Virginia Commonwealth University - Cobblestone Wigwam Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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SENIOR CLASS SENIOR CLASS cMllto ojj the GLu o 1951 To tell the complete history of the Class of ' 51 would indeed consume volumes. As we look around today, we find that many people have left our ranks since we began our college career in the fall of 1947. However, since then, many energetic and valuable collegians have joined us and helped to fill these missing links. Our Class, as any other freshman class, had its ups and downs in becoming an organization. But under the able leadership of our newly elected presi- dent, Edward Kelley, ours was the first class to establish an organizational constitution, which led to the eventual reorganization of the Student Government Association. After a very late activa- tion in March of ' 47, our Class went on to uphold its part in the traditional May Day festivities. Surmounting these inher ent obstacles of all young organizations, our group sponsored the first, now traditional, September Street Dance. In this year, also led by Ed Kelley, we saw the Student Government Association receive a new constituton. Ending our Sophomore year, we gave another successful Street Dance immediately preceding May Day, adding our second tradition to R. P. I. Emerging into our Junior year, and claiming the title of upper-classmen, we were capably led by Charlie Wood. In order to further class participation, Charlie inaugurated a new plan for the collection of class dues, which proved very successful. That fall, we returned to the campus the abandoned tradi- tion of Rat Week. It was during our Junior year that the Alumni Association became an actuality. We brought this year to a close by sponsoring a successful Junior-Senior Prom held at the Hotel John Marshall Roof Garden. The final year of the Class of 195 1 was begun in a world once more marked by war. But, hopeful for a peaceful solution of the world ' s differences, the Seniors continued preparing for the postgraduate world and their role in it. Instigated in the majority by members of the Senior class, there arose an Alumni Booster Club, dedi- cated to the full and complete support of the R. P. I. Alumni Association and all of its potential promise. This organization, in conjunction with the Richmond chapter of the Alumni Association, made a large and vital contribution to the first Annual Home-Coming celebration held at R. P. I. Needless to say, the Home-Coming was a huge success, and students concluded the week end with the fond hope it would not be the last Home-Coming here. Socially, the Class of 195 1 sponsored two dances for the student body and other events. A second contribution to better functioning of R. P. I. ' s student affairs made under the influence of the Senior Class was the Council of Class Executive Committees, organized to better individual situa- tions, derive greater privileges and enjoyment from college, and to cement relations among the four class organizations, the Council had a strong effect on the cooperative attitude among the class organizations, and stabilized the classes ' individual operation, creating much greater cooperation and harmony in class affairs. The Senior Class finished its collegiate career with a contribution to the Alumni Association of all remaining funds and prepared to begin life in a world at war. •4 18 SENIOR CLASS SENIOR CLASS

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- t t « FACULTY JOHN ' M. SNELLIXG .Assistant Professor of Sorio ni;y B.A., M.A., University of Richmond Ph.D., Columbia University GLADYS K. TEDDER Business Slafi WILLIAM H. TOLERTON Head of Deparlment of Interior Decoration Diploma, Parsons School of Design JANE TRAVIS Resident Administrative Assistant School of Distributive Education B.S., Richmond Professional Institute ALYSE TYLER Secretary of Admissions XEDRA TYRE Instructor in Sociology A.B., University System of Georgia Extensi( Division M.A., Emory University ALLEN E. WARNER Instructor in Music Education S., M.A., Teachers College, Columbia Univcrsit) LOIS McG. WASHER Associate Professor of Recreational Leadership B.S., Carnegie Institute of Technology M.S. in Social Work, Richmond Professional Institute RUTH JONES WILKINS Assistant Instructor in English A.B.. M.I ' M., College of William and Mary ! l iK 4 •■» ••♦

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SENIOR CLASS SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS C. Carson Overton Prcsidnit Regina Crawford lice Pri-sidt ' iit Joyce Owen Secretary Phil Pafkord Treasurer Charles Wood S. G. A. Representative Nancy Sondles W. A. A. Representative Dr. Howard Davis Faculty Advisor In years to come, we, the members of the class of 1951, will look back with pride upon our collegiate days at the Richmond Professional Institute. The impact of the world-wide transitional period that has been felt by all schools has had its effect on our four years. How- ever, through the ceaseless efforts of the administration and students, R. P. I. has expanded and progressed. May she continue to surge higher into the reahiis of education. 4. 19 SENIOR CLASS SENIOR CLASS