Kalamazoo College - Boiling Pot Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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v . fm' If 3 W. 1. M. D. RADIO STATION Station W. 1. M. D. was started in March of 1947 by lack Dentler, a 1948 graduate, with his own equipment in his own room and with one partner. From there it moved to the Hoben Hall attic. ln the school year of 1947-48 the station was moved to Iack's new room in Har- mon Hall with more records and a staff of eight. This fall the station was organized with a new transmitter and an amplifier. Later a turntable for electrical transcrip- tions and eight-hundred records were added. There now is a separate room in Harmon Hall for the station. A Board of Directors, which consists of George Ber- ry, Allen 1-larbach, Burton Swan, Albert Vits, Paul Lipschutz, and Donald Kiel, de- termines the policy of the station. The W. 1. M. D. faculty advisor is Mr. Ronald McCreary. A constitution is in the making. The radio staff now consists of thir- ty-five men and women students. The girls have the Trowbridge Hour each eve- ning and help in the afternoon, engineer- ing and doing clerical work. W. I. M. D. is owned and operated by the students of Kalamazoo College as a Campus service.

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THE BOILING POT The statt of the 1949 Boiling Pot have attempted to present a few new ideas in this year's annual. The two most notable changes are the expanded faculty section and the new advertising arrangement us- ing a map ot Kalamazoo. With the deter- mination to make this the best issue of the Boiling Pot ever published, the statt began planning early last autumn and has worked diligently to carry through their ideas. The editor, Marion Poller, was ably assisted by Margaret Seibert, who will be the editor ot the 1950 Boiling Pot. Richard Meyerson very ettectively managed the finances and succeeded in putting through this new advertising plan. Ed Hertz suc- cessfully handled the Variety Show which was given in March. Most 'ot the photography work was done by Marvin Mantin and his assistants. Ioseph Pizzat produced the art work that appears in this book and also assisted Wesley Schultz in designing the layout. Esther Bisbee capably handled the position ot copy editor. Miss Virginia Earl was the Faculty Adviser. .x , mg 7' l flil 6' T i .... . 1,0 5 . ., gi iff' . tile-15 1' X If ,4A tmmml

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xa Top Bow: Donald Gibbings, Donald Harden, Norman Armstrong, Marvin Mertz, Donald Kiel, lack Thorsberg, -, Robert Anderson, Robert Schwartz, Middle: Margharita Davis, Richard Carrington, David De Vos, Parke Brown, Maurice Nelson, Bruce Bauer, Glen Hulbert, William Glen, Ralph Gillam, Phillip Mange, Marvin Fenian, Director. Bottom: Barbara Gregory, Kathleen Fleming, Carol Kruse, Luann Herndier, Billie DeShane, Mary Kersies, Florence Waterman, Bettye Field. BAND CHEER LEADERS Under the capable direction of Marvin Feman, This YQUVIS Cll99f'l9C1dmq Squad beqgn Wllh elqhl the band has become a larger and better skilled members, but by basketball season its members were groupe Some Ol its Gctivifies included Playing for pep reduced to six. They revised, added, and discarded rallies, football, and basketball games, Bach Festival, musical programs in Chapel, spring concerts, Home- coming, and the May Pete. Something new which was initiated in the band this year was marching with a were underlying changes not seen by the average drum majorette between halves at the football games. Student. This yea, there WGS more bgckinq because. Margharita Davis was drum maiorette. The officers of the band were: president-lack Thorsberg, vice-presif dent-Ralph Gillam, and manager and librarian-Rob ert Anderson. drawn up governing the cheerleading squad. cheers throughout the year. The most notable change was that the girls obtained uniforms. However, there of a pep committee and a faculty advisor. There was more help with equipment, and a constitution was Mary loslin, Ioan Schroeder, lanet Brown, Patricia Voorhees, Frances Pullinni. l3f .'frl'f f'G1lYlff