University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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Jy reface Une editors ' story oj a year at jVlaryland Ihis book which you are open- ing is our summation of the achievements of the various campus organizations. Unlike other organizations we have tried to preserve what the clubs and honoraries have achieved. For a yearbook is the accurate history of the yearly activities of the student body, and the history compiled in this publication we en- deavored to make as accurate as possible. We, the students, faced many crises this year — men slept on double-decker bunks in the Armory for three months; girls lived in dormi- tory basements; lines formed dur- ing rush hours for Delahunt ' s chow. Along with all this wait- ing at the book stores and the crowded classrooms in the Gym basement, the campus was also alive with the construction of dormitories, sorority houses, and classroom buildings. Parking lots were en- larged and restrictions which conscientious Dan enforced were placed upon daydodgers and campus people alike. Along with the Vet- erans ' Coaching Program and the Women ' s League, we felt the heel of authority. With this school progressed; days fled; before any- one could realize it, October changes to November; December and January followed fast. Boxing and the Junior Prom gave way to baseball, lacrosse, the Tri-Delt Sing and May Day. Then came finals, and for some five hundred of us — graduation. These days have been the pleasantest and the most exciting of all our lives. But now they are just memories — lingering mem- ories which are to be cherished as long as we live. We cannot pos- sibly remember all the happen-

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HARRY CLIFTON BYRD

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ings of bull sessions until three in the morning, bridge games, French professors, the unbeat- able combinations of athletic stars, or the evening in the Hut. But we can remember the most exciting ones. This book cannot possibly recall all the experiences to you. We do not claim to. But we have tried to do ex- actly this. However, it is very difficult to in- culcate all the sentiments of seven thousand teeming humans into one small volume. The staff hopes, nevertheless, that throughout these pages you will find some picture or phrase which will recall to you the details of the past year at Maryland. We have also tried to make the 1947 Ter- rapin distinctly different in many aspects. Something that is rela- tively new for Marylanders and especially for the graduates — is the section in the latter part of the book containing the spring sports pictures and results along with the views of May Day, spring activities, and graduation. These pictures of senior activity have only been represented in the Terrapin once before and allows the seniors to view their last collegiate days. For the first time in the history of our organization, the yearbook in- cludes paintings. Now we have not been very conservative with this idea. In fact, we have been overcome with the entire aspect. So you will find as you glance through the pages that there are five paintings in all — the Ross- borough Inn, the Administration Building, the Coliseum, the Library, and the Arts and Sciences Building. We felt that these struc- tures were all characteristic of campus life. For example, the Rossborough Inn is the old- est visible sign of the University. The division of copy and pictures is a new experiment and adds, we hope, a little variety to the contents. This we do not want to make tradition, but rather we hope to stimulate the varying of the annuals from year to year. Throughout the year, we have tried to cover each meeting, each dance, and each sport event. Thus each phase of the University life has been consoli- dated into a more compact space and knits the Greek organization with the sports and clubs into a heterogeneous mass. For many of the staff this required spending nights working, cropping pictures, typing copy, and doing all the small tasks so essential for a publication. This involved sacrificing week-end dates, cut- ting classes, losing hours of sleep, and spend- ing many hours working. This has not been drudging work, for we had fun assembling the contents. There have been mistakes and the in- evitable errors are present. How- ever, we hope that you will find this book full of memories and intimate details of the past year. Here I, as an editor, would like to pause and wax sentimental for I want to thank all those people who worked so tirelessly and so pa- tiently to make this volume. This included able photographers who labored in the dark- room until the early hours; those who wrote and proofread copy; gals who responded to the plea for office workers; boys who did the heavy work, balanced books, bought the cokes, and walked the gals home on the cold blustery nights. I feel very indebted to all of you. The success of our book cannot be judged by any group of professional journalists or pho- tographers. To you, depends the success or failure of the Terrapin. To you, then, the students of the 1946-47 University of Mary- land, this book is humbly submitted for your judgment. Jean Chickering, Editor-in-Chief