Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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CLASS OF 1939 ELEANOR VOGEL, A. B. Erwin, Tennessee Magnetism is inherent in her nature, and finds its expression in what may be termed a gracious and re- fined personality. She softly speaks and sweetly smiles. THOMAS EDWIN WAGONER, B. S. Roan Mountain, Tennessee A great lover of natu re — birds, flowers, rhododen- dron — Waggle finds interest in the field of Biology. BEN WHINREY. B. S. Fall Branch, Tennessee Good natured in spite of his chronic pessimism, he ■will long be remembered as the best football manager in captivity . His cooperative spirit is his greatest asset. WILLIAM A. WHITE, Jr., A. B. MiLLiGAN College, Tennessee Behold our Ladies Man a Nelson Eddy, too. -a charming Romeo, and JAMES N. WHITNEY, A. B. Johnson City, Tennessee James is the fun-loving type on the surface, but underneath is that guality of clear-headedness which will carry him far. He is w ell eguipped by nature for his chosen field of economics and business. JOHN WALTER WHITT, B. S. Appalachia, Virginia There in the odorous laboratory, skilled to rule. Dr. Whit taught his little school , and did an efficient job of it, too. BUFFALO Page 19

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THE SENIOR VERA VELMA SMITH, B. S. Chattanooga, Tennessee Miss V. Velma Smith, R. N., is always busy. Capa- ble, kind, thoughtful, firm but understanding, she sin- cerely carries out her Florence Nightingale pledge, With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care . MARGUERITE STEELE, B. S. RiCHLANDS, Virginia Grete , trim and cute, perfectly wears the clothes that she perfectly makes. Independent and unconcern- ed, she keeps our handsome Romeos guessing. ■■■ ' iw ' ' GEORGE WILLET SWANAY, A. B. Elizabethton, Tennessee George is always friendly and cheerful. He is a good basket-ball player too. His chief assets are a winning smile and an effervescent personality. JOSEPH RUSSELL SWANAY, A. B. Elizabethton Tennessee Joe is a duplicate of George in appearance and personality, a little quieter perhaps, but just as good natured. He is an outstanding basket-ball player. RUSH ROY TAYLOR, B. S. Elizabethton, Tennessee Rush ' s cheerfulness and politeness have made him a favorite at Milligan. No task becomes so difficult that Rush can ' t meet it with a grin. LEE VARNELL, A. B. Adamsville, Tennessee Varnell, our mainstay on the All Conference Basket- ball Team , our most versatile boy, and a lover of both sweets and the fairer sex — Foots , that is all. Page 18 THE 1939

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THE SENIORS OF 1939 Had you mingled in the rush of registration day in the fall of 1935, you would have un- doubtedly been impressed with the questioning faces roaming the classic halls of our Alma Mater and with the characteristic glow of bringing dare perfessor an apple optimism eman- ating from every feature. Soon, however, all neophytic traces were obliterated as these roving bodies settled in their course of revolving about the illustrious son, Prexy McLean, and in an effort to earn their scholastic bread. It wasn ' t long until all had been duly initi- ated into roommate adjustments, bull sessions, Saturday night feasts. Hours of cramming for exams, good old school spirit, homesickness, conference, new friendships, and everything that makes college liife such a round of laughter and tears, joys and sadnesses, victories and defeats. The favorite story told on this closs as Freshmen came about as a result of hav- ing their pictures made for the annual. At that time, the Freshmen were not pictured indi- vidually but in two groups, boys and girls. When the proof of the boys ' picture was submit- ted it was discovered that it wouldn ' t do at all. Consequently a special time was set for a retake and the boys given very definite instructions on how to dress for it, the main point be- ing that overalls were by no means suitable. The second picture showed a company of well groomed gentlemen in place of a gang of rowdy guys . By the summer of ' 36 It ' s De Lovely was acclaimed this Milligan class ' theme song. A little too enthusiatically they entered the sophomoric (v ise fool) stage and suffered an attack of Unsettledness that had their minds imitating the then popular The Music Goes Aground and Around — then through the Gone with the Wind days. Those who didn ' t leave with the breeze closed a hectic but character-building sophomore year under the leadership of Eddie Owens as president and as Juniors began to assume the Earmarks of upperclassman dignity. It was near the close of this year that the class began to do things as a class in helping get the Seniors off in good order. About two weeks before school was out they entertained them with a banquet at the Governor Taylor Hotel in Elizabethton. They served as ushers and as decorators on Baccalaureate Sunday and Commencement Monday. This time Raymond Perkins presided over the class. At last the fourth year dawned. Now the girls no longer sat on the floor at Prayer Meeting nor observed many of the numerous study hour and off campus regulations. The boys were invited to make themselves at home in the parlors of Hardin Hall at times other than, as well as, 6:45 to 7:15. Fun making began early with President Derthick taking the boys out to dinner and Mrs. Derthick entertaining the girls at theater parties. On Monday evening, February 13, the whole class along with the faculty went to tea at the Home Eco- nomics cottage. Then with the closing of the year there was a round of parties, banquets, and other get-togethers. The class sponsored the two student publications, The Stampede and The Buffalo. The Senior girls took charge of arrangements for the singing of carols the last midnight before going home for the Christmas holidays, they sponsored the annual party given by all the girls for the boys, and they led in the closing prayer meeting of the year. The class furnished the royal couple for the May court. Rings, caps and gowns, and invita- tions began to smack of graduation. Yes, and on Monday, May 29, the Seniors one by one before the assembly of their parents, teachers, fellow students, and interested friends re- ceived their diplomas, had the tassels on their caps moved from the right to the left, and stepped off the stage, not as Milligan College students, but as Milligan College alumni. It was over. It had all been so wonderful. There was a pang of regret at leaving but a glow of happiness at attaining a desired goal. And thus in the hustle and bustle of fare- wells, the life of the undergraduate ended and the student with his diploma left the campus reminiscing on the happinesses of the past four years and resolving in all the years to come to make his life count, to be worthy of the opportunities Milligan had given him. Page 20