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

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K. .- . r .$C79?- ! .M m wtmmrmK $ TCOL L £°S iUMANtf Or THEWAKE FOREST FLAME H ' j v ' Wi7 ww li ' crf talking of the Dead In terms of light. Our paths were dim, they said, ' And we were prone to stumble day by day Till our preceptors pointed out the way, Then lifted high their lamps that we might find And use the boundless riches of the mind And heart and soul —nor were content to stop But burned their lamps down to the oil ' s last drop. That faint spark we possessed when first we came Grew, with their help, into a constant flame Wake Forest spirit! Loyalty aglow! These valiant ones embodied both, and so God grant our flame makes bright the path ahead. Continuing the radiance they spread! I ' m m Earnshaw. WMBDOM

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n () THK STUDENTS of Wake Forest who converged upon a campus still wearing irs figurative- price tags and cellophane covers, From the forest of W ' ike to the hills of Forsyth became a familiar slogan. The 195 Howl kr is a living tableau of what these students saw and what they did in a year of new beginnings. The greater number of these stuients had spent a year or more exploring the forest of Wake, and now they bravely encamped upon the rorsythian hills ready to right the enemy of College traditions, whether the foe was real or imaginary. As the year rolled by, the collegiate warriors laid down their weapons and joined the ranks of those students who either did not know enough of the old college to right or, w ho looked at the problems of removal realistically and acted accordingly. For certain, the year was as much one of adjustment as the former had been one of preparation. And aside from personal adjustments common to all college students, there were those matters pertaining to faculty and administration. 1 he one big happy family had increased tremendously, so the older children had to make way for the younger and to teach them by the precepts of experience. There were adjustments to the many and varied facilities which the old campus could not afford; and there were adjustments to the town of Winston-Salem, to the modified Georgian campus, even to the weather. But most of the children and most of their playhouse came out unscathed from the experience, and both student and campus finally felt as if each belonged to the other. To take one final look at this first year, the start has visited each of the build- ings on campus and has looked them over inside and out. I herefore, from the steeple of Wait Chapel, the cupola of Z. Smith Reynolds Library, the balconies of Revnolda Hall, and the innumerable stairways running up and down the entire campus, the scene unfolds. But because the College is certainly more than a mere group of buildings — and fortunately less than some untouchable Utopia — this volume seeks to capture from the bonds of time and space some of the spirit that is still Wake Forest and will ever continue to be. m 10

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N MEMORIAM Dr. George Washington Paschal, 87, author of the three-volume History of Wake Forest College and Greek professor from 1896 to 1940, died June 13, 1956. At various times he had also been college registrar and director of athletics. In 1940 he retired and began work. He had four books published and com- pleted the manuscripts for three more. A man who wrote so extensively, who attended all the college ' s athletic events, who helped found the Wake Forest chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and who (at one time) edited the Biblical Recorder naturally caused all those around him to marvel that he found the time and energy to do so much. Dr. C. Chilton Pearson, Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences, retired in 1952 after thirty-six years of loyal service ro the school. He has been described as the best scholar ever at Wake Forest and as having a brilliant, analytical mind. His concise thinking and his ability to separate significant matters from unim- portant details influenced both faculty and students. Versatile in many respects, he developed the Social Science Department of the school, headed the first fraternity council, led in establishing the book store, and served as chairman of the faculty com- mittee on athletics. Dr. Skinny Pearson died November 26, 1056. He remains a man Co be remembered. The man who had probably taught more law students than an)- other teacher in North Carolina, Professor Edgar W. Tim- berlake, died January 19, 1957, at his home in Wake Forest. Fifty of his seventy- five years had been spent in the service of the College. Nicknamed Toe by his students, he- was considered an authority on real property law and legal ethics. He tried to make law as simple as possible, and always put his students at ease. When a correct answer was given in class, he would exclaim, Absolutely correct: Aside from teaching law, he was dean of the college from 1919 to 1922, a superintendent of the Sunday school, member of the City Council, a Mason and a Shriner.