University of Wisconsin Whitewater - Minneiska Yearbook (Whitewater, WI)

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Third: D. Lauer, D. Nyland Secondx H. Neuens, R. Lenz, H. Neer First: B. Michel, M. McKinney, G. The juniors were lead by their president, Phyllis Martinson, a primary junior from Beloit. Other officers were Betty Olson, a commercial junior from Boscobel, as vice- president; Jackie Joosten, a commercial junior from Rudolph, as secretary-treas- urer; Georgia Vannie, a commercial junior from Beloit, as junior member of the Con- vocation Committee; and Betty Raufman, a primary junior from Janesville, as member of the Student Welfare Committee. Mr. H. M. Collins was sponsor. Mukansky The juniors took a step forward when they voted to sponsor a junior prom, the first to be held since the war years. In Feb- ruary, the juniors decided that John Alt- hoff, from N eosho, was to have the honor of being prom king. He chose Gloria Mukan- sky, Elkhorn, as his queen. The juniors participated in the activities of the social sororities and fraternities on the campus. They were also initiated into the various honorary fraternities. Third: B. Olson, C. Smith, M. Tennis, G. Vannie Second: P. Skalet, V. Warner First: M. U,Ren, E. Ristow, B. Raufman page twenty-six

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Third: L. Braunschweig, R. Black, D. Ahlf, P. Dietzler Second: D. Coleman, E. Arndt. P. Colwill, V. Dobbs First: L. Adams, B. Dabareiner, P. Chamberlain The junior class was the smallest on the campus this year, but what they lacked in quantity they made up for in quality. The juniors participated whole heartedly in all school activities. Ginny Dobbs was one of the juniors whose name was known by near- ly all on the campus as she fulfilled her duties as llMinnie editor. Everyone soon became acquainted With Duane Ahlf who was on the varsity football and basketball teams. ltMoose also reigned as Homecom- ing King. Georgia Vannie helped increase the ego of the juniors with her work in forensics. Helen Haesler took the lead in dramatic ability with her work in Thespian and Delta Psi Omega productions. Betty Raufman, as head cheerleader, helped to awaken enthusi- asm for W.S.T.Cfs sports. Ralph llTiny Lenz helped coach the boys in junior high. Dorothy Coleman and Phyllis Chamberlaih helped bring scholastic recognition to the juniors. Third: E. Douglas, G. Hofrichter, M. Jack, J. Engelke Second: V. Johnson, H. Haesler, H. Heggestad First: S. Kettenhofen, J. Joosten, L. Head, B. Duren page twenty-Ji'ue

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' Sephomu pmhcopak 9n Hotwitied. With sighs of happinesg and a few grum- bles of discontent, the future class of 1948 enrolled for their second year of learning. Do I have to take economics , and itWhy must I have a first hour every day was heard amid the thirteen men and eighty- four women who had earned the title of sophomores. Leading the class was Marilyn Meythaler -better known as ttLittle Mikeh-an Aca- demic student from Woodford, Wisconsin: Helen Eggert, from Milwaukee, as vice- president; and Virginia Bull, from Janes- ville, as secretary-treasurer. Mary Alice page twenty-scvw Zwiebel served on the Convocation Commit- tee and Jeanette Vander Velde on the Stu- dent Welfare Committee. Miss Jane E. Clem was elected class sponsor at the first class meeting. This is the year to which the commercial students look forwardethe year they start on their commercial subjects-shorthand, typing, and accounting. Many of them burned midnight oil practicing the loops and circles of shorthand so they could pass their five-minute take on the following day. But in the end they found that it was worth- while and were proud to say they had passed their one-hundred-word takes. Officers: H. Eggert, V. Bull, M. Meythaler