Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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geTs him places. And we've never seen anybody blush guiTe ThaT Thoroughly. Our varsiTy goalie, lVlarTy lvlerriTT, is noT only an aThleTe, she also has had an exTensive execu- Tive career wiTh The PrecedenT CommiTTee, PosT, Sargasso and many oTher organiza- Tions, besides lceeping The keys To Geneva. We saw EmmeT STegall, one oT Earlham's mosT eligible bachelors, sTarT ouT as an En- glish maior and change inTo an accomplished musician almosT overnighT. And EmmeTT seems aT home in eiTher medium: Goddard's sTage will TesTiTy To his musical and drama- Tic TalenT displayed Tor Tour years before The Army caughT up wiTh him. l-lere we have BiTTen Bowen, philosopher oT sorTs, who Tinally hiTched wiTh her philosopher Triend, Freddy l-lanes, in The summer oT '42. She sTarTed The chiclcenl epidemic-re- member? Joe Payne seldom sTepped ouT oT his role oT class poliTician unTil his senior year, when iT ran close second To a newly developed coed underTal4ing. DebaTer and republican, one oT Prexy's inTimaTes, Joe had a neaT way oT Tallcing himselT ouT oT a TighT spoT, and we all remember his plead- ing voice wiTh iTs many crescendos. Loolc Tor BeTsy Ross when you hear WhaT's The dirT, lvlyrT? She has oTTen been on hand To welcome The new Freshmen, and holds down a iob ThaT brings in a loT oT coin- cashier aT brealcTasT-where she caTches up on The laTesT novels. Any class would be proud To have an aThleTe lilce Rex An- derson in one oT The Three sporTs in which he so successTully compeTed. No one will TorgeT The Thrill oT waTching Rex run The high hurdles, race Tor a Touchdown, or sinlc an impossible shoT Trom a melee beneaTh The baslceT. The longesT sTanding member oT The Gyp Shop Tirm, l-lunlc leTT a diamond behind when he wenT inTo The Navy in lvlarch. We remember Sarah l-lornbroolc as one oT The mosT energeTic and viTal oT -.AE Teqall Elizabe- BeTsy Ross ,lo 1 T hP hl-T Rex Anderson :ar E

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llllllllllll rgaref Holroyd M l- M f Charles l-lialf -'vs ar! headed for fhe Naval medical corps. Buf we'll besf remember AI as one of lhe bosses of Earlham's dairy and as a veferan hiker and habifue of The biology and chem labs. Ponnmie is one of Earl- ham's versafile coeds-a good sfudenf, afhlefe, so- cia whirler and reporfer. All These she does wifh equal ease and success. Come fo us from Willa- meffe, Oregon, Rae Azumano has quiefly made herself one of us fhis year. We noficed her charm and unassuming efficiency, and having become bef- fer acquainfed wifh her found infelligence and a delighffully crifical sense of humor. On fhe pre- ceding page we have Mark Rayporf, who was once infroduced in chapel as one of The busiesf men on campus . He couldn'f deny if, eifher-Sc. Cl., Y.lVl.C.A., Phil. For., E.P.F., Posf Adv. Bd., and square dancing-nof fo menfion 'rhis lowly volume -affesf fo his wide range of inferesfs. Mark, who speaks four languages, is a perfecfionisf, 'a genfle- man of The old school and a frue cosmopolifan. The Luke of Duke and Luke is a pracfical ioker of fhe firsf wafer. Buf we also know Carolyn as an earnesf sociologisf, wifh an oufgoing personalify and a friendly approach fo people. If you see a quickly moving blue Ford, look for Ralph Richfer af fhe wheel. Ralph, who leff for fhe Army Air Corps in fhe middle of fhe winfer ferm, has a sfrange sorf of humor fhaf isn'f always immediafely obvious, buf underneafh is a serious infenf fo come fo a new undersfanding wifh physics and mafh. Laundry man Sam lshikawa came fo us fhis year from Whiffier fo become one of our leading senior hisforians. He says he likes Indiana, buf we rafher fhink any Californian would prefer Califor- nia's climafe and landscape. We know him for his quick enfhusiasm for any good cause and besf of all, a well nourished sense of humor. Peg Holroyd is fhe preacher's kid who 'reaches fhe kiddies re- ligion and sfraighfens ouf lovers' quarrels. She's also an aufhorify on Richmond High School Baskef- ball. They say Peg's headed for fhe Waves, and she oughf fo make a good sailor. Here's anofher fufure Navy Docfor, Mose Hiaff. He has a big hearf and a Ford and an easy going manner fhaf

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of our all-round girls. l-ler faTal beauTy won her renown as our l942 Homecoming Queen, Though she mighf also have been known as The Blond Blifz of Comsfock Field. Sarah is always There when help is needed, and she can pull anyone ouT of a TighT spof before he knows whaT's hap- pened. Lonnie Freebairn is anoTher one of The preaching members of our class. In keep- ing wiTh his preaching, he's one Casanova dileTTanTe who aTTended Family class. Libby Reynolds is everyone's friend, including The Armed Forces, whose morale she keeps high wiTh flighTs of V-mail. And They also benefiT from her efficiency as home eco- nomisT in The form of delicious home-made fudge. EI Evans is a dashing figure on The hockey field or baskeTball floor and can she churn The wafer in The swimming pool! EI is noT only a sfar in Tunic, buT she is also a champ in The classroom. IT you need sympafhy look for El. When Bundymen gaThered in unusual numbers in The Gyp Shop, you could be sure ThaT Duke was eifher pushing a new sale or enferfaining The boys wiTh his varied and unending reper- Toire of aah . . . sfories. Buf Duke was really aT his besf in The Thick of a Tough scrap for a baskefball, or racing Through The Tackle on The gridiron. l-le's The Tough- esT, sTringiesT, scrappiesT player Earlham's seen in many a day. Now Gussie has al- ways been The mosT volaTile, versafile mem- ber of The class of '43 - always on hand To lead a cheer in his inimiTable fashion, or To raise our spiriT aT a pep rally, picnic