Converse College - Ys and Other Ys Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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Ji JZJQJOKZVLZ af CTOVLVKZJG Little did the Class of '43 realize when it be- gan its work at Converse that it would be the tirst graduating class in a World War ll. Times have changed as they always do, and that cocksure bunch of rats has become a class of girls which is going away from school with a purpose adept to a war-time crisis. But let's go back to when it all began. Remem- ber-all those big shots who graduated from high school 'n' prep school in '39 . . . l-low much fun they had deciding on Converse for an alma mater 'n' all those letters during the summer . . . The ones from Sis 'n' Maxie 'n' Marjie, and that important one from the big sister? All the fun getting ready to go away 'n' how scared we were though we wouldn't dare admit it? And those cguestions we wanted to ask, and didnit, and wished we had. Yes, we finally got here. Some with Umommas 'n' poppasf' some with sisters, 'n' a few of us ventured in all alone. We got those roommates settled and the big sisters showed us our way around. But what was this rat week thing we'd heard whisperings about? Well, we found out! Leighton Acree lshe was the Sophomore Pres- ident, you knowl, told us in no uncertain terms what we had to do in' a lot about what we couldnit do. Fifty-nine pigtails and paper dry- cleaning bag dresses just about put us through. We couldnit tear the dresses and we had to button, too. lt just didn't seem logical. We got the grass well watered with our thimbles and pretty well cut with our scissors, and Little Toole even played l-lumpty Dumpty with an honest-to-goodness egg. You guessed right! l-lumpty Dumpty fell all right-in a great big bunch of Sophomores. And did she have fun cleaning it up! Before we knew it, the thing was over and the Junior-Freshman Wedding was staring us in the face. We were all betting on who the bride would be, and the suspense was territic. When Jean Bumstead came down the aisle of the auditorium to be wed to our sister class, you can imagine how thrilled we were. Lib Lyles was maid-of-honor, and the whole atfair went otf like the real thing. The rats were always up to tricks, 'n' prob- ably the funniest of all happened in Dexter the day before the tirst dance. About the middle of the afternoon the Dexterities discovered that they had no shoes in which to trip the light fantastic and they were nowhere to be found. Tempus fugitedn and at exactly 8:20 all the shoes appeared in one pile in the third floor iron- ing room. Whewl Were we glad to see 'em even if it was a struggle to find two alike. A lot happened that year but the most im- portant event came after Thanksgiving. The elec- tion of class otficersl Billie Goodwin became pres- ident to 'fill the shoes of little Dot Jenkins who had been our adviser. Billie had what it takes, 'n' led the class through the rest of the year. There were plenty of homesick girls after the tirst Christmas at home, but exams soon put a stop to that. One lapse of our college career passed with a lot of ups and downs, but we felt more like we belonged after we'd struggled through that set of information pleases. . 'l 5 Y -:T Rtd Bnrw- Kat? de it Cffvq ,.. J Q, cg s -:JE -re a sf?-.4 bf so mwf l T - ,-,, K gk:-rj in ff f J J 'fv' J RAT' f.L5T-....-l4t f. fji1B I Q Jl X 'N i C-JJ tam- ,Shri i k . ,Sgt fdill ll .H -C! XL 'xt O xj 'Ns-:N-LQ l WX lc QM ltr ,iii f 1.2.1 -fe-af, -f 2 ...Q ij,-f aa Msgs

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The rest oi the year tlew by, and we soon be- gan thinking about being mighty Sophomoresf' . . . Billie was re-elected President of the class, and we put our heads together to start plans for the great event ot our lives. This time we'd be the big dogs lor a change. They say that nobody likes a Sophomore, but we did our darndest to break a precedent. Ratting was iun, but a struggle. Then and there we decided we'd ten times rather be ratted a year than to rat for a week. Perhaps the biggest event in a Converse big dogs' life is Senior-Sophomore Day. We donned black caps ,ni gowns lthe ones we wish we could un-don nowl and thought we were just about wraps? As usual, the Sophomore Class dwindled prac- tically away, and we came back the next lall minus members but thinking that maybe it was quality rather than quantity that counted alter all. A few transfers joined our happy family, but the class remained a small one. For that all-important year Stewn was our president 'ni Bobbe Milburn was heap big custodian oi the coke machine 'n' the Junior Shop. Remember all the things that happened . . . becoming the proud possessors of little sisters . . . the Junior-Freshman Wed- ding . . . the Christmas Bazaar . . . the Junior Dance . . . and, tinally, the thing we'd been working- towards all year-the Junior- Senior. It was a busy year. We won the shield 'n' then Cupid went on the rampage 'n' tried to take the U rest of our class away. We practically out-did the Seniors with the sparklers in our midst. December 7 of that year was a very important date in our lives. The attack on Pearl l-larbor made a big scratch on our complacency and we suddenly grew into a more serious minded rising Senior Class. With the Fact that we were a war Class imprinted upon our minds, we took more seriously the tasks of our senior year. Our holidays were changed, rationing started and we had to give up some of the little nice- tiesi' weid been accustomed top but we knew that it was only small sacritice in comparison with the war classes ol other countries. All ot our work became more closely connected with the war ettortg but the traditions and spirit that make Converse, Converse, were not iorgotten. Our last dance . . . the parties in the dining room . . . sponsors for the hockey games lremember Miss Thompson and the run- away horse 'n' buggyl . . . the Christmas tree in Main . . . dressing dolls For the mountain children . . . our last tling at being childish on Senior-Sophomore day . . . all these things were not forgotten nor will they be as long as twe memories ol Converse live with us, the Class ol ,43. As we leave our alma mater, it is the com- mencement oi ulivingi'-living the ideals which we have lormed in Converse and which Converse has Formed in us. LUCIA GHGER, Class l-listorian. 0'-E 55295 J' n Ezgafgiu 7 X J -' Q ,, X. M ' S 9. C5 J sim ui ir. if iv ff K lim V -- T jf l J ,.ir lilli V. -A. C 11. A W -J Dt C-lf -erm my-ll'-ffl 'I-1 iQTlTri L 'f'T T 'A' TTL 23