Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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R A VEI!NGS = JP4J Pole Scrap It was in the fall of ' 39, just twenty years ago, Jim. We knew in ad- vance that there was going to be a fight, but we didn ' t know the exact day. One morning the signal came. It was a beautiful morning, with the sun shining upon the frosty grass and the birds singing merrily in the trees — little realizing that a fierce battle would soon be raging beneath their nests. The enemy occupied a strategic position on a level plain with their flag float- ing defiantly over them. They were an experienced crew, but this was the first engagement for us. Suddenly the signal came for advance. We could see their forces lined up with their flag waving tauntingly above them. We ciuickened to a run, but they held their fire. They were a tough-looking crew, son, but vc scarcely noticed that as we ru.shed in for a hand-to-hand encounter. We broke ranks as we neared, and then we were among them — fighting, dodging, straining toward their banner. Again and again we rused their defense, but they remained firm. The ranks thinned out, and new recruits filled the gaps. We drew back for one last rush to tear down the hated I)anner. It was magnificent, Jim. (3n we came until it seenied that the defense would be swept away like a cloud before a storm. The forces came together with, a thud and all relapsed again into a whirlpool of bodies. On pushed our men — closer and closer to the flag. Soon we would tear it from its lofty pinnacle — and then came the signal for retreat. The sophomores had won the ' Pole Scrap ' . -Robert Alm. Paee Twenty-three

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RA VEL ! N G S . 1 p 4 1 Freshman Class First Row : Irma Stevens Catherine Wiley Jean Shanks Margaret Smiley Bernice Quintus Mary Scott Nancy Tilson Virginia Robbins Mary Alice Young Maxine White Lois Ward Nancy White Second Row : Marian Sharp Marjorie Ryan Martha Whimsett Audrey Seibold Betty Wylie Robert Swenson Gilbert Watkins Ann Sanders Carol Jean Wherry Gloria Rathbun Margery Wesche Third Row : Makoto Tsuda Christ Ranieri Arthur Schubert Harold Sauser James Rezner Robert Snyder Roger Smith Glen Rankin William Smith John Sherrick Jim Woods Fourth Row : David Ranney Wilmer ' ernecke Guenther Stieghorst Arthur Schwanke Joe Wheelock Clinton Stewart John Wright PaR-e Twenty-t v 5

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RA VEL!NGS = = i94i Sophomore Class John Fidi kr, president Mary Wilcox, secretary Raeph Graham student covncie representative True to sophomore tradition, the sophomores are the noisiest in Chapel, most presumptions on the campus, and the most eager to squelch a spirited frosh. They have more than their fair share of the pretty girls, and some of the most active boys on the campus. To the sophomores falls the responsibility of managing the all-school dances. They did a fine job of it at homecoming, and the spring dance promises to be equally as successful. When they entered school in the fall of 1938, they were the largest class in the history of the college, and made use of their superiority by winning the pole scrap in their freshman vear. They kept their record clean last fall by preventing any freshman from climbing the pole and removing their colors in the annual tussle. With two years of their college career over, they are just reaching the most important part of the course. In their studies they are beginning to concentrate their efforts in one or two major fields. On the athletic field, they will form the bulwark of Monmouth ' s Fighting Scots. And on the campus they are entering the spotlight, presiding over the Y. M. cabinet, preparing to publish the next ravewngs, and delving into campus politics. Page Twenty-four