Heidelberg University - Aurora Yearbook (Tiffin, OH)

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SIXTEEN THEY SAY THAT WE A SENIORS RETURN TO SCHOOL EARLY in the fall. . .their last year. . .and accustomed as they are to the excite- ment of the first days of the school term, they want to make the year stretch as far as possible. . .some have been practice teaching for two weeks before the frosh arrived. Real friends and com- rades to freshmen .... lending a helping hand ...realizing more than ever what seniors can mean to frosh ...... thoughts wander back to their own freshman days .... to the sopho- more year. . .and even to the late junior term . . .and now the wind-up approaches. Busiest year of the four. . .packing each minute with never-to-be-forgot ten college experiences. . .taking a prominent part in extra-curricular activities, including physical, intellec- tual, and spiritual. . .tournaments. . . athletic contests. . .oratory and re- citals. . .conferences and vespers. . . then glee club tours, debate trips, and dramatic wanderings as far as Pennsylvania. . . Senior phrases everywhere. . . Can you believe it? We're seniors. . . I feel as though I were just beginning college...This is the last time that we can ever do this. . .Only eleven more days of practice teaching. . . If you think that your Junior year has gone in a hurry, wait until next year. . .I never thought that I could be so busy...Do you have a job? Any prospects? . .I hope that I soon find something. . . The last spring at Heidelberg is by far the most beautiful and inspiring . . .the campus is an Utopia last strolls through Hedges Park and down the River Road. . .young men are losing their hearts as well as their pins on these cool, moonlight even- ings. . . CommencementVVeek comes. . .the time that all college seniors await with expec- tancy. . .the week is full of festivities in their honor. . .the impressive Bac- calaureate service in Rickly Chapel . . .final chapel, Monday morning. . . freshmen first. . .sophomores second . . .then juniors. . .finally seniors march in with the class president leading...a rustle of gowns and a nodding of caps. . .the honored and esteemed faculty find their places. .. A college tradition is broken...no class day exercises on the south campus. . .then Commencement Day ...the beginning of a new life...a chance to put theory into practice. . . an opportunity to share with their fellow men what they have gained from college. . . REG

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CAMPUS LEADERS-THE STUDENT CUUNGIL THE STUDENT COUNCIL MARCHEs ON under the leadership of its presidents, Ernest Pierce and Margaret Blemker. The ordinary duties are accepted eagerly. The Tricolor school witnesses the most elaborate Homecoming in its history. This body lends its sup- port when Heidelberg is host to a thousand Hi-Y boys, to keen deba ters, and to high school honor students. Dances and week-end activities are planned to keep apace with the ever- growing desire for expansion of the social program. But the more funda- mental tasks of the council are not forgotten. Heidelberg's advancement is the center of all plans, in order that the students might give their best to her who has given so much to them. Ohl, Reese, Sherck, Leffier, Tippett, Welter, Shuff, Houk, E. Pierce, R. A. Pierce, Thompson, Sacksteder Schmidt, Changnon, Flower, Zoller, Beck, Albright, Shefferg Miller, Sprow, Goetz, Blemker, Critchley FIFTEEN

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NG T0 RULE THE NATIONSV NlAY DAY 1935 ...., SENIOR WOMEN view the spectacle with thoughts of next year. . .Robert Nye. . .a wealth of personality in hve foot five. . .Bob's picture was overlooked, although he himself never is. . .as is witnessed by his activities. . .an active 'lAp , Foot- ball 1, 2, 3, 43 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 45 Captain 43 Track 2, 3, 4, H Club Sec'y-Treas., Y. M. C. A. 1, Aurora Staff 33 Student Council 3, 4. . .Two seniors Watch a bit of college life. Q i i l 55. 1 SEVENTEEN