Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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NEW! STRANGE! HOMESICK! These words are mildly descriptive of the feelings which pervaded the new mem¬ bers of onr student body last September. Most of them had had only a vague idea of rat rules, Awdrey Christopher, presi¬ dent of the Student Council, called the first meeting of the freshman class on September 14, for the purpose of electing class officers and a class adviser. The out- The Newcomers Row 1 (Left to right ) — Corkran, Streett, Stirling, Laws, Wanex, Jones, Taylor, Fuller, Ford, Pnsey, Ruark. Row 2 — Dryden, Noble, Evans, Hutchison, Keplinger, Whaley, Spies, Hyslop, Riley, Randall. Row 3 — Pennewell, Russell, Adkins, Truitt, Pittman, Hanna, Messick, Schmick, Murphy, Brown, Wood, Fatzer. Row 4 — Roberts, Morris, Reinhold, Young, Downing, Cooper, Travers, Evans, W ood, Hales. Standing — Smith, Day, Harcum, Ball, Twilley, Sehoolfield, Clark, Potter, White, Flurer, Rittenhouse, Hudson, Straughn (adviser), Leiby, Adair, Pike, Williams, Smith, Brinsfield, Haddaway, Luff, Collins, Kemp, Long, Cawley. of college life, most of them had never been far from home, and few of them knew many of the other students here at college. All of these things combined to form a nostalgic group of freshmen students. Rat rules did their bit, as rat rules always do, to take away this feeling and substi¬ tute one of friendship, kinship — perhaps we may say, esprit de corps! Officers To cement this feeling at the conclusion come of the election was as follows: George H. Jones, of Hughesville, presi¬ dent; Hugh M. Smith, of Greensboro, vice-president; Florence Laws, of Snow Hill, secretary; and Preston Fuller, of Easton, treasurer. Mr. J. Llovd Straughn, instructor of chemistry and mathematics, was chosen class adviser. At the end of the first semester, however, Mr. Straughn was granted a leave of absence for the remainder of the school year in order to continue graduate studv toward a doc¬ tor’s degree at The Johns Hopkins Uni- 10

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leamina The rats, freshmen to you, left home, as every rat does, with a sense of foreboding about college initiation. Upon finding that their sentence had been post¬ poned for the duration of the first week, the frosh proceeded to enjoy themselves. Postponed, yes, but not long enough! For, Monday of the second week found a typewritten sheet of paper, conspicu¬ ously tacked on the bulletin board! In¬ scribed thereon were certain RULES — such things as: NO DATES, name cards, pigtails, odd socks, wrong-side-out trous¬ ers, eight o’clock inspection, and so on — ad infinitum, or so it seemed to the freshmen. THE NEXT MORNING at eight o’clock, the sense of foreboding, which had been forgotten for a brief space, came back full force, and materialized into an embarrassing reality. And not only that — this “embarrassing reality persisted for T EN WHOLE DAYS! A “Party” AT THE END OF THIS “rat rule” period, a “party” was given and I do mean a party! The girls fared rather well. About all they had to endure was the elephant walk, a few extra smears of lip¬ stick and eyebrow pencil over the face, and a few other minor “incidents.” BUT THE MEN - “the gods” were against them! Few of them will ever for¬ get raw eggs, corn flakes and molasses in the hair, sandburrs, paddles, castor oil, and the famous “operations performed by the sophs. (Ask any freshman if ice doesn’t make a good knife, and if mer- curoehrome doesn’t look like real blood!) A Real Party T he last scene of freshmen initiation was laid in the gymnasium. Time — Friday night, September 20, the last night of rat rules ; occasion — a real party, where everyone danced and punch was served. Pen days of slavery (being slaves for sophs), although a little uncomfortable, left no visible mark on the freshmen ex¬ cept, perhaps, to mellow them. And besides, they’re remembering that — THERE’S ALWAYS ANOTHER YEAR! Sophs and frosh clash 9

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versity. Dr. Richard N. Current, in¬ structor of sociology, economics, and history, was then selected as class adviser for the second semester. The Formal Perhaps the outstanding social event of the freshmen’s first vear at college was THE FRESHMAN FORMAL, held on Friday, December the sixth. Lew Startt’s orchestra, engaged for the occasion, fur¬ nished scintillating rhythm, a feature which helped to form the opinion, among all who attended, that the first attempt by our newest class was a “huge” success. Honor Roll To the chagrin of some of the upper classmen, the freshmen also proved out¬ standing scholastically. At the end of the first semester when Dr. Blackwell an¬ nounced the names of the students who had made the honor roll, it was found that one-fourth of these students were freshmen. These hard-working frosh were: Marian Pranis, Edgar Ryle, Mil¬ dred Murphy. Athletes Members of the class who did not dis¬ tinguish themselves in this field, found plenty of room in another one — the ath¬ letic field! Here they were well repre¬ sented on various athletic teams. Five freshmen were outstanding on the soccer squad and two in varsity basketball. The soccer men were: Edgar Ryle, Norris Twilley, Edward Fatzer, Kirby Smith, and George Jones. Basketball topnotch- ers were: Edward Fatzer and Elwood Day. Besides these athletes several mem¬ bers of the class were excellent in gym work. Debators In addition to participation in athletic competition, the freshmen were keen for competition of another sort. Several members of the class took part in Bag- lean-Carnean debates at home and at other colleges. T hese notables were: II. Smith, Potter, Baugher, G. Long, Luff, and Cawley. Among the other activities sponsored by this versatile freshman class was a tea given on the afternoon of February 26, with Mrs. J. D. Blackwell as hostess. A successful class — here’s to you, Freshmen! Diversified fun 11