George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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No portrayal of a year of campus life would be complete without a recognition of the men who guide us through that oft-neglected phase of our scholarly ca- reers. our studies. Few will ever forget the introduction to economic theory pro- vided by Doctor Miller, with the unique graphs that really are perfectly under- standable your third time through the course. The counseling given by Doctor Burns to struggling Government majors is also of great value, for he is the one man who actually can explain the com- plexities of a group option. Above all, Doctor Hansen soon communicates to us his avid enthusiasm for zoology and the depicted skate. The first day of classes is always a refreshing preview of the work to come and the confusion to reign. Assistant Professor Albert Miller of the Economics Department. FIRST DAY OF CLASSES Dr. Arthur Burns, Acting Dean of the School of Government. 13

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October 1948 Courteous Reader: Poor George presents the followi ng elegy in memory of “Full Time Leisure which passed away October 4. . . . Come let us mourn, for we have lost Our full time recreation Which has lately taken flight, and Greatly we have mist it. “Leisure, however, left a ghost; for the remainder of the month has been a merry one with many amusements. Previously, on October 2, the Colonials fans lament ' d the loss of a football game to V. M. I. The game mark’d mascot George’s initial appearance as the Colonial “Bringer of Luck.” “ What is a social butterfly? At best it’s but a bookworm drest ,” and, in truth, new students did lay aside their hooks, dress in their best and attend the gay and somewhat maddening sorority and fraternity rush parties. As it was truly a continuous rush from one party to another, these events actu- ally lived up to their titles. On October 9, the Colonials follow’d Poor George’s suggestion that “ Industry makes all things easy ” and travel’d to Charlottesville and over- came the University of Virginia in a football game for the first time since 1897, the score being 20 to 12. However, all was not Folly and Sport. A group of speakers sponsored by the Current Affairs Club held a forum concerning National Elections on the 20th. Poor George is convinced that the most important events of this busy month center’d around the annual Homecoming Festivities and activities. Nearly a month before the Homecoming game of football with Maryland, Testudo the Turtle disappear ' d from Maryland territory thereby arousing the wrath of Maryland scholars. All circumstances of things consider’d. Poor George says that Homecoming prov’d of utmost value to the felicity of the month. On Tuesday. October 26, the young ladies of Strong Hall were hostesses at a tea-party honouring Mrs. Hattie M. Strong, the founder of the dormi- tory. It also happen’d that on October 30. the Modern Dance Group attended a symposium at Wilson College in Pennsylvania, while on the same day the stalwart and spirited Colonials travel’d to Easton for a clash with the Lafayette eleven. 12

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Above: Dr. Ira Hansen , Head oj the Zoology Department. Below left: Dean Frederick Feiker oj the School of Engineering. Below right: John Russell Mason, Librarian. 14 October