Knoxville College - Focus Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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CLASS HTSTGRY fContinuedD The Class oT '43 is represenTed in GarneT Masque by Mary Emma STewarT, Gwendolyn STinson, Amanda Fleming, Mildred Young and James Daniels. Several of These disTinguished Themselves in Two plays Sub- merged and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. l-lyde. Emanuel Taylor and James T. SmiTh have iourneyed Tar and wide TesTiTying To Their Torensic skill. For scholasTic achievemenTs we ciTe The records oT Aldena Perry, Amanda Fleming, Mildred and Helen Young. The laTTer Three are mem- bers QT Alpha Kappa Mu. In The Tield oT journalism, The Aurora owes much To The Tollowing cub reporTers and sob sisTers, Emanuel Taylor, James Daniels, Amanda Flem- ing and Mildred Young. The members oT The Junior Class were insTrumenTal in organizing The STudenT Council. From The class was Taken The presidenT, Emanuel Taylor. Aldena Perry and Nora SmiTh are members, also. These sTudenTs have The honor oT being on The TirsT STuden+ Councilsince I933. Some oT The illusTrious presidenTs oT our class have been l-larry McKeldin, Emanuel Taylor, and Willis Snodgrass. BeTore concluding This record, your hisTorian pauses a momenT To reTlecT upon The naTional crisis, Tor we, Too, have TelT The weighT oT The shadows abouT our counTry. Our ranks have been depleTed. Some oT our mosT illusTrious sons were halTed in The midsT of Their school careers To enTer The service oT Their counTry - Harry McKeldin, Thomas STeele, Ben McCuTchen, Jason T. SmiTh, and Leroy Thomas. As your hisTorian looks back upon The words she has wriTTen, com- memoraTing The achievemenTs oT her class, she Thinks ThaT The class oT '43 has proved iTselT worThy oT The opporTuniTies besTowed upon iT. TT is wiTh regreT ThaT we Take cognizance oT our errors, buT iT is wiTh resoluTion To go Torward. 127

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l CLASS I-IISTGRY On one lovely sunshiny day of SepTember I939'a group oT be- wildered dawgas 'anded aT Knoxville College To gambol on The happy TurT. l-lailed as one oT The mosT TalenTed consignmenTs oT puppies ever To reach a posT, we soon TulTilled our early promise. Running rampanT among us were such qualiTies' as scholasTic abiliTy, musical'TalenT, aThleTic prowess among oTher Things. The Class oT I943 bade Tair To become The ouTsTanding class oT The decade. Soon in our school career we began making a name Tor ourselves and ouTgrew The appellaTion. dawg . ln The pasT Three years some 43ians have been ouTsTanding in various Tields. ln music we proudly presenT Miss Gwendolyn STinson, one oT The mosT ouTsTanding and Tal- enTed pianisTs in recenT years. Again, we have William PeTers, nephew oT Lowell PeTers oT SouThernaire Tame. PeTers is ouTsTanding as a soloisT and as a member oT The Knoxville College QuarTeT. The Class oT '43 has conTribuTed valuable men To The aThleTic side oT Knoxville College. LeT your hisTorian ciTe a Tew oT Them. In TooTball Leroy Rabbi Thomas received a Trophy as The mosT valuable player oT l939-40. l-larry lv1cKeldin exhibiTed his prowess as one oT The mosT capable blocks on The Team oT '39-40, and '4I . Co-CapTain Cross proved himselT worThy oT ThaT posiTion during The season oT '4I. Joe SuTTon, Palmer Williams, and George CarpenTer are 43ians To whom are due praise. On The baskeTbball Team we poinT wiTh pride To The i939 All-SouThern CenTer, Leonard Jordan who was capTain oT The '42 Team. Very compe- TenT players on The squad were Flashy George CarpenTer and James Daniels. -' In inTramurals The 43ians proved ThaT The enTire class is aThleTic. Our Treshman year The girls oT our class won The Women's TiTle and during our sophomore year The men oT '43 came Through as vicTors. 126 L gn Md gmMggdAMM4mmg ' A W A-I MAAWA l

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ALPHA KAPPA Mu On +he campus of Knoxville College, Alpha Kappa Mu Honorary Sociely is represenled by Ela Sigma Tau. Asso- ciale members are chosen in 'rheir Junioryear on lhe basis of scholarship and characler, in lheir Senior year lhey become lull members. Full members are Lavinia Lowery and Emma Baskerville. Associale members are Amanda Fleming, Mildred Young and l-lelen Young. 128