Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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SOIPIhOPklOIRIE SATIEILILIITIES Richard X ' andeLieft Don Jepsen Warren Mellin Katlierine Klick President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer A new page was written in tKe annals of ElmKurst s Kistory in 1954 wKen a group of ninety-one rough, uncultured, uncouth, yet rather likeahle youngsters registered as Freshmen. Now so much water has passed under the bridge, so much of the sands of time, well, suffice it to say, a year has passed. These selfsame youngsters have grown into straight-limLed, clear-eyed youths, and comely maidens with the fire of determination touched with the light of wit in their hearts. To put it in other words, words describing far better than those of my poverty-stricken vocabulary, they became Sophomores. These Sophomores — in a moment of weakness — selected for their president Dick Van- dekieft, but in spite of that handicap, they put on a dance even exceeding in splendor that magnificient ' Hawaiian Hop ' which they, as Freshmen, presented in the Gym the previous year. The Sophomores, besides being athletically and socially minded, were studious to the nth de gree — at least, several of their members made the Honor Roll. Many members of the class are looking forward, with the utmost of pleasure, to the com- ing year, because several of them — Miss Lang and the Dean to the contrary — will then be- come JuniorsI Of the ninety-one who started out as Freshmen, but sixty-three men and woman remain, scholastic hazards and financial difficulties having accounted for the remaining twenty-eight. If times continue as they are, we shall have to get thirty-two new members when we are Seniors, to have a class at all. All in all, speaking from the unbiased ( ? ) standpoint of one who was a Freshman in 1934, I should say that these Sophomores are a goodly lot! [ 29]

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JlUr llOIRS CAUGIhT II TlhlE ACT (Across the top) Our cameraman catches Carl Berger in the midst of his duties. We hope Carl will some day be rewarded for his patience in cleaning up the studio . . . The eye of the camera saw two lovely, laughing lassies, hut when the negative was developed, here is what we have — it ' s Persis and La Verne all right, but — well, would you call these girls camera-shy? . . . Here is Persis again, flirting with the cameraman . . . Remember the day we thrashed Peoria? Well, here is part of th cheering section Marge, Persis, LaV erne, and Jean Bradford. Did they have a comfortable ridelll (Across the bottom) The most popular man on the E-C-S lot, Stoerker, with his mail bag. It looks like he had enough mail to go around that day, but one never can telll . . . (Inset) Obie seems to be at leisure . . . Bill, the bookstore manager, also manages to teach Ole s dog some tricks . . . (Inset at bottom) Baumann Bruckner, Kniker, and Stoerker are on the watch-out to inform the religion class when Professor Lehmann is in sight . . . Three guesses on the next one: we must give credit to our makeup department; it is none other than the Barney L. Franzen . . . (Center right) Four favorites of the fans — Lauer, Oberkircher, Wobbe. and Schlundt brave the wintry blizzards . . . (Inset) Joe Reilly, biology laboratory assistant, shows Bob Sheahan how to handle a frog in mid-air . . . (Just below) Lee Rock- well disowns the kids . . . Kniker in his studio outfit. [ 28]

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ELOISE ASHBY llinsdale, Illinois HAROLD BRUCKNER Sanduskv, Ohio IRVING BAUMRUCKER River Forest, Illinois LAX ' ERNE I j ALDERMAN Alhambra, Illinois IRVIN BEPPLER Wausau, Wisconsin BONNIEBEL DAVIS Maywood, Illinois WALTER BLOESCLI Dyer, Indiana MARGARET DAVIS Baloda Bazar, C. p., Ind la RICHARD BRADOF Franklin Park, Illinois RUTH DA nS Baloda Bazar, C. P., India MAURICE BRENNEN River Foresi, Illinois HESTER DeBRUlNE Cedar Grove, Wisconsin ROBERT BRIGGEMAN Shelbyville, Indiana DAWN DRYNAN Elmhurst, Illinois [ 30]