Panzer College - Olympia Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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(rFiCi irHirBJiHiraiianaJraJ i aJiBJiaiiaJtBiRHanaEJiBiiaJEJiataEiraraitaJr Jp LiraJreJf JRJr raJr JfJrBr r Sports Activities The program in sports and fine arts at the college in the year 1944 was adjusted to the changes in college life resulting from the war. Men ' s sports were limited to basketball, and baseball. All women ' s activities were continued and a gymnastic team was added. Var- sity competition for women included fencing and basketball in addition to many play days in other sports. To start off the fencing season, the team won its first matches with Newark and Jersey City State Teachers ' Colleges. Future bouts on the schedule are planned with Brooklyn Col- lege, New York University, St. Elizabeth ' s College, Hunter College, and a return match with Newark State Teacher ' s College. The women ' s basketball team was equally successful. Two of the teams which sur- vived the onslaught made by Panzer were East Stroudsburg and Hunter College. Those which were defeated included the Alumnae, Rider College, Queens College, Caldwell Col- lege, and New York University. The programs in the fine arts were also seriously affected by the war. For the first time there were no male voices in the Glee Club. Nevertheless, the Club carried on by singing selections especially arranged for feminine voices. The men were also badly missed in the Folk Dance Group. However, resourceful planning overcame this difficulty, and the Group undertook a study of Hawaiian dances which were particularly suited to women dancers. Many recitals and demonstrations were given at various schools, women ' s clubs, service clubs, teacher ' s associations, and at all the teas and social gatherings of the College. The group repertoire for 1944 consists of Hawaiian, Eng- lish, Latin American, Slavonic dances, and the Sailor ' s Hornpipe. Starting the year with a dark outlook, Prof Gorton ' s boys played an informal soccer schedule. With only fourteen men enrolled at college and their hopes of athletics height- ened by scrimmaging high schools, the men of Panzer thoroughly enjoyed this recreation. Breaking into the winter season with a gloomy outlook for basketball, the Gorton charges started workouts in preparation for the coming season. The team was formed and opened its season by losing to Newark University. Bouncing back from its first defeat, the team defeated Montclair State Teachers College; Upsala College, St. Basil ' s Seminary, Newark College of Engineering, Newark University, and Bloomfield Seminary. It dropped contests with Montclair State Teacher ' s College in the most thrilling game of the season by the score of 55-54, and also lost to Newark College of Engineering. The team closed the season with a total of three losses and ten victories. With Spring approaching and the baseball season just around the corner, the Pan- zer men will continue in their best form to uphold the college traditions by winning as many baseball games as they possibly can. To men with stout hearts and a willing coach, such as Panzer possesses, go the laurels of having men ' s sports survive even in war time. Page Seventeen

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Class Will We, the class of 1944, being of sound mind and body and anticipating our departure from this noble institution, do heieby publish and declare this, our last will and testament. FIRST: To our highly esteemed and deserving faculty we leave a well earned vaca- tion to be spent at Saratoga Springs so that their recovery from our devastations may be hastened. SECOND: To all confused, puzzled and muddled underclassmen of accelerated classification we leave autographed copies of our newest publication entitled How to Get Through College in Three Years . It contains in accurate detail all knowledge, skills, habits, and attitudes acquired during the years spent at Panzer by the process of trial and error; and suggestions on how to conduct one ' s self in summer session, when thoughts are focused on camp. We hope that they may profit greatly from this anecdotal record of our experiences. We also make the following bequests, with our sincerest hopes that they will be ac- cepted in the spirit with which they are given. To Miss Burnham, we leave a promise that all knowledge acquired in her classes be remembered as well as we remember ululare. To Professor Gorton, we leave a compassionate soul for his unfortunate class which had nothing to do with the disappearance of a roll book. To Miss Wardell, we leave a sturdy pair of non-skid shoes so as to preserve her life in order that future Panzer students may benefit from her bibliographies. To Miss Whitehurst, we leave a book of social techniques to ease her work in break- ing in future Panzer freshmen. To Mr. Drumm, we leave our well-worn crib notes to supplement his next year ' s out- line. To Miss Brooks, we leave a complete collection of our excellent unit plans so that she may have samples to show her new classes just how it is done. To Mrs. Lynn, we leave a recording of her numerical repertoire, 1-2-3-4, 2-2-3-4, 3-2- 3-4, to protect her from a severe case of laryngitis. To Mrs. Brainen, we leave her memories of our melodious voices; we think that this is quite enough. To Miss Smith, we leave a carton of Johnson ' s Baby Powder to replace that which she has so generously allowed us to borrow. To Miss Girardot, we leave a dual personality, each independent of the other, so that Miss Brown ' s and Mr. Gorton ' s classes simultaneously may benefit by her accompaniment. To Miss Tanner and Mrs. Eaton we leave a chess board to amuse themselves during their spare time. To original owners we return all borrowed wearing apparel and implements of war. To those who indulge in frequent absences we leave all our original fictitious alibis knowing that they will be put to excellent use. To Miss Brown, we leave a promise that we will carry on the tradition of Panzer Col- lege, and that to the best of our ability we will fulfill all the duties of our chosen profession. The foregoing is the legal will and testament of the Class of 1944. In witness where- of, we hereby subscribe our name and seal on this twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Four. Page Sixteen DOROTHY ALLEN, Executrix.

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