Ohio Wesleyan University - Le Bijou Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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' Sweet and Beautiful you can bet, they ' re the pride of old Monnett '

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omvuord . . . THIS IS YOUR BIJOU .... YOUR BOOK-OF-THE-YEAR .... A RE- VIEW OF PAST PLEASURES; A PREVIEW OF FORTHCOMING FUN .... READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU .... DO WHAT YOU WISH WITH THE BOOK .... BUT, HANDLE WITH CARE, BECAUSE SOME DAY YOU WILL FIND IT A VALUABLE AND AMUSING RELIC .... TUCKED IN ITS PAGES ARE FRAGMENTS OF YOUR HAPPIEST MOMENTS .... FOR THIS IS OHIO WESLEYAN, 1943-1944 .... AND YOU WERE PART OF IT ... . THIS BOOK IS YOU IN TYPOGRAPHICAL TIN- TYPE .... OHIO WESLEYAN, 1943-1944, HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT WESLEYAN .... ITS TRADITIONS HAVE GIVEN WAY TO A NEW WORLD IN WHICH WAR IS THE KEY-WORD .... TO KEEP WITH THE PACE OF THESE CHANGING TIMES, OUR UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN REMOD- ELED ALMOST OVER-NIGHT .... STILL IT HAS CONTINUED TO KEEP ALIVE THE SPIRIT WHICH IS ETERNALLY WESLEYAN . . . . THIS NEW WESLEYAN BROUGHT ABOUT BY WORLD WAR TWO IS A TEMPORARY THING; ONE WHICH WE, AS ALUMNI, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIND WHEN WE RETURN TO OUR ALMA MATER IN FUTURE YEARS .... BUT WE WILL WANT TO REMEMBER THE YEAR THAT WESLEYAN WENT ALL OUT FOR THE NAVY .... WE WILL WANT TO REMEMBER HOW ALL OF US, COEDS, V-5 ' S, V-12 ' S AND CIVILIAN MEN WORKED TOGETHER TO PRESERVE THE IDEALS FOR WHICH OUR COUNTRY IS FIGHTING .... IN THESE PAGES WE HOPE YOU WILL FIND THE NEW WESLEYAN, MIRRORED IN THE LIVES OF THE CIVILIAN STUDENTS AND THE NAVY MEN .... WE HOPE YOU WILL BE PROUD OF YOUR SCHOOL ' S FLEXIBILITY, AS IT REMAINS A VITAL PART IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, BE IT IN WAR OR IN PEACE. g44 BETTY TARGETT . . . Editor • CHARLES RICHEY . . . Bus. Mgr.

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Here ' s to the campus co-ed of O.W.U Tomorrow ' s Leading Lady .... from dawn till dusk, treading the century-old walks of Wesleyan .... from Austin and Monnett to University and Elliot .... from the quarry to Sulphur Springs .... struggling with the trials and tribulations of Josephine College .... keeping ever sharp and polished her proud title of campus queen. In this changing War Wesleyan one finds Betty Co-ed worrying over the V-mail returns .... nursing the writ- er ' s cramp .... getting rid of sleepy eyes and prospective gray hairs, the result of too strenuous morale building . . . . living up to the sweet and beautiful, you can bet tradition, in spite of a world of No nylons, I ' m sorry and No curlers, I ' m sorry .... dashing from choir to Y meeting and from Transcript office to W.S.G.A. meeting, without the usual senior cars to act as transports .... breaking diet rules at a Friday night pointless sprea .... enjoying leisure hours by pausing and refreshin in the smoker or over a frosted malt at Buns. But all is not frivolous frolic .... they, too, hove th serious moments .... burning the midnight oil . . pouring over many a volume of forgotten lore . . dreaming of a high four-point .... keeping ever in m the Mortar Board pin and the Phi Bete key .... occel ating to the utmost .... giving up leisure summer va tions in the realization of the importance of their colleg training in a world at war .... all these go to complete ' the picture of the life of Wesleyan ' s little women. This year, something new has been added to the co-ed ' s college environment .... the Navy .... and true to her tradition, the campus belle has never let a problem stump her .... solution? .... Saturday night dances at the gym .... meeting at the Union .... faithful appearances at all the football and basketball games .... picnics and hay-rides .... open houses by the Greek-letter girls .... running interference for their brother fraternities who already have company .... moonlight strolls by the quarry .... occasional treks to Columbus to use the precious 1 :30 pers .... all these are the weapons the co-ed wields to keep the situation well in hand. And so they carry on .... in the face of a changing world .... in the absence of the other half of their classmates .... keeping the Wesleyan traditions true .... keeping the Wesleyan spirit alive .... the campus co-eds of 1943-44. L o-edd