Chicago State University - Emblem Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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i4 HJ significance, and under the gaiety and hub-bub of school affairs there were much deeper undercurrents. An innovation in the curriculum allowed uS to choose our major subjects in the second instead of in the third year as previously. We began then to explore the various fields of knowledge. Lighter moments were spent at a mid-winter tea dance at the Graemere and our Sophomore Cotillion at the Knickerbocker when some of the first of our boys to enlist returned in uniform. Junior year became even less the social whirl with our days more crowded, our nights less exciting. Be- fore donning the dignity of practice students though, the class gathered for a gala dinner. We didn ' t spon- sor the usual dance, but instead many of our members flita O ' Grady Patricia O ' Leaiy Eunice Olson Mary O ' Malley 18 Margie Page Leona Palka

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We labored in settlement houses and ambitiously strug- gled through those first reports and term papers. In between times the more energetic of us hiked the two blocks to Pine Wheel for lunch and cokes — the rest settled in the nearest drug store. Since the social calen- dar was quite filled that year, our only venture was a Freshman Fling at the Shoreland Hotel. Exams, vaca- tions, basketball season, and the spring prom came and went. Then all of a sudden, we were sophomores! 1941, our sophomore year, brought many changes. After that fateful December 7th the first of our boys left to enlist in the armed forces. There were adjust- ments to be made, more mental than physical, for the school as a whole remained the same. The pace at our college was stepped up. Life took on a deeper m4 Kathleen Jessee Lois Jacobson Jeanne Hollowed g Agnes Houlihan LoiToine Hill Mary Henaqhan BeinJce Kopping Eleanor Koelle Adelyne Kocimski Violet Knecht Muriel Klein Marie Kinney 17

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put their talents and enthusiasm into the production of the annual Green Lyres show. Then, after the holi- days, one half of the group left to practice teach in the city schools, determined to apply the educational prin- ciples they had accepted as worthy of their efforts. We learned a great deal— probably much more than our pupils — and were well ready for summer relaxation by the end of June. Because of the inconvenience of a class reunion, social events were limited to seminar luncheons and picnics. Even Jodar ' s and Benedict ' s saw fewer junior faces in the crowd. We faced senior year a bit overwhelmed by the realization that there were only ten months left of our college days. Into that short space of time we deter- mined to crowd all the fun and work and memories m Blanche Muldowney Evelyn Hetfells Carol Rauboff Roger Rasmussen Rita Powell Dorothy Paulsen 19