University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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The Evansville Aces Basketball Team - 1925-26 The Aces Football Field - 1929 The First Football Homecoming Game - 1926 The Evansville College Campus - 1928 Safford - Senior Bench - 1925-26 this year, listing such achievements as president of freshman class and campus leader for two consecutive years. 1935 1935 brought the first season for the Evansville Philharmonic orches- tra, of which there were 60 mem- bers. The basketball team was able to boast of a new average of 31.1 points per game. And the freshman class enrollment doubled. The first work - study program then called the National Youth Administration, was instituted in this year for stu- dents on campus. 1936 In 1936 Evansville College enjoy- ed its first season as a member of ths Indiana Inter-Collegiate Confer- ence and posted an 8-5 record in football. It was also the first time that radio programs were broadcast from the college over station WGBF. Their first show was aired on Fri- day, March 20. 1937 The LinC ran contests to get can- did shots for the yearbook in 1937. The Campus Eat Shop was also open- ed in this year. Many students were also featured in pictures for advertise- ments, to help finance the book. Highlighting the book were several pictures of the devastation caused by the flood of 1937. And not so devastating, but charming was the picture of Virginia (Robinson) Mc- Cutchan in the personality section. 1938 The 1937 football record will in all probability go down unparalleled in the history of Evansville Col- 7

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Gordon Legg - Designer of Evansville Col- lege Seal - 1928 Old Library - Typical Day - about 1927 A Chemistry Lab - About 1928 Shenanigans from the Class Scrap - 1926 The Concrete Lab in the Attic of the Ad Building - 1928 classes were being held in what later became the Cafeteria. 1932 The 1932 LinC marked the tenth anniversary of the publication. In the foreward of this issue the staff said, We enter into this the tenth annual LinC, conscious of our respon- sibility accurately to portray the act- ivities that center around our college tower. It is our hope that in this theme of the tower we may have found a symbol for the beauty, the aspiration, and the strength that we have found within these walls. May 6 we have built in this book a monu- ment that shall endure, recalling al- ways the memories of this college year. James E. Morlock joined the faculty in September, 1931. 1933 Captain Arad McCutchan led the Aces to a 12-6 basketball record in 1933. Cheerleaders were also chosen to instill more spirit in the Evansville College fans. Student Government was revamped, and a new organiza- tion appeared - The Student - Fac- ulty Federation. The seniors were evaluated by President Harper and three of the deans to select the cam- pus leaders. Among them was Mable (Dillingham) Nenneker. 1934 The Student - Fa culty Federation was in its second year in 1934. This organization was a successor to Stu- dent Government, and was regarded by the faculty and students as one of the most helpful developments at Evansville College. It consisted of an Administrative Board of eight committees which served as a board of review and appeal. The class of ' 34 also graduated Arad McCutchan

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Thespians Present Cradle Song - 1931 Theta Sigma Girls (Now Phi Mu) - Late 1940 ' s Headen Retreat - About 1928 - (Now Location of Shanklin Theatre and Neu Chapel). The Evansville College Cheerleaders - 1933 Hale ' s Belles - 1943 (Residents in the President ' s House) lege. Breaking the adamant law of averages, the Aces failed to score a single point all season. Successful they were, however, in crowning the first Homecoming Queen in 1938, Miss Cecile Hovda. A new binding was also used for the 1938 LinC with the staff employing a spiral notebook form. 1939 The 1939 LinC emphasized four aspects of life at Evansville College; inter-related yet distinct: academic . . . extra curricular athletic social. In representing the college 8 they said, A beautiful campus . . . an efficient administration ... an excellent faculty ... a small but pur- poseful student body ... we give you the College. 1940 In the 1940 LinC the students were guided through the pages by Pinocchio. The school was build- ing a new leader on campus in the form of Vance Hartke, and the fac- ulty pictures were the work of art- ist Frank Butler. The college began training pilots under the civilian Aeronautics Administration, and the EC Flying Club was active. 1941 The first classes of the Evening College were held at Evansville Col- lege in September of this school year. The cover of the LinC fea- tured Vance Hartke, president of Stu- dent Government Association, walk- ing hand-in-hand with a young lady. Vance Hartke was a senior this year and graduated with an A.B. in Bus- iness Administration. 1942 The students at Evansville College