Friends University - Talisman Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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History of Class of 1980 There are golden threads of experience and living that twine and intertwine with silver strands of narrative to form a tapestry that some call the his- tory of a people. We cannot look upon history as the obituary of a race, it is rather the roll call. When the historian's clarion blows it is not taps that he sounds but reveille. Does a history need to cover the Alpha and Omega of an existence 'Z Let us relegate the beginnings to him who would pour over tomes, the endings to him who would read the stars. We will write not of a people who has lived, nor of a people who will live but of those who are living. We sing then the music that to us is an oratorio of a group of men and women whom we lived with and, having lived with, loved, and, having loved, refused to be separated from, even by what some call the end of a chapter. In the fall of nineteen hundred and twenty-six we followed the needle of the compass which pointed to Friends University. Two hundred and thirty- six men and women moved into a new world. Behind us lay another realm, before us strange and untraveled roads with new vistas of charm and beauty. We set up our kingdom and elected Morris McCready as president and Miss Ruth Ford to guard the Treasure Chests. What strange 'things were to befall us that year. The other inhabitants of the country were divided into three tribes called Tigers, Cats, and Bulldogs. We were called Owls and are known as such to this day. Our neighbors expected us to be in possession of queer complexes, barbaric ways and legions of spirits that drive swine into seas, and as we look back we wonder if we did not come up to their expectations. They called us neither Englishmen nor Frenchmen but Freshmen. They soon learned to speak our language and we became fast friends. When one day we bade goodbye to the old and faced a new year. New and startling changes came about suddenly. We mastered the realms of learning and our knowledge weighed heavily upon us. Those first two years-men have laughed at them, satirized them and dangled them before the world as monstrosities-but we would not part with them any more than an animal that wishes to enjoy adulthood would part with its infancy. The months and days moved quickly like a shuttle weaving those varied colored experiences into the pattern of our lives. We leave to statisticians the enumeration of people, events, and dates, for these pages could not contain them all. Pilgrims to this little state will hear tales of the clash of battle on our fields and the names of McCready, Blowey, and MclVlunn will pass men's lips. They will hear that the mantle of executive- ship fell successively upon Jack Copeland, Earl McMunn, and Ray Perkins. In realms of high scholarship they will hear the names of Beloof, Craig, and Schallmo. Whether in contest, culture, or academic achievement this body of men and women made their full contribution. The days, the months, and the years have brought to a close the history of this epoch. Fifty men and women remain to relate the stories of our people, their victories and accomplishments, to sing the songs of our clan, and to keep alive the memories of our fellowship. It is inevitable that we part, but unthinkable that we be separated. Our leaving shall not be like that of the leaves in the fall, which are whisked by capricious winds from the tree to be carried far and wide, never to return to that which gave them live, but rather shall it be like the tendrils of the ivy as they climb upward and upward, winding in and out, moving in opposite directions, per- haps never to touch, but always and inevitably a part of one another be- cause drawing their very life from the same rootage. YNY f iw ,. Page Twenty-one ' 'X THE - S TALI s MAN

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GRACE PRYER MABLE GRACE .SAMPSON ELONA SKAER Biology, Anness History, Wichita Languages, Wichita Philenthian, 3, 45 Hand, 1. Philenthian, 1, 2, 3, 45 Glee Club, Iota Theta Mu, 1, 2, 3, 45 Y. VV. C 1 2, 3, 45 Gospel Rand, 1, 2, 3, -15 A,. 45 Jr. Class Secy.5 Talisman, 3 Honor Student. DENTON ROSSEL ETHEL SCIANTLAND English, Wichita Home Economics, Springdale Philenthiall, 1, 2, 3, 45 VV. A. A., 45 Y. XV. C. A., 1, 2, 3, 4. FLQYD SOUDERS MARIE WAGNER LOIS WAPLES History, Cheney English, Wichita English, Augusta Y. M. C. A., 1, 2, 3, 45 Pres., 45 Stu- Iota Theta Mu, 1, 2, 3, 45 Y. XV. C. Iota Theta Mu, 1, 2, 3, 45 Y. W. C dent Council, 45 Basketball Mgr., 3, A 1, 2, 3, 45 XV. A. A. 3, 45 Glee A., 1, 3, 45 Home Economic Club, 45 Football Mgr., 3, 45 Gospel Club, 1, 2, 3, 4. 1, 2, 3, 45 NV. A. A., 1, 2, 3, 4: Pep Rand, 3. Club, 4. BURT THQMAS MURIEL WALTERS English, Wichita Matheonatics, Norwich Alpha Kappa, 2, 3, 45 Y. M. C. A., 1, Y. VV. C. A., 1, 2, 3, 45 NV. A. A., 3, 2, 3, 45 Student Council, 3, 45 Pres., 45 League of VVomen Voters, 45 Pep Club, 45 Tzllismzln, 3, ERMA WEIDE IVA WETHERALL MARGUERITE WILLIAMS Mathematics, Yates Center, Kan. History, Cunningham Mathcfrnatics, Wichita Iota Theta Mu, 3, 45 Y. XV. C A , 'l. Y. NV. C. A., 1, 2, 3, 45 Zeta Phi, 3. 2, 3, 45 VV. A. A., 1, 2, 3, 4. 45 NV. A. A., 1, 2, 3, 45 l'r'u,5., 4, Home Economics Club, 2, 3, 4. FRANCES WELLS LA VERNE WILLIAMS Mathematics, Wichita History, Wichita Iota Theta Mu, 2, 3, 45 Pres., 35 Y. VV. C. A., 1, 2, 45 VI. A. A , 1, 2, 3, 45 Student Counml, 3. ll H A xxx A I flf . j X A Page Twenty as THE ' 5 TALISMAN X' ' 1

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MAX BARNHILL History, Wichita Pastor, Y. M. C, A., 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice Pres., 2, Glee Club, 2, 45 Student Council, 2, 3, 45 Treas., 33 Debate, 3, 4, Extempo. Cup, 4, Sc-ribblers' Club, 43 Sr. Class Play, Sr. Class 'l'reas.g State Oratoriral Contest, 4. PEARLANNA BELOOI-' English, Wichita Iota Theta Mu, 1, 2, 3, 43 Treas., -lg Zeta Phi, 2, 3, 45 Vic-e Pres., 2, Pres., 35 Bohemian Club, 1, 2, 3, 45 Gold Q Club, 1, 2, 3, 45 Secy., 23 Pres., 33 Debate, 1, 25 Oratory, 1, 2, 3, 45 Extempo. Cup, 29 Meda Group, 4. DARRELL BARTEE English, Wichita Friends lf., liife Staff, 3, 4, lflditor, 4, Alpha Kappa Tau 23 Gold Q Club, 1, 2, 4, Sery., 43 Debate, 3, Oratory, 1, 3 fChamp 33, Bohemian Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice Pres., 4. ROZELLE BLOWEY Business Adm., Antizowyf NViChita Eagle, Koinonian, 2, 3, -lg Vice Pres., 3, Football, 2, 3, 4, Cap- tain and All State, 45 Y. M. C. A., 3, 4, Student Council, 4, Treas., 45 Q Club, 2, 3, -'lg Pres., 3, Vice l'res. Sr. Class. ELIZABETH BEEMAN Home Economics, North Branch Alethian, 4, Gold Q Club, -lg Debate, ,lg Zeta Phi, 43 VV, A. A., l, ll, Home ldl-oiiomic Club, 1, 2, 45 Pres., 4, Y. Xl. L. A., 1, 2, 4, tmls lep Qlub, 4. MERNERVA CHURCH Englzsh, Derby lromestic Employment, Girls' Pep Club, 3, 43 Vice Pres., 'lg .liz Play, Bohemian Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, League ol' XVonien Voters, 2, Vive Pres, 2. THELMA BEMENT FOREST BOWLBY Languages, Wichita History, Malzvflfne Philinthians, 1, 2, 3. VVi0liita Eagle, Koinonian, 2, 3, -lg 'I'i'ar'k Mgr., 3. TREVOR CLARK LOUISE CUSHMAN ESTHER DILLON ' Physics, Wichita Religious Education, Neoslta Bzology, Frzendszroozl, Te.-'as B- 85 C- Photo: Alpha KHUD21 THU, Y. NV. C. A., 3, 43 Gospel Band, 3. lloine lic-onomic Club, 3, 4, l'hilin- 3, 43 Men's Pep Club, 3, 4, Pres., 4: 43 Gospel Hand, 3, 43 Student Vol- tliian, 1, 2, 3, Glee Club, 3, -lg Y. XV. Q Club, 3, 4, .lr. Class Play: Life uutter, 3, -lg Home lflvonomic Club, 4. C. A., 1, 2, 3, 45 Gospel Hand, 4. Staff, 43 Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Asst. Mgr. May Day, 23 Mgr., 3, Yell Leader, 2, 33 Alpha Kappa Tau Plays, 3, 4. MARY CRAIG JANET DENTON English, Fowler Home Economics, llflchita Friends U. Cafeteria, VV. A. A., 2, LlllI'f1l'y ASN'-, li NV' Ai A-, 1, 3, 3. 3, 4, Debate, 4, Meda Group, 45 Y. '13 3- Wi U A-Y, 1- 3. 3, 43 HOITIS X 'f Page Twenty-two THE G' TALI S MAN .f I, VV. C. A., 1, 2, 3, 4, Zeta Phi, 4. Economic Club, 4. . v -K A H