Slippery Rock University - Saxigena Yearbook (Slippery Rock, PA)

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Edwin C. Beatty..........................Ed Secondary Helen L. Bloomfield.................. Hins Health Education Mason J. Bodkin........................Red Secondary Aaron S. Book ......................Bookie Secondary

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY To the class of 1935, whose commencement days loom just over the horizon, freshmen days seem like ancient history, but not so ancient that we cannot recall some of our victories. After much hazing by the sophomores in the fall of '31, a group of us finally decided that the time for definite action had come. Our superior qualities reigned triumphant in the battle on the athletic field, and the sophomores were forced into submission. Buoyed up by the success of this unofficial contest, the freshmen decided to maintain their record in all encounters. The much coveted class honors in basketball were won after the yearlings came out winners in six games with no defeats. Athletics were not the only activities in which we participated. Many of our group were eagerly welcomed to the musical organizations, to the dramatic societies, and, in fact, to all campus activities. Second Childhood, the play of our freshman year, was one of those never-to-be-forgotten events. The return to college in the fall of '32 brought about two hundred seventy-five of us enrolled as sophomores, the largest class that has ever entered Slippery Rock. It now proved to be our turn to do the hazing, and no ideas were left untried. As compared with the freshman dance, the sophomore hop was a huge success. By this time we had begun to feel as though we really belonged to Slippery Rock and that February seventeenth was the evening to make our debut. This year many of our fellows had displayed their capacities and were made members of the varsity football and basketball squads. The spirit of our class’s backing these teams helped to win many of the season’s games. Our dramatic production this year was The Dover Road. Although we had lost over half of our original class through those who had gone out to teach on two-year certificates, the remaining one hundred twenty-six of us successfully carried through the junior year. In dramatics we turned to the mysterious and presented Three Taps at Twelve in February. The junior dance again proved to be a truly good prom, everyone agreeing that it was the best dance so far in our college life. Athletics and social events occupied only a small part of our time, however. Scholastically we had received distinction with a large group of our members who belonged to the various honorary fraternities and clubs on the campus and with a good representation on the honor roll. It was also in the junior year that four social science students from our class were representatives from the college to the Inter-collegiate Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania Colleges at Harrisburg. This past year has been one of multiplied happiness as well as multiplied responsibilities. With a new president of the college as our leader we had a few adjustments to make, but as seniors we quickly accepted the major duty of doing our part to start the school year running smoothly. Football season found many of our fellows spending their last year on the gridiron for S. R. And just as tirelessly did the basketball men struggle to bring honor and victories on the court during the winter. Throughout our four years on the campus there have been numerous changes in the buildings and landscape. These improvements were partially fostered by C. W. A., P. W. D., and F. E. R. A., with which some of us had personal experience. Now that our student teaching has been completed and we are prepared to go out into our chosen profession in the educational world, we shall look back on the four years at Slippery Rock State Teachers College as four of the happiest and most worthwhile years of our lives.

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.....Bill ----Stew Campbell .....Bill Dorothy E. Bowers Secondary Roddy Brady.... Health Education James A. Bressie. Secondary Mildred E. Brown. Primary ... Dot . Roddy Jimmie ..Mid William S. Brown, Jr. Health Education Stewart C. Burns Health Education K. Louise Campbell. Secondary Willard E. Cathers . Health Education