University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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Thai thin gocernment of the people. bp the people, and for the people shall noI perish from the earth99 yHi » •.»,„„ ' !' •• .:;! ; ♦ ««, mMn!SS,4,M • IttlllT?'...sssxw » »«»•»» • 8SS8S»sm ws SsSm GOLD STARS Alvin Anderson Robert Boemle Burton Boettcher Eerie Boettcher Robert Busby Duane Cornel Cerl DeM Duene DooSttle Lester Dyer Imbori Eslmgcr James Rathe John Freak Charles Genske Thomas GiD Eugene Gossan Walter Guinn Richard Hyllema Rupert Isaacson Gordon Jackman Donald Johnson Voyle Johnson Robert McCabe Robert Mres Stanley Palm Elmer Parnell John Person Word Randles John Rockwell Malcolm Rockwel Jerome Sobotta Keith Solve son Robert Thomson Stanley Torgerson Frank Wintering

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 Freshmen 5f .7 ANN LAUFENBERG—UnclauiRad AUDREY LINDER—Rural HARRIET LONG—UnclauiRad RIVER FALLS SPRING VALLEY . RIVER FALLS LORRAINE McCUE—UnclauiRad • RIVER FALLS EUGENIA MARTO—Rural .... ARKANSAW RUTH MELLUM— Rural - GLENVILLE. MINNESOTA ALICE MEULEMANS—Rural . . GLENWOOD CITY BETTY MYERS—Secondary.......................KNAPP LAURENCE NIEOZWIECKI—Afrkulhira - POLASKI BETTY PATTERSON—UnclauiRad • . - MINONG DELORES PAYSON—UnclauiRad . . HUDSON BERNAOINE PELOQUIN—Socondary CAOOTTE MAXINE PENCE—UnclauiRad MERLE PENMAN—UnclauiRad -GENEVIEVE PETERSON—UnclauiRad EVELYN REITON—Rural - - OVIA RICE—Secondary • PAUL ROGNESS—Agriculture SPRING VALLEY HUDSON RIVER FALLS BALDWIN EYOTA. MINNESOTA ETTRICK ONA SABBY—Secondary.......................BALDWIN KATHLEEN SCHOEOER—Rural . . ELMWOOD NORMA SIMPSON—UnclauiRad • - • gIVER FALLS PRISCILLA SKANE—Rural .... MAIDEN ROCK ELAINE STUCKY—UnclauiRad - RICE LAKE MARGARET -TORGERSON—Rural - - PRAIRIE FARM MARJORIE U8ER—UnclauiRad - - GLENWOOD CITY SHIRLEY VENNES—Rural.......................WHEELER PHYLLIS WAGNER—Secondary - RIVER FALLS EDITH WHITAKER—Elo.-nontary .... CHETEK MARY WILKINS-Unelauificd - - RIVER FALLS SAMUEL YOUNG—UnclauiRad ... AUGUSTA

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Athletivn 1944 1945 FOOTBALL S ?UAO-D-cV «o-: HU«s. Moody. Middle Row: CoocH T. UnS.iro . Faiie.. Assist Coach -£ •••«£? Tl Wlk w,i,M. OMck Rom. ■ F'o»fc fe n‘ 1 In spite of the difficulty in scheduling game and the continued manpower shortage. River Foil -a again represented on the gridiron in 1944. The footbel squad consisted mainly of freshmen, several of whom lacked even high school footbel experience. Only three lettor-mon returned from lest year's squad. With this materiel the Manion-man opened tho season at Remor Field against a Nevy-bolstorod St. Olaf team composed largely of former college stars. Tho Olos used their weight and experience advantage to win by a 20-0 count. Tho Falcons got into the win column against tho Rod Wing Training School eleven in the second homo game of the season. 33-12. River °f « «a,|y • ‘f ■«' ever in danger, although the Tremors' diminutive halfback. Kuhn, was a constant scoring threat. In the next encounter the opposition was furnished by the undefeated Margaret Boosters Team, somi.pro league champions from St. Paul. Thaw rugged. w««|.balonced outfit dominated play through most Hnltldm. Nddnain. Hou. . Sseee. Yon-J. hdwd. f. Smirk . W„k Scelm.. Wi.,. R. Ma—fers. of the game to win 25-7. Hitt scored for the Falcons on a neatly executed quarterback play. Tho final game of tho season was played at Northneld against a powerful St. Olaf dub that had bean running rough-shod over other Navy-strengthened teams in the latter part of the season. The Oles tricky reverses and effective down-field blocking gave them several long scoring dashes and an easy 66-6 victory. The Falcons got thoir only score in the second quarter after a sustained drive from deep in their T na kvtbaU The 1944-1945 Falcon basketball team began the season as an unknown quantity, as only one veteran of last year's team returned, but the newcomers proved they had something as they swept to five straight victories in tho opening games. Those victories included homo-and-homo wins ovor Augsburg and Macalester and a victory over Concordia on tho Rivor Fall floor. Tho first defeat of the season was suffered at tho Hamline field house at the hands of the powerful Hemline Pipers by a 66-29 score.