Del Mar College - Cruiser Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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that's all right Doc, I didn't want them to know.u Dr. Hale: Nwhich, the highest or the lowest grade?H Qgt, 29--Hallowe'en Costume Dance given by Mystery Club a great success. New members were initiated Cand Howb before dance. Then everyone enjoyed dancing, cookies, and punch. Prizes for the best costumes were taken by the red devil CMarian Mathisj and by the skleton CGeorge Waltonj. QQL4-QQ--Juanita Liggett seen peddling cookies left over from last night's dance-to the neighbors. Poor neighbors. Lots of red question marks seen around school. Reason--Mystery Club initiation last night. Hggggl--Seen in shorthand, chivalrous Mr. Little picking up the contents of Rosemary Walker's purse. CLipstick, powder, beads, rouge, pencil, fountain pen, and handkerchiefsh. Nov, 3--Many wings seen flying about. Reason: cadet dance the night before. gov, 4--Red Maskers met that evening, almost fought over the question of bringing outside dates to the Christmas Dance, watched a skit, heard a reading, and finally hurried home to cram for tomorrow's exams. Hoy, 5--Dr. Farley's translation of Chaucer was interrupted by a student: Dr. Farley, are you Eng1ish?H Dr. Farley: UNO, why?H Student: nWe1l, you translate Chaucer so well.U Dr. Farley: HThat's the first time anyone accused me of being a relic from the Middle Ages.n Ngy, 6--One of our sophomore students, Sarah Ann Crider, was injured in an automobile accident. Earl Shisler gave her mother, who was also hurt, a blood transfusion. Hoy, 1--Cruiser advertising campaign got started with Greek Zampikos as manager. Goad this year is 3700. Cwhewh. Hoy, 8--Enrollment this year is 340-225 in day school and 115 in night school. That's an increase over last year's enrollment. Lorene Pouncey dropping in late to classes--reason: Mrs. Agee sick. Hoy, LQ--Student council made plans for formal dance. Lots of happy faces seen on this Monday, usually a day of gloom. Reason: tomorrow is Armistice Day--a holiday. Egg,-ll--Students spent the day picnicing, fishing, and some actually studied!!! Hog, 12--Just found out Jimmie Webb's real name is James Arnold Webb, Jr, and he spells Jimmie with an ie because he thought girls spelled theirs with ye. Nov, 13--Quiz program at Spanish 'Club Social. The winner, Richard Davis, received a box of candy. A Hoy, lg--Girls got to wear their evening dresses at the Student Council Dance, first formal of year. The dance became a hen-party when all the boys went outside to congratulate Irving Liggett on his birthday--in the usual manner. . Ngy, 15--Scene: press room on deadline day: Waggener and Bowman lustily singing opera, or something--Pouncey and Colby swapping Jokes--Fore begging for copy--and Sanchez offering none. Hoy. 11--Cruiser advertising campaign--Jewel Rae Nelson's team taking lead. Alberta Praeger, a member of that team, bringing in more ads than anyone else. A very noisy game of football--with a coca cola glass as the ball-- was played on the front lawn until Dean Harvin appeared. Then both noise and glass disappeared. Hg1,,lQ--Sarah Ann Crider came back to school. Pauncho had a big smile on his teeth, oh, beg pardon, his face. Could it have been to show off his new teeth. Nov, 19--Creative writing club organized.

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Q9il.1--Hurrah fOr the hurricane! It gave lots of students a chance to skip, and the others got out at noon. QQLL-Q--Spanish club members ate a Mexican dinner at the Girl Scout Little Houseg then tried to figure out what the Mexican consul was saying- he spoke in Spanish. Afterwards the kitchen was taken over by Junior College girls doing--guess what? QQL..2--Seen between ll and 12, Junior College big shots getting Hshotn by Caller-Times cameramen. The lucky stiffs even got out of classes. QQLl.lQ-'MYSteTY Club had B night meeting. They decided to sponsor a Hallowe'en dance and appointed Catherine Neely to be the chairman of the dance committee. This meeting was followed by dancing and refreshments Dr. Seale objected to so much swing music. Wayne Johnson asked, HHow ' would you like HTen Pretty Girls?n Dr. Seale: HSuits me fine.N Qct,,ll--Mr. St. Clair to his education class: HI guess it's just im- possible to please this bunch. Why, if I brought a five gallon can of chocolate ice cream up here some hot May morning, you'd ask why didn't you get vanilla.H QQLJ-lg--Pictures of many Junior College students who got Ushotn last week made the first page of the society section of the paper. QQii.l3--The lowly fish defeated the mighty sophomores. First tests of the year--that's all. Qgt, 14--Barefoot day for beaten sophs. Two members of the fair sex who disobeyed the order found their shoes on the flagpole, Qgt, 15--Today the Junior College lost a great friend, when its president, Mr. R. B. Fisher passed away, Qgt. 15--A memorial service was held in room ll in honor of Mr. Fisher, Mr. Harvin read the article in the morning paper about our president, then Maxine Hooker gave a short talk in behalf of the student body. After that college was dismissed, His funeral was held at 2:00 P,M, The Ars Vestis initiation, originally scheduled for today was postponed. QQL, 12--Freshman class elected Patty Holder vice-president of the Student Council and Dr. Farley and Miss May as their sponsors. Sophomores dickered all meeting over whether to have a college ring or not. Qgt, 18--Foghorn came out. Mr. M. P, Baker to be our new Junior College president. ' Qgt, 19--J. C. Cooley, Frances Jean Miller, Ruth Johnson, and Roy Rule had their faces pasted in society section of town paper. Reason: They are Mystery Club officers. Qgt, 20--Fish walked away with football series. Qgt, 21--Eula Mae Sanders and Marian Mathis busy collecting money from sophomores for their pictures. Qgt, 22--Dr. Farley has his students puzzled over his eyebrow-raising technique. How does he do it? Qgj, 23--Seen at Ars Vestis skating party from 10 to 12, Ruth Myers, Patty O'Byrne, Dorothy Hall, and Lonnie Glascot monopolozing the floor-- but not by preference. Miss Klein was content to look on. A wonderful time was had by all. Qgt, 24--Freshman started getting their pictures taken for the annual. Qgt, 25--Lots of exs seen strolling about the campus. Annual photo- graphers busy taking pictures. - Qgt, 27--J, C, Cooley and Catherine Neely were worrying over plans for the costume dance Wednesday. Ruth Johnson becoming very adept at picking pockets. CShe's the mystery club secretary and treasurerl. Qgt, 28--La Verne Alley burning the midnight oil to finish stage decorations for the dance. A government student asked Dr. Hale to tell him who made the highest grade on a test. Dr. Hale hesitated, Gordon Kegley said, NOh,

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H921-QQ--What's happening? Dr. Hale and Miss May mutilating Spanish, Mary Carlisle and Miss Klein attempting shorthand, Dr. Farley struggling with zoo, and Mr. Kelly with bookkeeping. Could it be because of the convention? H914-21--Dong! Dong! Dong! Grades came out. Need we say more. Nggg-22--New thing in exterior decorations. Black Yea Robstown on white plaster. - gov, 23 --Music club organized. Dr. Farley sponsor, Mixed chorus made its first appearance of the year at the'Y. M. C. A.bui1ding for Vesper Services. Said the boys: Ulf there's going to be any cadets there, I'm not going.H I Nov, 24 Say beg he'd be --Cruiser chicken dinner for advertising participants got off with a inning. Doc McGregor snapped one picture after Mr. Kelly claimed picking chicken out of his ears for a week, Advertising campaign total--3550. Very good. Nov, 25 --Foghorn dinner at Shoops. Ann Colby, Mrs. Creighton, and Mrs. Littlethoroughlyenjoyed the Hstag?H dinner. Foghorn girls, you don't know wh at you missed. Nggg-QQ--J. C, girls still gabbing about the super-special time they had at the Cadet Pool dance Saturday night. No wonder it was fung there weren't enough girls to go around! Dec, 1--Grind begins again. Bob Price, in a typical holiday mood, re- marked: HI dont see why we don't go to school one day a week and sleep the other six.n Deg,-2--Textile girls moan over their amateur attempts at crocheting. Red Maskers decide to cheese in on Ars Vestians and sell candy on Thursday to raise money for a Christmas dance. Deg, 3--Murder trial in room 10: weeping widows, hysterical ex-convicts, fainting defendants, take the stand as clever lawyers grill them. But don't be too startledg it's only the try-outs for the Red Mask play. Dec, 4--Lots of moans and groans around the campus. Reason: Red Mask candy sale in full swing. Results: well, you know. Dgg 5- traded Dec I 6 cards . Deg, 8- radios In Congress to Dec, 9--Mrs and Mexican u fantastic at Bertha Lacey's studio thatg Deg,-lg--Many Junior College music streets to the high school to hear -Business men in the making--Frank Hankins and James Kizziar nlizziesn even-up. We wonder who got gipped? Colleen Ivey, Edith Haynie, Richard Davis busy making Christmas Proceeds go to the Spanish Club. Students shocked to hear that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. World events crowd out school studies as students group around room 10 and ll students assemble to hear the president ask declare war on Japan. members started making native Spanish our teachers tripping the light --we can't let them get ahead of us like . Kerr and Spanish Club costumes. Discovered: -lovers waded through our Corpus Christi the Houston Symphony Orchestra. CIt was well worth ith. neg, ll--History and zoo classes listened to Congress declare war on Germany and Italy. Despite war, Spanish Club had their annual Christmas party. Dec, 12--Student directories came out. Physics class thought Japs were coming when a series of fireworks were set off near school. Dgg, 13--It takes nine years to complete all the courses offered by this Junior College, Swede figures the same time limit, just taking trig and algebra Dec, 15--Bill of Rights assembly: after a brief introduction by Dr. Hale, Bertrand Arbuckle and Patty Holder gave a dialogue on the Bill of Rights.