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

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had appenclicitis. Stanton's beard was a nine-day wonder, and jim Gillies gave pro- mise of his future oratorical prowess as he assumed the post of Leader of the Oppo- sition in the Debating Club. The Mustangs smeared the redoubtable Navy 23-0, as Gunton, Leckie and Coles starred. Huyck, Clemens and Neilson captured the Inter- faculty Track Championship for Arts '46, as the Six-Man Rugby squad marched over all opposition, sparked by john Gillies, Yenney and McClarty. Quentin Reynolds-the Man VVho VVas There -was honoured at a special Convocation. No T.B. was found on the Campus, and Fraser Earle proved to Bob Higgs' dissatisfaction that the Class of '46 was not inferior mentally, morally and spiritually to the Class of '36. Ethel Shapiro also won a Debating Club tussle by convincing a large audience that Love should be free. CBrescia weptj. As the year went into winter jim Gillies made a grand slam-doubled, redoubled, and vulnerable. tHe had 13 cards of the same suit, but all he said was: jeez, that was a good hand! j XYilbur james starred at the Penny Prom as Little Red VValking Hood-or rather, as the XYolf the needed no practicej. Max Ferguson, Neil McKay, Maddie Howse, Al Brule, et al, were able supporters in that stirring drama. As the first round of athletics came to an end, Hutchinson, Blake, Bowie and Neilson won the lnterfaculty golf crown for Arts '46. The I.S.S. began to function, and a peculiar organization called the Committee for the Promotion of Canadian- Soviet Friendship began to advocate a better understanding with Russia. Everyone was convinced except the Russians. The Blood Donors Clinic made its first well-organized attack upon the rich, red life-stream of '46. Arts '46 defeated Meds '47 for the Interfaculty Rugby Crown, and hockey Hourished on the rink in the stadium. Neil McKay played for the Armed Services Ball in the Arena. The Common Room was ordered redecorated in chintz and green as Kolom took over the Gazette from the future Mrs. Howse. fThe charm- ing couple soon were to become Mr. and Miss Vlfesternj. Basketball went rather well in '44, and Earle and Seegmiller won the l.U.D.L. Debating Championship. Col. Drew became the favourite politician of the campus as he donated a quarter of a million dollars to our Alma Mater. Ten were named to the Honour Society. Fred Landon's Lake Huron became a best-seller, and as the year came to a close it was announced that Arts '46 had captured five athletic trophies -rugby, track and field, basketball, the Interfaculty Championship and the Arts '41 Shield. The direction of the Class Executive was entrusted to Ferguson, Blake, O'Neil and Dobson. THIRD YEAR- IT wAs HARD TO have to face our junior Year without VVilbur, but we stumbled through somehow with Ferguson, Blake, O'Neil and Dobson at the wheel. Arts '46 passed an unpretentious autumn, modestly making off with the Interfaculty Track, Rugby and Harrier-race Crowns. The Mustangs also played that fall, dropping but one game. Having launched the first tea-dance of the year, at which we introduced the Arts '46 Quartet, we closed our autumn festivities with a memorable year party at the C.C.C. XYith lV.H.O.'s slander column bringing down the wrath of the gods, Muncey offering courses in honour basket-weaving, and Western turning down trial-marriage, it wasn't long before the Christmas exams had come into our midst and 13 grads had gone out of it. Our play, Fumed Oak carried off the drama festival and with nothing else left to win we decided to enjoy ourselves at the wondrous Chicopee weekend and the Arts Ball, held at the Hotel London. This was a smash affair but there was also a little dancing. VVestern's Dreyfuss case saw six martyrs convicted of gambling in the Oxv office in spite of john Gillies' eloquent defence and paint remover. At last, with final exams looming up before us, the student body cast a 9575 vote and chose Hayman and Howse to lead them in '46. Gup promised the earliest Oxy ever in a burst of optimism. FOURTH YEAR- WE RETURNED FOR oUR last year as undergraduates of the University of Western Ontario to join the verdant Frosh at Port Stanley for a quiet little party. Everyone but the L. and P.S. Railway directors were very happy as the year began. Besides the hundreds of ex-servicemen returning to their Alma Mater, the school welcomed back Prof. VValter Thompson, Dr. Montgomery, Messrs. McKee and Taylor. Prof. 20 ,

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The Class History of Arts '46: FIRST YEAR- OUR F REsHMAN YEAR BEGAN in a welter of confusion, as every Freshman Year always does. After the Port Stanley outing, which was enlivened by the appearance of an unknown entertainer who performed with three pipes in his mouth, the largest year in the university's history Cup to that timej settled down to the routine work and pleasure of college life. The NVar was brought home to the social butterflies when the U.S.C. slashed the number of school dances as the harvest volunteers left for the West. The Frosh were left to carry on almost alone for a month and a half, during which time Haldane, Manning, Reid and Husher took over the unorganized Frosh. Politics began to assume reality as Galbraith took over the Gazette when Scott resigned to look after the Oxy, and All Riot on the Western Front made its bow in the Gazette. We read with interest of the Harvesters' progress through Eaton's Catalogue. Culture burst upon the scene during a visit of Max Pirani to a Sunday 9 D'Clock, and House and Hartzell entertained at the Frosh Hop. First rumours of a Field House began to percolate through our ranks, and Arts '46 started on its road to athletic glory in the restricted rugby season. The next milestone was the Meds' Edition of the Gazette which appeared in ten pages filled with college humour . We began to feel very sophisticated. The Trenton Flyers were shot down by the Mustang Riders-Huyck, Douglas and Harpur starring. The Senate cut the Christmas Vacation, but the U.S.C. promised a New Year's Eve Party to compensate for Classes on New Year's Day. The U.A.T.C. was born, and such flying heroes as Bob Reid and Peter Towe deserted the C.O.T.C.. Arts '46 won the Interfaculty Track Meet, and the Mustangs tamed Vimy-Fairs, Huyck, Harris and Douglas in the saddle. Huron College handed Arts '46 its first defeat by copping the Drama Festival, but '46 came second cum laude, and our athletic domination was extended to basket- ball, where Decker, Cunningham, Gauld and Huyck quickly gained the spotlight. The C.O.T.C. Ball was held in the Arena-a swimming success, and very different from a later affair. Echoes of Boots were heard as changes were made in the brass, but the War went on over there , and George Brickenden left for the Navy. Western Looked at Life for a whole boring week, but '46 was still too busy looking at Western to pay much attention. Fraser Earle posed for his famous Santa Claus picture Cwhich seems to be a permanent part of the Gazettel as '46 battled '43 for the lead in the Interfaculty Athletic League. The examinations came as a rude shock to the verdant F rosh, and twenty-two departed for other fields of service after the january slaughter. As a result, '46 worked hard for a week or two, until the basketball season opened, but success was not easily come by there. The U.N.T.D. further depleted the ranks of the C.O.T.C., and mut- ters were heard from certain quarters at the delay in the appearance of the '46 sweaters. Lafontaine and Guymer were elected Arts prexies as Burns and Durnford retired from student politics. Six were named to the Honour Society as Hayman, Husher, Huyck and MacMillan swept into power in the '46 Executive. Sadie Hawkins gave the bashful in '46 a chance, and Neilson and Mussleman began to consider life more seriously. The Frosh Party was held at the Arena with later festivities at the Eastern Star, where it was announced that Arts '46 nad won the Interfaculty crown. Arts '43 wept unashamed. As the first year closed, Jim Gillies was heard complaining bitterly about the cancellations of examinations. The tests came anyway, and Scott promised us the Oxy ahead of schedule. Clt came out in August, just in time to put us in the mood for another year of schoolj. SECOND YEAR- OUR SECOND YEAR OPENED with a feeling of superiority as we delighted in watching the misery of a new crop of Frosh-pig-tailed, pigmentless girls, and ear-ringed Fresh- men: curtsey-gertsie and bow-cow were the passwords for three weeks. Gal- braith was running the Gazette, in which echoes of boots were heard for the last time. The Mustang Rugby Team was doing well, although Robinson was in the hospital with colic, Douglas had a charleyhorse, Allan had a torn ligament, and Fairs 19

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VVillis was named Bursar, Executive Secretary and Comptroller-another XYestern grad made good. Captain George lXlcCracken took over the new journalism Course as Arts '46 again captured the Track Meet. The Building Campaign got under way at long last, and the Class of '46 heaved a sigh that it would not be able to enjoy the new facilities. Hint of future tolls was contained inthe announcement that a new Alumni Council was to be organized, and Charlie Box joined the department, Prof. Pirani's new Music Teachers' College began to function, and the University was obviously leaping ahead, to the satisfaction of her Class of Arts and Science '46 tThe Science annex kept reminding us of their new status whenever possiblej. Galpin's Folly, otherwise known as the Occidentalia '45, finally appeared. The Intercollegiate Series, although abbreviated, attracted most of our fall at- tention-especially as Creeper, Gillies and Cohn-energetic entrepreneur-organized trips to McGill and Queen's. The Mustangs, captained by Ballantyne, and starred by the favourite athletes of '46-Huyck, Cook, Szumlinski, et al-all back from the Services-swept to an undefeated season to retain the Rugby Championship. The Toronto game made history-bombs, riots, night duty and victory, although the bridge suffered a little damage from Galpin's Raiders. The Delta Upsilon Dance in the Hotel London was swamped in more ways than one, and the I.S.S. proiitted too by the hordes of happy Westerners. Magee's Mustang Band added colour to the athletic season, and the happy cries of Cartwheell always greeted the cheer-leaders. Six Mustangs made the Canadian All-Star Rugby Team as the City of London voted for the University By-Law, and the U.S.C. Rugby Dance, Co-Ed Prom and Christmas Lit rolled by. The Players' Guild, under the direction of XV. E. D. Atkin- son, Shakesperian expert, presented three one-act plays. Fraser Earle starred as a bartender in a doubtful melodrama. Doug Cook got the lNlcCullagh Trophy, and was named Rugby Captain for the next season. I Following examinations-which '46 survived without exception Cor did Ruston?J -Sadie Hawkins paid her annual visit to the Campus as plans for VVestern's Follies began to take shape under Doug Knowles. One hundred and thirty more veterans began school-which further added to the crowding in the Boy Rangers' Room. '46 came second in the Bowling League as Paula Denney ffriend and financial backer of Bob Reidj was named Qaeen of the Arts and Science Ball. Dean Hall was named President-elect and Prof. Landon Vice-President as the U.S.C., S.A.A. and Hippo- cratic Council started to talk re-organization. The girls of '46 clinched their Bowling Crown, as the lXflustang and Colt Basket- ball Teams headed for victory in the Intercollegiate League, starred, of course, by Forty-sixers like McNair and Scorgie, et al. The Horseballs also enjoyed a successful season clowned by Hayman, Ballantyne, Brule and Allen. Earle, Guthrie, Gillies and Galpin did not do so well in Intercollegiate Debating, however. Nine of the Class were named to the Honour Society-Ballantyne, Howse, Hay- man, Manning, O'Neil, McLarty, Vorshuk, jackson and Galpin. The Gazette awards further honoured Bowie, Bradford, Bradshaw, Brule, Chitovas, Cole, Gadd, ,lim Gillies, Harrington, Hessener, Houston, Hulbert, Bob Reid and john VVhite. Up on the Hill turned out to be a holdover success and contributed a handsome sum to the Building Fund that '46 supported with cash and pledges. Lutton and Lindsay were chosen to succeed Hayman and Howse and our Permanent Executive was chosen in the persons of Hayman, Manning, Bradshaw and McLarty. Publica- tion Keys were awarded to Chitovas, Reid, Galpin, Walters, VVhite, Hessener, Hulbert, Pritchard, Gillies and Towe. As College Life approached its finale the Senior Prom was held in Convocation Hall, and the Graduation Banquet in the Cobblestone Inn. After a long wait for the food the speeches got under way with a Valedictory from Ted Galpin, a farewell pre- sent to our Honourary President, Dr. Rod MacDonald, and Bob Steep presented Dr. Turville with the replica of a formal table for the platform in Convocation Hall in behalf of Arts and Science '46. Thus four happy years come to an end. Years of war and peace, years of happi- ness and tears. Study week prepared us for the final examinations, with Convocation, Graduation and Life ahead of us. fXNe all hope to receive an Oxy, some day, some placej. ' T.G., B.C., D.j., M.M., L.V. 21