAROLYN CRAWFORD . Shelbina BETTY CULBERTSON . . Brookfield H. DENNY DAVIS . . Fayette ELIZABETH DENNY . . Fayette DICK DETWEILER . St. Louis LOIS DIGMAN . . St. Louis LA RITA DILLON . Morehouse BOB EASTERDAY . . . . Hamilton DOROTHY ECKLES . . Butler JANE ELLIOT . . . Elsberry DAVID FIRESTONE . . Kansas City BOB FRAZIER . . Charleston I Soplz omores BOB FREDERICH - . . Cole Camp MARY ESTHER GAINES . . Gallatin ANITA GOETZ . . Farmington BILL GREEN . . . . Armstrong JANIE GRIFFITH . NORRIS GROVES BERTHA MAE GUENTHER BARBARA CuL,INN . JANICE HALE . ALBERT R. HAMRA , . BILL HARRINGTON . CI-IARLENE HARRIS Page 51 Excelsior Springs . , Kansas City Versailles . , Hannibal . St. Louis . Senatli . Ferguson , Kansas City ADELE I-IARTWIG . . . New Franklin JEAN I-IEITMANN . . . . Eureka DOROTHY I-IELMREICI-I . . . Boonville EMILY I-IERN ..... Rocheport -l BETTY JEAN HlODON . . Roanoke Q lvllLDRED l-IIGDON Huntsville DIXIE HOLLlDAv . ., Louisiana PEGGIE I-IOLLIDAY . . . Louisiana SALLY JOHNSON . . Martinsburg ll I ill? CHARLEEN JONES . . . New Franklin ill .i WYNONA JONES ..... Fayette 2 I ' MARGARET JO KAHRS . . saalalia E Sophomore: TOM KENNAN. . . Seclalia 'JOE KIMBRELL . Fayette JON KIRK . . Si. Louis l4ERlvllT KLlNc3HAMMER . . .SE Charles ' RALPH KNOWLES . . . Ferguson LOUIS l4OENlO . . Si. Louis WALLY KOIZB . . . . Golden City WITTEN LEDBETTEI2 I . . . CarterviIle,lll. ELIZABETH LITTLETCN . . New Madrid SARA LIVERMORE . Slielbina ALVIN LOWE . . . . Fayette ROSEMARY LUKE Clarksville Page 52 PAUL S. MANN . Q. . MARY VICK McALLISTER ' RICHARD D. MEYER . DOROTHY MILLER . THEO MILLER . . . JAMES P. MITCHELL ROLLIN MONTGOMERY . JEANETIE MOORE . BETTY MOSBY . MARY MARGARET MURRAY Rolla . . Mexico . I'-Iughesville Crystal City . Matthews . . Fayette Menclon . . Belleview . . Linn . Union JOE MUSGROVE . . Port Necl1es, Texas VIRGIL O'CONNOR .,.. Senath Soph om ores MARGARET PALMER . . Clifton Hill JAMES E. PHILLIPS . . Revelo, Ky. MARY PITTS . . Roanoke JEANNE POINDEXTER . . Prairie Home WENDELL PRICE . . ROSE MARY PROFFER CARL REED . BETTY ROSS . . . SUE SCHUTZEL . JOE SCOTT .... JAMES R. SCRIVNER . JEAN SHERROW . Page 53 . Brookfield . '. Sikeston Carrollton Ste. Genevieve . . Kansas City . Latlwam . . Stover . Graham JUANITA SMITH . . MaIden RHOMA SMITH . . . Crystal City TALMADGE SMITH . Overland DOROTHY SNYDER . . Webster Groves DORIS STEELE ..,.. St. Louis ARTHUR F. STEPPAN . . St. Louis JAMES M. STROUD . . Kansas City BETTY SUTTON ...., Boonville MARTHA THURSTONI . . Centralia Soph om ores JANE TRIRLETT U. MYRA TURNER . .V . RICHARD I-I. TURNER MARY ANNA WATKINS . JOHN WATSON . . MARIAN WEGENER DON WELBORN . . . MARY VIRGINIA WILSON SUE WOLCOTT . WILLIAM C. WHITE LLOYD WOOLSEY JEAN YOUNG Napoleon . Eagleville . Chaffee St. Louis . Fayette . Centralia St. Louis . . Hardin . Clayton St. Joseph Kansas City . Cape Girardeau Page 54' ROTHER ALEXANDER REAM Al-lL The Jzmiors TRANSITION STAGE Juniors don't talce their elections very seri- ously, either, but for a different reason. They are now beginning to find it necessary to thinlc a bit, and, as the year progresses, they find that it doesn't hurt as much as is popularly conceived. This feeling is so novel that they plummet right through the year and into seniorhood before they have time to organize more than themselves. Nevertheless, a fair percentage of those who were sure they were Juniors, were on hand for the first meeting at Classic l'lall in September, and 'from their midst came Bob Rother as president, Joe Alexander as vice-president, Betty Ream as -secretary, Phyllis Ahl as treasurer, Lewis Robin- son as Student Council representative, and Bob l'lornyal4 as representative to the social committee. Only big class project of the year was the huge and beautiful heart float for homecoming fp. 'l35D which was prepared and starred in by Page 55 Pat Sasse and found Jim Carpenter driving some- what blindly from behind in his older Olds. At- tendants to the homecoming royalties were l'lornyal4 and pat McGlothlin. Though conceding victory to the Freshmen for class enthusiasm, being still only Juniors, they did find time to star extra-curricularly. ln fact, before the year had run its course, there were: Lucy Bates, Student' Body president, Bob 'l'lornyalc, Student Body vice-president, Bob Rother, Ragout photographer and president of Alpha Phi Gamma, Betty Ream, president of Alpha Phi Alpha, Jaclc Clingenpeel, president ofAtom Club, and Beauty and Popularity Queens, Dorothy Mccutcheon and Phyllis Ahl. There was plenty then for Juniors to see and remember of this extraordinary year, and they enjoyed the view from their superior vantage point. DOROTHY DETRING . . Knoblick b HISTORY JAMES DUNCAN . . . Louisiana PIANO JEAN EISENSTEIN . . D . Moberly ORGAN BEATRICE FRAZIER . . Yan Buren VOICE WALLACE GRAY , . Sikeston ENGLISH CLARK GRIFFITH . . -Excelsior Springs ENGLISH ALLEN L. HARRIS . . . Sikeston BIOLOGY WILLIAM D. HARTZLER . Clinton . FRENCH MELBA HENDRIX . . New Franklin CHEMISTRY Page 56 PHYLLIS AHL . . . Kansas City ECONOMICS LOWELL D. ALLEN . . Fayette HISTORY MARY ALLOWAY . . Fayette MUSIC THEORY CORDELIA ARNOLD. . Cameron MATH LUCILLE BATES . . New Madrid COMMERCE JAMES CARPENTER . . Brookfield CHEMISTRY WILLIAM CHILES . . Independence BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MARJORIE CRANE . . . Slater COMMERCE RICHARD L, DALTON . . St. Charles CHEMISTRY WILLIAM MCCORKLE . . St. Louis SOCIA L SCIENCE DOROTHY MCCUTCHEON . Fayette CHEMISTRY PATRICIA MCGLOTHLIN . Dexter COMMERCE IRVIN MILLER . . Maywood, III. BIOLOGY BETTY MONTGOMERY . COMMERCE ROBERT W. MORROW JANE NORTON COMMERCE KATHRYN READ . . ENGLISH BETTY REAM Page 57 COMMERCE Smithton . Lawson Macon Vandalid I-Iu3I1eSviIIe RODNEY HIGGINS . Independence SCIENCE CDivisionaIj ROBERT HORNYAK . St. Joseph MUSIC THEORY NANCY HUTCHISON . New Franklin D MATH HELEN LOU JOHNSON . . Purdin COMMERCE JOHN R. JOHNSON . Brookfield CHEMISTRY LA VENA JONES . . CaIhoun MUSIC THEORY LESLIE KUHN . . . California HISTORY PATRICIA F. MANESS . . De Soto ART ROBERT D. McAFEE . . Fayette BIOLOGY LELA TAYLOR . . Armstrong COMMERCE BOYD THOMPSON , Kansas City - BIOLOGY INA TURNER .... Eagleville MUSIC - J. BRYAN WESTON . . Shelbina ECONOMICS LILLIAN WHANGER . . . Fulton MUSIC JEANNE WHITMAN . Centralia K COMMERCE PAT WISE ..... St. Louis HISTORY Junior candle-bearers at the formal Howard-Payne Christ- mas dinner. Page 58 LEWIS ROBINSON , . . Elgin, III. MUSIC THEORY BOB ROTHER ..,. Kirkwood ECONOMICS CAROL SCHULTZ . . New Franklin MUSIC THEORY MARGARET SCRIVNER Sweet Springs VOICE JOHN SEYFARTH . . Hamilton HISTORY MARY ANN SMITH . . Fayette COMMERCE MARY LOU SNIDER . Independence COMMERCE DORIS SPRY .... Fayette COMMERCE LYCURGUS M. STARKEY, JR. St. Louis I ENGLISH PARRISH Lovtu Rooaas y' T he eniors MORE SETTLED, RECEPTIVE MINDS As the years give richness and mellowness to the tone of a violin, so four years of experience have given the seniors a wiser, broader view of lite. Many have returned to school routine after time spent in the armed forces which added years to their experience and lcnowledge. But with .all their dignity-and while they're not busy Fill- ing out post-grad applications-these seniors have a zest for living and a spirit of fun that four years -of college have perfected into a science. First chair in this section was Filled by Presi- dent Bill l-lays, who was ably supported by Vice- President Martha Rogers, Secretary Martha Par- rish, and Treasurer Bill Lovell. .lim Denneny and .alternate Ray Sanders were Student Council , Page 59 representatives and Bob Siler was social com- mittee representative. Denneny had little to re- port from the activities of the S. C., but it was he who came through with a campus bulletin board upon assignment by that body. Martha Rogers and Ray Sanders were the reigning royalty at the Homecoming festivities. The balance of the class was represented by a Float true to the modern age-a chem lab with Gladyce Chapman and Keith lnnes juggling the test tubes. The rest of the sparsely-spaced class meetings were concerned with arrangements for that last week .... departure .... divergence .... ANN ABERNATHY Fayette ENGLISH Pi Kappa Theta, Chemistry Club, Art Club SARAELLA BEALMEAR Paris SOCIOLOGY F. T. A., S. C. A., Dramatics Club, Sec., '47 GWENDOLYN BRANDHORST I-lughesville COMMERCE F. T. A., S. C. A. GLADYCE CHAPMAN Chillicothe BIOLOGY Alpha Phi Alpha, Treas., '46, '47, Chemistry Club SHIRLEY DEAN ELLIS Boonville CHEMISTRY Chemistry Club, Sec., '46, Treas., '47, Gamma Sigma Pi, Reporter, '47, Delta Phi Alpha ANNETTE K. FOX Bonne Terre ' PIANO Phi Beta, Treas., '47, Art Club, Sec., '46, Vice-Pres., '47, S. C. A., F. T. A. Clary of '47 RALPH ALDRIDGE Fayette MATH Transfer from Milliken Ll. L. VALL BOWMAN Kansas City BIOLOGY Beta Sigma, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Phi Rho Kappa, Pres., '47 DIXIE CAMPBELL Clinton PIANO Phi Beta, A Cappella Choir, F. T. A. JAMES C. DENNENY, JR. Fayette ECONOMICS Beta Sigma, Pres., '47, U. S. Marine Corps, Order of Gol- den Eagle, Vice-Pres., '46, May King, '46, Pi Gamma Mu, Senior Representative to Stu- dent Council ERVIN ESTEP Excelsior Springs ECONOMICS Alpha Phi Gamma, Pi Gamma Mu, Scribblers, Players, Pres., '47, Collegian, Bus. Mgr., '47, Who's Who, '47 EDNA FRIEDRICI-I Boonville ' COMMERCE Gamma Sigma Pi, F. T. A. Page 60 Clan of '47 AUBREY GENTRY Trenton SCIENCE CDivisionaID JAMES W. GRAHAM Fredericlctown CHEMISTRY Chemistry Club, C Club, Pres., '47, Traclc LOREN GRINSTEAD, JR. Berwick, Iowa ECONOMICS Alpha Phi Gamma, Collegian, Players, Order ol Golden Eagle WANDA GROCE Fayette VIOLIN Cottey College transfer, Band, Orchestra, Pres., '47, A Cap- pella Choir, F. T. A., Phi Beta, S. C. A. EUGENE HENSLEY Clinton MATH Phi Rho Kappa WILL IAM HOBSON Fayette ECONOMICS Ball and Chain Club Page 61 WENDELL GENTRY Trenton BIOLOGY Alpha Epsilon Delta, Ball and Chain Club SARAH E. GREEN Armstrong COMMERCE Librarian MELVIN J. GRISAMORE Galt BIOLOGY Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pres., '47, Phi Mu Alpha WILLIAM V. HAYS Milwaukee, Wis. ECONOMICS Beta Sigma, Vice-Pres., '43, McMurry House Council, Col- legian, C Club, Track, Ten- nis, Art Club, Marine Corps, '43-'46, Senior Pres., '47 EVA HENSLEY Clinton MUSIC THEORY Transfer from C. M. S. T. C., Scrawlers, Pres., '47, Choir, Mixed Chorus, Phi Beta, P. K. Club, Collegian, Ragout, Dra- matics Club KEITH INNES Fayette MATH AND CHEMISTRY Chemistry Club, Treas., '46, Vice-Pres., '47, Scribblers, Pres., '46, Junior Pres., '46, Collegian, Bus. Mgr., '46, Ragout, Editor, '47, Math Club, Who's Who, '46, '47 ELMER L. JOAOUIN, JR. Warson Woods SCIENCE CDivisionaID Navy V-'IQ Unit, '43-'45, Collegian, Mixed Chorus MILDRED JO KAMP Montgomery City COMMERCE Pi Kappa Theta, Pres., '47, Gamma Sigma Pi, Vice-Pres., '46, F. T. A., Vice-Pres., '47, Pi Gamma Mu, Art Club, Band, S. C. A. I-ij MURLIN KELSAV Boonville MUSIC THEORY and PIANO Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Gamma Mu, F. T. A., Order of Golden Eagle, Who's Who, '47 O. LEON LEATHERMAN Versailles ' ENGLISH Alpha Phi Gamma, Theolog Club, Vice-Pres., '45, Pres., '46, Scribblers, Vice-Pres., '47, S. C. A., Pi Gamma Mu, Vice-Pres., '47, Phi Rho Kappa, Who's Who, '47 MARY JANE LINDSEY Farmington COMMERCE Gamma Sigma Pi, S. C. A. VINCENT MANION Fayette . ECONOMICS 'Atom Club, Vice-Pres., '47, Pi Gamma Mu, U. S. Navy, '43-'46 Class of '47 IRVING KAMII. Brooklyn, N. Y. BIOLOGY Alpha Epsilon Delta, Sec., '47, Phi Rho Kappa, Scriloblers WILLA MAE KEEHART Marshall COMMERCE Pi Kappa Theta, Sec., '47, Gamma Sigma Pi, Sec., '46, A Cappella Choir WILLIAM E. LAWING Kansas City BIOLOGY Alpha Phi Gamma, Alpha Ep- silcn Delta, Treas., '47, Vice- Pres., Junior Class, '46 MARY MARGARET LEWIS Huntsville PIANO Phi Beta, Sec., '47, Band, F. T, A., Mixed Chorus, How- ard - Payne House Council, Pres., '47 , BILLY MITCHELL LOVELL Moberly MUSIC THEORY Beta Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha, Band RALPH A. MAULLER St.. Louis MATH Track, Pi Kappa Delta, Pi Gamma Mu, C Club, Vice- Pres., '47, F. T. A. Page 62 xg, , I I I I Clan of '47 DONNA WRIGHT MA UPIN Fayette BIOLOGY Pi Kappa Theta, Pi Gamma Mu, Student Body Secretary, '47, Art Club, S. C. A. AMOS MAY New Haven . HISTORY Order of Golden Eagle, F. T. A., Pi Gamma Mu, Ball and Chain Club FRANK W. NEWGENT, Jr. E. St. Louis, III. BIOLOGY Alpha Phi Gamma, Scribtnlers, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pi Gamma Mu, Pres., '47, Delta Phi Alpha, Phi Rho Kappa, Student Body President, '47, Who's Who, '46, '47 MARTHA JEAN OTT Belle COMMERCE A Cappella Choir, Band, Pi Gamma Mu, S. C. A., Gamma Sigma Pi, Pres, and Ideal Sec- retary, '47 MARY MARTHA PARRISH Norborne COMMERCE Pi Kappa Theta, Sec., '46, Vice-Pres., '47, Gamma Sigma Pi, Pres., '46, Pi Gamma Mu, Band, F. T. A., Senior Sec., '47 ' DOROTHY P. SIMPSON Fayette HISTORY Pi Gamma Mu Pagif 63 GEORGE W. MALIPIN Fayette ECONOMICS Beta Sigma MARGARET SUE NEASE Malden COMMERCE Gamma Sigma Pi, Vice-Pres '47, F. T. A., Band ORPHA OCHSE Fayette ORGAN Band, A Cappella Choir, F. T. A., Orchestra, Phi Beta, Treas., '46, Scholarship Oueen, '46, Who's Who, '46, '47 CAROLYN PARRISH Norborne COMMERCE Transfer from Cottey College, Pi Kappa Theta, Gamma Sigma Pi, A Cappella Choir, Band, F. T. A., Treas., '47 ROBERT L. PARSON Redwood Falls, Minn. BIOLOGY Scribblers, Pres., '47, Phi Rho Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Ragout, '47 ROBERT M. RADASCH Decatur, III, ECONOMICS Navy V-'IQ Unit, '43, '44, Track, Beta Sigma DONALD F. REID Kansas City PHILOSOPHY Alpha Phi Gamma, Theolog Club, Pi Gamma Mu, Players, Phi Rho Kappa, Sec.-Treas., '47, Scribblers, S. C, A. RAY SANDERS Boonville MUSIC THEORY Beta Sigma, Band, A Cappella Choir, Orchestra, F. T. A., Order of Golden Eagle, Es- quires of Rhythm, Phi Mu Alpha, Treas., '47, Service, '43-'47 GEORGE W. SHIRLEY Bunceton PIANO Phi Mu Alpha, Sec., '44, F. T. A., Vice-Pres., '44 JOYCE STACY Callao CHEMISTRY Chemistry Club, Sec., '47, F. T. A., Pi Gamma Mu, Sec.- Treas., '47, Howard-Payne House Council, Vice-Pres., '47, S. C. A. WARREN E. TAYLOR Silceston CHEMISTRY Orchestra Class of '47 MARTHA LEOLA ROGERS Fayette MATHEMATICS . Band, Choir, F. T. A., Pres., '47, Scravvlers, Pi Kappa Theta, Vice-Pres., '46, Math Club, Phi Beta, Historian, '47, Pi Gamma Mu, President, Senior Class, '47 OSCAR LEE SCOTT, JR. 4' Sedalia ZOOLOGY Navy V-'IQ Unit, '43-'45, Beta Sigma ROBERT L. SILER St. Louis MUSIC THEORY Phi Mu Alpha, Track, Pres., Freshman Class, '42, U. S. Navy, '43-'46, Phi Mu Alpha, Vice-Pres., '43, Phi Rho Kappa, F. T. A., Ball and Chain Club, Sec.-Treas., '47 ,E ROBERT T. STALEY Kansas City ' HISTORY Pi Gamma Mu, S. C. A., Alpha Phi Gamma BARBARA YODER Winfield, Kan. ' Phi Beta, Historian, '45, Sec., '46, Pres., '47, Art Club, Pres., '47, S. C. A., Band, Orchestra, H. P. House Coun- cil, Ragout, Editor, '46, Scraw- Iers, P. K. Club, Who's Who, '46, '47 Page 64 S econd Semester Students and Latex ALMA LOU BAYLEY . , Hannibal ROBERT E. BAYLEY . . . Hannibal JOE BLANCHARD . . Nevada JAMES BLUMENBERG . , St. Louis DELORES BOBEL . . . Haskins, Ohio HAROLD COFFMAN . . . Lawson DIXIE DAVIDSON . . Dearborn DON DWYER . . St. Louis ART FAEGANS . Overland LEONARD P. I-IELLERICH . . . St. Joseph PAUL HAMMERMEISTER . . St, Louis BILL HOLMAN .' . . . Callao RALPH JOHNSON . . . St. Louis DOROTHY KILEY . . . Excelsior Springs ROBERT LITTRELL .... Wheeling BILL MAULLER . . . St. Louis LILA NIORTLAND . . St. Louis DAISYE PREWETT . . Dixon NANCIE RIGGS . . Santa Barbara, Calif. VIRGINIA SCOTT . . . Brunswick PAUL SHADRACH . . Ferguson DORIS TORODE . . . Glasgow JOHN VANCE . . . Jefferson City WILLIAM L. WEBER ,... De Soto Page 65 , Tfiifd' Jlf0'U6774671f i sciasiezo Sparlcling-often humorous-in quiclc, triple measure . . . . time principal tlweme diverges into smaller bases and organized activity radiates from resulting definite clusters: lwonoraries .... societies .... activities .... ever struggling for individualism, eaclwlgroup contributes clitierently .... a loose spirit difficult to catch .... 'but .... lwere Page 66 ' - Z K9 Z W I fl! ff Innes, Parson, Leatherman, Perry, Estep, McAfee, Reid Inserted: Grifhth, Davis Svribblery , 4 OF SILENCE, TRIUMPH, OR DESPAIR. An old man' stood beside a shaIIow grave scooped from the windblown dirt of Americas dust bowl. A tear dropped, etched a muddy Iine, another wrinkle on his wrinkled cheek. I saw hirn there. I saw him clench his Fist and shake it at the sky. I heard him curse instead of pray. I couIcI not curse the man, or comfort him, or stop the dust, or Fill that grave with dust instead of flesh. I could only scribbie. There were other men-some bad, some good, and more a Iittie bit of both-penciied into Iiie by Scribblers for a Friday eyening, an evening spent in Perry's parIor with Leon, Erv, Clark, Keith, Don, Denny, Cari, and Bob, and a host of shadow men that only Scribbiers could know. The good proIessor's Heritage books are being admired in the carefuIIy posed picture above as Presidentiparson-cut off at the nose by a cruel engraver-attempts a cryptogram, and Treasurer Reid an extraction of dues from McAfee. Page 68 vm tellers TO DREAM A DREAM, TO TRY TO WRITE IT DOWN-AY, Tl-lERE'S Tl-IE RUB I Take ten girls-assorted, as many philosophies and a hundredfold experiences-blend well with adjectives, spicy similes and imaginative meta- phors, throw in a dash of humor and a pinch of tears, a hint of bitterness and a tablespoon of sirupy sentiment, stir well and put to bake in a feverish heat for a few hours before the deadline, then pour out to cool in the H. P. parlors at 'TO P.M. on the first Monday night of the month, and you have concocted a Scrawler's meeting. Still a young organization, Scrawlers passed safely through its first year without the guiding hand of a charter member. Meetings were car- ried on in what was coming to be the traditional manner: original contributions were read anoyn- mously and torn apart for flaws, then put together again by praise of their merits, and voted on. Acting from the idea that casualness of dress frees the mind from inhibiting conventions, the Scrawlers' meetings were informal to the nth degree. Original writings of the members were pub- lished in the form of booklets which served as a record of the year's activities to former members and as mementos for actives. New sponsor was Miss Black, speech teacher, and something of a writer herself. l Inserted: Pres. Hensley 3 l Black, Kuhn, Mosby, Johnson, Poindexter, Hale, Carter, Rice, Hensley, Yoder, House Page 69 Barbara Yoder, President, Jean Eis enstein, Vice-President, Mary Margaret Lewis, Secretary Annette Fox, Treasurerf Martha Rogers, Historian, Dixie 47951 Campbell, Doorkeeper I Tlx! fem ALI. THINGS GIVE WAY TO MUSIC AND WOMEN Versatility in arts other than the avowed ones of music and speech was evidenced in thi activities of the Phi Betas. Not only could the Tau maide s year's ns move vast audiences with the elo- quence of their inspired bow, nimble fingers, peech, but they were ing a paint brush or a hammer, croolcing a dainty Finger over a cup of tea, crying wares of coffee and sandwiches through the Con, or diplomatically diclcering with their brothers-in-art, the Phi Mu Alphas. lilting voices and dramatic s equally proficient at wield The need for diplomacy arose when the aforementioned Phi Mus paclced their belon and departed to the thinner air of the lofty tower room, leaving their sisters in sole possession of a once cozy chapter room now conspicuously laclq- ow and two well- placed couches, Agreeable settl could not be reached. Immediately the Phi Betas felt the stirrings of hidden instincts for interior decorating, and yielded to their impulses. The results were ver gings ing draperies at one wind ement terms ypleasing-new furniture, rug Page70 F l i J i I 1 l l -fri? and draperies harmonized against delicate blue walls making the chapter room a haven of aes- thetic beauty. ln the social world these young ladies proved themselves adept at donning the socially accept- able smile and murmuring the correctly inconse- quentialvchit-chat. With genuine pleasure they entertained the freshmen women interested in music and speech with the traditional PhiBeta tea, and also acted as hostesses at the reception for lyceum cellist, Martha Mccrory. Contributions to general college lite were recordings oi Beethoven's Fourth and ninth sym- phonies, music lockers repaired and equipped with locks, a February assembly program, an elaborate homecoming Float depicting the Greek gods of music and speech, and coffee and sand- wiches sold in the Con to revive hard-working music students and the diminishing Phi Beta treasury. Highlighting the year's activities was the annual Phi Beta-Phi Mu banquet and ball, held in March at the Daniel Boone l-lotel in Columbia. It was the best dance oi the year, these organi- zations reported. Forsome years a colossal production employ- ing outstanding Phi Beta originals has been brew- ing. The Fire was vigorously fanned by this yeafs group and the work was considerably advanced. Qwing to the press of other matters, however, this project was again, and quite reluctantly, willed to posterity. 3 5 Lewis, Campbell, fklloway, Sherrow, Hale, Yoder, M. Turner, Fox, Wolcott, DeVore, Groce, Hensley, Moore, Rogers, Mrs. Rich, C. Jones, Schultz, Eisenstein, Elliot Page 71 N Top row: Fox, Sasse, Watkins, Higdon, Livermore, Kamp, Maness Bottom row: Blaich, Guenther, DiIIon, Schutzel, Protfer, Yoder, and .... 'P air! Club PAINTING EVERYTHING FROM WOMEN TO WOODWORK Unfortunately, experience in cartoons of pro- fessors on the bIacIcboard won't get you in. You have to have taIent, or show prospects of talent in the near or distant future to be a member ofthe Art CIub's Cnowj eIeven. r Twice a month, the Rembrandts and I2aphaeIs of Central CoIIege gather in the smaII parIor of Howard Payne, or in the artistic atmosphere of their home on third Floor Brannoclt, with Sponsor Penfield, to Further their acquaintances with art and artists ofthe worId and centuries. President Annette Fox presides over the business meetings, with Vice-President Mary Ann Watlcins ready to talce over in case of her absence, whiIe a neat Cwhat eIse from an art studentl and accurate roll is Icept by Secretary Mildred Hig- don, and Sara Livermore is intrusted with the Funds. New members are put through no mocIc initi- ation, but instead are FormaIIy welcomed into the foId byla dignified candle-Iight service, and those who snicIcer are Forced to repaint the art room from top to bottom. ' It you want a muraI painted on your Iiving room FIoor, you needn't go beyond CentraI's own Fifty-two acres. We have taIent, artistic taIent, in abundance, and may they paint, and, having painted, paint on. Page 72 LOVING EVERYTHING mom Bfxcu TO BAi2BERsHoP Surprises were the keynote in this year's activities of the Beta Mu brethren of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. An astounded and dismayed sister fraternity watched them scrap tradition early in the year to cart their belongings from the com- fortable conservatory room sl4yward, and come to roost in a long-neglected room, footing the cloclc- facesi That room was barren but, made over, became an ideal place for bi-monthly meetings. Some twenty-six pledges were informally initiated in November, and then joined with new members of the Missouri University chapter for formal initiation on NovemberQ3. A banquet at Mrs. Cliffordis celebrated their entry on the following evening. DON DIERKS, President JIM DUNCAN, Vice-President RAY SANDERS, Treasurer Special programs heard this year were: A piano-violin recital by Misses Alwin and Tharal- son, a talk on Art and Music by Edwin Todd of the art department, and an all-Schubert re- corded program commemorating the 'l5Oth anni- versary of that composer's birth. Phi Betas eased their wrath by March and joined their brothers-in-art at the Daniel Boone l-lotel in Columbia for the annual duo dinner- dance. And the year ended May '16 on another high note in the form of a melodramatic stage pro- duction, prepared by a committee headed by Louis Koenig, and entitled: Who Stole the Luther T. Bar Crgan'? BILL HARTZLER, Secretary - BOB EASTERDAY, Warden LUTHER SPAYDE, Supreme Councilman . . .... -.....w,-aummi :? Standing: Clements, Thomas, Siler, Schweizer, Starkey, Maness, Grisamore, Smith, Welborn, Easterday, Henderson, Jeter, Allen, Cole, Dowling, Swob Seated: Harrington, Shadrach, Mann, O'Connor, Spayde, Duncan, Dierks, I-lartzler, Robinson, Shirley On Floor: Stevenson, Shell, Sanders, Pegues, Arnold Page 73 DeVore, Brown, Gaddis, Leatherman, Cole, Clark, Patterson,'Starl4ey, Manion, Tyte, Kuhn, Denneny, Nlauller, Simpson, Culmer, Kamp, Parrish, Stacy, Whitman, l-leying On floor: Reid, Staley, Estep, Griffith Z Qammcz Jlfu LIMITED ONLY BV THE PROVERBIAL SKY Central's social science fraternity was the lone campus organization to hit the jackpot on a national scale in 1946-47. Widespread distinc- tion and recognition came to the group early in the second semester when the Pi Gamma Mu national council selected the Missouri' Kappa Ccentral Collegel branch as the outstanding single chapter in the United States. The Council's decision was based upon the excellence of the Kappa chapter program for the academic year-both its preparation and its con- tent-and it topped off an outstanding year for one of the campus' most distinguished honor societies. Plans for the prize-winning program were drawn up and printed on booklet programs to- gether with vital facts concerning the organization in early Qctober when old members and newly elected officers met in a planning session with Dr. Gadclis. At that time eighteen students and two new faculty members were found eligible for membership in the organization, and they were honored by an informal tea at the Gacldis home in November. Page 74 From that ambitious start the fraternity went on, meeting monthly in the homes of its many faculty sponsors to discuss at heated length the varied problems of foreign policy, new scientific discoveries, transportation, labor relations, educa- tional problems, conflicting religious ideologies, and the battleground ofthe Nearlfast. Such dis- cussions were planned by,and builtaround papers given by, appointed committees of sponsors and students. The annual Pi Gamma Mu banquet was properly digested in early May. Officers for the year's highly successful fra- ternal edition were Franlc Newgent, president, Leon Leatherman, vice-president, Joyce Stacy, secretary, and Leslie Kuhn, reporter. Q t lf- l SQ -jf l wsu-fbi! More discussion .... Portrait of Officers Newgent and Leatherman with a portion of faculty row Page 75 Front table: l-lix, Barton, Cheatham Second table: Schwerdt, Patterson, Leatherman Third table: Lewis, Blanchard, Smith, Bratton, Woolsey Back table: La Turno, Kirlc, Hardeman, Mrs. Ervin, Ervin, Gray, Schweizer, Simpson Baci: side table: Bayley, Reid, Tyte, Mrs. Bayley Front side table: Swisher, DeVore, Mrs. DeVore, Phillips, Allen Tlzeolog Club CONCENTRATED EXCELLENCE OF PURPOSE , Sincere-reverent-thoughtiul, these young people form one ofthe most earnest groups on the campus. Valuing the church as the greatest single instrument for good in the life of the individual and in the community, they dedicate their lives and energies to its worlc. Such a step is not to be taken lightly or made in a moment, for church direction, involving or- ganizational iunctioning and the revitalizing of the souls ol men, requires much lcnowledge, slcill, patience and tact. Therefore, these theologs have followed a program designed to acquaint them- selves with the problems of the church and meth- ods of solving them. ' ' Counseling the ministers-to-be in such mat- ters have been such spealcers as Dr. Albert E. Day, leader ofthe New Life movement, Dr. W. L. Perryman, Rev. T. C. Swaclchammer of Marshall, and Dr. DeVore and Rev. Patterson of the faculty. Louis Schowengerdt was president. During the second semester the theologs in- augurated the bi-weelcly discussions themselves with papers on pertinent topics by members. Social feature of the year Cpictured abovej was the spring banquet at which the Rev. Monk Bryan oi St. Louis was the guest spealcer. Earlier in the year, several of the theologs vvere Fortunate in being able to hear E. Stanley .lones speak in Kansas City. Even amid the fantasy of the l-lomecoming parade the touch of this group was felt, for pacing slowly to the martial air oi the band was the founder oi Methodism in America, Francis As- bury, impersonated by Admiral Phillips mounted on a horse. Page 76 .fat- Qffgofza Epsilon Della With the birth of l-lippocrates in 460 B, C., magic in medicine was doomed. The Egyptian remedies, the anger of Apollo, the greed of Aesculapius lost face before the legacy of Hip- pocrates. This strange gift to an age-old quacl4ery made its giver the father of a modern profession. But of this gift: l-lippoctates was a reporter first and a doctor ever afterwards, for he was the donor of the Hcase history which has killed more buga- boos than penicillin has bugs. Magic is dead, but disillusionment still lives as members of Alpha Epsilon Delta, honorary pre- medic fraternity, will attest. Case History of Joe Alpha Epsilon Delta Blow: Up for discharge, Dec., 1945, Medical Department, U. S. Army ., . . . Directed to spe- cial counselor for professional guidance, Recom- mendation: medicine .... directed to civilian advisor for professional guidance, Recommenda- tion: medicine .... Directed to college pre- medical advisor, Recommendation: medichwe .... Other recommendations and advice by veterans affairs, department heads, medical schools, etc., to wit: Concentrate on science, Concentrate on anything but science, Don't concentrate .... lalce two-year course, lalce four-year course, Graduate .... Prepare for medical school you hope to enter, Prepare for any and all schools, Prepare for school in your state .... Carry heavy schedule for complete and quiclc coverage of requirements, Carry light schedule for high grades .... There are too few pre-meds, There are too few medical schools, There are too few doctors, There are too many doctors, They are poorly distributed, They are well-enough distributed .... Prognosis: The illusion will diel Program: Alpha Epsilon Delta. Year: 1947 'lst weelc-Case l-listory of Joe A E D Blow CaboveD Qnd weelc-Case History of Dick A E D Roe Clike unto the firstb 5th week-Case l-listory of John A E D Doe Cdirraj - Post: The illusion diedl Back row: Phillips, President Grisamore, Miller, Scott, Christ, Chiles, Kamil, Easterday, Parson, Brown Front row: Newgent, Frazier, Greaves, Gentry, McAfee, Harris, Bowman Page 77 Seated: Norton, Ellis, Ream, Vilhauer, Ott, Nease, Whitman On floor: M. Parrish, Lindsey, Montgomery, Snider, Kamp, C. Parrish rzmmcz Sigma Ti BEAUTY, EEAINS AND SI-IORTI-IAND BOOKS Do you loolc well with a lamp shade on your head, or a rose garden entwined in your hair? If so, you are just the type of girl Gamma Sigma Pi is loolting for. But we're only kidding. Scholar- ship, personality and progress are their ideals, and with these goals Gamma Sigma has flourished lo these many years on the campus of Central Col- lege. You've got to have an S average in secretarial courses to get in, too, and any business executive would be only too happy to welcome to his office force a member of this secretarial sorority, whose abilities are personified in Martha Qtt, ideal secretary, and president of the sorority. All activities are not restricted to complicated transcription of confusing shorthand notes, and entries into equally bewildering ledgers. For instance, at the first meeting of the year, in the home of Mrs. Vilhauer Creturning after a year's leave of absence for graduate study at New York Universityb, a slightly festive note could be cle- tected in the social meeting held after business had been taken care of, and life in New Vorlc vs. lite at Central College was discussed. Nine hundred and six words a minute, and you're in, and during the first semester four new ' Page 78 shorthand Whizzes were initiated in an impressive ceremony. Come second semester, live other secretaries-to-be were so honored. CThat's where the lamp shades come inj During the year, Vice-President Sue Nease raclced her brain to plan interesting and varied programs for the monthly meetings. Dues were collected, banlced, and paid out by Betty Ream, official secretary-treasurer, and various happen- ings given to the Collegian by reporter, Shirley Ellis. Perfection personitiedz MISS MARTHA OTT Page 79 The Yuletide season was celebrated by the traditional turlcey dinner at Mrs. CliFford's, and in the spring came the happily anticipated picnic: mustard, hotdogs and all. Then, graduation time came for the eight old Gamma Sigmas who traded their well-vvorn type- vvriters in the Commerce department for a venture into the business world, where shorthand notes aren't graded, and ledger entries really mean business. Perfect secretaries, one and all, and con- tributors to campus life .... I ffm , ,ff f-,Z-' Dr. Hix, Reid, Kamil, Newgent, Bowman, Schweizer, Leatherman, Siler Thi Mo Kappa THE DOME OF THOUGHT .... THE PALACE OF THE SOUL .... A day .... a life .... a butterfly .... a germ .... a drop .... a sea .... time .... space .... you and I .... so limited can be, Around the hearth at l-lix's, Phi Rho Kappas return, quip and quibble, and test the truth of things they fear are true. Then, the last red glow oi the embers prompts Vall to-say, Let's Finish thistomorrown-and so, 'tis never finished. The endless where, and how, and why goes on as once it did in Greece, in Palestine, in Rome, in cottage and in castle. With no hemloclc and no cross to hinder them, they have no better answers-yet. Officers for the return of philosophy as an organized pastime were: President . . . Vall Bowman Secretary-Treasurer . Don Reid Page 80 Ch6W7j5f7y! Club BACK TO A NORMAL SOLUTION OF MALE DOMINANCE These hardy veterans of the penetrating odors and exasperating accuracy of First-Floor Science have all begun to dip their Fingers into the neces- sarily restricted Field ol the study of matter which will be their Iile vvorlc. This common bond unites them as student af- Filiates of the American Chemical Society, and makes for as much absorption in the serious side of their bi-weekly meetings as in the side pictured below. I'Ience, though the year started with a picnic at the city parlc and will end with a dinner-dance, it is the presentation of papers on timely technical topics by members which is the feature that malces the organization outstanding on the campus. Versatility of advisors Buckner and Shell and their wives is sworn to by all members after each and every round ol cards and refreshment, as they alternate in the role ol host. OFFICERS President . . . Jim Carpenter Vice-president . Keith Innes Secretary . . . Joyce Stacy Treasurer . Shirley Ellis Front table: Chapman, Ellis, Bockman, Abernathy, McCutcheon, Carpenter Back: Buckner, Dalton, Younger, Johnson, Shell Side: Hendrix, Graham, Innes, Stacy Inserted: Stacy, Carpenter, Ellis Page 81 ,..,.,.W,.-awmwsfwwf iv-' Back row: Duncan, l-lensley, Mann, Jones, Johnson, Frazier, Gaines, Crane, Heitmann Middle row: Campbell, Higdon, Bates, Fox, Lindsey, Arnold, Lewis, Eckles Seated: Kamp, C. Parrish, Schaff, Rogers, Stacy, Hutchison P Fwwfe Packers 0 Qffmeffim PREPARATION FOR PEDAGOGY More money For teachers! Teachers used to be paid in vegetables, now they are paid in peanuts. Malce the teaching profession at- tractive to our Finest young people-we owe it to our children. Such crys and quips flowed from newspapers, radios and even variety shows in an effort to arouse a complacent citizenry to the urgent need of a strengthened and revitalized educational program. The movement was so vigorous and widespread that, astoundingly enough, the 1947 group of Future Teachers were teachers with a future. This fact was reflected in the William T. Har- ris chapter in ia greatly increased membership. Even the male element was present in larger than usual numbers which indicated that the profession of educator was again deemed worthy of con- sideration bythe strong sex. These young people were aware that theirs was a great worlc and they determined to win recognition of its importance and value from the generally unappreciative pub- lic. ln order to equip themselves for the taslc, these prospective teachers met regularly each month in the Parish l-louse lor advice and coun- seling. Mr. Rryor from the State Department of Education spolce before F. T. A. on The State Department in Operation. Mr. E. E. Rich ex- plained the teacher placement service of Central College, and one of their own number, Lewis Robinson, enumerated some oi the teacher retire- ment plans oi various states. Page 82 Back row: Ott, M. Parrish, Brandhorst, Spry, Friedrich, Snider, Ream, Stroud, Palmer, Kahrs, Siler Middle row: Taylor, Montgomery, Turner, McGlothlin, Read, Norton, Nease, Whanger, Hickman, Whitman Seated: Lovell, Bricker, Robinson, Maulier, Sanders Christmas vvas given over to relaxation and these F. T. Afers reveled in the ready wit oi Dr. Baslcett and the delicious servings of fruit calse topped with whipped cream. Program Chairman Joyce Stacy did not over- loolc the aesthetic element in the meetings, and procured the musical talents ol several of the con- servatory students during the year. Dr. Walter Schati, sponsor of the chapter, was present at all ol the meetings, passing out Page 83 words of wisdom and reams ol educational litera ture with a free hand. OFFICERS President . A . Martha Rogers Vice-President . Mildred Kamp Secretary . Nancy l-lutchison Treasurer . Carolyn Parrish Program Chairman . Joyce Stacy Qffpfzcz Thi QJYZDZZH CURVACIOLIS DEVOTEES OF LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY MEN For all Alphas it was a memorable year-but memorable for different reasons, depending on the Alpha. Sports-minded sisters will remember the baslcetball game in which they defeated the Kappas, 70 to 'l8 .... others with more nor- mal interests may remember this as the year of the Great Neclting Party .... and so on .... Destined to partalce in this well-rounded pro- gram were the nineteen actives-seventeen students and two graduate assistants-who re- turned in the fall. At the first meeting Cheld, of course, in the small parlor at l-loward-Raynel, Betty Ream was elected president, Lucy Bates, vice-president, Bea Frazier, secretary, Jean l-leit- mann, treasurer, and Libby Littleton, reporter. Mrs. DeVore continued as sponsor of the group. A lively rush program, climaxed by a party at Doris Spry's home, lured ten rushees into the fold, and they were promptly sentenced to a weelt- long informal initiation. They were assigned a weird costume for each day. One day they were Indians, another, harem girls, and, well, some of Page 85 those costumes never were identified. Everyone survived this and other hell week activities, however, and the pledges were formally initi- ated in December. That neclcing party, meanwhile, had been staged in Qctober. The whole student body was invited Cno private party, thisj, and the affair turned out to be a dance where everyone was charged admission according to the size of his neck. Bob Leedy, with a circumference of seventeen inches at the Adamis apple, was hard- est hit, and received due recognition. Next big social event was the triangle dance in January, and Alphas turned out in all their glamour. The baslcetball team, sparlced by Brown and Buchanan, fought on to the girls' intramural championship. The sorority gave its own semi- formal dance in April at the Eagle-ite. Lewis Robinson's orchestra furnished the music. Final event on the social calendar was an all-day' trip to the Lal4e of the Ozarlcs 'for Alphas and their dates, in May. Ti Kappa Them PIED BEAUTY: 35 KAPPAS, ALL TN A ROW Out of a clear blue sky, college time rolled around once more for the seventeen returning standbys of the lavender and purple, and back to the quiet and educational atmosphere of dear old Central they came. A Girls, you've got to be quiet now, yelled Poo Kamp, president, and Martha Parrish, vice- president, and the First meeting of the year gradu- ally took shape. Pat McGlothlin, under the official title of treasurer, was contracted to extract the dues, by brute force if necessary, and Widgie Keehart to keep track of who was and who wasn't present come ten o'clock every Sunday night. Abbie Snyder and Doris-Steele agreed as pledge captains to guide the prospective mem- bers down the receiving line in the event that a tea was given. Do you know her? UShe,s cute,H and rushing was off to its customary momentous start. To the usual coke dates and tea 'was added a real Swedish Smorgesbord. Alter the smoke of battle had cleared away, the sixteen pledges chosen from Central pulchritude were entertained via candlelight and roses at Mrs. CliFFord's, and Hell Week, so aptly named, began in earnest. Make 'em wear no make up .... all plaids .... the gruesomer the better . . 'member how awful we looked last year .... want to see them scrub the sidewalk in front of Alsop's. The poor pledges did that and more -washed, scrubbed, cleaned and ironed, for hard-hearted members. And, after nobly sutler- ing through their term at hard labor, were duly admitted to the inner circle. Big harvest moons, conducive to hayrides, were taken advantage ol, formals donned forthe triangle sorority dance, rummage sales engineered, second semester pledging carried through, home- coming, popularity and beauty queens placed in the student body spotlight, and the last touch of glory-added like a cherry to a sundae-was sup- plied bythe Final formal of the year, in the Daniel Boone l-lotel at Columbia, no less. , Pi Kappa Theta, dear, we love thee . . Page 87 x Delia Ti Omega T THENCE CAME SUCI-I ANOTHER When the Delta Float-Wynona Jones in a Greek setting-was awarded the prize lor beauty in the homecoming parade, it was apparent to all that that new sorority, although merely a week old, was here to stay. Only a few days before, in mid-October, Dean Curlman had signed the charter that brought into existence the much-needed third social sorority on the campus. Jo Kahrs had been chosen president of the infant organization, along with Charleen Jones, vice-president, Mary Lou Snider, secretary, and l.aVena Jones, treasurer. Other charter members were lna Turner, Myra Turner, Betty Montgomery, Theo Miller, Pat Sasse, Mar- jorie Crane, Wynona Jones and Ginger Wilson. Miss Eulalie Pape was chosen sponsor of the club. Before the year ended, twenty rushees had been lured into the organization, sixteen the First semester, and tour the second. Page X9 The energetic social committee-Charleen Jones, lna Turner, Mary Lou Snider and Beth May-lcept dreaming upthings to do all year long. There was a Christmas party in December, the triangle dance sponsored by the three sororities, in January, the Sweetheart Promenade at the Eagle-ite, Valentines Day, and the Delta Spring Frolicn lormal, in April. Final party was to be a hayride for members and their dates in May. ln the realm of Finance, the organization spon- sored a movie in March, and held a rummage sale at the-Eagle-ite in April, to bolster the sorority's treasury. The club more than held its own in girls' intramural athletics, by winning the volley- ball championship. - Lilce all babies, Delta Pi Omega had grown phenomenally in its First year. And, as with all babies, the proud parents were confident that here was the most promising infant. that had come along in a long, long time. ffzli ,4,g4f...E. ff .V F 'fi' if S 3 rzbJ,M,zs,sf.i::' g ?' ' . l A 1 4 3 ' ' ' ' Y...-f ' ,, .-l Back rovf Radasch, Scott, Akard, Weston, Drake, Clark, Denneny, Mueller, Krasow, Jones, l-ioxwortlw, Spayde, Moore, Bric er On floor: l-l. Musgrove, Leek, Blaiclw, Alexander, J. Musgrove, Morrow, l-liggins, Stith, Holloway, Bowman, Hunt, Dowling, l-larris Tea dance at Eagle-ite starts rushing Robinson leads vocal enthusiasts in Howard-Payne season. court. Winter formal CFirst appearance ofthe Check-in time at Jol'1n's Forisecond-semester pledges oft-used decorationsj CSL Pat s Evej Page 90 Bela Sigma CENTERS OF Ai-I-TRACTION ' First sure sign that normal times had returned to Central's campus was the reactivation of Beta Sigma fraternity last summer, after a war-time sus- pension of three years. Five old-timers were on hand For the First post- war meeting-Jim Denneny, Jim Carpenter, Bill Lovell, George Maupin, and Lewis Robinson. During the summer they rushed and pledged Hodge Doss, Jim Evans, Pat Jones, Leo Krasow, Bob Morrow, Rufe Sanders, and J. B. Weston, and the ranks were further increased by the re- turn oi Duke Akard, Joe Alexander, Bill Hays and J. H. Mills in September, along with Carl Bockman who returned as a graduate assistant. ln the fall elections Denneny was named presi- dent, Robinson, vice-president, Carpenter, secre- tary, Weston, treasurer, Evans, warder, and Alex- ander, pledgemaster. Prof. Luther T. Spayde con- sented to continue as sponsor of the group. The big Fall rushing schedule included a smoker at the Eagle-ite for Darr's, or somethingl, a blanket party at the City Park, and a barn dance, with Roy Moore's combo and a hay tunnel, at the gym. Thirty rushees responded to this kind of treatment and pledged, letting themselves in for a Pagz 91 hell week that included bow-ties, date-chits, cigarette-passing and errand-running galore. The Beta Sigma Float in the homecoming parade -a giant named Lulu riding in a Model T- not only won the prize for humor, but was pic- tured in the national 'Collegiate Digest roto- gravure section. .Chief gym-decorator, Howie Mueller, did a great job for the frat's winter formal, even if his committee did have to work a little late. The Men oi Note played for the dance. Former Fraternity president, Sam Manley, re- turned at the semester, and Five new members were pledged, and much more rigorously initiated, after the winter rushing season, The formal dance at the gym, March First, was the scene of the debut of Robinson's new orchestra-before the Beta Sigs and the more than one hundred Good- Will guests. Mueller again had the gym beauti- fully decorated. The social calender ended with the annual Spring Formal at the Daniel Boone Hotel, Columbia. ln a year memorable for Carpenter's scribbled minutes Cwritten, it is said, on the inside of a match-Folderj, Denneny's sales talks, and aiter-the- meeting smokers at Little Paul's, one thing was certain: Beta Sigma had come back to stay. ' i. xffmfff 2 4 I - A 3: Q Q f - Wg! li Ti , . ' V -f ' f Q H gi i ,, f gi-.., Standing: Reid, Gray, Newgent, Rea, Starkey, Grinstead,'VGladden, Dixon Seated: La Turno, Estep, l-larris, Milckelson, Brown, Rotlwer, l-lartzler, Luelf, Powell, Staley, Griffith Front: Duncan, McAfee, Miller, Ridgway, Montgomery Arnalgamating hayridel Physical viewpoint! Gammas' rush banquet! Official Mokerdom Rother crowns popular Valentine, Pat Mcffulothlin, Queen Page 92 Qffpha Tfzz' Qamma SOCIETVS PRECOCIOUS YOUNGSTER Central's Greel: baby, Alpha phi Gamma fra- ternity, was a boisterous two-year-old in 1946- 47, and the Molcers did a banner business during their second-anniversary season, boasting their share of campus notables, and expanding socially. Qrganized early in the fall of 1945, Alpha Phi Gamma was the youngest of the campus' three frats this year, and the return of twenty-four ac- tives in September was the springboard from which this lively infant leaped into a social whirl of dances, picnics, hayrides and rush parties. At the year's first meeting, Kermit Klinghammer was selected organization prexy, John Watson was named vice-president, Curg Starlcey was elected secretary and Lee Dixon toolc over the unsteady business of frat finances. On the heels of this election, the curtain went up on rush activities, and Jim Milclcelson, Chuclc Powell, Don Ridgway, Johnny Rea, lvan La Turno, Bob Staley, and John Brown got their first peelc at the spirit of Molce. Homecoming parade found the Gammas out- fitted with an ancient-and weather-beaten surrey Pa gc 93 drawn by a pair of equally well-worn mules. To this decrepit combination the brothers added crepe paper and a few appropriate signs-and they were rewarded with the Homecoming prize for originality. The sad surrey made its last ap- pearance at the Jewell game, drawn by said initiates. Shortly before Christmas, the busy Bob Rother succeeded Klinghammer as president, and Ray Blanchard moved into the vice-presidential spot. Immediately after the holidays plans were shaped for the first annual Valentine Sweetheart Ball, and Pat McGlothlin was elected Alpha Phi Gamma sweetheart for this occasion. Decorations were lavishly unusual and the student body appreci- ative. I Second-semester rushing activities found Bud Ball, Gerald l-ledriclc, Will Butterworth, Don Dwyer, Paul l-lammermeister, Claude Lewis, Art Steppan, Bob Land, George Tilden, and Joe Blanchard initiated into the Mol4er ranks, intra- mural netmen faring only middling well, and the group wondering how marriage would affect Bother. It didn'tl And the year finished with a flourish. i i, , , Seated: Perkins, Manion, Turner, Cole, Weber, Clingenpeel, Fleck, Lander, Hessel, Dobyns, Hornyak, Ledbetter, Kennan Shaw On Floor: Rill, Stokes, De la Roche, Scott, Cheatham, Smith, Meyer, Price Inserted: President CI ingenpeel Q19 0774 C THE Mom WAS spur Bur NEVER DESTROYED Over three years before, the Chi Delta presi- dent had pounded his gavel on the rec room table, and members of Central's oldest fraternity, with Uncle Sam's breath hot on their necks, had ad- journed. It was 'a long adjournment. But by last October enough actives had returned to make reorganization possible. First official act was to change the name back to Atom Club, the now-timely title which had been used for ten years prior to 'l94'l. Then the nine returned brothers elected Jack Clingenpeel, president, Vincent Manion, vice-president, Carl Fleck, secretary, Jim Cole, treasurer, and Wendy Price, reporter. The founder of the club, E. P. Puckett, dropped out to attend to his deaning, and Dr. E. C. Buckner replaced him as sponsor. Atom Club jumped back into the social whirl with a dance for the entire student body early in November. Roy Moores combo furnished the music for the affair, which was at the gym. A rush party at the l-lut a few days before Thanks- giving persuaded sixteen rushees to carry the huge cudgel which is traditional equippage for Atom pledges. Nine more members were added the second semester. At the novel Comic Strip Dance, held at the l-lut in March, Superman Jim Dobyns Csee p. 'l3D, and Hairless Joe Liz Denny Cp. 1275 were prize-winning characters, and the Esquires of Rhythm were the music-makers. The social pro- gram was climaxed May Q with the traditional spring formal at the Daniel Boone l-lotel in Columbia. Pu ze 94 Fyguzrey W' fljlfhw WHEN SOFT VOICES DIE Borrowing the name and Idea ol Bully Lovell s pre war outht, the hve plece Esqulres of Rhythm were organized IU September They started play Ing stands ID three counties almost Immediately There was no front man, no business manager, but the boys didn tseem to mxss either one Rule Sanders tooted the trumpet, Brll Lovell squeezed the accordion, Jlm Evans played the clarinet and sang St James lnhrmary Blues Lewis Robinson pluclced the bass fiddle and the lrrepresszble Kenny Knoch beat the drums Bea Erazler was an occasional vocalist with the combo They set the joint jumpln up at Wayside al most every other Saturday and Wednesday nate Transportation? Get there any way you can with the bull FldCll6tdl4If'18 prlorlty ID Lovell s car Then there were the occasional trips to the Bug Ben In Boonville, and the V Club Dance at Mus sour: Valley, and the frequent, well attended sessxons at Central s own gym and Eagle :te The Esqulres l1l4ed everybody and loved their music We had more lun than the customers, Evans always said on Monday morning Pa ae 95 E . l i . . 5- - l E I , KK tl 05, ' . . T T lt g . Q I 1 L -I 4 bf 2 Z . Q L if E le.: ,..z 1 1::---:a:-:g-5.5.-igi1- - ljj-A - rT T L '-' A 7' .,,,..,............,,.--,,,.v. cc' . , c J., . . AAAA AQDZTT' Y- - A444 T iii '775 ?7ii?5 f ' ' 1 'i ?4 ' V 'nf M he l Ii' Clarinets: Korb, Miller, C. Doss, Turner, Dierks, Flutes: Whanger, Younger, Walker, Barton Saxophones: Moore, L. Jones, Potts, Heitmann Alto Clarinet: Ream Bass Clarinet: Alloway Accordion: Lovell French Horns: Robinson, Elliot, Groce, H. Doss Basses: Jeter, Groce Baritones: C. Jones, Wright, Arehart, Culler Drums: Rogers, Rich, Grove, Baumann Cornets: Sanders, House, W. Younger, Moore, Eclcles, Eisenstein, Cornwall, Houck, Evans Coder, Scrivner, Hellerick, Henderson Trombones: Maness, Towner, Hunt, Hornyalc, Mosby, Bratton, Jesse, Mueller Oboe: Parrish ameri and Jlfmfcfzmg Bmw' STOUT-l-IEARTED MEN AND WOMEN Few students have never paused to listen, in their mad or leisurely dash across the campus, to the strains ol music coming out of Anderson! band room Cat practically any time ol the day or nightl. This magnificent group ol those musically inclined has brought glory and recognition to Central College, a lew headaches to Prof., and, so we are told, a large number of callouses from marching-when weather permits-to its faithful members. When football season rolls around, Ander- son's army-both a girls' and boys' marching band -is there to spur the green and blaclc on to vic- tory. From the stands it is plain to see that the time and the constant etiort of Prof. and his fellow worlcers have not been in vain. Down the Field they come at the hall, twirlers, standard bearers and drum majors, in lront, and behind, the neat rows of those who carry and play the instru- ments. You remember the Missouri Waltz num- ber, the Thanksgiving program, Sweetheart Joanne Warren, and all the rest of the intricate drills that lool4 so easy from where you sit. Attendance is usually heavy on the day the band plays in assembly, and more than three- lourths ol the students put away their boolts, let- ters and love atlairs to be entertained by these talented musicians. Page 96 When winter begins in earnest, training For the concert group begins in earnest, too. Alter long hours ol practice, a tantalizing bit played in assembly, and vigorous salesmanship by members, the home concert is given. Formals are dragged out, tuxes begged, borrowed, or stolen, and in a true professional manner flights dimmed, pro- grams rustlingj the concert band holds its listeners spellbound for an hour. Soloists Cl-louse, Jones, GroceD add to the thrill. Old band members trek to Fayette to compare the new talent with that ol yesteryear, townspeople, well aware of the band's ability, turn out, and the student body comes practically to a man to watch, listen and be amazed. l-leadlines in the Collegian announce the annual band tour, and this year the thirty-seven chosen ones left behind them for a weelc the classes and the studies of college to bring a touch of Central to other Missouri towns. Not to be forgotten, too, are the marches drifting down from the corner rafters ol the gym during the baslcetball season: the teams lacing oil, the students standing, and l-lail Victory sweeping through the gym. Inspiring? Yes, and for all this, and more, we say to the band, mlhanlc you, and may Anderson's Army go march- ing on. Color Bearers BROWNFIELD STEELE EDES PITTS Twirlers WEGENER BROWER CUTMYER WARREN Ma iorettes ROGERS Si-HFLETT Thanksgiving Church Formation Page 97 1 1 I I I I 1 I Back row: l-lartzler, Womack, Starkey, Ruppert, Evans, Robinson, Arnold, Weston, Fuqua Third row: Stevenson, O'Connor, Mann, Cole, Pegues, Sanders, I-larrington, Koenig, Spayde Second row: Alloway, Moore, Groce, McClanahan, Frazier, Schaefer, Campbell, Livermore, Beclc Front row: Parrish, Brower, May, Steclc, Poindexter, Saeger, French, Spry, Scrivner F aff Cappella Choir 'I-IEAVENLY MUSIC,-VOICES SOFT AS Tl-IE GLOW OF 'ALTAR CANDLES -mls the choir list up? 'Did l mal4e it?H These were vital questions tothe eager singers who singly and nervously exhibited their vocal powers to Prof. Spayde in the choirgtry-outs. Being on the inside ot this top musical organiza- tion was no small, honor and required a great amount of worlc. Four practices a weelc under the strict direction of Spayde explained the qual- ity of the choir and its billing slogan, Classed with the best in the Middle West. One of the strong drawing cards to Sunday morning church services, these white-clad choris- ters never Failed to move their audiences with their beautiful harmonies and sacred texts. A painful but necessary wrench came at mid- year when the group was pruned down to bus size tor the annual spring concert and tour. This year the ports of. call were Methodist churches and high schools spread out between Kansas City and St. Louis. The repertoire consisted largely ot sacred music ranging all the way from the time-tested worlcs ot Ralestrina and contem- poraries to the Fascinating harmonies of the mod- ern composers. The. last part ot the program was a group at secular numbers. lncidental soloists with the choir were Leland Womack, J. B. Weston, Bea Frazier, and Eileen Saeger. Spelling the choir in afternoon concerts were such added attractions as Wanda Groce, violinist, Ray Sanders, trumpeter, Louis Koenigpand Jaclc Fuqua, baritone soloists, and a male quartet composed ot Virgil O,Connor, Curg Starkey, l-lenry Arnold, and Lewis Robinson. May 9 saw the repetitionol the Central Col- lege concert on the stage of the Music l-lall in Kansas City. The choir was, naturally enough, one of the outstanding features ot this program sponsored by the Kansas City Alumni For the second successive year. ' Page 98 Orafz A WELCOME VIBRATIONS . Alter counting out four years of rests, the Little Symphony again toolc the downbeat and entered campus harmony, Development ol the theme came in December with the addition of the brass and Woodwinds and their fuller, broader harmonies. The movement was still adagio, how- ever, and the instrumentation incomplete without oboe, bassoon and percussion. Due to difficulty in arranging a suitable prac- tice hour, rehearsals were somewhat sporadic, making a culmination in a full maestoso movement impossible. But the year's worlc gave promise ot . MART!-IA TI-IARALSON . Efffd ARROWS FOR TI-IE SGUL H great things to come, and the sample given the student body in a March assembly program was Well received. Though the group vvas small and the instru- mentation was not balanced, the members vvere avid musicians and read through such major works as l-ladyn's Surprise Symphony, Schubert's Un- finished Symphony, and Mozart's G. Minor Sym- phony. The climax ot the year's activities under Maestro Tharalson was reached in the spring concert. ' . . - 4. . . Director WANDA GROCE . . . ..,. President Back row Everett Powell Bob Land Tal Smith Don Dowling Norman Jeter Miss Wilder AI Joaquin Jon Kirlq Lyle Burgess Ray Blanchard Glenn Schwerdt Bolo Jackson From Practice to Perfection in a Christmas Assembly PERSONNEL OE Tl-IE PERFORMANCE Third row Jim Miklcelson Gene Swob John Ware Dale Pitney John Watson Edwin Todd Lloyd Frank Second row Virginia Hamilton Mary Groce n Barbara l-louse Marjorie Dupy Ann Lowe Margaret Davis Joyce Mildred Candy l-luston Lillian Whanger Marilyn Mallette Adele l-lartwig Mary Margaret Lewis Miss Devereaux Front row Mary Margaret Murray Martha Xxfagner Carol Schultz Margaret Palmer Wynona Jones Nannette Schwaner Fern Pancoast Vivian Calkin Alice Bradley' Linda Hyde Pg 100 Jwxea' Chorus MERRILY TI-IEY SI 'iAre you a bathtub singer? Join the Chorus and perfect your technique, read a placard an- nouncing tzy-outs lor Miss Devereaux's mixed chorus. informal, you say? Ah, yes-and therein lay the glory of this organization, Long- haired, long-Faced musicians who lose the joy of music in constant perusal of technicalities were strictly out of lcey in this club lor, pleasure through singing together was the main objective. Not that there wasn't plenty oi musical talent in the ranlts of these warblers, for these forty-some voices, combined with good hard practice, pro- duced two line performances. But rehearsals had more the spirit oi an informal get-togethenol students, who, drawn by the sheer love of singing, met each Tuesday and Thursday night to blend their voices under the baton of Miss Lois Dever- eaux. Enthusiasm rather than talent was the pass- word and coupled with the energetic interest of their director, results were achieved Christmas was the occasion of the hrst public appearance of the Chorus Students who gath ered under the tower for the yuletide assembly program were entertained with special arrange ments of 'iwas the Night Before Christmas and Jingle Bells Soloists in these numbers NG ALONG were John Watson and Margaret Palmer. Alice Bradley, Nan Schwaner, Mary Margaret Murray, Martha Wagner, Lillian Whanger and Wynona Jones a.lso had snatches of solos and speaking parts in these whimsical numbers. Early in the year a system ol Fines was adopted in order to counteract the tendency toward ab- sences and late arrivals which the informality of rehearsals produced. Ten cents was charged for absences and Five cents for tardies. A party was planned ii enough money accumulated. Enough did. lmpudent wrong-doers were punished for their sins by a gay, rolliclcing party at the l-lut early in March. Topping the year's worlc was the spring con- cert ln a Persian Garden, a musical setting oi the Rubalyat oi Qmar Khayyam, was done in oratorio style The iour solo parts were taken by Eileen Saeger, Margaret Palmer, John Watson, and l-lenry Arnold A carefree picnic on the greens of the City Parlc is the ideal way to end a year of labor, many organizations have discovered, and the Chorus was no exception Page 101 11- . . us . . . U A n . . . The Players: l-lartzler, Griffith, Reid Grinstead, Estep Wegener, Bealmear Black Dramatic Club: Bailey, Powell, Bittilcer, Kirk, Oonlc, Bott, Klinghammer, Hensley, Mueller, McCutcheon, Finnell, La ke Tlajfers mm' The Dmmaficy Cfllb The l3lay's the Thing Wherein l'll Catch the Conscience of a King . . E. . Generally speaking, the play was a pretty good thing on the Central campus in 1946-47. It actually managed to trap no royal consciences, but large and appreciative audiences made even more attractive and profitable lures, and when the year's four sparlcling performances had been staged there were few pangs of conscientious remorse over their success. The lead-off Players, production hopped out of the wings early in November, and it was a bright harbinger of the well-planned things to come. A comedy-farce called Second Child- hood, the play starred Francis Nelson, Ray Blanchard, and Eva l-lensley. Backing up this trio were such dramatic aces as Bob CScene-swiperl Briclcer, Lillian Whanger, l-lomer Bittiker, Marian Wegener, Bill Finnell, Jon Kirlc, Gail Oonlc, and Ruth l.alce. The play plot featured the always eventful search for an elixir of eternal life, and it was a comic gem. I Directed by Erv Estep and Loren Grinstead, a pair of one-act plays hit the second Players, bull's-eye in January. These one-round twins, Dead Men Can't Hurt You and When You're Over 21 were featured on the same program. Marian Wegener, Homer Bittilcer, Don Ridgway, Johnny Johnson, and Mary Frances Cronbaugh carried the acting stint in the mystery, while Dorothie French, Jim Milclcelson, Sally Bealmear, and Dixie Davidson shared roles in the romantic and farcical share of the performance. Shifting the spotlight to the l'loward County court-room, Players scored again in late February on a tense and action-paclced version of The Night of January 16th. Built around the details Page 102' of an actual murder trial, the drama was a ballyhoo of cross- examinations, verbal and legal battles, surprise witnesses, and the final moment of intense suspense when the jury rendered its verdict. Interest was heightened by the choos- ing of a jury from qualified members of the audience, and faculty, townspeople and Bricker Cagainy were called upon to decide the fate of the defendant, Karen Andre. Played brilliantly by Gloria Bott, the Andre monster was declared a free woman on the first night, but received a ticlcet to the electric chair after the second performance. This bit of legal ingenuity preserved the ego of both attorneys-suave and hypnotic Tom Kennan who masterminded the defense, and bitter-tongued Clarlc Griffith who sharpened native sarcasm as the District Attorney. The parade of witnesses called by this pair of shysters included Sally Bealmear, Kermit Klinghammer, Richard Bailey, Gail Qonk, Erv Estep, Loren Grlnstead, Donna Moore, Bill Hartzler, and Bill Flllingham Chuck Powell Russell Arnett and Carroll Price portrayed the usual court room retlnue As the year rolled to an end, Players planned to close with a planned presentation of Walter Ferris Death Takes a Holiday The Players organization and its offspring, the Dra matics Club mixed stage triumphs with social events during the year Regular meetings were held in Classic l'lall, with prexy Estep presiding over his noisy and unruly band of theatrical proteges Initiation ceremonies were staged three times, and a banquet was planned for late lVlay Making up for Second Childhood Johnson falls accidentally shot by lover Wegener in Dead Men Can t Hurt You Kennan closes the arguments for the defense in Howard County s tobacco stained courtroom Pa 103 On Stage for same ..., V , I . I , S. , uf Cabmef Jeanne Poindexter Admiral Phillips l-lowarcl l-lardeman Louis Schowengerdt Curg Starlcey Wallace Gray, Pres. Miss Wilder Pat Brown Jean l'leitmann Caroling .... Sunday evening fellowship hour . . This non-exclusive bunch of gay, yet thoughtful, young people got things done and had a good time doing it. Take, for example, the S'l,OOO they contributed to the World Student Service Fund. Not only did this project furnish relief to students in destitute countries, but it also relieved Central collegiates from class-room fatigue: witness the laughter and hilarity evolced by such hit shows as the WILLS Radio Audi- tion, the faculty Auction, and the Football Follies. Efficiently organized so as to function with the smoothness of a well-oiled ma- chine, the SCA program emphasized every important phase of life. The four commis- sions-Christian Faith, Campus Affairs, Community Affairs, and World Affairs- were ably headed by Ray Blanchard, Lois Digman, Admiral Phillips, and l.ouis Schow- engerdt, respectively. Recognizing that the religious life is an abundant, four-fold life, the SCA program did not neglect any aspect of it. There was laughter and gaity, but it was tempered with a serious note, relaxation was comple- mented with healthy worlq there was love and understanding for each other and an ever-increasing devotion and reverence for something bigger than the individual. Pagf 104 -ff-' I A brief hour each weelc cramped the style of such a comprehensive program and so the second semester saw the inauguration of a new plan. Meeting time was changed from Monday to Sunday night so as to avoid con- flict with study hours and scheduled activities. A look at the program showed the following features: a fellowship dinner at six P. M. started things off on a congenial note and was followed by a song fest, a devotional service, and speaker or discussion period, and, finally, recreation. Outstanding among the speakers for the year were Dr. Albert E. Day, leader of the New Life movement, and Mr. Clark Ellzey of Stephens College. Religions of the World was the topic for a panel discussion by four G.l.'s who had served in various areas ofthe globe. Dorothie French reported on the youth retreat at Turlcey Run, Indiana, which she attended in the spring. Earlier in the year, Prof. Patterson, Ann Swisher, and Diclc Detweiler attended the Methodist Youth Conference at Urbana, II!i- nois, and reported back to the home group. Among the contributions made by the SCA to community life was a donation to the negro milk fund and assistance with the teaching in the Lincoln School. Page 105 Sfudmf Christian Qfiworiafiofe OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE We don't know what's up there, either . Campfire program .... Xmas stage production: Dust of the Road .... Ahart, Wiley, Feeler, Wilson, Northington, Vaughan, Ledbetter, Rogers, Thomas, Finley, Myer, l-lornyalc, Medley, Braclcmann, Martin, Steppan, Edwards, Thompson Not present: Craig, Piclcrell, Thomson, Cameron, Dickesin, Potts, Ball First semester only: Cheatham, Balsiger, K. Etter, J. Etter, Knowles, Neilsen, Propst, Axon, O'Connor Old-timers can remember when Wills Hall was darlc, quiet, unpainted, and almost forgotten, abandoned as a dormitory many years past, and in use only as a warehouse. That was last year. This year, Wills was Central's answer to the fra- ternity house-and to the housing shortage. During the summer, college officials, faced with the prospect of a record-brealcing enrollment, toolc another loolt at Wills and decided it would make a better place for students to sleep than the WYIIJ all REF US I N G OBSCURITY JIM ROGERS President WITTEN LEDBETTER . I Secretary-Treasurer DR. WALTER SCHAFF Advisor The men: Gathered 'round their own weatherbeaten piano .... The l-lall: With the grayness of age well covered... The clowns: Oscar's well-dressed today .... The famous Propst arm moulds an equally ia- mous Wills' snow - woman. lt would be hard to explain Ledbet- ter's attitude. classrooms. Worltmen were summoned and by fall the building was ready for the 30 ex-Gl's who moved in and eagerly spread their ex-Gl blanlcets on the-what else?--ex-Gl bunlcs which they found there. A house council -was elected with Joe Wroblensld as president and Dr. Walter Schaff as advisor. Later in the year, Jim Rogers became president when Wroblenslci left. A Wills l-lall man was freshman president, another became vice- , Page 106 president of the student body, and the Wills l lall touch was apparent in every organization and sport on the campus. Attention was attracted from miles around- too many miles, unfortunately-by WILLS, the Wills l'lall radio station, which enjoyed a few weelcs of life just before Christmas. Studios were in the janitor's storeroom, and programs usually consisted of music, gossip and small tallc l'low- ever, there was one memorable Talent Show broadcast, from the stage of the assembly hall. Always there have been strong bonds of friendship and loyalty among the Wills Hall boys. They are proud of their ancient residence. As with Texans, you can always tell a Wills l-lall man-but you can't tell him much. Power-plant playboys .... up, up . . . And upside down in pose No. 23 .... Ah! Those cars! Vice-prexy Hornyalc .... Top-bunk Cand top storyj Braclcmann . Page 107 DeVore, French, McAfee, Vance, Griffith, Clements, Firestone, Schultz, Barton, Mrs. DeVore, Mrs. Allen, Allen, Bayley, Mrs. Bayley, l-lensley, Schowengerdt, Scahill, l-lyde Inserted: President Allen . IQ gm THEIR FATHERS' SONS AND DAUGHTERS Do you realize that four per cent of the entire student body gathered together on Central's fair acres are P.K.'s or Upreachers' kidsn? Consid- ered in the cold light of statistics this means that one out of every twenty-five students one chances to meet ambling across the loop, or squirming through chapel, are children of the cloth, veter- ans of the pews, inured to the rigors of required chapel since birth. ' ls this good? Certainly. For from the PK. tribe have come many of history's great, certain laymen's views that P.K.'s are the worst kids in town notwithstanding. Proud of their heritage and deeming recogni- tion desirable, Central's P.K.'s organized them- selves into a club devoted exclusively to food, fun and free exchange of parsonage parables. l-leading up a freshman ,cabinet was charter member, Lowell Allen. Under the able leader- ship of this group not a holiday was allowed to go by uncelebrated or a second Sunday to slip by without a meeting. Dr. and Mrs. DeVore, sponsors of the club, generously opened their home for meetings and parties time after time. Dave Firestone was generally conceded most efficient dish-washer, Linda Hyde and Joe Clements could always be depended on for a game to keep things rolling, and Mark Barton could play a sweet potato solo at the drop of a hat. Jeannette Scahill, usually stuck with refresh- ments, managed to keep that contented, well-fed look present on the assembled faces. Page 108 award-Trzjfne House ameri! COMPETENT PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT Do you have trouble sleeping nights-ii you live in the girls' dorm, i. e., because coke bottles keep rolling down the halls until the wee hours of the morning, and irisky iellow students have snowball Fights outside your door? Ii so, just report it to the president oi the House Council, Mary Margaret Lewis, and her aids: Joyce Stacy, vice-president, 'Pat Brown, member-at- large, Mildred Kamp, Senior representative, Pat McGlothlin, Junior representative, and Jo Kahrs, Sophomore representative. Then sit back and peacefully await results. But the duties oi such a council are not all of a disciplinary nature. Who do you think Figures out the big sisteru list, and who comes back early to help the bewildered Freshmen girls adjust themselves to life on Central's campus? None other than the l-louse Council. They plan the Formal reception at the beginning of each school year, and theirs is the task of the traditional Christmas dinner. And if you enjoy keeping track oi the news oi the world and Little Orphan Annie via the newspapers bought forthe use of the entire dorm, you can thank the council. It isn't always easy, but theyive done a good job, and Howard-Payne is grateful. Kamp, McGlothlin, Lewis, Curiman, Rucker, Stacy, Brown, Kahrs Page 109 l-lartzler, Walker, Bradley, l-lensley, Estep, Joaquin, Powell, Ware, Kuhn, Butterworth, Casebeer, Davis, Poindexter, l-lall ' Ridgway, Griffith, Grinstead, Mikkelson Looking out on the campus panorama from its tiny third-floor Brannock garret, this yearis Cen- tral Collegian sometimes laughed, sometimes just reported, sometimes closed its eyes. forthe staff of the, campus newspaper, it was a good year for reporting the lighter side of cam- pus life. Every group from the faculty to the foot- ball squad put on a stage revue, the Alphas gave a benefit public necking party Cbenefit of the Alphasj, and Termite Terrace and the l-louse of Blue Light continually broke into print, usually by making more noise than anybody, ' Nearly every member of the staff tried his hand as a 'columnist or feature writer at one time or an- other. Griffiths Moving finger and front-page feature stories by l'lensley, l-lall and the hard- working editors often stole the show from the conservative news columns, A A The Central J Collegian DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY YEAR OVERLOOKING HOWARD-PAYNE JEANNE POINDEXTER Editor ERVIN ESTEP Business Manager LORNA WATSON Faculty Advisor Staffnucleusstopsproof- reading to admire the master's tireless touch. Turning out copy Entire staff gathers be- tween their old-fash- ioned press and half-set ' pages. Ch, yes, there were two editors. Denny Davis resigned after seven issues, giving udiffer- ences of opinion over Collegian policy as his reason. The Board of Publications elected staff veteran, Jeanne Poindexter, to the post. Business Manager Ervin Estep crammed the weekly so full of advertising that the Collegian showed a small profit for once. l.oyal reporters, Ridgway, Rice, Walker, Gunn, Miller, Mann, and Ware turned in many a creditable story, 'and copyreaders l-lale, Mosby, Manley, Norton, Turner and Gunn counted out headlines for the items. . The ink-besmeared business staff consisted of Kuhn, Grinstead, Bradley, Mikkelson, Joaquin, Butterworth, Powell, Casebeer and l-lartzler. ' Page 110 First thoughts of any newly-appointed year- book staff center around grandiose improvements over previous editions: page after page of snap- shots, tricky engraving effects, and full-page color shots. Such imaginative flights slow down quickly to an even tempo, however, and the advisers of the staff smile knowingly as they wait for the editor and business manager to scan a barely balanceable budget and feel the first recognizable pains of panic setting in. It turns out inevitably, we hope, that this proceeding is all for the best. As feet again feel the hard, inescapable ground below them, a realization of the complications of the job dawns, and an entire staff sets iself to the task of master- ing terms, methods, etc. The office begins to take on the necessary firetrap appearance. Dead- The dg0Z!f BED OF NELIROSES KEITH INNES Editor NANCY I-ILITCI-II SON Business Manager M E GADDIS Faculty Advisor Clark Griffith Galleys of copy for both publl cations Davis Hensley and Par son Scribbling and scrawling toward dead Ines Higgins and Buckner Business aids pause for pose No 38 Bob Rother Selfpor trait of a true and busy artist Livermore Innes I-Iutch :son Aesthetc and practical side to each question separated by the mediating editor Q. U10 V' ASSY X Page III lines heighten panic and tempers, and they are only too glad to merely attempt a faithful recalling of the high spots of a year at Central College, with only the most subtle effects. This, then, has been our goal: a true hash- book, with a little of all of the elements that make up your college life, presented with some literary and artistic style, for your pleasure, and, regard- less of the degree of success of this particular staff, we have learned many and invaluable things. No longer are we timorous about discussing bleeds in tea-drinking society, we know that there are several types of etchings, and we'Il never have trouble with scrapbooks anymore, i.e., as long as we have a gallon of rubber cement at our side. I . I' . I I I ' ' . i is S l Q X I Q ,fa '9- 1 -- 1 z rr ISZI 'Z 5 l 6' 'Q -515. L A . .. E 1 W l l I 2 E 5 uf i . if 3 ff Seated: Robinson, Estep, Bates, Gaddis, Innes, Griffith, Evans, Poindexter, l-lornyalc Denneny proudly displays his eight-month baby to prexy, Lucy Bates Student ozmril LEADERS EOF MICE AND MEN Student government was about the same well- meaning but slightly doddering affair as usual on the Central campus in 1946-47. It opened in the promising glowaof a new Student Body con- stitution and the warmly earnest intentions of newly-elected student officers. But the freshly- fanned fire of student enthusiasm quiclcly burned low. By late Qctober, the Pan-hellenic Council- one of the brightest offsprings of the new con- stitutionfs framers-was regarded as not practi- cable and was quietly laid to rest. A few weeks later, differences over policy led Collegian Editor Denny Davis to. asl4 that he be allowed to assume a less responsible position on the news- paper stafff Student President franlc Newgent also relinquished his office, giving as his reasons his approaching marriageand desire to devote more time to pre-medic courses. At that time it was his plan, later changed, to enter upon his medical. training in January. Vice-prexy Lucy Bates succeeded Newgent as Student Body President, and Jeanne Poin- dexter was selected to replace Davis. ln a special Student Body election, Bob l'lornyal4 was thrust into the vice-presidential spot and therefore into the chairmanship of the social committee. The social planners had their usual hard time. After Christmas, dances became a steadily losing financial proposition, and second semester council meetings were a blealc series of lamentations by Student Treasurer Clarlc Griffith over his strained budget-for laclc of a better topic. Social events were fairly frequent, however, and they tended to be much better planned than most functions of recent years. The Student Council also financed the pur- chase of letter-jaclcets for a number of last year's athletes, and, after months of delay, a campus bulletin board was erected in front of Brannoclt l-lall. Bi-monthly meetings of the Council were held almost bi-monthly, and members were almost faithful in their attendance. The Board of Publi- cations, a Council by-product, accomplished its usual function. Page 112 9 ff -7 43, ' ,..5,.,A ti' 'X W4 . J 4 we eh' t ,, 1 5 YSL? My 5 rf l .- 5 xi, I tr 4 5 f? M075 450 if W l W 1 4 F oar- lm!! l-lead Coach Fred Faurot Captain Vergil Landers, All-Conference End Full-scale football made its postwar debut on the Central campus. in 1946, bowing into the athletic spotlight again for the first time since the dark days of 1942. And this return to the grid- iron was an impressive occasion, for the Eagles shaped up as Central's finest pigskin production in a dozen years, Springboarding off a shaky start, the club put together four victories against three losses and a tie, forged into second place in the M. C. A. U. conference standings, and placed a half-dozen players on the all-conference first and second dream teams. To Coach Fred Faurot, who conducted the grid fantasy, 87 recruits checked in for practice during the first week of September, and from this oversized squad Faurot was able to fashion a light, fast combine ideally suited for the power- packed T-formation. It was a colorful team- highlighted by the rugged power of Gene Swy- den and Pat Zuchowski, the shattering speed of Earl De l.a Roche and John Cantrell, and the rock- ribbed defensive web of wheelhorses, Carroll Price, Paul Marshall, Nick Ghnouly, Paul Pappas, and Bob Bricker. And it was an erratic team- marred by streaks of jittery ball handling and crippled by the lack of a top-flight passing attack, spearheaded by a grinding ground game and engineered by a supercharged offense that pro- duced nearly 125 first downs on over 2,000 yards rolled up from scrimmage. It was a team that lost two upset decisions and tied another, yet it was outgained but twice during the year and only one opposing outfit was able to crack its line for more than two touchdowns. At season's start the Eagles were popularly tagged -as a darkhorse threat, a crew capable of inconsistent performances that would feature a style of alternately brilliant and shoddy play. And as the eight-game schedule ticked off, the Birds fitted precisely into the pattern of those early predictions. E , Central's one-two punch, De la Roche and Swyden, crossing the 50-yard line for the first time against Rolla. This end-around was good for 25 yards as the first half ended. Page 114 Captain Landers awaits a potential touchdown pass -in vain. lt was deflected just a little too much. SEPTEMBER Q7 - ROLLA 12 CENTRAL 6 The outstanding flaw of inexperience smeared Central's first start on the pigslcin parade as Rolla's heavier and more seasoned Miners edged the Eagles on a narrow 'iQ-6 count. Driving from the opening l4icl4-off, the Miners shoved across their first touchdown in the early moments of the first period, marching 65 yards in 'l'l plays for the score. ln the second period Rolla delivered its l4ayo punch, registering a second tally as the payoff to a SO-yard down-field spurt. Bottled up during most ofthe tilt by the Miners' bigger forward wall, Central began to move in the closing moments of the third canto. Bill Schmidt and De La Roche ripped off long ground gains, and Swyden flipped a 30-yard pass to Vergil Landers for the Birds' first counter. Eumbles and penalties bogged down a second Central drive, however, and handed the nod to Rolla. October 4fWARRENSBURG 14 CENTRAL 'IQ Fate, fumbles, and the Warrensburg Mules combinedforces to puncture the Central football victory bubble and hand the Eagles their second straight trimming by a tottery 'I4-'l Q count. Falling completely to pieces after a pair of early pay-dirt iaunts had apparently sewed up an easy victory, the Birds watched a 'IQ-O first-period lead dwindle to a TQ-7 halftime marlc, and then saw the Mules race ahead to clinch the decision with a second tally in the final frame. De La Roche and Swyden drew first blood for Central, countering within seconds of one another on a pass inter- ception and a line buck. But Warrensburg capitalized on an Eagle fumble to score shortly before the half, then toolc the lead in the dying moments of the game after a bloclced lcicl4 had paved an easy touchdown route. lnability of Central to tally on conversion attempts set up the winning margin for the Mules. Swyden attempts a conversion. Extra points were one of Central's few consistent weaknesses Page 115 De la Roche and the entire Eagle squad had a Field day against l-lolloway gets his kick away while Clingenpeel guards the front Jewell's Cardinals. Del fattened his average considerably line and De la Roche stops beautifully the attempted Flight of a on jaunts like these. October 11--CENTRAL 25 PRINCIPIA O Gathering together all the ,latent power that had never quite jelled earlier in the season, the Eagles stroked the victory bell with a thumping 25-O win over Principiais lndians in a game that developed into a rout in every department. Central rolled into the lead less than four min- utes after the opening whistle, and they were never headed as Swyden and Zuchowski put to- gether a pair of touchdowns apiece to sparkplug the easy win. Unwrapping the full burst of their terrific offensive wallop for the first time, the Eagles piled up Q4 first downs and manufac- tured a neat total of 386 yards rushing. Com- pletely paralyzed by the whirlwind Central at- tack, Principia managed only four first downs and were never successful in unreeling a genuine scoring threat. - October 'I8-CENTRAL 19 ROCKHURST 6 Sweeping from behind with a deadly tattoo of fourth-period touchdowns, the Eagles scuttled the Rockhurst l-lawks with a 'l9-6 football bom- bardment in a fracas that marked their second straight Win. pushed to the rear by a Rockhurst score in the second quarter and helplessly stale- mated during the early stages of the game by gold- plate l-lawk punting, Central unleased a blister- ing aerial attack to tie the count on the opening play of the final quarter, then made use of the same passing combination two minutes later to take a lead they never lost. Swyden's 36-yard heave to Landers knotted the tally, and Swyden again hit Landers on the Rockhurst goal line to shove Central out in front. And for the Eagles' third touchdown it was once more Swyden, carrying an intercepted pass back Q0 yards to paydirt.. This performance enabled the pigskin warriors to match the triumphant accompanying appearance of Andersonis army for the first time in many years. Cardinal.K V October Q5 CENTRAL Q5 CULVER-STOCKTON 'l3 Sparkplugged bythe flashy running of Swyden and Kenneth l.utgen, the 'Eagles provided the final touches to Homecoming celebrations, dusting off Culver-Stockton's Wil,dcats with a 25-'l3 thrashing. Checkmated by bad breaks and a careful but outmanned Stockton defense in the first half, the Birds broke away for two quick touchdowns in the third stanza, then rounded off the decision by spiking in another pair in the last period. Swyden and Lutgen shared scoring honors, driving home two touchdowns each, and the Cats were able to make headway only in the last stages of the game when-they checked off both their scores against Eagle third-string re- serves. ' November 'l MISSOURI VALLEY Q5 CENTRAL 7 The highly-geared Missouri Valley Vikings- one of the nation's top football teams-pierced a gallant but outclassed Central defense for four touchdowns and racked up a stiffly contested Q5-7 win over the Eagles. Spearheaded by the hard-running drive of Speedster Alva Baker, the Vikings bent the back of the Eagle forward Wall with touchdowns in the first and second periods, then broke it completely on a third tally early in the second half that nipped off all chances of a Central comeback, Brought to a razor-edge keen- ness for the Valley clash, the Eagles-even in absorbing their worst defeat-turned in their finest game of the year. Particularly impressive were De la Roche and Swyden on offense and Bricker on defense. Reaching his season peak, Bricker also figured in Central's lone touchdown, snagging a pass from Swyden for the score shortly after half time. Page 116 November 7?-TARKIO 6 CENTRAL 6 Tarkio's underdog Owls rose up from the pit of six previous defeats to churn out a 6-6 tie with Central in a ragged tussle run off in rain and driving sleet. Blunted by the soggy gridiron and a treacherously wet ball, the Eagles moved to the front on an opening-period touchdown, but their vaunted spearhead failed to function afterwards. Striking on a surprisingly effective passing combi- nation, Tarkio moved half the field in the third period to tie the count. Swyden scored for the Birds on the final spurt of a 60-yard drive. November QQ- CENTRAL 32 WILLIAM JEWELL 6 Second spot on the conference ladder and the most decisive win of the year were Central's prizes as the curtain rang down on the 1946 pig- skin wars with the Eagles savagely thrashing Wil- liam Jewell 32-6. Rated almost equal, the two clubs battled evenly for a period, then Central gunned steadily to the front. Scat back De la Roche had a field day in the absence ofthe injured Swyden. l-le personally rolled up Q73 yards and accounted for three touchdowns to lead the Eagle attack. Bill l-lolloway also presented a touchdown, his first of the year, and Cantrell's pass to Landers tapered off the rout. Eighteen first downs .... 378 yards rushing .... AFTERMATI-l Trailing only'undefeated Missouri Valley in all-conference selections, Central spotted four aces in the M. C, A. U. first-team-dream-deck. Voted top honors from the Eagle camp were Landers, Swyden, Ghnouly and Price. De la Roche-mentioned by the experts as the league's outstanding speed merchant-drew a second- team berth, and honorable mention went to Bricker, Pappas, Marshall and Lutgen. ln the last football skull-session, Coach Faurot called before his resignation, popular and ef- ficient Landers was voted captain and this full quota of lettermen was released: Banaka, Cnrigsby, Dennen, Jackson, Bricker, De la Roche, l-laynie, Keaton, Cantrell, Dobyns, Holloway, Clingenpeel, Ghnouly, Hornyak, Lutgen, March, Marshall, Meyers, Middleton, Nelson, Pappas, Perkins, Price, Radke, Scofield, Swyden, Vivian, and Zuckowski. L ftt ' ht, b k : F t, FI a , Koch, Rash, Tinnen, Chick, Cox, Hanna, Wells. Fourth row: Middleton, Land, 2 gcggelcl, clflzollgvvvfay, lgligek, iifiwfiicnk, Banaka, Keaton, Rector, Whitaker. 'Third row: Svvyden, Brown, l-lornyak, Haynie, Myers, Sherwin, Dennen, Dobyns, Cantrell. Second row: Bricker, Metz, Grigsby, Marshall, Jackson, Vivian, Radke, Clingenpeel, March. Front rovv: Perkins, Lutgen, Landers, Cuhnouly, Pappas, Zuchowski, Price, De Ia Roche, Nelson. Page 117 Basketball! January's Starters When the last sad requiem had been solemnly intoned and the caslcet was lowered safely into its grave, one of the mourners suggested that a fitting epitaph for the corpse might be the vvords, Too little and too latef' That brief phrase seemed to sum up neatly and aptly the short, unhappy life of Central's 1946-47 basketball campaign. I ln the beginning, it was too little. The in- gredients vvere there, but the seasoning was pain- fully missing. There was too little pre-season practice, too little previous experience, too little height, too little speed, too little offense, too little defense-and too few ofthe same weak- nesses inthe camps of the opposition. Thefblow fell for the first time in mid-Decem- ber when the Rolla Miners ltnoclced off the Eagles, 5'l-32. And, after that, ltayo punches continued to rain down with monotonous regularity until, in the last 'IO days of the campaign, the Central combine suddenly found itself. But by that time it was too late. It the basketball season had started instead of ending in the closing vveelcs of March, the whole dismal story might have beenyvastly different-for it vvas then that the Eagles rallied to win three of their last four games. But fifteen consecutive losses had already been raclced up, and even this dying spurt could give the club nothing better than a year's record of three victories against sixteen defeats. Why, George! C51 is John, Mr. BB, Reaj .Coach Moss and the game-time nerve center Page 118 Those Figures were at least mild liars, hovvever, for the slate was not entirely barren of thrills. Under the tutelage of Coach Bill Moss-vvho took the throttle alter Christmas-the Central outfit showed a consistent improvement. There were tension-packed, heart- breaking moments when it moved to the very threshold ol victory only to have the door slammed abruptly in its face. The Birds battled to the Finish with William Jewell before losing, 33-3O, then Forced the same Cardinals into an overtime stanza at Fayette only to drop a 42-37 thriller. They came from far behind to stage a breathless scoring duel with Drury that ended in a slim 52-51 triumph forthe Panthers. But there was also a generous sprinlcling of smashing defeats-a loss to Rockhurst, 76-30, and a double- barreled bounce from Kirlcsville, 79-Q7 and 8'l-5'l. The string finally snapped against Tarldo in the M. C. A. Ll. Finale, and the Eagles chased past the Qvvls, 63-54. Two nights later they repeated against the Missouri .layvees 56-43, and then alter the second Kirksville landslide the season staggered to a close with Central thumping C. B. C. 49-4Q. Three shots, three games: Valley, Jewell, and Tarlcio . Bishop and Pea go after an Eagle rebound .... Bishop again after his ovvn rebound .... and .... Harris in a kind of symbol ot First victory as late-season Flash Weir C4-5D looks on .... this one was rough! . Page 119 Central's match-box promoted last, rough play. Count the arms For the answer to O'Sullivan's pulled cheelks. George Bishop led the individual scoring parade lor the Eagles, pouring in 183 points over the season. l-le was shadowed by John Rea, rangy freshman center, who connected lor 129 tallies.l Rea was also named the year's Mr. Basl4etballl in a popular-vote election by the student body, and was the sole Eagle to receive an honorable mention in all-conference ranlcings. A At season's end, Coach Moss announced letter awards to twelve squad members, includ- ing: Bishop, Rea, Diclc Harris, l-larold Weir, Frank Leet, Loch Wright, Cecil Wylie, Witt Ledbetter, Al Schutt, Gene Banaka, Bob Land, and Bill Finley. I t HOW THEY PLAYED THE GAME Rolla .............. Central .......,... 30 Missouri B ....... Central .,.. .... Q 8 Kirksville ,......... Central .... .... Q 7 Tarlcio. .1 ..... Central .... ..,. 3 8 William Jewell .,... Central .... .... 3 O ' Missouri Valley Central .... .... 3 3 Roclchurst .......... Central .... .... 3 O Westminster. . . Central .... . . . .46 Culver-Stockton. .... Central ..,. .... 4 'I William Jewell ..... g Central .... .... 3 7 Westminster ......,. Central .... .... 4 2 Culver-Stockton Central .... .... 4 7 Drury ............. Central .... .... 5 'I Drury ............. Central .... .... 4 7 Missouri Valley. ..,. Central .... .... 5 O Tarlcio ........ Central .,.. .... 5 2 Missouri B ....... Central .... .... 5 6 Kirlcsville .......... Central .... .... 5 'l Chillicothe .... Central .... .... 4 9 Standing: Moss, Land, Bishop, Rea, Harris, Schutt, Banalca b Seated: Swinney, Weir, Wiley, Wright, Ledbetter, Leet, Griffith Page 120 Alphas vs. Deltas Moss gives shot-put artists Middleton and An early intramural game Flappan some pointers on the discus throw. Early and strenuous training for track men Flappan gets a shot away Teamwork More intramurals Distance men sprint Gammas vs. Wills Hall The track and Field season stepped out ofthe wings into the glare of Central's sportlight early in April, coached by John Jones, a strong and well-balanced track combine went into rehearsal in the week following spring vacation. And by May this club had lashioned a victory and a loss in two dual meets and had taken a second-place in a triangular clash. The Eagles opened their campaign with a 70M-65M victory over War- rensburg, lost to William Jewell 88-48, then grabbed the number two spot in a three-way tussle with Valley and Culver Stockton Stand outs were Earl De la Roche, speedy dash man, and Ron Middleton, who turned in sparkling per lormances in held events Middleton hgured to break a conference shot put record at the M C A U meet at Marshall in May entrals 1947 tennis edition Kimbrell Blanch, Ledbetter, Wood and Bricker ground Pace 121 out a clean sweep over Jewell and split with Valley in two starts. An intramural basketball slate which opened in late December paid otl the Atom Club with its championship three months later. The Atoms were beaten only once during eleven weeks ol play, and they capped their drive lor the title with a 44-32 win over Bob l-lornyak's Wills l-lall outfit. Pacing the Atom punch were: De la Roche, Paul Medley, Clingenpeel, Landers, Smith Cole, Cochran, Bill Medley, and Dick Turner Girls intramural sports Figured in the picture, particularly when they brought in the hrst season s basketball victory lor the college, and followed it up with two more wins and a loss Pat Brown and Mildred Buchanan were consistent starlets lor the ga s C 1 , .. T. I . .- FootbalI-concessionier-and-''C'-Club-President Jim Graham serves across the bar to Athletic Chairman Shell Football boys relax and .... Dance at the l-lut . . . X5 It lsnit Whether You Win or Losef- lt's l-lovv You Get Initiated .... v Like many another war-crippled casualty, the Central Cl Club-one of the oldest and toughest ol campus organizations-underwent a peacetime revival in 1946-47, but the second coming of this athlete's aristocracy was not altogether a matter of sweetness ancl light. It began mildly enough. ln September, seven former lettermen returned to form an organization nucleus, and from their ranlcs .lim Graham was elected president, Bob Rother, vice-president, and Bob Morrow, secretary- treasurer. Still probing tentatively into the post-war world, the group muffled its tradi- tionally muscle-bound hell-week into a cau- tiously diluted heck when twenty-three loot- ball pledges were initiated in December. Page 122 But by mid-March-as a dozen basketball let- termen became ripe for entry-the iron-clad rites ol CH actives were suddenly upped to their ancient and slightly savage standards. As pledges lined up at hell weelc's threshold, it became ob- vious that the campus was to witness its roughest, showiest performance since the early ,4O's. Then, one slight hitch tossed a monkey-wrench into these gaudy trappings. The ceremonies had barely commenced when revolution reared its ugly head, and lour pledges withdrew from their duties-and ultimately from the club. The remain- ing eight continued to wear dresses, wallc baclc- wards, eat raw eggs, conduct mass proposals to startled young coeds, and carry out other well- planned indignities Cone of the lesser of which is pictured on page 'lQ6D. Eventually, they were received into austere C Club ranks. ln times of truce, the C managed more placid activities. The social spotlight flashed on a pair ol dances, a picnic, welcome refreshment con- cessions at Football and baslcetball games, and regular meetings in the McMurry l'lall lounge. At year's end the club had appropriated accumu- lated Funds to buy either a sorely-needed new time-cloclc for the Central gym Cremember the madly whirling hands of the Missouri B gameb, or a sorely laclcing scoreboard for Davis Field. Standing: Seyfarth, l-lornyalc, Morrow, De la Roche, Rother, Wood, Allen, Pappas, Marshall, Middleton, Meyer, Price Seated: Zuchowski, l-laynie, Radlce, Nelson, Dobyns, l-lolloway, Graham, Vivian, Raclasch, Dennen, Mauller Page 123 omfilzs Jlffofvemem' qzfmze Ronno Featured notes of the principal theme echo repeatedly ,mid the beauties of contrasting themes, and achieve the desired unification .... soloists color the music, as the orchestra flourishes climactically .... building .... rising . . . . then closing down, thru' theubiggest moment of a glorious year ..... . Page 124 J ,. f if 5- ' gffi .air fi: .sig five .'o' ,. -J ,,. , 1453- - 4 ,fee ...oilfi- Q QQ ff. if Q. ,. !,,. Q: fi if -of 6 .,.... ...ev - of 9 Q 4 ggi ees gg Q 4 ,go .pee',,.i..e '44 Mig- evve ee . 5 ff 3 .--vffgf 1 ,554 ' ' 5 Q - 9 ii? ee' 5 Q 5 Qs 5 M ggi , .5395 3540 ev S ve ' S le 3 gggt gg s 2 3 ii a Q 3 3 Q g ss? g Q3 3 - Q - Q, , Oz- - - 5 ef S ff 5 is i fs 855 3 sQ 3 35 i 6 Q ii - ..:z.. 6 9 Q N 223 fkf QW 9 29583 N 'W Ten oclock coifee CQ blocks southj . . . Hypnotic ' proof OF the pudding Tri-sorority dance with Sig deco- rations. A twirlers twirler, Miss Joanne Warren. Beta Sigma winter Formal . . . A Ragout Queen as cover girl For the Missouri Ruralist . . . l- Adding to enjoyment and excite- ment oF every basketball game. . . . And then there were Five Cbaslcetball pledges to C Clubb . . . Davis Field revisited . . . First student body dance oF year Girls grabbed spotlight by bring- ing in Hrst court victory . . . Crowd study at early game: Ab- sorption! Dr. Day oF Religious Emphasis Week, and assistants, with Dr, DeVore . . . Valentine royalties, centered around the lovely Miss Mc- Glothlin . . . Daisy and Dammit, lost and gone.. Autumn or spring moon study . . . Three North Carolinians . . . the Central religion department greets Rabbi Mayerberg . . . Gamma - sponsored Sweetheart Bal . . . Guts! . . . One Finger saves the ball From Jewell clutches . . . F eazturea' N ores Snowswept! The white stuff Finally became a Feature in late winter. AFter that, everything Fell! We got used to it all, from this dry, drifting waste- land to the Fairyland of wet, clinging snow . . . The l-lornyalc and Denny interpre- tations oF Hairless Joe. Liz won a prize at the Comic Strip Dance, she wasn't Falcing . . . English heads are entertained by the mystic Dr. Neihardt . . . Aiter Fifteen losses . . . the boys Finally came through on the night oFa dance in their honor. , . . Mr. Basketball poses with the clock that's been timing games For 30 years. Eagle Village and Central's Trailer Camp . . . lndustry personiiied . . . one oF two.honors workers . . . artist and musician . . . we salute ' 1946 Ragout editor, Miss Barbara Yoder . . . ' One oF less busy nights at Com- mandant Blanchard's Asylum For harried theme-writers . . . Page 127 PVlie's W lie affmeiig Siiieleiifs ii Qyfiieeifieezii alleges eiiiil Uiiirveifsifies from Ceiiiifezl College Seventeen outstanding students . . on the basis oi scholarship, leadership and participation in extra-curricular activities, general service, and potential usefulness to business and society . . . . sketches oi each appearing on the pages ol the 1946-47 edition of this widely recognized publication. A distinguished group, il ever there was one, gathered on the steps ol the intellectual center ol the campus. Back row: Barbara Yoder, President, Phi Beta, Orpha Ochse, Graduate Assistant in Piano, Joyce Stacy, Chemistry Assistant, Keith Innes, Editor, Ragout, Leon Leatherman, English Assistant Third. rcrgvvz Nancy Hutchison, Business Manager, Ragout, Jim Carpenter, President, Chemistry Club, Bob Siler, Assistant in nano - Second row: Lucy Bates, Student President, Martha Rogers, President, F. T. A., Wanda Groce, President, Orchestra, Wallace Gray, President, S. C. A., Clark Griffith, Student Body Treasurer, Murlin Kelsay, Outstanding in Piano Front row: Ervin Estep, Business Manager, Collegian, Curg Starkey, Outstanding in S. C. A, and Theolog Work, Frank Newgent, President, Pi Gamma Mu Page 128 Ufrz ufmerjmrz Stmuff Introducing . rf. Sigmund Romberg Composer, Conductor, Pianist, and 1947 Judge of Beauty The hand that has scored unbe- lievable quantities of beauty in music pauses to inscribe the merits of Cen- traI's 1947 beauties. Scores for 70 musical shows in 30 years, as: Blossom Time Student Prince New Moon Maytime Desert Song Rosalie East Wind Up in Central Park Some two thousand songs: Will You Remember Lover Come Back To Me Chis favoritel One Kiss Wanting You One Alone Desert Song Stouthearted Men Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise Deep in My I-leart, Dear Movie and radio scores ..., Only composer with three shows that ran more than 500 performances on Broadway .,.. President, Song- writers' Protective Association . . Page 129 December 31, 1946 Dear Mr. Romberg: . . . . Easing our judgment on our yearbook theme, Cen- tral ColIege's emphasis on her conservatory, and your recent triumphs-as: phenomenal popularity of your musical comedies on the St. Louis Municipal Opera sum- mer stage, guest conductorships of the symphony of that city, and your popular radio programfthe Ragout staff has ventured to hope to secure you as final judge of the annual's beauty candidates .... Sincerely, KEITI-I INNES, Editor New York, N, Y. January 6, 1947 Dear Mr. Innes: P . . . . I will very gladly act as judge if you will send photographs care of Songwriters' Protective Association, 1250 Sixth Avenue, New York City .... SIGMUND IZOMBERG February 7, 1947 Dear Mr. Innes: . . . . I have indicated my choice of the most beautiful young lady and the most glamorous one, and in doing so, wish to express compliments to the other contestants. It was difficult to make a selection from such an array of pulchritude, but past experience in recognizing a good voice on sight was helpful and it was a real pleasure to be of service to the Ragout. With cordial best wishes, SIGMUND ROMBERG v , T1 7 ,, 7? -1 4 ,, , 5. 4 ,f ,, W J ff-, , ' A J! ,J ,Q ff lx A nw 77 f 5 -'Vgffs vu' if ffl V1 fl ,ff ' K- 4 ff' ff ff V U 44 . . , 1 fy V 1 ' f 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 'f 1 ' f uf ' , f 1 J f f lax 1 If Dfjfwllflff I f 4,-, ,,' ,gf ' ,' ' ,V gy:-' ., f' zy'lfif'L L Ly A x,fuLzfJf 4kf-w-- M fb A ' 'T 1 M ' MW N A' fff' ff! f 'T f f 3 f, ,f Ykny Af -1 Plzyllzlf Ah! l T Q Q3 VI4 1 6 The Smzmf fzwy Page 132 l P 1, 13.7 Photo 6701156.95 Enmes SIECQIXID PRIZE: 'II3ost-I:inaI ExI1austiom,H by Fee Rice FIRST PRIZE: SiII'xouette Studyf' by Murlin Kelsey II-IIRD PRIZE: Kfrossesf' by John Ware DEUA Rczdz'aiz'0m of Homecoming . . awww. wana-W-w'wL'-Q 4--r my-5 g... 'W Q fir -1 JM-Ng -'SWS f-.v---W X n?...h:-.gy ,,,,, Mit: i- v,,.x my 157:-rm 'r ' , 4 . K I4 k J-M. . KGMHA VV , ' J- k V -'--v ,vb-N. ' ,, 1 A N, me Y ' ez .V .Q v f .key Tax x J giggqbgg . , . in .ky ly - . -A . gosnhq , . , L , , Y., I 1-nLLsvDE-BONFIRE 413, 4 5: fa AN INTO THE OC From Queen Martha Rogers of Fayette and Yung Ray Sanders of Boonville The eve the parade the game J . 44- V L 1 ' . Mg., x M A. K 4,3f'.,.,:il , ' a fa. ' , 4 . u M, J' iw. , K ,V ' -sgkvti f ' A wkgzf 1 , f N A I - K ffm-,Y44if'r'f2 fi' e Q f a 1.5 K i 5 5 3 .f'7fiifrfSp' ' s . ' awikl , ' rfifffr' A ' ' 3 ' 4, K Q Q a- f A o V Ig 4 1 g ga ' . LK ' I E 5 Q s g ,,,, . .Q Jin r r , .Ng Q , 1 V Q ' , 0 s g f ' - Q V ' f , , l , V , I rr ' I , I 1 , My 4 Q X , K of ' , x Q? ' ' , , 3' ' A 1 A I ze ic ff -iff'i?QZ4 . ' :inf 5. - 51, f . A 'QW La- .173 X J M 1, ji? ' K7 gf fl J 7 if V ' . S ' 7 ' -' , . ff' -A Qi? T1 K K K ff 'if,: , .X A' r-'r' E, 1 1 . wg, J f 51' , QQ K YH 1 me . ' 1. ,- -... x .... an U Q, rf Persona! Poszflude My strength has ebbed slowly away in the last trying hours until l have only enough left to breathe thanks to you, the bases of this opus, and to tell you that things have been made comparatively easy by a fine lot of cooperation on everyone's part. My only wish has been to give you an effective agent for the recalling of your major emotional twinges of the year. It is my fault, but an entirely unintentional one, if l have been un- successful. It l haven't- Thanlcs be to: Robert Rother and Mr. AI Chase-two photographers fine enough for anybody's yearboolc-and Sara Livermore for excellent premiere staging and lighting effects in the mood of our music, to Clarlc Griffith Csports plusj, Eva Hensley, Frances Buclcner, Denny Davis and Bob Parson for faithful interpretation in their composition of so vast a subject, and to the all-important financial guarantee supplied by advertising solicited by Business Manager Nancy l-lutchison and her able assistants, Rod l-liggins and Miss Buckner. Their support plus the steadying, experienced hands of Dr. Merrill E. Gaddis, faculty- advisor, Mr. Ben Seward of Burger-Baird Engraving Company, and Mr. Fred Bassman of Mid-State Printers made our effort possible. r And now .... it's all yoursl I -YE ED Page 136 A Cappella Choir. A Table WS Coiefmfs Additional Students. . . ...... ..... Advertisements .... Allegro Movement CFirst impressionsb ..... .. . . Alma Mater .................. .... Alpha Epsilon Delta. . . Alpha Phi Alpha. . Alpha Phi Gamma ......... ...... . .. Andante Movement CThe Studentj .... . . . Page ... 98 ... 65 138-152 ..14-31 ... 16 ... 77 ..84-85 ..92-93 ..32-65 72 Art Club ...................... . . Atom Club ............... Basketball .... Beauty Judge .... Beauty Oueen .... Beta Sigma ...... Campus Tone. . . C Club .......... Chemistry Club. . . Chorus .......... Collegian ...... Concert Band ..... Dean Curfman. . . Dean Patterson .... Dean Puckett. . . Dean Wright. . . Dedication ..... Delta Pi Omega. . . Editorial ......... Esq uires of Rhythm. Faculty., ....... Faculty Follies .... Football ....... Foreword .... Freshmen. . . F. T. A.. . . . B C D E F G Gamma Sigma Pi .... .. Glamour Oueen. . Homecoming ..... H Howard-Payne House Council. . .. ... Page 137 94 118-120 129 130 ..90-91 ..16-21 122-123 81 100-101 110 . 96, 2-3 25 25 23 24 4-5 ..88-89 136 .. . 95 ..22-30 ....... 30 114-117 6 ....35-48 .. . .82-83 ..78-79 ... 131 134-135 109 ln Memoriam. .... Intramurals. . . .. J Juniors .... ..... M Marching Band ..... .... O Orchestra. . ..... . . P Phi Beta ....... .. Phi Mu Alpha .... Phi Rho Kappa .... Photo Contest .... Pi Kappa Theta. . . Pi Gamma Mu .... P. K. Club ..... Players .......... Popularity Oueen .... President DeVore .... Programme ......... R Ragout ....................... Rondo Movement CFeatured Notes? .... ..... S S. C. A. ..................... . Scherzo Movement CActivitiesD .... Scrawlers- ................... . Scribblers .... Seniors .... Sophomores. . Sports ...,..... Staii .............. Story oi Symphony .... Student Council .... T Theologs... Track .... V View Section.. .. -- W Who's Who .... -..- Wills l-lall.. .. 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A water purification system was constructed at a cost well over S1 70,000, producing an approved water supply. J. F. HEVING W. D. SETTLE Mayor City Cleric - A GOOD TOWN FOR A I-IOME AND AN EDUCATION Courtesy of Fayette Lumber Company ITS A PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU A M. A. CORNELL, Manager P 141 Central College Strong in thy Faith Our hope and heart we pledge to thee, Central, to thee, our alma mater. -B. E. MELAND Pg14 i l i i i i i l l l l i l l l 4 i l i i 5 , l l Greetings - - - from your college Central College extends congratulations, at the close of another school year to the Seniors, and extends best wishes to the underclassmen, who will return to carry on the traditions of this, the only Methodist Liberal Arts College in Missouri. The college meets the highest educational standards-both national and regional. It is accredited' by the Association of American Univer- sities, the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities, the Missouri College Union, the American Council on Education, the Ameri- can Association ot University Women, ancl the University Senate of the Methodist Church. Founded in 1854, the college has been educating Missouri youth lor almost a century with a constantly expanding, progressive curriculum. Courses are otlered in Art, Music, Business, Religion, Journalism, Sciences, and the regular liberal arts subjects, Pre-professional vvorlt is given for those who wish to enter Medicine, Law, Nursing, Engineering, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Forestry, and other professional Fields. Central College otlers a well-balanced academic, social, and spir- itual program for its students. Three degrees-Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Music are conferred upon Central gradu- ates. Central College DR. HARRY S. 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