Rhodes College - Lynx Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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jx ffm gfclzid of 194 9.- The Class of l9l8, fhe firsf fo receive degrees under 'rhe presenf adminisfrafion, was graduafed during World War I. If was in consequence quife small. There were only five bachelor's degrees awarded fhaf year af fhe commencemenf exercises in Clarksville, Tennessee, all of fhem fo men. Assuming fhaf all candidafes for fhe bachelor's degree fhis year successfully complefe fheir requiremenfs, fhe Class of I949 will number one hundred and fwenfy- seven-eighfy-six men and forfy-one women. As World War l accounfs for one of fhe smallesf graduafing classes fhirfy-one years ago, so World War ll accounfs fhis year for fhe largesf graduafing class in fhe hisfory of fhe college. The class fhis year is made up in parf of fhose who mafriculafed in former years lone as far back as l936l, whose college work in fhe cases of fourfeen was inferrupfecl by service fo The nafion during fhe war period. One fhing af leasf fhe wrifer has in common wifh fhis class--fhe facf fhaf fhis is fhe lasf, as if were, official commencemenf here for all of us. If your briefer pilgrimage af Soufhwesfern has been as happy and as rewarding as mine has been, you will carry away only pleasanf memories and deep and abiding friendships. More fhan fhaf, you will, as I do, reioice fhaf Dr. P. N. Rhodes has been chosen 'ro succeed me. for he is one who is fried and frue, one whom you know and respecf and love. Wifh him as fhe Presidenf, fhe college will be in safe and capable hands, and wifh 'rhe confinued loyal cooperafion of our fine faculfy and sfaff, supplemenfed by you and ofher alumni and friends, Soufhwesfern faces a brighf fufure as if enfers upon ifs second cenfury of service fo fhe church, fo 'rhe nafion, and fo fhe world. To all of you of fhe Class of I949, including fhose who will be recorded x'49, we exfend our greefings, our good wishes, and our affecfionafe regard. lf has been a grand pilgrimage fogefher. Y 1 0 I PRESIDENT Page Nine

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QOLVL6 A. THEODORE JOHNSON. AM., Ph.D. DEAN OF THE COLLEGE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AB., Weslminsler College: A.M., Universily of Virginia: Pl1.D., Universily olNorll'1 Carolina. Waller Raymond Cooper, A,.lvl., LL.B. Marqarel l-luxlable Townsend, M.A. Char es l Diehl A M Dean of Men Dean of Women Dean of Freshmen Professor Ol l-l'5lOrV Professor of Sociology Asslslanl Professor of English AJE MVYaSfllilanr?l33 aaiikgiigyqlviigyl BA. and M.A. MCG-ill Universily B.A Soufhwesfern al Mernplwls Universily of Alabamaq V.A. lJurisl Oxford Universily AM Universily of Chicago