Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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William Arthur Crane Decatur, Illinois Bachelor of Science No matter what the problem, Bill Crane can verbally attack it from any angle; he can talk a wicked tennis game as well as a wicked American history course. But he ' s really done a lot besides talking while at J. M. U. He has been a band member throughout his four years and holds the unique distinc- tion of always being the first to arrive on the scene for a band event. He has also played for four years on the varsity tennis team and has been active in intramural athletics. Perhaps we have skipped the most obvious and important of Bill ' s extra-curricular activities. There ' s a certain litt le Japanesy Alpha Chi who has really taken her toll of clock hours. Rena Da Mosso Muddy, Illinois Bachelor of Music Education It ' s been four years now that Rena Da Mosso has carried that fiddle across campus from Aston Hall to the conservatory every morning. And for four years we have watched her play in the Millikin orchestra. She is a music-education student and from the hours she kept at the conservatory and the hours she spent hunting education pamphlets and bibliographies in the library, we are sure that she did a good job in that course. Living four years at Aston Hall has given Rena ' s sense of humor a good workout, and there ' ll be many at the hall who will miss her after dinner concert of swing and sway at the piano in drawing room A. SENIORS page twenty-six

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Walter E. Clarke Maywood, Illinois Bachelor of Science When Wally brings his rootin ' Y boys out to a Millikin football or basketball game, the J. M. U. whis- pering cheer corps really sit up and take notice. For he makes a go of whatever he undertakes. He holds down two jobs in town, besides car- rying his college work, and he finds time to manage the intramural ath- letics on campus. Yet we never see him look particularly rushed or agi- tated, and he ' d probably get the blue ribbon if attendance had been taken among the seniors at all the college dances. Athalee Ann Connolly Detroit, Michigan Lee has a buoyancy that beats any bar of Ivory soap. No matter how rough the going, she always keeps her head above water. That five-feet one of fightin ' Irish in her may have something to do with it, but we know it goes deeper than that; it goes down to a streak of pure and unadulterated courage. She started out at Millikin as a P. S. M. student and took her turn with the rest of them, practicing To a Wild Rose on the Aston Hall piano. Happy to relate, she ' s an art major now. She has also shown herself to be a capable little actress. She brought down the house as gurgling Nicole in The Would-be Gentleman , and her portrayal of Madame Butterfuly was artistic and delicate. Her flare for the comic is her constant companion. Whether standing in the receiving line at a Panhellenic tea or putting her hair up for the night, Topsy-like in rags, she ' s full to the brim and guick on the trigger with deviltry. SENIORS page twenty-five

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Gertrude Louise Dansby Decatur, Illinois Bachelor of Music Education Gertrude Dansby is doing many interesting things that some of us have never suspected. In line with her conservatory training, she not only gives music lessons, but con- ducts a night course in music appre- ciation twice a week, as well as conducting the choir at St. Peter ' s Church. She started out at Millikin as a piano major but had so much success with her voice training that she has switched to that field. At her senior recital last spring, it is said, she received more flowers than any girl who ' d sung from the Millikin platform, and we ' d wager that her kindly and pleasant personality had a lot to do with it. Edward Charles Drobisch Decatur, Illinois Bachelor of Science In rating the most winning winks and smiles in the senior class, Eddy Drobisch would head the list. He transferred to Millikin three years ago and through his friendly manner (winning wink and smile included), everyone has come to know and like him. Eddy is the third party to the trio of Baldwin, Harris, and Drobisch, and almost any afternoon about 3:10 you see them, all three a little on the short side, walking up west campus, joking over the events of the day. SENIORS page twenty-seven