Claremont McKenna College - Ayer Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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1 he ( ount s advent to v-i iv came as part or trie mass migratron trom South Pasadena. Originally from Connecticut. Jack s experiences since coming to sunny San Marino liave been diverse. After graduation from South Pasadena High School, he stepped into the waiting arms of Uncle Sam. who bestowed upon his a commission and the position of navigator. Discharged in 19-43 as a Captain (at the age of 21) following 33 missions over Germany. Jack Croul then went to Stanford for two vears. He was circidafion manager for the Stanford Daily during this time. hi the summer of t7 Ja( k looked CMC over, found it to his satisfaction, and has been here ever since. His extra-curricular activities include a term on the Student-Faculty Committee. An avid polo fan and sailor. Jacks horse and PC keep him occupied on weekends, at least while Cell is in session. . s for the future. Jack plans to stay in Southern California and get a job in a liusiness with training program. Holding the undisputed (and generalK unwanted) title of Senior Class Jester, Laugh-a-NIinute Frey didn t get through ollege solely on his humor, however, for Fred has many other qualinrations to back him up. For example, he is the only known human being to score 99.5% on a Civil Service exam. The friendly lad from Fellows. California, also can boast of a sterling record on I ' omona s Varsity pigskin eleven, his out- standing performance being the night he almost singlehandedK defeated Loyola. Fred also has the distinction of being one of the few students who has not fliuiked the andermuelen course all tlirough liis college career. A brief history of Mr. Frey s pre-CMC days shows that this bright star of the oilhelds graduated from Taft High School and paused momentariK at Taft Jaycee before answering the drums of war. The Army claimed Fred s patriotism, and he gave his all for three years. After the war Fre returned to T.J.C. to work out his rehabilitation period before loming south to join his fellow education-mongers at Claremont. Del Hensley, noted campus debater and Model A pilot, is a product of near-by Upland, graduating from high school there in 1944, The Army caught him as he emerged, and he found himself in the Infantry by va of the Air Corps. A member of the 32nd Division, he was hospitalized in the Philippines, then later transferred to the Engineers, rounding out the service experience which terminated in August. 1946. Having now completed his course at C IC (plus a year at Chaffey). Del is looking over the job situation with an eye to the insurance business. Marty Hoag looked like a native Californian gone wrong after leaving the sunshine state for Idaho, where he graduated from high school and attended one year at the University, but after the war he returned to take up his present residence in Pomona. Joining the Anny in December. 1942, Martin served with a Tank Destroyer outht overseas (Europe) for a couple of years, before re- ceiving his discharge in December of 1943, Coming to CMC by way of Pomona J. C. and Mt. San Antonio. Martin has no commitments for the future as yet. but has been looking into the possibilities of merchandising. 21

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-J9t: Hailing originalK Iroiii I liinliiii lo]i Piirk. California. I.erox Bud C raton is ii 3 year veteran of CMC as well as lour ears as a Tin Can sailor in tfie U. S. Na . Sometimes referred to as Tonsils by those who appreciate his Glee Clnh singing. Bud gained his campus notoriety as business manager of the Student Bod last year. Because he couldn t balance the books. Bud turned to law and order and was promptK elected Chief .Justice ol the CMC Student Court. The team of Craton and the chuiK-a-lucK cage were reputed b the losers to have been the main source of the Senior i lass slush fund at the Senior dance. Bud says with a snnle that he divides his remaining spare time between wife. Margie, and the newly formed management group, f ' lanning on graduate work in economii s at M.I.I, or Cal, Stickx -Fingers wants $10,000 a ear and in the same breath claims he isn t voting Republican. 1 he noisiest place on campus last Sainl Patrick s Day was Vet s C ' nit P-48, when resident Tom Croak (never a quiet man anyway) arose to lind his habitat decorated in orange. Center of campus controversies on the Irish c(uestion. Thomas found this too much for his loyal Free Irish fjlood. and gave full vent to the elocutionary- talents so familiar to CMC men since his arrival here in 1947. When Wally Soper discovered that he had graduated. Tom was elected Senior Class President, and served on the Student Court and Council. In addition to attendance at CMC. this Fl Monle bo studied at { asa- dena City College and Whittier. hi his lhirt -t o months of service with the Coast Guard Tom won the Alametla Training Station leather- weight boxing championship and had dut as a Pharmacist s Mate aboard an AKA in the Philippines campaign. Tom hopes eventually to cmploN his hislrionic and scholarly attributes as a lawyer. I ransferring from the University of Illinois. Ray Fishei entered CMC in September. 1047. and revised his marital status soon after. His Army record reveals that he served as crew cliief on nve combat mission in the FTO. being discharged with the rank of Master Sergeant. Harry M. ( ladd. known lo Intimates as Old Fitzgerald, was born iji Santa Monica and (urrcniK li.iils Ironi Los Angeles, fiefore entering C laremont Men s College in i ' l)ruary, 1948. he studied engineering at Oregon State College. A true sportsman at heart. Harry likes to play golf and the horses, and. when he can afford it, participates in the battle oi the sexes. Concerning (he latter, he is quick to add that the percentages of cashing in are better at Santa . nita. But after all. he reasons, who wants cash. ' ' rollowing gradualion in June and a sullit ieni pause lo lorgel In its entiretK ' the (oru ept ol the managed econonn and the Phelpslan pliilosoplis . ilariN will erilcr llie const rii t Inn business. 20

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m - Louisiana is respoiisihie for lliis rebel. ( lordon Sore . Born in Arkansas, he moved quickly to Louisiana and there remained until the Army showed him how wonderful California was. Not the smallest factor in (onvinring him that California was the place to stay was a native ol said state, female species. Two years were spent in Northeast Junior College, a division of Louisiana State LJniversity. before Gordon entered the service. Interrupting his pursuit of an engineering course in 1943. he set out after a pair of wings, and during this period his mind was opened to the cfualities of California. In 1045. after first acquiring Iiis wings, he settled the issue hy marrying the aforementioned native . Receiving his discharge in 1947 he entered Porterville Junior College for the spring semester. After graduation from P J.C. he entered CMC. Assuming he finishes CMC he plans to enter ( .olden Cate College and prepare for his C.P.A. certificate. Coming to us from Texas, via the Crown City, we lirst see Roger Red Stewart as a happy student in the environs of Pasadena Junior College. Then came the call and Rog cast his lot with the Army, enlisting in the heavy artillery. With Army ' s usual regard for the individual choice. Roger soon found himself in the Infantry. After a tour in the South Pacific and the acquisition of a few mementoes of a sojourn in the Philippines. Roger returned to become once more a happy (?) student at Pascidena J.C. Llaving exhausted all the committee-fortjiing possibilities there. Roger came to our fair campus in 1947 to continue his search for the finer things of life. After graduation in June he plans a return to the Lone Star slate and a career in business and Repiu)lican (?) politics. If any mysterious documents printed in Afrikaans have been spotted on the campus lately, chances are that they belong to Joe Stoitz. Hoping to go to South Africa after graduation Joe will study either at the University of Cape town or Witwatersrand. where he will learn the lay of the land before entering business there. The good Major served as communications officer with a held artillery battalion in France and Germany before resuming his college career, and arrived at CMC in September. 1947. after stopping briefly at LACC. Pasadena CC. and Santa Monica JC. Since abandoning the Claremont Inn for life in the Vet ' s LJnits. Joe has astounded his vounger neighbors b the number of phone calls which urgent young ladies have made in efforts to enjoy his company. Paul Strawn. a native lowan. lirst saw the light ol day in I3r. Phelps Senior Seminar. During the dark years he graduated from Indianola High School, Iowa. He claims that the liberals back home are using Keynes ' (u ' neral J lieory instead of the Sears and Roeinu k catalog, and are finding it a little rough (aren t we all. ' ' ). Touring the I). S. in a study of transport. itioii ioliowiiig higii school. Paid passed through California. It looked so good he hitch-hiked back and sclllecl in I ' ullerton. He married the girl from back home in 1941. In 1942 he enlisted in the Army, where he becatiie a p.iratrooper. jumped I)-Da - in Normandy, got a legitimate Piuple Heart, and was disc harcted as a Staff Sergeant. Post-war adjustment was made at Fullerton J.C. where he was an honor student and active in camous functions and veterans ' organi .alions. Deciding he had had enough of the scholars life. Paul c-nlered CMC in 1947 to await his B.A.