Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1951 volume:

■ ■iv ; ' . t i ' j ' l ■=fc ss ( Tji- ' f J rjfe % fy , TO i-he A O00i| r  r n r (d) % UX«: ' X V , -J - ' V Kv Aia h P. ,e ivru P e-M P LVI K V A C3U cr c:: . cr l 1 © (f G I V SS ■K 1 1 Ci 13 C V- S- C SyZ ' ir ' jJ • 3cr-f z OGLETHORPE UNIVERS LIBRARY flUyivyi4tAMV OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY This is Oglethorpe, not merely a set of buildings on the Piedmont plateau, but a living, breathing edifice dedicated to those principles for which and by which men live. It is our hope that this book will recall to mind the different aspects of life as we have made it for ourselves in the time we have been at Oglethorpe using the tools and guidance of the Oglethorpe Plan. This book is humbly dedicated to the memory of a man who was the embodiment of all that we can hope to achieve with the advantage of an Oglethorpe education. In his spirit, Dr. Mac Connell was Oglethorpe. .A ' V: af ..smmttaiii , ■ Iw '  1P ■:§ ■ ■■ hf ' WeltHet Kiioivn as Uncle Phil — the sine qua non of Oglethorpe administration human understanding interpretation of the experience of the great thinkers . . . citizenship responsibility of the citizenry in a democracy . . . science working of the scientific mind . . . coordination of scientific principles and their place in life . . . business not specialization . . . rather the underly- ing principles wherein all specializations find their roots . . . € . •V - v ' BWel+ «t B Pvrru OoWs on fine arts appreciation through participation Te Bfrolce)- ifisii tftd yitf oFcxsoiK cammunity service development of a social sensitivity . student government Junior JMarhuiTc lians . . . coordinalion of slufJenl endeavors and the Oglelliorpe Plan . . . %;-  -«i- .. ■ l.- -Mn - s . J ■ 1 ' ii. . k if . Loo; e. Ql rU ONjVv N r «s V « V-T rKv v Do -o-V (jj y). V orvf v% T; i4ti;ictni ' CK-j. t «yi« fc.. Les vs LfSv vexMije.Vfvl; pfvxi ' ' C. C o e, «tV e «af ' Cf  -olL. XHpi ' -T ' ' rat E. vl Vl vT head O o u VT- IC o° ' : q all G ry 5«« vx U «. v n i i V_,ovvc. v ve r OAc v f « ; s [ s« Vx r . sVfv l« ' 1 t ' , ' ' Sw - ' - - w has who ' ' . ,. ,V ■■-■ -.- -• ,.;|,  •.- -i - ' - :«i? ! ■ ' ■ «« ' .%■ tj.tv ' h ' % f ' M ■ W rt Sjf ' . ny O.. • rs Duchess Club tittering into their fans . . . pouring tea . . . hostesses at the president ' s reception . . . sponsoring many unseen activities (even the Duchesses don ' t know) . . . Sadie Hawkins . . . their special talent ... in a word, Martha Pope ' s loveliest! BLUE tiwgsseisafCjK(: :: National Service and Honorary Fraternity for men in the Junior and Senior classes with an average of eighty or better who have shown through their activities on the campus qualities of leadership .... Afl S Fat man-thin man Basketball game . . . annual Christ- mas Ceremony . . . Cancer Drive . . . Cabin Party on the Chattahoochee . . . presentation of the annual Boar ' s Head — Outstanding Freshman Award .... « ' ■ ■ ' - « HEAD Men in the upper third of the Junior and Senior classes who have shown qualities of leadership on the campus through active participation in extra-curricular activi- ties fulfilling the standards of the fraternity. 1 e c D nt e s D ci e t y the worshippers of the sacred white cow combine their efforts to inculcate some of their mysterious machina- tions in the Student Body through Seminars and dis- sertations .... d J ' ,„ . -.«- i i I ■ ' . ■ .4k S 4 -J JJL D gl e t h r Hart and Kaufmann ' s Light Up the Sky and You Can ' t Take It With You . . . grease paint and stage fright . . . lines to memorize . . . sets to build . . . the domain of Thesbe_ on the campus .... pG players student organization for the conveyance of news about students and the University to home-town papers . . . keeper of the scrapbook of clippings about Oglethorpe. public relatinns r- social committGe THE STORMY PETREL OFFICIAL CAMPUS NEWSPAPER OF OGLETHORPE UNVERSITY Published as a regular part of the North DeKalb Record and the Norcross News. PElrEl-RGCDrd Combine The 1950-51 Stormy Petrel was published and distributed with the North DeKalb Record and Norcross News, the official organ of the cities of North Atlanta, Chamblee and Doraville. Although the two papers were printed and distributed as one. The Stormy Petrel in no way lost its identity as the Oglethorpe Univer- sity newspaper. It was printed under its own banner, and it occupied the four center pages of the North DeKalb Record and Norcross News. All the copy was gathered, written and edited by students of Oglethorpe. Tom Ronan, Editor of the Story Petrel in the Fall Quarter, said in announcing the move that it was being made for three main reasons. The first reason was that it was felt that by dis- tributing The Story Petrel with the North DeKalb Record and Norcross News the com- munity of North Atlanta could be brought into closer contact with Oglethorpe, and Oglethorpe could be brought into closer contact with the community. It was also felt that a greater ex- change of ideas between the two, brought about by the combined distribution, would in time lead to the solution of many problems faced by both. This close co-operation between the University and the Community has long been an ideal of Oglethorpe University. Another reason put forth for the action was -Muriel Lewis We, the editors and the staff of The Stormv Petrel, wish to take this opportunity to publicly offer our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Dan Bailey, former Editor of the North DeKalb Record and Norcross News, Director of Public Relations of Oglethorpe University, and Faculty Advisor to The Stormy Petrel for his untiring efforts in behalf of The Stormy Petrel whrch meant so much to us. We want to thank you for all those Monday night meetings when you not only gave us advice on the issue that was coming out that week, but also gave us helpful instruction about journalism in general. It was in those meetings that most of got our first look at the rules and traditions of journalism, not as taught in books, but as actually practiced in the city rooms anr; on the editorial desks of real newspapers. We feel that it was your influence as a good newspaperman as well as your expert knowledge that helped us to attain new and higher stand- ards for The Stormy Petrel. So, from the editors and staff, thanks Dan, for all you have cicnc for us. that it gave the students working on The Stormy Petrel added opportunities to gain actual jour- nalism experience. Tom Ronan said in an edi- torial in the first issue of this year ' s Stormy Petrel, Under the new system the staff works under actual newspaper conditions. There are real deadlines to be met; there are very real standards to be realized. Under the new system Mr. Dan Bailey, for- mer editor of the North DeKalb Record and Norcross News and present Director of Public Relations for Oglethorpe University, has been appointed Faculty Advisor to The Stormv Petrel. It was found by the staff throughout the vear that Bailey ' s experience in the field of journal- ism was very helpful to them in their pulilishing a good newspaper. The third reason for the conjunction of the two papers vas that by increasing The Stormy Petrel ' s circulation its market value as an adver- tising medium would be enhanced. In this wav it was hoped that The Stormy Petrel might not only end the year in the ' black ' , but might even become a self-supporting activity. At the beginning of the Winter Quarter Tom Ronan retired as Editor of The Stormy Petrel, turning the post over to Steve Coine, former Advertising Manager and head of the Business Staff. Ronan ' s reason for leaving the position was that due to increased commitments outside of school he would no longer have enough time to properly do the work required to edit the paper. Ronan served on The Story Petrel in 1949- ' 50 as Sports Editor. It was under his direction as Editor-in-Chief that the 1950-51 Stormy Pe- trel began its policy of being published and distributed with the North DeKalb Record and Norcross News. While serving The Stormy Petrel as Advertis- ing Manager and head of the Business Staff, Coine familiarized himself with the job of Editor in order that he could move more smoothly into the post at the beginning of the Winter Quarter. U nder the direction of Coine, the editorial and business policies of The Stormy Petrel re- mairied fundamentally unchanged, arid the paper continued to come out in conjunction with the N ' Ttli DeK ' nlh Record and Norcross News. Irv Lewis, Sports Editor, O. K. Sheffield, Feature Editor, and Don Bloemer, News Editor, without whose active participation the 1951 Stormy Petrel could not have been published. THE STORW PEim Oglethorpe University So that we may better understand ourselves, our friends and the things about us, ive devote our time, patience and energy. Editor Tom Ronan Associate Editor Muriel Lewis Associate Editor Steve Coine News Editor Dot Daniel Feature Editor Marion Marcus Sports Editor Irv Lewis Exchano:e Editor Jane Rand STAFF David Fischer, Don Bloemer, Nell Poole, Carry Aurensbach, Pat Doran, Doug Forbes, Al Burns, O. K. Sheffield, Dic k Holmberg, Steve Stremmel, Jane Cowart, Shirley Myers, and Jean Mora. TliG PGlrGl Policy 1 he SIOKMV I ' ), I KKL will try iti utrri ' it to bt the vocal unit of the student body. It will attempt to pre%cnt in an unbiased manner the view and news of f glcthorpe students and faculty both past and present. .Ml material is not necessarily the opinion of TIIK STf R.VlV I ' KTRKI-. ' I ' herefore «iKned :irticles will represent the sentiments of the student, or other pcrvjns writing them, and will not be that of this newspaper. ' I ' his year the student body approved the plan of ' I ' HE S ' l OR.VIV PK ' I KKI, being published in conjunction with THf .NORTH UKKALB RECORIJ AND NOKCIROSS NEWS as a four page individual section in order that the paper might better serve the ( ' niversity in that it would be able to be published every two weeks instead of the previous policy of a monthly publication. We feel that this difference in your STOR.MV PETREL this year has been beneficial in the following ways: First: The editors and staff were given the opportunity to gain rea! ' ' .r- nalistic experience through this new system and the staff had to wor- actual newspaper conditions. There were real deadlines to be met a standards to be realized. This has made your paper a more mature one. Second: This combined publication gave THE STOR.VfV PETREL an in- creased circulation which in turn gave your newspaper more ad-appeal which enabled the paper to become a self-supporting activity. Third: The staff hoped to achieve an ideal long held by Oglethorpe. That was to assist in bringing the community of North DeKalb into closer contact with the University and the University into closer contact with the community. We feel that this objective has been achieved to a great extent. We firmly believe that this combined publication has benefitted all the stud- ents here at the University and THE STORMY PETREL policy has remained unchanged throughout this year. The above paragraphs have given you an idea of the policies upon which we, the editors and the staff of your paper, have published THE STORMY PETREL and in doing so have devoted our time, patience, and energy in order that we mav better serve our fellow students, our faculty, and our University. IVgws Staff and Sports Report Many Events of Staff Year FealurB Staff On The Stormy Petrel, as on any other news- paper, it is the job of the News Staff to be on the constant look-out for items of general in- terest to readers of the paper. .After they have found a story, or one has been assigned to them by the Editor, they must interpret it in order that they may place the correct emphasis on the various points. After doing the necessary research to get all the facts about the story, they must organize in their mind just what they want to say and how they want to say it. Then comes the job of actually writing the story and submitting it to the Editor who chooses those articles of the greatest interest to the readers of the paper for publication. The job of the Sports Staff is rather like that of the News Staff, however, it often entails making trips with the team in order to be able to give a clear picture of what took place at the games. Both staffs, unlike the Editorial and Feature Staffs, are constantly faced with the problem of reporting what actually hap- pened rather than giving their opinion as to what has happened . eivs Staff — hloemer, Arensbach, i ' lscher Regardless of how good a news, feature, or sports staff may be, a newspaper is only as good as the business staff because the paper would remain unpblished if it did not have a sound financial basis. It is the job of this staff to solicit all advertising, keep the records bal- anced, and see that all bills of the paper are promptly paid. The feature staff ' s main objective is to supply the student body with the lighter side of your Stormy Petrel. Their articles range from the flip comments found in Can You Imagine to the more historical thoughts found in the articles dealing with the background of your university. Primarily, their efforts are spent in giving you interesting articles that make for easy reading. R.nnd. B.itor. Graham r chapel M g -1; 1 CDmmittee a program of non-sectarian worship . . . the part of the Plan which teaches us SIBS M that each may worship in his own way, 1 ? 1 but should understand the ways of others. - ' %« V crt ' ' lr J H i p- f- Kl Kj 1£- ' 1 |l V, 0. u. chorus Boar ' s Head Christmas ceremony — Christ Lay in Death ' s Dark Prison — guest appearances at local churches — a successful vear. hnnor court a representative institution of the Student Body to conduct trials on students accused of cheating and responsible for the determination of guilt or innocence in every case presented for considera- tion .... and committee working out the details and structure of tiie Honor System as it is to exist on the campus . . . construction of one of the most significant amendments to the Constitution of the Student Body for the school year .... I t « % ,- n trS A -t ;v_ Jerry Elliott, Jane Cowart, Russ Borgstede, Jay Hall, Charlie Reyner, Fred Darden, Jean Kast, Norman Arnold, Herman Niemeyer, Bob Emery, Beverly Bechtel, Ed Bator, David Fischer, John Runyon, Caroline Urawdy, Marv Posner, Herb Kassoil, Jim Henderson. John McBeath 1 f . TP| ( - ' ' r : , ' ' ' %v. • v. ' i ,- x; __ ♦♦-. • - . f V r.s The cats have got the rats — sweaters upside down — turnabout and white rats — rats have a race — rats scare the cats. barbecue scintillatino; annual excursion to the wilds of Lake Phoebe ... a new experience for the Frosh, Delia ' s secret recipe for Barbecue Sauce ... the first chance of the year for the campus athletes to point the way to the beach with bronzed Herculean brawn. % ' . ' president ' s reception annual turnout to meet the prexy . . . tea or punch a la Duchesses and cookies a la Delia . . . y « ■II fy • .,i r B|H |l l!i PJPi!i.iai l t!ii m •A h- ' C ' T ' ! ' i ; ' • % t H 1 m ■|v.- ' I, ' : W ' ):■. r ■■■■■ ' r ' i|te %4 ¥ ' ' Si -?;.v(e e (A ? ) I tmitAm imtailSliam i Wk. ®gUtl|nrpf tiiall v- i. ' fX ' . '  P ,.. -I ' i JH|M dfl|HB||£. M B P II stunt nite Carmencita . . . O.U. in a French Cafe . . . Little Nellie . . . the Duchesses as they really are . . . the Salvation Army . . . O. U. ' s own repertory theater . . .  Mr ' r c 1 tr ;•«?. ' •,: •tS: 1 M - m i •- ■■.. ■ 1- •■ ' ■ l - •« « 1 ;mJ? ,. V •I k r ' ' f -• - 1«T I t 4 . ..t.-Vrf  f   M ■ ' 51 basketball team Oh, well! There ' s always next year. f- C|p cif .1 .A - r iafc, ! ig£ , - Intramural Sports Director Intramurals . . . basketball, football, tennis, ping-pong, Softball . . . budget gets lower every month . . . games go on accompanied by good- natured prejudices . . . Bob Stanley scouting around for equipment and posting schedules . . . inter-dorm competition at Hermance Stadium, the Softball field, and the basketball court . . . the youth get ready for ' ' next year . . . they begin to scare the varsity . . . the Saturday morn- ing basketball with Phoebe Hearst and the town girls battling for honor ... the faculty shelving texts for a while to show their mental — oops! — physical calisthenics . . . will the sandpaper pad- dle ever replace the rubber one, or who ' s hiding the ping-pong ball? . . . Tennis anyone? INTRAMURAL SPDRTS PROGRAM faathall The l!)5l iniiinMUial looiball season, consisting of the rats ol Lowry JIall, ihe (leteriMined youth of LujHon Hall, the never- say-die town .students, and tfx- rr nsistent and usually iriuinj harii Barrack ' s team, terminated with the Jiarracks onre again vic- torious. The season pioved injurious to all teams and the stalwart Barracks claimed the f lianipionship alter ail opponents witlidiew Irom the tussle. intramural basketball The deteimiiietl Barracks team, after a successful football season, went all-out to capture the basketball championship too. Com- bining speed A ith experience, the Barracks swiftly eliminated the Lowryites, the kids from Lupton Hall, and the old men, calling themselves the Town Students. Opponent after opponent was quickly disposed of and the Barracks had copped two out of three of Oglethorpe ' s Intramural Athletic Honors. However, credit for determination is given to Lowry Hall, Lupton Hall, and the Town Students for their imdauntless courage. ■J ' yjL J. ' . _- Betty Hogan, Captain Yea Oglethorpe ... IS Rahs . . . Into the Air, Stormy Petrels . . . Betty Hogan, Louise Watkins, Beverly Bechtel, John Hall, Nancy Speicher, Joan Hofstetter, Dory Strauss, Don Fer- ry, Jocelyn Furey, and O. K. Sheffield. cheer leaders j Ja Hall, Cuach Marryin ' Sam . . . Shotguns . . . bartered brides Run fer th ' hills! They ' re on their way! ' ?7 ' « 4 X o- .. •-i t ■■ ' -i 5: t2 n d ' i6 y iw J %.e « m Ud af i TnoZkeA. to the ' cCe€un eM, f Dau G( Uca£ZiM ( ket mJi ' C SOa £)e 4 DOi ffovL sAmtr a ( 4. oCzn H HH CJaAAi n oXoi lMt 7urtA( nQ0n On tfie e e 9U M i ' GteL ' (CcL(U Ae o£i£e cuCrut riff gcu. tcutootL ,_Mm iMm - 2 .. 5? v !«;:► -,:,„,.•■ mm m W THE YAMACRAW STAFF wishes to thank all of the students, faculty, and friends of the school ivho have helped in making this yearbook possible. DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR YOU CAN ' T BEAT A See Them at Your Downtown Pontiac Dealer GOULDMAN-TABER PONTIAC , 161 Ivy St., N. E. CY. 7366 Atlanta, Ga. 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