Elon University - Phi Psi Cli Yearbook (Elon, NC)

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OLE TliJtKl OEBE On September 5. 1941. a lazy Carolina sun rosi all appearances the day would prove to be as quiet , Poe s City of the Sea, when as a bolt from the blue di which have no technical name other than jaloppies ' de faces, bewildered freshmen, cocky sophomores, jealous ju and eighty of them, not to mention the new professorsi,who classify them. The question of the hour was— and Wi Now, what was the first thing we did after arriving, the wall and then hitch-bike to Burlington to see Hedy La session that night! My goodness! I ' ll never forget that upperclassmen jealous; imagine them not leltinn freshmen the lot! I ppro ' ximately 5:15 a.m. ov I ani| the campus as void s of automobiles, trains, d jUpon this peaceful I dignified seniors, as yet let their hair when are you going to Ik Will sleepy Elon College. In lumanity as Edgar Allen and other conveyances Familiar faces, new ght! Five hundred enough to have us afled. ' ' ate the first week Senof A ' ogas illustrations on Conn Xr And the bull I -my aren ' t t ' ve first pick lang Mr. Petty ' s and SenofVA ' ogas and Clark Gable in ' ' session! Who is the prett ' ieAWo-ed -my aren ' t tlie they - fell have first pick of the on Oh Hey, gang, there goes Kenny Utt. He ' s president of our stTHdent body He idea about the students giving $1,000 to Elon ' s debt: let ' s see. whit is he calling Campaign ' Tlie girl with him is Angle Henry; yes, they ' re sweet%rts, but what is more dent ot the Girls Council. That ' s Louis Adair talking to them. He the one whose job it classmen from shaving the heads of the freshmen, etc. He ' s presidentXof the Men ' s Senate started. » , 11 ° j ?? ' ' ' ' ' 7, ' , I- ' • ' ' ' de the initial broadcast over BurlingtoVs new station. WBBB ' ' lollowed bi-weekly by faculty broadcasts Later the students under facult direction took part It was an interesting year after all, there was tlie cooperative concert seriesWhich opened witi j-j f-7 ' ; ■ • . ' cidentally, I liked the daughter on the left. You remember Wie smallest did like Austrian costumes anyway. Remember the 50c bet I made with you that Captains lack Boone and to an undisputed North State Championship this fall . . . pav me! Imagine lli „ against the University of Miami at the Orange Bowl! They tell us Coach He boys that day. BOOM! It was Christmas! My. oh, my, what grand days and nights! WhoV!:ould study with Pr presentation of Handel ' s Messiah, holidays approacliing, and a chance to tell everyone goodbye world this would be if everybody was as grand to one another as they are at Yuletid. developed that All or Notliing I ant, she ' s presi- keep the upper- And so school jrnie Daher would ill the boys got vvl iH ' ickson was miglit And then they camt oh yes, they came all right, and how! ! On January 14, entered into the classroom. It was those everlastingly persistent, confounded e.xams! ify, now we liatf We who may be called into the service at anv time wthin the next six years having to take exams i - c I

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m NOT FORGOTTEN Fat cigars, whispering campaigns, posters pnlilics. Here the seed of future America is Iwo members of our debate team of Schnii(h that held his own, could oppose one annU fn losing by a few votes, smiling and (Smythe vs. Sellars. Let ' s see now. Have we fj Iten anythir Th record tear basketball and ping Ah! This is colles pong, There are three things 1 won ' t forget, the Alamo. Pearl Harbor, and the Hon fire. Gosh, what a blaze and were the boys heroes that night! They were running up and down the halls of West Dormitory, throwing all the girls ' belongings— dresses, shoes, stockings, and what love letters there were— out of the window. No kidding, folks, one thing happened that really changed our entire perspective. That was if you haven ' t guessed the ruthless attack on Pearl Harbor. Since that fateful Sunday afternoon, pecember 7. our lives have been devoted to avenging the barbaric deed. The part ihat we will play, however small, will have the sincerity of purpose and effort as is possible to conceive . . . this we promise! Sack lunches, bull sessions, jam sessions and the morning mail; footV class cuts, chapel cuts. Senate lines and late dates. (P. S. This isa ' O.K., Bob, don ' t rush us; we were just g oing to tell them about i «iilitan able assistance ; sure, we didn ' t have uniforms, other than - wooden ones, but we drilled, and how we drilled! three jJsfoons of over f given for it, purely voluntary, twice a week, beginning sljoj after Sunday. Ui rtfflelins. We ' ll vote for Can we do the job. . he. Sellars and Adair, inciden next year ' s office of President n the chin, proves the kind of ball, record. ) [mit we organized with Dr. liowden ' s dark trousers, or guns other than irty men. No, there was no credit ember 7. lim if you vote for her. . . . Elon I ' ll say we can! The fact that tally, three Yankees and a Southerner of the student body, and one upon ituff of which we Elonites are made. and the Black Out drills, the or- nse stamps in Burlington, and May odern education were banded their the world they were, but they were Well, there were the Air-R ganization of the - ' StudentV .Service. the ' success of the student sale of def . Day Now there is sometiji really to talk about. The splendor of May Day wis wilnessed by hundreds of visitors to the campus. In th ?aditional manner, the King and Queen (Craft vs. Hoyt ' were crowned and then everyone settled back for ectacular show given by the lovely Elon Co-eds. Cojllege life was depicted in stages and the Jriiniorous as well as the serious side was portrayed. ax quite naturally was graduation. Seventy-two products of n •oniplishnienl. Were the tears hard to hold back? We ' ll tell ic,v and appreciation for blessings we have received as Elon students. And out there in the audieiice, we the faces of our professors. In them we saw clearly their happiness flor contributions that they had made „.., continue to make to our great nation year after year. And there! was the firm clasp of hands when Smith presented our diplomas. What a grand person to have known tijese four years! The rest is history. We did everything that is traditional such as tell Aur friends farewell and search for our families, who were telling one another of the fine qualities and accomplishijents of their son or daughter. So we return to our native homes earnestly filled with a desire to make our conlhbution to it and humanity .So there you have it. It is what we did, what we loved, and what we wanjl to remember. After all that is what really matters ... the memories which linger hours after this page is turn