Rockford College - Recensio / Cupola Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 96 of the 1942 volume:

CUPUL The Iuniors give CUPOLA to the stu- dents of Rockford College to be d record of the yedr 1941-1942-d yedr of chaos in the outside world, but one of order, study cmd happiness within the College Wdlls. RUTH STEELE BUEEINGTON 2 f 7, f f t ff n -Q ' fr rw V , v, e yf 0 X f , 5 ,j wwf M ,ff , 'X H f . X f V W wr ,,,, X W ww Our Dean is an honorary member of the class of '42, We dedicate this Cupola to her, for her interest in our projects, her sympathy for our problems, her graciousness always. 3 1 3Ffllll8llE lE WW Middle is the personification of Warmth and friendship. lt is the joyful heart of Rockford College and all our social life surges around its glowing fire. To this center We all comeg here we meet our visitors, read our mail, and pass and repass on our Way to classes. l-lere we come and go - on our way to the stores, the movies, to practice teaching, on a thousand and one errands. Middle is the first building of the college, 'a living cornerstorief lt is compounded of memories and traditions gathered through ninety years- crinolirie to slacks. Our greatest alumna and one of the great Women of the world, lane Addams, lived on second Middle. 5 The READlNCf RCOM is the place to see everyone in Rockford College for everyone is here at some time every day. I-lopefuls seeking mail stream in and out. Serious readers of the news and of 'Terry and the Pirates' find both here in the national or local papers. All watch the bulletin board for the calendar of the Weeks events the current Maddox menus notices and personals. By studying the maps and articles prepared by the American Stu dent Union the Defense Council and the International Relations Club for their bulletin boards, Rockford students may comprehend more clearly the principles and events of this climactic year The BURSARS WlNDCW is a busy place on Saturday mornings the first of the month. Here the daily exchange of cash and credit goes on and the bursar and her assistant keep our checkbooks straight. The solemn ritual of the semester bill-paying is performed Within the sanctum itself, with Miss Schenck filling out her enormous account book D MRS. GERTRUDE DeLANEY Service Desk MRS. EVALYN FEENEY Assistant to Director of Admissions I MRS. LORNA PERKS Director of Admissions MRS. MARIE FLANIGAN FLORENCE SCI-IENCK LILLIAN TRANER Service Desk Bursar Secretary to Bursar MRS. BARBARA KOEHLER MRS. RUTH KYLE VIRGINIA TOWNSEND Secretary in Admissions Assistant in Admissions Assistant to Director Office Office of Admissions In the ADMISSIONS OFFICE every Rockford student is first known. Its officers interview the prospective student and advise her as to Whether the college is suited to her needs. Then fol- lows voluminous and helpful pro-Freshman correspondence. Finally, the admissions office presents her, a Freshman, to Rock- ford College, to its personalities, organizations, traditions, and watches over her during her Freshman year. 7 The GREEN ROOM lS the place where our callers Wait tor us to qet ready, and where we sit and talk when We feel more torrnal than Student Porch. lt is Rock tord's official 'parlor STUDENT PORCH rs more lntorrnal lt rs generally empty durrng the day except tor an occasronal card game or club meetlng but 1t comes to hte wlth a bang tn the halt hour after drnner when rt lS crowded Wlth smokers and dancers and loud Wlth the musrc of Tolo s nrclcelodlon The dancers thread thelr expert Way among the brldge and ru stan bank games on the troor clusters n deep conversatron ltne the benches here and there thouahtlu ones Just srt Later ln th ev nrng vlsttors conaregate and these socral acttvlttes contlnue unttl Archt turns everyone out for the nrght F. Cochran, E. Palm, M. Hammond F. Myers, B. Pluty R, Hanke, D. Waggoner, l. Chapello, D. Dallas, E. Robinson, M. B. Haas, D. Wheeler, I. White 9 The PUR-PLE PARROT records the Weeks events, discusses cole lege and national problems, and insures that opinions are allowed expression. For those on the inside, Parrot means something more, feverish Writing, editing, typing and past- ing tar into the small hours up in 'Perch '. lles le Every spring the lun- ior class creates, chiefly for the Seniors, the pho- tographic record ot the academic year, the col- lege in capsule form: CUPOLA. i Q . f 11 . 29 xx ,U 7 - -4 K. QN- Rillf 4 Nl I 41 1 5... I ' ,-x V I ' f 7 4 X X If 5.9-3 f 5,1 fn im 10 55 D QL , f O f o , U N O v 0 - O LJ o Q ci '-' V o O V J 0 f O , O I y O 9 U x O I Q V B oc C0 CO V 0 o o 0 1 o cl X 0 D l Q oc , o N do U ov O0 f ' 0 f -10 0' U 0 D 1, o Qc iz A A ' f H QM! ' Linden is the center of college administration, Yet a newcomer, seeing the art exhibits and guiet halls, would scarcely realize it. Cloistered from, yet in touch with, the hurly-burly of Middle are the offices of President, Dean, and Registrar. l-lere they synthesize from the elements of a college the unigue product that is Rockford. Miss Cheek is our chief ambassadress in the outside world-a world of trustees, of lecturers, and of alumnae. Miss Buffington watches over our common life, our morale. She sees that we observe the spirit as well as the letter of our social laws. Miss Church is responsible for the smooth flow of our academic life. Cn the lower floor, biology students squint through microscopes and speech students declaim. The student bookstore supplies us with the neces-A saries of study, and the humble package room is under the stairs, where the favored few wait. ll PHESlDENT MARY ASHBY CHEEK inteqrates the interests of the trustees, faculty, students and friends of the college. As head of the administration, she and the Board of Trustees co operate in deterrninina the qeneral policies of the college and in planning the qeneral proararn of major college events She presides at faculty rneetinas, chapels, teas and all-colleae functions. On Charter Day this year she conferred the Rockford Col lege Charter Day Degree on Professor White of Wisconsin University. 12 X f ELEANOR TAQUA New Secretary to NE 3.3 R 1 AN wxqvafwmxg LORENA CHURCH, Registrar The DEANS OEEICE, with the help of the Student Government Board, Watches the use of privileges, and is responsible for our conduct on and off campus. The REGISTRAR devises the whole intricate pattern of class and exarninau tion schedules. Miss Church also gives personal attention to each individual program, and helps untangle our confusions of conflicts, audits and credits. Erorn her office come the bi-annual grade slips, MRS, MABEL PETERSON Retired Secretary to President ELIZABETH STODDARD Assistant to Dean LILLIE lOl-INSON President Secretary to Registrar 13 df , Z - . , ,, , A FACULTY POBCT-l gives our professors a place to relax, as Student Porch does tor us. The faculty have tea there every atternoon, and gather in qreat numbers to restore the body with bread-and-butter and the mind with con- versation. Once in a while the students are allowed to invade its serenity for atter-dinner coffee and serious discussions or to meet some important visitor. The melodrama of Senior Carnival, one ot the year's most eagerly awaited events, takes place with a certain mad dignity Within these chaste Walls. MBS, MILDBED BERRY English EVELYN FEBNALD DOROTHY RICHARDSON RUTH SMITH Biology Biology Biology M4 H' ,- S. 5 , 14 The laboratories and lecture rooms of the biology depart- ment are in the basements ot Linden and Middle halls. There embryo scientists study the ma- terial aspects of life, among rats and bones, fossils and spring flowers. ln FORUM future Women leaders learn to sway the mul- titudes by practicing on them- selves. ln the depths of Linden they meet, and learn not only to think, but to speak clearly. They represent Rockford on other campuses in debates on the great issues of the year, L D. Sanern, E. Palm, M. Nauss. B. Haas D. Dallas, N. Tafel, B. Hanna, A. Harmon, P. Bates The Bookstore is one of the colleges most useful institutions. Under the Bursar's office, Franny Myers and Winch get books for all the classes, and provide related necessaries of school life: notebooks and paper and glue and monograrnrned stationery. lt is a handy place to get a check cashcd after student bank hours. 15 STUDENT GUVERNMENT ASSUEIATIUN The Rockford College Student Government Association has completed its first year as the supreme governing body on campus. lt provides for a demo- cratic maintenance of regulations. To the members of S.G.A. BOARD go the rules in the making, or revision, the embryonic suggestions that they develop into a concrete program. The Board bring their discussions to the Student Assembly for the final approval or disapproval. Such participation fosters intelligent preparation for con- structive democracy. E. Turner Q f I. Gordon kr' v. suck L. Wolff D. Chase B, Hanna F. Myers C, Watkins D. Rodwell D. Sanem A. lohnson Not shown. B. C. Fluty 16 M. Hammond JUDICIAL EUMMISSIUN AND HOUSE CUUNEII. The purpose of IUDICIAL COMMISSION is to investigate infractions of the rules passed by the Student Government Association and to determine suitable penalties for these violations. On its members falls the delicate task of interpreting the rules in such a way that a proper amount of flexibility is maintained within the imposed structure. Working with tact and understand- ing, this board helps to keep the tonus of the honor system and community responsibility up to par. The HOUSE COUNCIL, a board made up of the President of house stu- dents and presidents of the other three dorms, is concerned with making living in the dormitories comfortable and pleasant. They see to it that such things as quiet hour rules are enforced, that proper dress is worn at the proper time and place, that good manners and courtesy are observed. The House president has the power of exacting penalties if House rules are broken. L. VVolff D. Sanem M. Bates E. Turner P, Hall I.. Wolff A. Pope I.. Oleson I7 -6 l QQ Wx XX .WTQYVTTTTW ll lllbkw ll iv i i 2 Until not very long ago the whole of Talcott was called just Chapel With a flexibility that would surprise an outsider in so sedate a building, chapel is now congress, now church, now classroom, theater, ballroom. The S. G. A. holds its assemblies there, Where Boards recommendations are dis- cussed and voted on. The atmosphere changes with Miss Cheeks Chapels and the Y.W.C.A. Chapels every Friday. The music department gives recitals and vesper programs. Rockford town meetings are held in chapel and oc- casionally outside speakers give lectures here, to which our friends in Rock- ford are invited. During the year professors lecture, and departments present panel discussions. ln the Winter term, when the Sill stage is dismantled for basketball, the Freshman and Sophomore plays are given in Talcott, and ever and anon an informal dance is held there. Like other buildings of R. C., Talcott is an intimate part of our lives as dormitory and thoroughfare as Well as official meeting place. l9 Totlcott in its cerernonicil ospect: Chctrter doy is one ot Rockford Colleges rnost serious oc- cosions. On thot dcty the elections to Socrotic Honor Society ond the loook otwords lor out' stctnding cichievernent ore gnnounced. The peoctgogicctl Toilcott: where the teochers present interesting tctcets ot their subjects. Mr. Percds tcxllced oloout Venezuelo, the sociol sci- ence depotrtment gctve ponel discussions, Miss lVlcGovoclc told us obout the 'curve ot the tuturef Tolcott tor just tun: the building throws oft ocodernic cop ond gown ond joins in the donce. Now ond then Tolo gives on intoritol nickel odeon portyg otnd two or three times o yeor, cttter weeks ot bustle, o ploy is produced here, 20 TULU When academic pressure becomes too great, TOLO brings forth the all college dances and parties which it keeps in stock the year 'round. Y. W. E. l-l. As an integrating force among college women, Y.W.C.A. serves as a religious and social mediator on the Rockford campus. lt brings freshmen and upper-classmen together through the Big and Little Sister custom supervises vesper services and plans chapel programs. 1 K E t .aff 2 l I. Winchell B. Porter M. Shepard E. Robinson I. Stewart A. Shepard B. Robinson S. lones A. Arrasmith B. Michel Miss Stoddard R. Linstrum M. McGonagle B. Hanna M. Iones L, l-loesli E. Bleier E. Robinson E. Emerson E. Schaefer M. Iles R. Hueter A. lsgrig I FRESHMAN CLASS 19 4 5 I I I 1 N. Talel, M. Hammond, P. Bates B. Sernrnens, I. Marsh . i i 5 W. Eser, D. Egeland, I. Marsh, A. Arrasrniih, I. Harvey, M. Kehrn, E. Fraser, S. Scott, I. Kell, M. Chinn, H. Haight, S. Huffman, M. Bergan. M. Nauss, M. Ellingson, D. Crissey, G. Gray, I. Gregory, M. Hammond, B. Berry, P. Talbot M. Wolsey, M. Shapre D. Greene, R. Wheeler. M. Bates, A. Mayall, C. Stolz, M. Anson, B. Groh, M. Clson, S. Helmuih, B. Iohnson, I. Colgrove, B. Price. B. Bowen R. Sernrnens. I. Davis, D. Pill, D. Holman, B. Kahn, R. Dearborn, D. Anderson, F. Lewis, M. Shepard, l. Dunnell, A. Harmon M. Powers. M. Wright, C. DeLallo, D. Ohman, E. Phillips, B. VVarner, G. Siegfriedt, B. Siegfriedt, M. Cassidy, V. Quin, I. Hall 22 r SUPHUMURE CLASS 1944 ,vw I 2 H '16 I' l , .5 Q A 'I' ' xy . Mg lm ' W 7 We , in , -A 'M l k 1 ,4 P. Hall, A. lohnson, M, Paulson M, Iones, C. Beebe X l- is -QSSXXA -ll .5--'Q 'rl-'ik M. Hauser, N. Menke, I. McCullaqh, M. Naylor, F. Cochran, B. Laird, A. lohnson, L. Oleson, E. Pearson, G. Lind- gren, C. Enqelhardt. A. Westin, B. l-lampel, M. Wheeler, l, Badke, W. Winne, A. Weuni, A. Linolaren, P. lones, B. Merrill. P. Roth, L, Seernann, B. Reed, M. Weisenburqer, B. Hanlce, V. Day, D. Iohnson, I. Mitchell, L. Kruger, A. Slive S. Bock, M. Paulson, A. lsqriq, D. Bohrbach, I. Pierce, P. Bingham, B. Porter, B. Linstruni. 23 JUNIOR CLASS 1943 J 0 I 1 ly f. I W. V .- f W R. Hudson, E. Turner, B. Haas, V, McWeihy WZ- ' Q? Eli' B. Baldwin, D. Dallas, B. Olson, A. Countryman, I. Fleming, V. Hopper, B. Hanna, H. Speier, M. Iles, M. Fisher I. Olson, B. Davey, E. Paulson, A. Saucier, S. Schulz, G. Cronlc, I. Tierney, R. Hung, I. Burcheli P. Hendrix, D. Donnelly, I. Williarns, I. DeLong, C. Foulkes, B. Bruce, E. Turner, B. Haas, V. McWethy, R. Hudson . . . . M. M F, 1 Miss Swenson, M. Barron, I. White, C. Green, C, Alsover, E. Robinson, l. Chapello, D. Ogilby, cgonag e B. Michel, L, Stark, D. Wheeler 1 24 SENIUR CLASS I 1942 Y evj f C R41 f f ' I I To 1 I I ' E' me R. Hutchison, E, B16-ref, D. chase, 'X 'lim ' v I. Coleman, D. Larson 6 .sf X 5 Q Q ,At Q 5 C. Iacobs, K. Muehlemeyer, I. Alwoocl, B. McMarrar1, I. Stewart, E. Schaefer, A. Shepard, I. Gordon, I. Toops, C Watkins, A, Dahlstrom, R. Myers, I. Sherwin, I. Harper, M. Norton, D. Sanem, V. Slick, L. Pawlan, E. Palm, R. Hueter, O. Geery, D. Roclwell, D. Smith A. Pope, C. Fillmore, I. Winchell. C. Patten, K. Ryan, E, Emerson, C. Orchard, R. Hutchison, D. Chase, I, Coleman, E. Bleier, B. Fluty, P. Rankin L. Vtfolit, B. Robinson. 25 Q r'N ff'- ! -I, unoooca I, r sl, It f Q- I T , ,1 L, X W . O n 3 2 H , v WW ' X f 6 I 'A ' 26 will Sill is dominated by the vast and echoing gym, with the stage at one end, bleak Without its make up. The gym comes to lite with the music ot dance classes, the hushed crowds on play nights, the trample and roar of basketball championship games. The gym office downstairs is the organizing center of Sill's athletic activities. Across the hall is the Blue Room, silent usually by day unless some class has a meeting or song practice there. But in the evening it is or cheerful place, dim with smoke and busy with study and bridge, lunior Store, purveying candy and fruit in the hall outside, and the coke and milk vending machines, serve to heighten the gayety ot the night, and to keep the nickel supply low. Many faculty members have offices in Sill, in what used to be practice rooms for the music students. Sill is also the proud possessor of one ot the schools good pencil sharpeners, but the use ot it has caused many shins to be bruised among the thickets of bicycles that line the walls. 27 The WOMANS ATHLETIC ASSOCI- ATION was formed as a locus for our interests in sports, to encourage us to better athletic technique, and to foster the spirit ol sportsmanship. A Rockford college student can loe- corne a rnernber ol the organization it she is active in any one ot the many sports ottered. Whether you are a rocl: or a porpoise, it you like sports, you are a Welcome member of W. A. A. E. Paulson V. McWethy I. Coleman M. lohnston M. McGonagle A. Pope M. lones C. Patten I. Gordon M. Iles Not Shown: I. Chapello IRENE CLAYTON, MA. Physical Education ff' ' if LOUISE OSTBERG Physical Education Wars 4 l 413,64 t, 5,2 f ., 'ft 2 ,,, 'W - CJ 'G 'f,.yf,,f,.j5'f ' f 1 -, A F 1 ,anis fs, f Ney ,W . 4. N W J Photos from Chicago Tribune One ot the most tun events ot the year is the mid-semester ski trip to Michigan organized by W. A. A. Anyone who has a love ot winter sports, and can beg, borrow, or steal a pair ot skis, has in her grasp the best possible Way to get over those examination blues. The attraction tor the experts, ot course, is the skiing, Peggy lones demonstrates the Way to go upg Martha McGonagle comes down. The Weary or the timid can indulge in less strenu- ous activities, like sleigh riding and tobogganing. 29 Rocktords physical education department teaches a Wide variety ot sports. Besides the tun ot the thing itsell, many ot the sports have the thrill of competition. There was a horse show on Dad's Day, in the tall. Basketball saw fierce rivalry between the Seniors, long the unchallenged champions, and the Freshmen. Rockford takes part in the national telegraphic swimming meet and there is a tennis tournament in the spring. 30 Rockford college is sports minded. One of the tirst things the prospective student is commolnded to do is to get shorts of her cldss color. This she does, ond weors them, with or With- out dlterdtion, from that ddy on. 31 an an One of the loig sports at Rockford College is crewg and the loig day for crew is May Day, when the inter-class races are held. The crowd lining the near-cerernonious launching of the shells, and preparation, with growing excitement. ll screams madly While th shells race down the riverg and it is quite hoarse and exhausted when thc Winning cox is thrown into the cold and muddy Rock River. loanli Watches all the prelirninaries, the 'L Hockey is the other big Rockford sport. After the inter-class games are won, the best players are divided into two teams for the school's favorite hockey event, the Army-Navy game, played on Dads Day. This year the Freshmen swept the snow off the field according to old tradition. The game was especial- ly thrilling, so much so that the over-enthusiastic Army rooters crashed their bleachers to the ground. A picked team of players accepted Milwaukee-Downers challenge- to its sorrow. 33 Re hockey: The all-victorious Senior team, the varsity tearn, and a demonstration ot how they get that Way . . , hard work, ladies. And now, our favorite sports: Fresh-air tooth- brushing, demonstrated by Schaet, crew, boat- ing, by Fluty and Peter, acquiring a tan. 34 M. Weisenburger, M. Kehrn, l. White, V. Quin, l. Chapello, IORDAN CAVAN, PhD M. Sass, R. Hanke ECluCC1tiO1'1 Those who have cameras and like to use them are members of CAMERA CLUB. Mr. Cavan gives sound technical advice. ln the darkroom in Emerson hall the members learn to develop and print their own tilms. Camera Club spent many hours planning and snapping pictures for Cupola. ORCHESIS, the modern dance group, meets strenuously twice a Week, when the members polish their technique and compose dances. Miss Eastham, an alumna of Rockford, is the guiding spirit, helping to shape the ideas into an important spring recital, lANE EASTI-IAM Physical Education 35 fevaii , MELITTA GERHARD, PhD. Dinner in the Roman manner-sheets, no silver, a Welcome in Latin, per- haps not entirely compre- hended YkY'Va5 6' Ka! and Vinum Sabinum-re- Wards the eitort in Clas- sics, Latin or Greek neces- sary tor eligibility in CLASSICAL CLUB. L. Crandall, I. Harper, I. White, I. Harvey, A. Westin, I. Hall, V. Day, C. Green, Miss Brag- ington, R. Hueter, M. Weisen- burger, I. Radke, M. Olson German students wish- ing to gain more profi- ciency in understanding and speaking German have organized a club which meets tour times a year. At their meetings they sing German songs, play games and give orig- inal playlets. They also sponsor a table in the din- ing room. B. Hampel, B. Berry, M. Smith, I. Radke, G. Cronk, C. Fillmore, M. Ettlinger, I. Sherwin, M. Nauss, C. Alsover MARY BRAciNToN Ph D Modern Languages, LESLIE KoEMPEL, PLD. MENo LOVENSTEIN, PLD. Clgqgrc German Social 5CiST1CG, Sociology Social Science, Economics fff .Q ' . i .U I ? The AMERICAN STU- DENT UNION is a progres- sive group organized to stimulate active student interest in affairs social, political, and economic. It promotes understanding of current events through dis- cussion. The membership of the SOCIOLOGY CLUB con- sists of all students Who are interested in sociology. The meetings are very in- formal and are called Whenever a problem or a project arises for discus- sion. They are making a s u r v e y of recreational needs in the Washington Park district of Rockford in an effort to discover a Way to reduce the juvenile de- linquency rate there. I L. Pawlan, M. Fry, M. Nauss, P. Bates, D. Holman, L. Oleson, Dr. Loven- stein, V. McWethy, I. Williams, D. Donnelly, R. Hudson, C. Fillmore, M. Fisher, B. Hanna, B. Fluty, I. Gordon, M. Iles A. Pope, M. Fisher, R. Hueter, Miss Koempel, I. Gordon, A. Saucier, R. Hudson, M. Iohnston, I. Coleman, B. McMarran, B. Fluty, I. Burchell, R. Hutchison T -KATHERINE SNOW ELIZABETH WHEELER Alumnae Secretary Office Secretary The Alumnae are kept in touch with college, and vice versa, through the ef- forts of the ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, and the publication of the Rockford Col- lege Alumna. 37 FY XJ 'xl Q., 2.25m ,QW f. - X83 , S X. S Y. Q Q l J s.' SX' 40' L , , , fe Since Adams is built apart from the quadrangle, between each class we llee across in rain and snow, or loiter happily in warm sunshine. A doll's house View of Adams discloses tour levels. Below, in the town students' demesne, is the comfortable lounge and the locker rooms tor 'lhave you heard? Ascending, the visitor passes through a region ot quiet, impressed by the thought ot mathematics, physics and classics. Above is a region ot many odors where the visitor is assailed by luscious aromas ot cookery from the left hand lab, and by curious smells ot organic chemistry from the right. Up under the skylight, the art classes work in clay and oils. And highest of all, on the ridge pole, the pigeons roost impassive. Adams is calm and full ot years. 39 ,ff'5 T 1 X... X aa. L. Pawlan, C. Fillmore, G. Cronk, l. Chapello, B. Merrill, B. Davey, D. Dallas, V. McWethy Last year SCIENCE and MATH CLUBS voted to rnerqe and since have been active as one club. They have presented several radio programs over station WROK, and have secured distinguished speakers tor the college. They have several meetings a year at which members discuss recent dis- coveries in scientific fields. RAYMOND MULNIX, PhD. EDITHA UNDERHILL, M.S Chemistry Chemistry FRANCES IOHNSON, Ph.D. MARTHA McG-AVOCK, M.A. Physics Mathematics 40 C. Brown, N. Menke, I. White, M. Olson, D. Larson, l. Mc' Cullagh, M. Dunning, Mr. Paxson, I. Harvey, A. Shepard, L. Hoesli, C. Green, M. Weisenburger, D. Wheeler ART CLUB is a group of those who like art, and Want to bring art to the college. They have acquired paintings, books, and etchings, and help Mr. Paxson arrange exhibits in Linden hall and in the library. BRUNO BETTLEHEIM GORDON PAXSON 5 Art Art 6 '?ls4L,, 0 ' IQ Q. I , 1 lflll 'E ,flfflflilaliu 'Ill I Ill Ill L, QI Q ,. 93 an 95 E?-,I xk-5 J ll l l 41 A f3 'vlI3 1' 1 Town Students miss the pleasures inher- ent in boardina school. But they have ad- vantages in home and tamily that the house student misses. The TOINN STUDENTS' AS- SOCIATION looks after the problems that come up, and makes rules tor the use ot the Town Students' rooms in Adams. The transportation problem, ot course, is al- ways with us. 42 Q f .A M B. Fluty, A. Saucier, M. Wolsey, A. Westin, P. Bates, I. Dunnell, Dr. Iohnson, I. Burchell, Mr. Paxson, A. lsgrig Anyone who has ever had the tun ot making a hencoop or a dog house, and wants to try her hand at bookshelves, Will find the Wood and nails and things in the cubbyhole devoted to HOBBY CLUB. I-Iobby Club has every- thing necessary for other kinds ot selt-expression too. . E. Palm, I. DeLong, M. Norton A. Dahlstrorn, V. Slick, M. Danielsen .L.'..4Q- WMI' in Qi I V-1 . X fr Ill' P. Hall, B. Davey, C. Fillmore, .-..,. ....,.. ,,.., . , , W., M i l And now the napshots Cothers on pp. 56 and 647. It their mothers could see thernl The girl who has her HANDBOOK always with her is spared countless precious moments, untold mental strain, and quantities ot tootwork. lt contains practically everything one could want to know about Rockford College: rules, traditions, constitutions, ottice hours, the calendar for the year. D, Rodwell, E. V. Palm 1, - - t t ZW 4 - X MZ R xlx 1 :Z l I fi 'ff 4 .l ll HN llllllllllii l If Q 9 9 lohn Barnes is notable to the new Freshman as being the greatest stretch of Boclcford building all with the same name. Then, as outlines emerge from the first haze, lnglenook is differentiated, the cheerful room with fireplace and books. Some of the young faculty members live in l. B., and others have offices there. With them a Freshman becomes acquainted only gradually, the infirmary is learned with the first headache or cold. One of the biggest things about I. B. is the dining room M- studying does use up energy. The dining room is more than a means to an end, though, it is a very pleasant place to be. This year has seen several innovations: the new tables and chairs, and the discussion tables sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Bight now the most interesting thing in l. B. is the music room and the Carnegie set, new last Christmas. It is nearly always busy, from early in the morning to late at night. 45 . -ll 'I O-, QQ- LGS f' ,' ' ,Q milf 1 - -' llllgfmf l '- 1 -' X l V il ,, . I . . 46 lnglenook, rejuvenolteol, Wcrs ct lovely surprise to the returning students lost toll. Lightness, color cind chgrrn smile from this parlor where We Wctit tor the dinner bell, thumbing the books, listening to the new piolno or just chcrtting. However, the prize Wols the Music Room, which holds the Colrnegie set. Here Beethoven cind Tschciikowsky vie tor top popularity with the collypso singers ond the piqmv orchestra. The music set is one of our most delightful ccfuses ot procrcistincition. 46 f ' .6 5233. ,M-if if 1 l - I flvffixwe j it f 7 if Z If RUTH MCGINNIS, RN. f - College Nurse The intirrnary is one ot the most ap- preciated campus in- stitutions. lt is an un- iailing source ot as- pirin and salt tor gar- gle-and is equipped lor more serious ill- ness, too. lANET BUTTERWORTH MABEL BAILIE Assistant to Dietitian Director of Residence Hall ISABEL ABBOTT, Ph.D. CURTIS BRADFORD, PhD. ELIZABETH BRUSH, Ph.D. ESTHER SWENSON MA HiSTOfY English History English 47 QWAX A. Pope A. Saucier M. Ettlinger B. McMarran Di Chase I-'. Myers R. Hung I. Harper M. Fisher R. Hudson M. Danielsen R. Hutchison E. Bleier B. Fluty C. Watkins I. Toops Hueter V. Hopper, C. Watkins, D. Paxson, I. Radke, M. Barron, I. W'hite, D. Donnelly, It Willie' M- NUU55' I. Williams, I. DeLong I. DeLong, I. Williams, D Donnelly, Dr. Erad- ford, M. Barron. If you are confused by current events, a member of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB can probably straighten you out. The group meets at Miss Abbott's apartment to discuss the international situation. I. R. C. keeps a bulletin board in Middle up to date for the benefit of all of us, and has a display table in the library of books new and old that apply to today's problems. ROCKEORD REVIEW, the literary publication of the college, comes out yearly in the spring. It contains the creative efforts of both students and faculty. The CREATIVE WRITING GRCUP meets informally at Dr. Bradford's for Coffee and constructive criticism. There brain children are tactfully analyzed and rehabilitated, 48 E. Palm A. Mayall, I. White, P. Bates, C. Green, D. Holman, R. Hutch- ison, I. Harper, E. Bleier, I, Sherwin, M. Wi'ight, M. Ettling- er, F. Cochran, M. Weisen- burger, R, Hanke The FRENCH and SPANlSH CLUBS are corn- posed ot those who study the languages, and Want to speak and understand them better, and to under- stand French and Spanish countries and people. They sponsor foreign language rnovies, lectures, and have tables in the dining roorn Where the languages are spoken. M. Sass, M. Bergan, D. Anderson, P. Bates, L. Seernann, G. Siegtriedt, F. Cochran, I. Sherwin, E. Siegtriedt, M. Ettlinger, M. Wright Qin LUCILLE BLACKFAN MA., French IULIA INGERSOLL, MA., French NICHOLAS PERCAS Spanish J :sv Q2 L' . 1 . Mi' 'iff' 1 I 1 I 1 M il I L 50 W L THRCDP ln six rooms, all alike, with large windows, a small desk, and a few plain chairs, most of Rocktord's classes meet. The severe simplicity of each room implies clearly that its merit lies in what each successive class brings into it and takes away when the bell rings. First Lathrop is alive with activity during the day, but at night it is perfect for studying or typing undisturbed. The long green pool, open almost any time a lite guard is free, is below Lathrop. Rocktords most modern student rooms are on the second and third floors, separated from the rest of the dorm by the gym. 51 This, cxfier olll, is Why we gre here-why Rockford College. The purpose ond end of dll the elcrborgte inechcfnisni for feeding cfnd housing is-cloisses Digi' ...Y Av DORION CAIRNS, Ph.D. Philosophy, Psychology CHARLES GOFF, DD. Religion HARDY WICKWAR, Ph.D Politiccrl Science, Sociol Science 52 l ABBIE POTTS, PhD. English The members ol DRAMATIC CLUB learn, through practice, the intricacies, l dt'.lnth sometimes exasperating, but always delightful, ot pay pro uc ion e h h ex eriences as actors, stage hands several plays given every year, t ey ave p , directors, producers, critics. Miss Potts helps them to analyze and to under- stand each play. D. Larson, A. Pope, D. Chase, V, Hopper, R. Hueter, B. Haas, M. Fisher, C. Patten, D. 'Wheeler B. Robinson C. Green, F. Cochran, I Radke, l. Coleman, l. White, E. Paulson, l. Sherwin, I. Toops R. Hutchison M. lles, E. Emerson, A. Shepard, E. Bleier 53 N. Tafel D. Rodwell D. Sanem Miss Cheek Dr. Cairns V, McWethy Miss Underhill A. Iohnson E. Palm A. Shepard I, Coleman, A. Pope B. McMarran D. Sanem D. Wheeler V. McWethy A. Iohn.on, M. Hammond D. Chase B. Robinson L, Wolff I. Sherwin, I. Harper F. Myers I. White K. Muehlemeyer D. Rodwell I. Gordon R. Hueter, B. Hanna C. Watkins l. Chapello V. Slick l.. Seemann The STUDENl FACULTY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE is the most im portant co-ordinating group of Rockford College. lt provides an arena where opinions of faculty and student body can meet and be equilibrated. All recommendations of Board must pass this committee before being referred to the student body. Students on this committee bring to bear suggestions and opinions of the faculty. lts importance to S. G. A. and the college community is immeasurable. New this year is tho COUNCTL of ORGANTZATIONS made up of the presidents of the classes and of all chartered organizations on campus. lt is primarily a co-ordinating group working in conjunction with Board and is continually confronted with the Herculean task of lessening the number of extra-curricular activities on the calendar. ln addition it struggles with the problem of budget allotments and this year it has directed and co-ordinated civilian defense activities on the campus .14 1 1 1 1 1 1 D 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r-1 1 F Pluty I V. Palm Watkins Rodwell Sanem Q . iii D. Dallas M. Naylor D. Iohnson A. Isgrig B. Hanna D. Sanem A. Slive F. Myers M. Danielson C. Watkins D. Rodwell R. Hutchison D. Waggoner B. Merrill X E. Paulson 6 I. Harper ig f, I. Sherwin J C. Green E5 Q -,JQ3 R. Hudson Nj I. White M. Fisher V. McWethy B. Fluty I M. Barron E M. Weisenburger One ot the highest honors given at Rockford is membership in TASSEL. lt has only tive members chosen tor scholarship and leadership on the campus. Each year at May Festival lawn supper old members tap their successors with a rose. Members Wear purple tassels on their mortar boards. SOCRATIC is an honor society tor the recognition ot high scholarship. lt is composed ot faculty members ot Phi Beta- Kappa, Seniors elected to per- manent membership, and one year associate members from the Iunior and Sophomore classes. Membership is announced each year on Charter Day, atter which the society holds its annual banquet. 55 Cupola here preserves in deothless horlftones Evie dmorrg the greerreryg the confusion ol ihe ski tripg ond Cctoloer Doy-which found, or usuol, sober scholorrs Willing-nov, eorger to have themselves photographed in ridiculous or uncomfortoble poses 56 A garland of rnemoriesi Hank and Minnie in the springg Nonie loeiore the lfiaircutg high spiritsg Lovey and Sanern at the picnic la cater- pillar in the salad?lg the glamorous business rnanagerg Mitchell studyingg and l. Neanderilial Gordon. 57 tfaffrll J Sfmt! The most recent addition to our college is the library building overlooking the river. lts spacious rooms, fireplaces, paintings and comfortable chairs increase the natural enjoyment of a sur rounding of books. The system of open stacks and reserve sec tions for the different classes is unusual in college libraries: and carrells, removed from the main rooms, provide excellent refuge for writing term papers, or cramming for exams. There are several conference rooms where small classes often meet and those Wish ing to work together may retire so as not to disturb others IEAN SHARPE, MA. Librarian 58 This year there have been exhibits ot special interest on civilian defense and science as Well as smaller displays ot old books and letters. HELEN GRANATH LAURA SELBY MARIORIE IOHNSON ELEANOR STEINKE Assistant to Librarian Assistant in the Library Assistant in the Library Medical Librarian 59 llltlllllllll H0ll E Maddox trom the students eye view: herein gather Seniors reaping their latest harvest ot knowledge over cokes, two girls augmenting it in the reading room, and one exploring the realms ot the past. Springtime draws all three categories out in the loack yard, 60 B. Fluty, I. White, D. Wheeler, M. Iohnston, A. Iohnson Maddox l-louse is the student union building ot the Rockford Campus, yet its function is not only recreational, but cultural. Within these Walls are an open shelt library ot contemporary literature and a perpetuated collection ot rare old books, shipped every year lrorn London. Monthly, the tea room relinquishes its informal air and decks itselt out for speakers, who give us the latest news in the World ot letters, ln itself, however, Maddox I-louse be- speaks relaxation. MADDOX COMMYFTEE helps arrange the teas and exhibits. MRS. MARGARET THGMPSON Director ot Maddox l-louse Y Ag, user V' V, h f. ,. , YUNICE QWINL , 2 ff! 7 C' 7 ' V Director of Tea Room fmt' 61 M. Sass, K. Muehlemeyer, Miss Watkins, R. Carlson, S, Schulz E. Bleier, M. Chinn, R. Wheeler, M. Powers, E. Turner, D. Larson DORWlN'S whole existence is devoted to home economics. The lower floor is iull of sewing machines and cutting tables and scraps oi materials. Senior majors can use the apartment upstairs as a practice cottage, where they get actual experience in managing a house without the anguish oi actual responsibility. The foods students learn to cook in the laboratories in Adams, where they torment the art and chemistry classes with odors ot fried chicken and chocolate cake. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB has teas and lectures on subjects in their field. MYRTLE DAVIDSON, MA. LILLIAN WATKINS, MA. MIZZI FUGMANN ANDREAS FUGMANN Home Economics Home Economics Music MuSiC 'Ill' '4.! ' I jus-Ab l xy Ji , 6 2 l 4- D. Dallas B. Baldwin L. Wolff I, Williams C. Alsover EMBBSON, the red brick house on the corner, is the center ot all musical activity on the campus. lt is there that classes in theoretical music are held' there girls go for music lessons, there GLEE CLUB meets once a week, re- hearsing tor its programs given at Christmas and May Festival. Upstairs in Emerson are practice rooms Where music students Withdraw to practice and to struggle with obstreperous discords in harmony and counterpoint. Meetings oi ALPHA THETA, honorary music society, are held there. Per- manent membership in Alpha Theta is given to those students oi theoretical music who also can perform it practically. B. Iohnson, I. Marsh, L. Crandall, I. Harvey, l-l. Mathre, D. Rohrloach, L. Seemann, G. Sie-gfriedt, B. Siegiriedt, B. Kahn B. Warner, B. Cromer, I. O'Neil, B. Burmeister, I. 'Williams C. Alsover, M. Olson, P. Rankin, C. Green P. Braid, A. Dahlstrom, B. Berry, B. Hampel, B. Baldwin, D. Dallas 63 ' ,.,, ,, Another ossortment: Fiuty on oiutyg Miss Cheeky surreoiist 'Senior' by Gordp October Doyg subreohst ciofssics by usp Speier ond Bruce, C1 quiet evening oft homeg greetings, Freshmen! 64 Qt 4 Z 3 4 Na A Q wk I!! 0 x W Do you remember how long October Dgy seemed in coming, omd how wonderful it Wos when it corme, cmd do you remember bow the cdmpus looked iri the snow? Miss Eorstbdm was hdving ci good time, October Dgyg that was before her poltriotic three-inch bob. Cborlie cmd Frcmriie Wore their Corps cmd gowns with orplomb tor the first time, on Senior Doy. And then the totcuity reveled ori the qreeri. 65 THE SENIURS The end to which all this has been the means . . . the Seniors. Rockford is not only a catalyst, or a simple machine for producing college Women, it is an organic Whole that lives or dies with us. lt is left a' different place by every Senior class. Every Senior leaves it a different person. No one can express the subtle things that make Rockford spirit, but every- one feels them, and can recognize them. The May Queen is the Senior Who most perfectly embodies this spirit. Somehow, in herself, she represents her class, and Rockford College. 66 Q' I ,gi E X 1. IX ' ' 7 X 4 Y Z I 4 X A , I Y N N N Y I X 3 2 Y ,,..,,,,,,,,...,- ...., N IEAN ALWOOD English IANE COLEMAN Sociology ELEANOR BLEIER Household Arts ALICE DAHLSTROM Music 68 sv ,S ' -f DORIS CHASE Psychology ELEANOR EMERSON Sociology CLARA IANE FILLMORE BETTY CLARE FLUTY Zoology Government IOAN GORDON lOSEPl-UNE HARPER Sociology History 69 OLIVE GEERY English RUTH HUETER Sociology RUTH ANN HUTCHISON CAROL IACOBS MARY IOHNSTON Div. Major Sequence in Sociology Sociology Social Science HELEN KOWELESKI DOROTHY LARSON ELIZABETH MCMARRAN Music Household Arts SQCi0l0gy 70 KATHRYN MUEHLEMEYER Household Arts MILDRED NORTON Sociology FRANCES MYERS History EVELYN VOS S PALM Mathematics 71 RAMONA MYERS Music CLAIRE PATTEN Economicfs LORRAINE PAWLAN Zoology BETTY ROBINSON English ANN PoPE Sociology DOROTHY RODWELL Zoology 72 PATRICIA RANKIN Music KAY RYAN Sociology DOROTHY SANEM ELEANOR SCHAEEER English Economics IANE SHERWIN VIRGENE SUCK Erench English 73 ANN SHEPARD Art IANET STEWART Erench IUNE TOOPS History LENORE WOLFF Music CHARLOTTE WATKIHS IANE WINCHELL History Zoology EVELYN YUEN Government 74 PATRUNS The generou helped to make We urge you to For many ot into Cupola we Morning Star, R. Lainson Studios, s support ot these advertisers has Cupola' what it is In appreciation patronize them. the photographs which have gone thank: Fred Iames ot the Rockford L. 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