University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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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

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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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The 1931-32 Evansville Aces BACK ROW, FAR RIGHT - Arad Mc- Cutchan) The Campus Cafeteria - Late 1940 ' s The 1941 LinC Staff Students Working Under the First Study Work Typical Art Class - 1930 ' s Program - 1934 had a new president in this school year. Lincoln B. Hale served as ac- ting president in 1940, and named president in June 1941. A new fra- ternity was founded on the cam- pus. Kappa Lambda Rho. Scores of students began leaving for the armed services. The basketball team was playing its games at the Armory. 1943 Because of the impact of World War II on campuses and nationwide, the LinC added a new section to the book — Military Life on Cam- pus. The War also affected the sports program at Evansville College in 1943. Only 15 men went out for the football team, and by the end of the season this number had dwind- led down to 12. In fact, they even had to draft the student manager. 1944 Evansville College suffered a tre- mendous drop in enrollment due to the war in 1944, the school also start- ed the new V-5 training program for pilots for the Navy. There were many dedications on campus to the servicemen— among them was the dedication of the LinC. 1945 On November 24, 1944, a stone was set to dedicate the site of the $700,000 Engineering and Science Building amid the screaming of the diving P-47 fighter planes and the drone of the slower army trainers. The ceremony was broadcast over radio directly from the campus. 1946 The College had a record enroll- ment of 660 students in 1946. Women students found it a delight to have more men on campus since the war 9