University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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HEADLINE HIGHLIGHTS OF 1943-1944 January, 1944 When there ' s snow on the ground but caps and gowns in the bookstore, it ' s a cinch it ' s Jan- uary and that mid-year coniniencement is in the offing. This month it was a varied group that climbed the steps to the stage to receive the prized sheep- skin. There were degrees granted in absentia (guess why), degrees granted cum laude. degrees granted to postgraduates. Ahogether there were thirty-six who finished the college chapter of their book of experience. Some, like Dale Millns and Philip Stiff, carried their degrees with them to other schools for further study. Graduating were Thelma Davis. Marvin Mitchell, Louis Martin. Stiff, and Millns, who were graduated cum laude, and Frederick Rack- er, John Berry, Paul Francke, Robert Leach, James Passino. Sylvia Mostov, Paul Whitman. Daniel Balog, Frederick Blanchong, Catherine Sloan, Daniel Halas. David Morris, James Morse, Edith Pursel, Helen Willard, Ora Johnson, Mon- ica Heaston, Lisa Herrmann, Agnes Robinette. Florence Wandtke. Lois Meyers, Frederick Fo- shag, Blair Haggerty Thomas Jarrett, Richard Wolkins, James Halloran, Lois Menne Knisely, David Yarnell. February, 1944 February was a red-letter month, the red let- ters reading alternately, Be My Valentine, Buy War Stamps Here, and Please Remit Immediately. Comic valentines were the most prevalent. One missive read: Although I ' d like to stick around And read the chem hook through ; The draft board sent a valentine. So, Prof dear, nuts to you! All through the month one could stop at the war stamp booth where Fearless Fred Nice- wonder sat lapping at the musilage on the stamps. For the purchase of a dollar ' s worth of stamps, one could attend the rally and hear Lil- lian Hellman, President Nash, and Larry Mut- tart. I Larry kept saying Get your fresh pea- nuts here. ) Biggest sales recorded occurred the day Gin- ny Peppers and Bob McCullough offered to hold the hand of the buyer briefly as they extended the war stamps. 22

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HEADLINE HIGHLIGHTS OF 1943-1944 November, 1943 Now for Novemher sighed the typical stu- dent. Nothing to worry ahout hut eight o loek classes. Sadie Hawkins Day, a War Chest drive, and Hello Week. Black Monday rolls around and promptly at quarter of eight the alarm tolls happily as usual. Fll have to hurry to make my class hy 8:.3() . . . uh . . . by . . . uh, says the student. remend)er- ing. As the light breaks through the darkened sky and the tower clock reads eight, there he is. right on time. What if I did forget my pants f he observes. This month members of the D. A. were wait- ing with blackjacks in one hand and tickets in the other. Yielding to the siditle persuasion, one could stroll into the performance and hear June (Eileen) Zent complain But we have ab- solutely no privacy down here, Mr. Apopolous, as the University ' s favorite chow Ming strolled casually across the stage. And just to round out the month, there was Hello Week. which was run into the ground in the opinion of one of the men. Hello, he responded, for the fortieth time, only this time he reversed the syllables. December, 1943 I ' M be home for Christmas. sang students wistfullv. dreaming of their friends who would- n ' t be with them this December. There was lots to do to keep from being lonely, though, and as usual students carried on. There was a clothing «lrive, with an appeal to clothe the poor bare manikins that stood boldly in the hall outside the cafeteria. The wags named them Cypsy Rose. Teddy Bare, and Eleanor, and the clothing kept rolling in. One could always go to basketl)all games of an evening. The team had difficulty this year, however, with players frequently leaving for the armed forces. The Christmas formal in the Women ' s Build- ing, with one oddly familiar-looking Santa Claus handing out programs, culminated the month ' s activities. Coeds arrived loaded down with cos- tume jewelry, and you should have heard the iieiles jingle. On the four-hundred level, a blue-bulbed Christmas tree bade everyone reason ' s greet- ings and a Happy New Year tool 21

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HEADLINE HIGHLIGHTS OF 1943-1944 March, 1944 Marth kept the students broke either throiif h hall eolleotions or the Red Cross auction. H. Allen Doni, Madeline Logan, Albertine Krohn and Sue Nicholson were among the most persis- tent of the collectors, grabbing the lapels of the victim with one hand and brandishing a milk- bottle under the nose with the other. The aiutions in the theatre rounded out the charitable activities with Don Mueller manning the gavel in order to sell everything from dates with Dick Greene and Dr. Southworth to the service of having a stooge occupy a freshman ' s orientation seat. One sorority paid 3.50 for the service of having Clyde Summers clean out the dirtiest locker. Many and varied were the items offered, such as Alford Archer ' s tomato juice, rhumba lessons from Jorge Jaramillo, a song by Mary Gilmartin, Prof. Hensel ' s ties, socks, and shoe stamp (he and dates with servicemen. likes to go barefoot ) April 1944 April was noted for showers and the blos- soming of a little social life on campus in the form of weekly Open Houses, dances held in the Student Union Thursday nights. People danced to the nuisic of Larry Muttart ' s record player, and those with stronger elbows enjoyed a glass of punch. Highest contributors were the MacKinnon Club, which invested over $50 in the Kappa ' s The week the W.A.A. took over, there was both ballroom and square dancing. The week the Pi Delts were hostesses, they provided two huge bowls of potato chips for refreshments, but none present believed they could just step up and help themselves. They just looked twice and said Mirage designed for Kuelmiann. April brought Hell Week for sororities, only they referred to it this year as Heck Week for fear of shocking younger accelerated students. There would be little point in making pledges forsake dates for a week this year, most of them having forgotten what a date is. Instead, actives confiscated all Sinatra records for a seven-day period. Pledge projects included everything from counterfeiting gas stamps to singing Mair- zy Doats under profs ' windows, hoping the shoes they threw would still have a little wear left in them. one-week laundry service and Shakce Partoyan s cake, and Sigma Beta Phi. which contributed $40. The auctions raised more than twice last year ' s quota of $100. 23