University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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REDMOND DAGGETT . . . Became Soph president after a tough battle with Cliff Dancer. . .ardent Phi Delt ... Military man... chose a social council to help him over the rough spots. . .much liked. . .popular and pleasant. .. never bothered much with politics after soph year. JANE MARY EKLUND. . . A.W.S. President. .. Hershey Hall-ite. . . one of those good Spurs of ' 43 . . . Key and Scroll ... Mortar Board... really earned and deserved all her honors... Cal Ciub changed her... will probably enter one of the Women ' s Corps in June. Repeat performance of the brawl — ' we lost again . . . the Frosh-Soph barn dance was a rugged affair with hay rides and country sur- roundings . . . blue jeans and straw hats were the fashion when the Sophs and Frosh col- laborated . . . recollecting on the atmosphere of the dance — it was really corny . . . those Here we see Billy Farrer and Jo Anne Hollister and Redmond Daggett and Eleanor Thomas . . . Billy became President of the Student Body and Jo Anne inherited the Vice-Presidency . . . Tommy enhanced Spur and Soph Council Meetings . . . and Soph President Red . . . became President of the Phi Delts . . . boys and girls who did. little rocking horses caused a slight sensation and drew more attention than the loud plaid shirts . . . Council member Marjorie hienshaw appeared on Life ' s Magazine ' s cover — her laughter was a highlight of our council meet- ings . . . Exchange council dinners were all part of the whirl that semester . . . We Sophs went into politics in a big way ... we prac- tically ran the Election board and our class helped to promote the $2 all-campus South- ern Campus ( plug ) . . . Osceola Herron reared her little head at this time and Betty Carbee and Anne Gillespie tussled for the vice-presidency of the A.W.S. . . . Gretchen Burns was another active gal . . . We went on record as the most active Spur and Yeo- man class with Pat Darby as prexy of Spurs, while Rudy Massman led the Yeoman with Bob Parr, Dan Lee, and Bill Taylor as outstand- ing members . . . Spurs and Yeoman had exchange dinner . . . Hugh Geyer and Dick Norton were honored by being selected for Cal Club . . . Red Daggett, Mary Ann Hayes, Eleanor Thomas were all names in the Bruin News . . . Upholders of tradition were we, when we guarded the big C on the hill while it still showed blue and gold colors . . . Oh, yes ... we thought of everything . . . Our Spurs helped to put the concert series on the Map and after untiring work and promoting the programs the season ' s totals showed three I

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I Cliff Dancer, Beta, went out in front during his freshman year only to be nosed out by Red Daggett for Soph prexy. Sat quietly by for a while, then in quick succession hung his pin on Alpha Chi Ruth Elwood and succeeded Bob Hine as War Board Chairman (all in 1942). Even If we didn ' t win the Brawl, we did have an athlete in the form of Johnny Johnson who was captain of the Frosh football team . . . The drama and U.D.S. received some great talent when Mary Welch became a participant of U.C.L.A. productions ... in work and in play we had our fun . . . like when prexy Bob Hine was hiding in a car from Soph pursuers and rumor had it that somebody finally stole car, Bob, and all . . . those rowdy Sophs! . . . We were precocious youngsters and our ingenious minds went to work and gave us the new tradition of Frosh Wednes- day with green hair ribbons and cocky dinks to be worn . . . This was the year we learned how a Babe gets a bearskin . . . when we Voted most likely to succeed by his class at Beverly, Phil Hutchins of the Delta Shelta, was nominated by politician Farrer for freshman class president. Seen most frequently in the vicinity of the Administration Building where he is executive secretary of Interfraternity Affairs. four class councils and thcrc- lore campaigns to her credit Mary Jo McManus, a member of fore an old-timer, has undoubted than any other politician in the class. Ardent Alpha Chi, she is at her best in rough and tumble council meetings or caucus get togcthers. Pretty, blonde Pat Scott was an ardent worker during her first year on campus. Won her Spurs and pledged Alpha Chi Omega during her sophomore year. Wore Stu McKcnzie ' s Delt pin during her junior year and must have been studying during her last year. beat Ca! ... we learned too, about the expe- riences of going up north and rooting with our team . . . our young hearts were broken when we missed the Rose Bowl by two yards . . .

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JO ANNE HOLLISTER. . .perfect combination of a dale-sirl and activity fiend. . .Secretary of the class during her sophonnore year ... inherited the position of Vice-President in February ' 43... did a swell job... wants to be a Spar... Gamma Phi Beta .. .friends far and wide. sell-outs . . . Betty Tomberlin, Nancy Tyler, Betty Vellom, and Marsret Karl were sonne of the efficient workers . . . We really finished what we started and in grand style, too . . . We were gaining all the polish that we needed by attending the big dances and being seen doing all the right things . . . We took part in Homecoming activities and helped with the bonfire and parade . . . Barbara Gastil was Soph attendant . . . We found that Monday nite life was just as gay as that on week-ends . . . Glen Miller saw us thronging to the Jr. Prom and we were already getting ideas for our show when we went to see the Jubilee . . . Pan-hfel and Interfraternity dances all drew Soph classmen . . . With George hHallberg leading the Sophs in yells — we rooted hard and long at all the games . . . Warren Beck was Soph manager for football, and Bob Parr was in Jayvee boat of the crew, and those men of last year who had been in Frosh sport went on to greater glory . . . And we became the Sophisticates of 1941 . . . MILLIE PARTRIDGE. . .A.W.S. Vice-President. . .really pitched in and helped the class out on any and every occasion ... Alpha Delta Pi member... her smiling face familiar at all Council meetings .. .wears Dick Frery ' s pin. PAT DARBY... a girl with a real following in every class... as Vice- President she combined all the assets which she had accumulated from working in a multitude of circles all over campus. .. easy to know... a valuable friend . . .never forgets a face. . .tops. . .a Kappa. BETTY VELLOM. . .started promoting the class from the very start... taking an active interest in early political activities. . .a member of the L.A. high crowd... made Spurs, Key and Scroll and Mortar Board... usually working hard or studying.