Houghton College - Boulder Yearbook (Houghton, NY)

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,Varsity-Frosh Tilts Set for Tomorrow Varsity to Feature Star-studded Cast ' Tomorrow evening the local bas- ketball enthusiasts will be privileged to see the newly inaugurated var- sity sharpshooters tee off against 'the yearling basketeers on the Bed- ford Court. The game should prove of much interest as the varsity pre- sent the scoring ability and the frosh, the high grade of scrappiness which has brought them through to vic- tory on previous occassions. The varsity, composed of Eyler, Foster, Mullin, Sheffer, Clark, Ken- nedy, Fenton, and Morris can right- fully lay claims to having the high- est scorers in the school as the high- est pointgetters, one to four inclusive, and the seventh and ninth men, appear on their roster. Coach Mc- Neese has released no starting lineup ro this source but stated that all will see action throughout the contest. It is possible that an all-Purple team might start, including Morris, Fenton, Eyler, Clark, and Sheffer, as these men have seen previous duty togteher. The frosh squad themselves present no pushover. Benn Armstrong, for- ward rated as fifth in the final tab- ulation for scoring honors, Hnished the season in a blaze of glory. Big George Waaser who gets the nod for the center position has proved his merit by his almost unlimited scrap- ping under the opponent's basket. jim Strong will start at the other forward position. In the backcourt we have Mel Lewellen and Walt Creque, both dangerous men on long shots and set shots. Such reserves as Little and Barnett will be on the bench, with nervous Valley Stgeaml' V-lfalker, cgi-ch, and now on the in- jured list, who might have spelled the difference between defeat and vic- tory if he were available for active duty. ' COPYRIGHT -194 3 The sophs headed by Walker looked good Monday a- gainst their green rivals, the frosh. Only time will telll Experience and unity will aid these three teams great- ly, unity being needed by any team which expects to get places this year. Ar this point in the campaign it looks as if the boys who will take the most watching this year are Big John Sheffer and Big Har-ei' Wal- ker. These two boys are going to cause their opponents a lor of grief before the last chord is struck in the Hnal stanza of this year's gridiron ' concert. Sports Flash . . . Cutting loose with an avalanche of points in the last four minutes of play, the junior courtmen snatched another game out of the fire yesterday afternoon by down- ing a speedy ftosh five 44-37, on the Bedford Gymnasium fioor. The yearling outfit held the cham- pions on even terms until the clos- ing minutes of play when Bob Clark and Dave Paine iced the contest with a quartet of Held goals. Harry Walker racked up nineteen points for the losers while Clark led the jaguars with an even dozen tallies. ll Thanksgiving echoes: Blackie and Harry Walker doing Noo Yawk- lhey waited an hour in Times Square to keep a date with Norm and Casey who must have been side- tracked somewhere . The frosh quintet which takes the floor against the third year men will consist of six men who will all see action throughout the contest- Strong, Armstrong, Walker, Lewel- len, Reynolds, and Crawford- with two other reserves dressed and on the bench, namely Little and Creque. Walker and Lewellen both served ap- prenticeship on the local high school team and are well known to the local basketball fans. l I l I Harry Walker Speaks at jForensic Union Meeting A well prepared essay on the topic Football , by Harry Walker, high- lighted last Monday evening's pro- gram of the Forensic Union. The entire meeting centered around the theme of the fall sport as president Paul Stewart presided over the mon- thly session of the club, held in the music auditorium. After devotions led by Perry Hill, two recordings were played. With- out A Song, and Deep Ri-ver. Fletch- er Crawford extemporized on the top- ic You Gotta Be a Football Hero, while Norman Mead took breaths away with his Sixty-Yard Run for lVassar.', Ruth Brooks told of some childhood experiences in speaking on Football, My Favorite Sport, while Clinton Boone's impromptu topic 'was Touch-Football, A Sport for Mollycoddlesf' Mr. Walker then gave his highly entertaining essay on the gridiron sport, describing the game from its origin. to present-day technical terms and fancy plays. Emily Markham led parliamentary drill and Norman Mead gave the Forensic humor. A short business session was followed by the singing of the Alma Mater. If Houghton were meeting Long Island U. tomorrow night in the Garden, here's the team we'd rake along: Evans, Eyler, Fenton, I-101- IOWHY, Markell, Prentice, Sheifer, Smith, Tlu-thill, and Walker. Oliver G. Karker, Editor-in-chiei v Kenneth V. Kouwe, Business Manager Art Sketches by Ruth Ortlip

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00023 7617.34 QVC jfdiz-C6 ?Zd C:i 0 l4fLdflfL'Cl:IfL . . M4-dillebljn A .00 l4fl6!!0WLlfL .. UR hearts were young and gay . . . but we'll never be quite the same . . . four years have passed as we lingered here in Houghton on the journey through life . . . four years of maturing, mastering . . . of mellowing. Yes, four years have passed . . . years during which we have progressed . . . years during which we learned . . . and studi- ed to show ourselves approved. We did not gain all our knowledge from the obliterated pages of text-books . . . some of it came through mingling with others . . . understand- ing their problems . . . and having them under- stand ours . . . Then too we have not lacked spiritual development . . . development that was fostered by some thirty odd men and women who were interested in us . . . who not only were scholars, but who were ex- amples of the Christian life and way. The four years have passed . . . and we pause a moment to look back over the way we have come before setting out on the way which lies just ahead . . . And so looking back, we dream and remember . . . remember all the big things and the little things that made the big ones. Things like the strangeness of frosh week . . . they tried to sell us chapel seats . . . the first class, when we were assigned five chap- ters in history and we thought so this is col- lege . . . then there was our first artist series concert . . . we were filled with the beauty of the music . . . and found ourselves whispering g'This is college . . . things like eight o'clocks . . . labs . . . seating lists at the dorm . . . an orange coke and three jelly doughnuts at the Pantry . . . library fines the conglomeration of sounds emerging from the music building . . . spine-tingling passes into the end zone.. . ejections from the library . . . class basketball thrills . . . track and Held day . . . that class after chapel on Thursday morning when we always read the Star . . . things like the lingering glance of two frankly in love . . . bull sessions in which we discussed everything from chop suey to What's it all about anywayw . . . the hushed expectancy before a vesper service . . . the pervacling spirituality of a Student Prayer meeting . . . Yes, it has been something more than loud socks . . . a fur coat . . . a collegiate swagger . . . and purple shadows slanting over the goal posts on a fall afternoon . . . it has been beauty in the richness of a painting by Rembrandt . . . a poem by Matthew Arnold . . . or a Beethoven symphony . . . the soul searching challenge of a church where men meet Godu . . . a triumphant Christian testi- mony from sturdy young lips . . . the eiiicacy of prayer. And so we look back and with a new aware- ness, realize that we've grown and changed . . . developed a truer sense of values . . . learned to appreciate . . . thirty-odd conse- crated Christian lives . . . self-sacrificing . . . to appreciate 'thigh in standards, low in ex- pense, fundamental in belief . . . learn to realize that Houghton did not grow up over night . . . that that behind this group of build- ings on the plateau . . . there was planning . . . sacrifice . . . devotion . . . devotion to the cause of salvation . . . of education . . . that during these four years we've become a part of Houghton . . . and the faith for which she stands . . . and that we,re proud of her . . . our Alma Mater.