Weatherford College - Oak Leaf Yearbook (Weatherford, TX)

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February March April May 13-15 Coyote cage team finally wins a game: victims, Ranger Junior College The Fields entertain the faculty by rousing them out for a Saturday morning breakfast Coyotes lose again: Tarleton comes to town Coyettes breakfast athletes “Sunbonnet Sue,’ Frances Hitt in Chorus smashing operatic success Coyettes play Cupid and promote love at box supper. Jack Neal and Charles Hamilton learn how much they really care Rev. E. B. Landreth leads students in College revival Faculty rides the range together with popcorn and peanuts and Gene Autry at the Horse Opera Methodist students attend Bishop Holt’s Youth Crusade rally at Mineral Wells; marionette show fcr those who stayed at home Ex-students initiate $50,000 College building campaign Rev. T. H. Browning sings and speaks in chapel Mr. Dill, crockery craftsman, fascinates students “Dregs,” starring Jayne Russell and Wilson Vaughn, wins first place in district play tournament Chaos visits campus social structure during Sadie Hawkins Week; poor men take to bushes in terror Winstead and Vaughn, McGee and Rothrock show as best speakers in speechfest Phi Thetas initiate brainiest students Weatherford speakers win four out of six district championships Reeder and thirteen seniors beat off fifty freshmen to win Senior Day. Faculty sees picture show at Fort Worth Easter holidays: Hazlewood and Goodenough get out of campus Phi Thetas attend national convention at Monroe, Louisiana; rescue Rough from alligators and make him national president Ruth McGee lays hairpin in front of Greyhound bus at state speech meet at Temple Oak Leaf goes to press; Freeman, Woody and Householder go to bed Couts Hall freshmen honor seniors and faculty at dinner Seniors gather sunburn and playful memories on senior day at Glenrose Thalian spring formal: Most glorious social event of the season Freshmen also take day off to celebrate spring or something Dr. Thomas Taylor delivers baccalaureate sermon All-school breakfast and farewell party Seniors rejoice; President hands out diplomas. Bishop delivers address

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CONCTIUOR so sae September 13 14 18 19 20 October November 1 24-28 December 12 15 20 21 January 4 11 Cisco delegation arrives and school officially opens Punch and moving pictures on the c ampus Baptists dine and greet students Methodists and Miss Burns throw a party First home game—Texas Wesleyan opens upon the Coyotes Rev. Ohman makes first of his popular chapel appearances Thalian sisters meet new girls at President’s home Coyotes break into big time against Sul Ross at Pecos Jayne Russell, Clifford Clinton, and the rest of the student body frolic at Holland’s Lake Coyettes play some more at Sunshine Lake Thalian freshmen also take advantage of picnic weather Coyotes throw awful scare into T. C. U.’s 1941 national champs Faculty gces rattlesnake hunting in Palo Pinto County Student body moves to Hillsboro for first conference game. Thirteens pan out for Coyotes Coyette week at Renfro’s: Josephine Bunch gains 14 pounds Dr. A. W. Hall, trustee president, speaks in chapel Coyotes play for half the coaches in Texas against Hardin-Simmons freshmen Bishop Holt makes never-to-be-forzgotten first visit to Weatherford College Coyotes t2ke annual trip to East Texas oil fields Freshmen get first taste of college in annual fall mid-semester exams College Chorus appears before Central Tex2s Conference at Waco Chorus of parental protests when grades get home Tarleton cadets storm Weatherford Annual Thalian football game—Willmon and Evans battle to a 6-6 tie Fine arts department presents radio program Thanks2iving hclidays: Coyotes tie Decatur; fourteen students and faculty members attend Texas Methodist Student Conference in Austin; Bill Poteet and O. B. Doggett get first square meal, since September; Poplin stays away froin Howell for four days Matty Bell speaks at annual Thalian banquet at Legion Hall; Tooter and Benny come back for the occasion Faculty Christmas party at Couts Hall: Santa Claus delivers bottle of keer and girls upstairs puzzled at disappearance of faculty sedateness Choral Christmas musicale Christmas party in chapel. Everybody sings, plays, eats candy, and hustles off home Folks tack at Graham, Kerens, Knox City, Rising Star, Petrolia, Olney, Cisco, sit up late at night listening to tall tales of life at college Greyhound, T. P., and Dad’s car get enough bleary-eyed students back Parker County io enable bleary-eyed instructors to start holding classes again Texas Wesleyan students draw, sing, and play at chapel Oak beaf 1939

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