University of Western Ontario - Occidentalia Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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Glafu Jam The higher authorities shortened the school year and we spent New Year's Eve in the hallowed halls of learning. A number of diamond rings were found in Christmas stock- ings . . . or somewhere. Stiling took over the C.O.T.C. and the Navy and Air Force organized branches. Pilot Lang had a sojourn in Montreal. Bert Harris left just as Sadie Hawkins raced in. A very successful Sadie Hawkins' dance was held under the able direction of lean McEachran and Buth Popkin. With modestly lowered eyes we considered those two innovations, cuffless trousers and leg dying for the two sexes respectively. Then there was the affair of the co-eds in slacks. Lewis Carroll became a special contributor to the Gazette. Arts '46 were winners of interfaculty sports and '43 protested the decision. The Gazette had the last laugh with a trumped-up headline of Exams Cancelled . We began our final year in fear and trembling, and re-elected President lohnny Downs, with Betty Zurbrigg, Buth Popkin, and lack Brown also on the executive. We got back into the swing of things at the Brescia-Newman Bendez-Vous at the hotel, our president wielding the baton. On the serious side, the l.S.S. under Chairman Hugh lVfacNiven got its campaign under way, with Dr. Charluforp bringing home to us the great need of our soldier students in prison camps. Women editors held the day, when Lib resigned, and Silvia Kolom took over the Gazette. Lloy Snell and Betty Zurbrigg's inspiration finally got the Common Boom its much-talked-of and more needed renova- tion, with green walls, and chintz curtains - nice when it was new! Stanton made the Gazette when he shaved the two-inch growth. Now more girls chase me, said Balph. Special Convocation brought 'Western honour, and vice versa, when an LL.D. was con- ferred on the world famous correspondent, Quentin Beynolds. Best poine of the year, Hell , appeared in the Gazette, which by graduation time developed into 44's theme. Even senior men insisted upon holding up the walls at the Tuesday tea-dances - but they were fun. The Science Club kept up its old tradition of good parties, skits, and what is ever dear to the '44 heart - food! Came Christmas, and thirty students gradu- ated -A but not before they had celebrated at the gala New 'Years Eve party, convened by Ken Gunn. The Arts Ball came back, but not the same old Arts Ball 4 Mr. and Mrs. Western were there, but not Mart Kenney, who introduced Plunketts Western Serenade . The Ski Club went to Chickopee - what a wild Western week-end! Sadie Hawkins threw the roughest party yet - maybe Leap Year had something to do with it. Ten people made the Honour Society - '44 cer- tainly has lots to be proud of. The Debating Club won the lnter-Varsity Debating League Trophy, to show that Western is not lacking in the noble art of oratory. With the Senior Prom and the Gradua- tion Ball the last year came to an end. Classrooms are empty, academic life is left behind. The graduates of l944 now have a new duty- to contribute their part to Victory and a , better world. A IE., NK., LS., RP., LM., CP., HB.

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l f 670,44 Pa To few persons is given the privilege of looking into the Future. To the Class of '44, practically anything may happen: but in about ten years, a quick survey may reveal Leo La Fontaine's name in the Gazette office forbidding the playing of cards. A further investigation of the doings of '44 will take us to the Bell Telephone Directory, edited by lack Cram, the Handbook man. The first familiar name we run across is that of Bus Cole, modelling for Henry, Iones and Ward- Cut-rate Suits for Men . Pat Humphries, at last report, was still engaged in the distribution of l943 Oxys. Ken Gunn is passing out cigars in celebration of his eighth, and Hugh MacNiven is the new superintendent of Supertest Service. ln the year l964, Circulation Manager of the Free Press is Iulia Hunter. The young McTavish boys are the back-bone of the current South Collegiate football team. Prominent in Middlesex county social activities is Mrs. I. Timothy C'Hollighan, formerly lean McEachran. Ace Sales Manager for the Coca-cola Company of Can- ada, Bob Davis is busily engaged in increasing his potential Market. Following a career determined upon at Western, Don Smith has recently been appointed to the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. Known in his University days as Iohnny I. f'?l Downs, of the collar-length hair and pale green tie, is the current sensation in the realm of better music in and about New York. More nearly local in his fame is the Commanding Cfficer of the Woodstock Boys' Brigade, Colonel Kehoe-his able assistant being the Reverend Gordon Pickell. Ken Lawton, local truant officer, is well known in local alleys, and Stanton's improvements on the Einstein Theory of Bela- tivity are catching on. ln her University days she was Margaret Guymer, Sub-prefect in her year, now in l974 she is President of the lnfant Bands of Ioy. Silver-tongued Dr. Glenn Campbell is the most recent appointment to the Canadian Senate. Q ft, Widely known by her professional name, A Catherine Platt continues to turn out best sell- . X 6 ers in profusion. We do not call these highlights, but mere fy samples of the glory to be reflected upon our ,A r' Alma Mater, as the Class of Arts '44, Univer- , ll lvl sity of Western Ontario, inscribes its name in , the sands of time.