University of Richmond - Web Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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,,,.,.,,,-. . M, . WILLIAM GLENN ALLEN, JR. .JOHN ATKINSON, JR. Richmond, Virginia .4pplz'ear1tfor B.S. Degree Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, S. C. Mitch- ell Literary Society, Varsity Football, Track, Intramural Sports, U. S. Navy. CHARLES EDWARD AUGUST Richmond, Virginia ' Applieant for B.S. Degree Chemistry Club, U. S. Army Air Forces. My , RoscoE S. AULL, JR. i S. 9: EL HERBERT ADOLPHUS ATKINS, JR. WILLIAM GLENN ALLEN, JR. Emporia, Virginia Applicarzl for B.A. Degree Theta Chi Fraternity, Chemistry Club, President, IVeb Staff, Dean's List, U. S. Army. HERBERT ADOLPHUS ATKINS, JR. Richmond, Virginia Applimnt for B.S. Degree Kappa Sigma Fraternity, U. S. Army Air JOHN ATKINSON, JR. JOHN FEILD BATTE, JR. 19 Forces . fy , 1 l .ms-. . - . sz. -' 4? I ,fe QR, ,,,.. CHARLES EDWARD AUGUST ROSOOE S. AULL, JR. Washington, D. C. Applicant for B.A. Degree Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Mu Sigma Rho Literary Society, Canterbury Club, U. S. Navy. JOHN FEILD BATTE, JR. Jarratt, Virginia Applicant for B.A. Degree Theta Chi Fraternity, Pi Delta Epsilon, Who'S Who, Student Government, Sena- tor-at-large, Heb Staff, Editor-in-chief, Associate Editor, lllessenger Staff, Rich- mond College Editor, Dean's List, Inter- fraternity Council, Student Activities Coun- cil, Glee Club, President, University Choir, Y.M.C.A. Cabinet, Mu Sigma Rho Lit- erary Society, Orientation Committee, Homecoming Committee, Ionian Music Club, Campus Four, Intramural Sports, U. S. Army Air Forces.

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Years have passed since most of us donned red and blue rat caps, tramped pajama-clad around the lake, and guarded our bonfire on the eve of a Wfilliam and Mary game. We were Spider freshmen then, back in the early ,4Os, carefree, with the war no closer than the headlines in the daily news. Then in 1943 we stood around the Hag pole by the library, music frozen in the horns of the band, on the coldest February morn of our college career, and saw the 'f49,ers join the troops. The Air Corps Reservists followed in short order, and before long our class was scattered the world around. We were the class of 343, we were the class of '44, the class of 545, of 346. We are the class of '47. Looking back it seems hardly possible that so many events could have been crowded into the seven, six, five, four, or even,three years since we first came to the U of R campus. College life hadn't changed a great deal when we returned. We still groaned over examinations, yelled at football games, gathered at the Hslop shop, and danced in Millhiser. Our greatest change was our growth in numbers+there were more of us to groan and yell and laugh and play. We were like the returned vet who found that his wrists and ankles thrust far beyond his cuffs and his coat was bursting at the seams. We were a part of the reconversion era when men were going to college by the thousands, were making better grades than ever before, knew what they wanted from education, and at the same time kept alive the jovial side of campus life as it was before the war. All around the campus were the signs of a changing college world and the lingo had taken on a 'fG.I. vocabulary. Everyone talked of the G.I.,, Bill of Rights, they Hgripedw when things went wrong and said they were 'fall fouled upf' Army fieldijackets and Navy P jackets came forth on frosty morns. Jeeps that once had bounced on foreign fields were parked beside the playhouse, now painted a brilli- ant red, and over by the refectory converted barracks were going up to ease the housing shortage. Many of our class, married now, found a new problem had been added to their academic woes-that of lind- ing a baby sitter on the night of the Junior Prom. Familiar faces mingled among the new in the student body, now swollen to almost 1,200, which struggled to get in and out of the icltmonel Colfege eniofz Cifaaa DUDLEY WALTON MALLORY, JR., President Richmond, Virginia Applicant for B.S. Degree in Bu.tz'nesr Adminz's!ratz'on Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, President, Omicron Delta Kappa, Who's Who, Senior Class President, Junior Class Vice-President, Harlequin Club, Inter- fraternity Council, Better Relations Committee Chairman, Student Activities Committee, Rich- mond College-William and Mary Better Relations Committee, Homecoming Committee, Orientation Committee, Varsity Football Manager, Intramural Sports, U. S. Army Air Forces. College Shop, still as small as ever with Buddy back behind the counter after a navy career. The faculty too had grown -augmented by 27 new members, and classrooms-even the largest of them, had out the SRO sign. Yet in this swelling tide of new faces, many of the old familiar ones were missing. We were the first class to graduate under the administration of Dr. George M. Modlin, our new president. Dr. Boatwright no longer in the president's office, had moved up to the newly created position of chancellor. Activities on the campus reached a new high as old leaders returned, and new men began to take interests. Student Government, under the leadership of Solon Cousins, led the way in campus reorganization. Publications were better than ever before, our football team was one to brag about, our basketball team equally as good, and a Student Activities Council was formed to coordinate the campus groups. There was a definite trend toward building a better campus community. As seniors we leave our campus past and with the same cooperation, initiative, and intelligent hard work we learned to exhibit at Alma Mater we direct our steps toward the world of tomorrow. Enriched by the years spent on our campus, we leave with the determination that this world-the one ahead-will not succumb to the pitfalls of the world of yesterday. We leave to take our places in One World, smaller than ever before, a world that calls for big menf, 18

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SHELTON THOMAS BELSCHES Carson, Virginia .-lpplicarztfor BA. Degree Theta Chi Fraternity: Mu Sigma Rho Literary Society: Future Teachers of America: University Players: Glee Club: University Choir: U. S. Army Air Forces. SIDNEY LEON BERZ Richmond, Virginia Applfcantfor BA. Degree Phi Alpha Fraternity: Harlequin Club: S. C. Mitchell Literary Society: Collegian Staff: Varsity Football: Intramural Sports: U. S. Army. SHELTON THOMAS BELSCHES PRESTON BLAKE, JR- BENJAMIN W. BROOKENEROUGH, JR. CHARLES WALTHALL BUFORD, JR. Scarsdale, New York F Applicant for B.S. Degree in Bus. Administration Kappa Sigma Fraternity: Philologian Lit- erary Society, Camera Club, Vice-Presi- dent: U. S. Army. JOHN RAY BURTON Richmond, Virginia Applicant for B.S. Degree Kappa Sigma Fraternity: Web Business Staf'T: U. S. Marine Corps. r Y' . fin? fag? ' A-1 A f 1 1 ' f . A. ff!-If: R Jn gf . S ,vf YQ f :Vg egg, 9 A Z A: 'f-.J-mf 1. .M L2-54 . . ' . - i Sw rf. 4, , . iq? , . 4 . A -,v,. L. .Wav -- W. l ,. 554--,f Q f Avgif . . ,V S f . ' it? f .33 E N , , g :ui Tb V, . gflgg, I -. A, .L I . .4 N - gi. ' L wg ' . . H. ' 'V-' gf v '.'2,i'3f 1 3 . ' ,, .gy . .......' wg.: ' R 4- ,, : -w . -'Iv'-5 -1- Sf ,r, - W: iw X Zff:?Q ? ,V ' 'i f we qu' freak: K :Q ' Q' if Q r ,fi ' e f V.. I .- 4 ls air Q ,K 2 I ' 55 SIDNEY LEON BERZ PRESTON BLAKE, JR. Norfolk, Virginia 4 Applicant for B.S. Degree in Bus. Aa'rnz'nz',ftration BENJAMIN W. BROOKENBROUGH, JR. Richmond, Virginia Applicant for B.A. Degree CHARLES WALTHALL BUFORD, JR. JOHN RAY BURTON 20