Old Dominion University - Troubador Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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Imps Club Organized on November 5, 1930. First Men’s Social Organization Past presidents: 1930- 31 William Rosenfeld 1931- 32 James Carter 1932- 33 Haskell Brown 1933- 34 William P. Lyons 1934- 35 Heywood Mercer 1935- 36 Jack T. Branch, Jr. The Imps Club selects for membership men students who are outstanding in college activities. It endeavors to promote better fellowship among the men students, and as much campus life as is possible. The Imps Club was originally formed with twelve members. In 1932 the membership was increased to fifteen and in 1933 to twenty. Since then the membership has increased to the present number of 30. The activities of the club are varied. Each semester the club sponsers a dance; and once each month an informal party is given for the entertainment of the members. The Club closes the year with a final dance and banquet. OFFICERS George P. Hand, Jr.............................President Robert C. Rawl............................Vice-President Lewis A. Nuckols...............................Treasurer Lucius P. Daugherty............................Secretary Miss Catherine Cubberly..........................Sponsor MEMBERS John R. Ball W. Meredith Bayne Jack T. Branch, Jr. I. Lee Chapman William C. Cotten Edward Causey Davis C. Fred Edmonds M. M. Gregory, Jr. Donald G. Griffin John Hodges Edgar Earl Jackson William P. Wise Robert B. Masengill James A. Rives Jr. John Earl Roberts William Rosenfeld Donald Smith George A. Stewart,Jr. Robert W. Stewart, Jr. James A. Swaney W. R. L. Taylor, Jr. William Weaver William C. West Page thirty-one

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Page thirty IMPS CLUB

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The V. P. I. Club OFFICERS (1935-1986) President........ Vice-President Secretary.......... Treasurer........ Sergeant-a t-Arms James Rives . .George Miller Harold Maxwell . Fenton Jordon ... George Hand The V. P. I. club, composed of all V. P. I. students, is the largest organized group at the college. At present its membership is 61. The V. P. I. Club helps the engineering students to become better acquainted, and unites those students having common interests and pronlems. The chief aims of the club are to promote interest in engineering and to interest the people of Norfolk in the Norfolk Branch of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The activities of the V. P. I. Club are varied and interesting. One of the most popular activities is the annual Thanksgiving Dance; the engineering students use their utmost skill and initiative in making the Thanksgiving Dance a thoroughly unique entertainment. At the present time the club is planning a trip to Blacksburg the latter part of the spring semester. A calendar of the major activities of the V. P. I. Club during the fall and spring semesters will give some conception of the nature of the club. V. P. I. CLUB CALENDAR 1935-1936. October 3rd.—First meeting—election of club officers. November 2nd.—Final plans for Thanksgiving Dance. November 27th.—Annual V. P. I. Club Thanksgiving Dance. February 20th.—Final plans laid for trip to the plant of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. February 21st.—All-day trip to Langley Field and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. March 11th.—Plansfor Spring Dance made. Committee appointed to see that all V. P. I. Freshmen wear duck caps. March 20th.—Spring Dance. Page thirty-two