Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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presses that have given it this form. There is form in it that is subtler than that- something of ourselves-because this is the way we looked at things while they were happening. That is as much the making of the book as anything the staff la- bored over. And so in presenting this book we are presenting ourselves-the uni- que accumulation of fellows and girls who were coming and going around Earlham as Seniors in 1942. It is somehow warmly and fondly that we lay down our personalities on these pages. There is much that we remember together. You must know us-as we begin to know each other, now-we who have made this book. Alma Alley is that charming bit of personality with the smile that won't come off. She is the one we remember in Earlham chapels for her music-especially those of us who heard her sing Oh Johnnie. Eileen Balfe came walking up D Street, knitting bag in hand-the gal who could knit mittens in any prof's class. She's a clever person, and always ready to boost our Alma Mater. A flash of a quiet maroon Oldsmobile is the setting for Babe Corsi. He certainly has been a persistent fellow and it looks as if that econom- ics major is paying off already. Dick Balfe is the fellow who finds loopholes in law cases. Babe and Dick study quite often in the libe with Bob Brower. Remember the Alma Alley Richard Balfe Eileen Balfe Robert Campbell Myron Corsi Robert Brower r 1 S 4 i I i . E i l 18

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WE WEE AEE SE IEE AT EAELE. E-- I 194, EEE WHEM Till YEAR HA. GEEWX FULL 0E ELIMAX AND FINALITY, AEE PIIESENTIEG THIS Sargasso that we have made--not as a hook, merely, but as a rich portrait of the Earlham in which our lives revolved for this one great hectic superb time. Back in that portentous Freshman Week when our class was born-and wrapped in its green swaddling clothes-we were already named with the name of this year-the class of '42. That name was a symbol of our destiny-a sort of anticipation of this year and its significance. All through those years when w ere struggling as minor characters UD on campus-when we were weaned the Precedent -committees, when we hunted our first Senior picnic, when completed our physical ed. and foreign language requirements, passed our ior Gralsg and finally when we greeted our last crop of Freshmen in Septe ber '41, this year has been the horizon at which we aimed our ambition. And w that the years of the calendar have merged into our year, and what we h e become is what we were imagining for ourselves, we have made this boo about the days and nights and the state of affairs that came out from ouri agination and grew real to us in the roaring course of this year. The Circles 0P to of class of ual, : Pr or i n' '42 to '41g to all grads of last 4 years. the making of this book than filling pages with type made under the living of this and photo-engravlng. This book 1S e of moment by moment out of Time things we were . A book is by men who the happening give it theu' We are the men have lived this final year, and this book-our shape Sargasso. year-and have papers, and bound the knives and the binding

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Thea Briggs typical business men's suits, the tie pins-and incidentally, Bob is a connoisseur of antiques, and loves 'em. Here is Bob Campbell, too, with his car, hair, and smile which really have to be known to be appreciated, at least Frances Cail thought so! On this page We have the editor of our book, tall Earl Fowler. His inspirations, always tinged with the modernistic, have given us our class banner and have help- ed us over many spots where our minds seemed devoid of ideas. We admire his abil- ities and his graciousness of manner. Even when it comes to burlesquing Hamlet C lj the depth of character and intelligence you always associate with Earl are there. William Farmer Valarie Barrows l Earl Fowler Ruth Binns Lowell Cox Lowell Cox is always a big help when you want to burlesque, too. lt's surprising to us that he hasn't made a Rudolf Leeds editorial with his Workers of the World, Unite! It's rather typical to picture him here surrounded by girls. Valarie Barrows probably doesn't mind-used as she is to one-woman-all-men classes. Ask Va- larie to do anything for you and her generous nature will comply. One girl on cam- pus who can really let down her hair and wear gypsy colors is Thea. If we could all be so carefree! And ask any Yankee trading shotguns and loving class picnics and he's sure to know Bill Farmer. Remember Binzo, too-always ready to go. Her class spirit rides in the wake only of her athletic fervor.