Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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I II III IV. V. VI. VII. Ta ble of Contents Knox in a War' Year Wear: in fzewbcu Page 7 Training for Leadership Page 13 New and Different Page 27 Socially Inclined 7!1e Qaeelm Page 33 Co-ordinated Brawn www 5,104.11 Page 65 News, Views, Reviews p . . Page 81 Esprit de Corps '7fne gms. ew Page 87 VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. Su per-Xtra-Curricular fniinuii Page 95 Athletics, Continued Spcvzii Page 107 Harmony, Inc. lfffwiic , Page 111 Finished Products 75-e Seniofz 61644- Page 119 Planning and Policy N . . . Page 129 W. A. A. Projects Qvzli' Sfldfbu Page 145 This Also Happened 7 . . Page 149 Advertisements ....... Pages 151-168 Index . . . . Pagm 169-175

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CHAPTER ONE Knox In a i ar Year mln Reaiew September, 1941-that meant school and the business-as-usual sign for some six hundred young midwesterners. The dor- mitories and fraternity houses again came to life. After a summer's silence, the new crop of campus chat- ter and the current rqcll Une- 3 I. M juke favorites C El- mer's Tune and 144 Zane! Chattanooga Choo- Choonj joined with the old reliable bell above Old Main's Amer- ican Gothic to form a choral background for an American scene. The stage was set in the same old way. There were different faces Csome of the familiar ones wcren't back because Uncle Sam had taken a handj, different jokes, different tunesg but it was the same old plot -for the first act, at least. The author added a couple of lines by Williain Allen Wliite and othersg minor changes were made in the stage business-a murder , different football scores, different chapel programs. But only those who had roles in the production thought that it was some- thing entirely new and different. Those who thought it was new and dif- ferent loved itg those who knew it was old stuff loved it too. It was just college life- and whether the actors knew it or not, it was symbolic of something worth keeping. The show was playing to a full house. The Hrst act included rushing and football and Homecoming and vocational guidance conferences. The curtain came down on a song and dance routine called Christmas Prom. According to the playbill a former premier of Belgium was to take a promi- nent role at this time. But a short, yellow-skined fellow who didn't know his lines or his place made a faulty entrance and tried to grab the spot- light. That was December 7. There were no spectacular reactions to report. No one attempted to offer any epic- making statements as to the part of Knox College in the world at war. Certainly changes were made, but through it all it was obvious that a majority of those in- volved had their feet on the ground. On that Sunday afternoon, men in fra- l5liJXi'lf was lo he found at Knox .IS it could be found at few places throughout the world during a hectic year. The opportunities to meet together in the homes of fae- ulty members were to be appreciated even more in mem- ories than during the peaceful evenings themselves, 7