Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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ice-skating party was scheduled for four separate dates, including one this year, and all of them turned out to be iceless. This junior class also brags proudly of an auspicious first, the sending of four of their fellows to attend the American University in Washington, D.C., under the Washington Semester plan. Class members Anna Knelle Sharp, William Eginton, Kenneth Waltz, and Leland Yeager spent a term in Washington gaining a first-hand con- tact with national scientific and governmental institutions. Tony Bent headed the class of '48 as president, Sophie McClure was vice-president, and Betty Smith, secretary-treasurer. Rostov and Miss Lloyd were social chairmen. SOPHOMORES Class of 1949, first all-peacetime group, adds record number of vets to ranks -S FRESHMEN last year, the Class of '49 could point proudly to the fact that they were the first current class to start college in peacetime. This year they had another feat to boast about. They added more veterans to their ranks than any other class. The sophomores organized under the leader- ship of Jim Dittes, president, Hudd Targgart, vice-president, Ann Langdon, secretary-treasurer, Marty Hamburger, men's social chairman, and Pat Cobb, women's social chairman. With the fresh- men, these officers planned a Froshmore Frolic as the opening formal of the social season, for- getting hazing hostilities in this joint effort. Climaxing their social season was the tradi- tional Sophomore Banner Dance in March. Dot Frey designed the banner which depicted a ma- roon torch upon a white background. The Dave Wayne band provided music for the occasion of the tradi- tional unveiling of the class banner. At Christmas time, the sophomores spread class and holiday spirit with carol- ing parties. Other class serenades featured the song written for the Class of '49 by Ginny Ries. Entertainment talent was exhibited in the floor show for the Soph Shake- up, a class get-together held in January. Singing was led by Louis Davis, while Pat Cobb headed the refreshments committee. FRESHMEN Freshman class records large enrollment, undergoes traditional sophomore initmtion -N A YEAR when enrollment figures jumped to an unprecedented high, the freshman class brought to Oberlin 464 new students, 132 of them veterans. The new girls found homes in Talcott, May, Fairchild, Gulde, and Ehnwood, traditional dorms for freshmen women. Most of the men were quartered in the Men's Building. Thus geographically united, the Class of 1950 faced sophomore hazing with good spirit. Women were assigned towering dunce caps and costumes which changed with the day and the sophomore mood. Men wore their clothes inside out, back- ward, and upside down. Freshmen kidnapped members of the sophomore classy sophs retaliated in kind. Captives were triumphantly exchanged between halves of the Ohio Wesleyan football game. Thirty-two candidates enthusiastically cam- paigned in freshman elections, with Leonard Webb winning the presidency, Bill Lippy the vice- presidency, Mervin Hutton the position of secre- tary-treasurer, and Dick Studer and Sunny Sundt co-chairmanship of the social committee. ! Q? ' 5,2 ' i in s F X 4:11, 1

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HAROLD S. WOOD WILLIAM P. DAVIS Vice-President Treasurer DONALD M. LOVE THOMAS E. HARRIS Secretary Alumni Secretary DR. WILLIAM H. TURNER, JR., SYLVIA D. MILLER, DR. RAYMOND W. BRADSHAW