Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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weathered the traditional trials and thai he now begins to anticipate thai da) nexl autumn hen li - v ill rel urn to haze as In- was hazed. Little does he realize thai .ill , during the cn, when he was hopefully looking forward to the time when he would become an upperclassman, the currenl up- perclassmen were just as hopefullyj bu( with futility, wishing thai he were once again a freshman enjoying the things thai go with thai class status. Kathryn Dunkelberger, Secretary; Nancy Wrenn, Viet President; Kathlee Watkins, President; Nannie Lou Kerns, Treasurer. THE FI1E8HMEN AT DUKE For the prosiac class history, the kind of history that is made in class meetings, the women were a bit more active than the men. They emphasized two sides of the ideal class. One was the fostering of class spirit, and the other was the planning of class programs designed to interest as well as entertain. Glass-president Kath- leen Watkins reported that class-spirit em- phasis was made through the adoption of corduroy pork pie hats as class emblems, the planning for a revision of Goon Day, the creation of a song committee to select a class song during the first year rather than the final year according to tradition, and the planning of a class picnic. Glass programs were held once each month, and included speakers as well as stu- dent entertainment during each program. Irvin Wright, the men ' s president, reported that there were no new activities of note this year, that the Glass of ' 43 was satisfied to follow its predeces- sors. There is one high of which the class is justly proud ; four students made a straight A average in the autumn semester. There was also the class dance, but no other special events. Suffice it to say that the 1939-40 freshman — the ever-humble member of the first-year class — has [rving Wright, President; Dick Ford, Treasurer; Thoburn Sny- der, Secretary; Wendell Lw kwood, Vice President. 31

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The largest freshman class in history poured into Duke ' s two campuses in September, and it was the usual story at lirst. They went through orienta- tion with its placement tests, they were courteously escorted day and night l Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. upperclassmen, they listened to numerous speeches, and in odd hours they wandered around the campus, looking amazed. Historically, the frosh had plenty to put in their college memoirs books. Per haps the highlight of the autumn, from the freshman point of view, was the arson that was committed on Thursday night before the Carolina game. Our 59a new men, whose task it was to protect the immense pile of material intended lor the pre-game-eve bonfire, allowed two or three members of the enemy camp to light the wood and escape. 592 wait to register . . . and they make him pay for it! . . . glamour girls? Hut there are other, more pleasant, memories of this fust year. It was a class oi record-breaking proportions in more ways than one. Not 011K has it been the largesl lirst-year group in Duke history ; it has also gained dis- tinction for setting an all-time high for first-week Y. M. C. A. membership when 393 men joined the Y during the first drive, it was the first class If) enjoy the aid of a full-size Fre shman Advisory Council, it saw 179 men pledge to our eighteen fraternities for another record, its Greek pledges held the first pan-hcllcnic pledge dance in history, and it also boasts of the possession of the largest numerals ever to grace a freshman dink. (Those ' 43 ' s on the blue caps were more than twice as large as any previous class numerals.) On the Women ' s Campus, this year ' s freshman class was the first to go through die new system of deferred lushing. In spite of the arguments pro and con, the regrettable disappointments and heartaches that all classes must expect, the system met with Sufficient success lo warrant giving it an- other trial. Out of die February chaos emerged 1 9 pledges who, in time, were properly initiated and have now become active members of the cel- brated ( decks. 30

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FftESHMAIN VIMS tit Ir ' liw i Firrf roir: Charles Donald .V i k. Medina, X. Y. l)i i he i i I.. V inn. Brooklyn, . Y. Robi m Emory An imson, Jai ksonville, Fla. Margari i Franci i Addii k». Westfield, N. J. Dano i F. Adi rholdt, Salisbury, . C. Howard Bates Ajiara, Bvanston, III. Doris Anni Vllbright, Westfield, N. J. J wii s (;. Am amu K, Lakewood, Ihio William Joseph Alspach, Cincinnati, Ohio Marilyn Ambro U. tfield, N.J. John Fri drii k Amu rson, Washington, 1 1. I I, Mary Jani Vndi rson, ak Park, III. ( Sharli b W. Andri w, Jr., Ireensboro, ' .. Mary Van Clevi Andrews, Rock) River, Ohio U n i.i m ki in Vndrews, Washington, D I Uii 1 1 wi Iti kn ski i Ansbro.Jr., Red H.i nk. N.J. (iimn Armour, ' )ak Park, III. | wii a Edward Armstrong, Jr., Detroit, Mich ' hi ni roii Mary Elisabeth Armstrong, Philadelphia, Pa I ' m i Geddii i rRY, Fayetteville, V. ( . in isi i ii B I ton, Ki ntui k ( .i oria Rodi Kn k B vi iim , ( latasauqua, Pa. ]i i n s Arthur Baer, II I. St. Louis, Mo. M wnix Si i i 1 1 Baki r, Puerto Rico Mari Ann Baldwin, Durham, N. C. I ) win Leon Bai i ki . Ellerbe, . ( !. Anni Bai loi k. Traveler ' s Rest, S, ( . Fourth Marjorb Barber, Charlotte, .(:. Edvi i;i. Ki mp Bardi n. loldsboro, . ( :. | wii 1 Wii kin-iin BARROW, lll.u kstone, I ( Iari ii Bassi 1 1. Km kford, III. Wnii wi I! w i s, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. Muriei Baylin, Baltimore, Md. Walter W. Bayni s, Jr., Winston-Salem, . Paulini Harris Bi avi r, Albemarle, V ( M mo ( :. lii dswor iii. Willis Wharf, Va. Fifth roii Rov i I.. Hi i hi . ( tasining, N. Y. John David Beeohly, Youngstown, i hio Amanda Lei Bendall, Long island, N. Y. | ni 1 1 1 mo Benoit, New York, Y. Ren ' .I ni Hi ro, Plainfield, N.J. Stephen Joseph Hi r it, Brook!) n, N. Y. Hi 1 1 n Amelia Bingman, Washington, 1). C. Ci m in- Roberi Birdsall, Farmingdale, N.J. ( ! ki 1 1. Hikki in. I )i troit, Mil h. Sixth k w: Hi i i v M.w Bishi ip, Ihestei . ( lonn. I I i i n Rigli k Hi m k. Charlotte, V C :. kniv (.. Blair, Hagerstown, Md. ( i k ris Livingston Hi am . Springfield, Ma--. Pi rsd Wi mii Blake, Bradenton, Fla. Lor mm Blend, ( thicago, III. I I I v Mm Bodger Blight, Bridgeport, Conn. Robert Norrr Bloxom, Mappsville, Va. CURI Hi ii i ii i I ' . JR., iiil ' . . J. S . i nth ' ■ Siiiki.i v Hi i mi . Fori Lauderdale, I la. Jam I. mii ii Bobb, Columbus, Ohio Ci mi Virginia Bobbitt, ( lharleston, W. a. w Marii He ii k. White Plains, N. Y. Ki m ni l.viin i i B m, I .i-i Orange, N.J. Run. M(n Edwin Booer, Charlotte, N. C. | wii v s. Boogs, ( ' in ileville, Ohio I . Frank Bom , W ' a-liint ton, D . ' .. i ii i L. Booi . Asheville, . C. 32