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

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conli-sts. Fouiulrr ' s I )a and Sociclv I tis. Tin- (loldcn As;c cjT the lilcraiA- soiiclics. hi) c cr, had |),iss:-d In thr spiin ol T ' D.i the collci r annual, ihc HnwiKK. Insi appealed, endorsed In- lln- lileiaiA soeietie.s. To eunipensale lor difficulties in hn.mein ' ,; it the staff usually dedicated the book to soineone with a well-padded pocketbook. Even so the editors and business managers went into debt, and in ' 2(i a jjublications fee was established to co er the costs ol IHiblieation of the Hciwi.er. Tin Sliulnil. and die Old (Udd and lilmk. which had been established under (jrixate ownership ten years before. Wake Forest first began to outgrow the bnuiul.iries of its rock wall in I ' X ' O, when the Bowni.m ( ha Foundation donated appro.xiniatcly a million dollars lor the establishment and support of a four-year med- ical college, to be located in Winston-.Salem and called the Bowman Gray .School of Medicine of Wake Forest College. The removal of the medical college and its expansion into a four-year school were effected in the summer of 1041. Another innovation in the college scene was brought about on January 15. l ' )42. when the Board of Trus- tees oted to accept the recommendation of Dean 1). B. Br an to admit young women on the same The potentialities for still greater service are unlimited terms as men. . dormitory was made available for women, but when the forty-seven girls arrived they found that it was already being occupied by the . rmy Finance .School. As a result the girls and their dean, Miss Lois Johnson, were forced to live off the campus for the duration. They did not, however, let the added distance deter them from making their presence felt in every phase of campus life. . mong the organizations affected by the admission of women was the student government. At first the college had made and enforced its own disciplinary rules concerning hazing and cheating on examina- tions. In 1922, however, a constitution was drawn up, and John Thomas became the first president of the student body. The student government was gradually developed, with the abandonment of such provisions as the prescribed freshman cap and mass hazing, until it now consists of a legislature and two honor councils — one for men and one for women. 1946 brought the beginning of a new era in the life of the college. The Z. .Smith Reynolds Foundation offered to pay Wake Forest as much as $350,000 a year in perpetuity if the college would provide the necessary buildings on a new campus in Winston- Salem. The Baptist .State Cbn ention otcd to accept the offer; the old campus was .sold to the .Southern Baptist Convention for the establishment of the Southeastern Baptist .Seminary, and under the leader- ship of President H. W. Tribble an intensi -e fund- raising campaign was begun. Now, ten years later, this dream of a new campus is to be fulfilled. This year students still elected their magnolia queen, cheered tlieir teams on to -ictory, attended chapel, went on clioir and debate trips, isitccl iShorty s, painted sceneiy and smeared grease paint, played ping-pong, handball, and tennis, joined fraternities and acce[3ted pins, crammed for c|iiizzes, went to vespers, mixed chemicals and peered through microscopes, kept nightly vigils on Pub row. Attention was focused, however, not upon the forests of Wake, but upon the hills of Forsyth. The seminar - had already begun to take o er the old campus; faculty members were eager to get settled in their new homes; an atmosphere of anxious waiting and hopeful anticipation prevailed. The college was ready to make another forward step, a step which would be the culmination of all its past achievements and traditions and the foundation lor future progress.

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IP V stand on the threshhold of a golclon as e. rcprr- scnlativcs of a new generation — yet, molded in the lieritage of the past. We stand now searciiing desperately, earnestly for that inspiration which causes us to strive onward, ever hungering for knowledge. We scan the volumes, search the classrooms, offer our- selves to the curriculum, yet therein we fail to lind our goal. We realize that we must move be ond the realm of the material to Knd wisdom. . s students, we demand of life the fullest mean- ing. In the quest, the college speaks through its heritage a word of inspiration and encouragement. Herein we learn to pay hom- age to those values which are worthy and noble. r 17