University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Upper e Bren.on W . Stevenson. A,.oiiale Professor of F.ngli li. mo.leU (lie «ell.,lres e l .ili .ri.V g;.rb. I pper right Open houses and dan.es with men in uniform typify present-day so.ial affairs. Center rig . Influeneed by Dean Easley ' s rerruiling, two students look over posters of the various services. Lower left The inevitable war-lime stag line. Lower right Jerry Kunmel- man, Premed student, helps in the blood-typing program by analyzing and classifying a University student ' s bloo.l. blood donations, typed student blood in the medical laboratory. Unique and successful, the Red Cross drive this year was a two-day auction in the theatre. Like a bull seeing red, that ' s how girls at the University reacte«l to men this year. We ' ve had lots of fun — by creating our own fun — and we ' ve been serious too. We ' ve proved liiat a college in wartime, no matter how physically limited, can still be active.

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UNIVERSITY AT WAR Men Are Hard To Find But Activities Aren ' t You cant keep a good man down is an apt remark that might be applied to the University this year. War jitters don ' t exist here — at least not noticeably. Students and faculty have gone all out in a serious effort to make the halls re- sound with a pre-war buzz of activity. Excluding fraternities, almost all sororities and clubs continued their usual social functions, despite a few curtailments and smaller member- ships. The Student Council series of Thursday evening open houses for aviation and civilian students provided many enjoyable hours of re- laxation, fun, and friendliness. Style shows, teas, dances, and University Theatre plays round- ed out the year ' s social affairs. A full schedule of classes became a raritv as more riveting Rosies and war-working illies abandoned their studies for full- or part-time jobs in essential industries. Faculty members too assumed greater respon- sibilities by serving on the War Communications Board. Rationing Boards, and Peace-planning Commissions. A Book and Author Rally last fall started the l)all rolling for several war bond and war stamp campaigns. A booth erected on the second floor was tended daily by various organizations. To increase sales, a jeep-naming contest was spon- sored, the jeep actually being driven into the hall for all to see. Medical students, to aid in supplying urgent I 18

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HEADLINE HIGHLIGHTS OF 1943-1944 September, 1943 With September came preliminary regis tra- tion. and aspirin sales zoomed. For once the prospective student had maneuvered the cours- es he would like to take into a workable sched- ule, hut too often he heard a registrars assistant cooing Sorry, we ' re droppin ' that course this semester. Submissively he shuffled out of the office to begin anew the Struggle With The Schedule. Registration consisted of plodding from one room to another in hopes of finally retiring with a coke to some cozy corner of a drugstore. The process begins with filing of application ( and fingernails in the wait ) . Those not so unfor- tunate as to be new students need only then camp in room .330 long enough to polish off some short novel like Gone W ith the W ind. Having lured ( or bribed ) some dozing class- counter into action, the registrant eagerly skip- ped into the theatre, expecting some choice en- tertainment instead of a tableful of damsels barking What ' er. that again? Spell it. Broth- The Finance Office Line was never without its interesting aspects. Every so often someone in line would have a birthday or step out for lunch, a short coke, or a shave. Following the placement of book orders, there was a day or two set aside for recupera- tion, leaving the student wondering whether it was worth the pursuit of higher education. October, 1943 October saw the blossoming of asters, acorns, and election posters on Wolves ' Hill. Again the warning came out to Keep the elections clean. This didn ' t stop the fraternities. howe er. who insisted that the position of men ' s representative be filled by a male in every instance, clearly a case of crooked politics. In order to conserve paper, three student council members kept count on their fingers and toes. The voter just pulled a toe for his favorite candidate. Owen Baroner. footsore but happy, declared that 56 votes had been cast in tlie primary without benefit of paper. A popular publicity measure, lettering old shirts with candidates ' names, was mistaken as a new fad by one dizzy coed who for four days wore a shirt with Pepsi-Cola on it. It wasn ' t so funny, however, when Pepsi Cola was elected. Posters were even made on paper sacks this year. One wag. noting the sex of the voters, re- marked that elections were determined largely by the bags this semester. Other highlights were Jeanne Shirk ' s parade of posters (she was sued by Burma-Shave for infringement of rights ) and Helen Let s-Give-a- Dance Poindexter ' s theme song Ball or Noth- ing at All. 20