Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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were Labs and Dances and before die end of five months, the class was all enthusiasm about the Freshman Hop. Lost in the acclimating whirl was the fact that with only five months gone we were Sophomores. Now it was our turn to dish out with the Hazing. Plans were joyously laid for the Freshman Welcoming Dance, and the price of Pup Caps and Ties was boosted the customary two bits. Meantime most of the class has under- taken membership in the activities and sports. And not to be forgotten were such courses as Fr. Sullivan’s Rhetoric, Fr. Gibbon’s weekly Speech classes and the note-taking, sleeping and letter writing involved in a certain course of Theology. Many are the things that will not soon be forgotten. Junior year found the class of 1946 cut to about half its size, though class activity doubled and tripled. Most noteworthy, perhaps, was Junior Philosophy. Now were learning to think,’’ — but not solely about the Wisdom of the Ages. Thoughts were on such concerns as assignments for The Grey- hound and those perennial night bull sessions, on working for Brinks, on re- hearsing for that masterpiece of all masterpieces, Career Angel”, on basket- ball games and dances, on parties at a certain residence off Hartford Road, on Chem and Bio Labs, on the Sodality and the IRC, and finally on the best of all the wartime proms, the Junior Prom of 1945. 243 patrons — $635.00 expenses and only 11 men in the Junior Promenade. But a mere $75.00 de- ficit was well worth the effort, and with the advent of Summer and the prospect of a five week vacation (something must be wrong somewhere!!!), the class of ’46 was ready to streak down the homestretch of Senior year. Back from Ocean City and a pre-course advertising campaign, the Class of ’46 returned to Evergreen to find its numbers swelled by a few Veterans. Ethics, Psych and Theology loomed large on the agenda, plus a couple of Science courses for the aspiring doctors. ’46 was now at the peak. Its mem- bers headed all the important College activities, they starred on and captained the athletic teams, they held offices galor and still came out on top with an approximate 82 average. There was work, study and play. As the year wore on, the class found itself more intimately welded together. Lefty returned — - basketball boomed — Spring Sports appeared and before anyone knew what happened or how, final exams were upon us — and over. Why the class of 1946 were now Alumni. Everything was completed. Only one thing perdured — the spirit of ’46 — the, shall we say, moral bond which outlasts time and things goneby — the spirit which fostered all we did and which in the future will link us classmates and our fond memories to one another and to Loyola. A toast then, fellow classmates, for much happiness and success in the years to come. May it be as bright and memorable as it was at Loyola College. ’46, Carry On!!! Page Six

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Senior Write-Up When I consider how my light was spent” Unique must be the only word for it! For unique indeed, was the Class of 1946 of Loyola College. We who were the members of that class may sit back in later years and wonder how it all happened, wonder that we experienced it, wonder, and remember, recalling fondly every one of the happy days. To begin with, we of the Class of 1946 attended Loyola during what is undoubtedly the most unusual period in its history. We entered Loyola at a time when it was blossoming from its pre-war prosperity. Many of the former students had entered the Armed Forces (and many of us who started were to follow), but Loyola was still at the peak when we entered. War, however, began to take its toll. Activities and sports began to wane. On through Sopho- more year the student body grew smaller and activity decreased proportionately. With our Junior year, came the lowest ebb. In all of Loyola there were only 85 students; in all of the class of 1946, there were 9 students. Of 23 once active groups and clubs, only eleven functioned. Twelve former varsity sports were reduced to one, Basketball. Only one thing remained. That was the indomitable spirit of what few Loyola students there were. Those students, of which the Class of 1946 was a big part, did two things. They carried on through the most trying days, and they set to work with the task of rebuild- ing. Now, as we of the Class of ’46 depart, Loyola College is back on its feet again, destined for the greatest period in her illustrious history. Three hundred students will double themselves in September and this largest student body in Loyola’s history will go on with all the former activities, plus a few new ones, with ten varsity sports, and with other plans that call for greater and greater things to come. That’s what did happen; that’s what will happen — and we of the Class of 1946 were part of it all. We lived it. And we lived it happily. Just how we lived it is a story far too great for this small volume. Only the main outline of the highspots can possibly be traced. Thirty-five of us entered that first day of February, 1944. Customary speeches about the glories of Loyola, then the order of the day, became, all too swifty, the dire realities of Freshman Hazing. Swing Sessions’’ and Pup Caps blended with Chemistry, Math, Religion, Languages and English. There Page Five

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Library Building and Chapel George C. Jenkins Science Building