Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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CLASS OF 1942 Hagerty, and Roger Merker trounced all but one of the teams which they encountered. This fine record ought to carry over to add vigor to next year ' s varsity sguad. With January come the one-act plays put on by the play production class. The casts of Joint Owners in Spain, The Maker of Laws , Cupid with Spectacles and Potatoes for Supper revealed the acting abilities of Frances North, Barbara Stoune, Jeanne Porter, Mary Alice Spires, Rachel Haug, Bette Raffington, Mildred Wise, and Bette Clark. Drama seems to have been one Hubert Phillips - - - - - Holcomb Howard Pitts - Maywood Jeanne Porter ------ Flora William Potter - Decatur Margery Price - Decatur Roswell Prince ----- Decatur Bette Raffington ----- Decatur Raymond Rhoades - Decatur Maxine Ricketts ----- Decatur Berwyn Ridgway - Sandoval Fred Roberts ----- Westville Zola Roberts ------ Decatur Eugene Robinson ----- Chicago Vincent Rotolo - Milwaukee, Wis. May Rowland ------ Decatur Wanda Sands - - - - - - Ashley Margaret Scanlon - Decatur Marjorie Scott ----- Betha ny Paul Scott ----- Mt. Auburn Martin Shallenberger - - - Decatur Helen Shellabarger - Decatur Jean Simcox - - - - - Assumption Andy Simpson ----- Taylorville Harry Skipper - Blue Mound m % i M -m w 17

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lames Matthews - Decatur Edward Meade - - - Boston, Mass. Phillip Meadows ----- Clinton Roger Merker - Belleville Phyllis Michl ----- Decatur Susan Miller Decatur Gene Monson ------ Decatur Robert Montague Decatur Donald Montgomery - Decatur Donna Ruth Morgan - Macon Jack Morrissey - Decatur Elmo Morthole ------ Bluffs Bill Murray ----- Beardstown Dave Normile - Milwaukee, Wis. William Normile - - Milwaukee, Wis. Frances North ------ Chicago Archie Norton ----- Decatur Leah Novellino ----- Decatur Delores Ochs ----- Vermillion William Owens ----- Decatur Eldon Parish ------ Decatur Barbara Patton ----- Decatur Robert Peverly ----- Decatur Lucy Gale Phelps - Dayton, Ohio Bernard Staggs, Elaine Willis, Lois Tosetto, Alice Crane, and Archie Norton who participated in those outstanding orchestra concerts throughout the year. The university choir was composed of many freshmen, and they selected Betty Jane Ward, Barbara Stoune, and James Vitton as their executive group. Basketball season ushered in another group of outstanding athletes. Many laurels were won as a result of the splendid team work shown by these prom- ising basketeers. Bill Murray, Vincent Rotolo, John Taflinger, Elmo Morthole, Sam Keris, Lee Cook, Earl Buse, Dale Larrick, Phil Lehman, Bill White, Jack CLASS OF 1942 16

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i it i 4 Virginia Smith ------ Decatur Doris Sohn St. Louis, Mo. Mary Alice Spires ----- Decatur Bernard Staggs ----- Decatur John Stephan - - Wellesly Hills, Mass. Mary Ann Stofft ----- Decatur Barbara Stoune ----- Decatur Fred Stout ------- Gilman Tille Jane Stowell - Decatur Charles Sweet - - - West Frankfort Louis Swinger - - - - Morrisonville John Taflinger ------ Paris Dorothy Thorwick ----- Decatur Lois Tosetto - - Niagara Falls, New York Inabell Trueblood - Decatur Edwin Wait ----- Mt. Pulaski James Leonard Walker - - Warrensburg Betty Jane Ward - - Clayton, Missouri Harold Ward ----- OTallon Regina Weber ----- Decatur Robert Weiner ----- Decatur Mildred Wentworth - Warrensburg Charles White ----- Decatur Frank Wierman ----- Decatur of the mam interests of this talented group. Several one-act productions were given during chapel periods this year. Jean Simcox, and Jim Weilepp took part in Prize Money , while Bette Raffington, Martha Sanks, Jane Guker, Emily Cline, and Frances North played in Alien Note. The second Town and Gown production, Ten Nights in a Bar Room , was supported by Jeanne Porter and Robert Bankson. Members of the freshman class on the play committees were Jean Simcox and Grace Leaverton, costumes, and Mary Ann Stofft and Rachel Haug, properties. CLASS OF 1942 18