Western Kentucky University - Talisman Yearbook (Bowling Green, KY)

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1943 Talisman tells impact of WWII With World War II in full throttle in the early 1940's, student support was so complete that the foreward to the 1943 Talisman read: Since the world is at war and America is at war, Western goes to war too. We have given many of our boys, and many more will follow them. It is because of them and their fighting spirit that we pledge this annual to the boys and to Victory. The yearbook contained 23 pages dedicated to the military, and included a two-page listing of 825 faculty, students, and alumni in the service. Giving information on athletes in the service, sports stories reflected the war-time influence on Western. The football team had Tommy Prothro, who is now head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, as an assistant coach. The team won only three of eight games due to a draft-depleted squad. Despite a predominately female enrollment, the then red-and-gray Hilltoppers managed to field a winning basketball team. That team- Downing, Oldham, Gibson, and Co.-was a quarterfinalist in the Madison Square Garden Tournament and the winners of the KIAG. Lower left-Dr. Paul L. Garrett was President of Western Kentucky Slate College for 'IB years. Bottom- The Betrayal was one of three major productions presented by the Western Players in the fall of 1942. Below-The Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky scored 1566 points in 26 regular season games for an average of 60 points per game. They held their opponents to 839 points and an average of 32 points per game. Western won the 1943 KIAC tournament by defeating Morehead 46-35. It was their tenth championship in 11 years. The team was a quarterfinalist in the 1943 Madison Square Garden Tournament. Western's great team of 1943, which completed Sl most successful season, is shown above. They are, left to right, from row: Oran McKinney, Charlie Ruter, Don Ray, Charlie Labharr, john Oldham, Odicia Spearsg second row: Harding Shelby, Chalmers Embry, Dee Gibson, Paul Champion, Dero Downing, Buck Sydnor, Charlie Morang third row: Howard Goodner, Skiles Harris, Charles Atkinson, William Edmiston, Dave Stephenson, and James Young. B Little ofthe old

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