University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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SevUonA LIFE BEGINS AT ’40 Came September ' 40 . . . tugging at the front door of EC was a likely group of freshmen . . . that door and many others have been opened by that group in four years at EC . . . some were hard, some easy, but every one taught us and by going through every one we profited . . . Lessons learned were both tough and enjoyable . . . we saw smiles and frowns . . . laughter and tears . . . joy and sorrow . . . but we’ve learned and now we intend to make it easier for the ones who follow . . . The class elected C. Armstrong, W. Bailey, J. Pate and B. Elliott . . . came rhinie pots and embarrassing moments . . . football drew a mighty crew from our class ... as did the band and the choir . . . Gamma Delta elected Bock, Pate, Burleigh and Bodishbaugh . . . Phi Zeta Fraternity sported Charlotte Ann Burleigh as the Phi Zeta Sweetheart . . . our fine men invaded the hardwoods and Seim came out with flying colors . . . Alpha Phi Omega invited men to serve from the class . . . the Crescent took full advantage of our talents . . . Hell Week made even the best ones slow down . . . bruises and knocks, notes and ideas, we stumbled on and came out, June, 1941, mighty proud sophomores. . . Came September ’41 ... the class was smaller but just as determined ... off to a fast start with Hauck, Fischer, Hartman and Hall as officials . . . our turn to “boss” the rhinie-potted freshies and we really made up for what was done to us . . . while Marthagene Ware was made football queen, Joyce Grigsby proudly wore the cov¬ eted Phi Zeta Sweetheart Pin . . . football saw the fellows out there working hard for EC . . . came the showdown, DECEMBER 7 . . . the basketball team was well supplied with men from the class . . in Home Economics, Stinson and Bodishbaugh took honors . . . debate found Lambert and Ware speaking forth . . . we discovered Wilson was a composer when “Ace-Capades” blossomed . . . assistant editor of the Crescent, Engert; of the LinC, Frieberg . . . both the Crescent and the LinC used other talent that was ours . . . Moye served as Tri Mu president . . . Alpha Phi Omega used more of our men ... in the YW and YM, Sansom and Ancona did their share . . . while WAA drew Hoeltzel and Lambert as officers . . . Kappa Chi inducted some likely new men . . . came spring and a breather. . .

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SENIOR OFFICERS PRESIDENT.ANNE LANE VICE-PRESIDENT.SUE ETHERIDGE SECRETARY.GLADYS GREEN TREASURER.JEAN HAYES Se Uon

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V ' Came September ' 42 . . . officers were Ellert, Rietman, Green, and Acos . . . basket¬ ball saw our men out in front . . . editors: LinC, McKeown; Crescent, Heady . . . Business Manager of the Crescent, Roessler . . . Fischer, Stinson and Etheridge “cooked” in Home Economics . . . Prexies of Alpha Phi Omega were Roessler and Clark . . . other Presidents were: Sigs, Hoeltzel; Thetas, Green; YW, Stinson . . . Lambert and Baker took care of debate . . . the choir made good use of many voices from the class . . . while these Juniors became Campus Notables: Bock, Hamburg, Heady, Hoeltzel, Lambert, Pate and Williams . . . beauty still reigned as Bodish- baugh became Junior Prom Queen . . . with heads high we took time out to ready ourselves to be sophisticated seniors. . . Came September ' 43 . . . things started out with a bang as we helped in the Third War Loan Drive with Hodapp, Hoeltzel, Lambert and Silber as our leaders ... to keep the faculty straight we had Hodapp, Hoeltzel and Goeke sitting on S.G.A.; the latter two replaced by Grigsby and Silber at the mid-year mark . . . Presidents: Phi Zeta, Silber and Neucks; Sigs, Stitt and McCool; Castalian, Fischer . . . officers of the class were Lane, Etheridge, Green and Hayes . . . other presidents included: YW, Sansom; YM, Silber; Thespians and Tri Mu, Hamburg; Catholic Club, Rietman; Kappa Chi, Niehaus; Choir, Eades . . . Hodapp and Silber convinced people in debate ... in the “surprise” of the year, “Ladies in Retirement,” Hamburg and Lane did well . . . the Phi Zetas chose June Pate to be the Phi Zeta Sweetheart . . . in “Who’s Who” we placed: Ancona, Fischer, Green, Hamburg, Hodapp, Hoeltzel, Lambert, Niehaus, Silber and Stinson . . . the Sigs recognized these people for their work: Ancona, Fischer, Lane, McCool, and Niehaus . . . then came three gradua¬ tions and I’m all mixed up . . . December, May, and August . . . oh, me!!! Comes now graduation . . . from EC into a world that is rather jumbled. We weath¬ ered a rather hard storm in the four years that we spent at EC. Each year came and we saw fewer faces that we remembered. As the years passed we saw many more faces disappear into this man’s army. We were proud that we had men and women big enough to tackle the job but we were awful sorry to see them leave the halls of EC. Lessons grew harder as the faces began to be fewer and fewer. We kept fighting here, just as many of them were fighting out there. We read each day of the heroic exploits of our men in the face of danger on the battlefront. Many were the happy returns as we pushed forward on all fronts; many were the drawn faces as MEN LOST lists appeared. We took it all in a manner of stride until . . . “George Wimsatt Dies in Plane Crash.” Then it was that we really realized that EC was at war. It made us realize that this was only the beginning and that we would hear more such stories the longer the war lasted so we determined in our minds to make it as short as possible, so that too many stories like this did not reach the ears of people throughout our nation or any other nation. To him and any others who might lose their lives we pay our tribute in this our final say at EC. Now we go into a larger and harder school to apply the theory that we learned here. We’ve a great job on our hands and we intend to take every advantage that comes our way and many that we make for ourselves. Peace will come again, soon. When it comes, we’re going to have a reunion and determine that never again will such things happen to a generation of people. When the reunion will be, we aren’t sure, but where it will be we are sure. It will be at the dedication of the first new building on the campus of EC. We’ll be there to help Out however we can, the class that Began Life at ’40. . . 18