Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Sncina Elizabeth Blee Robert Ballard Edward I-iasenyager Dorothy Hoile Secrefary treasurer Allen Manvel Wilbur Reynolds senior officers Elyn Bruckner- Virginia C. Dilis Mary M. Foulkes George B. Creerypqgh summer school seniors page eighteen

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Commencement furnished the central interest for members of the graduating class. For the round of traditional events planned for the second week in june various committees were appointed: Arthur Clark governed the class gift com- mittee, Dorothy Hoile headed the class luncheon committee, Wilbur Reynolds was responsible for announcementsg and Allen Manvel compiled printable epi- sodes of the class history. P Besides the bold souls pictured in the following section, the senior class in- cludes eight members who successfully eluded Mr. Martin and the La Encina staff: Lewis Bates, Don Bourell, Harold Driscoll, Samuel Frazier, Godfrey Mortimer, Gretchen Odell, Winifred Skinner, and Naomi Thompson. Five other students are summer school graduates: Evelyn Bruckner, Virginia Dils, j. Gordon Everett, Mary Foulks, and George Greenough. Marsh Topping presided over the junior class during i933-34. Other exec- utives were: Bee Gibson, vice-president, Ed McNair, secretary, and Bob Paine, treasurer. The usual junior Prom was abandoned this year in favor of a new in- stitution, which already claims the adjective annual , This, the junior-Frosh Dinner Dance, made its debut in the Union on january 5. Early in March the third-year class sponsored the Occidental Players' presentation of The Rivals , a Sheridan comedy whose romantic dilemmae seemed remarkably similar to the problems of the undergraduate. After unsuccessful attempts to participate in Senior Ditch Day, the juniors finally decided to set an example in co-operation by making the junior-Senior Prom a worthy conclusion to three years of inter- class association. As june drew near dignity began to increase in the reigning po- litical element, and when La Encina went to press it was not impossible to im- agine the class of i935 assuming all the privileges and duties of Seniority. Sophomore officers of i933-34 were Bob Packer, president, Wilmena Vin- cent, vice-presidentg Dorothy Messick, Secretary, and Bill Andrus, treasurer. Sophomore history began with a splash on October 4, when an unusually large and spirited group of Frosh established a new tradition, known as the Soph Tub- bing . Following this incident a number of mysterious affairs disturbed the noc- turnal tranquility of the campus, but after a spectacular kidnapping of the first- year class president, the sophomores' sense of honor seemed appeased. On Octo- ber 27 occurred the Soph Stunts. Charles Hall headed the committee in charge: other members were Wilmena Vincent, Henry Page, Frank Real, Charles Nel- son, Dan Gage, Esther Osborne, and jean Nickerson. ln November occurred the Frosh-Soph Rope Rush, which resulted in a fresh- man victoryg the tie-up which followed was pronounced a draw. The Christ- mas dinner, although arranged by the A. S. O. C., provided an opportunity for the sophomores to serve the school again, this time by trimming the Christmas tree. Wilmena Vincent superintended the decoration of the class table, but the juniors' offering, prepared by Bee Gibson, won the prize. The Freshman class was administered by jerry lsett, president: Alice Mc- Dowell, vice-presidentg Sydney Ramsaur secretary, and Vincent jorgensen, treas- urer. Their record would not be complete without mention of the construction of the traditional bon-fire before the Pomona game. Barbara Rush proved her versa- tility by providing the polesg james Buell and Al Bird contributed brute strength for the construction of the pyreg joy jameson drove a truck. And the rest of the class kept an eye peeled for marauding Sagehens. Classes of other years also participated in Occidental life during i933-34. The Alumni Association, headed by Bill Henry, president, Bruce Lawson, vice- president, janet Hoit, secretary, and R. Benajah Potter, treasurer, planned and presented a very successful Homecoming before the San Diego game. The Occi- dental Women's Association was quietly effective this yearg it distinguished it- self particularly by raising ajn additional scholarship for the Scholarship Fund. page seventeen

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Charles B. Ackland Margaret G. Andrews Walton F. Andrews Orville Nl. Armstrong Catherine A. Austin Fredrick A. Barnhill E. Terry Bartron Dorothy E. Bell Rol Benner Harry L. Bigger G. O. Blxler Elizabeth V. Blee Marian Bodinus Robert L. Bowers Mary Bell Bowie lanice W. Brasch Tut. tut -- Bigger Beryl E. Brown ' E. Carol Buchner seniors page nineteen