University of Tampa - Moroccan Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Senior Class History 5? S In the Year One the University of Tampa was created. This, the class of the Year h'our. has made history, for its members began their careers beneath the minarets, and now they walk forth from the shadows of these same minarets into the world, boasting that they are the first to have completed all of their college training at the University of Tampa. In the Year One Sparta was a unique college—a college of freshmen. It was this small band of freshmen who planted the seeds of tradition that are now fast covering the place like the ancient ivy of the walls. In football, as well as other athletics, the infant Spartan, a giant at birth, served notice to the world that lie was not to Ik taken lightly. This year began the college careers of such athletes as Fd (’arter, -lolm ICdison. ('rockett Farnell, Walter lloy. IOd Means. Phil Patterson and Robert Tramontana. In October of the Year One, Beta ('hi received its charter, gaining the distinction of being ofllcially the oldest fraternity on the campus, a distinction held among the sororities by the Delta Kappa sisterhood. The annual Freshman Prom was inaugurated in tin Year One. with Phil Patterson acting as organizer. Red” Means and Phil Patterson created the Freshman (iiiidance Court in the Year Two. establishing rules which are now, in the Year Four, traditional. The dis tinction of designing and making arrangements for the sale of “Rat” caps also belongs to these two. It was in the Year Two that the famous locker room burglar was caught in the act of rifling clothing in the football locker room. The heroes who closed in and captured the theif were Farncll, Tramontana. Castro and Ramirez. Will these, now that they are leav- ing, follow in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes. Charlie Chan, et al? Many amusing and spectacular events have been perpetrated by this distinguished class. In the spring of the Year Three, Red” Means, believing that (Jeorge Washington, for all his virtues, was just another human

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being, hurled a silver dollar across the river Hillsbor- ough which, believe it or not, is broader than the Potomac at the point where the Father of our Country put on his publicity stunt! latter the same spring, Walter Hoy became a ton- social artist of rare technique. Bob Shoun, whose full. lustrous, reddish beard had caused many a robin red- breast to think of changing its residence, saw summer coming on, and conceived the idea of having himself forced to a barber-chair placed by the fountain, and held there until the brush was removed. Hoy, the barber, did a splendid job, and the result was a rather hand- some chap, practically unknown without the beard. Hoy, “Hercules” or just plain “Herkv” on the campus and ever popular as a stu- dent. was elected president of the student body at the close of the Year Three, and he has served well throughout the Year Four. But the Year Four has been the great- est of all, just as future years shall continue to be greater year by year. In athletics, scholastic achievement, social activity—in every phase of college life, the university is gaining its place in the sun. For four seniors, at least, the Year Four has brought coveted honors, for Mary IOve, Walter Iloy, Adolf Ramirez and Wenona Manson have been elected to be included in the book, Who’s Who among Students in American Colleges and Universities.” In the Year Four, Margie Dennis, in step with the current photography craze that is sweeping the country, has be- come quite adept with her camera. The stall' of the Moroccan is truly grateful for her artistic work. The Class of the Year Four has seen with gladness the coming of a man whose every desire is for the good of the student body and the advancement of the university. The University of Tampa, without a president for a year and a half, bails “Prcxy” John H. Sherman as an extremely fortunate gain. While . '1. I i ■