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

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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

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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: E. Behling, V. Bull, I. Benker, L. Albrecht Second: E. Akvich, R. Boes, B. Brager First: 1. Austin, B. Burnell, D. Capelle, M. Alexander, D. Carlson Dr. Leets economics course was a little -for a quick cup of coffee and just a smell different to most of the students at first. 0f toast. YOU 001.11d usually depend on Doris There was no room for day dreaming here, Capelle or Hattle Keenan to take care of , . your order. they soon found out. And the nlght before Speech was another novelty to some, a the tESt was usually spent at home, not at headache to others. A three-minute speech the Goal Post. was bad enough, but a five minute one was Oh yes, the Goal Postewhere old friends terrible. And the questions Mr. Wellers meet. Every morning at 8: 10 you could see could ask! some of the more serious sophomores bun- Within the ranks of sophomores, a little dling up and hurrying over to classes. But modest bragging can be done. They well most of them were just arriving at this time proved their efh'ciency time and time again. Third: I. Finney. E. Fuller. J. Dietzman. H. Gaukel Second: L. Deyer, K. Finnegan, S. Fenner First: M. Gaveras, D. Chady, L. Duckey, H. Eggert, E. Erickson twenty-eight