Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 220 of the 1940 volume:

WAKE FOREST COLLEGE LIBRARY tip CALL NO. ACCESSION NO. 1 W GIFT OF wm W.F. THE HOWLER 1940 VOL. XXI Editor. WILLIAM D. POE Business Manager. FRANK D. CASTLEBURY ■ WAKE FOREST COLLEGE WAKE FOREST, N. C. 74337 sss EDICATION i T, CHARLES S. BLACK, a man of the campus, classroom, and family. whose ability as a teacher commands the respect of every student, and whose qualities as a gentleman draw our highest admiration. His service to ake Forest College cannot be recounted on paper, for his intangible spirit of friendliness typifies the atmosphere ot the col- lege; his traits as a scholar represent the formidable tradition which has come to be known as the soul of Wake Forest. Dr. Black has been affdiated with the Wake Forest faculty for over fifteen years. During that time he has transformed characteristics of the student into aspirations of the scholar. His loyalty to Wake Forest is exceeded only by his devotion to a wile, daughter, and son.  Ik u N 11 AMPUS Q l li MM in the ] )]() year] k of Wake Forest College is to bring to you a one-year story til your college life, step by step, m; od by mood. In a briei word, we have made an attempt to offer you a picture ol this one year, when you were a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or a student ol one of the professional schools. In presenting what we have planned as a series ol transitions from one scene ol the year to another, we have combined the use of words and pictures. Use of language alone would be clumsy al hot. Our im ' of word- i an attempt — without unreal elaborations and stilted formalities — to hind together the diverse parts oi one year and present it in the form ol two-hundred-and-fifty-day story of your life. In Inline years il you, perhaps, turn back through the yellowing pages of the 19 10 Howj.kk. we hope ou may still see yourself as whatever you were to Wake Forest in 19 10. STENTS ADMINISTRATION CLASSES ATHLETICS ORGANIZATIOS f Dr. Thurman I). Kitchin, President Dr. Daniel B. Bryan. Dean , w, DMINISTRATION HEN we say that Wake Forest men are fortunate in having the benefits (ii leadership under a group of men who are so eminently suited for their positions, we in no measure have resorted to the use of a trite phrase. Instead we are pointing to them in recognition of what the) mean to an institution backed with 106 years of rich tradition. We use this statement to advance the belief thai our school today is still deriving the in- valuable benefits of the wise, capable and far- reaching leadership thai held so firmly through a number of crises in the past. In demonstrating our point, we turn to the president, Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin. During ten years ol progress under bis administration, Wake Forest lias experienced a well-planned and balanced rise in broadening the span of its geographical recognition. But Dr. Kitchin is a man who wouldn ' l be satisfied with a stagnated institution. He comes in the cate- gory d men about whom he recentlj wrote in bis book Doctors in Other Fields. To bis |i M oi doctors who were alsci scientists, artists, poets, and sculpturers, we add another name: Thurman I). Kitchin, progressive leader, builder and scholar. Jusi across the rotunda from the president ' s office, we open a door which bears the in- scription -Dean ' s Office. Behind the portals oi lliis institution within ilsell you will find a man who, uitli unfeigned modesty, can trace the life of Wake Forest in an inimitable man- ner. Mere is a man ulio lias been Dean ol Men for seventeen years. Ever unassuming and always ready to extend the reality of Dr. C. C. Carpenter Dean of Medical School a helping hand. Dr. D. B. Bryan has come to lie known as the Student ' s friend. His knowledge of a real life is seldom rivaled in true judgment. The Dean represents a vital part of the tradition which Wake Forest has found to be its most formidable cornerstone. In his position as Dean of the Wake Forest School of Medical Sciences. Dr. C. C. Car- penter commands a movement secondary to none in the future development of greater Wake Forest. He came to Wake Forest in 1926. and since that time has been a professor of pathology, assitant to the Dean of Medicine, and now Dean of that widely-recognized de- partment of the institution. With the rise of a four-year school looming on the horizon of our anticipations of an expansive future, we feel that Wake Forest will realize its good fortune in claiming Dr. Carpenter ' s genuine scholarship and administrative efficiency. Having been founded and conducted bv the most able teachers of law in the Southland, the School of Law stands in a class of it- own among Southern law schools. According to records, a higher percentage of lawyers who received their training in the school directed by Dean Dale F. Stansbury have gone on to take places of vital importance in North Carolina law offices than from any other in- stitution in the state. His task, which is done in such a quiet and effective manner, is facilitated through the cooperative and demon- strated ability of a faculty whose record speaks for itself. For thirty-four years Elliott B. Earnshaw has exchanged glances pertaining to deep- reaching matters with every student in the col- lege. His invaluable services to the school as Bursar have been exceeded only by the stu- dents appreciation of his quality as a friend and Christian gentleman. With few words and a bewildering amount of hard work lie Dr. Dale F. Stansbi ri Dean of the Law School Mr. E. B. Earnshaw, Bursar Mr. Grady Patterson, Reeistr has won a huge spot oi admiration in the hearts oi all who know him. There ' s another man on the campus who has a job second to none in the way of compli- cated tasks. Grady S. Patterson, Registrar, is the man who stands between what is generally referred to as the College and the Student. One thought of the schedules he arranges, the reports he records, checking of credits, varied and sundry oilier tasks, not to mention answering every possible question at least a thousand time- during the course ol a single year. leaves us wondering that such a man as Mr. Patterson ever lived past his first year in his position. Yet lie lias handled liis position with accuracy, courtesy, and incredible ef- ficiency. These six me :cupy the key positions ol the college. Their duties arc mans and varied. There arc tasks to perform, tasks thai range all the wav from the minute technicalities of [he registrar to the hairdine accuracy of the bursar on to the confusing generalities and specialities ol the president. These men are like the large cogs ol some machine; each is indispensable to the institu- tion he serves; and together they 1 unction with amazing smoothness. The professors are the smaller parts of the machine. They. loo. play their part, although their tasks seem less im- portant in comparison with those ol. for in- stance, the president. Each key man hears a tremendous burden upon his hack. Each ol the three deans has an entire school to supervise, and llii- i merel) a part of his work. ud the other three men are no less important. Perhaps, one of the most obvious attributes ol these men is their uncanny ability ol understanding human character. Hut such an attribute was acquired only alter many years ol intimate association u itli students, and was just another ol the many Capabilities amassed h -ucli men. in -HE FACULTY OF WAKE FOREST COLLEGE represents a combined total of over L.100 years of teaching experience. Thai is, if the years of teaching service of everj facult) member were added together, a period extending in time hack to the empire of Emperor Charlemagne would be represented. This would be the equivalent of one year of service from - • one member of thefacultj for each man included in the presenl student body. Generally, we think of faculty members as being transfusion bases of stud) and concentration upon a science, literature, philosophy, education, music — or some form ol Learning which has been made available to the student. Yet in a more meditative mood, we must think of them in other ways. Here is a group which personifies the tradition of a college, and tradi- tion is what our institution is thought of as having been for over 106 years now, as well as representing a strong element of what we are to be in the future. Theirs is the task of taking the uncut stone and applying a polish where there is a receptive surfa less, in [he back ile Jetl and Dowdy prepare for Dr. Hubert and Dr. Ted Johnson of State Colle confidential at an O.D.K. banquet. Doctors Speas, Vann and Professor Seiberl forget I Anatomy, and French, respectively, and I -I s. Dairy stock. Il is iii lliis connection that we might compare them to the industrialist: the) lake the raw material, run il through the preliminary courses of treatment to rid it of impurities and render it usable, or, unfit. nd then, lour years later, the in- dustrialist-professor gets a final glimpse of his own handiwork. . . . bile c could poinl In die many un- usual phases of their positions, we must not disassociate ourselves with their tasks. They are men whose lives have come to he filled with our problems, primarily, and their victories come largely through our successes. They live the same life — with the same problems — of each college generation entering the institution. Th, I breathe the same academic air which gives vent lo strength and color for the embryonic led. In short, 1 th liens is not a fc task designed to obstruct the freedom o r growing soul, nor the blocks to encircle the intellectual tendencies of a future scholar of the classics, some science, or music. Instead they serve the purpose of an auditor, who checks against the student ' s chances of cheating himself. Some one of them watches day by day the intellectual lights burn in the hearts and 1 i --- of over a thousand students. Classroom activi- ties do not harbor over a relatively small fraction of their services, for where -w t! 1 ii i i • M ' . 4 w ; n 1 V j L --}« ert, A for Edwards there is collegiate revelry and top-heavy pandemonium over athletic victories, you will find them there, too. No more ardent supporters of a school spirit will be found anywhere, for they have transmuted the very life of the intangible term school spirit from one college generation to another. The music of concert fills the air. and a college faculty admires the talents of the student; somewhere a Wake Forest student exhibits superior adeptness in a form of Third slage ..I E TV.-.,, ( II and Dyna- mic Holton consider sports undei favorable conditions, li «.,- the Monogram Reception; :igars followed the ice i ream. extra-curricular activity and a professor urges him on. A common problem of daily life ha- taken a student deeper than hi, present mental resources can allow him .„ follow; some faculty adv 1S er helps him to lighten his burden. Where the Neo-Classic godfathers of imprisoned students were regimentative in their guid- ances, it can hardly be said of a Wake Forest faculty member that he is discouraging to thought. First of all the student must think, and then the professor ' s task has begun; to conduct and advise the thought of a .nan whose influence may some day be far-reaching in one of two different Found, Stansbi Day: Dr. and Mrs. and Dr. Carpentei inn. .rstones to chicken. Encore I College: Profe-sc Memon imparts enthusiasm i student pep meeting gathering directions — the constructive or the destructive. Day in and day out. year after year, generation after generation, a group of lead- ers whose names have come to be referred to collectively a- a ' faculty have know- ingly smiled at the ambitious Monogram clubra Folk «in? by an f freshman, and knowingly frowned at proverbial wrong footed beginners. Each year brings in a sea of new faces, and every decade ushers in revolu- tions in styles, but the professor sees the same relative mixtures of clay and life behind the thin veils of earthly attributes. There are the lean years and there are the years of plenty, but the record books manu- facturers find steady demands from college faculties. And we have learned to watch them as closely as the} watch us. The forma- tive influences ol our more youthful college e a r - (•nine I rom the .-inn total ol i in impressions ol them, or I Him men w hose character- istics have been shaped li their hands. They laugh with us. and at us. We laugh with them and at them. The lliing- that are funny to ns arc sometimes funny to them. And some of the things that are serious In us are funny (or pathetic) to them. There £ ft« the formal o t lies the line ( demarcation: l ' a-i-lial and Professor Ciiflni him to The founder I the Lav Scl I. I c N. Y. Gulley, [eaves the church after wit- nessing the inauguration of anothei year ' s work. they have a license in tell us we are wrong, and we turn the wrong to right or cease to he members of their usually-large families. It is indeed hard to comprehend. For in- stance, the same lone calls our name at the opening ol the first class period as a fresh- man as the voice that calls out our name across the quiet ol a commencement plat- form. Next year there will be others to begin their parade in what has come to be a perpetual trek across an academic stage. The faculty members — and there are Dr. Cull., he returm and worki some eighty of them in all — are with us, and it is we who are fortunate. Our group oi teachers and leaders is peculiarly fitted to Wake Forest because they are Wake Forest to a large degree. It ' s not the librarj that we think of; it is the librarian and her assistants. Likewise, il isn ' t the English Department that finds its way into our thoughts, hut Dr. Jones and his group of associates. What they — and the formative influences and personalities who preceded them of the present — have thought and done in the past has come to he a synonym for Wake Forest, a synonym with a ll -and sub-divisions. What they have accomplished has drawn lens of thousands ol students I M ■ 1 M in the | a [ and over a thou- sand at the present. The same power and influence ol the past and present bids fair to continue its pro- gressive pace into the in- definite realms ol an often- referred-to I uture. Professor Donald Pfoh chats with Monogra Owen, technician, Medical sludent. Boyd i,l Mrs. Kitchin of decorations ; Baf.iu.-I. Professors of .. pipe flock to gether. Dr. Black lights up; I)r F..lk forges full steam ahead. The faculty is comprised of men who are engaged in work in the three chief schools: The School of Law, of Medicine, and the School of Liberal Arts. But these educators are divided up into even more specific departments. Some call their specialty English, others History, others French. Yet, beside being an authority almost to perfection in his department, each has his own versatile traits. And each is one to whom we look with pride as being a part of our institution. the fr Professor ( arroll goes over a over his pa t. Even ( harles Was ' course didn ' l keep Jim Bonds awaj from the infirmarj ; Mackie presides. Founders ' Day broughl celebrities. Gubernatorial Candidate I M. Brougl i was among them. (yuR Friends THE FACULTY (j RAl E BOOKS l blue, bul sometimes lilack or brown. All (il them are filled with line-divided pages and open spar.-s for names, dates, and confidential remarks. What a proloMir thinks of yon, the student, as a student is recorded by adding the striti ol self-confided remarks and setting down a figure on the extreme right-hand margin. What he lliink- ol you otherwise doesn ' t matter so much hack home. It was a beautiful day in Raleigh. Tin the Sir Walter. a banquet at Nevertheless it must be said that students and professors do think of each other. Wake Forest is no exception to the rule, and here the freshman, sophomore, junior, and even the senior, learns sooner or later that his best friends will include the faculty members. In the majority of cases his interest in you is deeper ami more constructive than many of your more intimate allies in other form-, of activity. n; Krank Kin.-li.-L.i-. President . Frank Tn.1,1. Svrretary; Henry Dougee, 7 , n.l D. E. Ward. Vice President -7RESHMAN FFICERS L ST FALL the class of ' 43 elected officers for the current scholastic year: these men look over their official positions to serve until the same time in 1940, when there will be a similar balloting to elect the officials of the class of 44. Tln-ir rise to power represents the first steps ol potential campus leaders to greater things in the future. Though their positions offer little chance ol upheavals in student government and revolutions in styles and fashions, ihev are the executives ol what is generally the largest single class in the college. Fired with the enthusiasm ol becoming the outstanding representatives ol their -nine 300 classmates. the have filled their positions without howls of protest from fellow students. That, in a large measure, is a successful term of office, for after all, those who attempt too much — like those who try to do nothing- an- often the subjects ol pointed criticism. Yet their experiences as freshmen is invaluable. Next year they will be second year men. and when their positions in succeeding classes allows them substantia] leeway, no doubt the) will contribute greatly to the maintenance of high standards in the higher positions. THE CLASS OF 1943 First rou : Geo. Robert Abernethy. Jr.. Jack Genese Acree; Norman DeW itt Adams. Wm. P. Adaiu Alderman. Zalph Henr) Andrews. Allien Fred Arledge. James Louis Austin. Second nut : Thos. Win. A ers. Paul Truitt Baker. Jack Rankin Baldwin. Wm. Edward Ballard. Brant Hodnett Barbee. Robert Moore Barbee. Major Russell Barnes. Thos. Jeffreys Bass. Third run: Franklin Durant Bell. Chas. Everett Berger. Wm. Trotman Bilbro. Paul Barber Blalock, Jr.. Warren Leslie Bobbitt. James Henry Bohannan, Michael J. Bolint. Jr.. Hazen Booth. Fourth nut: Geo. Norman Boxer. Win. Robt. Bracev. Westray Beckwith Brantley, Donald E. Britt, Robt. Eugene Brooks, Frank R. Brown. Rupert Mill Brown. Wm. Darcy Brown. Fifth row: Jas. Herbert Burkhalter, Geo. Spottswood Butts, Hubert Morris Caddell, Eston R. Caldwell, Carlus Augusta Canady, Ralph Clarence Canady. Jr.. Shelton Canter, Walter Tressell Carpenter. Jr. p Kfe- ■ P ft p P P P A :k Ja P r £ IT ft Li PP £ P M P p .V. 4h 4 lu ft ■; i B fe fe (f f % % p p PI? ft o ? p fi p ffi THE Robt. Theodore Carterette Edward Lee Cheek Royce Warner Chesser Thos. Mario Ciavarelli Bryon Franklin Clark W m. A. Cloninger Knunett Rudge Coble. Jr. John Joseph Conley Ben Lee Connellj Dewey Hobson Cooper, Jr. L. C. Copeland, Jr. Fred Wiley Cormell Carlyle Lanneau Cox E. M. Cranford Harry Virdin Cress Clifford Leon Crowder John Alden Crowley Levin Butler Culpepper Hugh M. Currin S. A. Curtis Frederick Payne Dale John Coleman Daniel. Jr. John Val Davis, Jr. Marion Vance Dawkins. Jr James A. Dean Paul Milton Dickens Pervis Clifton Dillard S. B. Dillard Arvel Lindsaj Disher, Jr. Robt. Hunter Dixon Lenwood Bennett Dize A. W. Dunn Ralph Barksdale Dysarl John Allen Fasley. Jr. George E. Eddins, Jr Arthur G ge Edwards Opie Gray Edwards, Jr. James B. Elliott Thos. m. Elliot! CLASS OF 1943 First row: Alto n Russell Kales, John L. Falkinburg, Wm. Taylor Flynn. Walter Haywood Ford. Jno. A. Fowler. Gilbert Woodrow Francis, David L. Friday. Jr.. Chas. A. Froneberger. Second rou : Robt. F. Frye, James E. Furr. Jno. Bostian Garrett. Robt. S. Gallimore, in. 1!. Ga) lord. Harold C. Gibson. Wm. R. Gibson. Rowley Fms Gillingham. Third row: James Gary Graham. Joseph Phillip Greer. Henry Stephen Grill. III. Argus Leroy Grimsley. Jr.. Jerome S. Gross. Linsev P. Gunter. Jr.. James Earl Hall. Ralph Emmett Hampton. Fourth rem : Roy Allen Hare. George Elwood Harper. G. Phillip Harris. Charles Arnel Hart. John William Hatcher. Fred G. Haywood. Jesse Alexander Helms. Jr.. Paul Branson Henley. Fifth row: E. G. Herndon. Jr.. Frank Marimon Hester. William Douglas Hightower, Charles Thomas Hildreth. Jr., Gladstone Middleton Hill. Harry Winborne Hill. Horace Harvey Hilton. Jr.. J. Edward Hobgood. P P P H Q fa f Q p p O P P OO p O £- P t r -w—m _- ft P P £ P ft ft ft a ft fb. i ft  r? D ft ft ft ft ft £} ft THE James Patrick Hoggard Harold Harman Holliday Fred Bullard Holmes Thomas Graham Honaker, Jr. Robert Vincent Horan Thomas Francis Horan William Amos Hough, Jr. Henry Lawson Huggins Richard Wm. Hughes, Jr. Jas. Edward Humphrey John J. Hunt Bryce Baxter Ile Jas. H. Ives Bernice Wm. Jackson Gerald B. James Jesse James. Jr. Leroy Jarvis Alson Johnson Bayard C. Johnson, Jr. Wm. G. Johnson Uberl Edward Johnston, Jr. Clement Bernard Johnston Charles Irving Jones Thomas Fee Jones James Graham Jordan. Ill David Clarence Keller, Jr. Franklin Still) Kincheloe liusscll Wingate Kornega) Charles Watson Lawhorn Christopher Billy Lambert Jas. Robt. Leatherwood Jackson Meridan Fee Horace Warren Fcimon Samuel Judson Lennon Wm. Herman Lewis Robt. Wilson Fide Wm. Andrew Lindlej Thurston Little Mrs. Joseph l. Long Henr Seeman Lougee CLASS OF 1943 First run : James Ham Lovelace, Jr.. Geo. Eugene McCrary, Ford McGowan, John Johnson M Edward Manieri, Jack Ernest la uell. Jose Mendin, Edward Micone. Second rou: John Patterson Mitchell, David Marion Moody, Robt. L. Moure. Neil Bowen Morgan. Rav Augustus Morris, Francis Searr Morrison. Charles Emory Myers. Jr.. Charles Truett Myers. Third rim : James Melvin Newsom, Jr.. John C. Newsome, Morris Lee Newton. James Lee Northington, Robt. E. Nowell, Chester H. Overby, Douglas Parker. Baird Paschal. Fourth roil : Earl C. Pate. Marion Butler Pate. Jr.. Orus Fuqua Patterson. Jr.. Wm. Joseph Patton, alter Edwin Peace. Robt. Reese Pegram. Charles Duffie Penuel. Estill Pennington. Fifth row: Matthew Robinson Peterson, Jr., David Jenkins Phillips, D. Carl Pittman, Hal Watson Pittman, Leonard Lewis Plott. Robt. Clyde Pope. Paddison Preston, Wm. Bern Primm. ) r O £ O f d p. p P p p p Ihtfo A ■ ' Ik 4, k C5 IS ft AM Slat £ ft 4 k £ ft ft iii 1 La dtM A v fc £. £ 4 ■ Lon ' o A i «« THE Rowland Shaw Pruette, Jr. Stanlej Henry Rabb Wm. Franklin Reece, Jr. Hast) Wilson Riddle Aimer Forbes Riggs Wm. Andrew Roach, Jr. Edward Joseph Rogan James Lee Rose Anthon) Eugene Rubim Aubrey Boddie Sallv Carey Roberts Sapp Connie P. Savas Philip G. Sawyer, Jr. Sidnej l ' . Schrum Joseph Brewer Schwartz Wm. Thomas Seago Bennie Raymond Sealey, Jr. Claude Frederick Seila David Grayson Senter Richard Merrill Shaw rank Howard Sherrill, Jr. Thos. Jackson Shreve Hayw I I!. Shuford, Jr. James Johnson Simpson David Edward Sink Romulus Skaggs. Jr. Roberl Hall Slaughter Glenn Blaine Smith [iii hard Angell Smith Win. Gra) Smith Philip Sheldon Sparrow Bernard Spilman Ralph Clifton Stainback David II. Shillings. Jr. Leighton Stanley Bruce Able Steadman Forrest I. roll Stevens Amos Henry Stone W in. LeRoy Stone Albert Andrew Sunshine 24 CLASS OF 1943 First row: James Monroe Surles, Jr.. M. jean Sylvester, jr.. Louis Laverne Taylor Wiley H. Taylor. Jr.. Herbert Leighton Thompson. John Louis Thompson. Frank S. Todd. Arthur Samuel Triebwasser. Second roio: Parks DeWitt Trivette, Raoul Stark Trudell, II, Hugh Edward Tyner Robt. Thomas Veasey. Anthony Villanella, Douglas Clyde Walker. Jr.. John Samuel Walker. Doctor Ernest Ward. Jr. Third row: Maylon DeVan Watkins, William Thomas Watkins. Troy Dodson Webster, Samuel Michael Wehbie. Frank Miller Wellons, Harold Y. Wells, James Sunday Wells. Joseph Raleigh West. Fourth row: Adolphus Gill White. Fred C. Whitehead. Jr.. George Marshall Willets, Jr Royce Meredith William, John Kenneth Williford, Edwin Graves Wilson. Robert Bruce Wilson, III, Thomas Woodrow Wilson. Fifth ran : Wm. Sidney Windes. Kenneth Wm. Wodenschek. Harold W ohllord. Floyd Monroe Woody, Wm. Franklin Worrell. Jr.. N. P. Xanthos. Frank Zakim. (ft t  (ft jB fl OT f 00 O P HPfip ftp f P fs JJ h {ft st: ir n • • 25 Freshmen IT ' S NOT A HARD matter to spot a freshman, say many of the older students. Now just what category they put the freshmen in is another tiling. Per- haps they are thinking of the lad who comes to the campus with a couple of axe-handles in one hand and a supply of hay-seed in his suitcase. That day ol the freshman is apparently over. The freshman today comes to college with a three- inch-checkered sport coat, sometimes a Ford V-8, and miu and then with a vocabulary of over seventy-five words. Definitely his status in college life is a stage, and there is little chance of evading it entirely. Ninety-five percent of the frosh deride to turn politico and run for scmic office. This ast number turns on the other five per cent of the class enrollment, who are usual- ly classed as non-belligerent, and practically smother them with political pressure. The result is that the five per cent who aren ' t running for office collect so many cigars from candidates that they, in turn, decide to become office-seekers during their sophomore year. €TIVITIES ' ■ t tm 1 Y wt Lji tf 1 m Wl m ■ ' _C hP r ■ • JS ide A applies lo milk on!) Few first-year men are without an extensive knowledge of the leading swing bands of the nation. Sometimes they like to discuss the movie stars; and some of them are still trying to get screen tests to play Don Amechie ' s role in The Life of Mickey Rooney (Hollywood owes us for this suggestion for a picture). About half of classmen have been five letter-men in high school, but study too much to play football, base- ball, basketball, or tennis in college. They like to get on the same snapshots with the president of the college Freshman Brown does a bit of browsir, or the football coach. By the time the mid-term reports come out, the student has been looking around to see il any- one sees him when he opens his books to study. And by the time he gets back his first theme, he is looking lor a novelist who has a good rate on freshman themes. All in all. though, the freshman isn ' t quite so bad as some say he is. Wake Forest has been blessed with a number of good freshman student-, and a number of them have quietly worked their ways into the favor of their fellow-students. A IT DOESN ' T TAKE the average freshman long to claim his share nl life around the college. First ol all he must prove his versatility, and he usually sings on his way across the campus, plays his radio at full hlast, goes out for at least one sport — or else talks ahout the six letters he made in high school. When the campus newspaper editors he- gin a drive to get new men. they generally wind up with fifty former high school editors and not a single reporter. A freshman can write a five-hundred-word theme on any topic at a moment ' s notice; he can speak authenti- cally on any spurt or swing band; and he often wears his best suit to class for the first week. In spite of the pointed accusations at the traditional newish hopefuls, we find that there arc talents of outstanding qualities to In- found among each entering class. While few of them dream of being beaten as orators, debaters, athletes, or whatever fields of endeavor they decide to cast their extra-curricular talents, the older leaders Orator Morgan expounds. recognize the raw material in most cases. Then it is but a matter of time until the displays I possibilities in varied fields of campus activity are put through a period of important training. Whether he be inclined toward fraternity leadership, forensic activity, or working on one of the schools publications, be may be groomed for an important position in the future. The point i thai the new men of today will be upperclassmen ami leaders for succeeding college classes. Upon their shoulders will rest the responsibilities of maintaining and improving upon the standards of preceding officers. Their inevitable traits as freshmen need never lie a reflection, for, after all, the first year college men comprise an age. Any student who misses it has evaded a part of life, and may be none the wi-er for it. Before the dance anil after ihe game group cif frosh lalk it over. An argument then silence, fur it ' s the Durham A tonight. Ten days before Christmas and five min- utes after a quiz. The sun was still s|,i n i„. ' in December. After all, Rome wasn ' t built in a day. But perhaps Professor Clonts didn ' t boss that job. % Freshmen athletics LeIiOY ClTHE.NS Manager A, JVTONG OTHER THINGS Wake Forest was justly proud of the freshman foot- Iiall team last fall. The Baby Deacons played five games, winning four, losing one, and tying one. I nder the direction ol Coach Jim ea er. the yearlings presented a squad of fighter-, with a dearth of individual stars. Getting off to a good start, they took the Duke Imps lor a ride in their own hack yard. 6-0. This game proved to he one of the hardest fought of the season, and while the Imps pounded bitterly against the Deaconlet line, the powerful for- wards gave little ground. State Col- lege came next in line, and after sixty minutes of relentless raging, both teams had failed to tally. Then came Carolina, and the Tar Heels fell before the onslaught of a powerful Wake Forest backfield. Crashing thrusts at the line ._- ,Mliw j netted the Deacontown men a 25-0 victory, ftcr successes on the North Carolina fronts, the Luis journeyed to William and Mary. For the onl) time during the season they were — — outclassed, losing h a large score. 26-6. Wednesday night before Thanksgh ing, the ea- vermen paid a i-ii to Me- morial Stadium in Charlotte, where the) were to pla) the H the -km of hi t+jrlfW |35. 39 , 35 k -, = ; U First row: Ciavarelli, Rabb, Currin, Rogan, Hman. Flynn. Walker. Second row: McCrary, Rubino, Johnston, Berger, Hildreth, Harris, Sink, Zakim. Back row Phillip-. Marl. Ilmi.lnn. Mil. h. II. l ' atr. Ilolinl. lV-lnn. il-mi. Smith. l  r;f Furman University Frosh in a benefit game for the Queen City Fresh Air and Milk Fund. Alter the smoke of battle had cleared away, the powerful line and deceptive hacks had crushed the Purple Paladians by the score of 36-0. And so they came to the end of a season with an impressive record behind them. The work of Smith, Meyer, Preston, and Hart had stood out as linesmen, while Manieri. Rabb, and others had displayed their athletic prowess as hackfield men. The frosh athletes hung up the mole- skin-, and turned to basketball, and with the coming of spring a number of them looked to the baseball diamond and tennis courts. To Coach Jim Weaver, director of athletics and coach of the freshman team, we give a bit of special recognition for what he has done. Not only has he directed one of Wake Forest - most successful years in athletics, hut he has put out consistent winners and perpetual fighters in the Deaconlel squad for the last two or three seasons. Notably, he has put on the field a hard-charging freshman line and a group of fast, deceptive hackfield men. After gridiron wars were over, the frosh athletes hung up the mole-kins and looked to a season ot basketball, with tennis and basketball to follow in the spring. THE WINTER AND SPRING OF FRESHMAN ATHLETICS Wr, ITU tin- coming of Christmas, football was forgotten — temporarily, at least — and the surplus energy of frosh athlete- found an outlet on the basketball court. In Basketball, the dervishes did well, taking six out of their ten scheduled games. From all indications there will lie several upper- classmen worried over their varsity positions for another season. Spring — and baseball. An average turn- out for the team, with an above-the-average spirit. Most notable of all occasions a the manner in which the) plastered the Duke Imps to the tune of 14-1. behind the pitching of Conley. Several seiges of perfect baseball weather, and the youthful wearer- of black and gold found potential power for American na- tional pastime in the veins of true lovers of the -port. Back rou Currin, Slafko, ( oble, Conley, Dy- sart. Woody, Edwards, Falkinburg, Sparro w, Paschal. Front row: Primm. Hamp Brooks, Taylor. McGowan, James, Lougee, Walker. Berger, Johnston. c OPH- ROSH RELATIONSHIP 1 HERE ARE a Specified number of hours and quality points between the freshman and the sophomore in class ranks and about twenty years in experience, so the sophomore will tell you. Perhaps the second year man is thankful for the frosh, else he would be at the foot of the academic ladder: and maybe the freshman i glad that there are sophomores for it make- him appreciate the juniors and seniors all the more. Nevertheless, by the time a student has be- come a recognized sophomore, he is generally well-acquainted with the school ' s class rou- tines, he knows a number ol the professors by their nicknames, and generally gets mail from at least three girl institutions. The latter he tells to the freshman. In short, the transition between the two classes is the crucial moment for the college student. More men drop class work between freshman and sopho- more years than any other: in the rise from one group to another the newish is no longer unacquainted with the better dame bands, and he is usually able to speak with a vocabu- lary of slightly better than seventy-fiye words. On top of that, the sophomore is able to ap- preciate hi own compassion lor those .il- flicted with first homesickness, ami he is normally in love with three different girl- or else a woman baler. The freshman al«a - has a girl bark borne. Because he himself i- so near the problems of last year as a freshman, the sophomore i- usually the first man to help the new men. Of course, lie always does this when no one el-e i looking, else he might be accused ol being a humanitarian. Yet at Wake Forest there i a striking lack of the proverbial incompatibility between the two groups. Their common interests take them to the same side of the field on football days; -ocial eyents of the year bring them into identical classifications; and their closely- related eurrii ulums erase any bold line of demarcation between the first and second year men. (ining bark into the history of college and university hi: among the student relaticn- Cole iat Peterson; Soph-Frosh Hop; first down ship, we find that college life today is relative- ly ' less dangerous than it lias been in the past. Generally speaking, the position oi early professors was about as dangerous as that of the freshmen. For instance many of the rule- a nd by-laws of the older French universities contain provisions that ' the stu- dents shall not use knives on professors re- gardless of what their grades might he. ( )ther rules caution the students about bringing guns to class with them, lint today the class relation-hips have changed somewhat. No longer is it bodily dangerous lor the freshman to make his appearance on a normal college campus. Instead, the school usually provides rules lor his protection, as well as guiding counselors lor his betterment. The upperclassmen and freshmen al Wake Forest are rather exceptional in thi- relation. The) do have relationships, hut it i- rather of a new style. Naturally. we still make the freshmen (he goal on occasions, but ii often turns out that he i- no more a goat than the sophomore, junior, or senior. Perhaps the attitude ol the sopho- more lor the freshman could hot be expressed by the picture of a tolerant guffaw at his blunders and naive do- ings. This attitude is not permanent and lasts only through the fall. Then the freshman has established himself as a part of the greater group, the student body. Soon he will become a sophomore and be tolerant ol his uninitiated school-mates who will make the same mi-takes he made, such as registering for a class under the wrong instructor or joining the wrong literary society. It might be said that the freshman makes mistakes hut he is not a pioneer in this respect. If he didn ' t he could be classed as a rugged individualist. The number oi mistakes he corrects determines his success in his college career and the life that follows. Charming - Brumet president; Charles Cheek, secretar) : Ja nnds, preside £ OPHOMORE FICERS OI CE an advisory council has relieved them of their most pleasant task — looking after the incoming freshmen, officers of the sophomore class have little to look forward to. With several joint dances to manage for and execute the business matters pertaining thereto, they find their chief task in making their own class members remember who their president, vice pres- ident and secretary are. Business meetings among the sophomores usually bring out a number ol men who have al- ready promulgated within their own minds a long political career during their junior and senior years. We must confess, nevertheless, that the sophomore officers for this year have succeeded in carrying out the business deals of their class in an admirable fashion. They have led a group of students who have ranked relatively high in all phases of college work, including a large number of honor roll men. - - __ ft ft Jas. Donald Bradsher Paul Branch Clarence Edgerton Bridger Thos. Marshall Bray W I...u . Brookshire Ralph Harold Bn I W. It. Bin ant Minn Lane Bullard in. Cobb Bullock, Jr. Donald l ' lo d Blum Joseph Millard Butterworth, Jr. J. IS. Canadj David Spurgeor Canad) Warren Coleman Case) in. I Ininias Charles Arthur D. Adams Dennis Win. Alexander, Jr. Cecil Car) Ulen Geo. M. Anderson Curtis Howard Andrews Edwin Ferebee An, lint Beverl) White Ball Thaddeus Milton Banks John . Bartle) Woodrow Batten Win. Meredith Belch Furman Kenneth Biggs, Jr Hugh Thomas Blalock Roscoe I,. Bolton James Oliver Bonds ft £ Rl 4 k SOPHOMORE CLASS IN 1940 First rou: Chas. Wall Cheek, Marshall Reid Cheek. Daniel Russell Clemmons, Herbert Cline, Jr.. Ben N. Cole. Fred Tillman Collins, Jr. Second rou: Harold Raymond Conley. Chas. Scarboro Cooke, Philip Lyon Corbin, Judson ates Creech. James Estes Cross. Frederick Thos. Magner Crowley. Third rou: Roht. G. Cnirin. James Middleton DeVane, Joseph Anthotn Duncavage, Win. A. Dunn, Ira Winecofi Earn- hardt. Wilroy Wilson Eason. Fourth rou : W. ( ' .. Edwards. Jack Manning Euliss, Henry Frank Faucette, Jr.. Henry Lee Ferguson. Jr., Jno. M. Ferrell. a ne Benton Fen ell. Fifth rou: Chas. Fineberg, Jno. C. Fletcher. Horace . Floyd. Waller H. Floyd, Elbert Forde. Chas. Maddr) Freeman. a £ o P pi ft 4fc MM ft ft ■fix 1 . Ah ik 4 P 4b 4: pi P G Mil.- H. Hardenlmrg Robt. Sloan Hardwick George G. Harper Frank Lawrence Harrell, Jr. Edgar T. Harris, Jr. Hubert Bruce Harris Miron Gray Harris Woodrow Wilson Hast) Robert Lansing Hicks William Henr) Hill William Benjamin Holden Pete Horchak Frank Hughes, Jr. Frances Lee I Imil Harry Stuart Hutchins Win. Harrison Freeman John Elliott Gallowa) Chas. Garian W. Edwin Gavin Russell Patten Geer, Jr. Bagle) Thompson Gillingham Leroy Fretz Githens Carl W ' m. Givler Chas. P. Godwin Richard Edward Gordon Waller Page Gray. Jr. John Gaston Grimes Edgar Jarvis Gurganus James Clinginan Hamrick LeRoy Corbett Hand. Jr. r. j 2, m p ■■■HH £5 SOPHOMORE CLASS IN 1940 First ron : Chas. E. Inman, Jr.. Chas. E. Jackson. Keith Warren James, Joseph Randolph Jeffreys, Wm. Harvard Jenkins. Royal Green Jennings. Second row: Edward Lewis Johnson. Linwood Raj Jordan, Roj Hinton Keith, Byon Waller Kinlaw, Robt. W . Knep- lon. Jr.. Raym I DeWitt Kornegay. Third row: Jas. Karl Krahenbill, Alden R, Kuhlthau, Iivin Theodore Kunkel, Hassel Lamm, Allen Henrj Lee, Jr., Jolm Truett Lennon. Fourth row: Jasper Lee Lewis. Virgil Bondurant Lindsey, Filas Jerome Little, Jr., Ja . Eugene Little, Julian Hooks Mr- Call. John Creswell McClelland. Fifth row: John Bruce McDonald, Jr.. Franz Andrew Maroshek, Willard Warren Marshall. Jesse Clarence Marshburn, Joe Hugh Mathis, John R. B. Mathis. p P P O O ft £% {$. JR p p p y ft P P A . l. Pearce Vernon ( :. Peebles Walla,,- Carl Perrj Joseph C lyde Phillips iilli,,n Stephen Placa John B. Polanski m. Vllen Powell Win. Cartel Prevette James Otis Pruden Earle Rupert Purser Philip Page Ragan Win. I!. Railej David L. Reavis Robt. Ernest I!, a, I Hi,,-. Lii.u I Rich, Jr. Glenn H. Miller Roj Augustus Miller, II Alexander Pierce Minshew, Ji Vutrej B. Mitchell Howard Elton Mitchiner, Jr. Craddock Chas. Monroe George McDonald Moorefield Win. Dexter Vloser, Jr. Charles Wanen Nannej Howard Keith Olive I). I). Overby, Jr. Thos. Graham Owens Malvin Jones Parham Ham Edward Paschal Oscar Riddick Pearce 40 SOPHOMORE CLASS IN 1940 First row: Herbert Perry Riggs. Jr.. Henrj Thos. Roberts, Max Douglas Sawyer, Mark Fred Scott, Jr.. Charles I!. Seagroves, Spurgeon E. Smathers. Second run : Kenneth A. Smith, Kermit Evestus Sneed, Richard Harrison Speight. James Thomas Spencer. Jr.. Luie Starnes, Paul Andrew Stinchcomb. Third row: Chas. Henrj Sugg. Wingate Elwood Swain, Bruce Edward Tarkington, Laddie W. Taylor, Jesse F. Tharn- ish. Wendell Howard Tiller. Jr. Fourth row: Wayne Seeley Townsend, Roy E. Truslow, James Baxter Turner. Jr.. Robert Lee ami. Arthur Chester Vivian, Jr.. Walter Arnold Wadswi Fifth row: Frank Hicks Walker. William Jarvis Ward. Clarence Lee Warren, Geo. Thomas Watkins, 111. John Robert Webster, Heim James White. Jr. d p -1 p ■O ; ' .i-  J5 p A Ht . Watson Karl White Ti lln Graham William-. Jr. J. . Williams,,,, Owen Newbill Williamson John Harold Wilson h . Gilbert Lester Winders, J, Gilberl Lester Win, Ins. Jr Win. Frazier Wood, Jr. Allen Curtis Wooden ihn W n. Jr. P. B. Wyche F lank Kapi i ; = OPH- UNIOR RELATIONSHIP lllK SOPHOMORE is the type of student who leans again t a telephone post and flicks his cigarette ashes with the middle finger of his right hand. He has passed the stage of freshmen activities, though he does continue to slip into the show on double feature night — hoping that no juniors and seniors (who will invariably be there, too) will see him. He makes it well-known that he was here last vear, despite the fact that the catalogue might list him under the freshman classifica- tion. In a sense we might say that the sophomore is the last stage of the first-half of college life; the juniors and seniors come in the second gen- eral classification. Oftentimes the sophomore is more unsettled in his plans for directing his college course in the future, but the junior is generally i-et on his direction. It must be -aid. however, that many of the second-vear men begin their classwork with definite intentions of going into a specific profession, and there- fore plot their courses accordingly. This type nf student is more of an exception, rather than the rule. But it does happen now and then. Socially, the sophomore and junior find many occasions at which they make inter- class relationships. Perhaps they are in the same fraternity, the same honor club, or some other form of organization wherein one be- comes attached to the other. It is here that some sophomores come to look up to the junior and consider his advice, for the junior is a mature man after two years of college; he ' ll tell you so. If the political side of the relationship must be brought in, the sophomore could learn many lessons from die junior politician. He could profit most of all. perhaps, by the don ' ts rather than the right things to do. However, the junior has reached his hey-day of politic-, ami everything is either rosy or black. All men must serve their stages in a college life. Somehow they seem to be classed in a certain category, whether they typify it or not. In saying that the sophomore represents the lad leaning against the telephone post, we were resorting to a statement which fits the average vision of the sophomore classmen. Other- say that his age might be better called the hitch- oph Jennings giv, i. I ' ll -Malhi. Junior Overton his report. ' he pilots atlem build up their confidence befor the take-off. Lefl to right: l.-l aid, Cole, Hatfield, Euliss, Wilson. Below : These bi nfort is the nearest mail to Tun studying boys and a girl ' s picture- the latter which serves as the incentive for such labor. Every dog has at leas Friend Bi-i ever 5 dog is a friend to .lark hiking ' age All in all. nevertheless, he is compelled to go into a certain classification because of tradition. And the junior, as a man who represents the voice I experience, is one who typifies the general term applied to him. Either of the men may be real college students in the true sense ol the word, and therefore be entirely free of any general class. The sophs and juniors have played together, danced together, and worked together. Those men id both groups who are willing to find their places in campus activity and class work are hard to he relegated to any rigid classification. ; Bob Goldberg, president. UNIOR FFICERS WlTHOlT RESORTING to the conventional method of saying that the junior class of Wake Forest College had a wonderful year in 1940, we should like to pay the juniors a tribute for their work. In turning to athletics, we find the name- of several junior- who have made places in North Carolina and Southern sporting circles; the same is true among fraternities; and practical!) every other phase of campus endeavor. In the departments of extra-curricular activity, the juniors seem to take the prime place-. There is a note of lack of development among the rank- of the sophomores; the seniors look to matters of graduation: but the juniors in many ways pace the tempo of the quality exhibited in campus ac- tivities. A glance into the past and we see accounts of many junior- who have been leaders on the campus. While they look to the seniors for guidance in some cases, there is an air of independence. e commend the officers and the class of 1941. Thev have been a source of good account for the college on and off the campus. Their leaders have been capable and durable, annd they have shown signs of action when occasion required it. For the group who will take over the senior positions of next year, we wish continued success. JUNIOR CLASS IN 1940 ' Left page: John Win. Angell, Mocksville Thomas Norvell Vshburn, Atlanta, Ga. Jack Raymond Bagwell, Ashevil Harold Kelh Bailey, Bald Creek Anthonj Ballionis, Homesteady, P James Russell Barbee, Morrisvill lied Cialiam Martlet!. Greenslm J. L. Bales. Winston-Salem Win. Bruce Baucom, Spruce Pirn Franklin C. Beavers, Apex Right page: Chas. Roger Bell. Gastonia Win. I ' ,. Bell, ,is. Wilmington Geo. Willis Bennett, Candler Felix Clarke Bishop, Rock) Mount Bedford . Black, Kannapolis Willard J. Blanchard, Whaleyville, Va. Hilliard Henrj Blankenship, Asheville James Francis Blankenship, Asheville Chas. Rodd) Brower, Wingate .1. S. Brower, Wingate II. W. Brown, Bailey Harvej Kail Brown, Southporl Ce,,. McLeod Bryan, Garner Roderick Mark Buie, Jr.. Greensboro Wilbur Van- Bullock, Lumberton Win. H. S. Burgwyn, Jr.. W Hand Wesle Merritl Hums. Jr.. Dunn l. ' olil. II. Butler, Si. Pauls Chas. Waller Byrd, Lillington Thos. Jose,, I, Byrne, Baltimore, Md. Ralph l.ee Car n. Stanle) Leslie E. Cansler, J... Henderson Clarence Bennetl Carowan, Jr., Pantego Win. Horace Chamblee, Asheville Kenneth Cheek, Greensboro S 35 v t- P 1ft Kk - . -t j L ■ r ■ « ! ±a 47 JUNIOR CLASS IN 1940 Left page: Paul II. Cheek, Graham Win. Paul Childers, Smithfield Roderick Redman Chitty, Murfreesborc John Leach Cochran, Jr., Star Lewis Win. Coleman. Wilmington J. L. Collin. Whiteville incenl John Convery, Trenton, Y J. Harrell Derring Copeland, Ahoskie Win. Biggs Cos. Winterville ictor Crescenzo, Brooklyn, . . Right page: Raj Willard Crook, Lexington Warren Harding Crumpler, Roseboro Win. Bennett Dalton, Jr.. Madison Richard C. C. Darling, Trenton, . J. John Ashb) Donald, Durham Benjamin E. Donehoo, Jr.. Douglas, Ga. Robert Vance Doyle, Kinston .1. Z. Eakes, Jr.. Wake Forest James G. Early, Aulander Paul I). Early, W inston-Salem Fred Eason, Princeton George Buckner Edwards, Goldsboro Marshall Thomas Edwards, Spra) Win. Hunter Ellington, Raleigh H. E. Ernst, Washington, I). C. James Kail Etheridge, Kenl) Raymond II. Everly, l!l nsbury, . .1. Win. Lindsaj Feezor, Denton Win. II. Flowe, Concord . J. Floyd, Jr.. Fail E. l. Floyd, Jr.. Fai Thomas Parke, Freeman, Raleigh Mollis Thomas Puller. Louisburg Richard V Gallovich, Vandergrift, Pa. James M. Gillespie, Mooresboro is JUNIOR CLASS IN 1940 I. ' It itiiif: H. Wm. Glover, Dabnej Jasper L. Godwin, Jr.. Clayton Vlurraj L. Goodwin, Tvner Gilliam Gordon, Castalia Right page: Carl Burton Hardy, La Grange Victor Hugo Harrell, Jr.. Winston-Salen Ray Wm. Harrington, Kannapolis Franklin G. Harris. Bethel Francis Read Harris. Aberdeen Win. Henrj Harris. Jr.. Norwood Hull) Selh Harrison, Bailey Weston P. Hatfield, Hickory Bill) Moore Hearn, Weaverville William Johnson Helsabeck, King Edward Greason, Wake Forest Ralph Randolph Hensley, Asheville Herbert Jackson Green, Rock) Mount Grady Thomas Hicks, Mount Air) Henry Thomas Hicks, III. Raleigh John Grayson Hicks. Kings Mountain Ronald Dewitt Hicks. Winston-Salem James Frederick Greene, Shelb) Boyi .• Powell Griggs. Charlotte Ham Fee Hinson, Charlotte William Willis Holding, Jr., Wake Forest Richard K. Holloman, Jr.. Belcross Julius Holloway, Buie ' s Creek Richard J. Hoyle, Zebulon Peter W. Hamlett, Jr., Wusih, China Miles H. Hudson, Morga n Joseph Banks Hankins, Kissimmee, Ma. Thos. Ralph Jarvis, Jr., Vsheboro Henr) Edward Jenkins, Raleigh John Jell. West I nion, W. a. Harold Wilkes Johnston, Chadl rn ,© O £5 ft O p JUNIOR CLASS IN 1940 Left page: tight page: Broadus England Jones, Jr., Norfolk, Va. H. li. Land, Jr., Martinsville, Va. Raymond L. Joyce, Mount Ai Charles Abraham Kalaf, Jr.. Luii Luther Felix Kelley, Roanoke, Vi W. E. Kennedy, Warsaw Louis T. Kermon, Raleigh Win. Carl Kellni Jas. P. Kirk. Clei Roanoke. V( Win. Harold Kyles, Buhl, Idaho W illini Clayton Lamm, Louisbu Edgar W. Lane. Jr.. Bloomsbury, Y J. Melvin Quinton, Layton. Edenton Wm. Henry Lewis, Jr.. Meredithville, Va. Edmond H. Liles, Jr.. Middlesex John Thos. Linton. Dunn Walter Samuel Lockhart, Jr., Durham (Charles Roseoe Lomax. Jr.. Last Spencer Joseph M. Long. Severn Austin Lovin, Greensboro Edgar Witherb) Lyda, Asheville John Holmes McCrimmon, Carthage Eli Regan Mclntyre, Jr.. Lumberton .hones Carl McLean. Rockingham Harold Lynn McManus, Sanford Archibald Alexander McMillan, Raleigh Francis Myers Mackie, Yadkinville James Y Martin. Stoneville Charles Mayberrv. Mount Airy Wm. Joseph Miller. Ahoskie Join, ,n,aii(l Mirabito, Carthage James . Mitchell. Fairmont Raymond Till. It M c Mount lb, IK Wm. Donald Moore, Car) Grover (;. Morgan. Jr.. West Asheville .-._• ft f5 a ft p p o i o m M raranflH Ml H KJHr HIM 1A ft ft ft r r JUNIOR CLASS IN 1940 Left page: Leslie M. Munis. Rutherfordtoi Richard . Moss. Wilson Isaac Clyde Mozingo. Kenly Harry Gardner Mumford, Ayde Everette Green Murray. Raleigh John W e lc Nance. Graham Kiglil page: Harry E. Nutting, Winston-Salem Woolen Marion Odom, Ahoskie Wm. Hayes Oliver, Sinilhliehl Floyd Durham Overton. Ahoskie Geo. Franklin Owen, Jr.. Dunn W. J. Parks. Jr., Asheville Bruce Carver Patchen, c York. . Y. Dvvight Edwin Pearce. Hamlet Jno. Francis Pendergast, Readville, Mass. William B. Phillips Wm. Clayton Phillips. Warsaw Lawrance J. Pivec, Baltimore, l.l. W illiam Augustus Poole, Dunn James S. Potter, Jr., Wilmington Rufus V. Potts, Dudley Irving Robert Nelson, Brooklyn, N. Y. Warren Harding Pritchard, Spruce Pine Wells R. Norris, Dillon. S. C. Emor) S. Quin, Chinquapin Howard Lee Radford, Caroleen Carl G. lias. Jr., Walnut Cove John Frank Ray, Walnut Cove (laic „,• . Northrup, Delmar, Del Harry Fee iinn. Jr.. W inston-Sale M. Edward Rice, Vulander Clarence Poe Ridi t, Wane James I). Ringgold, Howard Park, l l. James B. Rivers, Chesterfield, S. C. Percy Creighton Rodwell, Jr., Charlotte , £S p O u £1 C) r pop £ O (ft D JUNIOR CLASS IN 1940 Le f l P S e: Right page: Roy Lee Russell, Charlotte Wm Eugene SaunderS] Charlotte Frank Shaw. Jr.. Enfield 4 Fames Thomas Stanfield John Price Thomas, Loris, S. C. Thos. Judson Tingle, Decatur, Ala. Louis Trunzo, pollo, Pa. Wm. Ernest Shields. Summei field |. lrl | |) Xurnaee Avden Robert Carlisle Sieg. Frederickshall, Va. () (; Turner Jr.. Gatesville Win. Robert Turner, Jr., Henderson Claude Baxter Tyson, Jr., Roseboro Wm. P.Vanden Dries. Jr.. Brooklyn, . V James C. Varner, Gibsonville . I!. Wagner, Jr.. Clemmons Paul Fred Waivers, Kej Port, . J. James Ha,,. 1,1 Ward, Plymouth Seth Lopez Washburn, Shelbj James Gibson Watson, Norristown, Pa. Frank Taylor Webster, Madison James Edwin Spangler, Shell Lewis Weede, Jr., Plymouth Rodne) M. Squires. Wake Forest Fred Donald Welch, Greensl Wm. Henrj West, Moyock Joseph Louis Wilkerson, Greenville Everett Cleveland Wilkie, Raleigh Charles Stewart W ilkins. Greensboro Stuart Broadus Sinnns. Raleigh Paul Williams Sowers. Linwood Charles Odas Talley, Jr., Greensl Lerov James Teachey, Jr.. Rose Hill R. . Wodehouse, Jr., N. Brunswick, Y J. Can, I Thomas Wood, Enfield ml,,w Graham Wright, Norfolk, Va. Robert Wade Yates, Apex Charles linn,-,. East [slip, Y Y. 56 ft en O O ft ft ft I Ui 57 J UNIOIUr ENIOR RELATIONSHIP 1 AFTER a man passes the sophomore stage of college life, it ' s rather hard to distinguish be- tween his third and fourth years of academic train- ing. Not that this is any reflection upon the first- and second-year men, hut there is usually a dil- ference in interests. In Mime manner the sophomores and freshmen have come to he included in the same general classification, generally speaking, and the juniors and seniors have many of their activities at the same times and places. This is. of course, due to the same primary interests of the two groups. Men who are working toward B.A. degrees are often in the same classes; likewise men who are primarily interested in science are sometimes lab partner: irrespective of their junior and senior classifications. By the time a student is a junior, he is either a politician, non-politician, a six-key man. well- known among girl- schools and other universities, or else he had decided to get something well worth his remaining in school another two year-. He look- to his senior year, when lie will take his flight among the ranks of those who have already gone out into the world. There i- a chance that he might enter a professional school, and if that be the case, you will likely find that he definitely isn ' t a politician, but rather a man who already under- stands the finer points of law and medicine. He can talk for hours without leaving the subject of what I ' m going to he doing ten year- from now. Bui we don ' t condemn him lor hi- enthusiasm; instead, it seems good to have a few men here and there who are determined to make great places in the rank- of lawyers, doctor-, dentists, or what- have-you. The senior represents the last stand of the aca- demic -tage. Bv the first of October, he has his plan- made for the summer, following autumn, his wedding date set. his final exam dispensed with, and i- laughing at the freshman politician-. By May of the following spring, he doesn ' t have plans for the summer, he doesn ' t have a job for the autumn, he has found that he must lake his final exams, he can ' t see when he will ever he able to get married, and he is wishing that he were a freshman politician all over again. Back when he was a freshman, sophomore, and junior he devoted most of his time to joining festivites, In-coming a mem- the book, l..n llHN behind it. Whm ' - ili. ' matter: II,. debate ih.- matte (1 of it seems too dangerously near 1 Pale and Ringgold i- tmin to happen Ihinking of whi be a matter of wasti lghts ■sli are exceptions to the rule, as is true in all phases of anj life, but generally speaking (he junior and senior have turned their thoughts lu matter- l mure importance. The junior represents the beginning of the last half of college life; the senior repre- sents the last leg of the same Might. Now and then they meet together and laugh and forget that one year forward will set one class adrift and the other will replace it. I he second hell of the last period ol the final day of classes has tolled. The senior perks up: the professor ' s voice begins: Acree, Allen. G. B.. Allen. H. E.. Avera, Banister — and so on. . . . her of every club on the campus, a staff man of every publication, and he joined sundry organiza- tions in an effort to fill the space between his name (in the yearbook) and the succeeding student ' s name. And now that graduation has come so dangerously near, he is afraid that extra-curricular honors will be all he will have. Nevertheless it must be said that the juniors and seniors are closely related in this business of college life. Somehow they come nearer to the partner- ship theory than any of the other classes succeed in doing. Both have come to definite realizations concerning a future, usually, ami they realize that careers, after all, are pretty good things to look to after graduation. The men reflect upon their first two years of school and laugh to think that they once believed that college life was everlasting. Layton plays a card much slo Tarzan is quite as violent wit Sweet attempts to blow rings of smoke, and bimgover by Boredface Davis. Three W ' s here stand for, left to right Balioni,. football; Hoyle baseball. than he plavs football, hand as he is with a i laughed at h Je Barnes, basket] ill Senior C lass Officers o, FFICERS Jack Parker, president; Albert Glod. vice president; Elton Mitchiner, secretary; and Bcti Ussery, treasurer; were elected last spring to lead the senior class for the year 1939-40. During the year these men have given a good account of themselves, and have filled their oppositions with efficient strokes ol leader-hip. It is commonly conceded that class officers have little to do, hut merely stick around and preside when their succesors are elected for the follow- ing year. As is true of any senior class, the Class of Forty looks hack with mixed emotions as it con- siders bidding farewell to Wake Forest. For lour year- they have found their ways about the campus, a part of which still had muddy walks when they entered. It is hard to realize that four of their most profitable, and certainly their most enjoyable years have come to an end. The end ha- cunie -uililenlv. although tbcv have expected it for some time, for a complete realization that thev will not be an undergraduate never come- until the following autumn. Vet a- the Class of Forty leaves, it goo out to become a part of what might be the years of our iiiii-i crucial history . Ben I ssery, treasurer; Elton Milclii Jack Parker, president; Mberl Glod, vice preside SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 •j - ' • U it 4 Page Waddill Acree U.S. Kappa Sigma Mullins, S. C. O.D.K.; Student Legislature 3: Statesman ' s Clu 3. 4: Gamma Ku Iota 2. 3. 4: Glee Club 1, 2. 3. Business Manager 2. President 3; Methodist Club. President 2: B.S.I . Council 2. 3; Phi Society 1. 2. 3. 1. Supervisor 2. Nice President 3. President 1: Founders Day Speaker 2. 4: Biology As-i-lanl 3. 1. Gerald Baker Allen B.S. Delta Sigma Marion, S. C. Glee Club 2. 3, 4; Statesman ' s Club 4; History sistant 4; Campbell College 1; Furman Univer 2; Intramural Football 2. H. E. Allen S. C. Delta Sigma Phi Statesman ' s Club. ;.A. John Wm. A vera Winston-Salem, N. C. kappa Sigma Golden Bough 4; Sigma Pi Alpha 2. 3. 4; Gamma u Iota 3. I. President 4: HoWLER Staff 3; Glee Club 1, 2; Statesmen ' s Club 3. I: ice President Sunday School Class 2: Philomathesian 1, 2: As- -]-t.llll In llriil-lldl 3. James Milton Banister Oxford. . C. A. K. Pi Kappa Phi Kappa 3; Intramural Athletics 1. 3. 4: Future Teachers of America 4; Sunday School Officer 3; Eu Society 3. 4; Mars Hill Junior Colle ge 2. Harlev Orville Barnes, Jr. Greensboro. N. C. Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4: Baseball 1. 2: Monogram Club 2. 3. 1, Henlee Hllix Barnette Kannapolis. N. C. Delta Kappa Alpha. Treasurer 3. President 4: Golden Bough 1: Student Legislature 4: Ministerial Con- ferences. ice President 3. President 4; Eu Society 2. 3. 1. Chaplain 3. President 1. William 0. l!i:w ers B.S. Apex. N. C. Track 2: Intramural Basketball 1. 2. .. 1: Assistant Manager Basketball 2: President of B.T.L.: Phi Society 2. 3. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 Gary Whitehead Becton B.S. Wake Forest, N. C. Methodist Club 2. 3. J uies W. Berry B.S. Bakersville, N. C. i;. . B.S. .i; James Ernest Best Franklinton, N. C. Norman Ellis Best Mounl Olive. N. C. John Kolntree Blanchard Gatesville, N. C. Delta Kappa Alpha . ' !. I. Chaplain 4; B.S.U. Council 3, 4; Ministerial Conference I. 2. . ' !. 1; Baptist Train- ing Union I. 2. 3, 4. President • ' !. 4; Mission Study Group 1. 2. . . 1. Vice President 3, President 4. W. Powell Bland Goldsl.oro. N. C. Kappa AI ph; Student Council 3; President Sophomore Class 2; Phi SorieiN I. 2: Registrar ' s Assistant 1. 2, 3. Frank Sharpe Bui lock B.S. Raleigh, . C. Track 1. 2; B.T.U. Officer 1 : Sunday School Officer 2. Norman I.onme Blythe B.A. Delta Kappa Alpha; M B.S.l ' . Council 3. I. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 B.S. Thomas Ecerton Bowers Littleton, N. C. Dan P. Boyette. Jr. Lambda Clii Alpha Ahoskie, N. C. Phi Chi; Gulden Bon ;li 1; Gamma Nu Iota 2. 3; Philomathesian Literary Society 1. 2. 3; Library Assistant 3. Taylor O ' Kelly Braswell freenslinrc N. C. Phi Chi 3, 4; Gamma Nu Iota 3. 4; Track Team 1. 2. 3, 4, Co-captain 4; Intramural Basketball 3, 4: Monogram Club 2, 3, 1; Band 2. 3. 4; Phi Society I, 2. 3. 4; Latin Assistant 3, 4. Bernard Thos. Bridcers Lasker, N. C. Eugene Field Brissie Hodges. S. C. O.D.K.; Old Cold and Black 3, 4, Associate Editor 4; Student Staff 3, 4. Associate Editor 3, Editor 4 President of Publications Board 4; Howi.er Staff 4 Editor of College Handbook: Mars Hill College 1, 2 Second Vice President of Young Democrats Club Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universities Robt. Clifford Brown Asheville, N. C. Future Teachers of America; Library Assistant 3. 4; Mars Hill College 1. 2. Chas. P. Burchette. Jr. Winston-Salem. . C. Delta Kappa Alpha; Glee Club 1: Ministerial Con- ference 1. 2. 3, ice President 3. President 3; B.S.U. Council Summer 1. 2: Phi Society 2. B.S. Claude H. Byerly Sanford. N. C. Phi Chi Pledge; Gamma Nu lota 2; Track 1. 2. 3, 4. Captain 4; Glee Club 1; Gym Assistant 1, 2. 3, 4. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 B.S. Palmer Dewey Cain, Jr. Harmony, N. C. Officer Statesman ' s Club 4: Eu Literary Society 1, 2, .!. I. ( Mirer of Eii Society 1. Seavy Alexander Wesley Carroll B.A. Fayetteville, N. C. Pi Kappa Delta; Debate 1, 2; Intramural Basket- ball 2; Statesman ' s Club 2, 3; Future Teachers of America 3; Methodist Club 1, 2; Eu Societj I. 2. 3, President 3, Censor 2. Sectional President 3; So- rich Da) Speaker 1, 2. 3; Founders Daj Speaker 3; Freshman Improvement Medal 1; German As- sistant 2. 3. Fletcher Hall Carver, Jr. B.S. Roxboro. . C. Phi l!ho Sigma Pledge: Phi Society 1. 2. B.S Frank David Castlebury Lambda Chi Alpha. Gamma Eta Gamma Raleigh. N. C. Howler StalT 1. 2. 3. Business Manager 1: Old Gold and Black Staff 4; Phi Society I. 2: Who ' s Who Among American Universities and Colleges; Pan-Hellenic Council 3, President 4; Publications Board 1, 2, 3. Vice President 4. Chas. Eugene Cheek. Jr. Fuquay Springs, N. C. John Merritt Cheek, Jr. Durham, N. C. Phi Society 1; Duke University 1.2.: Kappa Alpha Louis Ashworth Cherry B.A. Scotland Neck. . C. Statesman ' s Club 1: Rami 1. 2: Librarj -sisiaiu 2, 3, I. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 P } S ■ T -. ' B.S. Clarence Wayne Collier Linden. N. C. Future Teachers of America: Bluebeard Society; Old Gold and Black I: The Student 1: Senior Class Poel: Intramural Basketball 3, 1: Young Democrats Club 1: Eu Society 1. 2. 3. 4: Debating 3. Robt. Elliott Converse B.S. Kenmore. N. Y. B.S. James Boyd Coppi.e. Jr. Albemarle. N. C O.D.K.: Golden Bough; Sigma Pi Alpha; Old Gold and Black 1. 2. 3, News Editor 3; Statesman ' s Club 3. 4. Secretary-Trea? irer 4; Eu Society 1. 2. .!. 1. Secretary 3. President 4: News Bureau 1. 2. ' .. I: Society Day Speaker 3; Founders ' Day Speaker 4. Landon Lyon Corbin B.S. Durham, N. C. Go lden Bough: Math Assistant 1. Clem Gurlet Crabtree B.S. Sigma Phi Epsilon Durham. N. C Sigma Phi Epsilon. B.S. Leroy S. Croxton. Jr. Kershaw. N. C. Byron Lee Davis B.S. Sigma Pi Opelika. Ala. O.D.K.: Student Council 3; President Student Body 4: Publications Board 4: Basketball 1. 2. 3, 4: Tennis 1. 2. 3. 4: Statesman ' s Club 3. Vice President 4; Monogram Club 3. 4: Math Assistant 3. 4: President Sigma Pi 2: Who ' s Who in American Colleges and I niversities 4; Blue Book American University Men 4; Freshman Advisory Council 4. Ferd Leary Davis B.S. Zebulon. N. C. Managing Editor Old Gold and Black 2. 3. 4: The Student 3, 1: Business Manager Wake Forest Vews 3, 4; Publications Board 4; Howler 4: Publications Board Representative 4; Football 1: Track 1; Di- rector Intramural Football 4: Journalism: Physics Assistant 3. 4. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 Thomas I ey Davis B.A. Beaufort, . C. Pi Kappa Delta; Summer School Secretary : Managing Editor Wake Forest News • ' !: The Student 4: Old Gnlil and Black 4: The Howler 1; Intra- mural Basketball 3, I: Intramural Football 4; Intra- mural Softball 3; Statesman ' s Club 1: B.T.U. 3, 4; Eu Society 1, 2; Debating 1. 2. 3, 4. oodrou Wilson Davis Louisbure, N. C. John S. Dii.d y B.S. Ahoskie, X. C. Intramural Basketball 1. 2. 3, 4; B.T.U.; Math As- sistant I. Arthur Casper Dixon Greensboro, N. C. II irold McNeill Early Lambda Chi Alpha Aulander, X. C. B.S Track . ' !. I. James Harold Early inston-Salem, N. C. Tho.n. Benjamin Elliott. Jr. Delta Sigma l ' h Ahoskie, Y C Studenl Council I: Pan-Hellenic Council I: Intra- mural Football 3, 1: Statesman ' s Club I; Methodist Club: Eu Society 1. 2; Glee Club 1. Wm. E. Eutsler B. . Pi Kappa Vlpha Brunswick. N. C. Studenl Legislature, ice President 3; Student Coun- cil I: Publications Board 2: President Junior Class; Football 2. 3,4; BasebaLL1.2. . ' .. I: Monogram Club 2. 3. 4, versifies SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 George Walton Fisher, Jr. B.S. hli al ' i ' lliluHii. . .. Phi Rho Sigma: Band I: B.S.U. 1. 2, 3. Thos. L. Fitzgi rald B.A. Linwood. N. C. Haywood Foster Forbes, Jr. Shawboro, N. C. Percy Pall Freeman. Jr. Fall River, Mass. David 1). Filler Wake Forest. N. C. I ey C. Gentry B.S. Roxboro, N. C. Golden Bough; Intramural Basketball 1. 2; B.T.U. I. 2. ' .. 4. President 2. 4; Phi Society 2: Math Assistant 3. 4: Physics Assistant 4. Thos. Herbert Gillis Lawrenceville, a. Howard R. Glenn B.S. Atlantic City. . J. Old Gold ami Black Staff 1.2: Howler Staff 3; Class Historian 3: Intramural Basketball 3. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 Albert Pail Glod B.S. Castle Hayne, N. C. Golden Bough 1: Gamma n [ota 2. ,!. 1; Gamma Sigma Epsilon 2. 3, I: ( l,l (,,,!,! ,,„,! Black 1: Vice President Senior Class: Band 1. 2. 3. 4, Assistant I; Ku Societ) 1. 2: Biochemistry Assistant 2: Physiology Assistant ' !: Chemistrt Assistant 1. Clarence E. Godwin B.A. Ahoskie, N. C Delta Kappa Alpha: Intramural Basketball 2; Min- isterial Conference 1. 2. . ' ,. 4; B.T.U. 1. 2. 3, 4. President . ' !: Sunda School President 3: Mission Study Group 1. 2. 3; Superintendent of College Sun, lav Schools 1: B.S.U. Council 2. 3, 4; Phi So- ciety 1. 2. 3. Robert Brent Harrell B.A. Kappa Alpha Scotland Neck. N. C. Baseball 1: Golf 2. 3, 1. Manager 3, 4: Intramural Basketball; Monogram Club 2. : ' ,. I: Phi Society 1, 2: Library Assistant 1: Orchestra 2. . .. I. B.A. Mrs. Aileen Padgett Harrill Lattimore, N. C. Russell Peyton Harris. Jr. B.: Newell. Y C. Phi Rho Sigma I: Gamma u Iota 3; Golden Bough I: natonn Assistant 1: Mais Hill College 1, 2. Roi Clifton Hege I.S. Lexington. N. C. Assist, ml Manager Football Team 1. 2. . ' !; ( ' dee Club 1.2. I; Orchestra 3; Phi Societ) I. Franklin J. Hester, Jk. Pi Kappa lpha Roxboro, N. C. iness Manage] Old Gold and Blacl I. Elbert C. Hill, Jr. B.S. Eand 1 2 I ESI I SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 5 • ' ;.., O J •  - ' p P. 3 Ik Pall Preston Hinkle B.S. Salisbury, N. C. Golden Bough 4: French Assistant 4; Mais Hill 1. 2. William Alden Hoccard. Jr. B.S. Hertford. . C. Lester Vernon Honeycuti B.S. Wake Forest. N. C. B.S.U. 1.2: Math Assistant 3, 4. B.A. Thomas Allen Hood Turke . Y (]. Delta Kappa Alpha 3, 4: Intramural Basketball 2. 3, 4: Ministerial Conference 2. 3, I: B.T.I. 1. 2 3, 4. Officer 2, 3. A.B. David Hidson Horne Polkton, N. C. Ministeria l Conference 1. 2. 3, 4; B.Y.P.U. Greek Assistant 1: Brevard College 1. 2. Robert Miller Howard B.A. Gastonia. N. C. Sigma Pi Student Legislature 4: Statesman ' s Club 4. Vice President 4: Mars Hill 1. 2. B.S. B.S. Julius Ammons Howell Thomasville, N. C. Tonnie Adlai Hoyle Chase City. Va. Pi Kappa Delta 3, 4: Mars Hill 1. 2; Intercollegiate Debater 3, 4; South Atlantic Debate Champion 3; National Speaker ' s Ward 4. an ! SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 John Thos. Hughes. Jr. B.S. Selma, N. C. Secretary and Treasurer 1 ; Basketball Manager 3. 4; Monogram 3, 4; B.T.U. 1. 2. 3; Phi Society 1. 2, 3, 1. Harry Locke Hutcheson B.A. Worthville, N. C. Statesman ' s Club 4; Phi Society 4. Martin Luther Hux Greensboro. N. C. A.B. Jay Lineiserry Jenkins. Jr. Boiling Springs. Y C. Old Gold and Black 3, 4: Student 3, 4; Howler 4; News Bureau 4; Boiling Springs Junior College 1, 2. B.S. Joseph E. Johnson. Jr. Asheville, N. C. Wallace Riddick Johnson B.S. Delta Sigma Phi Chal) beate Springs, V C. Intramural Football 3, 1; Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Band 1. 2; Glee Club 2. George M. Kei.i.ey. Jr. .A. Wake Forest, N. C. ditor Old Gold and Mack I. B.S James Wyatt Kelli Coals. Y C. Old Gold and Black 2; Track Manager 3; Intramural Basketball 2: Lu So 70 SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 Grover Cleveland Kinlaw Lumberton, . C. Delta Kappa Alpha 3, I: Ministerial Conference 2. 3, 4. Robert B. Kinsey B.S. LaGrange, N. C. Gamma Nu [ota; Intramural Athletics 1. 2: Method- ist Club I: Surveying and Astronomy Assistants 4. Fred Kirby Winston-Salem, N. C. Henry Kirby Lucama, N. C. B.S. Joseph Edward Kuchinski B.S. Boston. Mass. Football 1, 2. -I. 1: Monogram Club 2. .1. 1, Wiley Leon Lane. Jr. B.S. Gamma Eta Gamma Barristers Club 4: Phi Society 1. Frank Edwin Leatherwood B.S. Waynesville, N. C. Track 2. 3; Mars Hill 1.2. Silas Poe Lee B.A. Willow Springs. X. C. Intramural Basketball 1: Glee Club 2; Debating Club 1. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 Joseph Ha worth Leonard .A. Kappa Sigma Lexington. N. C. i Kappa Delia: Statesman ' s Club 3, 4, President 1: Philomathesian L, 2. 3. President I; Debating 1. 3. 4; Rand 1. 2; Glee Club 1; Pan-Hellenic Coun- ■il 4. Geo. Thomas Lumpkin B.S. Alpha Kappa Pi Winston-Salem, N. C. Golden Bough 4; Glee Club 1. 2: Eu Socieh 1. 2. 3. 1: Founders ' Da) Speaker 3, 4; Physics As- sistant :!. 1: Debate I. John Dot ci.as McWur l.alla. S. C. Golden Bough 4: Gamma Nu Iota. Kappa Sigma Claude A. McNeill. Jr. B.S. Kappa Alpha. Phi Chi Elkin, N. C. Secretary ami Treasurer Junior Class; Basketball 1: Phi Society 1. 2. Herman Geo. Matheny B.A. Wake Potest, N. C. Baseball I: Basketball 1; Track 1; Ministerial Con- ference 1. 2. 3. I: B.S.I .1.2. . ' .. I. George P. Matthews U.S. Rose Hill. N. C. Phi Chi: Gamma Nu Iota: B.T.U. 1. 2. 3. Ill BERT K. MlDDLETON B.A. Wake Forest. Y C. Golden Bough; Ministerial Conference 1. 2. 3. 4, Secretary-Treasurer I: B.T.U. I; Mall. Assistant 3; Band 1,2. Joseph Leonard Middleton B.A. Wake Forest. . C. Track I; B.T.U.; Math Assistant 3. 7: ' SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 Maxine Middleton B.A. Wake Forest, N. C. Science Club 2; B.T.I . President 2; Campbell Co lege 2. .m. Alexander Millsaps B.S. Statesville. N. C. B.A. Joseph E. Mitchiner CIa ton. N. C. Gamma Eta Gamma: Old Gold and Black Stafl 2. 3; HOWLER Staff 3, I: Secretary Senior Class 4; Statesman ' s Club: . V. Gulle Law S „iet : B.Y P.I.: En Society 2. B.S. Raymond Modlin. Jr. Clayton, N. C. Sigma Pi Alpha 3, 4: Glee Club 2: Phi Society 1, 2: French Assistant . ' !. 4. ROBT. L. MOHN New Bern. N. C. B.T.U. Officer 1. 2: Eu Society 1, 2. B.S. B.Y.P.U. Reginald B. Moore Mar-hallburg. N. C. Ernest V inston Morrow B.S. Campobello. S. C. Mars Hill College 2; B.T.I. : Phi Society 2. B.S. Lester Ellis Mur hisom Rocky Mount. . C. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 B.S. Robt. Frank Nannei Rutherfordton, N. C. Intramural Baski-tl.all 2. . ,. 1: Band 2. 3: B.T.l. I. 2. 3; Eu Society 2. Frank Brown Neal Roanoke Rapids, N. C. denl Camma Nu Iota. Donald Newsome B.S. Colerain, N. C. Biology Assistant 3, 1. John m. Nowell B.S. Kappa l|.ha Wake Forest, . C. Gamma Sigma Epsilon; Golden Bough; Librar) As- sistant I. 2: Chemistry Assistant 3, I. IYNE i-liU Mill ( lATES B.A. Kannapolis. V C Delta Kappa Upha 3, I. Vice President I; O.D.K. I: Golden Bough 1: Student Council; B.S.I . Council 3, I: Philosophj Assistant I: Religion Department .Wi lanl I: KmJi-h I )c|,ai tim-nl -i-lanl .!: Dra- matics I. 2: Eu Society 3, 1: North Carolina B.S.I . 3, I. Edwin Ki i.i; u iu.-i inston-Salem, N. C. B.A. John Ernest Parker, Jr. Emporia, Va. o.D.K. : Golden Bough; Presidenl Senior Class; B.S. I . Council I: Sigma Pi Alpha; Kappa Phi Kappa; Who ' s Who in American I niversities and Colleges. B.S. Lloyd Archibald Parker, Ju. Berryville, Va. Basketball L; Glee Club 1 3, i. Business Mai 2. 3, Presidenl I: DramatiaTCBjiEu Society 3, 1. 74 SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 ■P p [I4 lldi a ft Hi ia Baker Perry B.S. Boone, N. C. I ' lii Chi: Gamma Nu Iota. Norman Freeman Perry Lambda Chi Alpha Colerain. N. C. Frank Edward Phillips, Jr. orcester, Mass. Old Gobi and Black 1.2: Student 2. Jackson Council Pinnell B.S. Henderson, N. C Mars Hill I. 2; Statesman ' s Club 1. President 4; Eu Socieh ' !. 1. Officer 4. Elias Dodson Poe, Jr. B.A. Roanoke. Ya. Richmond University 1. 2. B.S. L.I.I M l)| M.AP POE Roanoke, Va. Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma Howler Staff 2. . .. 1. Editor 4; Publications Board 1 : Intramural Athletics 1. 2, 3. 4. Wm. Morgan Poteat B.A. Kappa Alpha Wake Forest, N. C. O.D.K.: Golden Bough; Sigma Phi Alpha; Stu- dent Body Secretary-Treasurer 4: Golf Team 3, 4 Statesman ' s Club 3: Social Science Assistant 4 Clio ' s Who in American I niversities and Colleges Pan-Hellenic Council 2. 3. B.S. Chas. Collette Powell, Jr. Wilson, N. C. Statesman ' s Club 3. 4: Economics Assistant 4; Atlantic Christian College 1. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 B.S. B.S. Lane Rollins Presley A.rden, N. C. m. I ' . Pritchard Elizabeth City, N. C. Jno. Caston Purvis Ruby, S. C. B.T.I . Office ; Eu Societ) 1: Chemistrj Assistant 4 Leon Thomas Raynor U.S. Maple Hill. . C. Ii.li.nnii al Basketball 1.2. 3, 1. Olin Reed A.B. Chi Taw Newton. N. C. Mars Hill 1. ?. Albert Murray Reeves Parkersburg, N. C. Intramural Basketball 3, 1: B.Y.P.U. 3, 4; Or- chestra 3; Glee Club 3; Edwards Military Institute 1. 2. Robert Bi rchill Roach Lowell, . C. Clai de . Roebi K B.A. Oak City, N. C. Golden Bough; Delia Kappa Alpha 3, I. Vice Pres- ident 3, Secretar) 1: Track 1. 2: Band 1. 2. 3, 4: Glee Club 2. 3, I: Dramatic Club 2: H.S.I . Council 3; Ministerial Conference I. 2. . ' ,. 1. Secre- tar) 3; Phi Societj 2. :!: rt[4tfWii(t.Assislant 3, 4. 76 SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 r -• ■««. • rs Kenneth Allen Rocers Lake iew. S. C. Edward Rldolph Saunders Lambda Chi Alpha Aulander, N. C. David Ik lm. Si hri m B.S. Newton, N. C. Gamma Nu Iota: Golden Bough; Band 1. 2. 3; Glee Club 3; Orchestra 2, 3: Eu Society 1.2. Alan Fulton Scott B.S. Goldsboro. N. C. Phi Chi: Gamma Sigma Epsilon; Golden Bough: Chemistr) Assistant. Wm. Walter Sessoms B.A. Leland. V C. Intramural Basketball 2. 3. I: Statesman ' s Club 2. 3, 4: Phi Society 3, 4. Lee Warren Settle B.A. North Wilkesboro, N. C. Statesman ' s Club 3, 4. Vice President 3; Phi So- ciety I. 2. 3: Library Assistant 3. 4: Society Day Debater 3: Sophomore Debater Medal. Thomas Jennings Sharpe Harmony. N. C. Cedrk: T. Smith B.S. Benson. N. C. Gamma Sigma Epsilon. Vice President 4: B.T.L. 1: Education Assistant 4: Vice President Future Teach- ers of America 4. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 l)u 111 ( Ilark Smith Lexington, Y C. kappa Sigma Gamma Nu lota; Intramural Athletics 2, 3, I; Band 1. 2. Stephen Marion Sfencer, Jr. B.S. W ilmington. N. C. Golden Bough; English Assistant 3, 4. Mary Julia Squires Wake Forest, N. C. Donald Stallings B.S. Alpha Kappa Pi New Bern, Y C. Football 1. 2: Eu Society 1, 3; President Alpha Kappa Pi :;. B.A. Benjamin Sherwood Staton Pi Kappa Alpha Reidsville, N. C. Student Council 2: Howler I. 2. 3; Old Gold and Black 1. 2, 3, 1. 5; Student 1. 2. . ' !. 4. 5, Business Manager I. Associate Manager .1. 5: Basketball 1 : Track 2. . ' !; Banisters Club 5; Pan-Hellenic Council 3, I. ice President 4; President North Carolina Col- legiate Press Association 5. Albert Isaac Stroud B.A Seven Springs. Y ( ' .. [ntramural Basketball 3, 1: Ministerial Conference; Eu Societ) I, 2. 3, Tikis. vi.ker Stroi d, Jr. U.S. Kinston, . C. Intramural Basketball 2. ii, 1. 1 m John Swell M.S. Red Hank. Y .1. Basketball I. 2. . ' !. I. Cactain I; Baseball 1. 2. 3, 1, 78 SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 ££t! J U Is ILSON TEAGUE A.B. CoveCreek, . C. Intramural Basketball; B.T.I . 1. 2. . ' !. 4: Ministerial Conference 1. 2. B.A. Willis Sidney Turner Raleigh, N. C. Sigma I ' i J IMES Ike Ti iim Charlotte, N. C. Delta Kappa Alpha. Vice President 1. 1 ' Baseball 1. 2: Ministerial Conference. Treasurer 4; B.T.I ' . Officer 3. 4 ; B.S.U. 1. 2 2; En Society; Wingate College 1. 2. esident 2; Secretarv- . President B.S. Marvin M. Turner Wake Forest. N. C. B.A B.A. Benjamin Bascom Ussery Rockingham. N. C. Ada Lee Utley Wake Forest. N. C. B.S. Garrett H. Valentine Washington. D. C. Sigma Pi Track 3. 4: Surveying Assistant; Mars Hill 1. 2. B.A. Joseph Haynes Van Landingham Raleigh. N. C. SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 Cecil Bradley Vuncannon B.A. Ellerbe, . C. Glee Chili I. 2: Eu Society I. 2. 3. Wm. McDonald Walker 1 .S. Kappa Sigma Wilmington, N. C. Gamma Nu Iota; Howler Staff I: Turk 2: Intra- mural Athletics 1. 2. .!. 1. Frank P. Ward B.S. Lumberton, . C. r ilili-ii Bough I: Gamma Sigma Epsilon 2. .!. I; Gamma Nu Iota 2. 3, President 3; Phi Society 2. . ' !: Chemistry Assistant 2. . ' !: Infirmary Assistant 1. Joseph Vardell Watterson .A. Bladenboro, . C. rack . ' !: Ministerial Conference 2; B.S.U. John S. Watkins, Jr. B.A. Oxford, N. C. Statesman ' s Club X 1: B.T.I . I. 2. 3, I. ( !harles ki) White Wake Forest. N. C Kappa Alp Studenl Council 3; Basketball 1; Pan-Hellenic Coun cil 2. ' .. I: Registrar ' s Assistant 2. 3. Hill Bki INT HITLEY, I 1 Wendell, N. C. I i k I ' m i;i; Williams B. . Sigma Pi Franklin, Pa. VarsitA Baseball 3, I: Studenl Council I: O.D.K. I. « SENIOR CLASS IN 1940 | 7 IKcL -dB James Vernon Wood B.A. Sigma Pi Graham. N. C. Western Reserve University 1: Student Council I: Baseball 2. ' .. I: Monogram Club 3, 1: English As- sistant 3. Edwin Smith Woolbert B.S. Pi Kappa Alpha Pleasantville, N. J. Golden Bough 1: O.D.K. 1: Gamma Sigma Epsilon 3, 4: Football 1. 2. 3, 1: Monogram Club 2. 3, I. T. E. Worrell B.S.. LL.B. Kappa Sigma Bristol, Va. O.D.K. . President I: Golden Hough: Sigma Pi Alpha 2. 3; Pi Kappa Delta I. 2. 3, 1. President 3; Student Council 2. ' .: Chairman Freshman Advisory Council 3; The Student 1 : Statesman ' s Club 2. 3; Barrister ' s Club 4; Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Uni- versities 3, 4; Debate Team 1, 2. 3: Student Manager 2.3; Band 1; Glee Club 1,2. B.A. Football 1 illard Cannon Wright Tabor City, N. C. CADEMIC- ROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP T. HERE is a direct relation between the college senior and the professional school students. As a matter of fact, sometimes the two overlap each oilier. A student may be still iii academic school, as far as class rating is concerned, and yet be working on a law or medical degree. Then there arc the seniors of Wake Forest who. upon graduation, look to complete courses in medicine and law. Some have worked to- ward a base in the A.B. or B.S. degrees, and look to a polishing of their possibilities in careers with professional training. To say that Wake Forest provides a begin- ning and finish for men of academic and pro- fessional endeavors would be put it as it now stands. As we have already hinted, law school graduates have made a record in state offices, and the men who began their training in the Wake Forest School of Medical Science have stood well in their classes at other institutions. With the four-year medical scl 1 in the process of being built, they stand lor an un- doubted hi, I tobea leading school of medicine in the entire nation. There is no rigid line of distinction be- tween the professional school students and the college senior. One noticeable difference might lie the fact that the law and medical students have less time lor extra-curricular activities, though we must bear in mind that some of our better football, basketball, base- ball and tennis players have been and are law and medical students. The senior has settled down, generally speaking, and spends his time in laving plans for another year. He wears a frown ol worry now and then, and nine out ol ten fourth-year men have at least one course that he isn ' t quite sure of. On the other hand the senior ' s work isn ' t play by any means; if he is to be a teacher he must keep on the alert for placement possibilities, and here he has access to the invaluable teacher-placement plan which the college fosters. Students with ether plans for the future must investigate every souce of profitable employment. We have given, in a brief survey, a few of the characteristics of the changes in going There is no doubt that the professional student does take his work more seriously than dors the jitterbug academic student. The reason is that he is there because he wants to be, he has to like it or he would not last. It is true, though, that his slay often gets to be like an over- dose of ice cream, he likes it but wishes lie could pos- sibly get it in smaller proportions over a longer period of time. The law students believe that the only difference in the routine of the Law School and the Medical School is that the medicos work all day and thai they them- selves work all night. The people in med school will contend that they work all day and all night too. Settle- ment of the question will have to be relegated to the Pi Kappa Delta Forensic Fraternity. In departing from the undergraduates and graduates, we give you the law and medical students. . . . from the senior class of college to a profes- sional school. This movement is measured large- ly through the change in set-ups, for there is no essential difference in working conditions. After leaving his work as a senior or junior in college, the student is subjected to a series of years in concentrated study of technicalities and practica- bilities in his chosen field. He depends upon his former training as a base, and he looks to his future as a life. What he makes of it will largely depend upon the individual, for the professional schools make available rather than force down the principles and particulars of their study. Tyner believes a drop i Buyette doesn ' t. Rodwell and Jones show the pre-meds what they are up against. Rodwell is happy about the whole thing. The first yeai -indents give both to the camera, back anil front. r CHOOL FFICERS Wi HEN Cliff Everett, president, and Archie Smith, vice president, were chosen to lead the Law School for the year 1939-40, they took cm a job which carries as much honor as hard work. The group of students who have found their way into the Wake Forest Law School is generally recognized to he choice among students of any American institution. These men have carried out their sundry duties in creditable style, however, and in more than one way their work resembles the leadership of a large legal family. The work carried on by the faculty of the Law School commands the attention of the better legal educators throughout the nation. Led by Dean Stansbury, and supported by a host of pro- fessors whose service in the past has won for them a wide recognition, the Law School has adapted itself to fit the changes in the profession — as a part of a changing world and civilization. When Dr. Gulley founded the Wake Forest Law School in 1894, he taught twelve students. nd when he retired in 1938, at the age of eighty-three and after forty-four years of his life had been poured into the school ' s foundation and upkeep, it was estimated that he had taught over two thousand students. RST k AR XAW First row: Grant Wm. Bolmer, Jr., Franklin, Pa.; Porter Brown Byrum, Tyner, N. C; James Myers Cole, Charlotte. N. C; Everette Lassiter Doffermyre, Potecasi, N. C; Marshall Pershing Durham. Burlington. N. C; David Ralph Earnhardt. Jr.. Kannapolis, N. C; Robert Aaron Goldberg. Wilming- ton, N. C. Second row: W. W. Hollowell, Tyner. N. C; Joseph B. Hull ' . Jr.. Mars Hill. N. C; Chas. R. Jarrell. High Point, N. C; Wilbur Morton Jolly. Ayden, N. C; Wiley Leon Lane. Jr.. Pine Tops. N. C; Wm. H. McGrath, Phoenicia, . Y.; Joseph Elton Mitchiner, Clayton, N. C; Robert Lynch Scott. Rocky Mount. N. C. Third row: Earl Franklin Shuford. Hickory. N. C; Benjamin Sherwood Staton. Reidsville, N. C; John Everett Tate, Jr., Winston-Salem. N. C: Jacob Calvin Taylor, Bethel, N. C; Frank Thompson, Jr.. Trenton, N. J.; Willis Sidney Turner, Raleigh. N. C; Thomas Eugene Worrell, Bristol. Va.; Cicero Preston ow, ilmington, N. C. C jp O o .ft p a p o p p p app o r ( 85 £ ECOND L EAR I AW First row: ,1. Paul Bullock. Fairmont, N. C; C. G. Butts, South Hill, Va.; James Win. Clontz, Salisbury, N. C. ; Robert Henry Cowen, Williamston, N. C. ; Samuel Jones Gantt, Jr., Lynchburg, Va.; Wiley Lloyd Gilbert, Dunn, N. C. Secorul row: Earl Thomas Hart, Youngsville, N. C.; Francis G. Holliday, Jr.. Conway. S. C; Lawson Beasley Knott, Jr., Wendell, N. C.; Marion Leonard Lowe, Caroleen, N. C; Rom B. Parker. Enfield, . C.; James Hicks Pittman, Rockingham, N. C; John B. Pittman, Rockingham, N. C. Third row: James Randleman, Mount Airy, N. C; Roht. Jerry liamlolph. Mount Airy N. C; Ripley U. Taylor. ' Linkers, N. C; James frwin Waller. Nashville, Tenn.; .1. Livingston Williams, Boone, N. C.; Thomas II. Williams. Wade. N. C. ; Melvin Jackson Yancey, Oxford. N. C. JuiRD c eArJ-AW Beamer Henry Barnes LL.B. Gamma Eta Gamma Linwood, N. C. Secretary-Treasurer Student Body I ; Member Student Council 4: Freshman Class President; Basketball 1, 2. 3, 4: Baseball 1. 2; Statesman ' s Club 2. 3, 4; Monogram Club 3. 4. 5; B.T.U. Officer 3; Eu Society 1, 2, 3, 4; N. Y. Gulley Law Society 4, 5, 6, President 6: Bursar Assistanl . S. Poster Caldwell. Jr. LL.B. Pi Kappa Alpha Lumberton, N. C. B.A. Degree 4; Student Legislature 5. 6; Intramural Basketball 1. 2. 3; Barrister ' s Club 4. 5. 6, President 6; Phi Society 1. 2. 3: Glee Club 1, 2. 3; Pan- Hellenic Council 3, Secretary 1. Benjamin Carlin LL.B. Gamma Eta Gamma Grove Hall, Mass. Student Council 3; Law Representative to Student Council 3; N. Y. Gulley Law Society 1. 2. 3. Secretary-Treasurer 1. Vice President 3. Earl Clifton Collins LL.B. Sylva, N. C Intramural Basketball and Football; N. Y. Gullev Law Society; Statesman ' s Club: Phi Society. Graham Stuart DeVane LL.B. Delta Sigma Phi Tomahawk. N. C. Siatc-man ' s Club 2. . ' !. 4: Barrister ' s Club 1. 5, 6; B.S. Degree 4. Charles Howard Dorsett Mt. Gilead. N. C. Clifton W. Everett LL.B. Gamma Eta Gamma Robersonville, N. C. O.D.K.: President Law School 6; Varsit) Baseball Manager 4; Monogram Club 4. 5. 6; Statesman ' s Club 3; N. Y. Gulley Law Society 4. 5. 6: Social Science Assistant 1, 5, 6; Pan-Hellenic Council 5. 6; Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universities 6; A.B. Degree 4: Chairman Current Law Forum 6. Carl E. Gaddy. Jr. LL.B. Gamma Eta Gamma Micro, N. C Intramural Basketball and Football; Eu Society 2: N. Y. Gullev Law Society 3. 4. 5; Elon College 1. 87 r w James M. II vyes, Jii. I.I.Ji. Winston-Salem, N. C. Golden Bough, Secretary-Treasurer 3, President 4: O.D.K.; Pi Kappa Delta; Student Legislature 3: Barrister ' s Club 3, 1; Debate 1. 2: Phi Society 1. President 2; Society Day Debate 1. 2; Founders ' Da Debate 1. 2. Dams C. Herring LL.B. Delta Sigma Phi Fayetteville, N. C. Student Legislature 2; Student Council 3, I: Pan- Hellenic Council 3, 1: The Student 3. 4. Business Manager 5; Tennis 1. 2: Statesman ' s (dub 2. 3; Banister ' s Club 3, 4. 5; Phi Societj 1. 2: Pan- Hellenic Council. Vice President 5; Member Pub- lications Board 5. S. Craig Hopkins I I B- Gamma Eta Gamma Mbcmarle. N. C. Y i . Gulley Law Society 3, 4. 5. Secretary-Treasurer 3, ice President 4. President 5; Eu Society 1. 2. LL.B. Eucene Harold Phillips Gamma Eta Gamma Last Flat Rock, N. C. Vice President of Student Body 5; Baseball 1. 2: Basketball 1: Statesman ' s Club 3; Phi Societx 2. 3; l.a« Lihrar Assistant 3. I, 5; . V Gulley Law Society 3. 4. 5. Vice President 4; Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universities 5; President of Gamma Eta Gamma 5. Archie L. Smith Kappa Alpha Maxton, N. C Vice President Law School 3; Barrister ' s Club 3, I. 5, President 5: Phi Societ) I. 2. Robert LL.B. LL.B. liar, isle ' s Clul Snipes Mloskie. N. C. John .1. SNOW McAdenville, . C. M. IYNE StATON LL.B. I ' i Kappa Alpha Reidsville, Y C. Old Gold ami Black I. 2. 3. I. Business Manager 4; Howler Stall 3: Vice Presidenl Y C. Collegiate Press Association 1: Publications Board 1: Track I. 2. 3. 1. Captain I; Manager Varsit) Football Team 3; Monogram (dub 1. 5; Statesman ' s Club ' .. I. Vice Presidenl I: Barrister ' s Club 4. 5, Vice Presidenl 1: (dee (dub 3; Eu Society 3. 4. Fred Johnson, president; Oscar Carter, vice president; Phil Dixon. DICAL CLASS c FICERS W n I Til the most prosperous vear of its history in view, the Wake Forest School of Medical Sciences went through the year 1939-40 in progessive style. The budget had been increased the year before, and two fellowships had been awarded, as well as several other items of notable growth to the school. But with the dawn ol the new year, they looked to a four-year school of Medicine, moving to Winston-Salem, and a general all-round expansion. Bowman Gray endowed the school both graciously and heavily, and words from the twin-city indicate the setting of a glorious stage for Wake Forest medical men of the future. The school has a number of outstanding men of their particular fields of medical authority: Dr. Camillo Artom is recognized the world over for his knowledge and inventive genius in the realm of biochemistry, carbohydrates, and fats; Dr. C. C. Carpenter, Dean of the Medical School, has rapidly become recognized for his ability as a teacher and executive, to say nothing -of his reputation in the field of pathology. Then there are Doctors Moorehead, King. Chastain, Mackie, Vann, Kitchin, Miller, and a large clinical staff, all of whom afford students the best training in medical sciences to be found. To say that the school is headed for another great year would be putting it tritely mild; they are in the midst of progress itself. pi P fi £ J!S p p n IRST if EAR ED Jas. Wooten Bizzell. ( ;. lilsl. Dan P. Boyette, Jr.. Ahoskie Claude H. Byerly. Sanford Clifford Conwell Byrum, Tyner Robt. Elliott Converse. Kenmore, N. Y. George W. Corbin. Jr.. Durham Anley McRae Croui ii. Jf;.. ilmington George Penn Dillard, Jr.. Draper Second row: GlJERRANT H. Fergi son, Raleigh Herbert W. Hadley, Greenville Russell Peyton Harris, Jr.. Newell Julius Ammons Howell. Tlmma ille m. J m k Hunt. High Point J s. Ui K kl l.u . Elizahelhlown Edward T. McKee, Selma, Ala. Join l)(il CLAS McNAIR, l.atla. S. C. Third row: Geo. Powers Matthews, Rose Hill Edward Kyle Owmiey. instmi. Salem James Spruill Nowell, Franklinton Frank Strong Parrott. Goldsboro Henry Baker Perry. Jr.. Boone Carol LeVan Plott. Greencastle, Robt. Burchell Roach. Lowell Jerman Walter Rose. Jr.. Hem Fourth row: Alan Ft lton Scott. Goldsboro Mary Julia Squires. Wake Forest Earle . Strickland, Whitakers Wm. Nelson Thomas. Jr.. Oxford Kenneth Vann Tyner. Leaksville I ElANK P. Ward, Lumberton Wyan vsum UN. Shell)) James I ' m rman rich i Smith !lll F.COND U Uear ylnED Robt. Donkin Allen Seattle, Wash. PHI CHI B.S. 1939. Earl Rudolph Baldwin. Jr. Greensboro. N. C. KAPPA SIGMA. PHI CHI B.S. 1939; Gamma Sigma Epsilon. Heath Denton Bumcardner Stanley. N. C. SIGMA PI, FHI CHI B.S. 1939; O.D.K. 4, 5; Gamma u iota 3; Vice President Student Body 4; Baseba 1; Basketball 1; Football 1: Intramun Athletics 2. 3, 4, 5; Medical School Library Assistant 4, 5; News Bureau Assistant 2. .!: Golden Bough 4, 5; Who ' s Who Among Colleges and Universities; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Vice President O.D.K. 5. Second row: Oscar Willis Carter Mars Hill. N. C. PHI RHO SIGMA B.S. 1936; Vice President Medical School 4; Pathology Assistant 4. J. D. Christian Rock) Mount. N. C. cm chi B.S. 1939; Sigma Pi Alpha; Boxing 2; Cheer Leader 1. 3. A. J. Crutchfield. Jr. Woodsdale. N. C B.S. 1938. Third row: Philip Lafayette Dixon. Jr. Walstonburg. N. C. PHI RHO SIGMA B.S. 1939; Secretary-Treasurer .Medical School 5; Mars Hill 1. 2. Joseph Clllen Hall Roseboro. N. C. B.S. 1933. Charles Highsmith. Jr. Dunn, N. C. lambda chi alpha, phi chi B.S. 1938; Gamma Nu Iota; Student Coun- cil 4; Student Legislator 6. ECOND First run : Joseph Cooper Howard. Jr. Roseboro, Y C. PHI RHO SIGMA U.S. I 1 ):; ' ). II wsford Fred Johnson Macon. Ga. LAMBDA CHI ALPHA. PHI c HI B.S. 1938; O.D.K.; Student Council: The Student 2. 3, I. Editor . ' !; Howler 3, 4. Senior ( lass Editor 4; Publications Board 3; President Medical Class 6; Football 1; Basketball I. 2: German Assistant 2. . ' !. 4; Who ' s Who in Colleges ami I niversities Down, Hi e Jones. Jr. L - W Micro, N. C. B.S. 1939. f u L Jfe Second row: m h H - 1 Robert Wilson Kim. Bessemer City, N. C. U.S. 1938. Tin, ,1 ran W. Dan Martin Joseph Hue 1. hue Salisbury, . C. B.S. L936. Raleigh, . C. PHI RHO SIGMA B.S. 1938; Sigma Pi Alpha; Sigma Epsilon; Football 1: Bio sistanl :i. 1; Pan-Hellenic Counci Gai ogy 6. una As- A.B l Mere irgaret Frost O ' Brian Asheboro, . C. lull College 1938. Mali olm .1. Mi Donald Wm. Alexander O ' Brien, Jk Little If. irk. S. C. B.S., Presbyterian College 1935. B.S. 1939. Leaksville, N. C. !I2 ■ ECONDl EAR yPiED. First row: Wm. Boyd Owen PHI CHI B.S. 1938; Sigma Pi Alpha 2. 3; Gamma Nu Iota 3; O.D.K. 4. 5; Football 1: Basketball 1, 2. 3. 4: Track 3: Wake Forest All-Stars Basketball 5; Monogram Club 3. 1. 5: Band .!. 4: Comparative Anatomy and Parasitology Assistant; Golden Bough 4. 5, Secretary 5; Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universities 5; Pan Hellenic Council 3, 4. 5; Band 1. 2, 3. 4. 5: All Eastern Basketball Center 4; Orchestra 1, 2, .;. I. Eleanor Rodwell Norlina, Va. A.B. Meredith College 1938. M. Jeffress Senter Chalybeate Springs. N. C. B.S. 1938. Jay Leland Smith. Jr. Spencer. N. C. B.A. 1938. John Francis Weeks. Jr. Elizabeth City. N. C. PHI CHI B.S. 1938; Gamma Sigma Epsilon. Presi- dent 4; Chemistry Club 1. 2; Chemistry As- sistant 4. Thomas 0. Wheless Louisburg. N. C. fs O B.S. 1939. Third row: Edwin Cornelius Womble agram, V C. PHI CHI B.S. Davidson College 1935; Gamma Sigma Epsilon; Physics Lab Assistant. Samuel H. Williams. Jr. Washington. N. C. B.S. 1938. iiAT WE ' VE DONE ...and had done to us Via all modes of nan- tation known lo mankind, save the possible exceptions I submarines ami rocket-ships, students swarmed on the campus steadilj from the eleventh on il gh the fifteenth of September. Since we ' re here, we iusl a- well register, and a sultrj task il was back in September. Registrar Patterson directs a dozen assistants. while a thousand students seek to get places in some half-dozen classes each. Now thai the student lias figured out just what he wants for another year, ticket men go to work and relegate their passes to the proper pigeonholes. A slip of the hand might sen. I a Biologj student to tit.- music department, where, at best, he might Phillips tries to lower the uni- versal charge on Coca-I !ola served up b} Myers I ole. . . Adams. Lee. Croxton, and Forbe go to a picture and get photo- graphed. . . . Could it have bf dime day or Lamarr? . . E CRAMMED . . . I way, l.nt !!,.!. Urn knows how. . T SEEMS that only yesterday things there must come the proverbial end. nd was September, and we dined and laughed. Then was October, and we dined again. But to all good The quietest slee the ci .,- we quake t think how near correct that last state- ment was for some of us. Quite ambitious, .some of us prepared for the best, as that was about all we could hope for. Tragically enough, however, some of us prepared for the worst. The results were: we got the works. Somehow there was an atmosphere of intensity about autumn atmosphere. First it was football, then came basketball, and then we looked to Christ- mas. Along with intensity comes cramming — in one maimer or another. Football weather gave us a good appetite, and quiz weather gave us indiges- tion. Both were inevitable in their respective places, and we prepared to stomach them both. Across the dining hall we could hear the clatter ol silverware and the noise of spirited voices. Across the classroom came the gripping effects of silence, except when broken by the staccato voice of a professor. Though we made quite a bit of noise about it all, the future was unaffected. Every college . . . AND WE C RAMMED generation must undergo the tests along tire way. we reasoned, just as they must cram at the local boarding house. Tlii cramming cannot be over-emphasized in the normal course ol college life. We crammed in one way in order to cram in another. In the course of cramming our minds we all called time out to order something with which to cram our stomachs. The two forms of filling excessively could not be entirely dissociated. We spent as much in time and money keeping lull physically as getting full mentally. The different kinds ol crammers have not been classified before but the pictures on these pages will help to give an idea of the various types. Some of the crammers might even have changed their style depending on the situation. Some stuffers interrupted the cramming processes with useless conversation. This is a ensible thing to do in that over a length of t inn- it prevents one from becoming too full. The consequences of getting too full, mentally or physically, often resulted in sickness or mental anguish which neither Mi s E a or the kind professor could understand. Headscratcher Hill. Plott: Too tjr.-.l I,, eal. Bizzell crams «ith relish. Others look iinn: No lime for eating. £B -II Plato had a word fur il : Frank Blal.n-k didn ' t. E WERE CXAMINED, AND JL N OCTOBER, April seemed so faraway. In January, May seemed dangerously near, for exam time in lull force brought grim reminders of what might follow in lour and a half months more. To say we were examined would be putting it entirely too mild. We actually received a renovation, in some eases, and a fumigation in other instances. It was a common sight to see students forego a double feature. leave a basketball game before the final gun. and even burn the oil until the Lone Ranger came on lite fol- lowing afternoon. hatever the case turned mil to be, we couldn ' t help thinking what it might have been. u in weak moments, some lew thought thai in- fluenza wouldn ' t lie SO bad alter all. The infirmar) did a large business as a result of their thinking. Some, as a result of ha vi n g planted books in hand and feel on desks had developed sprained wrists and crammed brains. European influence: Over tin- top; repulsed witi First we had crammed and crammed, and then we were examined and examined. And above all. we wanted to maintain a well-balanced life XAMINED Regardless of what happened, we decidei that we needed a bit of informal recreation. -Even the infirmary likes the squeeze play — Miss Eva Vause and Dr. Mackie demonslr P-MrH No eight-ball for nds us, as he rounds into shape fo IN OUR OWN WAYS WE WERE ATHLETES... THE URGE in play — and no sooner said than begun. While many of us aren ' t stellar brokenfield runners, colorful hurdlers, or handlers of the horsehide, few of us are without recourse when we need a bit of recreation. Wake Forest has ils share ol informal sports. Bridge authorities to ping-pong phantoms; cue-ball hawks to pin-hall artists. Those ol us who can ' t give time to an organized squad can al- ways find a game to suit our mood. The goll course proA ides space for man) competitive foursomes. Others prefer to devote their attention to an organized spoil under the intra- mural arrangements. toss-up for the dummy ' s pla I nderwood took the role,  Snyder, Shuford, and Kelt) - Iiange verbal lashes. GORE GYMNASIUM RELUDE TO ARSITY. . . A WORD (il praise is in order for intramural sports participants. Here are a group of college men. under the or- ganization of their own initiative who have sought an outlet for stored-up athletic en- thusiasm. Had it not been for the erection of the gym- nasium in 1935 such a sports program would be impossible. However, there is something lacking — a pool. It is the hope of the Student body that a swimming pool will be a part ol the new building project which is being under- taken by the college, lor without it there can he no first rate physical education program. How intramural sport- were introduced to the campus and when they made their ap- pearance is quite a mystery. Perhaps a fresh- man challenged a sophomore to a tennis match. The soph probabl) knew that he couldn ' t lick the freshman himself, and so he Hung a challenge from the entire sophomore class to the frosh tennis players. I nusual theory? fcjAJ r Society Day football, and a day at the game. The Phis won. 19-0, bat the fight wa Prime, Ace Lindsay, Galloway, and Bob Goldberg saw plenty of action. od while it lasted. Such intramural sla Yes, hut a fictitious example of what might have been the beginning. But these teamed-up athletes sought more organization. Rooming houses 1 with such frightful names as Bone Crushers. Ramblers, and numerous other dormitories, fraternities, and all stragglers were drawn into the field of play. There were football, basketball, tennis, ping-pong, and other minor forms of participation. The Pan-Hellenic Council deserves a word of praise for fostering a basketball ladder for their enterprising basketeers. They offered a cup to the winning team, and it was a coveted prize, for which there were heated struggles. It has often been said that every student in college should go out for some form of athletics. In this con- nection, intramural sports at Wake Forest have served a good purpose. The fact that the winners were recog- nized made it interesting; stiff competition made the games exciting. All couldn ' t be winners, but the other ■ if i • . i ji ' l |le a ' r g°cs the nan were learning to be good losers. catches Galloway, Prin team Shor s. some tly, the m $ 103 ( pper right, Kappa Si ina stalwarts, winners in fraternity divisi in the non-fraternit) competition. Lower right, the Sigma Phi Eps Caddelmen, runners-up in non-fraternitj playoff. basketball. ( pper left, the Braves, winner rs-up in fraternitj group, an. I lower left, lb. THEY WERE WINNERS A ill); h. i ) ;1 intramural classic, the Soup Bowl game, had been played, students turned their sporting talents toward a basketball season. As a trophy, the Pan-Hellenic Council offered a bronze figure for the fraternity winners, while the non-fraternity men organized leagues of their own. When the evening cries ol tournament were over, the stalwarts of Kappa Sigma had been declared winners of the trophy in the fra- ternity di i-inn. Leil by Bill Ilel-abeck. star forward, the South Side boys swept to a iclor in the finals over the S.P.E. aggregation, to the tune of 34-28. Other members of the winning team were Wodenschek, Jack Acree, Lindsay, Galloway, Poe, Welch, shlmrn. and Trivette. The Phi Chi team, and the Lambda Chi Alpha quintet made notable showings in the finals. Out td a clear -ky. the non-fraternal Braves came smashing through to lake the crown in their class. Broadus Jones. Buck Jones. Billy Primm. and Harry Lovelace paced the victory march, assisted by other inmates of Bostwick ' s Little Poland section. The Caddelman ran them a close second; they offered such -tars as Mar-hall Edwards. Jim Pruitt, and Frank Zakim. Novelty games noted on their schedule was the battle with the Home Ec boys, who gave them a fight to the finish for second place honors. Coach Phil I tley deserves a word ol praise for his work in the ranks of the intramural. It has been through his guidance that the leagues have been formed, the gymnasium made available, and the rule- have been followed. As we began to put away our togs, on varied occasions, alter taking pari in -poll- ourselves, we looked to a Saturday afternoon or night. when the Demon Deacons would take over the attention, in offer us varsity exhibitions. %v KfM mm , BER ' S warm afternoons took students for long hike- and on missions to nearby swimming pools, a determined squad of thirty-two huskies filled daily schedules in turning out to the football field. Head Coach I). C. Walker drilled them long and care- fully, rounding into shape what critics looked upon as Wake Forest ' s best season in many years. p li Elon offered the first resistance of the season, but after a series of long runs and terrific blasts at the Christian Ini Deacons on the long end of a 34-0 count. Tin Walker played most of his squad. The proud Gamecocks from the University of South Carolina made a trip to Deacontown. The atmosphere was tense and still, and one of the largest night crowds in the history of Groves stop flight in the Cle the Greensboro night game ended with th lutinnn heat hampered the men no little, ai Demon 1 Coach 106 Red Maybern swings Stadium packed the concrete stands. When the final gun signalled the end, the Deacons had taken the lead again, winning handily I iy a score of 19-7. Then came the season ' s heartbreak. All of Wake Forest turned their attention toward Chapel Hill one Saturday afternoon, where a group of hopeful wear- ers of the Black and Gold were to test the Managei Joe B rworth. Captain and All-State Tackle Rupert Pale. Tingle stops his man; Clemson game. 107 strength of the Tar Heels. ne slip brought on another, until finally the scoreboard registered a 36-6 defeat for the Wake Forest team. A week later the ghost of Red Grange ap- peared in the Orange Bowl at Miami. Fla.. and Tony Gallovich, Mayhem, and Com- pany raged like a tropical hurricane to lash Coach Turn Rogers linesmen; Duke 4. ' 2 © it. 50 40 97 27 rgg the Miami University lads about over a stormy gridiron for a 33-0 victory. N. C. State was next in line, and the Wblfpack was no match for an arraj oi backs who crashed through the Red wall with spactacular thrusts. Again Mayberry, Gallovich. Polanski, Kapriva, Ringgold, and all teammates stood out. to thrill the largest attendance at a night game in the history ol Southern football. Homecoming brought old grads to the campus — and the Western Maryland football team. The day was all Wake Forest, a- the high-fevered backs ran through the lighter opponents at will. The officials said the final score was 66-0. although no other spectator bothered to keep account. It was splendid football weather when a group of injured, yet high-spirited gridsters made their way to Durham to face a highly touted Duke eleven. In a pep meeting on Friday before the game. Coach Walker made a speech: We ' re crippled. his v oice carried through the stilled mob of cheerers, but we ' re going to Duke anyway. We ' re not going to put up a good light; we ' re going lo win the game. And a wild cheer swept his final words over a twenty-four hour period, on into the Duke stadium the following afternoon. Three times did the Deacons threaten, and with each threat the power plays of the Demon line looked good for scores. But the breaks were different, so we heard. But after the most hotly-contested game on the 1939 Wake Forest slate, the newspapers stated that Duke won. 6-0. It was a tough sail for the Deacons, but they had won a spot of admiration in the hearts of the men of sports. Next came Marshall College, and a 14-13 Wake Forest victory, though it was a tough assignment. Deacon supporters entrained for Tigertovvn, and their disappointments were less than their thrills. Clemson won. 20-7, but thev did n ' t breathe The Lineup: principals — Davidson Co Stadium in Charlotte. Touchdown: Davidson i taken for a U ' ake Forest squad, at Memorial MMll ( fflm ■ £fe W. Xr rfe Third Pictun Polanski, Pendergast, Pri ; Woolbert, Geer, Crabti Cline, Kunkel, Welch, of Jett, Tingle, Vanden unavailable and unobtain; eas} at any one moment ol the g; Polanski frightened the entire camp when he galloped 93 mad yards to the seven-yard line. Though the President of the United States said that Wake Forest wouldn ' t play Davidson on Thanksgiving, the two schools were determined to meet regardless of the day. But it was Thanksgiving in North Carolina. It was Thanksgiving and pride for Wake Forest, lor the lair of the Wildcats had been invaded and driven into a 1 7-7 state of submission. Not once was the Deacon lead threatened. iili the final game over, (lap- lain Rupert Pate. Clem Crabtree, iron men tackles, Bill Eutsler, Joe Kuchinski, and several others looked to graduation. But he- hind them was a blaze oi promise for 1940 in the ability of Jett. Kapriva, Givler, Clark. Pendergast, Waivers, all linesmen, and the Mayberry, Polanski, Edwards, Gallovich, and Ringgold hackfield stars to return and carry on. We should not pass over the football season without a word of praise for the hoys who won ' t make headlines, the typical players. These are the hoys who do the work behind the scenes, and to whom is due more credit than they usually receive. Neither should we overlook the efforts and accomplish- ments of the men who have made possible the great progress made in the development ol football and other sports at Wake Forest. We shall soon have a new 7 stadium and though the institution should come first, we hope that our teams will make records of which we should never he ashamed, just as the 1939 football team has done. Football was a memory now. lor il was basketball weather. John liahii aj;am-t Davidson, A GOOD YEAR IN ASKETBALL HE BLEAK evenings of January, February, and March brought basketball fever to the brows of 1.082 Wake Forest students. With the gradua- tion ill Waller. Owen, pple and several good substitutes, -porting authorities viewed the Deacon ' s chances for 1910 u ilh a note of skepticism. It they extend all their talents, ' - ' said one. they have a chance lo make the tournament. Tu rank as high as last year is a faint hope — only faint. In short the student- and follower- ol the Demon quintet couldn ' t afford to expect too much for the approaching season. But the if- were cleared away, and Coach Murray Greason stripped the gymnasium deck for what we later learned was real action. Off with a good start, the dervishes -wept aside such formidable foes as Davidson. V.M.I., and several other teams taken in on a Virginia trip. The old Blue Devil jinx held good for another year, and the hoys were taken for set-backs by Duke by the -core- of 50- 1 I and 44-35. The Duke luminaries were -lightly too much. although the local- had anticipated breaking the old record-, in which the Durham lads had a comfortable lead. The game of the season was near. Wake Forest had set a stage of action designed to upset the highly-touted Tar-, who were paced by what authorities had come to call All-American George Glamack. Big George was on hand, and so was Wake Forest ' s Pete Davis. Literally tak- ing over the affairs of the court for a night, the Deacon center, hacked by the unerring support ol i aptain Bub Sweet. One of the mos colorful player- in Southern Ba-kelball. ' Practice lime: ttention is focused on lie sporting map ..I the East. Barnes, Sweel, Convery, and Cline, romped up and down the scoring. Other games came and went; Clemson was taken into Ail-American Bonnie Banks McFadden was held in check. the Wake Forest hoys were in rare form and took all that was coming ™ ™ their way. Of course there were losse-. t for basketball is noted for its wins — and strange losses. A prime example might he the defeat inflicted upon the Greasonmen by the under-rated Furman team. The Purple Hurricane hasketeers clicked that night, and Wake Forest fell. 46-43. in the last game of the regular season. Officials announced that the annual Southern Conference hasketball tourna- ment at Raleigh was about ready to open. The Citadel won the toss over Washington and Lee. and entered the conference parings. As an opponent for the first day of festivities, Wake Forest paired off with Richmond. From the first jump at the opening tip-off. the game was nip and tuck, apparently. At one time the Deacons appeared to be destined for a licking. A few moments later Herb Cline and Sweel. Vincent Convery and the nigged Barnes, and Pete Davis flashed into a series of smoothly-manipulated plays. Wake Forest took the lead. They held their point advantage until the final gun sounded, and thus passed into the second day of tournament. As fortune would have it — one way or another — the Carolina Tar Heels were pitted against the Deac s for ourt In lead the entire personnel in camp by a -cine of 53-39. Although he di played his ami the abilitic: ' •♦ ' ' . ' ' Action around the home basket; Bonnie Banks McFadden. Clemson All-Ameri- can. tries to ward off a Wake Forest goal, with Cline and Davis going up. J Ill Polanski and Bonds scramble for [he ball Basketball Tournament. lin-t Richmond in the Southern Conference their second game. The battle raged in Memorial Audi- torium, and several thousand specta- tors gazed in awe at t h e contested position of mas- tery. However, the final score revealed that Carolina had ™ ™ ™ ™ ' ™ ™ ™ been superior that night; Wake Forest had been sent home with a defeat chalked up to their credit. Somehow the conference spirit was different, however. They didn ' t gun for a conference crown at the outset. Yet their play was heralded as something of a typical Wake Forest spirit-go down fighting, win or lose. As a result, the colorful captain of the local quintet. Bub Sweel. was awarded a birth on the all-conference team. But the year 1910 was a good year. There wasn ' t an array of individual stars, but there were five good men who kept the game fired with action, ac- curacy, and determination. A word of praise and credit ]- due to every man who took part in the season - play. There was Captain Bill Sweel, rated among the better basketball players of the South: Herb Cline. a youngster who became feared as a deadl) -hot; H. 0. Barnes, perhaps the eoole-t. most dependable, and consistent ball player mi the court; Byron Pete Davis, whose aptitude at spark- ing surprises was a regular comment in the newspaper columns; Vincent Convery, a ball-hawk who was in a class ol his own at long shots; John Polanski who could play three game- in succession — endurance, ruggedne-s; Charlie Yirinec, hampered slightly by injury, but was in there at a moment ' s signal: Harry Hutchins, Jim Bonds, H. H. Blankenship, Hod Buie. George Watkins — all rea.lv to strengthen a five-man array of fighters, and men who will bear watching in next year ' s openers. The 1940 basketball season was a good season in more Clemson Game: McFadden misses, Sweel waits for ball. ( onvery does ii underhanded. than one way. A lough schedule was dispensed with in a creditable fashion, and the team came down I Ii c h o m e stretch Hying colors true to the Demon spirit. Coach Greason took his hoys on several long trips, as far north as Phila- delphia and Vu York, and to several deep points on Southern jaunts. But the boys would fight in their hack yards just as they would away from home; they have the pluck which il takes to represent a school in such a manner thai eastern sports scribes characterized them as a bunch of fighting Deacons. Up to the last minute of the final game, they exhibited pluck and fight. It comes hack as a drama to watch Captain Sweel gather (he starting five around him just before the opening tip-off. The audience becomes silent, and the mumble of human voices settles like an aroma over the gym- nasium. Barnes. Cline, Davis. Sweel. and Convery go out to take their places. Suddenly the crowd conies to its feet, for one of the wearers of Gold and Black has sniped a hall and is dashing to the opponent ' s basket. The word ' thrills characterizes the typical game with the Deacons, for they have offered the students and visiting fans alike man) moments of pleasant, yea, even exciting relaxation. It was a good year in basketball. It was the type of year we like to witness, lie a part of. and reflect upon. No golden crowns wen- won. hut the boys were willing to take any legiti- mate advantage laid open by faults of the opposition. Even die weather had hen with us. But as soon as the wintry winds ceased to howl so furiously, and the afternoons look on more of a springy complex (despite the days of de- ception) our thoughts turned to an outside form of sports. As soon as the March winds dried mil the icy grounds of Core field, the horsehide enthusiasts began to sw ing hats and lubri- cate gloves. There was a rumor dial baseball weather would soon he making its appearance. I I « M. g gj B ni ' ,-c 1 ma stei ies ha leen ( !oac hi - I esignation fo It] Kill cam . D ■ai •(ins anoth ASEBALL at Wake Forest lias become one of the school ' s m t widely-recog- For nearly a score of years, the Grand Old Man of baseball to Wake Forest 1 John Caddell, hut this year condition of his health forced him to the bench. At , athletic officials looked in the direction of Murray Greason, backfield coach of the md head basketball instructor, lor Coach Murray was the logical man to give the er winning team. And the team did come through. For the first time in two years they crashed through to lick the Duke nine — not once, but twice in a row. Tommy Byrne, Baltimore junior who has become known all over the Southland as a college pitcher in a class of bis own. handled the Blue Devils on both occasions. Here again we find the case of a good team, clicking to- gether, with an absence of the individual stars. The pitching Staff, namely Byrne. Tliarnish. Denning, and Dave Fuller, have fallen in line to render impressive victories. Behind the plate has been the dean of college baseball players in this section. Bub Sweel. clown, friend ol the umpires, and ex- cellent catcher. Coach Greason has put a group of good fielders on the diamond, and a trio of long- range fielders in the outer gardens. With the graduation of Scarborough and several oilier victory-assistants, the go- ing lias been made easier by the rise of several new men. Reid lias come up into the ranks to hold down a first base position in old-timer sl lc. while the consistent llovle. Eutsler, Polanski. Williams, Eason, Fuller Fletcher. Sweel, and company have carried on in admirable fashion. The bitting ill Williams, Eason, and Hoyle has stood out, perhaps, above the others, while Tommy Byme has lell the pitcher ' s box to break up III- own game at the bat on several occasions. Because the end of the season was still two weeks oil when the baseball section came due on -I III.- Indians I William an.l la 118 9 $ smj mi ' Mil v - •! The Demon Deacon storm troopers of the Diamond: Left to right, front row: John Fletcher, Fred Tharnish, Jack Williams. Pete Horchak, Dick Hoyle. Second ran: Bill Eutsler, Dave Fuller. Tom Bvrne. John Polanski, Bob Reid, Bill Sweel. Bad tou : Jim C II. F. Forbes, A. Vivian, Jim Denning, Fled Eason. A hit against Cornell. Li . McCaU safe ai firsl againsl illiam an, I Ma the Howler, we are dispensing with the al- ready-collected ivmiU . and are referring to you a complete schedule. It was a good season, however, for springtime means so much to the sport — ju t as it means tennis and track. THE SCHEDI IK MARCH Thurs. 21. Pennsylvania at Wake Forest. Sat. 23. West Chester at Wake Forest. Mon. 25. N. C. State at Raleigh. APRIL Wed. 3. Pittsburgh at Wake Forest. Thurs. 4. Cornell I Doubleheader) at Wake Forest. Tues. 9. N. C. State at Wake Forest. Sat. 13. Duke at Roanoke Rapids. Mon. 15. South Carolina at Bennettsville. S. C. Tues. 16. Elon at Greensboro. Fri. 19. Wni. and Mary at Wake Forest. Sat. 20. North Carolina at Wake Forest. Thurs. 25. Wm. and Mary at Williamsburg. Va. Sat. 27. Duke at Wake Forest. Tues. 30. North Carolina at Chapel Hill. MAY Wed. 1. Davidson at Wake Forest. Fri. 3. Randolph Macon at Wake Forest. Sat. 4. N. C. State at Raleigh. Mon. (i. Davidson at Davidson. Sat. 11. Duke at Durham. Tufi row: Tommy Byms, lack William-. Fir, I Eason, ]im Denning Left) Vivian Second ,„„ . Jess Tharnish. Jimim Cross, Bill Eutsler, Dick Hoyle, John Fletcher. Bottom row, left t„ right: John Polanski. h.nr KiiII.t. IViv Hurchak. Bub Reed. 120 SPRINGTIME BROUGHT . . . TRACK THE importance of track athletics has not been recognized at Wake Forest. The members of the track team have worked hard and have met with more than their share of success against second- rate competition. Nevertheless, in Rupert Pate and Jim Dowdy. Wake Forest has two outstanding track men. £ s U J i m j a. ' ' row.- Casey, Adams. Leatherwood, T Second rou : Maneri, Gillingham, Byrd, G r ir, row: Skaggs. Criicher. Sawyer, 1 ih. Ha.t. Preston, Buie, Phillips, Sylvester. nton, Hani-. Rubino, Valentine, Phillips, Kelly. , Hicks. Rideout, Sink. Hoggard, Hughe,. Barnc-. Slagle . . . AND TENNIS THE tennis team has surprised everyone with the showing it has made in competi- tion. Like track the s p o r t is definitely in i n o r at Wake Forest. Nothing can he done until the I owers that be can arrange full t i m e coaching and ade- quate equipment. First rou: Brower, Mc- Millan. Earnhardt, Moser. Second row: Parker. John- son, Davis. Alexander. Jones, Cheek. ll VERY SPORT exi together, and present them as a part mitted l the Monogram Club by invit form of athletics before eligible to bec Here the men organize and hold quets and dances. They become a it; part ol an institution toward which all forms a comrade-hip with the slugger up to invade a girls institution. The club started out under the li for new members. Their show l tl humorous vein to see Louis Trunzo bookworm in a dress, and Joe Kui-I In their own way they work : hap;- it ' s just a pause between f scrimmage. ual rights, but to hind the athletes e collected — as individuals — and ad- ls a man must be a letterman in some ram order. r campus drives, and even stage ban- t College in that they represent that It is here that the football player r thai the tennis and track men team er, president, and issued invitations itiation week, for il does strike a per. Marshal] Edwards, a retiring t recent thing in cosmetics. and gridirons and diamonds. Per- ment ol relaxation after a hard MONOGR C p p f p P j . f £ ft Q ft P p f P P P  f- ■ • ' - E p Q ft ft P O ft Top row, left ght. liill Ei Daw Fuller, Joe Kuchin ski, II. 0. Barnes, Fred Eason, Ed Woolbert, Pete Davis, Boyd Second row: Ralph Earnhardt, Ruperl Pate, Bill Staton. Louis Trunzo, Paul Waivers. Larrj Pivic, Frank Kapriva, Bill Swei Third rou Jimmj Ringgold, Melvin Layton, T. 0. Braswell, Dick Hoyle, Bob Harrell, Carl Givler, lohn Polanski, Karl Hart. Bottom row: Archie McMillan, Tony Balionis, Jock Williams, Charles Mayberry, Tommj Byrne, Bill Vanden Dries, Charl Butterworlh, J. T. Hughes. 122 AME A cheer goes up; the governor com and assistants scout Wake Forest. in: the band takes off; Wallace Wade IDELIGHTS lOCIAL ACTIVITY in both the informal and the formal veins is often associated with sports. In an institution where the social stamina and sporting enthusiasm of over 1,000 men must have regular exercise, something in the way of events must happen. At Wake Forest, the pledge dances and organization banquets of autumn balance the sheet with football activities. Christmas parties and society day festivities provide an outlet for the stored up energies of holiday anticipations. Basketball season brings on Mid-winter dances, sponsored by the Pan-Hellenic Council and open to the student body. Spring — synonymous with baseball, track, and tennis, also means fraternity dances, final banquets of the season, band concerts, and a variety of informal gatherings here and there. The athlete sets off the spark, and the spectator- stand off at a given distance and the spirit extending from one to the other runs rampant. After the game the two types meet at given places, such as a banquet, dance, and general session meeting places. Sometimes the topic of conversa- 123 lion might turn to a common quiz, and another time there might have heen an appealing movie -ecu by the two. Yet. sooner or later, the conversation will divert to sports, and then anything can happen. The football player knew a number ol things happened in last Satur- day ' s game, but he never dreamed that he bad missed so many. The Monday morning quarterback bad seen them all. t oilier times die athletes decide to play tamer games. The Monogram Club plans a faculty reception, and demand dial the athletes wear civilian clothes. That ' s where the game comes in: the foot- ball players gue-s bow many of each other they can identify without the use of numbers, while the basketball players have a big time laughing at bow they look with long trousers covering their shapely limbs. They all get different slants at each other, and in so doing the process might be termed a ' means of ar- riving at cosmopolitan opinion — that is. the sum total of what they say and think when they are off th e field. The athlete ' s idea is one; the Monday morning quarterback ' s is another. Neither of the two makes so much difference to fans off the campus. Ami here i- where the press box comes in. What the sport- writers see will determine what outsiders think of you who play the game. While it ha- been good to think that at least three potential Vll-Americans are present on any Demon Dea- con squad, what the man with the pencil over one ear and a typewriter over the other ha- thought will bring about the final results. In -till another phase we see the diversity in appeal for the sidelight- of the game. Down one aisle of the stadium His Excel- lency the Governor of North Carolina might walk and lake his seat to cheer or frown. Directly in I rout ol him is a I resh- lining, ami a column I cop) ... go. ' ail who might be Spend- Top: R. tiri.is: captain Pal.- ami New Chieftain Ringgold -liak - ( oach Peahead and Manager Butterworth look on. Below: Headlines glance ai the headlines. Vanden Do.-. Waiver an. I Woolbert oul in from .if ilir Mai.- Champions. ing his thirty-fifth day away from home. Both of them are fired with the spirit of the game, despite the relative difference of their respective positions. In the actual game we get only a chance to see the relative athletic prowess of the partic- ipants; but on the sideline and among the sidelights we get a pretty good idea of the man from all angles. Of course, there are the clowns, the heckler-, die over-indulgents, and the verba] lashers, but, too, there are the spirited cheer leader- and powerfully- spirited backers. The same idea applies to the social sidelights as well as the athletic sidelines. And so we see that social and sporting in- terests not only transcend each other, but run hand in hand. Where one is slightly off the other is likely to counterbalance it by being definitely on. There are the colorful per- sonalities on the gridirons and courts, and there are the technicolor providers on the dance floors, around the banquet tables, and over mutual coffee cups. They combine to throw new light on each other, offer varied interpretations, and cast shafts of romantic light or shadow- of deepest gloom. Both characteristic- hold true in spoil- and social functions as well as classroom exercises. There are joys and heart breaks, but the medium between which the two m I- meet might be AKPi goes ill. ' limit Decoration Day test: Celebrations. i the fraternity of Homecoming - The Mini l,r.,ilirr- ami friends Kneplo called sidelights. It is through the events on the sideline thai we come nearest to touching in actuality the intangible college spirit. College is in a large sense a game. What we do in an) phase of academic endeavor will be measured by actual progress down the field of a required measurement. Contributing factors include the Castlebun lurns lo Vliss Edwards; Mid- ' 9k degree oi our familiarity with the equip- ment, how well we remain in training, and, must important of all. the spirit en- shrouding a given endeavor. But there are the social games, consequent!) one season never has the time to render us stale. However, where one phase is exer- cised excessively and another sadly neg- lected, then we arc out of shape. Herein lies the strength of our collec- tive college spirit. It is sharpened liy sporting enthusiasm, deepened by social fellowship, and made remunerative b) class attendance. Each clement exists in its own right, bul all arc brought together through the chemical process of a semester system and fittingly named our Alma Mater from the time we enter the freshmen line ol registration until — . It is through these game sidelights that we form our first impressions ol those whom we shall know and associate with for the next one. two. three, or four years. We gain our first impressions by the manner of his actions at a game, dance, or just a movie. It seems odd that Mime men should he dis- tant to us. and others should he our best friend-: undoubtedly, we select as our closer friends those whom we come to recognize as most like ourselves. Sometimes it ' s hard to remember which fraternity a fellow belongs to. or which literary society be won a medal from. Yet it isn ' t so difficult to re- member his enthusiasm at a football game, his im- pressions at dances, or his favorite form ol recrea- tion. All in all. game sidelights are a part ol col- lege life. While no one student should not leave himself open for accusations that he hasn ' t done anything but sidelight work, he shouldn ' t miss the opportunity of cultivating the choicest friends. They don t mean everything on all occasions, but they are cf some value to mix with the A ' s and B s along the way. On these pages arc pictures of a sidelight ol the Duke game, the pledge dance, which brings up the thought of fraternities. Profiles in Durhi i.l th.- girlfriend at Mid-winters SIMMONS DORMITORY IMMONS DORMITORY is the largest single stronghold of fraternity life. From one end to the other, every man whom you might chance to meet will he a fraternity man. II he doesn ' t try to borrow a dollar from you. it ' ll probably be ten. Vet there is definitely an advantage offered by the fraternity life, despite all the attempts at humor in putting the fraternity man in a category ol a borrower, lender, or sleeper. Beside him are a group of brothers who stand willing and ready to assist him in any difficulty. When there is entertainment and amusement, collaboration among the groups always lends massiveness to the occasion. In fighting for their rights, and holding to definite policies of campus progress and leadership, the men of the fraternities have a system of near-perfection. Acting as a body, they seek to choose the capable candidate for leadership, and in so far as they are able the) pull for him. While there is no marked discrimination between those who are fraternity men and those who are not. the advantages offered in being identified with either faction are essentially equal. However, to keep this equality one must be recognized as a member ol. and active ill one group or the other. In politics this equality is shown more than in any other way. The best man usually wins regardless of which side he is on. as long as he stands definite!) on one side. L. Ov Fames Earl) Joe Leonard Bob Knepton Marshal] Durh Dick Wodehouse Bob Earnhar.il James Mitchell Charles White Charles Cheek Willis Turner Edwin Spangle Ben Elliott Davis Herring Leslie Morris Rav Whitley Paul Bulloek Cliff Everett Boyd Owen Joe Little £5 C: O PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL Frank Castlebury President WHILE SOME students will tell you that the Pan-Hellenic Council is the executive arrangement for an air-line between Panama and Macedonia, we must hasten to inform you differently. As a matter of fact, the Council is not essentially interested in airlines at all, though they will sell you tickets — to dances. The Council at Wake Forest has had. in spite of all banter which might he cast in their direction, a successful year of planning lor inter-fraternity activities. President Frank Castlebury and his assistants put on one of the best Mid-winter programs ever seen under local sponsorship. Other festivities for the year went off with equal success. Brought together for the betterment of inter-fraternity activity, the Council stands as zenith representation from each of the social organiza- tions. Looking into their separate groups, we see the personnel of the various fraternities. 129 IF EVERYBODY had the luck of Dick Darling and the looks of Gawky Durham, we ' d be a race of supermen. But, unfortunately, we are not all AKPi ' s. for the AKPi ' s seem to have everything: Miller and his paddle. Kuhlthau anil his girls. Benson and his island. Ward and his trumpet. AKPi was as busy as Churchill this year, what with winning the Home- 4k 14 41 4 ft L 44 ft MA e £5. p P I 44 MM 4i k ■a ' , i ALPHA KAPPA PI Established at Newark Collegi of Engineering, January 1. 1921 coming Day decoration contest, listening to Lumpkin practice his Founder ' s Day address, and explaining why Jimmy Cross is only hilling .413. But they can handle the explanations. They always can. That ' s one of the qualifications for membership. Not since the halcv lavs of Buck Stephenson and Izzy Peel has Alpha Kappa Pi flourished with such happy triumph and the treasury held so much unfettered mazuma. At least, that ' s what the AKPi ' s (with the exception of Jack Euliss) say. And from the looks of that chapter room we ' re in- clined lo agree. T..„, Lumpkii Marshall Durhi Victor Harrell Jimmj Cross Jack McClelland Dick Darling Virginia Lochner ' Eldridge Allen Anne Bratton DELTA SIGMA PHI made its appearance on the Wake Forest campus in the spring of 1921. under the leader- ship of John C. Martin, an academic student who wished to assemble a group of boys of like ideals. It was in Septem- ber 1926, that the Delta Sigma Phi boys had a house completed for their fra- ternity, and they became the first on the campus to fall into possession of a house of their own. A petition for membership in the international or- ganization was submitted in 1928. but it remained for Davis C. Herring, business manager of the Student and Wake Forest representative at Meredith, to push the re- quest in 1938. After much effort by the Wake Forest. Duke and State College chapters, installation of the Beta Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi took place on May 14, 1938. Dr. C. S. Black of the Chemistry De- partment was chosen as faculty adviser. DELTA SIGMA PHI Founded at the College of the City of New York. December 10, 1889 At the time of the local installation ol the national organization, the order was composed of forty-three active chapters in the various colleges and universities of the United States and Canada. Alumni organizations of the fraternity number twenty-three. The local chapter has a number of men who are sharks in the field of mathematics; these aces get their practice by assisting Davis Herring in figuring out where he ' s going to keep all his money invested. Ed Lam-. J. L. Collier, Jack Johnson. Tom Roberts, Laddie Taylor, Price Thomas. W. K Wood. Davis Herrina. Ben Elliot. Graham De Vane. Ray Everly, Cecil Ml, -n. Jarvis Ward. Gerald Alh-n. .lam,. De Vane. K MM ' A M.I ' ll Order, better known as KA. founded under the auspices of General Lee and made famous by Bill (Judge) Burgwyn, holds forth ;it Wake Forest as Tau Chapter. If we know our Greek (and Dr. Paschal doubts it). Tau is the nineteenth letter of the Hellenic alphabet, which seems to prove that Wake Forest ' s chapter ol K was the nineteenth installed, if that proves anything. Anyway, Kappa Alpha has been wielding considerable political and social influence around here since 1881. The KA ' s have gained renown from their student body presidents, house- parties, and Pottie Poteat. The glamour hoys of Pan-Hel. they number legislators, class presi- dents, athletes, jitter-bugs, and the inimitable Rod Buie in their fraternal circle. They are the best-dressed by virtue of the sartorial magnifi- cence of such fashion-plates as Bob Harrell, and the most-traveled by virtue of the globe-trotting of Joe Greer. If you ' re a freshman with a personality, and haven ' t vet had that well known KA pump-handle shake, drop around to the fraternity dorm some night, walk on down to the center section until you get opposite all the noise (that ' s Doug Walker), and a long arm will reach out auto- matically and clap you heartily on the back. (And that ' s Vrchie McMillan.) The KA ' s are a sociable and scholarly group. No other fraternity has been able to win the fraternity scholarship cup from them. They must be able to combine their pleasure and work. KAPPA ALPHA f niversity, Founded at H ashington and Let December 21, 1865 Cm i e McNeill Nancy Brewer Charles ( heek, Charles White, Jack Nowell. Francis Mackie, Whir McMillan, Bill Poteat, Roderick Buie, Bill Burgwyn. Charles Cook, Robert ami. Powell Bland, Archie Smith, James Waller, Ed Greason, .lay Smith, Boh Harrell. o o p £• n r titiifc tin in £ p p p c. £ (s KAPPA SIGMA Page Acree Elizabeth Smith John Avera Charles Wilkins Norvell Ashbur Ralph Brumel Joe Leonard Elliot Galloway Gaston Grimes Bill Helsabeck Bob Knepton Walter Byrd Virgil Lindsey Bill Poe Dod Poe David Smith Jack Staines Herbert Hadlev Bill Walker Fred Welch Billy West Gene Worre Founded m the ( niversity of Virginia in 1869 IT IS an established fael thai the kappa Sigma fraternity is one of the big five fraternities of the I nited States. But we wager that no single chapter of the total of over a hundred in this nation have the wealth that i possessed by the inhabitants of the Bolus Abode, located less than a stone ' s throw from the local grammar school. The presence of several Howler staffmen, and Norvell Ashbum, Student Directory Magnate, ac- count for their vast financial resources. l the time of its installation, Delta Omega was the baby chapter ol the organization. But no longer are the Kappa Sigs the babies of any organization. Their fraternity presents a house of versatility: within its white portals are orators, debaters, football players, flute players, piano players, radio players, democrats, republicans, plutocrats, autocrats, literary society members. B.S.U. president-, national guardsmen, blacksmiths, me- chanics, and editors. And the year 1940 was a success for them. Special recognition is given to Dr. L. Owens Rea for his work as faculty adviser, and to Beaufort H. Jester, Worthy Grand Procurator of the na- tional organization. r f d • r% O f f THE PAST year was a banner year for Lambda Chi Alpha in thai ii marked the first year of the union with Theta Kappa Nu, another national fraternity. This made it the fourth largest national fra- ternity, having 107 chapters and approximately 30,000. The merger, however, was not the absorption of one national fraternity by another but rather a combination of the two national groups on equal footing. The name Lambda Chi Alpha was chosen since it was the older of the two organizations. Organized as Theta Pi — and against faculty opposition, the fraternity existed sub rosa until it was recognized by the faculty in 1921. s soon as it was legalized by the faculty, the members lost no time in opening negotiations with Theta Kappa Nu for a charter ol the national organization, and in December 1021. North Carolina Beta Chapter of the Theta kappa u was e-tahlished on the Wake Forest campus. The 1910 edition of the fraternity was noted for its contribution to the football team and Frank Castleluiry. The Pledges are: William Charles, Jim Furr, Billy Gibson, Elwood Harper, Tom Jones, Don Parker. Kay Sealey, Billy Windes, Frank Todd. William Jenkins, Frank Brown. m 3k ft ILkJrifci 4 p p ft jflt ▲,h if - m p P f% 1 4 +■ | UA £± First row Bob Goldberg, Bear Perry. Bill Holding, Frank astlebur; Second rou lames Early. Ed Rice, Rudolph Saunders, Jim Turner. Tin, drou O. C. Turner, Frank Owens, Frank Webster, Bill Dalton. Fourth row: Harold Early, Judson Creech, Frank Faucette, Arthui Vi LAMBDA CHI ALPHA Founded at Boston University, November 2. 1909 Rupert Pate Josephine Holding 134 THERE ARE no pikers in the PiKA ' s. They buy half the animal production of cigars in North Carolina, and use them all on one day: Election Eve. Vnd not only do they use them, but to good advantage. With V r Hester and Slick Britl in his corner, George Watkins could lick Joe Loni- in two minutes, twenty-nine seconds of the first round. Because that pair could talk the Nazis out of Norway. o o r n p.. ft Hi Ra 5 Whitley Sim Caldwell Regan Mclntyre Bill Bellois Frank Hester Howard Andrews Furman Biggs Donald Bradshei W. C. Bullock Bill Eutsler Cliarles Mayberry Craddock Monroe Leslie Morris l)i. k Speighl Onrge Walkii PI KAPPA ALPHA Founded at the University of I irginia in 1868 However, it i- not on the political front alone that the PiKA s exeel. oh. no! They can put up a good fight in everything from deuces wild to ping pong. It ' s a sporting crew, alheit that they are scholarly too . . . especially the pledges. But scholarly pledges seem to he in fashion in these days of the Patterson Reformation and the Upper Division. We must confess, though, that with all the astuteness of the Gamma Phi Chapter, they put us in a bad hole. We had a life-time bet of four million dollars that Staton would never lose an election wager. Where are we going to get the four million unle s we join Pi Kappa Alpha? Sherwood Staton Mildred Hobgood r (IM„ Reed, Jim Cochran, Joe Duncavage Bedford Black, Jim Bonds, Leslie Cansler Charlie Cheek, Ralph Earnhardt, Jim Floyd Tmn Callmirh. Jam,- Mil.-lir-ll. Kn-.l Tuniap- Clem Crabtree. Bob Earnhardt, Roy Truslow Harry Mi mford Betty Summersill SIGMA PHI EPSILON Founded at the I niversity of Richmond in 1901 THE North Carolina Zeta chapter — formerly Chi Tan — of Sigma Phi Ep-ilon was installed on the Wake Forest campus April 19. 1940, the youngest national representative on the local set. Negotiations with Sigma Phi Epsilon were opened by Chi Tail early in 1939 and, after a considerable amount of work, a charter was granted by the national organiza- tion. To date, the fraternity has seventy undergraduate chapters, being represented in all but eleven states of the United States. While some students think of the local chapter in terms of sports writers, this matter can ' t be held against them too strongly. They have taken an active part in the extra-curricular activities on the campus and have con- tributed to the general betterment of collegiate pro- grains. Though it is the baby chapter of the national ' organization, it bids fair to wax more powerful, expand- ing their present membership of nineteen to the number they desire. Chi Tau (the name taken from the Greek alphabet for no good reason whatsoever) was founded by a group ol men at Trinity College in 1913 for the purpose ol fostering good fellowship and understanding among the students on that campus. It was at one time a small national with the Delta chapter on the Wake Forest campus in 1923 when fraternities were first permitted. However, the national organization disbanded late in l ' )2 I and until April of this year Chi Tau Delta has been a local. 136 SIGMA PI Founded at the I incermes I niversity, February 26. 1867 YOU WONT FIND, anywhere in the universe, In one small, congested area like the Pi house, such a collection of giant intellects and diverse personalities, as in the manor oc- cupied by the Sigmas. Counting in their brotherly ranks such widely differing paragons ol umph as C. J. (Clancy) Mclnnis of Raleigh and Mis- sissippi, who Ays a Cub with the same aplomb that he takes a German cut, and IVte Davis, who takes tennis and (he Bob Howard, Rav Conley, Garretl Valentin ReJmcm (_liin . Pete lXm-. Ellis Murchiso Ed Spanjder. Jf Tharnish, Willis Turnt Paul Wyche, Bill Kellner, Jimmy North John Crowley, Hast) Knlclle, Forest Stevens presidency of the stu- dent body in stride. They are an amazing group, those Sigma Pi ' s. For vears. every- body thought that was a mortuary in the yel- low house on the corner, and suddenly, over- night, the crafty S.P. ' s copped the presidency of the student body and a group of promising freshmen. The Sigma Pi s. for the most part, are nocturnal in nature. It s this way: The school children across the street wake up Murchison in the middle of the night, and he wakes Gilliland. That wakes the whole neighborhood, and keeps everybody up. So all the SP ' s go to morning classes, and sleep all day. Result: Insomnia. And they all play bridge and the phonograph until two. when Ben Elliott gets in and puts them to bed — or vice versa. Jack Williams Virginia Bryant 137 MM O f Firsl row: Gene Phillips, Bob Kami, ,1,, I,. Nun Gar Wilbui Jolly. Second row: Jim Clontz, Lawson Knott, I lilt Everetl Parker. Third row: Paul Bullock, Grant Bolmer, Charles .la Carl Gaddy. Livingston Williams, Ben Carlin, earner Barn,-. Lloyd Gilbert, Rom II, Charles Dorselt, Jim Pittman, John Pittman Betty Smith GAMMA ETA GAMMA Founded m the ( niversity of Maine. February 25. 1901 IF THE SHADES of Clay and Webster ever came back through this part of tlit- country and got mixed up with Beamer Barnes and liis cohorts, nobody in Hunter would ever get anymore sleep — not that they ever have. ... As it is. the government is thinking about setting up a ballroom station between alumni and Hunter, just in case the supplj of nitrogen and helium should give suddenly out. Ii not a bad idea, because we here and now nominate the twenty-two members and the five pledges (especially Castlebury), as the most metaphorical bunch of guys be- tween here and Washington, D. C. The ubiquitous purveyors of legal advice have so much to do this year, consider- ing the revival of the Young Democrats, the establishment of the Young Republicans, the promulgation of the Young Socialists, the senatorial, gubernatorial, and presiden- tial elections, that they hardly have time to bother about classes at all. But we ' ll make you a wager: if any of them ever Hunk anything in law school, we ' ll positively guar- antee to tell you which is Jim and which is John Pittman. Sic probit. PHI CHI Founded tt the I niversity of I ermoni in 1889 TAU KAPPA division of Phi Chi was installed at Wake Forest in 1935. and was named in honor of an outstanding Phi Chi professor. Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin. The present national organization is a result of the union of two medical fraternities ol the same name. The Eastern division was organized at the University of Vermont, and the Southern division was founded by a similar group of medical students at the Louisville Medical College in 1894. To say that the local chapter houses a number of outstanding students on the Wake Fore-t campus would lie putting it rather mildly. There i- McDonald, the horn-blower (of the orchestra type); O ' Brien, the local representative in foreign ports of romance — New York for example; Heath Bumgardner, who speaks for him- self; and Bovd Owen and numerous others who have taken places of outstanding rank on the campus. Distributed throughout the Western Hemisphere and South Carolina, there are a total of sixty-six Phi Chi Helen Donevant Earl Baldwin chapters now. Their social life provides a source of professional relationship. II it weren ' t for the thought that there will be others just like them, it would be sad to see the retiring Medi- cal students of 1910 take their flight from the local chapter of Phi Chi. First row: J. D. Christian. Bob Allen. Bill O ' Brien, Jack V eeks. Sam Williams. Second row: J. L. Smith. Fred Johnson, Boyd Owen, Heath Bumgardner. Charles Highsmith Third row: Malcolm McDonald, li.d, King. Edwin Womble, Jeff Senter, Cam,! Plott. ■ A v T. O. Wheless Martha Kearney Phil Dixon Dan Martin Joe Little Cooper Mo Cullen Ha Oscar Carter II. H. Jones Russell I la . 1. ( i ( . ( . h Nelson Thomas .1. R. Wright Brad) Kenlaw Wyan Washburn George Dillard PHI RHO SIGMA Founded m Northwestern I niversity in 1873 DUE TO the rapid advancement of the Wake Foresl Medical School. the men oi medicine on the local campus banded together and organized the Alpha Delta Chapter of Chi Zeta Chi. Steady growth was in their favor, and in 1928 the members felt the necessity of affiliating themselves with a national fraternity. Then came Phi Rho Sigma. On pril 16, 1929. a charter from Phi Rho Sigma was granted and the old Alpha Delta chapter was organized a the Chi Theta chapter. The national organization has quite a history behind it. It has existed as a society lor nearly three-quarters of a century. Many of the medical men who have been members of this fraternity have become famous for their professional work. And now the organization has a total of forty- eight chapters, located in practically every medical school ol any note throughout the United States. The organization is eager to improve the art and science of medicine by assisting the undergraduate in bis studies and the graduate in the practice of medicine. Whether the group meets now and then, in the local chapter, and di - cus e the ways and means of raising the price ol curing stomach-ache or not has never been ascertained by outside critics. They have, however, taken an active part in campus activity, and hold down one ol the quietest sections ol Bostwick Dormitory. Deliberation: salutati. RATERNITY L, l KE ANY other organizations the fraternity men are not entirely free from insinuating maxims. Some students have done a little paraphrasing, to say: Rich man, poor man: fraternity man, fraternity man. But the fraternities have tome to be an integral part of Wake Forest ' s social life. Fortunate- ly, there is no definite line of discrimination between the students who are Greek letter men and those who are not. for both groups work side by side and often play side by side. From the time the student officially hangs his hat on a peg in the house until he is first approached for his initial dues, he is the happiest man alive. The house belongs to him, and he revels in its resources. However, he soon learns that fraternity life i- not play alone, but cer- tain scholastic requirements are attached to his pledge, in order to retain a desirable standing. In this way the fraternities have come to serve an excellent purpose aside from the social advan- tages offered. The social side of the house is quite inviting to say the least, however. A man with a huge. 141 ' Gators grope for (lie band-stand, a Donahue ' s dr does a ferocious version of ' Pagan Love Song. crushing handshal e greets you at the door, and yuii arc ushered intu the hest house on the campus. Bv the time you have in- vestigated it from the chapter room to the guest and old-grad cots in the attic, you arc con- vinced. Even at that, you don ' t know the hall nl it. The personnel of the group and the common characteristics ol the brothers impress you most oi all. In 1 1 1 i — manner the boys are aide to extend bids to men who arc most like themselves, and you in turn are able in deride lor yourself as bo the correctness of their calculations. Then there arc the dances, parties, informal Top: Bellois and Company: Conversation. Below: Gawky Durham and partner: captivati ■«•« gatherings. Generally music beats againsl the banner-tapestried walls. Shouts of glee and cries of enthusiastic spirit greet the ear. Somehow there is a spirit of definite brotherhood prevailing. The fraternity man has decided to play for a while. Another week-end he has derided to dance, while plans lor an autumn hop or a spring forma] have been worked out to the nth degree. Beautiful girls descend on the campus from each of the lour universal directions, and varied and sundry accents give account of the brothers ' versatility. There is always a friendl) atmosphere in the chapter r n, and before several hours of the officially-opened festivities have passed, you know all visitors. A current complaint among some of the men i- that you know one of the visitors too well; perhaps it ' s girl friend. But all pretty animosities are forgotten by 9:30 in the evening. ' ton have dined and dancing has begun. A seafhing mass of color blight- the unromantic vision of any gloomy gus, and you -way to the strains of some plaintive melody. The festive mood lingers until the wee hour- of morning, and takes a tapering-off channel at breakfast the next day. The scene has changed on Monday, and you find stark reality, in the form of books, classes and leering professors, staring you directly in the eye. hat you have had i- inspiration, Presidenl Castlebury leads Pan- Hellenic Council figure at Mid- winters formal: down from the check room— 2:00 a.m.: Willis Turner implore-: It ' s getting late. Perhaps he left her for the vocalist of a swing-band, namely Paula Kelly. Al Donahue ' s song- stress who made such a hit with Deacontown ' lain ers. r BPi ■ V ¥ ; ' Jam 1 J tKiJIfei It fi K.A. ' s hold open h.iuse .in the eve ..I Mid-winters. in a sense- the social mode of inspiration. preparatory in the academic or professional tasks, in which von nerd mental inspiration. For a week-end friends have forgotten their enemies anil enemies have forgotten their enemies. The fraternity has turned out for a portion ol the social calendar for the vear. On the calendar are dances at which every fraternity man has the l est time at his own dance and goes to the others pastime. No one Imt a fraternity man can feel the satisfaction of having the ribbon denoting that he is a host. Outside of the spirit of brotherhood and perennial friendliness existing hetween the men of similar Greek letters, yon will find that they are not unlike your Other comrade-. In them von will find men who never bathe without singing, and you will find some ol these same men who never sing. beautiful jrirl to a Greek man i- a beautiful girl, re- Pika, and -i!....!- ' Hobg I forgel mmm mmfn gardless of who has assumed a license of appreciation for her beauty. There is always a good quartet in every fraternity, and there is always one brother at least to whom von or no one else will lend money. Few of them are wallflower- for there is the omnipresence of brotherhood. It might be said that the fraternity life of today. 1940, is in a large measure the same relative life which inaugurated their presence on the Wake Forest campus a number of years ago. There i- always the perpetual stream of family relations, and fraternity brothers generally accept and live up to the like father, like son; like brother. axioms of collegiate life. That is. in a fleeting fashion, the social side of the part of a (ill lege called fraternities. But there are honor fraternities, too, composed of men who excel in like tendencies of academic en- deavor. There ' s not a great deal of fundamental difference between the social and honor fraternities. Their orders are set up for dif- ferent purposes, of course, but the nn-n of both groups have many things in common. Where the social fraternity man might be primarily interested in the group of men who are affiliated with a certain fraternity, his interest i- created through the social associa- tion-. On the other hand, men ol leadership, scholarship, higher chemical study, or excellence in language are drawn together by their mutual adeptness in specific fields. The social fraternities have their fun and their rules. Require- ments as to scholarship afford many of the members the neces- sary push to keep up better- than-average grade standards. And work of the honor groups stimulates the interest to delve deeper into the problems. Top: Serenade from a window-site; Opilika ' s I Via.) — i f I., girldom; Bvr.m Pete Davis -mil.-: girl-, girl-, girls, and a punchbowl. Ma. I tonsils rim in ill.- kappa Sig family. Welch, Baldwin, and Acree demonstrate. i ) 11% Fop ,,. .. , „ ,,« , . Gene Worrell, Jim Waller. Heath Bumgardner, Boyd Owen, Harold McMa Second row: Page Acree, Gene Brissie, Jim Copple, Wayne Oates. Bill P at. Bottom tow: Jimmy Haves. Jack Parker. Pete Davis, Eddie Woolbert, Cliff Everett, Bob Goldberg. OMICRON DELTA KAPPA OMICRON DELTA KAPPA, the na tional leadership fraternity, has a speeia place mi the campus nl any better college oi university. Wake Forest is definitely in llii- classification, for its tradition, growth, am bids into the Inline have been built n leadei sliip — (il men. The Beta Mpha circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the forty-eighth chapter of the Na- tional leadership group founded in I ' M 1 at Washington and Lee University, was installed at Wake Forest May L5, 1939. Charter mem- bers of the local organization included fourteen students and nine faculty members. Ten oi the charter members were lost by graduation last spring. Thirteen students and two faculty members were added to membership al the first semi-annual initiation on December I. 1939. The organization oilers three purposes: First, to recognize men who have attained a high standard of efficiency in college activity; second, lo bring together the most representa- tive men in all phases of collegiate life, thereby moulding the sentiment of the institution on questions oi local and inter-collegiate interest; third, to bring together members of the faculty and student bod of the institution on a basis ol mutual interest and understanding. GOLDEN BOUGH ' SCHOLARSHIP furthers the effec- tiveness of any cause. Thus. Golden Bough, the historic honorary fraternity of the W; Forest campus, has often heen referred to a formidable cornerstone of other organ tions. It represents that two per cent of student body who-,, scholarship merits their being in a class of their own, but whose fra- ternal spirit brings them together in an or- ganization time-honored by Wake Forest College. It was hack in 1925 that the Golden Bough was organized here. Someone described it as being the work of distinction for outstand- Y ing members of the student body. But Golden Bough also represents a group of students lose excellence in study carries them into •ersified fields. One is the scientist, another mathematician, and another a man of asS Hterature and language. As men who come • from different fields of study, they have a brotherhood in their common interests. In recent years the fraternity has required a scholastic average of 92.5 for five consecutive semesters of new members. Officers for the current year included Jimmy Hayes, presi- dent; Jim Waller, vice president; and Boyd Owen, secretary-treasurer. Top re, left to right: Jimmy Hayes, Jim Waller. Boyd Owen, John Avera. Henlee Barnem, lim Connie Second row: Lynn Corbm, I. C. Gentry, Albert Glod, Russell Hani. Paul Hinkle I I) l , ]! ! ■•  ■ I f t I I N • ft ' ° - ' ■ k Ml PoTeatt ' ciaude Suck David Sehrum Bottom ran: A. r. Scott, S. M. Spencer, Frank Ward, Eddie Woolbert, Eugene Worrell, Heath Bumgardner, Tom Lumpkii o rs p 147 _ =r a 7 , rum: Emmeii Davis. N. P. Howington, Jack Parker. Bill Poole, W. I. Poteal. Bottom row: G. M. Bran. William Pritchard, Bill Angell, David Schrumm. Henlee I CHI ETA TAU CHI ETA TAU, honorary philosoph cal fraternity, was organized fifteen years a a- the Charles E. Taylor Philosophical CI li has as it purpose the encouragement intelligent discussion of philosophic proble by students who have distinguished themselve in ihis field. Membership requires the most rigid oJ qualifications. The organization is limited In those who are doing advanced work in the Department of Philosophy, and those who pro- pose in do graduate work upon receiving an aca- demic degree. Furthermore, in order to be eligible fur membership, one must maintain a scholastic standing in the upper ten per cent of the student body, plus the high ideals of character accepted oi ■ in such a group. The fraternity is under the direction of Dr. C. Reid, professor of philosophy and psy- ology, recognized as one ol the leading men lliis particular field. Dr. Reid is one of the few men who u c their own winks ;i a text. During the past several years guest speak- ers have been brought in to express their views on different subjects. Regular meetings were a feature of the activities, although ihis year the group has not met as consistently as ii has dune In the past. Distinguished psychologists were often asked in lead the discussions at the seminar programs, or to gi o original lectures, formal and informal, to the members of the fra- ternity. Such a practice proved helpful in- deed in the student of philosophy. HHBnHMI DELTA KAPPA ALPHA DELTA KAPPA ALPHA, honorary ministerial fraternity, was founded October I ' KVI. for the purpose of promoting fellowship and spiritual life among the ministerial st dents on the campus and of elevating the ideals and increasing interest in and understand] of the problems which confront the ministry I today. The group was ably assisted by Dr. Binklev and Dr. Easley, both of whom are of the De- partment of Religion. Among the numerous speakers at the fra- ternity meetings were such well-known person- alities as Dr. A. C. Reid and Professor Al Martin of the Department of Philosophy, Dr. Binklev. Dr. Hubert Poteat. professor of Latin language and literature, and Professor A. L. Aycock, of the English department. Membership in Delta Kappa Alpha i- mi ted to twenty-five students of junior and senior standing. Henlee Barnette served during the year as president of the group. Hi assisting officers were Wayne Oates. vice president; James Potter, secretary; Clarence Godwin, treasurer; Charles Talley. chaplain; Claude Roebuck, re- porter; and G. C. Kinlaw, sergeant-at-arms. Other members include: Fon Scofield, Bill Poole, Harold McManus, Norman Blythe, Roundtree Blanchard, Charles Burchette. Nolan P. Howington. Thomas Hood, McLeod Bryan. W . I!. Wagoner, James Turner, and R. T. Standi. p P p o (? P p, £) f i ft O o Bamette, Wayne Oates, Fon Scofield, N. P. Ho wington, Claude Roebuck ( larence Godwin man Blythe, Rountree Blanchard, Thomas H I, James Potter, Charles Talley, Bill Poole old McManus, R. T. Stancil, Jame- Turner. W. R. Wagoner. Charles Burchette, G. C. Kinlaw. Mc( leod Bryan ff O CI ia. Bob Nelson, Victor Crescenzo, Albert Glod, Page Acree, Donald Bradsher, T. 0. Braswell. ck Buie, Kenneth Cheek, Spurgeon Canady, I. K. Collier, Jasper Godwin, Boyce Griggs, .1. B. Nankins. rdwick, Miles Hudson, Charles Inman. Tom Jarvis, Jack Johnson, Harold Johnston, Charles Kalaf. n, Walter Lockhart, Franz Maroshek, Leslie Morris, John Nance. Howard Olive. Spurgeon Small.. ' .Smith, Wingate Swain, Wayne Townsend, Roy Truslow, James Watson. Allen Wooden. Clarenee Bridger. GAMMA NLJ IOTA GAMMA NU IOTA, honorary Pie- Medical fraternity, was founded in 1937 at Wake Forest College by Frank Neal, under the guidance and help of Dr. C. C. Carpenter, Dean of the Wake Forest School of Medical Sciences. Although still a young organization, Gamma Nti Iota lias acquired a large measure of prestige and is growing steadily. Eligibility for membership is based on scholarship, aptitude for pre-medical science-,, and character, and is limited to men of sopho- more standing or better. The purpose of the fraternity is to bring closer together students who are planning to follow a medical career, and provide them with a greater opportunity for close fellow- ship, for discussion of problems, and for wider acquaintance with recent developments in the ' various medical fields. Bi-monthly meetings are held at which time there are student programs, or programs dur- ing which a doctor or other authority in the field makes a talk and leads a discussion on some phase ol medicine. Programs were arranged in the fall to help those members who planned to lake the Medi- cal Aptitude Test. The results were gratifying. John Avera is president of the group. He is assisted by I. R. Nelson, vice president; Vic Crescenzo, secretary; and Al Glod, treasurer. GAMMA SIGMA EPSILON GAMMA SIGMA EPSILON. honor ary chemical fraternity, was founded at David son College in 1919. The Alpha Gamm Chapter was installed at Wake Forest Colleg in 1926, replacing the Lavoisier Chemical So cietv, a local organization. The object of the fraternity is t increase interest and scholarship in Chemistry and t promote friendship and the general welfare of the chemists. Membership is based on scholarship, character, and the amount of in- terest manifested in the field. Meetings have been held at various times during the year that were primarily of a chemical nature, hut such programs were open to the public. A unique feature of making distinguishable lew members who are soon to be inducted into fraternity is the test tube dangling from a trmg circling the young Chemist ' s neck. This tube i;- worn during the early part of the students invitation. The officers of the organization are A. P. Glod, Keeper of the Kult; Jack Nowell, Grand Alchemist; John A. Freeman, Recorder; and T. R. Jarvis, Visor. Other members of Gamma Sigma Epsilon are: Henry E. Ernst, Eddie Woolbert, I. R. Nelson, Paul Check, Walter Lockhardt, Miles Hudson, Tom P. Freeman, Jack Webb. J. T. Spencer. Vic Crescenzo, and Cedric Smith. First row: Henrj Ernst, Turn Jarvis, Walter Lockhart, Alben Glod, Eddie Woolbert. Second row: Victor Crescenzo, Bob Nelson. John A. Freeman. T in Freeman. Jaek Nn f Bottom row: Cedric Smith. Miles Hudson, Earl Baldwin, Frank Ward. P P 9 Tup run: Charles Allen. John Avera, Jack Parker. R...I Buie, Bill Poteal. Bottom: Fred Eason, Eugene Worrell. James Cupple. Kay Modlin, Emmett Da SIGMA PI ALPHA SIGMA PI ALPHA, honor modern language fraternity, was foundedKat -v N. C. State College in 1927. The Epsilon Cha ter was installed on the local campus in 19 The fraternity has as its purpose Stimulation of interest in and the acquisition of a more intimate knowledge of, the language, customs, and culture of foreign countries, and in this way the cultivation of a better under- standing between these countries anil our own. Seminar programs and informal discus- sions are regular parts of the activities en- joyed by the fraternity. Meeting- are held during which the conversation is carried out in some foreign language. Lectures are gi cn in ortlcr that the members might understand more clearly the mode of life as practiced by another country. Membership in Sigma Pi Alpha is limited in two per cent of the student body. Selection j? .on the basis of character, scholarship, and aptitude in foreign languages. ider the capable direction of Professor Seibert, Dr. H. D. Parcell, and Dr. N. C. dings, faculty advisers of the fraternity, njany interesting programs have been given this year. Several social 1 unctions were car- ried OUt with success. One of the advisers, Dr. Parcell. was elected president of the national honorary language fraternity this year at a banquet program of the 12th Annual Congress held in Greenville. According to Dr. Parcell. the 13th Congress will be held here in the spring of next year, with Wake Forest College acting as host. The members of Sigma Pi Alpha are: Em- mett Davis and Charles M. Allen, graduate students; Jay Smith, medical student; Eugene Worrell, law student; John Avera. Jack Parker. Bill Poteat, Jim Copple, Raymond Modlin. seniors; Roderick Buie and Fred Eason, juniors. PI KAPPA DELTA DURING THE PAST year. Pi Kap- pa Delta, national forensic fraternity, com- pleted its most successful year of activity since being installed at Wake Forest in 1926. The group, working in cooperation with the debate squad, is composed of those men whose special interest and activity in forensic work entitles them to recognition by the national organiza- tion. Its purpose is to foster the spread of interest and activity in speech work and to represent the college in various events during the year. Leaders for the fraternity thi- year were Bob Goldberg, president; Jimmy Gilliland, vice president; Tom Davis, secretary. Outstanding events of the year might in- clude the journey to several tournaments throughout the South; or the time of the Stu- dent Legislature in Raleigh, when college men took over the law-making offices for a day. and Bedford Black was elected speaker of the house for the second consecutive year. Another highlight was the High School Debate Tournament, held on the Wake Forest campus. and sponsored by this organization in particu- lar. Representatives journeyed to Knoxville, Tenn.. where the national tournament of Pi Kappa Delta was in progress. For the first time that any national title has come below the Mason and Dixon Line. Gene Worrell took over top honors in the oratory division. Many ol these same men saw service in other campus activities of speech. Several were foremost in literary society programs. op row: Bob Goldberg, Adlai Hoyle, Joe Leonard, Ralph Brunn-i Bottom row: T..m Davis. Bedfnr.l Black, Spotlswood Butts. Bill) Winde Euzelian Literary Society Henlee Barnette Seavy Carroll Presidents FROM THE DATE of their first meetings, back in 1835. the literary Socie- ties have remained a constant source of forensic competition. Earlier competition exceeded forensic activities, for the societies had races for first place in membership. Dr. 0. T. Binkley addressed the Euzelians in this first meeting of the year. Other speakers during the year included Dr. Hubert Poteat and J. M. Broughton, an old Euzelian who announced bis candidacy for governor of North Carolina this year. The heated rivalry between the two societies took it- first form at the Society Day contests this year. Robert Goldberg and Bedford Black represented the Eus in the annual debate, while Seavy Carroll and Stewart Simms delivered orations. Perhaps the outstanding highlight of the year came when the Euzelian presented Dr. John G. Neibardt. American poel, with an honorary membership certificate. „ right: Bedford Bla.-k. .1: tewarl Simms, David l ly, Spotswood Hull-. Bill Poole, Karl Whit Hollis Fuller, Rill Smith, P. I). Cain. Third row: Sidnej Schramm, .1.- Mathis, Fred Crowl Hill Millsaps, Leslie Bobbin, Harold M lanu . Bamctte, Rill Flowe iberl Doyle, Zal ' ph Andrews, Lansing Hicks, Ha Henrj Hicks, .1. ' I ' . Spenser, Les Cansler, Council Nathan Xanthos, Bill Hearn, Meredith Rum-. George Eddins, Seth Washburn, 154 Philomathesian Literary Society Front row: Pons. Beavers, BraJsher, Yates, Leonard, Cheek, Wilson, Morgan, Britt. Back row: Norihrup. Wilkins. Pruden, Krahenbill, Rich. Dean. Lyles. Hensley. Buie. Hasty .iley. Galloway. Hutchinson, Vye T. HE FIRST semester programs of the Philomathesian Literary Society were designed to cover historical points of American History. Second Semester activities were concentrated on current events and were focused — on the literary side — toward giving students a deeper apprecia- tion of literature. At the annual smoker last fall. Professor Al Martin, a former Phi. was the guest speaker. Then came Society Day. when the Phi debaters, Ralph Brumet and Joe Leonard, won a victory over the Eu speakers. Carroll and Sirams, how- ever, were successful in defeating Phi orators Roderick Buie and Neil Morgan. In the Founder ' s Day speech festive, Brumet and W Leonard were again successful in defending their debating crown, while no decision was offered in the oratory division. The greatest contribution to ake Forest stu- dent activities has been made by the literary societies. Page Acree Joe Leonard Presidents Euzelian representatives: Roberl Goldberg, Bedford Black, Seavy Carroll. Sim Philomathesian: Neil Morgan, Roderick Buie. Joe Leonard, Ralph Brumel. Society Day Speakers SOCIETi DAY and homecoming are usually associated with each other. La t fall, when the flare of forensic festivities could he sensed from the most distant corner of the campus, the Philomathesian debaters, including Bruniet and Leonard, defeated the Eu contenders. Euzelian orators Stewart Simms and Seavy Carol! took the honors in this divis ion. Founders ' Day Speakers AS an important part of the annual Founder ' s Day activities, representatives from the Philomathe- sian and Euzelian Literary Societies clashed in the second inter-society meet of the year. When the forensic smoke of battle had cleared away, the Phi debaters. Bruniet and Leonard, were de- clared winners of the debate, o decision was offered in the oratory circle. The tradition behind the Founder ' s Dav society events carries with it a note of anxiety from one year to another. According to past records, the groups have remained pretty well divided in victories and defeats. Euzelian representatives: Seavy Carroll. Bedford Black. Thomas Lumpkin, James Copple. Philomathesian speakers: George Watkins, Page Acree, Ralph Brumet, Charles Wilkin-. A M±M , (T) |f o f! Robert Goldberg. Ralph Brumei. Adlai Hoyle, Tom Davis. Spolswood Bulls, Billy Windes. James Gifliland. Eugene Worrell. Front row: Carroll. Howard. Leonard. Cain. Pinnell. Gopple, Settle, Pritchard. Bailey, West. Back row: Welch. Flowe, Early, Brumei. Lyles, Hasty, Loving. Morgan. Watson, Angell. Hutchil Tate. Debate Squad I Joldberg, I li e debate] ranked highest in the an- nual Strawberry Leal Festival. Tom I. 1 a is, the Southern after dinner speaking contest, a n il Eugene W orrell w a s judged champion orator of the nation. Bruniet, Hoyle. Butts. Lyles, Gilli- land, and other- added to the Deacon victory march in the competition cf the better speaking circles. Statesman ' s Club During the year just passed, t h e Statesman ' s Club has had plenty ol topics for discussion. They discuss matters of international importance. While pa-sing the Law building on a meeting night, you might hear a flow of oratory that would rival Mr. Monroe of Doc- trine fame. Incidentally, the primary object of the club i- to establish an interest in world peace. Since the Swedish Acad- emy didn ' t offer a Nobel Peace Prize in 1939. the Statesman ' s Club didn ' t get directly rewarded for their work. Barrister ' s Club Designed for the purpose of giving organization to a group of men entering the same field, the Bar- rister ' s Club offers training to the youthful pursuers of a legal profession. Officers for the club this year were Archie L. Smith, president; Sim Cald- well, vice president; M. L. Lowe, secretary- treasurer: and James Cilliland, critic Robert Scott Robert Goldbi Francis ilnli.la Jake Taylor Davis Herring Graham DeVane N.Y. Gulley Law Society Students of law. realizing that the ability to speak effectively is such an indispensable part of their profession, organized the N. Y. Gulley Law Society in 1937. Their methods of encouraging and popu- larizing speech practice have been especially suc- cessful. Foremost among their programs have been the mock trials, where law conditions prevail. £ {? ilbur Joll) Rom Parke Bean er Barnes Ben Carlin Lo .1 Gilbert Ciaif Hopkins Jim Randlem Jir 1 Clonis Jim Joh Pittman 1 Pittman Ea 1 Collins Ch es Dorset FJti n Mitchin Cliff Everett Gem Phillips Law son Knott Ch arles Jar,, Presidents Clarence Godwin James Greene Ri i ' is Potts Charles Godwin John Fletcher Ben Ussery Kobert Goldberg Merritt Burns Livingston Wili Sunday School Officers Sunday school activity at Wake Forest is divided between a series of units, each operating under it own organization. There are groups which meet in the various classrooms of Wait Hall, and there is a Law School group. Under the guidance of a teacher, who is usually drawn from the faculty, each of these classes plans its own activity for the year. Needless to say. their work is an integral part of campus life. Ministerial Conference How the name Prophets was ever acquired by the minis- terial students on the Wake Forest campus is quite a mystery. However, it is no mystery that the ministerial conference has become a place of valuable training for students entering the ministry. Backed with the power of unsurpassed reli- gion- leaders, who are to be found on the Wake Forest campus, these men have banded together for an honorable purpose. Their meetings provide opportunities for the youthful minister to bring up his problems and seek a collective solution. . Ha-i . Krahenbill, Rich, Poole, Phillips. .loli,,-.,,,,. Godwin, Middleton, Pruden, McCrimmon, Lung. Brookshire. Second row: Varner, Seig. Potter. Hearn. Hensley, Scott, Minshew, Humphries, Blylhe. Turner. Home. Burchette. Bamette, Slroud, Loving, Middleton. Angell. Back row: Patterson, Galloway, McManus, Shuford, Moore, Jackson. Blanchartl. Talley. Early, Andrews. Blanchard. Hicks, Howington, Lamm, Lewis, Land, Wagner. Baptist Student Union Officers The work of the Wake Forest College Baptist Student Union for the past year was recognized through- out the denominational schools of this section. Capable leaders have rendered their objectives as definite accomplishments. Among other things, they have brought notable speakers to the local campus. Chapel programs under their direction have been carefully planned, and this phase of campus activity, while not the most popular, has certainly been among the most profitable. dent; Bil l Poole, secre- tary . Edwin Pearce, treas- urer; John Elliot I liter Donald Mo chairman; James Greene, reporter; Clarence God- win, Sunday school super- intendent; Jack Parker, Baptist Training I nion director; Rountree Blanch- ard. mission study repre- sintiilll ' ' . Norman Blythe, ministerial conference representatii e; Bedford Black, Methodist representative : E in melt Davis, music director; Wayne Oates, extension director; Vernon Northrup, poster chairman. t ' . jrr? p . Group p Roun Blanchard William Flowe Waller Sessoms Keith James John . Freemi James Varnei Baptist Training Union ( (rganized similarly to the Sundaj school groups — with program- of a differenl naturi — the Baptist Train- ing I nion comprises six separate units. Members ol the various units meet on Sunday evenings and pre- sent programs of a study nature. The presence ol these groups on the campus has been time-honored, and many organizations have found their most capable leaders have come I nun the Training Union workers. A CHANGE of mood, and th« scene shifts to speaking sprees. It was oratory season. Society day had in- spired many, while others fell into the j festive mood and looked to the ban- queting part of the day ' s activities. The very crispness of the atmosphere told us. however, that if autumn had passed, could Christmas be so far away? In connection with the holiday moods, there were banquets, recep- tions, and honor society inductions. Modes o f convincing: Brumet — ' Gestures. Car- mil — ' ' Pleail for sympathy. Leonard— It lakes looks. Jim Greene and «ir] friend. Eating cnmes first — some- times. Tamany was a bunch of weaklings politicos How- inglon, B. Black, Tha.l Eure. and Barnette. Eure wanted the Secretary of Stale position fm another the banquet to get over — Lynn Corbin and Eddie Woolbert banquet. Maybe it ' s a question of Which knife? Jimmy Hayes and Judge Judson J., of the same family name de i ! ' a bit uf time tn something out- side I a law office. There was a speech later; Golden Bough banquet. Santa Claused Rountree Blanchard thrilled a score of Meredith Angels. I ' ve miss e d my calling - Blanchard, at one of the Prophet Fmlics. Still on the job, St. Nick comes across with at least one of the gift- entrusted f H, OW WE LOOKED and where we were at different times during tlit- year offers a bit of study in retrospect. Some of us were more interested in the menu of a banquet than we were the principal speaker-. In one specific case oi the year, however. we point hack to the Founders Day Birthday Party when Senator Josiah Bailey delivered a memorable ad- dress. The text was a masterpiece from the mind ol one ol Wake Forest ' s outstanding graduates. ODK members Woolbert Parker. Poteat, Owen, Wal ]er and Bumgardner de sert the chicken. Bring on a speaker. •A bird in the hand i a d table manneri Javis and Brissie. .e for Dowtin this ather than the Poteat and Owen wonde if he ' s up hi par. Even working boys must listen to speakers — if they ' re banquet wailers. Hon. Josiah liaile -.peak-. Dr. K i t i h i n a n d a Founder ' s Day luncheon group hear. ' ' Our language Miss .1.. ' William- pa-e- out a bit of Wake Forest ' s birthday cake; il had a candlepower of 106. Cat- i, .11. Carpenter, an. I Dow- tin partake. Ii was a great birthday party; old grads. visitors ege ok p. HBKH HHEa MLI ■ ■ WM  Vi First row: Roy Russell. Henrv lluf-in-. John Daniel, David Schrum, John Davis, Lenwood Dize, E. T. Hani-. Leroy Jarvi-. Sidney Schrum, James Gillespie, Frank S. Harrell, Jr. Second row: .1. L. Austin, E. M. Yow, Waltei Carpenter, Leslie Bobbin, .lame- Burkhalter, Guj Little, Frank Faucette, Jam.- Elliott, Billy Pearce, Creighton Rodwell. Third row: Edwin Pearce, James Grower. E. K. Aydlett, T. M. Bank-. J. A. Easley, Jr., George M. Willets, Jr.. Ben Cole, Jack Hum. Stewart ( urtis. Fourth row: Marshall Durham, Raoid Trudell, Edgar Gurganus, Frank Todd, Kenneth Smith. BAND AN EVERY institution there is an omnipresence of the term school spirit. At Wake Forest no one part of the college deserves more credit for stimulating a desirable school spirit than the band. Clad in new uniforms, the sixty-odd members of the Gold and Black battalion is indispensable to the Wake Forest traditional interpretation of pep. spirit. In Professor Donald F. Pfohl, the college has a man whose work deserves a bit of special mention here. First oi all he is a musician, and one of the first order, and. secondly, the amiable manner of In- direction has won for him the friendship ol those whom he leads. Pro- fessor Pfohl i- a versatile musician, and his experiences in the musical world of studj have brought him in contact u illi outstanding men ol his profession. Football games, basketball games, outdoor concerts, and -pecial trips to festivals over the entire state have been included on the band schedule of events. A pair of strutting drum-majors, Marshall Din- ham and Kenneth Smith, led the parades, and Deacon-town spirit ran high. ith a hand which we have been proud to poinl to as our own, students have left all reluctance behind uhen the necessary punch for a score seemed to depend upon a Spirited cheer. The band has given us a spirit of gaiety and cries of victory. The very march seemed to fit right in with October crispness of a football afternoon. Donald Pfohl First row, lejl to risht ■ Fuller. Davis. Bauroni. Bobbitt, Harriss, Brow- er. McMillan, Teachey, Allen. Godwin, J. Hicks. Winders, Mill- snaps. Butler, J. Davis. Hough, II. Hicks, Parker, Little, Dunn. Bell. Ellington, Cham- blee, Hare. Roebuck, Tciliev. Greer. Speni er, Tiller. Gavin, Pearce Miller. Stinchcomb Talley. Set ond row: C a n t e r. M e. Gillespie, Mor- ris, Barbee. Hughes. Faucette. Greene. Rus- sell. Hege, Allen, Hen- ley. Pruelte, Cheek. Olive. Froneherger. Rodwell. GLEE CLUB PROFESSOR PFOHL began the year with over seventy members in the glee club— a surprisingly large turnout for any college. As the season got under way, increasing interest was manifest by those who first became affiliated with the club. And so. in time, we found a group of students working together tor they were looking to one of the most active seasons of recent years. Autumn and winter took then, to various sections of the state, where they took outstanding parts in musical performances. And so throughout the year Professor Pfohl and his men have carried the vocal talents of Wake Forest before audiences of varied and sundry types. To them it has been a year of experience-good experience for they found nods of approval and calls for encores at practically every set. experience. OCTET WHIM, many other features offered in glee club performances during the year, Professor Pfohl organized a splendid octet. Strangely enough the Wake Forest Octet is the only one of its kind known m the history of civilization, for. as is shown by the photograph, it is a nine-man octet. Whether the manager sneaked in on the picture, or whether the extra man is a spare or not, we can ' t say. But we can saj that they have meant much to Wake Forest. Their renditions have been met with favorable reports on all occasions, and their encores have been loo numerous to enumerate. Among other selec- tions they have found the special arrangements of Donald Pfohl most popular. Octet, lejt m right: Bell. Tallev. Winders, Stinchcomb, Davis. Parker Tobey, F.llingi,,n. IGo ETAMORPHOSIS BEAUTY, whether vain or unassuming, cannot be restricted to either of tin- sexes. And beautv is not a ' natural right from birth alone, else a million cosmetic-manufactur- ers, hair curlers, nail polishers, beauty salonists. and Nightfall-in-Paris employees would be car- rying on futile task . Likewise beautv. attractiveness, charm, and allurement are terms which have been applied to horses, dogs. Persian cats, and even human beings. We prefer the latter. When Dorso the caveman emerged from a Norwegian night ' s rest one morning, no doubt his half-opened eyes were temporarily blinded by a passing oomph girl of his day. We believe that even Dorso was inspired, and perhaps he chipped out an extra dozen stone hatchets for the family arsenal. The same element of intrigue has followed in the wake of caveman until now. since Hollywood and presidents ' wives combined have given us such a confused conception of beauty, we hardly know what to call inspiration. It is interest- ing, nevertheless, to trace the development of one ' s own conception, and then view the final results. Necessary implements might include a good hair brush, a not-too-authentic mirror sundry jars of Good Housekeeping-recom mended toilet articles, and a flattering com rade. Proof of your success might he ad judged according to the number of year books in which you have been sponsored after a reasonable length of time — say twenty vears. Llu C loiM czrV J I!iim i, i. mi .in the campus thai he is, Trie Davis, president of the student body, basket- ball and tennis luminary, and a host of other things, managed to get as far as Raleigh. Result: Miss Eloise Sell , sponsor for Pete Davis. -SvLu . yi ' la tlcue 1 VlidcluitM f Miss Marjorie Whitehurst is sponsor for the law school in general, and Cliff Everett, the president, in particular. She is a senior this year at East Carolina Teachers College in Greenville. N. C. 160 IA (I Among medical experts in judging beauty, and one expert in particular — Fred Joh son. president of the Medical Classes, it ' s Mis. Ruth Daughter) of Goldsboro, two to on For latest details read the engagemenl notices in any one of several May 5 newspapers. 170 y 1 Li ( dwLiia _ aw tc i ice In spring, Jack Parker, president of the senior class, finds his thoughts turn not too lightly to thoughts of a sponsor. Hi- meditation netted an addition to our sponsor section in the person of Miss Edwina Lawrence, Meredith sophomore. s I LUJ s I Lane s I Lutyliit difficult problem of anj beaut) expert, Gene Brissie had to choose just one sponsor. The editorial department of The Student presents .Miss Marie Murphy, Southern Pines senior al the Woman ' s College of the I niversitj of North Carolina, ■ - S vmrt TTv 1 -S I liss C Icanot C Jiwata, Miss Eleanor Edwards of Cary is the sponsor for both the Business Manager of the Howler and President of the Pan-Hellenic Council— both the same man. Frank Castlebury. Whal a man! 173 r (■ i i y 7;.u I Lite, axel i i Davis Herring went the limii In his Business Manager of The Student capacity. But how he managed to gel a picture of Miss Margaret Bunn, Meredith senior of Zebulon, is more than the Howleh staff can account for. S I Li ii cz Vz ta L o tc Men with money can get most anything they desire. Frank Hester is no exception, hence we have Miss Sara Cole. Meredith senior from Canton, as sponsor for Business Manager of The Old Gold and Black. 175 N, ( THAT you ' ve had a glimpse into what you have done at Wake Forest during the past year, you may take a look at those who did it. The Student Council upholds more re- sponsibility than any other group on the campus. If your picture failed to get in here because you were sent away from school he! ore the first semester expired, then the Council is responsible. They have charge of trying all rases of rule violators. In addition, they suggest and further such principles that might cause you to never get around to breaking a campus rule. c TUDENT Council Byron Davis, who between Council duties and the basketball court did manage to get in a season oi tennis, presided over the meetings. One ol the main features ol their year ' s program was the plan ol freshman orientation. In an client to get away from the conventional forms ol breaking new men into the campus picture. the council devised a plan which came under the management of a Freshman dvisory Council. Much hard work ha been involved in their program lor the year. Their progress has been in harmony with the changes in cessarj to lit a new generation of college students. Through much work i- d • In each preceding group ol councilmen. the ta-k ol governing a changing world ol collegians confronts each succeeding group. J. F YOU will get a ropy of the student body con- stitution and look until you find Article Five, Section Nine, Rule One Hundred and Fifty, you will be doing a lot better than we could. But if you chanced to get so far. then the Student Legislature was responsible for that You shall not walk on the grass, or whatever it was. It is the law-making body of the Student Government. Jack Parker, president of the senior class, was the presiding officer at meeting- during the year. To assist him have been legislators -elected from each class of the academic school and from the law and medical school-. Front tou . Charles Highsmith, Sim ( aldwell, Jack Parker. Jim Bonds. Back row: Bob Howard, Dirk Hoyle, Arthur ivian. Bob Goldberg, and Frank Kinchloe It is this organ of student governing that engineers the process of adjusting a student body to a college. Their laws must be passed upon by the Student Council, following a pattern of the Federal Government. What these governing bodies enact is made known to the students. Interpretations are furthered by the publications, which serve as organs of information. c TUDENT LEGISLATURE 177 P p r? it; til tv 4£jkmM Eugene Brissie, president; Frank Castlebury, i j Si ■ ■ ■ ' i George Kelly, Bill Poe, Davis Herring. Frank Hesler, Jimmj Ringgold, Cullen Hall. John E. Galloway, Lee Can-In. Jim Pittman Phil Sawyer, Harry Hutchins. president; Fred Da UBLICATIONS BOARD IN THE HANDS of this group the fate (il three college publications has hung for the year 1939-40. Cautious of any slip oi the pen. they have sought to give you. the students, three different forms of publicity which might he pleasing without appearing flattering or discrediting. While each of these organs. The Old Gold and Black. Tin- Student, and The Howler, has operated under its own management, the editors and business managers, collectively, along with representatives from each of the lour academic classes, the law and medical schools, devised general policies in an effort in steer the printed word down a desirable, truthful, and beneficial channel. It has long been recognized that the complete satisfaction ol any student body is an impossibility. With (his in mind, they have striven to appeal to those who belong in the category set apart from the seeker-, ol sensationalism alone. The publications board has the (ask of selecting the leaders for another year, a task which has proved both difficult and almost impossible for next year. There were an un- usually large surplus of capable leaders com- ing up from the sophomore and junior ranks. Laboring under the thesis that any college is adjudged on the outside by its publications, (hey have sought to convey favorable impres- sions to those who might hear the name Wake Forest College. ITS George Kelley Editor R, Old gold and BLACK Frank Hester Business Manager KLATIYKLY few students realize the vast amount oi work and cooperation required in meeting a deadlil nee each week. And perhaps a campus newspaper hears more influence than any other -ingle instrument of the college in giving the outside world impressions ol an institution. With this in mind staff members of Old Cold ami Black have striven to s the importance ol their weekly deadline. It may be safely said thai the paper ha- had one of the most successful years in the hi; of its existence. In no way is this a romantic assumption, hut one which has been arrived at thr lory •Ugh I Ml careful observation of what other peo- ple — both t n and ofl the campus — have said concerning the 1939-40 volume. An unusually large amount of mail bringing favorable comment- has come to the office during the year. Editei! by George Kelley, and later by Ferd Davis, the official- have sought to break down all pre-conceived ideas of what fills the columns of a college newspaper. For the first time in recent years an editorial board has mapped the policies of the paper from one is- sue to another, studying carefully the strongest points of good printed matter to be distributed over a considerably large circulation. Greatest of all service rendered by the paper this year is the interest which it has kindled in those whose talents lean toward journalistic experiences. To help them develop well-rounded ideas, they saw service on a reportoi ial staff, around a copy desk, and writing headlines. Frank Hester, with his as- sistants, deserves credit for the em- ployment of valuable as well as profit- able business principles. In connection with the paper, we must mention the name of Dr. E. E. Folk, adviser and professor of journal- ism. His time spent with the men on the staff has served an invaluable pur- pose in moulding better conceptions of news-handling. The part he has played will not soon be forgotten by those who worked with and for him. H..r Floyd, Ferd Dav Wells Morris. Wavne Collier. T. I. Davis. Paul Early. Bill Aycrs, Phil Sawyer E. M. Floyd. Wyan Washburn, Ham Lovelace. Glenn Miller, Les Cansler. Rod Buie. Howard Andrew-. ScBOp Ward. Bill Primm. • . J -W ? y y «s- r 181 _ THE Student Gene Brissie Editor T, Davis Herring Business Manager JIE STUDENT. Wake For- est ' s magazine, opened the year by declaring a war on the collegiate jazz age in periodical pub- lications. In an effort to give the college student something worth the time spent in reading it, staff officials opened the office to contributions from all phases of campus interest. They tried to picture Wake Forest from the standpoint of human interest, featuring both men and things. In the case of the magazine, a number of letters were found in the mail throughout the year, commenting favorably on the shift in policy. Their change has been in no way an effort to yers, Davis, Brissi( The Editor ami Sialf ge in utilize ilir Wake Forest students ' talents in belittle tin- policies of tin- past, but rather a m the realm of creative w riting. Working side by side with Brissie, as editor, ami Herring, business manage Dr. H. B. Jones have rendered invaluable service to the magazine in several of faculty advisers and critics lor tin- book, they have worked constructivel) ciples set forth in the magazine. It is no wonder that the magazine has received the favor of numbers of prominent alumni and members of the present student hotly. In a large meas- ure the history and color of Wake Forest for over fifty years has been captured and recorded in the yellow- ing pages of past volumes of the maga- zine. While it has in no way attempted to revert to the standards ol a good magazine in the nineteenth century, its tendencies have been toward the circles of the better twentieth century products. Each of the six issues has been dedicated to Wake Forest, its person- alities, history, and the things that go to make up the intangible term tradi- tion. A definite stress was placed on accuracy and worthiness, lor what the future generations will be forced to think ol our current college civiliza- tion will depend largely upon the con- ceptions they derive from publications of today, 1940. . Dr. E. E. Folk and uu -. In capacities to establish the prin- Bitty Ellington. Wells Norris. Jay Jenkins. John A. Freeman. Bob Scott, T. I. Davis. Ferd Davis. Ray Piltman. (ieorge Kelhsy. Donald Bradsher. Ton, Roberts. Ralph Earnhardt. Frank Hester. Norvell Ashburn, Hill Poe. T, THE OWLER Frank Castlebury. Bnsiiifss Mummer HE HOWLER is out! With these words the stall turns over the responsibility of judging to the typical student who has been ask- ing when ' s The Howler coming out ' : ' since the middle of last September. In judging, however, an undestanding of the aim of The 1910 How leu will have to lie considered. The aim was to lake our melting pot oi students and bind their activities into what may be termed A Year at Wake Forest. This could be done only by putting emphasis on the typical rather than the unusual, extraordinary, or ab- normal. Dream girl: she sells them in hei -I is I Since recognition ha- been given to those activities which occupy the dif- ferent kinds ill students, the staff be- lieve,- it fitting to present that group which was interested in the production nl a yearbook. Special recognition should he given to Royal Jennings. by whom nearly all of the informal pic- tures were taken; to Eugene Brissie who look time from editing The Student to write most of the continuity for The 1940 Howler; to Gordon Brightman of the Jahn and Oilier En- graving Company: and to Joe Hardi- son of the Edwards Broughton Company. While the responsibility of collect- ing and assembling materials rests in the hands of the editorial staff of a yearbook, the printers and engravers deserve credit for their part of the task. In this connection Mr. Brightman and Mr. Hardison left no stone unturned in availing themselves to our wants. A staff, at best, is a clumsy organiza- tion to work toward a definite begin- ning and conclusion for a yearbook. In view of this fact. The Howler has had the good fortune of being affiliated with excellent engravers and printer-. First row: Norvell Billy West. Second row: Gaston I Rufus Marshl le. Third row: Elton Mitch ishbum, Ja rimes, Willi; Fourth Filth r Davis Ed Rice Earl Purser. Ben Ussery, Ed Wilson. Donald Britt. Ja Jenkins, Royal Jennings, Tom Arthur Vivian, Judson Creech. Jim 1S5 J-U-J-, mctuan 1939 HOWLER T HE first publical in ill Wake Forest campus to bear the name The How i. His was an old tree, pseudo- bulletin board and gripe slum]) used by the students to post all complaints. That was hack in the late gay nineties and during the early years of the twentieth century. Hut in 1903 The Howler, official col- lege yearbook, made its initial appear- ance. Last year, thirty-seven years later, the hook was accorded the honor of All- American rating — lor the first time in it- history. Carl Dull. inston-Salem man. and Jos Reid, Wake Forest son. were editor and business manager, respectively. Thirty-seven years ago the yearbook might have been mistaken lor most anything. Most of the space of the pages was filled with written material, ranging from short -lories to obituaries. There was no particular shape or form into which its content was restricted, but more of a collec- tion ol material thrown into a form anil printed. inl 110 doubt, even then, the students would twist their moustaches, milk their chin whiskers anil wink al each olhcr when the editor passed inquiring in a none-too-sincere manner hen - the How u;ii coming out? - just as they asked Dull every day last year from September to May 21. There was a particular dearth of pictures used in the earl) yearbooks. Picture- were relative- ly new tilings, that is. pictures in yearbooks. The class pictures were taken in individual groups, and we assume that a survival of the fittest determined who was i :cupy the front row-. Though we might point with hits of humor at the early attempts in the yearbook ' s history, we still hold in reverence their tasks— just as anyone who has tried to edit a yearbook will doubtless do. They were laying a foundation lor greater things, and the pioneers are often criticised for doing what it has taken us thirty-seven years of others ' experiences to learn not to do. Their undertakings were not in vain. And so it was last year that the Wake Forest yearbook industry reached a new high. With men whose husiness it is to know annuals. Wake Forest took a place among the All-American presentations. The efforts of Dull. Reid, and their staff brought to the student body a pictorial review of one year, divided into months and seasons, with activities grouped according to the particular months they came in. In the opinion of critics they had given Wake Forest a unique and truly-representative picture of itself — a goal for every yearbook. Then we look hack to 1903— the first yearbook, and a year before that when a tree stood as a sentinel of student-expression. Perhaps in 1975 your son will bring home from college a super-streamlined HoWLER. Maybe he will turn I,, your yearbook of 1910 and laugh at our conception of an annual. Regardless of all -peculations of the future, we commend the staff of 1939 for an All- American Howler, a high-water mark for Wake Forest annuals. 187 TAFF AVORITEe EARLYN I ' HARR VIRGINIA COMBS ELVA CREECH N 1940 . . . AT EXACTLY 2:30 a.m. on the first day of September 1939, the bedroom telephone of President Franklin D. Roosevelt rang; it was Ambassador Bullitt calling from Paris, notifying the American nation that the Second World War had begun. Fifteen days later. thousands ol storm troopers were pouring into Poland, while thousands of Berlin citizens stood and gazed in awe at the mighty handi- work of their fuehrer. ml on this same day 1.031 Wake Forest College students made their ways to various classroom-, answering the summons ol a hell whose signal indicated the beginning of the 106th scholastic year for the Baptist institu- tion. According to official record- from tin- registrar ' s office, this was the largest enroll- ment in the history of the college, being closely ap] reached only by the 1.021 student enroll- ment ol 1934. Included in this number were 315 freshmen and 100 transfer men, all ol whom stood ready for the test oi a scholastic barrage. Here were two theatres in different lands with an ocean intervening. On September 16, huge Nazi bombers dropped tons of explosives on Warsaw and it- neighboring cities, and Demon Deacon hope- fuls of grid wars departed for Greensboro where they were to meet their first test ol the season, the Elon Christians. Hordes of stu- dent- followed the ball down the field, witness- ing the onslaughts of what was in some circles mentioned as the mightiest team in the history of the Deacon institution. They were not dis- appointed, and the wearers ol Black and Gold rode hack into camp with a 34-0 decision over the inferior opponents. Throughout the harrowed sections ol war- ridden Poland, musicians played the immortal -trains of Frederic Francois Chopin ' s Polanaise in a desperate effort to rally the staggering freedom-lovers. The same day Wake Forest spirit ran rampant over the rapidly changing color of a magnoliamazed campus, and speculators talked of a grid ic- tor 1 1 ■] the I niversity of North Carolina. On the local set, Vanden Dries and his orchestra furnished music after the game, as students and monogramers danced in an effort to stay- off the wounds ol a lancing defeat: Chopin ' s music had been in vain, as leader- talked of an imminent peace, and ake Forest had tasted her first defeat of the football season- al the hand- of the Tar Heels. The wend Blitzkrieg Hashed around the globe, and General Brauchitsch predicted the submission of Poland in a matter oi a lew days. ar talk was preeminent on the tongues of every orator, son. lather, and -Indent — that is, with the exception ol one lather. That was Louis Trunzo. all-southern guard of the Wake Forest squad, who passed out cigars and boasted pr Ily of the birth of a daughter. Father Louie had to put awaj football helmets and shoulder pads, purchased in anticipation ol a son. and instead he began to investigate the requisites of the better debutant circles as predicted for L960. Governor Hoe journeyed to Winston-Salem on September 211. where he -poke to a group of officials who had gathered with the purpose of talking over plans for the addition to the State Baptist Hospital, to be used iii conjunc- tion with the recently planned ake Forest Medical School in the twin city. College of- ficials, including President Thurman D. Kitchin. cited the merits and intentions of en- larging the school of medical sciences, pledg- ing that every dollar will be -pent for eon- L90 struction and up-keep. . . . Ii would provide better medical attention for a larger number of patients, and at the same time provide training for young doctors, medical students, and nurses. State Baptists converged on Winston-Salem to take up the perennial question of Wake Forest-Meredith merger. Across the sea Ger- man and Russian forces battered down the tottering gates of the Polish capital and rushed in to claim shares of war booty. Plan- for a new chapel at Wake Forest fell into the hands of college officials, and the Free City of Danzig fell into the hands of the Deutsch dictator. It was a sunny day for Wake Forest, and typi- cally Hitler Weather in Danzig — the same sort of climate that was called Kaiser Weather back in 1914. The 1938-39 year- book was given an Ail-American rank, and Ribbentrop was given the rank of a globe- trotting entertainer ol destiny. England, France and Germany counter- attacked with barrages of tongue explosions, each blaming another for the war, and each ex- plained to an awe-stricken world that we are fighting a war we didn ' t want. Very appro- priate to the Wake Forest student ' s interna- tional conclusions, one Charles A. Wells, noted lecturer and cartoonist, paid a visit to the cam- pus. In a series of a week ' s lectures he en- lightened fascinated audiences on the modes and styles of propaganda: for illustrated ef- fects he presented posters and cartoons, all leading to the one plea that The World Needs Most Of All a Savior— Jesus Christ. Martial airs and patriotic songs pervaded European fronts of a dozen different lan- guages, but at Wake Forest the first of October found sixty-nine glee clubsters and seventy-five bandmen singing and strutting to the tune of a new day in Musical Deacontown. Donald Pfohl, young musician originally of Winston- Salem, led and the audience heard something highly commendable and invaluable to any in- stitution. In the course of recent years there has never been so much enthusiasm exhibited in music, am] in turn a troupe ol appropriate- ly-dressed band members paced a school spirit rivalled by few and equalled by none. By mid-season of autumn and during the latter days of October there were only two theatres of human interest for the collegian: one was the ever-puzzling theatre of war and blood, and another was the requirements and interests of a college. Mapping a new plan of attack, the Principal of No. 10 Downing Street sent a legion of war planes soaring over German cities, bombed the civilians with propaganda leaflets and in so many words pleaded for someone to assassinate the leader. Hitler. Not to be outdone in the use ol the pen instead of the sword. Wake Forest professors bombed students with monthly quizzes, leaving many of them to wonder — as the British were still wondering about the tight-lipped Germans. For the first time numbers of freshmen saw their professors as Hitlers. Stalin-. Mussolini-, while others were convinced that they are Roosevelts, Chamberlains, or Daladiers. Football fans awaited in an air ;l tencit the coming event of the annual game with State College. A glance backwards gave them the assurance found in a 33-0 lacing handed to a squad of Miamians in the Orange Bowl. For one day they forgot that wars and rumors of wars were at the boiling point in Europe; they ceased to remember that a noble band of Chinese were holding with all their might against the Yellow battalions of Nippons. There was a calm before the storm, and a record crowd of over 15,000 watched the Deacons run pell-mell over a fighting State eleven. The ghost of Red Grange recurred, and fans saw the number 77 flash over the field, covering the person of one Tonv Gallo- vich. An invincible Quarterback Mayberry 191 and the backfield bulwark John Polanski took turns at smashing the opposition, to the ap- plause of a jubilant host of followers who viewed what they had hopefully anticipated for a number of years. From all diplomatic appearances, rumor had ii that Great Britain would have to fight after all. Forthwith their final resolve to take Hitlerism lor its final ride, a detachment of French troopers swooped over a section ol no-man ' s-land under fire to capture several Nazi outpost pillboxes. And scarcely had their smoke cleared away, than the cheap cigar smoke of Wake Forest freshmen politi- cians enveloped the student center poll-stations. One voter claims to have acquired twenty-five smokable pieces of hemp, and declares thai he has put them on ice in order to run for an office next year. Onre more the House of Commons and the omnipresent nobility of England converged for another session; Churchill reviewed a war of progress and victory lor the British, ami dared the I dioats to venture into the open sea. At least two hundred craft had been relegated to a sea-basin. In short, the battle ol words continued via the parliament sessions. Hut they had nothing on Wake Forest. Ten student orators and debaters invaded the North Carolina portals of Student Legislature, and turned in a creditable showing. Prospects pointed to another championship among South- ern speakers lor the Deacon forensicers, di- rected b Professor George Copple in the absence of (loach Zon Hobinson. Wake Forest students looked to the coming of a gala day in the annual history ol tin ' school, as literary societies, headed by Barnette and Acree, football teams, including the forces of Western Maryland and Wake Forest, music —including the followers of Pfohl, and ban- quet — included in one big da) ol Homecoming festivities. Fraternities put on a day ol deco- rations, ranging from the miniature battlefield to the Mickey Mouse playhouse, and leaders awaited the return of old grads. The Dean de- clared a special holiday; and O.D.K. an- nounced that they were seeking fifteen new 7 men and campus leaders. There was a spirit of Ik mecoming prevailing, and festivities lin- gered far into the night of October 21. Hitler had already declared homecoming, calling into his protectorate what hail been a large part of Poland, all of Czechoslovakia, Austria of old. the Free City of Danzig, and — much sooner — (he Saar Basin. And while there were the brewing whiffs of third-term talk in America, logical opposition was mentioned in every section ol the greater republic. Long since had the war on the Western Front been labelled the flukiest in tin- history of the world. No longer wa- it a clash oi manpower, but it was a war ol censors. Echoing wrangles from Britain ' s House of Lordships aimed it the I lillerislic menace to civilization resounded . Mound the globe; and Russia did not lose any lime in sending a clearly-stated demand to harmless Finland. Another theatre opened on the Mediterranean, and the spires of the Roman Vatican gleamed across the sea in a plea for universal peace. Everyone wanted peace, ac- cording to his own statements, but none wanted to pay the price ol peace. In sheer sus- picion and utter lack ol confidence in censor- ship sv stems. American newspaper warned millions ol readers that ' war news is propa- ganda largely : it is the duty ol every citizen to do his own thinking. t any rate someone had been doing some thinking. Wake Forest delegates, including the president id the organization. Sherwood Staton. look a holiday I nun press and publica- tions duties to stampede the lobbv of the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh, where two hundred of their own likenesses, professionally speak- ing, gathered to further the intentions of a North Carolina Collegiate Press Association. Dictators of the world were fighting to reduce the size of the international Who ' s Who, while fifteen students from Wake Forest found their way into the chronicles of Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universities. And then a noted Wake Forest lady passed; Mrs. W. L. Poteat. wife of the late president emeritus, died shortly after celehrating her eightieth birthday. American politicians looked to a home war for several days, meaning, of course, that the Neutrality Debate was raging in the congres- sional halls. This did not deter us in the least, however great neutrality might be. for we journeyed to the Durham Armory, where a flock of pledges danced and Bill Vanden Dries played. And the next morning we arose from our beds of post-dance slumber to read that The Wake Forest Demon Deacons Lead the Nation in Top Scoring Honors — with John Polanski third in the ranks of individual point snatchers. Pope Pius XII said in a word of comfort to the homeless Poles that A Nation Never Dies ; within the same flash of an eye Regis- trar Patterson pinned a notice on the local bulletin board that nine week reports would be coming out soon. Then we begin to wonder il the Pope knew what he was talking about or not. Even the rodents showed signs of indigna- tion at the registrar ' s notice, for the very next day his private office was invaded by a mouse. Having no freshman politicians available, the defender had to use real cheese and a mouse trap. Talk of Wake Forest having a radio studio grew here and there, and Germany lost no time in employing the facilities of her already- existing stations. Der Fuhrer increased his demands upon his people, and the tension grew higher. To guard against the formation of more Hitlers, Golden Bough, Wake Forest ' s scholarship fraternity, and O.D.K., leadership group, invited new members to their respective circles. We were shocked by the appearance of a new country ' s name in the newspapers one bright November morning: Japan, some nation over in the Orient, had hung out her policy on a shingle, to be viewed by the rest of the world (as if the rest of the world knew or even cared what she meant). But Japan wasn ' t alone in her brilliance of policy; eighty-five members I the student body, eight per cent of the total, -aw their names engraved tin a list which was headed: Honor Roll for First Nine Weeks. Five of this number were accredited with all A averages, something which, prior to this time, had been used only to describe the grade of milk given by Nazi cows. Deacon bone- crushers applied the squeeze play in football, subsequently Marshall College fell by the an- noying margin of 14-13. Activity across the seas brought internal troubles to America. It was getting late in October when the one and only Fritz Kuhn wa apprehended by the celebrated Dies com- mittee. It soon proved that a woman meant the downfall of the American Bund leader, and so Wake Forest decided against a pre- viously-circulated rumor that women would be admitted to the local campus in the fall of 1940. About the same time we followed with intense interest the route of the City of Flint. American merchant ship, which was taken into the temporary custody by first the Nazis and then Russian officials. In cooperation with the prevalent sentiment that United States lawmen were tolerating too much of the so-called • ' un-American activi- ties, chief of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover, Chairman Dies, and Attorney-General Frank Murphy joined hands in an effort to stem further questionable associations. Becoming fully pro-Wake Forest. trustees heard a petition signed by 1,000 members of the Dea- con student body, requesting a new chapel building. The same day this august body heard a stadium proposal, and temporarily it was decided that Wake Forest should have both. (Stadium plans were altered later, however, when Groves, as outstanding con- tributor, facilitated the building of a new stadium.) Crisp November atmosphere pervaded tin- Deaeontown campus, and in the chill of autumn ' s evening, a group of staunch Re- publicans met one night to attempt formation of a party. Two days later. Count Von Ribbentrop boarded a verbal airplane and made a speech in Berlin, setting clearly to German peoples where they stood with Russia and Italy, or, at least, where they were sup- posed to be standing. The speaker ' s voice was gruff, deep, staccato as that of a Prussian drillmaster, and rabid Gestapo leaders prodded the crowds into wild cheers of victory and acquisition. But the Count didn ' t have a great deal on the sport pages of the O ld Gold and Black; within the same week the editor received a five hundred word letter from Gordon Scoop Phillips of Trenton. N. J. . . . Some 500 Trentonian fans are going to Philly next week to see the Deac ' s meet St. Joe ' s . . . he said — and that was enough; it was the same Scoop we had known lor years before this one. The Allies weren ' t winning the full support of American sentiment, after all. we discovered late in November. Several South American countries drafted a warning of protest to the Allied blockaders. On the night of November 28. a record crowd of cheering deacons gathered in front of the Gymnasium for the last pep meeting of the season. Shouts echoed and re-echoed throughout the surrounding valleys, and gallant gridsmen stood at the crowd ' s edges, several of them listening to their pep swan song. Rupert Pate, versatile tackle and captain, postponed his swan song, however, and signed to play in the All-South- ern-Yankee game scheduled for Birmingham, Ala., on Christmas Day. The highways of England and the streets of old London were crowded with school chil- dren one morning, as military officials decided that all remaining school children should be removed to country locations. The juvenile cries of excited minors pierced the otherwise stillness of the late autumn air, so we read. Military officials sought to block every chance of their destruction. And Wake Forest ' s own Jimmy Ringgold blocked his way to an en- viable trophy — the Millis award, for being voted the best blocker in North Carolina, and, later, in the Southern Conference. Jim smiled retiringly, and left admirers to guess the secret of his success. His teammates had lost to Duke by the heart-breaking luck of 6-0, to Clemson by 20-7, but they had smashed David- son, ending the last game of the season and finishing the long-celebrated series of gridiron relations between the two institution-. McManus, Wake Forest leader among Baptist Student Unions, became president of the state organization. The same day we looked at a picture of His Excellency President Racz- kiewicz, formerly of Poland, and now a pres- ident without a country. Captions lor the picture caught our attention, and we read further down the column. . . . Here stood a man (in Warsaw several weeks before), ii said, who knew defeat was preeminent, yet he wanted hi- life to he a part of it. . . . Today, he stands in some foreign city, and mocks the -mile of Nazi persecutors, praying to God thai some day (he immortal bars of Chopin ' s ' Polonaise ' will be sung by a million happy voices, and will resound throughout the squares of every national capital on the lace of what men have come to call Earth. . . . The theatre of War and Blood loomed largely on the minds of men, but right plus might, an editorialist predicted, can crush the most formidable of totalitarian precepts. Trustees gathered at Winston-Salem to hear a stadium proposal for Wake Forest. They read the names of 1,000 students who had signed a petition for a new chapel building. Everywhere there were songs of industry, and the ten years of progress during the 1930-40 decade bid fair to be outdone only by its suc- cessor. Members of the Philomathesian and Euzelian literary societies gathered in a day of momentous events. Gathering up the slack news of actual fighting on the two fronts, since Russia seemed determined to carry out her threat against the Finns, radio newscasters resorted to the debris of past episodes for color and paralyzing stories of hardships. Somewhere in Poland. Czechoslovakia, or Austria. Jewish pedestrians walked in the gutters, wore yellow triangles on their backs, and were forever on the receiv- ing end of ceaseless intimidations. Semitic organizations of America have offered a hand across the sea. but the fear of death — and still worse in some cases, life — pervades the soul of every Hebrew who speaks the German language. . . . But America was going to be different: Wake Forest organized a Young Democrats Club, and, to make the game in- teresting, a handful of Republicans recipro- cated with a similar fonn of organization. While they argued, the more arrogant sopho- mores and freshmen decided to dance. Forth- with there came a session of swing, set in Ra- leigh at the Woman ' s Club. Someone mentioned Christmas, but the words were short-lived. Our thoughts of the Yuletide were obliterated the next instant, when every professor on the Wake Forest campus decided that gifts, after all, were rather appropriate, and so why not give stu- dents something to remember them by? They did. And we haven ' t forgotten it yet. In an effort to forget, a score of truly-Southern powder-addicts sunk at least a young fortune in fireworks (pre-season heralds), and for several days the campus personnel wondered if the Maginot and Siegfried could be any worse. We heard our ears long enough, how- ever, to leant that John Polanski paced the entire nation in yards gained from scrimmage during the regular football season. The last days of November brought talk of the clemency of a man whose name wasn ' t forgotten after nearly ten years of exile. Im- mediately the news research men of the day dug back into the headlines of 1919 and suc- ceeding years, when a man who gave his name (on all occasions) as Al Capone began first to be mentioned in the more prominent circles of Chicago ' s underworld. But it didn ' t take him long to make the name prominent: first the death of Diamond Jim Colosimo; a cordon of attorneys to free him of petty murders; the publicity which Hollywood gave him in glori- fying the Scarface. Manhattan Melo- drama, On Wings of Song ; and then we read that the man Capone was to be released as a mentally deranged man. About this time Wake Foresters heard Young Democratic lead- ers talk of ways to prevent political crimes and a host of debaters converged at Rock Hill, S. C. where Wake Forest was to take top honors in the men ' s division of speaking. The band and glee club gave a Christmas concert, and the Pikas proved no pikers and gave a poor, distressed movie-actress a sight-seeing tour over the campus while her wrecked auto- mo bile underwent minor repairs. The first creditable snow of the season blanketed German trenches on the West- ern Front, and whining shells pounded against the apparently invulnerable Maginot. Somehow there was an appearance there close- ly resembling Christmas, as it approached on the Wake Forest campus. A flurry of to bombs and three-inch flashes greeted the ears from dormitory hideouts. But this wa- no problem for the prophets who were planning a joint Christmas party with the Meredith angels: their chief difficulty was the construc- tion of a chimney large enough for their Santa. who, in this case, was the amiable Roundtree Blanchard. Weighing 220 in stocking feet, the healthy Saint Nick found refuge, however, and tumbled down an improvised smoke stack (probably made from an over-grown barrel) in time to thrill the record attendance. The English Department ol Wake Forest wanted to forget European crisis and its puz- zling tales of war lore; to replace the war talk, they imported a gallery of Japanese art and staged an exhibition in the departmental work- shop. For two days throngs of students and visitors circulated through the temporary gal- leries, admiring the handiwork of the more peaceful minded Nippon artists. inston Churchill yelled so loudly that tiny Finland heard him without a telephone, and what ' s more (and tragically so) they believed what he said: We ' ll help you, he raged. The fall of Poland caught us unprepared, hut Russia isn ' t going to take a chance now. Newspapers carried cuts ol his fighting lace. and white-mantled Finnish soldiers moved up to form what became later known as the Man- nerheim Line. Nearly a score ol varsity bas- ketball candidates marched up the gym floor to take a corner seat lor the opener ol die season. It ' s a dark horse season. sports critics mused regarding the Deacon luminaries. Bill Sweel. veteran of two seasons, had been named captain ol the learn, and this (downing wheelhorse paced the quintet through the suc- cessful preliminary games of a new season. The football boys met: when the smoke of post-season festivities drew to a thin blanket, Jimmy Ringgold had been selected captain for (lie coming year. A candidate for the gubernatorial nomina- tion for the state of North Carolina visited the campus. J. M. Broughton, alumnus of the college, returned to take his vows as a member of Gamma Eta Gamma, national law fraternity. Broughton walked out the same door he came in, but the sole figure of Ger- many ' s latest volume of Who ' s Who almost ran into difficulty after he had finished one of his hour discourses. It was Heir Hitler again. Surrounded by an array of his larger big shots. the Nazi chief strode into a beer parlor, referred to by Germans as the Biirgerbrau Keller just off Rosenheimerstrasse in Munich, made a speech, left the hall (and noticeably without even pausing to have so much as one glass of his special 1.0 beer), and eleven min- utes later policemen were digging bleeding remains from a mass of mixed plastering and beer. It was the Jews. shouted the emo- tionally-keyed dictator. He later changed his mind and -aid it was English secret service- men. If he were right, then we might add that the English bomb-setters are a bit faster than the British sense of humor, for they missed their man by eleven minutes exactly. College officials announced that the new chape] would be set just off the east side of Waite Hall; the annual question of What shall I give her? arises, for Christmas was but a matter of days away. Finland and Rus- sia exchanged a few wont ' s and the Soviet God, Josef Stalin, tells Oil.. Tolischus, Neu } ork Times reporter that communism doesn ' t work so well here, either. Professor Mem- ory journeyed to Bladenboro to dedicate a new school building, and word reached the campus that Dr. Benjamin Sledd, recalled as Old Slick, ha- been confined to his room with minor illness. Enthusiastic members of the Wake Forest Wing Club paused for a few moment-, keeping their feet on the ground for a change, and heard Pen Edgar, flying specialist, give them a few pointers on the air career. Martial airs could be heard in a chorus comprising at least ten different languages, but American song- sters turned to the yuletide music shelves to tell their listeners of Peace on Earth. Stille Nacht, and ' (), Little Town of Bethlehem. ' Wafting through an undercurrent of pre- presidential nomination talk, the brassy blares of foreign marches, and interspersed with ephemeral talks of peace here and there. Wake Forest students concentrated attention toward the rapidly approaching holiday season. December 15, and the world still waited. Russia had just reported her formal rejection to what was termed a last peace offer. The following morning an official communique from Paris read: On the Western Front: French infantrymen and outposts repulsed the advances of a German patrol. It was snowing on the front last night. Nothing else to report. All is quiet this morning. But Wake Forest wasn ' t so quiet. Street corners and highway conjunctions in this section were choked with collegiate men, bearing suitcases plastered with Demon Deacon stickers. It was that night, however, that all was quiet on the Wake Forest front also. Professors had slipped on house shoes and robes for a two- week ' s rest; even the janitors had relaxed; and the finger-like forms of lifeless buildings stood gaunt against blackened skies. Christmas had come, so far as we were concerned. Hidden somewhere in the columns of As- sociated Press dispatches during the last days of December, there came the story that Nine Finnish soldiers trap and kill 700 Russian-! Several days later the fleeting days of another football post-season was at hand, and sports fans turned their thoughts toward the annual Tournament l Roses in Pasadena, California. But there was no prolonged festivities for Wake Forest. The 1,010 students and eighty faculty members were in harness the same day, the bell tolled, and another year, decade, and month had begun. Only three days elapsed, when, on Thurs- day. January 4, word reached the campus that Dr. Benjamin F. Sledd had died during the early morning hours. Professors bowed their heads in their lectures that day. many of them saying something about . . . it was ten. fifteen, or twenty years ago that I first entered the classroom of Sledd. The lover of literature and man who played games with the fairies and nymphs was laid to rest the following day. Scores of his boys returned to pay final tributes. Faculty members followed the coffin down the aisle of the church, and Dr. Easley and Dr. Cullom talked and Dr. Lynch prayed. For fifty years he had been tradition on the campus. Legions of Russian Reds were slaughtered in Northern Finland on January 6-7, as the gallant white phantoms threw their dynamic ski-fighters in full pursuit of the clumsier Inc. Across the frozen lake-lands of the Arctic, thousands of men lay sprawled against the crimson-bespattered snow. For a time the war of the Northern front was stealing the lime- light from the more-cautious westerners. Wake Forest students weren ' t so caution-, in general, for the infirmary announced thai their capacity was being reached, while others were being treated in dormitory and private home rooms. Undeterred by threats of illness, and thinking not of far-away troubles, member- of the Pan- Hellenic Council annouced plans for the on- coming swing session commonly referred to as Mid-winters. Al Donahue, Manhattaner of prominent note, had been secured, Castlebury announced, and to accompany him was one 197 Paula Kelly, Irish vocalist with plenty of the currently popular oomph. Raleigh ' s Radio Station WRAL fame out with a Do you Want To Be An Announcer series, in which nine Wake Forest men were to compete. Dr. Coy C. Carpenter revealed that research expansion for the medical school was foreseen, and editors of the Old Gold and Black paused to review a vear and decade of progress. Hysterical propagandists flooded the library with waves of their products. Some of them appealed to the American audience to have compassion on the refugees ol the European atrocities, while others belittled the ideas that England and France want democracy. Paralyzing stories from Prague, Warsaw, Lodz, and Vienna told of the Jew baiting, the ultra-concentrations taking place, and the general mal-treatment inflicted upon the wan- derers of the lost tribe of Judab. Feature writ- ers began to exhaust all sources of material which was so fortunate to escape the censor ' s knife. There was a temporary let-up on the Western Front, until, suddenly, on January 10, headlines told cf a daring raid of Nazi ur- planes attacking eleven British ships and send- ing three to the bottom of the sea. The City of Flint, whose odyssey to Europe last fall led to serious international complica- tions, at last turned il bow toward America, sailing from Narvik, Norway- Wake Forest interests were turned in a southerly direction, momentarily, as Harold Schaley, student from Brazil, returned I nun the Christmas holida) lour days late, bringing a bride with him. Local debaters planned a new year, alter hang- ing up several impressive victories during the lall season, and the faculty announced that changes had been made in requirements lor a B.A. degree. A course in music was added to the new catalog, and a major in dentistry was added to the offerings. About the same time school officials told of a proposed Birthday party to commemorate the 106th year of the school ' s founding. Festivities were to begin at high noon. February 1, with a portion of the program to be broadcast over Station WPTF in Raleigh. The Republicans can ' t get by with trying to buy the Negro ' s vote, yelled Representative Mitchell, Illinois Negro Democrat, in a meet- ing of the House. Therefore I ' m going to join the hotly contested fight with the Demo- crats — against the Anti-Lynching Bill. It was a democratic day. by all means, when a Negro took such a stand. Local YDC mem- bers thought so, too, and three of them took in the Raleigh Jackson Day dinner festivities, pumping the right hand of Paul V. McNutt, and figuring in the evening of democratic pomp. The March of Dimes hit the campus in full force, but students were still saving their ten cents and quarters for a session of Mid- wintering. Propaganda became a la mode once more, and there were all sorts of it to be found during the early days of February. Heir Goebbels, German man behind the spoken word, exchanged words with Britain ' s powerful Churchill; Russia ' s Josef Stalin pounded Red homes with all ' s well on the Finnish front ideas, and American third termers went to the bat to do a bit oi wind-jamming lor Franklin I). Roosevelt. Cordell Hull, who for the first 2,490 days of Roosevelt ' s two administrations had remained a quiet, busy man. occupied the international spotlight on the behalf of America, and came out the better man. His wasn ' t propaganda, undoubtedly, for he didn ' t even express his desires to become president of these United States. It must be said, never- theless, that bull had its place. An illus- trious Old Gold and Black reporter (more or less) took it upon himself to do a bit of rubbing it in. Accordingly, he estimated the weight of all the exam pads turned in on the semester exams, which had just passed ( and which we didn ' t mention. Cor fear of head- aches). Allowing twenty-five cents as a lenient sum for each pound of the alleged bull, he found that $33 was the best price which could have been received for every line written on the final exams. February 14 rolled around, and soda shops, drug stores, and local general designs emporiums were jammed with students seek- ing a fitting heart to send home from daddy. Emperor Claudius is accredited with having begun the Valentine fad, which has lasted from 270 A.D. to the present at least. But hearts and flowers didn ' t seem to worry the rest of the world: High powered Soviet bombers piled tons of explosives upon Finland ' s fleeing population, and a general quibble prevailed across the English Channel. A Japanese cabinet fell because it failed to fulfill its slogan: End the China Incident. While hasty and permanent defenses were being thrown up in Greater Europe, Turkey ' s nation- al defenses were smashed by a natural men- ace. Chill winds and biting blizzards swept the already-ruined cities and dwellings, and man- kind paused once more to watch a whole civili- zation totter out from under the wrecks of distorted landmarks. Bill O ' Brien, noted for his love scenes boosted by members of his Medical class, went off on a romantic tangent to cop an honor un- heard of on the Wake Forest campus hitherto. True confessions and short shorts may be com- bined here, to say: he fell in love with a model, photographed in Life magazine; his roommates pulled a trick which would make warfare sabo- tage look sick; they write Bill letters, and he thinks it ' s the girl. He didn ' t live happily ever afterwards. A little man walked into the government seat of Helsinki one February day. His face was beginning to appear emaciated, from a lack ol sleep, and his mouth sunken with an outlook of oblivion. Thai was Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. reporting that his army was condemned to die. Rumania got the economic hot seat spotlight for a few days, and Nazi officials tightened their belts, backed up to Berlin, and viewed three directions with eyes of greed. For a change, Wake Forest could look in more than one direction, for the Carolina Coach Company announced that they had completed all plans to open a new bus route through Deacontown, to points east and west. And momentarily, our attention was focused westward, when we read an announce- ment in the campus newspaper that John G. Neihardt. American poet from Missouri, and son, Sigurd, were to visit the campus on March 4-5 for a series of lectures. Friday of the same week, Dr. Allen Knight Chalmers, pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church of New York City, came to the campus to figure in a special convocation service. Bill Burgwyn took the oath as president of the local YDC chapter, and later in the evening Prime Minister Chamberlain an- nounced that ■ ■troops, planes, and supplies are on the pier, being loaded for Finland. This was a hard luck brigade: they never reached Finland. Perhaps they were the same men who were all set when Germany swamped Austria; or the soldiers who thought they were to see service later in Czechoslovakia; and maybe they were the men who were alreadv on the water when Poland fell before the Nazi savage force. Finland, too. was just a bit too weak to hold on for their arrival. The Demon Deac ' s, however, were just a bit more punctual, land- ing in Raleigh in plenty of time to enter the Southern Conference Basketball Tourney. Keyed to a high pitch. Captain Bub Sweel. Herb Cline, Pete Davis. H. 0. Barnes, Vincent Gonvery and others turned on the heat, and turned back a fighting Richmond I niversity outfit. The following day they met disaster at the hands of a University of North Carolina aggregation. The tourney was over — lor them — and ended officially with the Tar Heels holding tn a wide margin. Wake Forest publication men. obscure group that they were, decided to take a holiday. Some- time between - and . ' 5 o ' clock one Thursday morning a motion was introduced and carried that they would dine, dance, and divulge. They planned — and later proved — that there should be women on hand. Near the end ol the eve- ning ' s festivities I .it the culmination ol plans) editors, business managers, reporters, and stragglers rolled up trouser legs, took off ties, brandished coats, and unbuttoned collars, giving vent to one of the most hilarious eve- nings off the printed record. Stanley Winborne, North Carolina Utilities Commissioner, told a huge gathering of Young Democrats that they should know their government. Thomas E. Dewey awaked one morning and decided that it is good Repub- lican weather — a speaking tour ensued. And somewhere in an almost arc-tic circle ol war- fare, the blood-soaked snow and frozen muck of the plain- south of Yiipuri. Finland ' s Verdun, a hand of sleep-starved warriors [ashed hack at the pounding of Russia — in five different directions. The last two months of their live- had been drawn in seeming decades. . . . Dr. D. B. Bryan praised the students, in an address before a facult) club, commemorating the seventeenth anniversary ol his ascension to the Dean ' s office. With unfeigned modest) he gave credit to everyone, except the Dean, where — in many ways — it really belonged. Honor students met once ' more, and John Avera was named head of the Golden Bough. succeeding Jimmy Hayes. Scott and Wool- herl. med Student and academic senior, were chosen to the vice president ' s and secretary ' s positions, respectively. Hitler took off to an Austrian mountain pass, where he met the undecided Benito Mus- solini lor a conference. Mussolini still didn ' t know apparently, for he was in the center of the mad. unmoved, vet constantly moving. But one ol his citizens of fourteen months ago did know. He was the little man with a big brain — Dr. Camillo Artom. who joined the Wake Forest School of Medical Sciences slightly over a year ago, and who came from sunny Italy to this country, obtained the use ol a rabbit and some olive oil and established a theory ol (at transportation through the body ' s processes. His discovery, or estab- lishment, was deemed ' valuable to science and medicine. ' and he drew praise from higher medical circles of this nation. Rock Springs was chosen for the site of the new stadium, and for several days the booming ol heavy dynamite explosions drowned Euro- pean reports of war and blood. The winds of March prevailed and blew across over 2,000 miles of water the news that there had been a cessation -of warfare between the Finns and the Russians. We stopped to wonder what Finland had gained by the peace: Viipuri had (alien, and along with it went a few claims of territorial booty, taken by Soviet forces. Word comes from Rex Hospital that Coach John Caddell, held out of spring baseball for the first lime in eighteen years as a member of the Wake Forest coaching staff, was improv- ing. Baseball men looked to the approaching season, as Murray Greason, new coach, took the diamondeers out for the first outdoor prac- tices. The affairs on the European theatre of war reached a temporary lull and pessimists eyed it with suspicion. Chamberlain told a parlia- ment uf sea victories, and Herr Hitler held a Berlin audience in the palm of bis hand for - : an hour. Robert Goldberg, Deacon first year law man, was named chairman for the on- coming state high school debate tournament. Professor George Copple, director of speech and debate coach, planned big things for the second annual convention of high school speak- ers. As a matter of fact, speeches seemed to be the fashion, and North Carolina ' s own ' Bob Reynolds, often referred to as a sena- tor, climbed to the front pages of his home- town newspapers. Wells was returning from his trip abroad, where an American dis- covered Europe — so they thought. Coming back to Washington armed with new theories of a perplexing political, religious, racial, and military broth-pot. the under-secretary de- clined to divulge his findings in public. He and Roosevelt (and perhaps Cordell Hull) were to digest them thoroughly — first. Baptist Student Union members planned another carnival. Meredith angels were in- vited, and another Saturday evening went down in social documents of remembrances. Leg men of dictators went on wild missions, running thither and yon, trying to gather particles of what newsmen were about to call a spooky jig-saw puzzle. Wake Forest was interested in other missions. A college delegation con- sisting of Professor Donald Pfohl, Dr. 0. T. Binkley, Professor J. L. Memory, Jr., and the college octet made pilgrimages to Eastern Carolina cities, speaking, singing, and figuring in special church programs. Jeanette Mc- Donald came to Raleigh; she was met with a howling mob, some fifteen or twenty news- paper reporters, and a poem from Mrs. Edith Eanisliaw. She expressed her appreciation for the latter. A man left New York one Sunday morning, mounted an airplane and demanded of the stewardess that she ' tell me where in the hell I m going. It was later found that he had told a friend to purchase him an airline ticket — to anywhere, just so I get away from it all. The ticket proved to be made out to Tucson, Ariz. Two German patrols advanced out from the Seigfried line one windy morning during the middle of March. They were surprised by a French outpost and a morning communique announced: German patrol repulsed after two hours of light skirmishes. While the scouts were reporting a preparatory plan, or like beliefs, for a ' big putsch come spring- time, the early morning stillness of March 12 was broken by cracking noises. A handful of students were on hand shortly, but nothing could be done; the local collegiate theatre had burned completely to the ground, leaving stu- dents and townspeople alike flickerless — as the old Castle had changed hands and was undergoing a process of renovation. Winston Churchill, whose voice prior to this time had been a booming cymbal in the background of a nobility turmoil, waked one morning to find that he had been given more power, taking over a commanding position in the admiralty ' s ranks. Now there ' ll be a war. said admirers of Churchill. And now there will be a race, said student body poli- ticians of Wake Forest when they read from the newspaper columns that Weston Hatfield and Bob Goldberg, of Hickory and Wilming- ton, N. C. respectively, had been left alone in the run for presidency of the student body. Postoflice officials refused to comment on Farley ' s possibilities of becoming president of these United States, but they diil smile and say that ground had been broken for a new Postoffice at Wake Forest. Hurlers Byrne. Fuller, Denning, and a host of batsmen set an opening pace for the Deacon baseball fans, turning back teams as notable as Pittsburgh and Cornell. The annual Easter festive with State College was rained out, and students frowningly turned to Monday after- 201 noon classes which they thought had been recessed for the big game. Snow was on the ground; and it was the day after Easter. Public speaker leaders were harnessed into service on April 4. 5, 6, and 158 delegates from over twenty-five North Carolina high schools invaded the campus for a state tourna- ment. Demons of the davenport were not idle, either, and many of them temporarily altered the philosophy, saying youth must be the feminine choice after all. Rabid cinema fans found a place to release all stored up desires, too, for two theatres opened again: one was the new Forest Theatre, while the other was the Collegiate Tent showbouse. European armies were out in full regalia: Uncle Sam wasn ' t to be outdone, and he sud- denly remembered that this was 1940. Sub- sequently, he sent an army of census takers into an unlimited field of action. Battling Senator Toby resented the questions asked in spots by census takers: be had to make a radio address, and the National Broadcast- ing Company turned hosts to an hour ' s bawling and gnashing of teeth. But Gene Worrell did a different sort of bawling; he bawled in the oratory circles of the National Forensic Meet at Knoxville, Tenn., and came out as the un- disputed champion orator of the United States. Additional honors came his way when the political movement chose to make him presi- dent of the association. Other Wake Forest men attended the forensic sessions, theoreti- cally, but we still wonder if they ever emerged from their respective hotel rooms. Late during the evening of April 9, news- casters were summoned to the air lane- In follow a Nazi offensive into the neutral coun- tries of Denmark and Norway. By daybreak a vast section of the two countries were under Hitler ' s control. Making record time. British planes and naval forces lost no time in scurry- ing to the spot. Battles raged for nearly 100 hours, and both Berlin and London claimed victories. That night a Greyhound bus em- barked from the terminal in Raleigh, bearing several Wake Forest students. One of them. Bob Kelly, fell asleep. Upon reaching Wake Forest, the skipper inquired if the sleeping beauty were a student here. He ' s from Brooklyn. a companion said, leaving the dormant student to sleep his way to Franklinton. Hand to hand fighting prevailed over a small sector between the Maginot and Siegfried Lines. Tommy Byrne took a Blue Devil ag- gregation well in hand and let them down with four measley hits, taking a 17-3 victory over a Duke team which hadn ' t been beaten by Wake Forest since 1938. And so they con- tinued their pace throughout a successful sea- son. Attention was focussed on them, in the field of sports, and lazy weather sent fans to the tennis courts where Dr. E. E. Folk ' s team turned in a 7-2 decision over State College. Other victories followed the Wake netmen. and the track team looked to meets where the wind wasn ' t icy and the runway soggy. The history of one year for Wake Forest turned toward its final makings when students watched the clock for final exams and semester grades. Graduation wasn ' t far away, they sensed, and for a time European wars became a background and local wars took the spotlight. A moment of retrospect would send chills of despair over the average spinal column, while commentator-raconteurs told rehashed tales of belligerent activity. Thrills come in also, lor sportsmen aren ' t prone to forget a world series like the one of last October, or a Tournament of Roses so spectacular as was New Year ' s. Fields of education eyed new developments and with skepticism viewed from the pages of Life the hundred be-t books and a system employed by St. John ' s College of Annapolis, Md. Economic leaders heard the shouts of prosperity and yet found that the question of unemployment is paramount in their facts and figures. Tourists drove the highways of 1939-40 and passed the latest inventions in automobiles, trains, airships, and steamers; yet can we forget the wrath aroused when John Steinbeck ' s The Grapes of Wrath was banned from Birmingham, Ala., library book-shelves. There was yet a dust bowl; and there were the unavoidable deaths from the elements, including tornados, hurricanes, and western cyclones. While busy America fought their problems, uneasy Europe wished that domestic problems could replace realities of war and blood. Daily newspapers flashed accounts of wierd tales, and gullible publics ate from the hands of London. Berlin, Moscow and Paris. One editorialist was bold enough to say that Bar- num was wrong: more than one fool is born every minute. And tonight there comes the anti-war hysteria, and the pro-war aversions. Over 300,000 world journalists have followed the fast changing maps of a world; 50.000 news sources have worked overtime in an effort to beat the censors to the draw. A handful of dictators have made canaries out of hun- dreds of millions. We were content to sing our little song yesterday, and today we wonder if the words are meaningless. The latest news of the war fronts tell us varied tales from either side. Norway and Denmark were easy prey before the mighty Nazi attacks; Holland gave way after losing nearly one-fourth of its fighting population and Hitler predicts the conquest of France and Britain, along with insignificant Belgium. in a matter of days and hours. President Boosevelt went before the microphone several days ago and demanded the largest fighting force for the skies the world has ever known. Wake Forest men, like the rest of the world, grew grave and concerned over the outlook for the world at large. According to theoretical development- of the future, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy plan to join hands and seduce the rest of the world — until Germany is through with Italy ' s aid, anil then it will be the Germans alone, they say. Amreica awaits her hour in grave solitude, with a tremble of the hand and a prayer on the lips. Already the rumble of the yellow man ' s guns have voiced their senti- ments: everyone else has ruled the world, they shout, our turn is next. But the gate has closed behind the doors of another year of academic life for Wake Forest. Days have been drawn into weeks, weeks into months, and now a year has passed. Tomorrow her grounds have been pronounced a most favorable and progressive. Tomorrow we are a part of another world — some of us; yesterday we were in a world of our own. Now we are playing our role with destiny. We are definitely a part of any realm. Gene Brissie. Editor ' s Note: Much credit is due Eugene Brissie for this article, and it is the hope of the editor that it will be of interest now- and in the vears to come. 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