Claremont McKenna College - Ayer Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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Another of those who have paved the way for the actual class of 49. Tom Hight made the big move last February. At present he is doing his bit in solving the problems of the world as advertising manager, parts specialist, salesman and trouble shooter for his father, who is distributor for Ford tractors in the Southwest. Tom ' s scholastic baikgrouiid is broiKl and varied, . ft-r gradu.- ting from Culver Military . cademy in Indiana, he went to Miami College (Ohio) as a ' -l2 student, then journeyed to Alma College in Michigan. September of 47 found Tom esconced in the dust bowl fh; ' t wps destined to become a college. where, in addition to his sihnlarly chores, he made his mark as a member of the ANALYST staff. Sinte his graduation in February he has stopped in frequently— on his way to the campus of our northern neighbors. Acknowledged bv eyervone (well, ahiiost everyone) to be an authoriU on the C.A.A.. Cliff Howard comes by his information honestly, having spent the past seven years of his life actively concerned in aviation. Cliff left his birlhnlace. . kron. Ohio, at the tender age of three in 1026 and has lived in California ever since. After graduating from .Mluimbra High School in IQ41. he attended Pasadena Junior College until the start of the war and his subsequent enlistnient in the Navy as nn Aviation Cadet. Word reached the German Hith Command that Cliil was due to join the Atlantic Fleet some time after receiving his wings, so that by the time he appeared on the scene submarine v ' f rf.ire had been abandoned. Discharged as a Lieutenant j.g. in 1046. Cliff started soon after, at CMC. and has been flying the Naval Reserve at Los . lamitos throughout his sta . A statement for the i)ubli( : The rumors that I have occasionalK buzzed Claremont are hereby denied. While planning to arry on in the aviation line. Cliff hones lo keen his feet on the ground most of the time since he is getting old. and sellling down come June — Yep. he s going to tie the knot. Norman Dreamboat Jacobsen can justly be called one of the joy-boys of Seattle High. Known for his tuneful tonsilling of uniciue songs and phrases. Norm has sparked many a df nce and party with his Bottle On the Wall a d Shanty In Old Shanty Town. Not one to hog the footlight. he blushingly gives due credit to wife. Kav. ' Dreamboat. as he was called in his tourtship davs, stepned onto the L ' niversilv of Washington ' s campus when he graduated from Seattle High School, but left the former for a hitch with the Navy Air Corr)s. being com- missioned an Ensign before discharge in 1945. Currently planning on a tour of duty at Graduate School, after graduation, he quietly confesses to having an insane desire to be a mfr ' Ie champ. A sf|uare-shooter he. orm loo ks hk e a goo d bet in either field. . s Roger Stewart puts it. Pete Maier is the baby of the Senior Class. Though he s only 20. he ' s managed to do quite a few things during his three years in college: he attended Carleton College (in the cold land of Minnesota) before coming to Claremont from Chicago last June: he maintained a 5.3 average (and actually received an A in Stat) : and he manages to write enough letters to keep the answers coming in at the rate of four a day. Any time you hear Hindemith ' s Mathis der Maler or some other enigmatic classical composition resounding through Green Hall, chances are that it ' s coming from Room 75. which Pete has been calling home for this last year. Pete ' s diversions consist mostly of doing things which others would consider as work rather than amusement: music, literature, and philosophy. His athletic exploits are confined to riding his bike around the campus, or marching around the Pomona Armory on Tuesday nights ( anything to keep from getting drafted! ' ), His plans for the future include moving to San Francisco with his parents, where he later intends to practice as a corporation attorney. But for the next three years he ' ll be studying law at Berkeley or Harvard universit . f

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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.

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Mf ' l IT I rciK a versatile man. Arcliei William Kammerer s talents lia e heen displayed as Torchlight editor at Fullerton J.C. to ROTC Colonel liere at CMC. Preferring to be a gravel-stomper during tlie war. ne stomped so well that he was elevated to the rank of sergeant. His inclination toward the military will he extended, because he plans to take atnantage of the regular Arm commission he has been offered a-- outstanding ROTC Cadet. Bill was a familiar figure at social functions during his high scliool days, and apparently developed talents in this line as well, for shorlK alter his return from the ser i(e Fullerton coed. he wooed and won a lusi ious blonde liorn in Los Angeles back in 2-1, Bill has lent his charming presence primarily to the fortunate burg of Fullerton. Priding himself on getting through college with a minimum effort yet a good record, the Shil less Skonk (as he is affectionalely termed by close acquaintances) just doesn t believe in unrecimred hard study. Flub Knltz. a Seattle bov. is one of those versatile bo s who has managed to maintain a good scholastic record (B average), while at the same lime piling up an impressive list of extra-curricular acti ities. Among other things, he has been a memljer of the Glee Club, ciriidation manager of the ANALYST, and a member of the Siddons Club, under whose auspices he appeared in The Tempest. My Sister Eileen, and two workshop productions. lo llll in the spare moments, he took it upiui himself, with F5ob Chapman as a partner, to win the doid)les championship in the CMC ping-pong tournament last year. I wo Nears in the Aleutians w ith the ,- rm during the war have left liis adventuresome spirit undaunted, and being single and footloose, he hopes to work in South America. If S.A. does not offer him something pretty good, he may attend the Claremont Graduate School and study International Relations. .Mlhough lie was born in Rawlins. Wyoming, John Newell claims that his migration to Fullerton at the tender age of twelve qualifies him as a nati e son by California standards. A fast man any way you take him. Jack made varsit letters in track in Fullerton Union High School, and also served as student body treasurer. Jack began his war service as a Naval Air Cadet, specializing in aerology. Filtering Fullerton J.C. upon his discharge in 19-46. he was an Honor Society member. Jack came to CMC in 1047. becoming one of the original inmates of Appleby Hall, but decided to move aff-campus during his senior year. Getting married had a lot to do with it. His vocational worries were solved at the same time, and will remain so as long as his wile is the Registered Nurse at Webb School. Ia( k s interests include golf, britlge, Scotch. English bulldogs, and trying to I. ilk his wife into |)urchase of a new car. , head a campus legend b virtue of such remarks as I hate exercise. ( leorge Riser provided lots of cop for the ANALYST during his three years at CMC. Since his graduation last February he has divided his iittentions between work at Kaiser and plans lor a June wedding. One of the founding fathers of CMC. George was a collaborator in ihc writing of the hrst Constitution ol the Associated Student Body, and distinguished himself as a legal eagle in Or. Jordan s law cltiss and as head ol the student court. While in the Army Riser was stationed on Guam, which he claims, with his usual luu iiin cnlional dogmatism, was the best island in the Pacific for dut .