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Ku LB! The Senior Class OLLIE EE WALPOLE President freshmen were asserting themselves on campuses of nearby boys ' schools. Despite history notes to be memorized while sitting in the bathtub after lights out. chemistry coach classes to be attended, allowances that simply must be increased. and the loss of the dee-vine Cadet over in Lexington to the girl down the hall, we surged forth to Junt- and the announcement What a magical world, this Madison campus, we the Freshmen of ' 48 declared! This was the year we lived in Spotswcod. Jackson, and Ashby and had many an escapade in all three. Many in Jackson experienced their first Call-down that year when they were liberally handed out because of some rather loud action! Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bocskey were the two sponsors who started us out from the very beginning on the long road to culture, and their two children. Ruddy and Barbara, were our mascots. Shirley Colbert was destined to become our president this vear Drinking Wine Spo-de-o-de was the top juke box favorite . . . Cotil- lion and German goating offered never-to-be-forgolten experiences, and no one on campus kept a more diligent check on the three mail deliveries than did we freshmen. April Showers served as our class-day theme that first year, and rubber boots and umbrellas decked Harrison Hall lobby as decora- tions. Week ends at last , we sighed second semester, and soon Madison that next year we would be Sophomores. Mary Mays was voted the president that sopho- more year. At last we could ride with dates. We be- came upperclassmen finally, and what a feeling ! Johnson echoed and re-echoed with episodes unfor- gettable, but Miss Williette Hopkins managed to sur- vive in spite of hidden hot plates, bridge games in M. Garwood, reporter; M. Kasey. sergeant-at-arms ; A. Bowman, business manager; K. Garth, treasurer; I. Mover, secretary; O. V. W ' alpole, fresident ; K. Leonard, ' -iee-prcsidenl. 10
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till- halls, and rf-actini;;s of TIu- Snakt- Pit. This was tile famous war of hlacl -clad Spo()l aniores ami the presentation of our Chost Sho7v. The Class of ' 31 really ])ro ' etl to tie noncontorniist that class daw The shas was the latest dance craze . . (ft ' became Big Sisters and endeavored to act accordingiy with all our advice about buyin.i; auditorium seats early and methods of arranging scheilules to avoid Saturday classes. This was the year when we tried to join everything, campaigning for n.ajor elections was started, and nightly treks to town for meals and movies were regular occurrences. junior year brought with it education papers and a double dance week end. featuring Skitch Henderson, and found Mildred Bluett as class president. Mr. George Tyler Miller was inaugurated during Decem- ber of our third year: how fortun.ite we felt to be students at this time! We adoiited under the Foster Parents Plan a little Greek girl, Klondil ' a ISourdeau, to whom we sent presents at Christmas and at regular inter als throughout the year. Class Xight was cen- tered around the theme of what makes our I ' SA the great country it is, and Rip ' an Winkle, Paul Bunyan. Uncle Remus, to menticn only a few that were por- trayed bv class members, were all present on this oc- casion. Moving-up Day seemed to conic in almost no time at all, and all at once we became .Seniors! This last ear has meant so m;my wonderful things . . . the new cut system; Logan, our ultra modern dorm; our hilarious class day speaker. Dr. Murray Banks, with his jokes; Class Xight; the ex- citement f)f Capping and Ciowning service and May Day. V.wn more wonderful was the leadership of Ollie ee Walpole, our president, (iradualion week end Seemed to have come and gone as a dream, with Class Day, the Senior breakfast, the dance, Sunday ' s bacculaureate, followed that aftern: on and night by the tea and finally Seniority Service. The Glee Club sang so beautifully in the background as we marched back campus for taps. For manv of us it was this ser ice that seemed the saddest. June fourth came at last, and those long-awaited diplomas were awarded. .Mthough parents bean:ed with apparent pride and we smiled with a warm feeling of satisfaction, there were thoughts that now, at last, it was all over too soon . . . all over liut the memories. Actual details of college days ma ' be forgotten with the passing years, but always will linger with us our memories. Faded corsage ribbons, old textbooks that C(juldn ' t be re-sold, pictures taken in the sn:,w, that fabulously long skirt that reached to sock tops, and a ukelele with only one string . . . all serve to remind us of those four memory-filled, f n)-i)acked years at Madi- son College. LOCiAX HALL — the beautiful new home for upperclassmen. 11
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