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

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UNIVERSITY IN 1949-50 MID-CENTURY —views peak year in classes, buildings lo allcm|)t to (•a])tiirc all nf tlic activity that took i)la : ' ( ' on till- I ' liivcrsil y of Maryland caiiipus within a single year is to atlcnipl an inipossihlc task. In the following pafjcs, we have set down what scenicd to us a rei)re- sciitative selection of the campus activities during the year ' 49- ' 50. As our pliolof;raph Ts coulil not he eNcrvwhere, and our lensnien could not reineniher everything, the record will naturally he lacking in some details. But, we feel thai those things that we missed will fall into categories that we have covered. The year has been a crowded one. For most of us it w(;nt so swiftly that s|)ring caught us in our long-johns, completely unjirepared. . rid, like most of the last few years, this year has seen tremendous expansion of the plant at College Park. It was unsafe to ])ark your car on campus you might come hack to find il surrounded by construction huts, with steam .shovels snorting away around it. New faces came in to fill the new Iniildings. I ' Vesh from high .school, I he.se youngsters were lost in the same maze of registrations, lines, unmarked huihiings, and other minor traps that he.sel the graduating .seniors of this cla.ss four years ago. To thf .se who liave worked their way through the maze successfully, we de licale this, your ' W-ar in Review. CAMPUS AT MID-CENTURY— FROIVI SHUMAKER HALL CUPOLA. ►

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' ' I THE 1950 TERRAPIN VIRGINIE L. BENNETT, Editor RICHARD L. DUNLAP, Managing Editor PHILIP E. BETTENDORF, Business Manager Associate Editors: ELIZA ANN RIGGINS, PATRICIA SCANLAN Photographj Editor: LYNNE ROSSMANN Engravings: G. LAWSON JUMP Organizations: MARY DAVIS SpoHs: SAMUEL LEVIN Photography: ROLAND CHASE, ALFRED DANNEGER, JAMES HANSEN, MILTON LAI KIN, JOHN SCARBOROUGH, ROBERT WILDS . ' v«y CONTENTS ..f- ' XV ' ■ v University in 1949-50 Administration Colleges R. 0. T. C. Honoraries Residences Fraternities Sororities Activities Publications Dramatics Organizations Athletics Spring Sports Football Fall and Winter Sports Four Years in Review Index Staff: Features, John Francis Durkee; Seniors, Janet McDonald, Jane Dickey; University, Roberta Bafford; Military, Ernest Coblentz; Honoraries, Nyla Jordan; Residences, Willard Stevenson, Ned France; Fraternities, Robert Grigsby, Gene West; Sororities, Harriette Kurtz, Olga Werntz; Organizations, Robert Foster, Ina Claire Jenkins, Leslie MacKintosh, Iris Whittle, Patricia Wynne; Publications, Shirley Voltz; Dramatics, Louis Cedrone, Emily Miller; x wotc, JaneMooney; Sports, Brent Loban; Business, Ruth Burton, Jules Merkler, Lawson Jump, Joy Dravis, William Warner, Anthony Zamer, Bruce Phillips; Production, Daniel Kundin; Photography, Nicky Sheridan, Spencer Gaardar; Christmas Staff: John Francis Durkee, Louis Cedrone, Rosemary Rattigan, Lawson Jump, Patricia Scanlan, Liza Ann Riggins, Richard Dunlap, Mollee Coppel, Daniel Kundin. Copyright, 1950: Virginie Bennett, Editor; Philip Bettendorf, Business Manager; W. H. Hottel, Faculty Advisor.

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