Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 208 of the 1945 volume:

Tempo The Ti 1945 PORTAGE PU3L!C SCHOOLS CURRICULUM DEPARTMCMT wmmm. m mmMmm BROWNandGOLD Western Michigan College, Kalamazoo, Michigan Helen Schultz Business Manager Carlene Bagnall Editor CONTENTS Here is your 1945 Bro vn and Gold. We have tried to make it a symbol, a reflection of you and your school as you were from November, ' 44 to June, ' 45 . . . Although -we know it ' s not a complete record, w e hope that it may serve to bring back the tempo, the feeling, the particular flavor w hich set this year at Western apart from all others . . . We feel, too, that only you and the dreams, thoughts, memories, w hich come to you each time you open it will make this annual complete . . . Yes, we w orked hard on it — but alw ays w ith the know ledge that our efforts, though not perfect by any means, w ould be appreciated . . . It ' s your book — enjoy it, have your friends and profs autograph it, laugh, twenty years from now , at what we w ore and sang and said — for that ' s the fun of looking back . . . Also, perhaps w hen you look at your friends, profs, favorite campus scenes, you ' ll recapture some of the dreams, the ideals you indulged in w hile here and you ' ll know that those ideals are true and right and worthw hile. The Staff DEDICATION This yearbook is dedicated to the Western f ello-ws who are not here — to those who fight and w ork so that they may return — and to those w ho can never return . . . We feel deeply in- debted to these men and can only hope that they may know our thoughts . . . Every time w e look at the flag flying high and free over the Hilltop, every time w e watch a blue star on their service flag turn into a gold one, every time we get letters from them or see their names in the Herald or Gazette, we can ' t help but feel that they are the true Western — that w e ' re only fight- ing a holding action here until the day they come back . . . We have tried to keep this small section of their w orld as normal as possible — tried to retain the things ve believe they w ant kept — to improve where improvements w ere needed — yet w e know that they have done the sacrificing . . . And w e know for a certainty that these fellow s, upon returning, vi ill make Western a happier Western — the w orld a better w orld. TEMPO OF THE TIMES COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS ATHLETICS ADVERTISEMENTS TEMPO OF Forty-five ... a queer year at Western — normal yet not normal — signs of peace yet signs of -war . . . Remember the scintillation, the uncertainty of newspaper headlines? One day we won the w ar, the next day w e w ere pushed back . . . Remember too the return of a few vets to campus . . . rumors of more V-12 ' s . . . marines moving out of Spindler . . . gals moving back in . . . shortages of men, cigarettes, meat . . . The ' svide-eyedness of neyv freshmen . . . the big snow that fell one November night and remained ' til spring . . . w ind that sw ooped up the hill and rattled the whole Science building . . . the cellophane coating the campus wore one winter morning . . . Ski tracks on the hills . . . Miss Tamin ' s w ooUy headscarf, Mr. Garnau ' s cap w ith ear-flaps . . . The routine of classes and books in a topsy-turvy w orld . . . the comfort of pillars, hills, friends, ideas that stayed as they r MlUTARY EXPERTS SAVT [Next 3 Weeks to Decide [Length of Europe ' s War KUledin Pacific Areaj were . . . the clear notes of colors blown every day at 8 and 5 . . . the hup, dew, tre, haw of marching platoons . . . the sight of white caps bobbing along Oakland drive like double rows of marsh- mallows . . . the Navy ' s own brand of whistles — its casualness with coeds ... its turned-up peacoat collars and watch caps on snowy days . . . And remember the way we felt like laughing, shouting, crying and praying all at once when the news of liberated war prisoners came trickling through . . . Also — the sinking feeling of telegrams and long-distance ' phone calls . . . Christmas time and the Belgian bulge, Iwo Jima, Okinawa . . . digging deeper for that extra war bond . . . THE TIMES... midnight bull sessions over can ' t ■we do something to help . . . anxious study of Wac and Cadet Nurse pamphlets . . . The great exodus from Spindler and off-campus houses to sailor-evacuated Walwood . . . Archie ' s candid observations in the Herald . . . Spring elections rejuvenated ■with mianpo-wer . . . riotous t weeds and plaid the fello ' ws sported after stowing a vay khaki and blue . . . Wedding rings that kept appearing ' til they ■were as common as frat pins . . . rumors of N.R.O.T.C. ' s next year — rumors of no Navy at all next year . . . Sniiles of the administration as it issued four final notices as to semesters or trimesters next fall . . . President ' s Roosevelt ' s death . . . the San Francisco conference . . . Western marines and Navy men coming back w ith their bars and gold braid before tours of duty in MwPacific waters and islands . . . Our few days of spring when all the gobs and gals who ' d been merely going together suddenly fell in love . . . warm evenings at the Lib . . . stopping on the ■way home to sowing in the Training school playground . . . the heavy scent of the first campus lilacs . . . music drifting through an open Ad building ■windo ' W . . . The special hope of Easter this year . . . the footsteps of the messengers of peace . . . false alarms of peace . . . tension in classrooms and ne-wspapers and on the radio . . . and finally — the biggest, the best, the most ■wonderful ne-ws of the year, of many years — V-E Day. THE KALAM. 112TH YE. ' R--XO. 199. ASSOCIATED PRESS KALAMAZOO. ictorious After Once Being of Defeat Cdkpse of Germany Foreshadowed Last July by Officers ' Attempt to Kill Hitler, Full Mhtory of Great War Remah, fia!Ti ' ' an i dipam of noild conquest ha ' =( rom( to a ' I ' vi ' iinsr end -wjth the C(illaji«e of hp Reich  hich. Adolf -ftiPf ! ' i tp( v,s% to endutp thousand oAis Fi iM le; the Euiopean phase of the setond j?teat vat of fhp ' ' )•) n a Wat Uii( h is pstim;jted to have co ;t close to %) o lO II lA fion noO (oTio tullion) in more and the hves of m .- t 1 i i i OOiiOno men ' 1 1 v(- n{ iTeiman was loieshadowed last Tuh ' 1 1 afipt i as nid.de t ' l kill Hitiej and seize power hi whu ]] c riiciatoi said was a sniAil chque of ' foohsh, c n-iiin ' h stupid Getm sn otticeis Sign of pproachm8: Defeat Ih ' s f olt among Hi+lei ' s entouiag - comin?: almc-t a(tl o ear aret the sou lacke Heii ' jo Mu solmi had in ll- i thi- i pid ad aiii OS of RussiAn aim ' Os tie ill p I) ' Allied ainiies m ] a] and Ihp I ti)o n)( t diltKul ' cimphi n IS nn asion n ' 1 ot XriimiidN aii sugoesiP,! th t th appioachmjj a dehade !  ai lookpd • the Wdi ' d g-iossl un lan piepi ' i io 1 hie tip urn« o ' i nnd zoo GAZETTE iextra iGAN, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1945. UNITED PRESS PRTPF DAILY AXD SLNDAV 3 : PER COPY X i. ,i.oiii deli erf:d t days a week 25e IKKeNDlKS! lOPEfNDS Nazi Chief of Staff Signs Terms in Headquarters of Gen. Eisenhower at Reims Greatest European Conflict in History Ends After Five Years, Eight Months and Six Days; Wild Joy in London, New York Is Tempered Only by Realization Victory over Japan Yet to Be Won By The Associated Press LONDON - The greatest European war in history end- ed today with the unconditional surrender ot Germany, The surrender ot the Reich to the Western Allies and Russia was made at Gen. Eisenhower ' s littl e red schoolhouse headquarters at Reims, France, by Col. Gen, Gustat Jodl, chiet of staff for the German army. This was announced officially after German broad casts told the German people that Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz had ordered the capitulation of all fighting forces, and called off the U-boat war. . 40,000,000 Casual fies Joy at the news was tempered only by the realisation MAKE WAY e;:° ° ' «e? ' -J; ' etf ies Of ne ' fl. FOR NAVY action, when the war w as moving closer and closer to Japan. They made cracks about the Battle of Kalamazoo and the men behind the Wacs and Waves. But they stuck it out and they realized that college and Navy ■were preparing them for their in- evitable roles in the thick of it. When some of the marines w ho lived last year in Spindler Hall w ere killed in action on Iw o Jima, w hen some of Vandercrooks ' former V-12 ' s were -wounded w hile ' with the Fleet — sailors and students, too, came to the sober kno wledge that college Navy units -were, after all, pretty important. We had fun w ith the Navy. Friendships and engagements and marriages, for that matter, resulted from the association of bluejackets and Western coeds. Many of the fellows have told us they think Western ' s tops and that they will come back to study here under the G.I. Bill of Rights. One of them, Tom Hill, has already returned and became this spring the Student Council ' s first male president since 1942. Best of luck, you fellows w ho pull out of Kalamazoo this June and October! And remem- ber that, though you were half Navy and half college w hile here. Western liked you and con- siders you Bronchoites w ith the best of ' em! jS s  i — — - oil jbi JCU WaviM. 7alcoii You see me on the buses and in the shows with my peacoat and flat-hat. You don ' t know me per- sonally, but have you ever thought about me as I passed you on the street — about what I ' m like and of what I think? Chances are that, if you knew me, you wouldn ' t find me much different from the boy who delivered your paper before he grew from his high-school sweater to a blue or khaki jacket. My joys and sorrows, hopes and ambitions are pretty much the same as his. My business here is to learn and prepare — to become worthy of the stripes I hope some day to wear on my sleeve. But my work and studies aren ' t what I ' ll remember about this place in days to come. I ' ll remember Western and Kalamazoo for the part they played in my fun — my off-duty moments. I ' ll remember the people I met who became a part of my life — the guys I lived and studied with, the girls I met and dated and joked with, the teacher who helped me over study troubles, and the woman who gave me a lift down- town and told me about her son in the service. I ' ll remember the little unimportant things that might seem a little silly to you — Vandercook at night shining like a glittering Christmas tree . . . the laughter and confusion of the Soda Bar above the excited blare of the juke-box . . . the hurried last-minute check before quarters inspection . . . the long walk up the stairs to the hill after a strength test ... a coke in the campus store on a seething summer day . . . the low lights and bright music of the campus danc es . . . the shout of my name at mail call . . . the boisterous and crowded bus ride back to the barracks after night liberty . . . the extra warmth and softness my sack seemed to gain right after reveille . . . the elated prepara- tion for Saturday night liberty . . . the unhurried peace of a Sunday afternoon. These things, insignificant as they sound, ,i my life here a human vibrance that I ' ll reme ' i in the future, look back to with a warm fei ' i i. not untinged with regret that these thing: gone, now only a thing of the past — part oi cherished memories. THE NAVY LOOKS AT WESTERN The following letter was received from a former marine trainee who was stationed at V( ' estern until last October when the marine unit left. He is now at Quantico, Va,, where he and a number of other Western marines are completing their officer ' s training. Marines Leave W. M. C. It always seemed odd — living in a barracks where the sign over the door said ' Hall for Women — but marching down Oakland drive that October day, it seemed as if we were leaving home. The fates of war had been good to us, and the other 500-odd marines who were fortunate enough to receive V-12 training at Western, but now those days were over and time had come for us to leave for new duty. Through the sixteen months during which we had been part of W.M.C. ' s war training program, we had come to enjoy our Kazoo duty . Though we griped — not seldom — about many things, we enjoyed ourselves much more than we ever dared let on. As we marched the seemingly short distance to the depot, we thought not so much about the tough road ahead of us, but let our minds linger on memories of our days in Kalamazoo. And as our train headed East we all stood at the windows with but one thought in mind — I wonder how long it will be before I ever see these sights again? Now, ask any marine about this and he ' ll laugh it off — saying it ' s a lot of a term not used for publication, but sit in on any of the sessions when two buddies of W.M.C. days meet and you ' ll find but one topic of conversation — The good old days in Kalamazoo. We like to feel that Western was as proud of our unit as we were to be members of it. Times have moved on since that October day. The route from Kalamazoo to Parris Island to Camp Lejeune to Quantico and then to combat duty has become well covered by the footsteps of Western ' s marines and to all those posts have gone the tales of V-12 days in Kalamazoo. They were days that won ' t aoon be forgotten. We made many friends among the students, faculty and townsfolk and via the mails we continue to keep these growing. We can still remember well ihe.wljple lay of the,_cacapuS;.-T-,.£rO-m,the . ' llempo- rary Building to Walwood, and many is the time we stop to remember the times we climbed the hill between them. For now the marines have gone, and few will return as Western students in the better days ahead commonly referred to as postwar, but with each of Western ' s marines there ' ll forever be a lasting memory of days gone by when we lived in a Hall for Women . Pfc. Richard Hodgson, U.S.M.C. This story is the result of the combined journalistic efforts of Dick King, V-12 trainee ti ' ho served as bat- talion commander of the unit at Western last se mester, and Don Scott, the present commander. King is now at Midshipmen ' s school at Princeton university and Scott u ' ill leave Western this month for his naval officer ' s training. Fare-well to College Toys We who are leaving Western for duty, first at mid- shipmen ' s school, and then with the fighting fleets of the Navy, wish to extend a hearty, Well done! to the college faculty and student body, and to our officers and ship ' s company for their share in the task now completed. Here at Western we young men from every section of our great nation, united under the able direction of the faculty and staff to work diligently in preparation for the rigors of our duties as naval officers. It was not an easy task ; many of us long ago laid aside our books to serve with the Navy at far-flung outposts and with the sea-going fleets, while to others, the new mysteries of naval discipline and etiquette were indeed baffling. But with the cooperation of Western and the navy, our job has been a pleasant experience, long to be remembered. With the full facilities of Western ' s educational system at our disposal, we were able to combine the difficult acquisition of physics, navigation, and calculus, with the memorable pleasures of college life. Patience was the watchword of our instructors as we trainees struggled through many courses that were new and different, or that involved principle long ago for- gotten by us. Our libert) ' and recreation hours were filled with dances, plays, concerts, football, basketball, and base- ball games, and we entered whole-heartedly into these enjoyable social and athletic events. Our efforts, however, were not all directed toward mental proficiency and personal amusement. A very important part of our naval program was that of physical fitness. Able and strict instruction by the faculty and navy specialists in swimming, boxing, wrestling, cross- country, and the ever-present calisthenics, quickly tough- ened our bodies and sharpened our reflexes for the difficult duties ahead. Within our own trainee organization, we have worked hard to keep our barracks the clean, efficient, modern doiiiiit m itJii Llim ilitjy aie. Out wt;t;kly iill! and it;view! lent a martial appearance to the campus, and further steeped us in naval tradition. With the greatest part of our task yet to be we leave -with ronfidence, certain that W ' c trained in mind and body. The lessons here learned, the inspiration, leadership, and devotion to duty dis- played by faculty and staff alike, will be with us wher- ever we go. We have enjoyed our tour of duty at Western and know that those who follow will benefit, as have we, by the friendly spirit which is the keynote of the cooperative relationship between the Navy, the faculty and the students at Western. Apprentice Seamen Richard King and Donald Scott, U.S.N. CANDIDLY SPEAKING . . . isiibated coeds but they can ' t part from tiyr ene — the P. and O. hoisting itself over the Hill ill session over the eternal subject — Men! . . . Spindlergals Christmas carol for the Vandercook gobs ... Funnies, fags, and femmes — must beS Sunday afternoon in the second floor smoker Meyers talk it over in the S.B. . . . Wartime substitute for a heavy date — food! THIS WAS ' 45 AT WESTERN . . . Babble Babble Gr jot Plymouth Rock, J lotta LaCarta do ' s rock . . , le lor lucure use in iiii b ih c . . . Now ' we Mmmin, gals, sunburns, and idle hours on the dock — essentials der read ■ One of la see why sailors love windy days on campus! . . . Mmmm, gals, sunburns, and idle hours on the dock to any houseparty! Cosy cramming by the Lib fireplace on a chilly day ... A famous English prof ' s famous shirt Sandburg wanted one just like it! . . . W for Western by the navy band . . . LOOKING BACK . . . 1945 at Western . . . Remember the fads and fashions and songs and dances and expressions of this year? We still jitterbugged and danced the Gull Lake Gallop, but slow, starry-eyed waltzes held sway, too . . . We had fun with the Navy-learning its South Dakota Hop, Detroit Del- tois, and shall we say Trainees ' Tromp . . . Western will long remember the popularity of The Trolley Song since it seemed especially apropos to our own Believe-it-or- not-featured trolley. Notice No. 12 ' s worn metal on the S.B. juke box ' s marquee at left . . . And speaking of the S.B., the strains of T. Dorsey ' s Swing High, B. Goodman ' s Jam Session, Hamp ' s Boggie Woggie, and Bing ' s Ac Cent Tchu Ate the Positive will be forever associated for us Bron- choites with that smoke-filled, noisy, sailor and coed- infested mecca. The Soda Bar ... In spite of the war most of our old traditions, pledging, Saturday night dances, open houses, and teas, occupied the let down your hair part of the school week . . , However, ' Women ' s League open houses substituted for former Men ' s Union get-togethers, farewell cruises replaced frat formals, and girl doe lines took the place of fellow stag lines. Vet pins won over W ' s, wings occupied the frat pin ' s traditional place, and navy blues outnumbered flashy sport coats and coverts . . . Sloppy coed fashions remained ; •glamour toi s beini; rcsefNcd lor vveek-enils . . . Engraved sterling hair clasps decorated the coiffeurs of most coeds . . . saddle shoes came back . . . pea- coats,, official or otherwise, were worn by the Navy and the Navy ' s girls . . . Comfort came first with jeans, plaid shirts, sweatshirts, and pigtails ending with stubby ribbons or colorful fl owers ... A Good Man Nowadays Is Hard to Find, ' Rum and Coca-Cola, I ' ll Walk Alone, and I ' m a Little on the Lonely Side, expressed our sentiments beautifully . . . We called floors decks, meals chow, and loved to say Roger, Hit the Sack; we proclaimed One Meat- ball Spindler ' s cafeteria ' s oflicial slogan . . . We ploughed through the snow in stad ium boots or donned angora-topped anklets as beau-catchers . . . We wrote reams of V-mail, studied hard, and dreamed of whc-n Johnnie Comes Marching Home. LOOKING AHEAD . . . This picture will be remem- bered as the frontispiece of the 1940 Brown and Gold. Then, as now, it symbolized normal college life . . The students in it have long since left Western — to teach, to start families, to fight, to die in war . . We be- lieve that they typify what we are looking ahead to . . normal peaceful college life . . a bal- anced proportion of fellows and girls . . real happiness . . good times . - We are confident that these things will return . . We ' re looking ahead, too, to an unprece- dented expansion of our campus and to the new Western Michigan college. Big things are in Western ' s future; new additions and improve- ments of present buildings will be made and a broad building program for the new campus on the Arcadia golf course grounds will be put into effect as soon as materials and man-power are available. Immediate additions include plans for an enlarged Union building with a new and roomier location for the Soda Bar, a girls ' recreation room, and facilities for college guests; a new training school and high school; several new dormitories; and a chapel. Long- range plans envision an auditorium, line arts building, science building, and a student activi- ties building. During these war years a definite need has been felt for a chapel on Western ' s campus. A fund for that purpose has been established to which the families and friends of Western service men and women who have died in the service of their country have contributed. Other individuals and organizations ftave also given generously to the fund. The chapel is to be one of the first buildings erected and will set the theme and color scheme for the remainder of the proposed campus. Its architecture will be modern, reflecting a youth- ful, functional spirit. As the Brown and Gold goes to press, the architect ' s designs for the chapel involve a general facade as in the sketch below and in- clude altars for Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish students, a seating capacity of 350 people, a bell tower connected to the main building by a pergola, and a garden to surround the whole chapel. In addition to the main door, entrances from the garden to the two altars are proposed. We who are at Western now will probably have left by the time the chapel and other build- ings which are to form a nucleus for the new college campus are erected; but we look forward to it with a sincere feeling of pride. We can only hope that the Western Way — the spirit, the traditions, the attitude, which we and those before us have developed here will carry over to the new school and that that spirit will in- crease and grow more powerful as the school grows. 15 ' what is Western? Some say a rather small -white- columned group of buildings situated high on the hills of a mid-w estern town . . . others say it ' s friendliness — saying Hi! to everyone on campus . . . others — an acquaintance with books, men, ideas . . . Some say it ' s a song, or a prof, or a friend . . . We strongly suspect it ' s a combination of all . . . We know Western ' s not perfect — it has all the faults of a democracy — but somehow w e feel that a spirit has been captured here — an atti- tude that sets this school apart from all others — an idea that makes it exactly w hat America is . . . Western ow es that spirit to its sons and daughters for it is through them that it lives . . . Yesterday ' s Westernites are gone — here are today ' s . . . ' iIK 3r l m,U COLLEGE I PRESIDENT Dr. Paul V. Sangren, president of Western Michigan college, typifies the progressive, democratic and hard-working spirit that is Western. Since he became president in 1936 he has used development as his key objective and it has been through his efforts that Western has grown in size and influence. The college, now recognized as one of the nation ' s out- standing teacher-training institutions, has been added to in the realms of enrollment, buildings, land and curricula. Dr. Sangren has seen to it, however, that Western retains the ideals of democracy and friendli- ness envisioned for it by its first president, Dwight B. Waldo. Dr. Sangren is a man with ideas. He has brought to Western a new system of directed teaching, a graduate division, and various departmental work shops as well as the Walwood union and residence. Health and Personnel building, Spindler Hall, the Little Theater, Waldo stadium and baseball park, Vandercook Hall, and the Mechanical Trades build- ing. Although Dr. Sangren ' s program is filled with trips to Lansing, Washington and New York and his day is a busy one of conferences, meetings, and plans for Western ' s future, he is always willing to see faculty members or students and to help them solve their problems or listen to their suggestions. His ability to get things done plus his friendliness and cooperation is admired and respected by everyone who comes in contact with him. REGISTRAR Mr. John C. Hoekje, the registrar, is very busy with administrative duties dealing with scholar- ship tests, various requisitions, and many questions which only he can answer. He is always ready to assist students who need help and is always ready with a word of encouragement to students having worthwhile suggestions and plans. DIRECTOR OF PLACEMENT Dr. Lofton V. Burge, director of the training schools and placement bureau and principal of the campus Training school, is well-known to every student teacher at Western. He aids in securing future teaching jobs and gives needed advice con- cerning teaching problems and first year teaching experiences. 7( y GUIDANCE DIRECTOR The director of Student Personnel and Guidance, Dr. George H. Hilliard, has, with his counselling staff, developed a system for acquainting the students of Western with what is expected of them and how they can attain these standards. Because of this work, many students avoid the trials and tribula- tions of a freshman and obtain guidance and advice throughout their college careers. 19 GRADUATE DIRECTOR Dr. Elmer H. Wilds, director of the Graduate division and summer sessions, helps graduate stu- dents who wish to work on their Masters ' degrees and he also directs the entire administrative work during the summer sessions. In addition to this work he plans assemblies, special programs, and other social entertainment. DEAN OF WOMEN Mrs. Bertha S. Davis, dean of women, is per- sonally interested in the welfare of every woman student on campus. She gives guidance to all girl students asking for such advice and thus helps eliminate difficulties and errors troubling Western coeds. For the past few years she has been coun- selor for social affairs and head of the social committee, and has given her utmost attention to these affairs on campus. DEAN OF MEN Mr. Ray C. Pellett, dean of men, has again this year assisted in the Navy program by giving coun- seling assistance and other problem help. Although he has continued his V-12 program teaching, thus doubling his prewar work, he still has time to hear those excuses for absences and has the final word on their validity. His work in guiding the Joe Colleges on campus has furthered smoother sailing in program planning, course dropping, and difficulty settling. 20 FACULTY MATHEMATICS John Everett Pearl Ford Harold Blair Hugh Ackley Charles Butler Willi am Cain Ella Lausman Walter Thorsberg Clifford Walcott William Halnon G. C. Bartoo Since July, 1943, the work of the Mathematics department has been devoted almost entirely to teaching required mathematic analysis and naviga- tion to Western ' s V-12 students. To meet this enlarged enrollment, four new teachers were added to the department staff: Miss Ella Lausman, Mr. Clifford Walcott, Mr. Walter Thorsberg, and Dr. William Halnon who had formerly taught at Western. The Mathematics department is headed by Dr. John P. Everett who is to retire at the end of the spring trimester. He has completed thirty-nine years of service in the field of education, thirty-one of which have been spent at Western. In addition to the V-12 courses, advanced cal- culus, differential equations, mathematics of finance, commercial and teaching of mathematics courses were offered this year. This selection is somewhat limited compared to what it has been in former years; however, when Western returns to a peacetime program, the Mathematics depart- ment hopes to include in its curriculum not only the courses which it offered formerly, but also a group of new courses designed to meet needs in the postwar world. i Harper Maybee George Amos Dorthea Snyde Leoti Britton H. Glenn Henderson MUSIC Under the leadership of Mr. Harper C. Maybee and Mr. George E. Amos Western ' s Music depart- ment has enjoyed another successful year. The orchestra and choirs combined efforts with the Speech department this year to present a grand- scale Christmas program. In May, all the music organizations again joined in the presentation of a music festival. At the end of the winter trimester, Mr. Amos resigned as head of the instrumental department. Mrs. George Hilliard took over his duties as direc- tor of both the highschool and college orchestras. Howard Barlow, warrant officer and director of the Fort Custer band, was chosen to take charge of Western ' s band for the spring trimester but was seceded by Master Sergt. Phillip Proud, also of Fort Custer. In addition to the regular music courses offered this year, Mr. Maybee organized a new non-credit course in the leadership of informal group singing. 22 PSYCHOLOGY The Department of Psychology, under the leadership of Dr. Theodore Henry, offers a variety of courses in general, applied and clinical psychol- ogy. In clinical psychology, taught by Mr. Homer Carter, who is director of the Psycho-Educational clinic, studies are made of pupils presenting psycho-educational problems, such as behavior dif- ficulties, deficiencies in reading, and educational and social maladjustment. The work of the course involves individual case studies, home visits, inter- viewing, conferences, and laboratory and clinical procedure. The newest addition to the department staff is Miss Dorothy McGinnis, who is the assistant in the Psycho-Educational clinic. Theodore Henry Dorothy McGinnis I Allv The formation of the School of Occupational Therapy on the campus was a relatively easy matter since it was merely moved in November, 1944, from the Kalamazoo State hospital to the college ' s temporary building. In the past both Dr. Henry and Mr. Carter have contributed widely to education and psychology periodicals. This year Mr. Carter published Intro- duction to Learning and Adjustment and con- tributed an article to the Papers of the Michigan Academy. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Miss Marion Spear, who founded the school at the hospital in 1922, is its present director. n Spear She is a graduate of the Massachusetts School of Art, a registered therapist, and is Michigan ' s representative to the house of delegates of the American Occupational Therapy association. She has written three books and several maga- zine articles on occupational therapy. Mrs. Jane Thomas, a graduate of Western and of the Kalamazoo School of Occupational Therapy, assists Miss Spear. Mrs. Thomas is secretary of the State O. T. association and of the Kalamazoo School Alumni association. HOME ECONOMICS Reinou Maurits Reva Voile The Department of Home Economics trains students not only in the art of home-making, but also prepares them to qualify as teachers of voca- tional home economics in Michigan under the pro- visions of the state and federal acts on vocational education. In addition to the courses required for those who specialize in home economics, the department offers several courses open as electives to all students. Among the most popular of those offered this year were marriage and family rela- tionships, home furnishings, and personal and social problems. One of the more interesting requirements for majors in home economics is the course, home management practice. During this course, the girls live in family-size groups in a practice house on campus. While there, the girls put into practical use the various aspects of homemaking that they have learned in their preceding courses. 23 GEOLOGY and GEOGRAPHY Marguerite Logan Lucia Harrison The Department of Geology and Geography, under the leadership of Dr. William Berry, pre- pares students to teach in this field. Courses are also offered for those who are going into the field of meteorology. In keeping with Western ' s wartime program a course in the military uses of maps and aero- photographs has been added to the curriculum. All the members of this department have done extensive studying and writing. During the past year Dr. Berry collaborated on a map of popula- tion distribution for the Encyclopedia Britannica Atlas which appeared in January, 1945. He has also contributed articles to periodicals published in England and Scotland as well as the United States. Miss Lucia Harrison and Miss Marguerite Logan are co-authors of the text. Elements of Geography which they use in beginning geography classes. Each of them has also collaborated in writing other geography texts. WOMEN ' S PHYSICAL EDUCATION Crystal Warner Doris Hussey The war has created changes not only in the Men ' s physical education curriculum at Western, but has also brought out the importance of exer- cise, calisthenics and physical fitness in Women ' s physical education. Under the leadership of Miss Crystal Warner, the department aims to provide a recreational program for every girl on campus. Outside of regular class periods and intramural athletics dormitory, house and sorority basketball teams have been organized and competition in them has been keen. RURAL EDUCATION William M. Robinson The Department of Rural Education at Western was the first of its kind in the United States and was established primarily to provide teachers trained to cope with the special problems that the f f Dorothy Vestal Helen Merson Isabel Crane Miss Sally McRoberts, who received her educa- tion in the field of dancing at the Hanya Holm School of Dance, taught groups this year in folk, tap, modern, and social dancing, and her classes played a large role in the evening program for which all the classes in the department combined to present to the students and public. Other features of the program were tumbling, marching, mass calisthenics and military drills. The program, the first of its kind that the department has pre- sented, was well received and holds promise of becoming a Western tradition. rural school presents. A two-year curriculum is provided for those who do not teach in grades ' above the eighth. Dr. William Robinson, the department head, and Miss Anna Evans offer courses in rural sociol- ogy, economics, and education. Special summer courses are available for teadiers already in the field to help re-orient them with more recent edu- cational concepts. The Hurd school and the Portage Rural Agri- cultural school provide directed teaching facilities for those enrolled in the department. 24 ENGLISH £lda Baumann - Virginia Perkins Edith Eicher Minnie Loutzenhi: William Brown George Sprau The English department, possibly more than any other, is responsible for the metamorphasis which takes place in college students. Its members aim at bringing out the half-hidden ideas of the typical college freshman, try to give him new ideas and atti- tudes and teach him to express those ideas and attitudes in clear-cut form and good style. The de- partment accomplishes this through its freshman and advanced rhetoric courses plus its general background courses in prose and poetry and the personalities and enthusiasm of the instructors themselves. Western was fortunate this year in having two new members added to the English department. They were: Mrs. Virginia Chase Perkins, author of the book The American Home and sister of Mary Ellen Lucille Nobbs Louis Foley Herbert Slusser Lorena Gary Helen Master Louise Walker Chase, writer and a favorite of Western ' s Adult Edu- cation program, and Mr. John Thompson, who both took time off from their graduate studies at the Uni- versity of Michigan to teach six freshmen rhetoric classes here. In addition to their teaching positions on campus, most of the English instructors are writers and speakers in their specialties. Many have published books, articles, stories and poems in past years; some are engaged in literary production at the present time or are working on further degrees. Credit should be given, too, to those who claim no writing or speaking talents but who, by their daily teaching, help to develop those talents in their students. FOREIGN LANGUAGE The Foreign Language department offers courses in Latin, French, German and Spanish which are designed to provide reading, writing and speaking skills in those languages. The department functioned under a new chairman this year, when Miss Mathilde Steckleberg took over the duties of Miss Elizabeth Zimmerman who retired last year. The newest addition to the deparement staff is Mr. Herman Rothfuss who was studying for his doctorate at the University of Minnesota before he came to Western. He is a native of Germany and came to this country in 1925. The Foreign Language department can easily claim to be the most traveled department on campus. Miss Marion Tamin came to this country as an exchange student from France in 1918. Both Miss Myrtle Windsor and Dr. Francis Noble have traveled widely in France. Miss Eunice Kraft studied at the American Academy at Rome, and Miss Steckleberg has studied in several uni- versities in Germany. Mr. Harry Greenwall has traveled Mathilde Steckelberg Frances Noble Eunice Kraft Marion Tamin Herman Rothfuss in South America, the Scandinavian countries, the Orient and Hawaii. 25 SOCIAL SCIENCE Nancy Scott Jame: i Knauss Edith Seekell Davis Shilling George Comfort Otto Yntema Howard Bigelow Arthu r Manske Leonard Kercher Floyd Moore Charles Starring Robert Bowers That Western ' s Social Science department is concerned with the changing demands of world conditions on edu- cation is evidenced by its wilhngness to supplant its regular history, sociology, economics and political science courses with such new courses as a survey of comparative economic systems, economics of reconstruction, and origins of the present war. These courses have aimed, as have the traditional ones in the field, to give the student a thorough background and understanding of the impor- tant problems facing the world today and to lead him to see the solution of some of them. One of the college ' s most interesting instructors was added to the Social Science department this year. He is Dr. Robert Friedmann, a native of Vienna, Austria, who came to the United States in 1940. Dr. Friedmann graduated from the University of Vienna and taught in the Gymnasia there and also studied and taught at Yale and Goshen college before coming to Western. Another newcomer to the department is Dr. Margaret B. MacMillan, who happens to be the daughter of Western ' s Dr. Smith Burnham, head of the history department for a number of years, and the niece of Dr. Ernest Burnham who organized the Rural Education department here. Dr. MacMillan has taught history at Western for the past three trimesters. Although they ' re rather modest concerning their achievements, the other members of the department have found time this year, in spite of their extra teaching loads, to add to their impressive list of books and articles published, lectures given, and studies made. The school is justly proud of them and what they are accomplishing. Gerald Osborne Robert Eldridgc Western ' s Chemistry department serves a variety of functions in preparing students to teach highschool chem- istry and in giving the basic courses necessary for those going into specialized fields, graduate work, medicine, dentistry, or engineering. It also gives vocational chem- istry to medical technologists and laboratory technicians, and special chemistry courses for home economics stu- dents and Bronson nurses. More recently the Chemistry department has taught Navy students the chemistry of engineering materials course required in their V-12 program. An additional function of the Chemistry department is to furnish chemicals and chemical information to the Health Service and other departments on campus. The department is headed by Dr. Gerald Osborn who was honored this year by being appointed consultant in teaching of phyical science to the West Virginia state board of education. 26 ART One of the most active departments on Western ' s campus is the Art department. Although its staff has been reduced by the war, it still offers a large variety of courses in design, painting, and modeling. The department is headed by Miss Lydia Sied- schlag who is largely responsible for planning the interior decoration of Western ' s newer buildings. One of her special projects this year has been redecorating the new president ' s home on campus. During the ' year Mr. John Kemper published an article titled Marionettes in the School Arts magazine. He also exhibited paintings in the Kalamazoo Artists Exhibition and in the Michigan Lydia Siedschlag Hazel Paden Artists Exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Miss Hazel Paden, who is a member of the National Association of Women Artists, exhibited her water color paintings in New York this year. PUBLICITY Homer Dunham Blanche Draper The Publicity department can claim partial responsibility for the growth of Western in recent years. Theirs is a combination publicity and public relations job, for they write all the articles about Western for outside press associations and the pamphlets for the school. Miss Blanche Draper has served twenty-seven years, and Mr. Homer Dunham sixteen in this busy department. BUSINESS EDUCATION Edna Whitney John Brickner Agnes Anderson Western ' s Business Education department, an outgrowth of the previous Commerce department, has expanded rapidly in the last few years. Its faculty personnel has been increased to six mem- bers to accommodate the students who are major- ing in this field. The newest addition to the staff is Mr. Paul Kircher who took his undergraduate work at the University of New Mexico. This year the department has arranged a four- year degree course in secretarial administration for majors in office training and a curriculum for the training of coordinators and teachers of coopera- tive business education for Michigan high school vocational departments. Dr. Hanna, who is on leave of absence from the department, is now the commanding officer of the Depauw University V-12 unit as well as the Navy units at the University of Indiana and the Uni- versity Medical School. Mr. Glen C. Rice has been elected president of the Michigan Vocational Education Association. 27 MEN ' S PHYSICAL EDUCATION Judson Hya] Herbert Read Frank Householde Robert Quiring One of the major tasks of Western ' s Men ' s Physical Education department this year has been to work in close cooperation with the Navy and its officers in training the V-12 unit stationed here. Much emphasis has been placed on the importance of physical fitness, strength, an d ability to take it, and training has included p.t with its strength and endurance tests, calesthenics, march- ing and swimming. Some of these policies have carried over to the civilian physical education courses. The department also provides and supervises intramural and intercollegiate athletics for those ALUMNI SECRETARY students wishing to participate. Mr. Judson Hyames, director of athletics, has announced plans for an extensive postwar expan- sion program. Included in these is a large field house to be built in Kanley park which will con- tain a new basketball floor and seating space for 8,000 spectators, a 220-yard indoor track, and a full indoor diamond for early baseball practice. In the space around the field house will be football and baseball fields, tennis and badminton courts, and an archery range. Plans are also being drawn up for a 75-foot, six-lane swimming pool in the Men ' s gym where the baseball pit is now housed. Carl Coope Mr. Carl Cooper, secretary of Western ' s Alumni Association, has the important work of maintain- ing contact with and friendly relations between Western and its ever-growing number of alumni. As a part of this work, Mr. Cooper edits the Western Michigan News magazine which is pub- lished and sent to the alumni four times a year. PHYSICS iiMI . Walter Marburger Albert Munk Grover Baker Gordon Blaisdell Since July 19-43, the Physics department has been engaged almost exclusively in training of Navy V-12 and Marine trainees. During this period the average enrollment was 500 students. To meet this situation, Mr. Grover Baker, Mr. Jacob DeWitt, Mr. Albert Munk, and Mr. Milton Sizer were added to the department faculty. The Physics department functioned under new Jacob DeWil leadership this year when Dr. Paul Rood took over the duties of department head to replace Mr. Fox who retired at the end of last year. Since the Navy program has been installed the variety of courses ofi ered by the department has been somewhat limited. However, this year, in addition to the military physics courses, astronomy, photography, and household physics were given. 28 INDUSTRIAL ARTS Marion Sherwood Charles Nichols In cooperation with the Navy program, the Industrial Arts department has provided the engi- neering drawing and descriptive geometry courses required for all of the V-12 students at Western. The enrollment in this department increased from thirty to one hundred and ninety-six students and the teaching staff was expanded accordingly when Mr. Henry Beukema and Mr. Jacob Panse were added to the department. In addition to the great amount of work its new courses involved the department, under the leader- Carrie Storie Margaret Feather Don Pullin John Plough Henry Beukema ship of Mr. Marion Sherwood, has continued to teach a full curriculum in woodwork, printing, drawing and metal work. Special courses are offered also for art and occupational therapy students. Vocational training was one of the last fields to be recognized as an important part of the college curriculum. Here at Western, Industrial Arts is proving to be one of the most popular and beneficial courses of study and its importance has been realized more than ever since the war began. DEANS ' ASSISTANTS Miss Carrie Stoeri and Miss Margaret Feather serve as assistants to the deans of women and men and have charge of excusing absences, issuing guest slips for dances, helping students find suitable Hving quarters and work as well as the clerical work of the offices. Both of them acted as counsellors at Spindler Hall the fall tri- mester but upon the return of Walwood residence to the coeds Miss Stoeri assumed the role of housemother of Walwood. Through their work Miss Stoeri and Miss Feather meet and come to know every student at Western and have a number of opportunities for guidance and counselling work. BIOLOGY Leslie Kenoyer Roy Joyce LaVern Argabright The Department of Biology has one of the largest enrollments of any department at Western. In addition to regular Western students, the nurses in training at Bronson Hospital take courses in biology, anatomy and physiology. The department is headed by Dr. Leslie Kenoyer who worked this year on a revised edition of his textbook. General Biology. Frank Hinds Mr. Frank Hinds spent last spring trimester working on a study of the cedar waxwing, his thesis for his doctorate. This year he offered a a new course in cytology, which is a study of cells and tissues. The newest addition to the department is Mr. Raymond Deur, who took Mr. Leonard Wenier ' s place as biology teacher for the high school. Mr. Wenier is on leave of absence for further study. 29 EDUCATION Hi Katherine Mason Orie Frederick Roxana Steele Although Western is more than a teacher-training college, it is in the field of education that it is best known. Western ' s Education department contains a number of outstanding teachers and administrators. Most of them have published books and contribute regularly to leading educational journals, and have attracted atten- tion in their teacher-training positions. One of the most used texts of the history of education was written by Dr. Elmer Wilds. The department is headed by Dr. George Milliard who also serves as director of student personnel and guidance. One of the progressive policies of the department is to be found in its inclusion of the new field of camping education. Dr. Wilbur West, head of the Clear Lake camp which Western leased from the W. K. Kellogg foundation last fall to ' carry on a five-year experiment in camping education, has been added to the Education department and he and Miss Isabel Crane administrate the affairs of the camp. During the summer both a camping education and a guidance workshop are con- ducted for adultsand a laboratory camp is conducted for school children. VOCATIONAL AVIATION MECHANICS One department at Western which has attracted a great deal of attention since the beginning of the war is SPEECH that of Vocational Education. Most students have been conscious of the department ' s single-engined airplane which has been parked outside the Industrial Arts building for the last two years and are conscious, too, that a great deal of activity important to the war effort has been going on in the building. Mr. Elmer Weaver, who directs the department, has been influential in organizing and carrying out its 84-hour week of industrial training program for new war workers. A two-year course in aviation mechanics is also offered. Marie Marwick Western ' s Speech department has helped put it on the collegiate map. Debating, public speaking and forensics are directed by Mr. Albert Becker and Miss Anna Lindblom who have developed a number of out- standing debate teams and speakers. Miss Laura V. Shaw, chairman of the department, offers courses in fundamentals of speech, interpretive reading, acting make-up, and play production. She is one of Western ' s most widely travelled instructors and has studied drama and speech both in Europe and in the Orient. Western ' s speech correction clinic, under the direction of Dr. Charles Van Riper who is assisted by Mr. Frank Albert Becker Wallace Garneau Charles VanRiper Robinson, has been noted as one of the most unique of its type. Students from all over the United States and parts of Canada have come to have their speech defects corrected or improved here or to receive training as speech correctionists. Mr. Wallace Garneau, a graduate of Western, has charge of courses in radio speech and script writing and has produced a number of radio programs over WKZO. Miss Marie Marwick, newest addition to the depart- ment, has offered courses in fundamentals of speech this year. 30 LIBRARY Western ' s library, supervised by Miss Anna French, who is aided by both assistant hbrarians and student helpers, is frequented daily by nearly every student on campus and is a popular place to meet a book. A collection of 60,000 books, many periodicals and newspapers are available to faculty and students plus a valuable group of art books received from the Carnegie founda- tion which are of interest to Western ' s many art majors. The spacious reading room, open to stu- dents every day of the week, accom- modates 300 people and provides a quiet studious atmosphere. Standing: Hazel Cleveland, Phoebe Lun Seated; Anna French, Mary Harvey. iree, Paul Randall, Edith Clark. Winifred MacFee TEXT BOOK LIBRARY The Education Service library affords for students in the education department a collection of up-to- date school text books, professional books and magazines useful in their work in directed teaching. This library is housed in the Health and Personnel Building and is under the charge of Mrs. Winifred McFee. DORMS-UNION LIBRARY The work of supervising and maintaining the Union Building and the dormitories is under the charge of Mr. Cornelius Mac- Donald. Mac, as everyone on campus calls him, knows most of the students at Western and is in- terested in them and their affairs. elius MacDonald Standing: Mildred Rude, Geraldine Bro ' wne, Elizabeth Watson, Evelyn Buerger Seated: Ellis Walker, Katherine Belden. HEALTH SERVICE Although many of its facilities and much of its time is now taken up with duties as a sick bay for Western ' s V-12 trainees, the Health Service has endeavored to continue its policies of guarding student health. Student medical and dental exam- inations and conferences, treatment of emergencies and diagnostic tests were offered by the Service this year as always. In addition, the mobile X-ray unit from the State Health department was brought to the campus and gave free X-ray exam- inations for detecting tuberculosis. Miss Ellis Walker is the head of the Health Service and is assisted by a staff of nurses, physicians, and student helpers. STATE HIGH SCHOOL G. Amos G. Bartoo L. Britton R. C. Bryan C. Butler W. Cain G. Comfort P. Ford F. Householder F. Huff E. Kraft H. Paden D. Puilin R. Quiring S. Reed M. Sherwood G. Spaeth M. Steckelberg L. Wienier M. Windsor C. Nichols CAMPUS TRAINING SCHOOL L. Struble I. Crane L. Steinway B. Stinson H. Barton E. Bender G. Gish A. Lubke M. Doty C Ebert F. McLouth H. McCall 32 PAW PAW TRAINING SCHOOL Leona Adolf Pearl Baxter Kenneth Bordine Alice Eikenberg Bryan Emert Matilda Gaume Clarence Hackney Arlene HoUinger Eliner Jentges Lois Kraeger Lester Lindquist Elizabeth McQuigg Louise Myers Helen Nelson Reynold Oas Marion Spaulding Clella Stufft Helen Roth Almon Vedder 33 PORTAGE TRAINING SCHOOL f%€ Lewis Lela Lena Catherine Ann Emma Marian Lorena Crawford McDowell Rexinger Wilkerson Pearson Richards Hall Purdy Opal Maxine Eleanor Margaret Margaret Naveda Mary Mary Stamm Cook McLaughlin Hinds Sommerfeld Midland Slattery Williams Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Sangren enjoy Christmas breakfast with Spindler gals . . . Mr, Cain starts off our study of faculty derbies — his is the dapper type . . . Dr. Butler must be camera shy — note closed eyes . . . Mrs. Tyler poses by Spindler Hall . . . Dr. Milliard and his conservative, businessman ' s topper . . . Ah, that modish bit of fur adorns Dr. Meyers ' pepit chapeau- . . . Mr. Yntema grins beneath his wide-brimmed sporty number . . . Docs Hilliard and Burge adjourn to the Soda Bar for afternoon cofFee . . . Mr. Ackley and Mr. Eldridge polish up that drill . . . Mr. Hinds shows off his dimple and jaunty brim . . . Snappy, that new collegiate headgear Mr. Slusser sports these days! 34 SENIOR CLASS Lorraine Van Buekering President Kathleen Garner Vice-President Carol Johnson Secretary Lois Hervey Treasurer Garner, L. Van Buekering, C. Johnson, L. Hervey As graduation day approaches for the class of ' 45, its members can ' t help looking back over their four years on the Hilltop, remembering some of the events and people they ' ve known. Realizing that they were the only students on campus this year with memories of normal college life, they have tried in their friendships with underclassmen and in their various activities to keep alive Western ' s old traditions. Among their memories are the whirl of parties, games and dances of that first year at college, the shock of Pearl Harbor, the first efforts at civilian defense and Red Cross work, and the calling of the army and navy college reserves. They remember the empty feeling of classrooms and campus scenes with few or, no men. and then the sight of marines mustering outside of Spindler, the snap of Saturday morning regimental reviews, the brightness of whites after a winter of blues. They recall, too, the erection of the Little Theater, life both in and out of dormitories as the Navy required, the revision of the college ' s administra- tion, the plans for Western ' s postwar expansion program, and the day of final peace in Europe. To reunite the Senior class in its last year before leaving Western, its members participated in such activities as an informal dinner-theater party, a senior tea at the new presidential residence, and the traditional Swing-out, Honors Con- vocation, faculty reception for seniors, and baccalaureate. Many thanks are due Dr. William Brown and Mr. Herbert Slusser for their help as class sponsors. They, along with many other faculty members and college friends, have contributed greatly to the store of Western memories which 1945 ' s .seniors take with them as they follow the path of other graduates — over the Hilltop. 36 .XjM Martha Adams Frances Aungst Ruth Bangerter Battle Creek Plainwell Adrian Home Economics Physical Ediic ilioi! Ejrly Elemeiitji] Mildred Allen Grey Austin Ray Barber Benton Harbor Kalamazoo Schoolcraft Geiiend Degree Business Education hiduslrial Arts Barbara Bartlett Geraldine Billings Escanaba Port Huron Occupational Therapy Speech Correction Gladys Bennett Beth Bird Fremont Cedar Springs Rural Education Home Economics Shirley Ann Boekeloo Kalamazoo Early Ele?nenlar- Betty Borgman Grand Rapids General Degree Jeanette Bouwens E. Joyce Bridges Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Early Elementary Physical Education Ethel Bowman Jane Brown Fremont Paw Paw Home Economics Early Elementary Eunice Bryan Kalamazoo Pre-Projessional Kathleen Garner Grand Rapids Early Elementary ..SENIORS 37 Helen Childs Anne Clack Doris Cordier Battle Creek Occupational Kalamazoo Chicago, 111. Therapy Business Education Home Economics Catherine Christoff Lois Clouse Margaret Cortright Rapid River Hastings Bellevue Home Economics Home Economics Secondary Education Connie Crandall Ruby Davidson Kalamazoo Three Oaks General Degree Secondary Education Eleanor Crapple Alyce Decker Kalamazoo Chicago, III. Margaret DeForest Schoolcraft Early Elementary Margaret DeLaRue Mt. Clemens Secondary Education Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy Marjorie DeYoung Robert Dresser Maribel DuBois Grand Rapids Detroit Grand Rapids Early Elementary Physical Education Later Elementary Gertrude Ditmar Goldie Dribben Elaine Egolf Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Muskegon Secondary Education Later Elementary Secondary Education SENIORS 38 Margaret Elenbaas Muskegon Heights Business Education Joan Erway Hasting s Roberta Eubank Kalamazoo Secondary Education Yvonne Fisher Grand Haven Claire Flym Three Oaks Early Elementary Home Economics Secondary Education Margaret Foster Cadillac Early Elementary Gene Frazier Kalamazoo Physical Education Louise Fuller Kalamazoo Music Marie Garnett Betty Gold Morley Eau Claire Early Elementary Early Elementary Helene Geisler Rose Graham Watervliet Bear Lake Early Elementary Later Elementary Margaret Hadjisky Donna Hamstra Birmingham Grand Rapids Occupational Therapy Pre-Projessional Aldamae Hammond Jean Hastings Grand Rapids Hartford Early Elementary Home Economics Rosemary Herrmann Grand Rapids Early Elementary Lois Hervey South Haven Early Elementary . . SENIORS 39 ; i jbI Joyce Hickman Alberta Hocker Betty Hunt St. Joseph Muskegon Heights Keego Harbor Music Ejrly Elementary Physical Education Shirley Hicks Barbara Holmes Edward Huntoon Lawton Kalamazoo Owosso Secondary Education Early Elementary Industrial Arts George Hyde Delton Secondary Education Angeline Janiak Grand Rapids Later Elementary ' irginia Jackson Marion Johnson Kalamazoo Muskegon Occupational Therapy General Degree Carol Johnson Gladys Jones Battle Creek Battle Creek Early Elementary Early Elementary [arianne Julius Alice Kelly Helen Klatte New York City, N. Y. Chicago, 111. Kalamazoo Secondary Education Secondary Education Art Enid Karsten Thomas Kenmotsu Wilma Ladyman Evart McGehee, Ark. Sherwood Secondary Education General Degree Home Economics SENIORS . . 40 Lois Lawson Delores Lewis Melba Loveless McPherson, Kansas Chicago, III. Ypsilanti General Degree Early Elementary Business Education Mary Lawton Norma Rutgers Longstreet Phyllis Malewitz Kalamazoo Holland Grand Rapids Home Economics Home Ecotiomics Early Elementary Florence Marcelletti Paw Paw Business Education Barbara McAleer Patricia McDonnell Kalamazoo Grosse Pointe Woods General Degree Early Elementary Marion Maynard Ardelle McConnell Margarette McGregor Ionia Early Elementary Bloomingdale Secondary Education Newaygo Physical Education Suzanne McKinnon Rita Milanowski Joyce Mellon Buchanan Grand Rapids Jackson Home Economics Secondary Education Secondary Education Melissa Melin Dorothy Miller Dorothy Mohney Manistee Lansing Lawton Home Economics Early Elementary Home Economics . . . SENIORS 41 Virginia Moxon Grand Rapids Early Elemenlar) Marian Mulder Rose Marie Nicolette Holland Grand Rapids Secondary Education Early Elementary Glenda Muhlenberg Phyllis Newton Mary Olds Joplin, Mo. Kalamazoo Lawrence Occupational Therapy ■ Occupational Therapy Secondary .Education Florence Oman Kalamazoo Rural Education Marian Parker Margaret Parrott Decatur Ludington Home Economics Physical Education Dorcas Paddock Genevieve Parks Marjorie Peck Milan Port Austin Birmingham Early Elementary Physical Education Early Elementary Virginia Plummer Niles Home Economics Marjorie Reesor Woodland Home Economics Ruth Preston Benton Harbor General Decree Helen Rhodes Kalamazoo General Degree Dorothy Rensenhouse Anna Belle Rich Three Rivers Lansing Early Elementary General Degree SENIORS . . 42 Thelma Robertson Jean Schneider Elfriede Schnoor Manistique Gobies Paw Paw Early Elementary Pre-Projessional Early Elementary Mildred Russell Norma Schneider Ruth Schnoor St. Joseph Grand Rapids Paw Paw Secondary Education Early Elementary Secondary Education Betty Schultz Kalamazoo Business Education Geraldine Scranton Betty L. Smith Paw Paw Woodland Home Economics Secondary Education Helen Schultz Bette Silverthorn Jean Smith Benton Harbor Dowagiac Comstock General Degree Music Physical Education Shirley Spaulding Marian Sprik Adele Swenson Berrien Springs Plainwell Holland Music Pre-Projessional Business Education Katherine Sprecken Doris Stewart Ruth Tangerstrom Muskegon Heights Elkhart, Ind. Manistee Early Elementary Secondary Education Early Elementary . . SENIORS 43 . §M Charlotte Taylor Ruth Tillstrom Florence Troy Kalamazoo Benton Harbor Grand Rapids Occulnitioiial Therapy Secondary Education Secondary Education Florence Thwaites Eula Tottingham Jean Truckenmiller Grand Rapids Stanton Centreville Early Elementary Secondary Education Business, Education Ralph Tweedy Thelma VandenBerg Elva Van Haitsma Fulton Kalamazoo Grand Rapids General Degree Early Elementary Secondary Education Lorraine Van Beukering Inez Vanderpyle Eloise Van Vulpen Grand Haven Whitehall Muskegon Secondary Education Early Elementary Pre-Projessional Cleo Rutgers Venhuisen Holland General Degree Doris Vogel Grand Haven Barbara Vyn Felt Charlotte Walker Grand Rapids Niles Early Elementary Secondary Education Dorothy Wagner Corrine Walsh Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Business Education Physical Education Early Elementary SENIORS . . 44 ' .AL..A: SiJm ' ' Miriam Walstad Jacqueline Webber Kalamazoo Detroit Occupational Therapy Early Elementary Dorothy Watson Irene Wieman Lawrence Shelby Home Ecoiiotnics Early Elementary Donna Williams Sparta Home Economics Frances Williams Detroit Special Education Mary Ellen Wood Jeanne Lavender Plainwell Saint Cloud, Minn. Hotne Economics Occupational Therapy . . SENIORS 45 JUNIOR CLASS [ « James Clark President Mary Eldridge jW Vice-President ,Vi .ty ' Kay Stimson ' e ' ■% ' ' Secretary Marie Van Huis Treasurer U. Van Huis, M. Eldridge, K. Stimson, J. Clark Althoui, ' li the junior class had to allow some of the traditional activities to pass by ai ain this year, the class spirit was maintained. With the return of many veterans and the V-12 trainees it was possible for the junior class to sponsor the annual J-Hop in the spring. Stairway to the Stairs was the theme and De.xter Lamb provided the music. Pat Fritz and A S Robert Huber were co-chairmen assisted by the following committee chairmen: orchestra and entertainment, Suzanne Michen; decorations, Barbara Kane; publicity, Joan Mills; guests, Lois Soloman; refreshments, Margery Dawe ; tickets, Alvin Vanderslick ; programs, Mary Eldridge. As future senior.s, the members of the junior class are lea ' ing their many traditional activities to the future classes who will, in postwar years, again participate actively in parades, pep rallies, bonfires, and homecoming events. 46 Carolyn Adams Sherwood Jacqueline Anderson Kalamazoo Carlene Bagnall Battle Creek Ellen Addington Detroit Marie Babinec Shelby Carolyn Bamborough Kalamazoo Betty Bentley Battle Creek Madge Blair Jackson Bernette Bergeron Muskegon Evelyn Boettcher Benton Harbor Rosemary Blanchard Grand Rapids Evelyn Bottger Crystal Falls Freda Brandt Flint Irene Brozovich Grand Rapids Geraldine Carley Kalamazoo Dorothy Brown Grand Rapids Kathryn Buehler Chicago, 111. Marguerite Champion White Cloud . . . JUNIORS 47 James Clark Margery Dawe Joan Dodd Rockford Pontiac Niles Laura Cook Audrey Dennis Mary Ellen Dodd Flint Paw Paw Battle Creek Leola Eichholtz Betty Eshouse Ellen Farthing Three Rivers Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Dorothy Erjer Margaret Mary Farrell Katherine Frans Big Rapids Kalamazoo Muskegon Barbara French Patricia Fritz Jean Gillett Kalamazoo Monroe Shelbyville Lucille French Merrie Geldhof Ruth Greenman Union City Grand Rapids Farmington JUNIORS . . . 48 June Griffith Muskegon Pauline Hacker Leonidas Eleanor Hal Kalamazoo Ellen Hamill Grass Lake Ida Harfert New Troy Freda Harris Holland Marjorie Hill Hastings Shirley Hill Benton Harbor Margaret Hiscutt Newaygo Jean Humphries Pontiac Barbara Kane Niles Erald Kelley Sturgis Dorothea Kolch Ruth Kunkel Mary Kyger Highland Park Gobies Holland Elizabeth Kools Virgil Kwast Betty Lixvar Holland Eau Claire Benton Harbor JUNIORS 49 Betty Loewe Kalamazoo Marion Lower Schoolcraft Jeannette Loode Kalamazoo Suzanne Michen Fennville Mavis Martinson Elk Rapids Mary Milliman Rockford Joan Mills Jean Morrison Julie Oberdorfer South Bend, Ind. Grace Mohney Lawton Williamsburg Jane Oberdorfer Iron River Iron River Jean Pyle Zeeland Ann Radwanski Hamtramck Dorothy Rogers Niles Gertrude Rau Benton Harbor Dorothy Rose Battle Creek Janet Royal Battle Creek Helen Sankofski Pullman JUNIORS . . . 50 Lucille Schregardus Holland Lorna Sibson Dowagiac Lillian Scott Muskegon Heights Anne Snyder Kalamazoo Marilyn Skinner Berrien Springs Lois Solomon Grand Rapids Doris Sprinkle Kalamazoo Naomi Taylor Kalamazoo Kathryn Stimson Kalamazoo Mary Ellen Thompson Cassopolis JoAnn Thomas Three Rivers Joyce Timmer Holland Phyllis Turner Morenci Marie Van Huis Holland Thomas Walenta Alma Janet VanderVeen Decatur Evelyn Verhey Grand Rapids Frances Walker Port Huron . . . JUNIORS 51 Janice Walker Margaret Watson Carmen Wingeier Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Fenwick Winona Waterhouse Viola Watts Janice Wingeier Vassar Kalamazoo Fenwick Elnora Wolf Muskegon Margean Worst Kalamazoo Mary Ann Zitney Detroit Ellen Case Augusta Ruth Champlin Battle Creek Janet Doering Kalamazoo Dawn Haver Battle Creek Helen Huntley Jackson Frances Karbadon Benton Harbor Elizabeth Mills Holland. Lois McQueeney Kalamazoo JUNIORS . . . 52 Ray and Paul on the Hill ... Hi, Shorty! . . . The Monkeys and the flagpole . . . Grad and undergrad . . . Hey! what cooks there? . . . About to take off for collich . . . Phil and Jerry waitin ' for de trolley man . . . Eavespipe, Edie, Carnie and Jan . . . Always welcome — mail! . . . Joan as gal, Helen as gyrine . . . Fos and man look kind of cute, n ' est-ce pas? . . . Spring ' s the time to loaf, eh what, Lois? . . . Roomies Dumbxi and Jean . . . Slap in an informal moment. 53 SOPHOMORE CLASS Elaine Eddy President Barbara Bowman Vice-President Jean Slapinski Secretary Norrine Belden Treasurer The sophomore class in the fall first concerned itself with nominations, petitions, campaigns and the other business of elections. Results this year indicated normality was returning — one m ale representative was included on the sophomore slate of officers as against last year ' s female monopoly. Student Council representatives were: Eleanor Proud, Betty Earl, Jerome Bigelow. Thus far the class of 19 7 has been a Iruc war-time class. As freshmen last year its members found college life not all as it was famed to be. Marines and bluejackets occupied the girls ' and men ' s dorms while most of theii classes, save mathematics or science, were a matter of women only. They missed many of Western ' s traditions — homecoming, frat parties and formals, in fact, they only knew such things existed by hearing the reminiscences of upper-classmen. Somehow, however, even in abnormal circumstances, these freshmen caught the spirit that is Western and they returned this year determined to show pride and loyalty in their school and to re-instate some of the true soph spirit which they felt was lacking. This they did — initiating several class activities of which a spring picnic captured much attention. The activity spotlight was shared, too, with the sophomores ' cooperation with the treshmen in a freshmen-sophomore reception. Indeed the ball was started rolling back toward normality this year by these ' 47 ' ers. 54 First Column Mary Amey Kalamazoo Norrine Belden Allegan Barbara Bowman Kalamazoo Dolores Brown Benton Harbor Second Column Shirley Anderson Holland Beverly Belland Kalamazoo Lurlene Bowyer Schoolcraft Robert Burgoyne Berrien Springs Third Column Jean Auble Grand Rapids Jane Bennett Ravenna Joan Boyes Croswell Helen Burns Mt. Morris Fourth Column Lois Austin Grand Haven Maribeth Bennett Fremont Audrey Brailsford Bronson Mildred Buss Reed City Fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Margaret Baker Frances Baker Dorothy Barlow Leona Bauer Rockford Rockford New Buffalo RichviUe Mary Jo Bennett Alice Bogen Beth Boezwinkle Elizabeth Bowen Traverse City Sturgis Pierson Adrian Glenna Brazee Wilma Brenner Pearl Brisbin Helen Broder Kalamazoo Homer Ravenna Ludington Lewis Chadderdon Minerva Chalapis Jane Chamberlain Jane Clarke Battle Creek Detroit Grand Rapids Berrien Springs . SOPHOMORES 55 First Column Second Column Third Column Fourth Column Rosemary Claypool Colleen Cloney Patricia Cloney Louise Conklin Battle Creek Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Helen Curtis Jeanne Cynar Larry Darling Lucille Davenpo rt Battle Creek Hamtramck Ann Arbor Detroit Sue Edsall Phyllis Edward Herbert Ellinger Norman Elliot Greenville Lake Orion Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Eleanor French Marylou Garlick Katherine Garthe Charles George Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Traverse City Union City fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Carma Conrad Phyllis Cook Mary Creagan Mary Jane Cummings Otsego Grand Rapids Decatur Otsego Doris Durecky Betty Earl Elaine Eddy Margaret Edgell Hamtramck Kalamazoo St. Clair Benton Harbor Don Fields Marjean Fonger- Jeanne Foster Ethel Francisco Charlotte Lowell Newell, Iowa Caledonia Gerry Gordon Dorothy Greenhoe Donna Hackley Ann Hall Pontiac Schoolcraft Kalamazoo Battle Creek SOPHOMORES . 56 First Column Helen Harmon Camden Joan Jenkins Niles Norma Knickerbocker Breedsville Barbara MacMillan Petoskey Second Column Patricia Harper Delton Norma Jean Johnson Kalamazoo Doris Kolkema Fremont Mary Ann Mason Cedar Rapids, Iowa Third Column Helen Haskins Pontiac Betty Jolman Muskegon Leona Kowalczyk Schoolcraft Rosemarie Mattimore Kalamazoo Fourth Column Barbara Hawkins Kalamazoo Mary Kearney Muskegon Heights Evelyn Kurtz East Lansing Betty McCormick Torrington, Wyo, Fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Patricia Hougom Helen Hughart Florence Huizenga Irene Imperi Imlay City Traverse City Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Priscilla Kerr Patricia Kingscott June Kitchell Edith Klenk South Haven Kalamazoo Allegan Sparta Delina Lemere Mildred Lewis Laurajane Loverin Coral Lymburner Comstock Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Sparta Joan McGregor Marjorie Mell Shirley Myers Betty Minnard Lisbon, N. H. Evanston, 111. Coldwater Kalamazoo . SOPHOMORES 57 First Column Second Column Third Column fourth Column Betty Misner Evelyn Monroe Joanne Morton Barbara Brown Moul Muskegon Three Rivers Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Clevetta Parrish Fayette Paulsen Delores Pawloski Anita Peterman Kalamazoo Muskegon Wayland Muskegon Jeanne Primeau Eleanor Proud Beverly Putney Jean Raabe Muskegon Kalamazoo Hartford Bremerton, Wash. Mary Lou Rogers Virginia Rogers Jean Royce Muriel Russell Traverse City Midland Lakeside Kalamazoo Fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Jeanne Mullins Marjorie Noble Velma Oaster Joan Odren Benton Harbor Battle Creek Bellevue Coldwater Donavon Phebus Virginia Phillips Nancy Pierce Rose Pionke Benton Harbor Kalamazoo Otsego Kalamazoo June Ranta Doris Reecher Bob Roe Myrabelle Roels Grand Rapids Grass Lake Kalamazoo Estherville, Iowa Ruth Sager Marjorie Sargent Gloria Sassman Gloria Sawmiller Kalamazoo Jackson Benton Harbor Allegan SOPHOMORES . 58 p First Column Second Column Third Column Fourth Column Barbara Shannon Donna Shaw Ruth Sheldon Betty Silbersack Hastings Burr Oak Kalamazoo Manitowoc Dixie Lee Stafford Roselyn Steinberg Doris Stephenson Maxine Sprik Kalamazoo Boston, Mass. Kalamazoo Plamwell Harold Throop James Tomson Maxine Tornquist Lois Taylor Kalamazoo Rochester Kalamazoo Harbert Mary Waldherr Beverley Waterbury Marian Waters Sparta Dearborn Fremont Pearl Walch Beverly Whyment Margery Willems Kathleen Williams Remus Kalamazoo Portland Kalamazoo Fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Jean Slapinski Eleanor Smith Janet Smith Mildred Spindlow Sparta Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Kathryn Stoffle E. Lillian Swenson Marjorie Swenson Marshall Coloma Sawyer Helton Marguerite Szakas Virginia Totzke Margery VanAllsburg Helen Van Worden Kalamazoo Baroda Coopersville Chicago, III. Gloria Watson Audrey Webster Donna Wells J. Norman Vercler Smyrna Eaton Rapids Kalamazoo Meadows, 111. Julia Wilson Phyllis Woodard Alice Wright Robert Westfall Bellevue Sault Ste. Marie Lawrence Cassopolis . SOPHOMORES 59 FRESHMAN CLASS Norman Williams President Norman Wiseman Vice-President Betty Jenkins Secretary Elaine Kalke • Treasurer Williams, B. Jenkins, E. Kalke, N. Wiseman The freshmen class of 19-1 ' entered Western in November with high hopes ot success in the year ahead. Despite the I ' act that many of the social activities were curtailed because of the war, the class succeeded in maintaining its spirit and interest in school atFairs. lUany of the active freshmen were initiated into various Iraternities, sororities ani.1 clubs on campirs. The annual I reshmen-sophomore dance was held 0!i March 17 after being omitted for tiie past tliree years. Entitled the ShamroLk Shulfic, it hau Si. Patrick ' s Day as its theme. As the year ' s activities came to a close, the freshmen class looked eagerly forward to tlie tuture peace-time world when normal college life could be resumed 60 First Column Mary Agar Kalamazoo Julia Bailey Kalamazoo Joan Berry Dowagiac Carol Borden Plainwell Second Column Maxine Akom Allegan Ann Backer Muskegon Shirley Bestervelt Kalamazoo Eleanor Bosker Kalamazoo Enid Albertson Plainwell Phyllis Barlow Greenville Alice Billington Hart Virginia Bourner Kalamazoo Fourth Column Jeanne Alwood Coloma Priscilla Barnes Sault Ste. Marie LaVone Billion St. Joseph Marjory Boyce Holland Fifth Column Melen Andrews Bloomingdale Richard Barnes Del ton Patty Bingman Moorepark L. Jane Britton Kalamazoo Sixth Column Phyllis Ash Dowagiac Marie Barry Royal Oak Gussie Birch Benton Harbor Nancy Britton Bangor Seventh Column Lillian Austin Kalamazoo Pearl Becker Kalamazoo Elizabeth Bishop Kalamazoo Virginia Brown Kalamazoo Eighth Column Edna Auten Royal Oak Joan Bennett Kalamazoo Rose Blyveis Battle Creek Rosemary Burnett Grand Rapids . FRESHMEN Mary Lou Butler Elk Rapids Jane Cook South Bend, Ind. Loralee Day Kalamazoo K. Joan Eddy Ann Arbor Kathleen Carpenter Marshall Valare Cook Benton Harbor Charlotte De Kraker Holland Carol Ellinger Hopkins Third Column Bonnie Champion White Cloud Frieda Correll Grand Haven Lois Dethmers Grand Rapids Lorna Emmert South Haven Fourth Column Esther Chapman Mendon Jane Covey Keego Harbor Nurma Dewey Benton Harbor Sara Emmick Holland fifth Column Beverley Christenson Fremont Betty Dahlgren Manton Ardis Dodgson Kalamazoo Ellen Emig Detroit Sixth Column Marilyn Clark Sturgis Doris Dale Lincoln Park Geraldine Doolittle Tekonsha Douglas Everhart Three Rivers Seventh Column Genevieve Coash Kalamazoo Virginia Danielson Zeeland Betty Lou Drumm Marshall Janette Falan Cadillac Eighth Column Daphne Cockburn Montreal, Quebec Donna Davis Middleville Marjorie Dunlap Grass Lake Melba Ferguson Bloomingdale FRESHMEN . . . 62 First Column Second Column Third Column Fourth Column Jeanne Finan Port Austin Margaret Finley Detroit Mary Fisher St. Clair Dorothy Fosdick Three Rivers Janet Goodrich Charlotte Grant Dorothy Hadley Lois Hahn Ithaca Battle Creek Covert Niles Barbara Hart Detroit Margaret Hartman Holland Maxine Heatlie Battle Creek Stanley Heidanus Kalamazoo Marguerite Hessey Donald Hicks William Hodge Carmen Holcomb Bangoi Lawton Vicksburg, Miss. Eaton Rapids Fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Ellen Funk Niles Barbara Gage Wixom Beverly Garlick Kalamazoo Barbara Godfrey Detroit Janice Hamill Grass Lake Noreen Hamming Detroit Willo Hampton Hastings Ralph Harper Delton Doris Henderson Rutherford Elinor Henry Shelby Joyce Heselschwerdt Grass Lake Beverly Heskett Ludington Marianne Holden Benton Harbor Harriet Holtom Centreville Muriel Hopkins Holland Virginia Hopkins Three Rivers . FRESHMEN 63 First Column Second Column Third Column Fourth Column Norma Houts Eleanor Howard Betty Humphreys Martha Hunsberger Schoolcraft Lansing Detroit Kalamazoo Geraldine Kees Alice Keros Wanda King Jean Klein Rochester Detroit Tekonsha Detroit Phyllis Kooistra Jean Kortes Patricia Lake Lois Lane Battle Creek Portland Niles South Lyon Myrtle Lovett Goldie Lubbers Marjorie Lugar Janet MacGrayne Muskegon Hamilton Kalamazoo Kalamazoo fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Beverly Hurley Aldean Jarvis Ma ry Jones Elaine Kalke Battle Creek Saugatuck Kalamazoo St. Joseph Janeth Knapp Jeanne Knox Doris Koch Marjorie Koebel Three Rivers Niles Ann Arbor Berrien Springs Joan Lange LaRue Leverenz Beatrice Lewis Kathleen Lindberg Sodus South Haven Battle Creek Coopersville Delores Mahrle Beth Mains Martha Maki Jeanne Maltby Brooklyn Burlington St. Joseph Kalamazoo FRESHMEN . 64 first Column Second Column Third Column Fourth Column Audrey Marr Agapy Matheodakis Alice Matteo Marilyn Maurer Kalamazoo Hazel Park Muskegon Three Rivers Mary McNally Hilda Merritt Patricia Millar Evelyn Miller Kalamazoo Forestville, N. Y. Bay City St. Clair Gloria Norris Anne Oas Dorothy O ' Brien Betty Olds Kalamazoo Paw Paw Rockford Hartford Juanita Overby Lucille Owens Dorothy Packard Patricia Panzl Kalamazoo Battle Creek Covert Whitehall Fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Patricia Mayer Marion McBride Eleanor McCaul James McCreight Chicago, 111. Grand Rapids ClarksviUe Jackson Marion Miller Patricia Morrison Mary Jane Mummaw Shirley Newton Marshall Boston, Mass. Benton Harbor Kalamazoo Betty Ornowski William Ott Lee Outley Betty Overbeek Port Austin Stevensville Detroit Grand Rapids Dona Poelakker Vivian Phillips Janet Potter Alice Pratt Holland Kalamazoo Lawton Battle Creek . FRESHMEN 65 First Column June Ramsey Lawton Mary Anne Rohde Grand Beach Marilyn Schaap Dundee Eleanor Shugars Flint Second Column Jeanette Ramthun Montague Mary Rooney Kalamazoo Marion Schaap Dundee Mary Sinclair Benzonia Barbara Rand Royal Oak Margaret Root Climax- Margaret Schaeffer Pontiac Jacque Skidmore Marcellus Katherine Rasmussen Grand Rapids William Root Lawton Joyce Schantz Caledonia Wanita Slocum Hart Fifth Column Willo Rayburn Ithaca Lee Rorabach Bloomington Freda Schreer Brighton Beverly Slover Kalamazoo Sixth Column Geraldine Reid Kalamazoo Jillonne Sabo Kalamazoo Barbara Scott Kalamazoo Marjorie Smeltzer Elberta Seventh Column Betty Rentner Calumet City, III. Barbara Salisbury Battle Creek Loanda Seger Parma Gloria Spaulding Battle Creek Eighth Column Helen Ringle Royal Oak Garnet Scales Muskegon Heights Lowell Shepard Delton Betty Sperry FRESHMEN . . . 66 first Column Donna Smith Shelby Norma Smith Bellaire Jacqueline Stone Munster, Ind. Joyce Thomas Coloma Edna Smith Climax Norma Jean Smith Battle Creek Irene Strickland Owosso Loraine Thompson Niles Third Column Joanne Smith Marshall Phyllis Smith Kalamazoo Betty Styles Gobies Lucile Thompson Bellevue Fourth Column Julia Smith Galesburg Phyllis J. Smith Kalamazoo Beverly Sutliff Evart Lorraine Timmerman Zeeland Fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Loa Smith Covert Lynette Smith Woodland Maxine Smith Covert M. Marie Smith Covert Marcella Staken Kalamazoo Ralph Stark Lebanon, Ind. Barbara Stevens Kalamazoo Catherine Stewart Kalamazoo Mary Swartout Allegan Justin Thelen St. Johns Helen Thill Holton Virginia Thill Holton Mary Torok Kalamazoo Marian Traxler Kalamazoo Patricia Trinnier Mount Clemens Lois Van Atta South Lyon . FRESHMEN 67 First Column Second Column Third Column Fourth Column Barbara Vandenberg Ruth Vanderjagt Joan VanderLinde Dorothy VanHout Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Bette VanWeelden Margaret Walgamood Jacquelyn Waller Joyce Warner Kalamazoo Constantine Lawton Three Rivers Ethel Wheeler Gretchen Wheeler Wilma White Lois Wilson Three Rivers Three Rivers Three Rivers LaMoille Fifth Column Sixth Column Seventh Column Eighth Column Thelma Van Lewen Carroll Vannatter Marguerite Vannberg William VanSchoick Grandville Coopersville Escanaba Coldwatti Vonda Warner Avonne Welty June Westcott Barbara Westenhiser Kalamazoo Hopkins Comstock Kalamazoo Alys Wisner Doris Witteveen Jane Wood Dorothy Woodworth Reading Holland Jackson Schoolcraft FRESHMEN 68 NAVY COMMANDING OFFICER Lieutenant Senior Grade Ernest W. Carl, commanding officer of the V-12 unit at Western for the past two trimesters, has, in addition to directing the naval train- ing program, participated in college affairs and has done much to foster friendly relations between the Navy and Western ' s faculty and students. Both Lieutenant Carl and Lieutenant V. W. Snyder, executive officer, and their wives have become part of Western ' s faculty and have taken active parts in teas, dances and similar social func- tions on campus, as did their predecessors. Lieutenant Carl was the first Navy man on Western ' s campus, coming as he did in the spring of 1943 to make arrangements for the V-5 and V-12 units which were stationed here in July, 1943. He has been with the Navy since that time and assumed his present role as captain of The Good Ship Western Michigan at the beginning of the fall trimester. Lieut. Ernest W. Carl SHIP ' S COMPANY First row, 1. to r.: Lieut. R. L. Dana, medical officer; Lieut. E. W. Carl, commanding officer; Lieut. V. W. Snyder, executive officer. Second row: Cfiarles E. Kirks, Sp. (A) third class; Forbes C. White, Y., second class; Harold V. Solberg, Ph. M., third class; David D. Davian, Ph. M., second class. Third row: Harvey VanPelt, Ph. M., first class; James A. Grivett, Sk., first class; Harold D. Jones, A.S.; Rudolph E. Peterson, Sp. (A), first class; Howard L. Fitch, CY. (T) Fourth row: Edwin E. Peterson, Sp. (A), third class; Richard S. Wykes, Sp. (A), second class; John Rybock, C. Sp. (A). 70 BATTALION OFFICERS Second trimester officers. First row, 1. to r,: G. Ross, com- pany commander; O. Lande- feld, company sub-commander; K. Welsh, battalion sub-com- mander; F. Cheek, charge-of- colors. Second row: O. Demlow, com pany commander; W. Hough, company commander; R. H ford, company sub-commander R. King, battalion commander Third row. F. Clements, com pany commander; H. Chess company sub -commander; J, Buscher, company sub-com mander. Third trimester officers: W. H. Scott, battalion commander; R. E. Becker, battalion sub- commander; J. N. Pieti, com- pany commander; R. H, Gaynor, company sub-com- mander; A. J. Cihlar, company commander; G. L. Selbo, com- pany sub-commander; R. D. Huber, company commander; H. H. Wills, company sub- commander; G. W. Fessenden, charge-of-colors. In changing from its peacetime role as a normal midwestern college to its wartime duties as one of the nation ' s Naval training centers, Western Michigan college has demonstrated its flexibility, its forward- driving policies and its willingness to help the war eifort in the way for which it is best fitted — education. Although the college has never deviated from its main purpose, the training of teachers, leaders and thoughtful citizens, Western has devoted many faculty members, classrooms, dormitories, and articles of equipment solely to the training of the Navy V-12 and V-5 units stationed here. This it was proud to do although it entailed many changes in curriculum and administration as well as extra hours of teaching and ofBce work. Since the summer of 1942 its faculty members have had no vacations and because of the trimester plan we as students have given up Christmas, Thanksgiving and spring vacations. We have also loaned the Navy our dormitories, the Union cafeteria, the swimming pool, and our athletic facilities. We ' ve been glad to do this, however, and the Navy has given us something in return. We ' ve made many lasting friendships with them ; they have served Western well on the gridiron, basketball court, and baseball diamond; and they have cooperated as far as time allowed, in our extra-curricular and social activities. The knowledge that we ' ve helped to train some 2,300 Navy and marine officers gives us at Western a tremendous sense of satisfaction. Most of the 350 V-5 ' s who went through Western ' s training program are now Navy air corps flyers in the South Pacific and are using perfected spins, turns and rolls which last year were only clumsy first eflforts at the Kalamazoo Municipal airport. Approximately 750 marine V-12 ' s who were at Western are now lieutenants or are receiving officer ' s training. Some, in fact, have shipped out for active duty. Some of them were killed on Iwo Jima and following invasions; several were wounded. By July of this year, 1,650 Navy V-12 ' s will have passed through Western. Most of these men go on to midshipmen ' s school or into the Navy reserve officer ' s training corps to become deck, engineer, supply, landing craft and such oflicers. These fellows have come to Kalamazoo from all parts of the country and many have had active duty with the fleet. Some of them have found that Western ofFers what they want in a college and are planning to return as civilians. In addition to increasing its facilities for teaching chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, naviga- tion and similar technical subjects, Western ' s faculty has also taught these trainees military speech and English and Naval history, strategy and warfare. Courses have been modified to suit the needs of future officers and toward giving them a more complete understanding of the causes and objectives of the war. Realizing too, that prospective officers, as any students, need and profit by the development of their whole personalities, the Navy and the faculty have endeavored to inject a bit of philosophy into their courses as well as to inculcate them with Western ' s ideals of democracy, friendliness, cooperation and sociality. The future of the Navy at Western is unknown. The unit is to be continued throughout the summer but as yet it is undecided whether the school will be able to go back to the semester basis or whether the battalion will be moved, retained, lessened, or en- larged. As much as we look forward to the restoration of peacetime conditions on our campus, if the Navy feels further a training unit at Western is essen- tial, we will again comply and do everything we can to aid in that prograrh. 71 TRAINEES , 1$, s 7 T Company A, Platoon One First row, 1. to r.: R. V. Baxter, A. D. Bennett, F. J. Butt, C. C. Britton. L. Burlager, D. B. Brown, R. L. Beyer, F. H. Abar, A. E. Berg, Second row: A. L. Birdsall, N. D ' Haene, J. Bakken, B. Chamberlain, E. W. Anderson, J. F. Brunke, J. T. Armstrong, G. E. Breckenridge, R. R. Chojnacki. Third row: R. Campbell, L. A. Combs, R. H. Byrnes, W. L. Buck, L. E. Brungraber, J. R. Brown, R. Frappier, R. R. CLaypool, R. Bokram, J. J. Burgie. Fourth row: R. Alexa, H. H. Christenson, K. F. Cook, F. E. Bell, W. R. Burke, J. B. Beltz, G. A. Dobson, E. R. Bailey, W. M. Caldwell, A. F. Barrett, B. U. Duyser. Company A, Platoon Two First row, 1. to r.: R. E. Becker, R. F. Barta, R. J. Bauer, R. E. Bierie, A. M. Colville, J, F. Atkins, A. L. Crawford, G. Bartelt, R. Bonsack, R. W. Boerner, R. W. Curran. Second row: L. C. Barry, G. C. Bradley, E. L. Carlson, C, S. Adorney, J. A. Bamberger, L. H. Beechnau, J. Carriveau, C. P. Bartlett, R. W. Berkhahn, C. J. Caffarel. Third row: M. E. Cope, W. H. Andrea, W. E. Dipner, A. J. Cihlar, G. D. Baldwin, W. E. Brace, R. P. Bidwell, R. L. Bloomer, E. A. Benson. Fourth row: G. Bradley, P. L. Bailey, D. G. Tyndall, D. E. Erickson, N. R. Berndt, G. A. Brader, R. G. Baldwin, R. J. Behringer, H. Brennan, J. F. Coulton. 72 Company B, Platoon One First row, 1. to r.: B. J. Hull, K. E. Hall, R. K. Gladden, W. E, Deetz, K. R, McKinnon, G. W. Eyster, J. R. Leithauser, D. L. Hoeker, C. G. Hohn. Second row: P. T. Gardner, P. J. Davidson, H. W. Foster, E. Kubiak, C. A, Gohmann, W. R. Sundholm, J. Hankinson, K. J. Greenhoe, W. J. Ford, G. B. Deyo. Third row: N. H. Gottesman, D. Learner, H. E. Geldhof, J. H. Foxgrover, P. Gentile, J. R. Healy, J. R. Guy, B. J. Haza. Fourth row: W. B. Haidler, W. C. Hann, M. G. Groeneveld, N. A. Foster, S. R. Fricton, F. J. Karn, R. R. Demrick, E. V. Harris. ' . «® - V : Company B, Platoon Two First row, 1. to r. : M. E. Goeldner, R. L. Ehlert, D. Gaudino, T. Evans, J. R. Gray, E. R. Gordon, R. J. Denny, D. E. Dresselhouse, R. Hanes, W. Kuroskey, J. M. Hastings. Second row: D. S. Dobson, R. Angellotti, R. A. Hawkins, K. E. Hall, A. L. Gutherie, A. E. Eason, J. R. Easterday, E. T. Miller, V. V. Ferguson, R. Heintskill, R. O. Linger. Third row: E. L. Hagensick, F. M. Dunn, R. L. Jessup, B. R. Greve, W. S. Fast, J. E. Horter, K. E. Erbe, F. J. DeDecker, R. J. Kehoe, A. J. Geranis, R. H. Gaynor. 73 TRAINEES t 4 f % f tf f-f f ■ «| I If . | '  ' 1 Company C. Platoon One First row, 1, to r.: D. B. Holcombe, J. F. Nahabedian, E. L. Ihling, L. A. McQuiston, R. W. Neelands, A Gillespie, D. E. Nanry, H. R. Laine, I. J. Minderhout, K. P. Kuehl, O. W. Lowry. Second row: A. F. Milliard, R. H. Hessel, G. P. Lewicki, J. W. Mudie, D. MacRae, J. E. Millenbach, Kendzierski, T. J. McCullagh, J. R, Manser, R. V. LeVand, E. R. Lupin. Third row: A. G. LeBlanc, W. R. Maas, C. Hemmer, G. J. Kamerling, E. Lange, J. Hoie, R. D. Huber Libert, J. A. Hinds, J. H. Hoffman, W. F. Martz. S. T. E. F. ' ' ♦ M ' S tt.t-t 1 ;| t- ,f .« 1 ,1 ► rr f r 1 • t w •■— Company B, Platoon Three First row, 1. to r. : E. Jarvis, R. H. Dancy, W. E. Engbretson, C. Fossati, R. E. Dempsey, R. J. Duwe, J. E. Hasten, R. J. Laskowski, J. V. Dirkes, J. T. Fetzer. Second row: R. E. Gibson, R. M. Erffmeyer, L. J. Germuska, F, H. Henke, S. Grundy, J. L. Gehrig, L. C. Grigsby, F. K. Cheek, G. L. Kiester, B. E. Kaitner. Third row: O. Kindshoven, J. Gierak, R. C. Lee, R. C. Frick, R. Grismore, J. A. Fleischman, R. Fisher, L. B. Deziel, G. R. Gamroth, J. E. Mackay, W. F. Emmenegger. 74 TRAINEES Company C, Platoon Two First row, 1. to r.: T. V. Hoar, W. J. Malatesta, C. E. Kollath, J. Jaennig, J. A. Johnson, M. P. Krawitz, T. J. Merritt, J. H. Hickman, W. C. Jewell, J. E. McAuIey, J. L. Karrer, M. K, Koppin. Second row: R. H, Howe, M. A. Macshara, C. J. Neprud, R. Meier, A. P. Knapp, R. W. Jones, D. F. Kopka, R. I. Hook, R. C. Miller, J. E. Haycook, D. J. Johnson, J. Marks, A. Jeske. Third row: R. H. Hou h, N. Musteffe, R. M. Miller, C. C. Hoelzel, E. R. McManus, W. E. James, T. S, Millar, T. H. Hough, H. J. Lichteman, W. E. Matz, R. W. Larson. Company D, Platoon One First row, 1. to r.: J. N. Piet; W. H. Scott, E. Sedorchuk, J. Wells, C. Parish, Rectenwald, J. Weaver, W. J. Roberts, J. A. Rennehohm, S. M. Stockpole. Second row: R. Vantangerloo, E. W. Traut, R. Shafer, P. M. Semler, R. D. Webb, Van Dume, T. N. Vaqurort, E. Pein, W. A. Ross, J. B. Wein. Third row: J. M. Waldron, J. C, Sample, J. S. Agler, B. Schrechg, G. Seewald, L. M. Pratt, C. W. Wacker, R. D. Parker, T. H. Winklemen, R. E. Olsen, W. R. Norris, R. Simon. Fourth row: G. Passman, D. T. Maunder, J. Swiehart, W. F. Porter, Watts, Schwartz, T. E. Sheptoski, A Thompson, C. F. Vermulen, H. C. Wells, W. Pulkownik, D. F. Olsen, R. Southworth. 75 % f ' i ' f 55 ' it. .1 .f.. M- f. •!,  V ., , , ||« ■5 - ,..------- Company D, Platoon Three First row, 1. to r.: R. Haas, D. Sullivan, R. Salinas, R. J. Tobin, R. W, Wilcox, C. J. Rosetti, B. F. Peers, J. A. Reynolds, J. H. Remaley, E. T. VanCamp, F. D, Sloat, R. J. Van Tuinen. Second row: H. W. Ran, T. G. Orr, H. J. Stark, J. C. Van Riper, R. R. Schmitz, C. E, Ryan, R. L. Rice, F. P. Zinser, H. P. Wolfe, R. J. Rumpf, S. S. Stoyanoff, W. A. Stanberry. Third row: S. Warren, E. M. Olson, R. G. Snyder, J. M. Seaton, C G. Robinson, W. M. Ream, H. H. Wills, I. H. Neubauer, J. A. McHugh, W. Schloerke, W. L. Sneden, M. J. Steger, R. E. Wellemeyer. ' -S- t t t f - T k «l Company D. Platoon Two First row, 1, to r.: R, D. Gaugh, D. A. Redding, R. W. Weaver, G. L. Scott, W. Wilkie, S, W. Weatherhead, D. Robbins, E. E. Sikova, F. H. Wilson, D. E. Shorts, S. P. Wilcox, L. E. Ray. Second row: R. L. Traudeau, R. J. Zickhle, R. G. Smithyman, J. A. McCullough, J. C. Rhodes, R. Lundgren, P. L. Parker, G. E. Rocheleau, W. E. Moore, W. Schoolmaster. Third row: J. Nichols, O. A. Zylstra, W. J. Radoye, E. C. Rouse, R. A. Rousos, W. Saxton, J. Skoubes, T. A. Welch, P. K. Wiseley, K. Olson. 76 TRAINEES . m H ' 4 ' ' 1 ' ' T • ▼ I I a Company D, Platoon Four First row, 1. to r.: R. K. Ridenour, W. L, Adams, J. M. Winkler, W. E. Talcott, J. M. Abbott, J. H. Sutton, R. R. Way, J. J. Vagi, G. Fischer, M. N. Terranova, C. S. Wilczynski. Second row: G. C. Schwaderer, F. W. Watts, J. A. Pfannerstill, R. W, Zeidel, D. R. Susterka, T. Ploucha, R. C. Richards, G. M. Richards, A. O. Noxon, T. N. Tillman, Third row: C. J. Piza, R. Simmet, W. G. Pfaff, D. C. Roller, N. L. Scott, L. A. O ' hearn, K. J. Reinhart, R. A. Stough, P. R. Munson, G. F. Taylor, L. O. Pare, BAND First row: Fessenden, Wilcox, Anderson, Se Brown, Filbey, Barkman, Welsh. Whe aid, Clark. Second row:Hawkins, Watherliead, Robbins, Porter, Waldr. Mac and Betty Coed and Joe College look back year at Western their memories will, without a doubt, be interwoven by the smooth renditions of the V-12 band. Both at college or Navy dances and at those informal jam sessions at the his organization have proven that playing can result in dance music to compete with just for the fun of it c any name band. Last year Ken Welsh. ; inV usic, including work i ckgrou V-12 who had an excellent ba n the United States Navy band, nd directed the V-12 band at Western. In addition to those duties he hpoed the rythm section by a driving beat on the bass. When Ken left Western his spot in the rhythm section was taken over by Bob Angellotti who, with the other members of the section, John Porter with his consistent beat and flashing drum solos, and Jim Waldron with his piano stylings both on backgrounds and ad libs, created many long-to-be-remembered jive numbers. __ Not to be outdone by this trio, the solos contributed by Bill, Andy Anderson on alto sax and Harvey Clark on tenor never failed to please as did the amusing scat singing of baritone man Harpo Wilcox. A rock-bottom foundation was supplied these individual stars by the rest of the sax section, Gordon Fessenden and George Sewald, on tenor and alto respectively. The brass section boasted seven members at one time but since the end of last term Charles Brown and Carl Rossetti were replaced by Robert Campell in the trumpet section. In spite of the fact that he had two large pairs of shoes to fill. Bob delivered the goods. As for the rest of the trumpet section, Al Filbey ' s lead, both hot and sweet, inspired the whole band as did Bob Barkman ' s smooth and subtle or brilliant and rocking creative solos. The trombone trio, George Hawkins, Don Robbins, and Jerry Scott, completes this group and are well-known for swaying all by their rhythmic interpretations of the ballads of the day. In addition to backing the brass section George has taken over Kenny Welsh ' s fronting position and has shown by his ability on his own instrument and in his arrangements for the band that he ' s a true musician. Band members and students all agree that his con- tribution to their swing world ranks with that of the top-notchers in the field. 77 Western ' s philosophy concerning extra-curricular activities such as clubs, committees, organizations and social groups, is that these items play as important, if not more important, role in the education of college students as do books and lectures. Through taking part in these activities we learn how to ' work with others, how to respect the other person ' s view point, and how to organize, direct and accomplish. We learn, too, to know more of Western ' s faculty and students and their ideas for cooperation w ith them is the keynote of these organi- zations. Western ' s clubs and social groups aren ' t exclu- ' sive; they emphasize equality; they demand toleration. ORGANIZATIONS STUDENT COUNCIL First row, 1. to r.: E. Kurtz, D. Sprinkle, Y. Fisher, K. Stimson, B. Stevens, M. Zitney. Second row: B. Earl, J. Clark, B. Schultz, L. Van Beukering, E. Eddy, P. Parrott, E. Boettcher, H. Curtis. Third row: N. Williams, M. E, Dodd, S. McKinnon, S. Boekeloo, M. Dawe, R. Tangerstrom, G. Eggert, E. Proud. Fourth row: B. Huber, G. Passman, R. Frappier, A. Peterman, C. Bagnall, J. Bigelow. The Student Council of 1944-45 has over- come a period of uncertainty produced by war to complete a memorable year of service to both civilians and military students at Western. In addition to its regular duties, the council has carried out several new and successful activities under the leadership of president, Yvonne Fisher. Yvonne Fisher. Some of the council ' s main activities this war year were to sponsor such drives as the Sixth and Seventh War Bond, Red Cross, and War Chest drives, and the World Student Service fund. Helen Curtis, in charge of the latter, planned and engineered the carnival-dance which climaxed the drive. Cooperation between the military and civil- ian students resulted in a formal dance, The Mistletoe Hop, in December, plus a series of Friday night dances which proved to be some of the year ' s most popular and successful events. The military representatives on council who helped with the plans were A S Garry Passman, A S Robert Huber, A S Richard Fricton, and A S Robert Frappier. Other activities of council included the pres- entation of two assemblies, the first in Novem- ber and the second, a variety show using student talent, in March. Student dances were financed by the council and organized by the vice-president. Publica- tions for the year were the Western Way booklet and the Student Directory. During basketball season, council arranged to have a cheering section reserved for Western students. In the spring, approximately twenty-five U.S.O. scrapbooks were filled by the members of the council at a special meeting. A questionnaire was sent out to all Western students, in order to determine the activities in which each student participated. Data from this questionnaire was tabulated by council members and organized for further action. Two new practices were inaugurated this year, the organization of a cabinet to meet and formulate the business before meetings, and a plan to start a student council scrapbook to be passed on from year to year. The Student Council appreciates the help of the student body in carrying out its activities. Working on council has been a profitable and enjoyable experience. To next year ' s council — good luck and success! Some informal shots snapped at the student-sailor sponsored Christmas formal, The Mistletoe Hop. In addi- tion to providing one of the season ' s most colorful dances, the formal offered an opportunity for close cooperation and exchange of ideas between council members and naval trainees. Latest dance tunes vi ' ere furnished by the navy band on campus, which also presented a few of its novelty numbers for the amusement of the students and guests. Yvonne Fisher President Kay Stimson V ' ne-Presidei2t Doris Sprinkle Secretary Mary Ann Zitney Treasurer Bond Queen -Western Style Western has good reason to be proud of its Sixth War Loan Bond Queen for Vonnie Fisher, a peppy blue-eyed senior from Grand Haven, Mich., has devoted her four college years to the school and has given of her time, her energy and her varied abilities in serving it. As a leader in campus affairs, last year ' s secretary of Student Council and this year ' s president, Vonnie has helped to put into effect such ideas as the Western Way booklet for new students and has helped to formulate and pass on the spirit, the atmos- phere that is Western. Von ' s a person who is fun. She loves music, poetry, books, swimming, sailing, tennis, horseback riding, bicycling — in fact, almost everything. She ' s an all around sport; loves to eat, hold midnight gab fests,. collect college pennants, and to give Alice Duer Miller ' s The White Cliffs. Vonnie graduates this year and plans to teach high school English in South Haven, Mich. Von ' s charm and vitality, as well as her four years of leadership, have truly earned for her the title of Queen — Western Style. Religious Activities Committee In response to a demand for some form of short weekly devotional service on campus, one of the major accomplishments of the Religious Activities committee at Western this year has been the instigation of a series of pre-chapel services in the Union building during the Thursday noon hour. Prayers are offered and a faculty member, student, or Kala- mazoo minister usually presents a short talk. It is hoped that these services will form the nucleus of a religious program which may be transferred to Western ' s new mem- orial chapel. The committee is appointed by the Student Council and is made up of both military and civilian students as well as a faculty advisory committee composed of Dr. Gerald Osborn, Dr. William Berry, Mr. Frank Hinds, and Mr. William Cain. Dr. Lewis Batts is official adviser to the group. The committee also had charge of the World Student Service Fund drive on campus, the college ' s obser- vation of World Day of Prayer, Religious Emphasis Week, Lent and Holy Week. L. to r.: A S W. Fast, A S S. Stackpole, G. Austin, H. Curtis, B. Caldwell, P. Ash, E. Eddy. 82 ARISTA Louise Fuller President Ru th Schnoor V ce-President Mary Ellen Wood Secretary Florence Marcelletti Treasurer L. to r.: Ruth Schnoor, Margaret Parrott, Florence Marcelletti, Mary Ellen Wood, Marlyn Van Soest, Louise Fuller. Arista, an honor society of Senior women on campus, was organized in the spring of 1940. Its requirements for membership are based on scholarship, leadership, and service to the school. Each year, new members have been selected from the outstanding women of the Junior class, and they are tapped at the annual Women ' s League June breakfast. The organi- zation aims to become affiliated with the national Mortar Board at a future date. This year, as in the past. Arista has taken over the administration of war work, providing help for the community centers, making cookies for the U.S.O., knitting for the French, and collecting magazines for the Fort Custer and Percy Jones hospitals. Another activity of the year was the sponsor- ing of a chocolate honoring high scholarship sophomore women. A new member, Shirley Ann Boekeloo, was initiated at a breakfast in the winter. The sponsors for the year were Dr. Elda Baumann, Miss Eunice Kraft, and Dr. Frances Noble. The alumni secretary was Marlyn Van Soest and Margaret Parrott served as his- torian. 83 WOMEN ' S LEAGUE Margaret Parrott President Suzanne McKinnon Vice-President Jean Morrison Secretary Margaret Elenbaas Treasurer First row, 1. to r.: Margaret Parrott, Suzanne McKinnon, Jean Morrison, Margaret Elenbaas, Jean Truckenmiller, Publicity. Second row. Frances Aungst, Physical Education. Betty Earl, General Degree. Louise Fuller, Music, Gladys Jones, Early Elementary, Alice Kelly, Art. Third row: Dorothy Mohney, Home Economics. Florence Oman, Rural Education, Dorothy Rogers, Commerce, Doris Stewart, Later Elementary, Florence Troy, Secondary Education. In spite of Western ' s apparent man shortage. Women ' s League carried on just as successfully this year as in the past. Freshman Daze were made much more pleasant under the leadership of Shirleyann Boekeloo and Betty Earl whose program for helping freshmen become a part of the Hilltop proved to be one of the most successful plans of the year. Gladys Jones took all honors as chairman of the formal which was held in February. The theme was Valentine Ball and judging from the crowd, Cupid was still around with his bow and arrow. Women ' s League was very fortunate in having Virginia Chase Perkins, a member of the faculty, as guest speaker at its annual assembly. Mrs. Perkins is a well known nov- elist and lecturer and chose as her topic, Bloomergirls. She very interestingly told of their contribution to the privileges that Ameri- can women enjoy today and presented one of the most enjoyable assemblies of the year. Open House was held every Thursday after- noon and drew considerable enthusiasm. Re- freshments and dancing were the order of the day, with music furnished by the navy band or the juke box. Daughters entertained their mothers at the annual Mother ' s Day tea. Music and friendly gatherings characterized this gay function. And last, but not least, came the June break- fast honoring senior women and outstanding freshmen. This traditional event was the high- light of the year, and carried with it all the cherished memories of former years. All in all, Women ' s League had a year of many activities and forged ahead on a well- planned schedule under the capable and effi- cient leadership of Margaret Parrott, president, and the aid of the cabinet and faculty advisers, Mrs. Bertha Davis, Miss Carrie Stoeri, and Miss Sally MacRoberts, whose splendid cooperation and advising allied toward one goal — Success for Women ' s League in ' 45! 84 The Women ' s League chocolate is a Western tradition -which has existed for many years. It is held in the Walwood ballroom each Christmas season, is a strictly dress-up affair and is resplen- dent with Christmas trimmings, carols, delicious hot chocolate, cakes, cookies, candies and nuts. Another Women ' s League tradition — picking daisies for the June Breakfast daisy chain. Each year freshmen girls w ho achieved top-notch grades their first semester at Western rise with the sun and gather thousands of de-w-drenched daisies and other w ild flow ers. These are then w oven into a long chain w hich is carried by the formally-gow ned girls on their parade around the campus, up the Horseshoe and to the Wal- wood ballroom and the breakfast. 85 HERALD The most popular service of the Western Michigan Herald, since its inauguration in 1943, has been the service of sending copies of the paper each week free to men or women in service who are former students or graduates of Western. This year the Herald file of addresses was greatly enlarged and the mailing staff, under the leadership of Wilma Ladyman and Mary Jane Cummings, sends Heralds to over 700 members of the armed forces. Letters from all corners of the globe and every theatre of war have come expressing appreciation for the college news and the contact it brings with stu- dents and faculty still on campus. Many freshmen offered their services to expand the editorial staff of four which returned in the fall, with the result that a total of fourteen reporters wrote news stories during the year. Under the editorship of Betty Bentley, the feature page became one of the chief student interests. The weekly column Platonic Plagiarism satisfied the desire for an informal review of student and faculty activities, yet kept a better tone than the high school gossip column. An entirely new sports staff ably handled the games and meets of WMC teams. Here the Navy lent a helping hand, for the editor, Dick Kishpaugh, was a naval veteran and the reporters were members of local V-12 unit. Mary Ellen Dodd, though only a junior this year, demonstrated a remarkable ability in her position of editor-in-chief. She not only organized and trained a competent staff but also produced a number of out- standing editorials and news stories for Western and Western students. Much credit and many thanks are due her for her untiring energy and long hours spent on the publication. Mary Ellen Dodd Editor Florence Marcelletti Business Manager Florence Marcelletti was an efficient business man- ager and with three helpers kept the finances straight. The only major change in the Herald of the past year was the use of a lighter-weight stock in keeping with wartime shortages and regulations. All the members of the staff have done their best to keep the Herald publications up to student expec- tations. Although the war has forced it, as well as many other college newspapers throughout the coun- try, to reduce its size and scope, it is certain that victory will bring a resumption of former standards and progress in keeping with the expansion of the campus. News Staff (around circle, 1. to r,): Florence Golden (with phone), Evelyn Boettcher, Ann Oas, Mary Waldherr, Marion Mulder, Mavis Martinson (at desk), Grace Gumpert, Lee Rorabach, Dave Dieckman, Ruth Champlin, Helen Upton, Pat Fritz, Nancy Britton, Doris Van Duine. The Feature staff: Joyce Warner, Carol EUinger, Bob Burgoyne, Pug Rentner, Mags Wolga- mood, Gene Frazier, and Dick Kishpaugh (Sports editor) receive tips and suggestions from Feature Editor Betty Bentley. Typists: Maribeth Bennett (ad. salesman) , Margery Dawe, Mary Jane Cummings, Rosemary Clay- pool, Julia Bailey, Barbara Kane, Catherine Christofl, Janet Doering (bookkeeper) . (These girls type 700 servicemen ' s addresses per week. ) The Mailing staff: Frank Velesz, Wilma Ladyman (circulation manager), Bob Westfall, Betty Lixvar, and Dixie Stafford wrap 1200 Heralds per week for mail- ing to Michigan high schools, servicemen, and those people on the subscription list. BROWN AND GOLD Carlene Bagnall Editor Helen Schultz Business Manager Although the Brown and Gold ' s theme song this year was Nothing else can possibly happen to this yearbook, it seems it could and often did. In spite of the after-midnight hours, the plans, the worries, and the superb cooperation of all those connected with getting out the book, problems arose and we found that wartime restrictions as well as our own inadequacies often curtailed our high hopes for the ' 45 Brown and Gold. However, we worked hard and did as well as we could to reflect Western and its school life. We tried to incorporate a few new ideas in the book — more color, more informality in photography and copy, the inclusion of the Navy and its role in the college. We tried, too, to depict a few of the outstanding features and personalities of Western ' s faculty and to include as many snapshot panels as was possible. One of our major problems — that of group and candid photography was solved through the hard Tom Krupa Sports Editor Janet Royal Art Editor work and infinite patience of the student photography staff. We ' re indebted especially to Norm Williams, a Navy air corps veteran who spent hours on the book ' s photography. Janet Royal and Warren Talcott did the art work and advised on layouts. Lois Austin served as organi- zation editor and sports were handled by Tom Krupa, Dick King, Will Caldwell and John Brunke - — plus a little borrowed help from Dick Kishpaugh of the Herald. Dick Hodgson, a marine who served on last year ' s Brown and Gold, contributed a number of candid shots, some much-needed advice and the article on the marine ' s leaving Western, Dixie Lee Stafford, Janet Goodrich, Bev Water- bury, Lynn Mauer, Mary Eldridge and Kay Stimson composed the feature staff and did the majority of the filing, cutting, mounting, and checking and re-check- ing in addition to their regular assignments. Helen Schultz capably managed the business of the publication and with the help of her ad staff, Shirley Ann Boekeloo, Jim Clark, Bob Burgoyne and Audrey Dennis, secured the ads which help make the book possible. The editor expresses thanks to a number of people not on the staff — like Dottie Rensenhouse with her Gosh, you look busy; let me help, and to her room- mate for housing reams of copy, stacks of layouts and photography and for putting up with a harassed editor. The student body, too, deserves thanks for their part in meeting photography and copy deadlines. In spite of our headaches and pet peeves we had fun working on the book ; we learned a great deal ; and we hope you ' ll enjoy and appreciate our efforts. Mary Eldridge, Bob Burgoyne, A.S., John Brunkc, and Helen Curtis watch while A . S. Warren Talcott and Janet Goodrich type out some last minute copy. Lois Austin intently studies the dummy and Lynn Mauer and Kay Stimson search through the files for that valuable picture. A. S. Dick King shows Dixie Lee Stafford, Bev Water- bury, A.S. Will Cald- well and Shirley Ann Boekeloo how it ' s done. The photography force. Norm Wil- iams, Norm Wiseman, A.S. Bill Hough and A.S. Norm Foster, com- bines for some intricate work . . . Only what are the milk and coke bottles doing there??? 89 PLAYERS Jean Gillette President Ruth Schnoor Vice-President Thelma Morrison Secretary Patricia Fritz Treasurer Joan Mills P iblicity Chairman First row: J. Morrison, B. Bentley, T. Morrison, R. Schnoor, E. Grapple, Second row: J. Primeau, P. Fritz, J. Gillette, J. Mills. First row, 1. to r.: J. Reed, L. Lane, F. Huizenga, S. Hicks. Second row Miss Laura V. Shaw, F. Correll, B. Shannon, M. Skinner, E. Farthing. Third row: L. Darling, V. Phillips, F. Carter, J. Salamun. Western ' s Players club aims both at providing opportunities for students interested in creative acting to express themselves and at providing outstanding theatre entertainment for the student body, faculty and townspeople. The club ' s productions last spring of Murder in a Nunnery and this June of The Song of Bernadette were in keeping with Players ' standards for performances as were its shorter presen- tations such as the Nativity Scene which it did for the Christmas assembly in December. In addition to regular meetings and teas during the fall trimester, the club made a number of radio broadcasts and recordings such as The Ross Family, Incorporated which was produced for the Michigan Parent-Teacher association. Tryouts for pledging were held at the beginning of the spring trimester after Miss Laura V. Shaw, the group ' s sponsor, returned to campus following a trimester ' s absence. Pledging activities were then carried on by the club ' s twelve new members. The lights burned long and late in the Little Theatre throughout the spring and early summer as Players, in conjunction with the acting and play pro- duction classes, started rehearsals for Jean and Walter Kerr ' s dramatization of Franz Werfel ' s The Song of Bernadette. The simple yet sincere and moving tale of the peasant girl of Lourdes, France, who discov- ered the miraculous springs to which people still journey, provided material for the highest type of creative acting and presented both its actors and audiences with a long-to-be-remembered experience. 90 Jo Mills pours for Pat Fritz and Betty Bentley at an old Players ' tradition — Thursday afternoon tea in the Green Room. - v. If it ' s true that a person who has once worked with grease paint, cold cream and liners can ' t get acting out of his blood then Players should be creating lives other than their own ages hence for they have many opportunities to cultivate the love of this theatre art. Here Jean Gillet prepares to make up Jean Morrison as an old woman, a young girl, a nun, a Biblical king — ' most anything, in fact! 91 Murder in a Nunnery Venetia: Then if it was not the Baroness, it was you. You were always against me. I wasn ' t good enough for the Baron. Ye Gods — It ' s the Reverend Mother. Quick — under the bed! Inspector: ' You see I don ' t believe in ghosts anymore than I believe in Fairies — I ' m mainly interested in what was going on in the cemetery last night. Mother Trevor: ' How inevitable it all seems now. ' 92 KAPPA DELTA PI Ruth Bangerter President Melissa Melin Vice-President Enid Karsten Secretary Mary Ellen Wood Treasurer First row, 1. to r. : M. Melin R. Schnoor, R. TiHstrom. Second row: C. Walker, L. Fuller, E Schnoor, M. Wood, E. Karsten. Third row: A. Kelly, R. Bangerter, M. Van Soest, Dr. Robinson, M. Van Huis, R. Eubank. First row, 1. to r. : D. Rensenhouse, M. Eldridge, M. Dodd, M. Parrott. Second row: L. Hervey, J. Timmer, H. Geisler, J. Walker, L. Van Beukering. Third row: L. Scott, Miss McCall, A. McConnell, M. Dawe, J. Morrison, P. Underwood. The Beta Iota chapter of Kappa Delta Pi is organized on Western ' s campus as an honorary society for junior and senior education students. It aims at social programs and entertainment as well as educational activities and provides an opportunity for discussion and friendship. To honor its five hundredth member, Kappa Delta Pi held a banquet at which a brief history of activities, the program for the year, and directory of members was presented. Initiates, members, and alumni enjoyed an address by Verle F. Coppens, Kappa chapter. Other highlights in the year ' s program were the annual chocolate for freshmen who were honor students in their high schools, a guest chocolate entertaining education students of Nazareth and Kalamazoo colleges at which Dr. Theodore S. Henry, Alpha chapter, spoke, and the spring initiation at which Dr. Paul V. Sangren, Beta Iota chapter, discussed Educa- tion Marches On. Historian- reporter for the year was Lois Hervey and Dr. McKinley Robinson served as counsellor. 93 SIGMA TAU CHI First row, 1. to r. : M. Bennett, V. Bishop, B. Bentley, J. Slapinski. Second row: M. Van Huis, G. Sassman, E. Kurtz, W. Waterhouse, H, Freytag, M. A. Zitney. The honorary commerce fraternity, Sigma Tau Chi, was organized just a little over a year ago and is at the present time one of the largest and most active organizations on campus. Seventy students from the business education, secretarial, and retailing curricula plus four faculty members comprise this organization. The purposes of Sigma Tau Chi, of which Western ' s chapter is the first in the state of Michigan, are to promote scholarship and to develop closer coordination between college training and actual business experience. This is accomplished to a considerable extent by talks and demonstrations and through associations with men from well-known firms in Kalamazoo. Also, the organization aims to aid in the place- ment of students both in the business field and teaching profession. A calendar of events consisting of speakers, a Christmas party, bowling, machine demonstra- tions, and an annual banquet for the purpose of installing officers for the coming year, are only a few of the outstanding activities which pro- vided interest and entertainment for the group. Undoubtedly, the conclusion of the war will bring about a more rapid growth in this fraternity, and Sigma Tau Chi looks to the future with anticipation of successful years to come. 94 Margaret Elenbaas President Marie VanHuis Vice-President Jean Truckenmiller Secretary Mary Ann Zitney Treasurer Dorothy Rogers Statistician First row, 1. to r.: D. Jesson, A. Clark, M. Badgley, M. Cragan, C. Lymburner, G. Rou. Second row: S. Hill, D. Rogers, A. Swenson, M. Elenbaas, J. Truckenmiller, J. Wingeier, A. Radwanski, P. Edward. 95 PI GAMMA MU Pi Gamma Mu, the honorary fraternity in the field of social science, is limited to junior and senior students. To qualify for membership a student must have a B average and must have completed twenty hours in the social science field. The aim of the fraternity is to try to stimulate the individual to look at social questions with a scientific attitude. A discussion group led by Dr. Leonard Kercher and held at Dr. Floyd Moore ' s home, and a banquet in connection with spring initia- tion were the main activities of the year. Dr. Moore and Mr. Otto Yntema were faculty sponsors and other officers were elected as follows: Torch Bearer, Roberta Eubank; Sergeant-at-Arms, Florence Oman. Marie Van Huis President Enid Karsten Vice-President Ardelle McConnell Secretary-Treasurer First row, 1. to r. : Dr. Moore, A. McConnell, M. Van Huis, E. Karston, Dr. Scott. Second row: R. Eubank, G. Austin, E. Oman. 96 KAPPA RHO SIGMA Kappa Rho Sigma, first organized by the Faculty Science club November 17, 1920, is the honor science society on Western ' s campus. When first organized, it was designated as Beta Delta Nu. The name was changed by the Science club in May, 1921, to Kappa Rho Sigma. Students who are majors and minors in science or mathematics and have high scholastic attainment as well as strong character traits are eligible for membership. They are selected only by the unanimous vote of the Faculty Science club. 97 YWCA First row, 1. to r.: Jeanne Foster, Agopy Matheodakis, Melissa Melin. Second row: Barbara McMillan, Margaret Schaeffer, Jane Covey, Jeanne Cynar, Leona Kraft. Third row: E. Mills, Marian Parker, Elizabeth Kools, Alice Kelly, Muriel Hopkins, Evelyn Howe, Elaine Kalke. Ruth Champlain, Pat Hougam and Alice Kelly pose in front of the Davis Room fireplace at the Y ' s Christmas worship service. Initiation of new members was conducted and a candlelight service, carols and refreshments were enjoyed by members and guests. 98 The Y. W. C. A. on Western ' s campus is one of the college ' s largest organizations and one which any girl enrolled in Western is eligible to join. This year the Y took part in a number of interesting projects and activities, included among which were the annual Friendship breakfast held in the first Sunday of the school year to honor new freshmen and women trans- fer students to Western. Other activities were a candlelight worship service and caroling party at Christmas time and meetings for service projects, discussions, guest speakers and social entertainments. Many fun programs were held in the Kalamazoo Y. W. C. A. building. At the organization ' s spring banquet next year ' s officers were elected. An annual spring picnic in honor of the seniors in the group ended a successful and busy year. First row, 1. to r.: Mary Amey, Peg Parrott, Ruth Tangerstrom, Helen Curtis. Second row: Jeanne Knox, Lois Buck, Marge Noble, Pat Millar, Doris Dale, Mary Jane Cummings, Rosemary Claypool. Third row: Grace Mohney, Lucille French, Marguerite Hausserman, Norma Schneider, Dorothy Brown, Florence Oman, Kathleen Carpenter, Mary Spindlow, Gloria Spaulding, Maribeth Bennett, Gladys Bennett, Virginia Upton, Pat Hougom. 99 LE CERCLE FRANCAIS Lee Rorabach, Clara Richman, Frances Karbadon, Marion Lower, Lorna Sibson, Peg Cortwright, Ruth LeRoy, Miss Tamin. Le Cercle Frangais maintains a real bond between faculty members of the department and students interested in French. An air of infor- mality is kept both at the monthly meetings and at the weekly French table at Spindler cafe- teria. At both, a good opportunity is provided for practicing everyday French conversation in natural situations. Various programs are arranged for the meet- ings. Some are traditional, such as the grande fete de Noel, while at others speakers are presented or entertainment such as the presen- tation of French plays is provided by the mem- bers themselves. At the grande fete de Noel, held in the Davis room, traditional French Christmas carols were sung; Antoinette Varano read the Christ- mas story from a French Bible; and Mr. Foley again played le pere Noel. The January meeting was highlighted by Madame Solodovnikov who recounted interest- ing incidents of her life and read some poetry to the group. The big event of the year, the trip to Chicago, was carried on as in years past with dinner at a French restaurant and visits to places of interest connected with French culture highlighting the program. The officers for this year were: Lorna Sibson, president; Janice Walker, vice-president; Kath- leen Gilbert, secretary; Frances Karbadon, treas- urer; Clara Richmond, publicity; and Naomi Taylor, refreshments. 100 Old members of Le Cercle Frangais look on while initiates perform a play at fall initiation. The play, as this picture de- notes, was an informal one and all direc- tions, dialogue, signs, etc., were carried out in as good French as the new mem- bers could p roduce. Mr. Foley as Pere Noel at the Christmas Party First row, 1. to r.: W. Brenner, P. Woodard, E. Wolf, A. Oas, J. Slapinski, B. Stevens, B. Earl. Second row: A. Varano, Miss Tamin, P. Chisholm, K. Gilbert, W. Wigginton, B. Shane, F. Velesz, M. J. Barto. MATHEMATICS CLUB First row, 1. to r. : Joan Lange, Elaine Kalke, Irene Strickland, Peggy Cortright. Second row: Shirley Blalock, Ruth Velthouse, Lucille French, Maxine Pope, Virginia Upton, Lucile Thompson. Western ' s Mathematics club is organized for the benefit of students having an active interest in mathematics. This year the membership of the club was greatly increased by a group of enthusiastic freshmen. The club held several meetings of a social nature during the year in order that its members and advisers might become better acquainted. At these meetings games, mathematical tricks, and refreshments vi ere enjoyed by all. There were also several educational meetings and the spring banquet, a tradition of the club, was held. Advisers for the year were Dr. Charles Butler and Mr. Harold Blair. Officers were: president, Margaret Courtright; vice-president, Elaine Koike; secretary, Shirley Blalock; treasurer, Lucille French; publicity manager, Norman Wiseman. 102 NATURAL SCIENCE CLUB First row, 1, to r.: D. Rose, R. Bangerter, F. Karbadon, M. Fonger. Second row: G. Crandell, S. Crume, I. Harfert, W. Rayburn, C. Flym, B. Gold, G. Slattery, M. Sprik, P. Hacker. Third row: B. Lixvar, R. Blanchard, L. Solomon, I. Vanderpyle, A. Hocker, H. Tanner, W. Brenner, J. Kosa, E. Schnoor, N. Hamming, V. Strandvold. The Natural Science club strives to provide opportunities for students interested in Nature lore to further their knowledge and apprecia- tion of it through both lectures and discussions and field trips. The main event of the year, the club ' s trip to Chicago, included a tour of the Museum of Science and Industry, the Field Museum and the Shedd Aquarium. Lectures of the year included a talk on pre- historic times by Dr. William J. Berry of the Geology department and one on conservation by Dr. Edwin B. Steen of the Biology depart- ment. A number of field trips were made, one of which was a combination hike, weiner roast and lecture on astrology at the Climstock Reserve near Kalamazoo. A Christmas party was enjoyed at the home of Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Kenoyer after which the club went Christmas caroling. Dr. Steen and Mr. Julian Greenlee were sponsors of the year and officers were: Frances Karbadon, president; Flora Kubsch, vice-presi- dent; Betty Gold, secretary; Betty Lisvar, treas- urer; Elfriede Schnoor, social chairman; and Marian Sprik, publicity chairman. 103 EARLY ELEMENTARY Shirleyann Boekeloo President Kay Sprecken Vice-President Margery Dawe Secretary Mary Ellen Dodd Treasurer C. John D, Millf Left to right, first row: D. Riddell. B. Waterbury, J. Webber. J. Bowens, C. Walsh. B. Styles, P. Harper. Second row; M. Peck, G. J. Griffith. J. Skidmore. A. Dawson. J. Oberdorfer. J. Primeau, V. Moxon, P. Malewitz. R. Kunkel. Third row: E. Howard, B. Shannon, A. Brailsford, I. Vander Pylc. A. Hocker. M. Maynard. S. Gunnell. M. Foster, I. Wieman. Fourth row: S. Emmick, n, S. Fritz, B. Stevens. J. Wilson. A. Diebel, M. Hueston, H. Merritt. Fifth row: L. Dethmers, M. Van Soest. ' J. Heselschwerdt, B. Cutting, J. Crossley, T. Vandenberg, H. Geisler. dcnBe R. Bangcrter. R. Blanchard, 1 to r H. Haskins, P. McDonnell. G. Crandell, 1 Betty Winkels. P. Dean. Second row: A. Pratt, 2, B Holmes, J. Oberdorfer, I. Imperi, G. Watson, C. Moran. Third row: R. Herrmann, L. Bauer. B. Rentner. M. Willson, J. Rothlisberger, L. Loverin, D. Greenhoe. B. McMillan, R. Mattimore. Fourth row; Solomon. L. Cook, C. Flym. H. Upton. M. De Young. N. Gatenby. S. Ctume. Fifth row! . Stevenson, A. Radwanski, A. Snyder, K. Carner. M. Kosa, M. J. Spindlow, M. Housserman. 104 Joyce Timmer serves punch at the Early El Christ- mas party to Ruth Tangerstrom, Norma Schneider, Lois Hervey, Jean Case, Dorcas Paddock and Thelma Robertson. Not all activity at Western Michigan college is seen in the classroom. A very important part of student life is to be found in the numerous clubs on campus. The Early Elementary club is one of the largest and most outstanding. It is divided into eight groups headed by junior and senior girls, each group being responsible for one meeting and for organizing service projects. The activities of this year opened with a get- acquainted-tea for all students enrolled in the Elementary curriculum, providing an opportunity to contact prospective members. Business and pleasure were combined at the first meeting. The Early Elementary magazine was pre- sented in rhyme, living pictures and music and served to introduce the club ' s various activities and slate of officers. At Christmas time a dramatic presentation of chil- dren ' s poems, stories, and songs was not only very entertaining but also very helpful. Following tradi- tion, a Christmas sale was held, the proceeds of which were used to buy a war bond, provide a Christmas basket for a needy family, and to help make a happy Christmas celebration in two community centers. The January meeting was devoted to discussing New Year ' s resolutions. Games, refreshments and Later Els were in order at the Valentine party, and Shadowgraphs made an interesting March meeting. Officers for 1945-46 were installed at the May Day banquet, and the year closed with the traditional June picnic. Women ' s League representative for the year was Gladys Jones, and group leaders were: Jean Case, Joyce Timmer, Dorcas Paddock, Ruth Tangerstrom, Thelma Robertson, Norma Schneider, Lois Hervey, and Jane Brown. 105 FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA If ' _ f % 1 1 § ■ S P 1 t 1 1 f 1 1 i  i %A t :J£ m S L , H BlBBIP ' - First row: D. Olsen, M. De Young, J. Griffith, B. Winkels, T. Robertson, G. Parks, C. Walsh, V. Totzke, M. Frazier, E. Grapple. Second row: A. Hocker, D. Brown, S. Boekeloo, L. Solomon, R. Blanchard, P. McDonnell, M. Van Soest, K. Sprecken, C. Johnson, M. Elenbaas, G. Bennett. Third row: Mr. Carl Cooper, M. Du Bois, B. Silverthorn, T. Vanden Berg, D. Miller, K. Frans, I. Vanderpyle, C Flym, A. Janiak, R. Hermann, E. Schnoor, G. Dribbin, L. Bil lion, E. Egolf. This year the Future Teachers of America chapter on Western ' s campus enjoyed its largest membership since its organization in 1938. The local chapter is named in honor of George H. Milliard and aims at promoting interest and enrichment in the field of teaching. Many outstanding speakers talked to the club ' s members this year at the monthly meet- ings. Mr. Carl Cooper, sponsor of the club, and Mrs. Cooper entertained the members in Jan- uary with a dinner party at their home. The speaker for the February meeting was Dr. Milliard, and the club held its March meeting at the new home of Dr. Sangren. A trip through the Parchment paper mill followed by a dinner in the Green Room of the Community House at Parchment characterized the April meeting. Max E. Kester, teacher of industrial arts at Central high school, presented an interesting talk and showed movies to the club in May and the final meeting of the year was held at Mr. Cooper ' s home at which time officers were elected for next year. The Future Teachers of America is a national organization sponsored by the National Educa- tion association, and members of each chapter are automatically members of the National Edu- cation association as well as the Michigan Education association and are entitled to the journals of each. The officers of the local chapter this year were: Alberta Hocker, president; Marjorie De Young, vice-president; Dorothy Miller, secre- tary; Shirleyann Boekeloo, treasurer; and Thelma Robertson, librarian. 106 LATER ELEMENTARY rf f Vfl! 4- First row, 1. to r.: G. Dribbin, E. Schnoor, M, Waldherr, R. Graham, R. George, M. Garnett. Second row: E. Bottger, D. Stewart, B. Bergeron, R. Vanderjagt, D. Koch, Miss H. McCall. Third row: Miss Mason, A. Janiak, M. Du Bois, L. Billion, E. Kools, T. Stoody. Mary Waldherr, president; Rose Graham, vice-president; Goldie Dribbin, secretary; Doris Stewart, Women ' s League representative. The Later Elementary club is comprised ot students who have as a common interest the problems and methods of teaching in the later elementary grades. It aims both at acquainting prospective teachers with such problems and methods and also at promoting friendship and entertainment. This year during freshmen days, the club combined with the Early Elementary club to give a tea to welcome incoming freshmen inter- ested in the elementary field. Other meetings consisted of speeches or presentations of books of interest to the club. At one meeting Miss Helen Master read Windwagon Smith by Wilbur Schramm. Other events of interest of the year were the annual Christmas party at Miss Katherine Mason ' s home and a sale of special Western Christmas cards. Miss Katherine Mason and Miss Helen McCall were the club ' s advisors for the year and helped the cabinet plan the program for the year. 107 ART CLUB « J M m 3 ,. :Am i 1 HHHHHI HHHII ILJ First row, 1. to r.: L. Patterson, J. Doornbos, M. Szakas, B. Boezwinkel, H. Harmon. Second row: B. Kane, P. Mayer, H. Ringle, W. Hampton, A, Pratt, T. Morrison, A. Hammond, Pauline Underwood Preside)! Aldamae Hammond Vice-president Norrine Belden Secretary Janet Royal Treasurer If anyone besides Archie (of Western Mich- igan Herald fame) wondered about the rabbits which adorned the south wall of the spindler cafeteria in January, they were placed there by the Art club as a part of a new policy. Each month throughout the year the club placed there a reproduction of a selected painting along with diagrams emphasizing its merits as a work of art with the aim of stimulating an appreciation of true art among the students. Membership in the Art club this year soared to the number of fifty as new members flocked to the first meeting. The new members ex- pressed their sincerity by working on one of several suggested projects. These projects were placed on display at the formal initiation which served as the annual Christmas party. Those interested in joining the Art club received their first glimpse of the club ' s friendli- 108 First row, 1. to r.: D. Stevenson, M. Falvey, J. Royal, M. Bennett, M. De Forrest, B. Gold, J. Goodrich. Second row: N. Belden, L. Swenson, M. Eldridge, G. Sawmiller, E. Howe, M. Butler, C. Grant. Third row: A. Kelly, M. Walstad, P. Underwood. ness at a tea in November. They were formally accepted at the Christmas meeting, after which an ultra-modern Santa Claus distributed gifts. Guest speakers of the year included Mr. Wallace Garneau and Mr. John Kemper of the faculty. Miss Doris Robinson, assistant win- dow decorator at Gilmore ' s department store, presented an informal lecture about the prob- lems of window decoration and Miss Selma Anderson, former member of the art faculty, entertained the club at her home where flower arrangements were discussed. Mrs. Thelma Stoody, an Art club member, showed the group some slides made by her husband who is serving in the United States army in Ceylon. In May the club gave a dinner to honor Felix Payant, nationally known art educator and editor of Design magazine. The school year was closed by a farewell picnic. 109 COLLEGE CHOIR First row, 1. to r.: E. Addington, J. Britten, G. Ditmar, J. Thomas, V. Clark, D. Rogers, C. Bamborough, L. Fuller, K. Sprecken, S. Michen, M. Baker, M. Frays, M. Milliman, D. Bailey, Second row: J. Brown, P. Lake, L. Hahn, B, Silverthorne, P. Trinnier, G. Eggert, B. Wheatley, T. Evans, R. Bonsack, C. George, C. Walker, M. Leedy, E. Monroe, W, Hampton, M. Callaghan, A. Dennis. Third row: J. Goodrich, E. Funk, C. Ellinger, L. Williams, J. Hausman, L. Chadderdon, R. Stark, D. Robbins, J. Clark, M. Williams, A. Kuempel, E. Arnett, D. Wells, J. Hichman. Fourth row: W. Wilkie, N. Vercler, R. Westfall, W. Fast, R. Watts, T. Adrianson, D. Redding, A. Berg, R, Wellemeyer. Not in picture: R. Larson, R. Miller, D. Everhart, W. Saxton, R. Shafer, R. Quantz. The choir, its auxiliary and the Women ' s Glee club blend their voices at the Christmas assembly in the ancient but always new carols of the season. Western ' s choir is made up of navy men, civilians and coeds who simply like to get together and sing. Hard work, concentration and much practice is re- quired of them in their productions of assembly pro- grams, festivals and the like, but they accept the work which comes with the joy of creating beauty in sound and rhythm. Although the college choir ' s activities were limited this year because of a ruling that its V-12 members were not allowed to sing away from campus, the choir had an active year. Under the direction of Mrs. Dorothea Sage Snyder, it provided the musical portions of college assemblies, and joined with the auxiliary choir and glee club to present a Christmas program and the annual spring musical festival. In February it presented a concert in the Little Theatre, at which time it gave renditions of Fred Waring ' s arrangement of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, and Handel ' s Halleluijah from Judas Macobeas, spirituals of the Negro, and con- trasting spirituals of the white race. In the spring it participated in graduation exercises. The choir this year totaled fifty-eight, being com- posed of civilian students and several members of the V-12 naval training program. Mr. Harper Maybee supervised three small ensem- bles, the Western sextet, freshman trio and a varsity trio. Four members of the choir, Ellen Addington, Margaret Baker, Grey Austin, and Jim Clark, achieved a considerable amount of fame as The Imperial Four in their own radio program of songs over WKZO and WOOD. Gladys Jones accompanied the quartet. WOMEN ' S GLEE CLUB V I ' rrui 1 1 f M H I ri( n ' i First row, 1. to. r.: E. Smith, L. Fuller, C. Bamborough, K. Kalke, G. Ditmar, J. Brown, B. Silverthorne, E. Addington, M. Lewis, B. Joelman, G. Jones, M. Baker, M. Frays, C. Walker, B. Shannon, S. Meyers, E. Monroe, M. Millman, D. Bailey, P. Ash. Second row. P. Trinnier. L. Hahn, J. Britton, B. Heeringa, P. Harrington, J. Thomas, D. Rogers, E. Proud, K. Sprecken, J. Blair, M. Callaghan, B. Eshouse, R. George, M. Haven, A. Kempal, J. Hickman, M. Leedy, S. Micken, V. Smith, J. Eddy. Third row: C, Ellinger, A. Dennis, J. Bennett, E. Funk, P. Lake, J. Goodrich, L. WilHams, D. Brown, A. Snyder, M. Walstad, M. Williams, P. Cook, E. Arnett, J. Crossley, D. Wells, R. Cettinski, W. Hampton, E. Arink, R. Greenman. The Varsity Trio, Ellen Addington, soprano, Margaret Baker, second soprano, Dorothy Bailey, contralto, and Willo Hampten, pianist, present one of their specialty numbers at the Women ' s League chocolate. During the past year, the Women ' s Glee club, directed by Mrs. Dorothea Sage Snyder, successfully maintained the high standards upon which it has been based for many years. Although the club is composed of many music majors and minors, it is open to inter- ested students who are able to meet certain require- ments. This past year the glee club gave musical programs to several audiences and aided the musical development of its members. Early in the year the club had its traditional initia- tion banquet. At Christmas time it provided carols for the Women ' s League chocolate; caroled at the homes of invalids, and adjourned to Mrs. Snyder ' s home for a Christmas party. On two different occa- sions the club presented joint programs with other musical organizations, once at Christmas and again for the spring festival. The girls of the glee club also presented a spring concert which was under student direction, and gave one of a series of concerts for adult education spon- sored by the Adult Education committee. In addition, they appeared for the Women ' s club at the Civic theatre, and sang for various assembly programs. Officers of the year were: president, Gladys Jones: Margaret Baker, Grey Austin and Jim Clark, achieved Welles ; treasurer, Carolyn Bamborough, and business manager, Jane Brown Freestone. Ill BAND First row, 1. to r. : A S A. O. Noxon, S. Spaulding, L. Fuller, D. Anderson, C. Wrege, A S E. Horter, A S V. Ferguson, A S K. Erbe, W, Root, A S A. Filbey. Second row: P. Hougom, A S M. Myers, A S L. Paro, C. George, A S C. Hemmer, A S R. Lenger, B. Sweeney, L. Loverin, M. Sprik, P. Roof, R. Burgoyne. Third row: J. Alwood, P. Woodard, J. R. Smith, A SW. Anderson, M. Maynard, M. Hunsberger. Basses: C. Ellinger, K. Burton, J. N. Vercler. Percussion: I. Strickland, G. Shaw, T. Taylor. In past years, we have seen snappy brown and gold uniforms parading on Western ' s foot- ball field, leading the famous homecoming parade, and practicing quarter-wheeling on Davis street. Today, the picture is considerably different. In place of Western ' s traditional colors, navy blue dominates and bell-bottom trousers have replaced straight-cuts. In spite of changed circumstances, however, Western has maintained a band with V-12 trainees filling the ranks of absent personnel. Harold Barlow, a Fort Custer warrant officer, assumed the leadership of the band upon the retirement of George E. Amos, former director, and was later replaced by Master Sergt. Phillip Proud, also of Fort Custer. Joyce Hickman served as president of the band this year, Keith Burton as vice-president, Pat Hougom, secretary, and Apprentice Seamen George Hawkins and Al Horter as librarians. The basketball season introduced a drum major and majorettes who displayed their twirl- ing prowess between halves, aided by Western ' s pep band. As a traditional climax of ' 45 activities, the band provided the music for the Senior Swing- out and graduation. 112 Although Western ' s drum majorettes, Betty Dahlgren, Marie Barry, and Helen Mikota, and its drum major, Richard Du Mouchel, turned in consistently good performances at home games this year, their twirling was outshone by that of Joyce Thomas, freshman high stepper who holds the national twirling championship title as well as 16 medals for her art. ii ' : Like most of the organizations on campus, the band endeavored and succeeded in maintain- ing its past reputation. Yet, its members and the student body also, are looking forward to that time when navy blue will do a fade-out and plumed drum majors once again can lead a marching unit of brown and gold across the gridiron. 13 ORCHESTRA First row, 1. to r.: M. Hartman, B. Garlick, B. Schultz, S. Michen, M. J. Bennet, J. Foster. Second row: A S H. Rau, B. MacMillan, C. Raege, L. Thompson, E. Kuhtic, A S C. Hemmer, A S B. Wheatley, A. Billington, M. Bigelow. Third row: H. Rhodes, J. Karnemaat, K. L, Burton, C. ElUnger, A S A. O. Noxon, S. Spaulding, J. Stoker, A S M. A. Myers, A S L. Paro, N. Vercler, A S V. Ferguson, A S K. Erbe, A S A. Filbey, Y. Hickman, A S D. Robinson, A S G. Hawkins. Although seriously hampered by a much reduced membership. Western ' s orchestra remained an active organization this year. It took part in various col- legiate events as well as the Training school ' s spring festival, and also served as an excellent advertising medium for the college by giving programs in schools of neighboring communities. The orchestra is at present composed of approxi- mately forty-five members, some of whom are from departments other than music. Several faculty mem- bers also play with the group. The orchestral repertoire is gradually being in- creased to include some of the great symphonic masterpieces as well as numerous compositions of the lighter vein. In war or peacetime, the orchestra accomplishes its purpose of providing an avenue of enjoyment for its members and entertainment for its audiences. George E. Amos directed the orchestra and the officers were; president, A. O. Noxon, vice-president, Harold Rau, and secretary, Margaret Hartman. Barto, M., Cello Bennett, M. J., Violin Bigelow, M., Violin Billington, A., Violin Burton, K., Bass Erbe, K., Trumpet Ferguson, V., Cornet Filley, A., Trumpet Foster, J., Violin Fulton, F., Piano Garlick, B., Violin Garthe, K., Violin Hartman, M., Violin Hawkins, G., Trombone Hemmer, C., French born Karnemaat, J., Violin Kuhtic, E., Violin MacMillan, B., Violin Noxon, O., Clarinet Paro, L., Clarinet Rau, H., Violin Rhodes, H., Violin Robbins, D., Trombone Schultz, B., Cello Spaulding, S., Clarinet Spindiow, M. J., Violin Stoker, J., Clarinet Thompson, L., Flute Wheatley, B., Bassoon Wrege, C., Flute Blair, Prof. H., Oboe Nichols, Prof. C, Bassoon CLASSICAL CLUB 3 , ■« rTf T H if If n m First row, I. to r.: Mavis Martinson, L. Scott, R, Tillstrom, R, Milanowski, M. Hiscutt. Second row: P. Cortright, M. A. Farrell, R. Schnoor, M. Skinner, M. Mulder, B. Kane, R. Herrman, V. Oaster, E. Klenk, C. Walsh. The Classical club is one of the oldest literary clubs on campus and is organized for students especially interested in Roman culture, history, and language. The purposes of the club are to help its members attain a broader cultural back- ground, to make Roman life real and interest- ing, to promote interest in the classics, and to give suggestions to prospective teachers who may direct similar clubs. Activities of the year were under the direction of Miss Eunice Kraft, sponsor, Lillian Scott, social chairman, and Margaret Hiscutt, publicity manager; and included the formal candle-light initiation of toga-clad Romans, the Satur- nalia, a celebration of Christmas in true Roman fashion, a project for Greek War Relief; and as a closing meeting, the traditional Roman ban- quet, which was served in typical Roman style and carried out in accordance with ancient customs. Officers of the year were: president, Ruth Tillstrom; vice-president, Rita Milanowski; sec- retary, Frances Thayer; treasurer. Mavis Martinson. I 15 DEBATE Ruth Schnoor and Jean Morrison present their affirmative case in a hotly-contested debate with two Michigan State college men. Ruth, later selected outstanding senior debater of the year, took the position of first speaker while Jean held that of second speaker. Climaxing a year of forensic activity, the annual T KA banquet was held April 24 at the Red Brick tavern. The subject of forensic history, ancient and current, called for talks by returning alumni, Ollie Backus, actmg head of the corrective speech department at the University of Michigan, and Bob Starring, who joined the staff of instruction in the speech department at Michigan State college. Jean Morrison served as toastmistress and Miss Anna E. Lindblom, director of debate, reviewed the year ' s record. First in the review was the extempore speaking contest held early in December. After placing first in the local contest, A S Dennis Sullivan attended the state contest at Ypsilanti where he took first place. Mr. Albert Becker of the speech department was director of both extempore speech and oratory and arranged the local oratory contest which was separated into men ' s and women ' s divisions. Winners in this contest were Dennis Sullivan, first, and Jack Armstrong, second in the men ' s division; and Doris Kolkema and Phyllis Ash, first and second respectively in the women ' s division. Doris Kolkema took second place in the state con- test, while Dennis Sullivan won third. Ten Western discussuants went to Calvin college, Grand Rapids, on December 7, to enter the M.I.S.L. discussion tournament. Those participating were Geraldine Carley, Robin Fastenrath, Paula Harrington, Jean Morrison, Anita Peterman, Ruth Schnoor, Gloria Starr, Dennis Sullivan, Eula Tottingham, and Bob Williams. The subject for discussion was the question of the year, Resolved: that the federal government should enact legislation requiring the settlement Congratulations to Western! The op- posing team lauds Anita Peterman and Dennis Sullivan for their well-presented, forceful arguments which helped make tour- nament day at Western a lucky one for Anita and Sully and brought them the judge ' s decisions from three debates. 116 Paula Harrington, Joan Mills, Anita Peterman, Audre Reed, Ruth Schnoor, and Dennis Sullivan entered the M.I.S.L. senior debate tournament at Michigan State college, where they won eight out of 13 debates. The final forensic tournament of the year was the M.I.S.L. junior tournament at Western, April 13. Three colleges participated, and Western was represented by Etta Beagle, Geraldine Carley, Bonnie Champion, Minerva Chalopis, Pat Fritz, and Paula Harrington. Officers for the season were Bob Williams, assistant fresh- man debate coach; Anita Peterman, debate manager; Jean Geraldine Carley and Robin Fastenrath polish up their case in the tense moments before the debate begins. of all labor disputes by compulsory arbitration when vol- untary means have failed. A December week-end in Chicago was occasioned by the National Tau Kappa Alpha discussion tournament held at the LaSalle hotel. Western sent six delegates, Robin Fasten- rath, Paula Harrington, Jean Morrison, Anita Peterman, Ruth Schnoor, and Robert Williams, to take part in the five-stage discussion. Jean Morrison placed second in the tournament and Ruth Schnoor, Anita Peterman, and Robin Fastenrath received honorable mention. The Chicago trip was followed by a radio program, given by the debaters, to bring out the high points of the national meet. Western came out on top in an invitational tournament given on campus January 7. Five colleges attended, and Western debaters won nine out of 15 debates. Teams in- cluded Anita Peterman, Dennis Sullivan, Geraldine Carley, and Robin Fastenrath, who won all of their debates, and Ruth Schnoor, Jean Morrison, Paula Harrington, Bob Wil- liams, Gloria Starr, Richard Dunkelberger, and Delelah Chapman. Journeying next to East Lansing, Geraldine Carley, Minerva Chalopis, Richard Dunkelberger, Robin Fastenrath, With teams from five different colleges on campus for the invitational debate tour- ney Miss Lindblom finds her hands full. The pros and cons of arbitrating labor disputes are discussed by Bob Williams and Paula Harrington while making up their speeches. Morrison, president of TKA; Helen Schultz, vice-president of TKA; and Ruth Schnoor, secretary-treasurer. Also included in Miss Lindblom ' s review were the names of Jerome Bigelow, Glenn Karseboom, and Bette Van Weelden, who did debate squad work. Following Miss Lindblom ' s report of the forensic record, Mr. John C. Hoekje presented the traditional oil can to Ruth Schnoor, the outstanding senior debater. The banquet was dedicated to all those who took part in forensic activities and especially to those newly-elected mem- bers and pledges of TKA. New members are Robin Fasten- rath, Anita Peterman, Dennis Sullivan, Willo Weddon, and Bob Williams. Pledges are Paula Harrington and Geraldine Carley. The year ' s debate work may be summarized in Western ' s organizing and conducting three tournaments and making it possible for 136 students to participate in speaking events. 117 PRE-MED CLUB First row, I. to r.: L. Thompson, E. Auten, F. Kubsch, M. Sprik. Second row: Mr. Hinds, G. Wilson, J. Goodrich, JM. L. Swarthout, D. Haver, D. L. Stafford, L. Van Eck, B. Bowman, T, Walenta, P. Hacker, J. Slattery, K. WiHiams. Third row: M. Morrison, J. Karnemaat, V. Thill, R. Maloney, E. J. Conners, D. Hamstra, E. Klenk, J. Sempert, G. Browne. President, Marshal Morrison Vice-President, Robert Maloney Secretary, Kathleen Williams Treasurer, Flora Kubsch The Pre-Med club, organized to benefit stu- dents preparing for professions in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and medical technology, brought to light this year, in the absence of the usual number of men, the fact that an increas- ingly large number of women are entering fields previously composed almost entirely of men. Becaus e of the great demand of doctors, the club considers itself fortunate to have obtained several of them as guest speakers. Again this year. Dr. Homer Stryker, and his assistant. Dr. Clare Splithoff, discussed with the club the modern miracles of bone surgery, showed numerous X-rays, and demonstrated several surgical instruments which he has in- vented. The director of Pinecrest sanatorium, Dr. Stiller, presented a most enlightening talk on tuberculosis and methods of treatment. In the interest of members of the club pre- paring for nursing. Miss Mary Anderson, super- intendent of student nursing at Bronson hos- pital, informed the club of the requirements and actual training for the profession. In addition to ofi--campus speakers, Mr. F. J. Hinds, faculty sponsor of the club, spoke on medical technology and the opportunities afforded by the Kellogg Foundation for train- ing in this coming field. The customary banquet wa s held at the ter- mination of the year. NURSES Cadet Nurse Wanda Grauman is one of the future Army or Navy nurses w hich Western is helping to train. She poses here in the gray and red Cadet Nurse uniform w hich has come to symbolize one of the very tangible ■ways in w hich American girls are aiding their country ' s -war effort. Western may well be proud of its cooperation with the Bronson hospital school of nursing in training future nurses for approximately 95 per cent of the student nurses who come to the Hilltop during their first year for classes in anatomy, chemistry, nutrition, bacteriology, psychology and sociology, are enrolled in the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps and will become nurses in the armed forces, government or civilian hospitals, health agencies or war industries. Although the student nurses live at Bronson and receive their practical training and some lectures there a great deal of their academic work and labora- tory periods bring them to Western ' s campus. They are enrolled as regular students here and participate in college activities as much as their heavy schedule allows. Two thirds of them are three-year students and will receive their graduate nurse diplomas upon completing the course while one third of them are enrolled in the five-year course and will receive, in addition to their diploma, the Bachelor of Science degree. In return for receiving their nurse ' s training, tuition, and fees paid for by the government, the Cadet Nurses have agreed to remain in either civilian or military nursing for the duration of the war. 19 STUDENT NURSES First row, 1. to r.: M. Gould, C. Baxter, J. Owen, J. Kiewiet, B. Madden, B. Quick, J. Mayfield, J. Lotter. Second row: M. Barton, M. Andrews, M. Alman, C. Comfort, B. Canine, P. Schultz, N. Beard, V. Barber. Third row: J. Blake, E. Roach, B. Beachum, J. Caukins, M. Albright, B. Wearmouth, M. Broxholm. Fourth row: G. Garrod, J. Savage, E. Kimble, I. Kanabie, M. Noteboom, L. Shoemaker, W. Grauman. First row, 1. to r.: M. Melin, S. McClung, A. Houghteling, A. Haughen, B. Madden. Second row: M. Borton, M, Andrews, M. Alman, J. Kiewiet, B. Canine. Third row: E. Roach, B. Beachum, J. Caukins, C. Comfort. Those who do not appear in the picture: M. Garrett, F. Hauson, E. Lulofs, M. Miles, D. Orr, H. Price, M. Kenyon, D. Shrimplin, G. Swigart, D. Welsh, J. Whitney. 120 PRE-NURSING CLUB Avonne Welty President Jackie Stone Vice-President Joan Vander Linde Secretary-Treasurer ,! -  -i3««-«M First row, 1. to r.: Jean M. Hill, Lois Wilson, Joan VanderLinde, Miss Evelyn Buerger, Avonne Welty, Margaret Hartman. Second row: Wilma White, Ellen Emig, Gretchen Wheeler, Lois VanEck, Harriet Holtom, Barbara Wilson, Geraldine Morseman, Frances Corbett. The Nurses ' club at Western was organized in the fall of 1944. Membership in the club is open to all students who have indicated their intention of pursuing nursing as a profession, and also to graduate nurses who are taking college courses for their academic degree. The purpose of the organi- zation is to discuss the common problems shared by such a group. Miss Evelyn Buerger, of the Health Service serves as sponsor. A committee was formed to set up a constitution for the club, and meetings were set for the first Wednesday in every month. One of the winter meetings was an informal discussion headed by Miss Mary Anderson, super- intendent of nurses at Bronson hospital, who gave some helpful information on the subjects of choos- ing a hospital, various fields of nursing, and the first years of training. For another meeting a film was obtained about the three-years ' training of nurses. The film was shown at the Little Theater, and guests of the evening were the first year students from Bronson hospital. The last two events of the year were a weiner roast at Milham Park, and a dinner at the Colum- bia Hotel which was followed by attending the Civic Play, Over Twenty-One. It takes courage to get through anatomy lab ■with- out squeaming but every student nurse does it. Marilyn Noteboom, below, performs an intricate dissection on a kitty. 121 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY A demonstration of loom threading, one of the tasks an O.T. student is required to know. B. Sibersack, J. Raabe, J. Foster, B. McCormick, M. Holtom, S. Edsall, M. Kerney, M. Mason, M. Lewis, I. Teichman, Mrs. Thomas. E. Tolbert, W. Downs, M. Stevens, P. Hougam, M. Mac- Leod, J. McGregor, V. Yntema and G. Frazier are busily en- gaged in mastering the art of pottery making. One of the newest organizations on campus is that of the Occupational Therapy club. Its purpose is to promote scholarship and profes- sional interest in the new field of occupational therapy and to provide social functions for the girls interested in it. Most of the students en- rolled in Western ' s School of Occupational Therapy are members of the club. 122 The club held its first meeting on February 13, 1945, at which time the following officers were elected: president, Vonnie Yntema; secre- tary, Betty McCormick; treasurer, Alyce Decker; social director, Virginia Jackson; program direr- tor, Mary Ann Johnson and publications editor, Betty Silversack. The members are divided into two classes, active members are those students on the college campus, and inactive, those students receiving clinical training in affiliated hospitals. Prominent and professional speakers are selected for the meetings which are held monthly. Miss Marian Spear and Mrs. Louise Struble are the sponsors, and their interest is a great aid in promoting the aims of the club. Miss spear discusses some impor- tant points in the theory of occu- pational therapy with five senior students — Margaret DeLaRue and Phyllis Newton (seated) and Vir- ginia Jackson, Barbara Bartlett and Jeanne Lavender (standing) . Some exhibits of stitchery and handicraft are examined by G. Muhlenberg, M. Johnson, L. Lawson, H. Childs, M. Muzik, C. Taylor, B. Miller, M. Wal- stad, M. McCormick and A. Decker. 123 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB First row, 1. to r.; L. Bemis, M. Swarthout, F. Oman, R. Graham. Second row: V. Fisher, Dr. Scott, D. Stewart, M. Julius, H. Schultz, L. Eiccholtz, E. Grapple. Third row: H. Huntley, J. Gillett, J. Mills, A. Janiak, C. Bagnall. Believing that college youth can and must take an active part in international problems and thinking, the members of International Relations club on Western ' s campus this year planned a number of pertinent discussions of political, economic and cultural topics as well as programs consisting of speakers from our own faculty and student body. Discussions this year centered around prob- lems of peace and world cooperation, interna- tional trade, the Dumbarton Oaks, Yalta and San Francisco agreements, and other important topics. The club as a whole attended a series of forums sponsored by the Rotary club on inter- national understanding. Included among these were lectures by authorities on Japan, Russia, China, Australia and the South Pacific. One of the most interesting meetings of the club this year was one at which Dr. Robert Friedmann, Viennese-born new faculty member, talked about Germany, Past and Present. Another popular talk was given on Pana- manian culture by Dalys Chiang Diaz, a transfer student from that country. The club is under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and is one of thousands of similar organizations all over the world. The international relations conference, which the Carnegie Endowment sponsors each year and to which the club usually sends representatives, was not held this year because of the government ruling against con- ferences. The faculty sponsors were Dr. Nancy Scott and Dr. James Knauss and the officers were: president, Marianne Julius; vice-president, Joan Mills; secretary-treasurer, Doris Stewart; and historian, Jean Gillet. 124 COUNTRY LIFE CLUB First row I to r.: Mrs. Butler, C. Adams, V Totzke, H, Hughart, V. Watts Second row W. King, G. Doolittle, M Maki, D Poelakker, E. Chapman. Third row L. Seger, R. Sagers, D. Marlev, A Wright, B. Sperry. Fourth row J. Wood, M. Bennett, B Boezwinkle, Dr. Robinson. First row, 1. to r.: Miss Sanders, B Ornowski, H. Stockwell, M Ame , B. Humphreys. Second row: L. Eichholtz, M Babinec, H. Andrews, M. Gillette, G. Lubbers, D. Zick. Third row: A. Bogan, D. Shaw, V Hahn, M. McBride, F. Schreer. Fourth row: M. Fonger, G. Bennett F. Oman, E. McCaul. This year marks the Country Life ' s club ' s forty-first active year on Western ' s campus. It is the oldest organization at Western and is affiliated with the youth sectio n of the American Country Life association. This year two club members attended the conference held in Fre- donia, N. Y. and brought back many interesting ideas which helped to improve the club. Speakers and group discussions aroused interest on such topics as child delinquency, the returning veteran, soil conservation, and adult education in the rural community. The club also sponsored a town and country minister and laymen conference held on campus. An annual picnic was held in the spring and games, music, and skits provided the entertainment. A box social rounded out a full program of Monday evenings in the Rotunda. Bi-monthly discussions and social gatherings united students with a common interest in rural life. A highlight of the year ' s activities was the annual Christmas party at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Wm. McKinley Robinson. Christmas gifts were sent to the Third Street Community center. Officers for the fall and spring trimesters were: president, Harold Stockwell, Florence Oman ; vice- president, Virginia Totske, Viola Watts ; secretary, Marie Babinac, Donna Shaw ; and treasurer, Helen Hughart, Alice Bogen. 125 HOME ECONOMICS CLUB Mary Ellen Wood President Joan Erway Vice-President Marion Parker Secretary Ruth Blackman Treasurer Dorothy Mohney Representative tnTn- ,j fatso ' 1 eVdon, Hiss lifv ouse (stat ' ding) lov) 26 M. Adams, M. Reesor, S. McKinnon and A. Atkinson are chief cooks in the Home Management house for the evening. Home Economics club this year engaged in many worthwhile activities such as making towels for the U. S. O., contributing to the Prisoner of War fund and to the Foreign Fellowship fund. An event which combined business with pleasure was penny supper held in the Training school. At Christmas time the club sent clothes to a needy family in Kentucky in exchange for greens and holly. Corsages were then made from the holly and sold to girls on campus. The annual Christmas party was enjoyed in the Home Management house where apples were roasted and Miss Cleveland read the Christmas story. Each girl contributed a gift for the children ' s orphanage. Other speakers of the year were Mr. Harry Greenwall who demonstrated the process of finger painting and Miss Grace Gish who .showed pictures of her trip through the West. Miss Jeanette Lee, supervisor of home economic clubs in Michigan col- leges, was speaker for the spring banquet at the Park American Hotel. No, D. Watson, D. Wil- liams, C. Martin, D. Erler and G. Rau aren ' t waiting for Santa Claus, they ' re merely ■waiting for those apples to reach exactly the right stage! 127 WOMEN ' S PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION President, Betty Hunt; vice-president, A. Jean Smith; secretary, Helen Latsch; treasurer, Fayetta Paulson; Alumni sec- retary, Dorothy Wagner; Women ' s League representative, Frances Aungst; Senior representative, Gene Frazier; Junior representative, Willis Ryscamp; Sophomore representative, Doris Durecky; Freshmen representative, Maxine Sprik. First row: K. RoEeboom, B. Ornowski, K. Rasmussen, H. Sankofski, W. Ryskamp. Second row: F. Leiand, N. Smith, J. Wasi- lewski, M. Sprik, F. Aungst. The object of W.P.E.A. is to awaken a wider and more intelli- gent interest in physical education, and to provide social entertain- ment for the members of the asso- ciation. Fifty girls interested in such activities joined this year. Following the traditional initia- tion program which took place shortly after the beginning of the semester, the freshmen and new students presented a program for the entertainment of other mem- bers. The annual spring breakfast and the overnight hike to Lake First row: D. Wagner, M. Parrott, J. Parks, J. Smith. Second row: D. Wells, J. Overby, D. Cameron, F. Paulsen, M. Hopkins, L. Austin, D. Durecky, J. Sabo, K. McGregor. 128 First row: M. Schaeffer, J. Covey, H. Ringle, J. Ranta, J. Bridges. Second row: V. Wilson, S, Frederick, M. Farrell, E. Miller, M. Willems, B, Drumm, E. Verhey. Michigan highlighted the activi- ties of the year. Some of the other events were the Christmas party, Play Night in cooperation with Kalamazoo Col- lege and a play entitled All Doubled Up which was pre- sented by the physical education faculty. The club also took the initiative to secure leaders for the Third Street Community Center recrea- tional program. Alice Duer Miller ' s The White Cliffs was interpreted by Vonnie Fisher at one of the club ' s spring meetings. E. Welcher, C. Richmond, B. Hunt, M. Sprik, G. VandenHoek, B. Smith, H. Latsch, P. Baylis. 129 CHARLES VAN EEUWEN COMMAND Front row, left to right: Eugene Meyer, Dick Dunkleberger, Carroll Vannatter, Ray Huffsteter, Sam Altman, Jerry Lucas, Jim McCreight. Second row: Bill Van Schoick, Bob Steinman, Casimir Ryniak, Harold Neilson, Dick Kishpaugh, Ed Huntoon, George Hyde, Charles Starring, Adviser, Norman Williams. Raymond Huffstetter Commander Carroll Vannatter Adjutant Commander Samuel Altman Quartermaster Jerry Lucas Recorder Richard Dunkelberger Chaplain The beginning phases of a return to a pre- war campus are reflected in the Charles Van Eeuwen Command of Veterans of World War II which was established January 8, 1945, at Western. At the initial meeting, twelve veterans became charter members, and Charles Starring was named faculty sponsor. Titled in honor of the first Western Michigan college student to die for his country after Pearl Harbor, the organization has as its purpose the following: to perpetuate the memory of the dead; to maintain true allegiance to the govern- ment of the United States, its constitution and its laws; and to foster true patriotism. It also aims at preserving and strengthening comrade- ship among its members, assisting in the adjust- ment of veterans to college life, and discussion of and participation in their problems. The Command has a roster of speakers, men active in the fields of veteran ' s administration and current affairs, who, from time to time, address the members at regular meetings. Each semester brings many returning veterans to Western and the members of this organiza- tion feel that to have established a criterion for such a change to a prewar campus, inculcating postwar standards, has indeed, been deemed an honor. 130 VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II The honor of sponsoring the Seventh War Loan drive at Western was presented to the Charles Van Eeuwen Command of Veterans of World War II by the Student Council. Inas- much as the Command was the newest organi- zation on campus the presentation was deemed both an honor and a chance to prove its worth and right to a place among the major organiza- tions at Western. Swinging into the spirit of the drive with initiative and sincerity, the Command outlined a program to raise the highest quota on campus and presented it to the student body and faculty. The initial event on the roster was an open Bond Drive dance with uniformed members of the Command in charge. Music for the dance was furnished by the Navy V-12 band and admission was solely by purchase of war stamps. In the course of the evening a formal presenta- tion of candidates for the title of Bond Queen was made. The candidates were selected on the bases of beauty, personality, and renown on campus. There was one candidate representing each of the four sororities, the two women ' s dormitories, and two representing the women ' s independent group. Student ballots, issued with bond and stamp purchases during the drive, determined the final selection of Bond Queen. An additional feature of the dance was an auction, open to bidding in terms of war bonds. Various objects of interest, including two car- tons of cigarettes, were used to encourage bids from the crowd by an efficient auctioneer in the person of Dean Pellet. The drive was aided by a number of display cases in the Administration building of over- seas souvenirs contributed by members of the Command and interested outside parties. Another feature of the drive which insured its success was a bond booth appropriately dec- orated with posters of the famous Now ... All Together picture of the marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima plus large pictures of each of the queen candidates. Duane McConnohie, Lester Green and George Bradeen had charge of constructing the booth. Pictured at the right are the Vets who engineered the dance which officially started the Seventh War Loan Drive on campus. Left to right they are: Charles Tucker, chair- man of the auction; Tom Hill, dance; Jerry Lucas, publicity; Carroll Vannatter, duty roster; Dave Marsh, general chairman; Tom Nevin, assembly; and Norm Williams, photography. 131 SENATE 1 rm II 1 1 ' v ' ■■flPBi B IP .-X h 1 St J ' I Pl lk im. . ' f j « :.; P -: - ' ■ ' 51l 1 ' ,w, -- ' ' • ' ' ■ 4 First row, 1. to r.: M. Eldridge, D. Sprinkle, K. Stimson, B. Schultz, J. Truckenmiller. Second row: E. Eddy, J. Timmer, D. Rensenhouse, L. Van Eck, A. Kelly, C. Cloney, F. Troy, Miss McCall. As Senators look back over this year at Western, a few memories are outstanding . . . sunburns, songs, and scrumptious food at the house-party, the candlelight ceremony at formal initiations, the antics of new pledges, The Ace of Clubs party, the style shows, the Mothers ' day luncheon . . . In keeping with their aims of developing leaders for Western and of reaching toward the ideals of service, sincerity, and sympathy, Senators this year also participated in such service activities as contributing to a Thanks- giving basket, to Red Cross and War Loan drives, and to the Civic League at Christmas. One of the new practices of the year was initiated in the form of a fall style show pre- sented in the Little Theatre at which current fashions were modeled by the Senators. After the show coffee was served in the Davis room. In addition to traditional rush teas and parties, informal and formal initiation cere- monies, the inter- sorority chocolate, and the Dorothy Rensenhouse President Shirleyann Boekeloo ' ice-President Florence Troy Secretary Mary Eldridge Treasurer 132 First row, 1. Second row: to r.: C. Bagnall, J. Morrison, M. Russell, M. Dodd, H. Schultz. T. Robertson, B. Caldwell, M. Van Huis, B. Hawkins, M. Julius, M. Dawe, S. Boekeloo, B, Bentley. Mothers ' day luncheon, the year was filled with sandwich sales, a supper party the first day of the spring trimester, a formal dessert in the Davis room, and entertaining meetings such as Yvonne Fisher ' s interpretive reading of Alice Duer Miller ' s The White Cliffs, a talk by Judson Hymes, and book reviews and discus- sions. This year, as formerly, Senate ' s activities were topped off by the Gull lake house-party with its swimming, boating, talking around the fireplace, and riotous good times which all served to strengthen Senate ' s bonds of friend- ship and loyalty. Miss Dezana Loutzenhiser, Miss Helen McCall, and Mr s. George Sprau were sponsors for the year and fall and spring rushing were handled by Elaine Eddy and Kathryn Stimson. Barbara Hawkins was in charge of properties, Marianne Julius of publicity, and Margorie Dawe served as historian. 133 ACADEMY First row, I. to r.: E. Klenk, C. Johnson, K. Williams. Second row: M. Cabbage, L. Hervey, K. Carner, M. Van Soest, B. Bishop, M. Waldherr. Once again Academites look back with satis- faction upon a year of wholesome fun and edu- cational activity. One of the sorority ' s main pur- poses for the year was to draw closer the bonds of fellowship between the Acadalums and the active members of Academy. That purpose was fulfilled to a great extent by holding two Academy homecomings, a luncheon in Novem- ber, and a dinner in December. Both the regu- lar members and the alums were well repre- sented at these functions. Again Academy was fortunate in having had several special meetings at which outside guests furnished both the entertainment and the thought provocative. Among the guests were Mrs. Virginia Chase Perkins, a recently acquired English instructor on campus, who spoke informally concerning interesting epi- taphs in New England cemeteries; and Miss Helen Master, also of Western ' s English de- Marlyn Van Soest President Barbara Bowman Vice-President Carol Johnson Secretiirj Frances Aungst Treasurer 34 First row, I. to r.: B. Bowman, J. Slapinski, S. McKinnon. Second row: F. Aungst, M. Parrott, D. Stewart, M. Elenbaas, B. Earle, M. Zitney. partment, who read the story of Alice in Wonderland. According to tradition, Academy held its usual fall and spring rush parties, formal initia- tions, and the riotous house-party at Gull lake. But putting tradition aside — in past war years Academy has done its share of knitting and bandage rolling toward the Kalamazoo quota. Now that the quota has been surpassed, no bandages are being made; thus Academy is con- tinuing to help our fighting men by purchasing war bonds. One of the bonds was purchased largely by Acadalums in memory of Mabel Rawlinson, who died in the service of our country. The bond will be donated to the future Western Memorial chapel. Other officers of the year included Betty Earl serving as marshal, Mary Ann Zitney as his- torian, and Suzanne McKinnon as alumnae secretary. 135 THETA PI ALPHA First row, 1. to r.: M. Babinec, J. Webber, J. Johnson. Second row: H. Geisler, N. Belden, E. Kurtz, R. Tillstrom, P. Hicks, E. Proud, B. Loewe, J. Doring. Theta Pi Alpha looks back with satisfaction upon its fourteenth successful year in carrying out its aim of promoting friendship, leadership, and self-expression. A hayride followed by hot chocolate in the Davis Room highlighted the fall rush parties. Noreen Belden was chairman of pledging for the first semester and Betty Holton was chair- man for the spring rushing. Formal initiation in the form of a buffet supper held in the Davis Room was attended by alumns, guests, sponsors, pledges, and active members. A variety of pro- grams, including a Christmas sandwich supper and listening to a recording of Dickens ' Christ- Helene Geisler President Ardelle McConnell Vice-President Ruth Tillstrom Secretary Suzanne Michen Treasurer 136 1 1 ' mmt 1 1 i lipWP ill ' 1 J m m yji ' j l m ik I fiif fc 2 i.WHffil jiA-ali i ' m ' m 1 WR t. _Dm i i ' 1 First row, 1. to r.: R. Bangerter, B. Whymant, B. Holton. Second row: M. Champion, J. Walker, D. Rose, A. McConnell, M. Milliman, E. Boettcher, S. Michen, M. Watson, B. Gold. mas Carol, were presented during the year under the general chairmanship of Ardelle McConnell. Theta Pi cooperated with the other sororities in the Inter-Sorority Chocolate, with Ruth Tillstrom as chairman, and mothers were enter- tained at a luncheon in the spring of the year. All of the events culminated in the annual houseparty, an event of fun, friendship, and gaiety strengthening the bonds between alumns and active members. Other officers for the year were Betty Gold, corresponding secretary; and Janice Walker, budget director. Miss Edna Hirsch, Miss Bernice Smith and Miss Mary Doty were sponsors. 137 PI KAPPA RHO First row, 1. to r.: P. Hacker, B. Smith, J, A. Thomas, M, Skinner, M. J. Bennett. Second row: Dr. Myers, M. Melin, M. E. Wood, C. R. Van Huizin, M. Martinson, K. Garthe. Pi Kappa Rho looks back on one of its most successful and worthwhile years, this school year of 1944-45. In spite of changes made necessary by the war, rush parties were more fun than ever. Marilyn Skinner, as pledge chair- man, and her committee planned scavenger hunts, teas, informal parties and theater parties. Informal initiations brought some of the best laughs of the year and formal initiations held at the Columbia hotel were carried on accord- ing to tradition. Cooperation with the other sororities in mak- ing the Inter-sorority chocolate a success marked another important event. Miss Tamin and Dr. Myer, were sponsors for Florence Marcelletti President Mary Ellen Wood Vice-President Marilyn Skinner Secretary Melissa Melin Treasurer 138 First row, 1. to r.: M. Szakas, B. French, L. Fuller, D. Paddock, J. Cynar, M. Sprik. Second row: B. Lixvar, D. Kolch, F. Marcelletti, M. Stein, M. Loveless, R. Mattimore, Miss Tamin. the year. Other officers of the year were Pauline Hacker, historian, custodian, and Dorcas Pad- dock, publicity manager. Under the leadership of Mary Jane Stein a news-letter was published for the alumni. The climax of the year came with the tra- ditional house party at Gull lake on Memorial weekend. After a weekend with lots to eat, little sleep, and some very red sunburns, Pi Kaps returned to campus and voted that it was one of the best houseparties ever. Seniors who must leave their active member- ship in Pi Kappa Rho hope for other members and new pledges many more years as successful as this one. 139 SIGMA TAU GAMMA Proof that the old fraternity spirit still exists! Sigma Tau Gamma, the sole fraternity on campus which has remained active throughout the war, has demonstrated its ability to take part in school affairs as w ell as provide good times and comradeship for its members. Fraternity activities such as pledging, serenades to the coeds, cam- paigning for student elections, and dances and parties are still much in evidence at Western through Sig Tau and its members. Despite losing six members to the armed services and four through graduation, Chi chapter has carried on through another year and kept the name of the organization before the eyes of Western Michigan College. Main- taining its principle of active leadership, the frat undertook to manage the sixth war loan drive, helping to roll up an impressive total in bond sales topped by a successful Victory bond dance. The Sig Taus also organized the spring clean-up campaign and carried out such social functions as annual mid-winter and spring formals, numerous house parties and picnics. Led by its four main officers plus Don Phe- bus, corresponding secretary, and Arthur Pary- nik, house manager, the frat pledged seven new men and raised its active membership to twenty- two. Tom Krupa President Bob Dresser Vice-President Lee Minion Secretary Sam Altman Treasurer 140 Front row, 1. to r. : Doug Everhart, Don Phebus, Bob Dresser, Gene Blossom, Bob Bishop. Back row: Tom Krupa, Bob Burgoyne, Sam Altman, Bob Westfall, Lee Minion, Jim Clark. Absent: Bob Albertson, Grey Austin, Ed Leak, Art Parynik. Pledges: Owen Wright, Paul Reisch, Gary Shaw, Dean Anderson, Ed Huntoon, Stan Hidanis, John Faulkner. With a bright ening juture awaiting us and a challenge for greater achievement urging us on, we, the men of Sigma Tau, raise our hand in salute to our fraternal brothers fighting in every branch of the armed service on every battlefield in the world. May we uphold the standards that they left us. With soletnn reverence we dedicate this page to those, our brothers who have died, not in vain but that the courage and leadership they faced the enemy with may continue to inspire men to greater effort. In Memory Of Robert Harvey Robert I. Fletcher • Ode G. Custer • Elmer D. Stillwell 141 SPINDLER HALL Candles, holly, a Christmas tree and coffee served in the lobby- mean the gals of Spindler are enjoying one of the dorm ' s most famous traditions — the Christ- mas breakfast. Christmas-carolling seniors lead the procession through the halls and dow n to the Blue Room before Christmas breakfast is served. In spite of the changes in Spindler due to war time activities, Spindler coeds still had a bang-up year. Some of the traditional functions such as the inter-dorm parties, and many vie dances and formals had to be sacrificed. However, the traditional Christmas breakfast, open houses, teas, the Easter breakfast, and the Senior Supper were planned and enjoyed. All the girls did their share of entertaining Western ' s naval unit, both individually and collectively. The outstanding social activities of the year included a dorm tea honoring off-campus girls, several exchange teas with Walwood, two in- formal Friday night parties, and the famous Pajama Party in the spring. Mrs. Florence Tyler served as house mother, and was assisted by Miss Margaret Feather and Miss Carrie Stoeri. Miss Helen Merson took Miss Stoeri ' s place as counselor for the third trimester. Officers for the year were: Jean Trucken- miller, president; Florence Troy, vice-president; Dorothy Rensenhouse, secretary; and Marjorie Holtem, treasurer. For the third trimester Carol Johnson acted as president; and Helen Schultz, vice-president. 142 According to the Navy, one of the best ways of getting acquainted with Western coeds is to meet them ove r a cup of coffee, a game of bridge or a recent swing record at a Spindler open house. Informality is the keynote, w ith conversation ranging from that psych test to the Spindler- Vandercrook blinker system! One of the neater Spindler rooms One of the more typical rooms. No v how many men are displayed on that desk? And w ho is the coed w ho w ill have to do some explaining? 143 WALWOOD HALL iS?! ' V ■gjjtSS: Smiling coeds in Wal ' wood ' s -windows present a dif- ferent vie-w from the dungarees and scivvy shirts ■which decorated the dorm ' s window s since the summer of ' 43 w hen the Navy moved in! It ' s just like coming home! Back to our very own dorm — Hurray! Boy, it had better be in good condition! After a hurried inspection of Walwood ' s freshly-painted halls and rooms, a dash to the Green Room, the rec rooms, and smokers, to see if everything were as they left it almost two years ago, Walwood girls this March stowed away their gear into compartments loaned to the Navy for its stay on campus and settled down to dorm life again. Many new girls moved into Walwood in March and soon became enthusiastic for its friendliness, fun, and old traditions of the Pajama Party, Easter Breakfast, dress-up Sunday dinners, faculty and dorm teas, and Mothers ' Day week-end. Life wasn ' t too normal in the dorm, however. The girls donned jeans most Saturdays and scrubbed floors or washed windows to help keep the dorm spic and span; men wtre welcome but 144 chimes at 5:50 p. m. are a signal for the gals to gather in the Green Room to talk and sing a popular tune or t-wo before going into dinner. rather scarce in the rec rooms and lounge; many Saturday nights were spent in writing to the one or in studying or having bull sessions with the gang over crackers and cheese. Walwood elected Margorie Dawe as its presi- dent; Doraine Palmer, vice-president; Janet Goodrich, secretary; and Marge Mell as treas- urer. Council consisted of Susan Michen, Ruth Feldman, Lois Austin, Norma Woodard, and Pat Houeam. A quintet of ne-w Wal-woodites admire the posies. The circular davenport of the Green Room which sets the decora- tive scheme of the entire interior is a popular spot for Walwood loungers. 145 Athletics are an important part of school life at Western — both to the fello ' ws ■who participate in the sport events and to the spectators. The Bucking Bronchos, the fighting basketball team, the football eleven and base- ball nine, have all come to symbolize W.M.C. Yet the glamour that once surrounded college athletics is gone. It has been dispelled by teams made up of trainees and civilians who play not so much for dear old Alma Mater as for pure love of the sport. Western spectators still thrill to a Brcwn and Gold victory, it ' s true; but they, too, have realized since the war the proper and true place of athletics in college life. ATHLETICS i.- r i -«j£ ' 44 SEASON . . . Broncos open football campaign . . . ideal football weather . . . big turnout for the Fort Sheridan game ... V- 12 ' s sit in the south sec- tion . . . Marine-studded Bronco lineup held scoreless in the first period . . . Western starts rolling with Marks in the second period . . . Pedracine follows . . . extra point is good . . . Louthen to Keddie . . . now Jackson to Blauman . . . Wall goes over from his fullback post . . . Marks skirts left end ... a 64-yard marker for Gillespie . . . Igoe intercepts for a tally . . . Kalbfleish mauls opponent in end zone for two points . . . Dovalowsky crosses . . . Jackson heaves to Selbo . . . Medrysa walks over for last T.D. for Broncs . . . Wait a minute, here ' s one for the Fort Sheridan 11. Score — Western 67, Fort Sheridan 6. Wabash arrives at Waldo Stadium . . . beauti- ful, clear day affords all the color for a gridiron tilt . . . Pedracine tears loose for 33, 10, and a score . . . extra point fails ... a 56-yard drive by the visitors comes to a standstill . . . half ends . . . Western V-12 ' s entertain crowd dur- ing intermission ... no scoring in the third period . . . Louthen, Bronco signal-barker, frac- tures ribs ... a 56-yard march and Jackson topples over . . . extra point is good ... a pass interception and a plunge nets the final marker with Devalowsky lugging the leather . . . the placement is good. Score — Western 20, Wabash 0. Bunker Hill Blockbusters arrive . . . All- American lineup at- tracts crowd . . . Western cannot stop air blitz which nets three tallies . . . the Bunker HiUers score one more on power . . . conversion is good . . . Gillespie brings life to Broncos with long punts . . . Blauman places ball on one foot line, sorry, no score . . . Marks piles over . . . the kick is good . . . there goes a hat on the field . . . the gun, and the half ends . . . Broncos hold firm in third quarter . . . the Blockbusters chalk up their last effort . . . the Bronco attack fails. Score — Bunker Hill Air Base, 33, Western 7. Foot Bucking Broncos take on Miami U. at Ohio . . . cross-wind affects punting . . . fumbles prove costly to the Brown and Gold . . . Redskin back skirts end to score . . . Redskin to Redskin and a score ... 30 seconds to half time . . . May intercepts . . . Jackson to Selbo, May blocking . . . kick goes wild ... a Miami man again . . . a Bronco pass is intercepted, and the Ohio team rings up another one . . . Western rallies . . . there ' s the gun. Score — Miami University Jj Last engagement at Western ' s home grounds . . . huddling crowd awaits kickoff . . . players on the bench don hoods . . . the roll of a drum . . . the kickoff ... a scoreless first quarter . . . Her- culean Marks gains a touchdown . . . Pedracine sets up another . . . there ' s a YEA WESTERN ... a screen pass play and the Chippewas score . . . Western ' s Louthen to Keddie . . . the visi- tors make another . . . the ball changes hands . . . Art May breaks loose and scarqpers for the last touchdown. Score — Western 35, Central Michigan 14. Great Lakes, Illinois . . . Ross Field . . . The National Anthem is played . . . 25,000 sailors stand at attention . . . the Bluejackets receive . . . a lateral scores . . . it ' s another lateral and run . . . the kick is wide . . . Selbo scampers to the 10-yard line . . . the half ends ... a rushing score for the Sailors ... a four-yard plunge for another . . . one more Bluejacket goes over . . . the clock ticks away . . . the Broncos can ' t hold ... a Great Lakes touchdown via a lateral in closing minutes. Score — Great Lakes 38, Western 0. Wooster Homecoming crowd throngs into Scots Stadium . . . Father ' s Day . . . the Broncos ' last game . . . Wooster kicks off . . . Jackson to Selbo nullified . . . Selbo blocks punt in end zone for six points . . . kick is wide . . . Bucking Bronco Marks goes over . . . Pedracine finds a hole . . . Marks converts . . . Western drives harder . . . Gaugh goes all the way . . . kick is in there . . . Zundell recovers short kickoff . . . Gillespie goes over goal . . . only minutes remain . . . the gun, and it ' s o c.r. Score — Western 27, Wooster 0. .4 - 86 78 83 65 79 93 38 46 = = «• - e Bronco Roster: College or Service No. Name Home Town High School Pos. Exp. Wt. Ht. Age Unit 18 Pedracine, Alvin Madison, Wis. Edgewood High RH None 182 5 ' 8 23 Marine 19 May, Arthur Hamtramck, Mich. Hamtramck High RH None 153 5 ' 7 19 Civilian 23 Louthen, Ray Columbus, Ohio Central High Q None 180 6 ' 18 Navy 28 Jackson, Mallet St. Loi ' is, Mo. Central High Q None 155 5 ' 6 19 Marine 33 Marks, James Kalamazoo, Mich. Central High F None 190 5 ' 8 18 Navy 35 Kistner. Ken Hazel Park, Mich. Central Michigan Q lyr. 165 5 ' 10 20 Marine 36 Bush, Allen Kalamazoo, Mich. State High F None 190 6 ' 21 Marine 38 Wall, Ben Saginaw, Mich. Central Michigan F 2 yrs. 195 5 ' 10 20 Marine 39 Gillespie, Arthur Ann Arbor, Mich. Ann Arbor High F None 180 5 ' 8 17 Navy 43 Gaugh, Rexford Conneaut, Ohio Conneaut High F None 180 5 ' 11 20 Navy 44 Benson, James Minneapolis, Minn. North High Q None 185 6 ' 3 19 Marine 46 Dovalovsky, Leonard Cleveland, Ohio East Tech High LH None 170 5 ' 10 22 Marine 48 Igoe, Phillip Chicago, 111. Lindblom High LH None 170 6 ' 1 18 Marine 55 Sagan, Bernard Warren, R. I. Warren High C None 180 5 ' 11 24 Navy 58 Zundel, Neil Brigham, Utah U. of Utah C lyr. 190 6 ' 1 20 Marine 62 Clarke, Thomas Jackson, Mich. St. Marys High G None 164 5 ' 10 17 Navy 63 LeVand, Robert Grand Rapids, Mich. Central High G None 175 5 ' 10 18 Navy 64 Hendricks, Clayton Boone, Iowa Simpson College G lyr. 187 6 ' 23 Marine 65 Leahy, Richard Chicago, 111. Western Michigan G 2 yrs. 186 5 ' 10 20 Civilian 69 VanDeweghe, Ray Grosse Pointe, Mich. Ambrose High G None 192 5 ' 11 18 Navy 72 O ' Shaughnessy, Tom Chicago, III. St. Phillips High T None 200 6 ' 2 21 Marine 73 Shattuck, James Des Moines, Iowa North High T None 208 5 ' U 19 Marine 74 Huber, Robert Charlotte, Mich. Albion College T lyr. 190 6 ' 2 21 Navy 75 Kalbfeisch, Charles Dearborn, Mich. Michigan Normal T 2 yrs. 210 6 ' 2 23 Marine 76 Rodney, Glen Joplin, Mo. S. W. Mo. T. T 2 yrs. 194 6 ' 3 19 Marine 77 Henderson, James Fayettesville, Ark. Versailles High T None 220 6 ' 19 Marine 78 Stotlar, John Carbondale, 111. Southern Illinois T None 215 6 ' 3 20 Marine 79 Paniccia. Bill Providence, R. I. Providence College T 1 yr. 225 6 ' 2 21 Navy 82 Kratzmiller, Phil Ann Arbor, Mich. Assumption High E None 189 6 ' 2 18 Navy 83 Keddie, Clifford Chicago, 111. Morgan Park High E None 200 6 ' 1 18 Marine 85 Blauman, Carl Birmingham, Mich. Birmingham High E None 185 6 ' 1 19 Navy 86 Leiske, Reuben Franklin, Minn. Franklin High E None 200 6 ' 3 20 Marine 87 McKinnon, Ken Port Huron, Mich. Port Huron High E None 160 5 ' 10 20 Navy 88 Selbo, Glen LaCrosse, Wis. Wisconsin U. E None 196 6 ' 2 19 Navy 89 Dow, Allen Pleasant Ridge, Mich. Wayne University E None 188 6 ' 4 18 Navy No ill picture: 68 Wagner, Joseph Chicago, III. Lane Tech High G None 162 5 ' 10 19 Marine Manager — Robert E. Smithyman, Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Additional personnel in picture: Second row. Captain Bartlett. CO. Third row: Clayton Maus, assistant coach. Ensign Matt Patenelli. Don Scott, coach. Fourth row: Roy Weitz, assistant coach, Bob Smithyman, manager. 150 ATHLETIC Left to right: Jud- son Hyames, Lieut. V. W. Snyder, John C. Hoekje, George Comfort, Yvonne Fisher. At Work: The Athletic Board of Control, with Chairman John C. Hoekje at the head, performs various tasks such as the certifying of eligibility, approving of schedules and voting upon athletic awards. The board is in favor of continuing with inter-collegiate athletics regardless of the limitations that the war is forcing them to make. By virtue of being the president of the Student Council, Yvonne Fischer served this year on board usually thought of as reserved for men. There is no end to the amount of work that is done each day by Judson A. Hyames, athletic director and head of the Department of Physical Education. The Bronco athletic ship, and the top-notch naval physical fitness program comes under the wing of Mr. Hyames. J d, as his associates call him, is the boss, but he is a busy boss, and does his share of the work in the Bronco athletic headquarters. Get That Man! Dave Zundel, chosen as the most improved member of the Bronco football squad, hits his opponent low, while Glen Rodney, rated the most valuable player follows up the play along with that fighting captain, Dick Leahy. Dave, hailing from the University of Utah, where he had a year of experience on the gridiron, played a bang-up game for Western. Glen Rodney, formerly of South West Missouri Teachers college, continuously held that line. Dick Leahy, captain and forever roughing it up, hails from Chicago and has been an outstanding performer with the Broncos for the past three seasons. 151 Baseball Mentor and Assistant John Gill, Bronco baseball mentor, is always figuring ■where he can get one more run for his team. Gill, in his college days, was one of the most versatile athletes ever produced at Western. He has carried his abilities and know l- edge over to the baseball diamond, and is capable of illustrating the finer techniques of hitting, pitching and fielding. His aim is to produce a smooth performing ballclub that will hold up the fine Bronco traditions. This season, once again, the Bronco followers all agree that Gill ' s men are as fine afield as they are handy w ith the hickory. Only three lettermen were present among the forty-odd baseball candidates appearing for the first practice of the 1945 season . . . Tom Krupa, leftfielder, Tom Hill, firstbaseman, and Harold Throop formed the nucleus . . . the early drills took place in the sand pit, where calis- thenics and loosening up exercises were of prime importance . . . Trainer Don Scott was kept on the job working with rubbing alcohol, analgesic balm and heat lamps to guard against sore arms, stiff backs and Charley horses . . . the greenness of the squad began to disappear, as the weather permitted outdoor workouts . . . Coach Gill kept hammering at fundamentals . . . slowly a scrappy looking nine took shape . . . the Broncos were finally ready for their opening test against the 1944 Big Ten champions, the Wolverines from Ann Arbor. Base Tom Krupa left fielder April 1 3 • • . Ann Arbor, the home of Uni- versity of Michigan . . . Smokey Maxwell tries his portside slants against the experienced chucking of Bliss Bowman, Michigan ' s south- paw . . . Western takes an early lead and holds on until the ninth . . . tough spot for the Broncos as Michigan ties up the score . . . Coach Gill calls on Art May to pinch hit . . . Art brings in the run . . . It ' s a ballgame in the bag for the crew from Kazoo. Score: Western 5, University of Michigan 4. Western fails to make it a sweep of the series . . . Ray Red Louthen, former Bronco speedballer, pitches effectively against his former teammates . . . Western scores a run to stay in the game . . . Tom Urquhart does a fine job of pitching for the Broncos, but fails to get the support ... the lads from Kazoo are turned away . . . Western can ' t bunch enough hits . . . the last man in the ninth goes down swinging and the Broncos are on the short end. Score: Western 1, University of Michigan 5. Western engages the University of Chicago at Hyames Field . . . April 21 ... the Maroons start southpaw Hauck on the mound . . . Western ' s hitters find Chicago ' s pitching to their liking . . . the Broncos tally in all but two innings . . . Coach Gill uses every man but the bat boy . . . the Broncos come to bat sixteen times in the third and sink the boys from Chi 152 with 11 runs . . . Lefty Maxwell and Tom Urquhart share the pitching chores . . . they get a couple across the plate in the eighth . . . Big Tom Krupa, Bronco veteran, is the big gun of the attack, collecting five hits in six trips to the plate. Score: Western 19, University of Chiacgo 2. The Army from neighboring Fort Custer convoys to Kalamazoo . . . April 25 . . . Pete Modica, experienced fire ball flinger hurls for the men in khaki . . . Lefty Maxwell is Coach Gill ' s selection for mound duties . . . Mr. Modica can ' t blow them all across . . . Western ' s stickers get the timing ... the score is 5 to 2 . . . Western is in front . . . Maxwell turns away batter after batter . . . Western ' s fielding is good . . . Bronco bats continue to connect but no more runs cross the plate . . . game ends. Score: Western 5, Fort Custer 2. A twin bill at Hyames Field April 28 . . . Northwest- em ' s Wildcats arrive . . . Smokey Max- well draws the pitch- ing assignment for the day . . . and pitch he does . . . the local nine finds the visit- ing chuckers not too . . there ' s Maxwell ball generous . a run and another for the Broncos . . keeps them away from the heart of the plate and Western triumphs . . . Score: Western 3, University of Northwestern 0. The second game finds Tom Urquhart on the slab . . . Tom, ace Bronco right hander, has pitched in fine form in the past . . . Coach Gill looks out of dugout . . . the coachers on the baseline have the signal . . . the strategy works . . . Western has men in scoring position . . . they score . . . it ' s a clean sweep for the after- noon . . . LIrquhart comes through once again. Score: Western 5, University of Northwest- ern 2. Notre Dame is the visiting team . . . May 5 . . . it ' s double header day . . . Maxwell doing the mound duty for the Broncos is wild and walks the first four men to face him ... a heavy rain continues to fall . . . the game rolls along . . . the Irish drive eight runs across in the first frame . . . Harvey Clark, Glen Selbo, and John Klecha follow in order and fail to stave off the attack . . . the South Bend nine is out in front to stay. Score: Western 10, Notre Dame 26. The second game contrasts the three-hour opener . . . the Notre Damers score two . . . the Broncos come back to even it up . . . game stands as a tie . . . Notre Dame makes a bee-line for the dressing room ... a pre-game agreement to halt the game at 5:45 is abided by. Score: Western 2, Notre Dame 2. May 11... the Broncos arrive in Chicago . . . seek another victory at the expense of the Maroons . . . the Chicagoans put on a surprise performance . . . Western takes the lead and holds it. Score: Western 2, University of Chicago .0. Tom Urquhart pitcher 153 The same field in Chicago . . . May 12 . . . Illinois Tech affords the opposition . . . Maxwell takes the mound for the Broncos . . . the men from Kazoo get five runs on a series of walks and doubles by Krupa and Brown . . . two more runs . . . the final tally comes in the fifth when Krupa leans into one for the circuit. Score: Western 8, Illinois 0. Bunker Hill . . . May 23 . . . Bunker Hill has too much experience for the Broncos . . . Western fights until three out in the ninth . . . Maxwell pitches with tough luck. Score: Western 2, Bunker Hill 3- May 18-.. The Broncos seek vengeance at South Bend . . . Maxwell is on the hill for the local nine . . . today it ' s all Western . . . the Irish can ' t seem to find the offerings of Maxwell to their liking . . . the game ends with a victory for Western. Score; Western 13, Notre Dame 6. May 1 9 ■ ■ ■ Another day, another game, and another close one . . . Western fails to solve the offerings of Barret . . . Urquhart does a fine job . . . you can ' t win without runs . . . it ' s Notre Dame ' s day. Score: Western 0. Notre Dame 3. Illinois Tech vs. Western at Hyames Field . . . May 26 ... a fine crowd turns out for the contest . . . Urquhart stands on the hill for the Kazoo gang . . . the Illinois nine scores three runs in the afternoon . . . it ' s not enough as the Broncos score eight . . . the entire Western team is on the ball, and puts on a splendid perform- ance afield and at bat. Score: Western 8, Illi- nois Tech 3. As the Brown and Gold went to press Western ' s schedule contained the top quality in the midwest, with four more games remaining to be played: two with Michigan on Memorial Day, one with Central Michigan on June 2nd, and one at Fort Custer on June 5 th. Tom Hill first baseman Glen Selbo third baseman 154 I- i I T s%. h -iWie),,.- tsr v, its 1CHJ iEs; [IGiJ its ' ] kcHli S.%E IICJ J Team Roster Back row, left to right: John Gill, coach, F. DeDecker 2b., J. Mudie cf., J. Brown ss., T. Urquhart, p., G. Selbo 3b., T. Krupa If., C. Maxwell p., H. Throop rf., H. Neilson c, T. Hill lb. Middle row, left to right: L. Peters outfield, J. Klecha p., J. Burgie outfield, F. Christensen infield, H. Foster infield, H. Clarke p., B. Perrin infield. Front row, left to right: A. May cf., J. Marks c, R. Hyames infield, E. Minion outfield, F. Ploucha outfield. Baseball Schedule Western Opponents 5 Michigan 4 1 Michigan 5 19 Chicago 2 5 Fort Custer 2 3 Northwestern 5 Northwestern 2 10 Notre Dame 26 2 Notre Dame 2 (5 innings) 2 Chicago 8 Illinois Tech 13 Notre Dame 6 2 Bunker Hill 3 8 Illinois Tech 2 ♦Double headers 155 1944 -1945 SEASON A scrappy Bronco aggregation is set back by Bennie Oosterbaan ' s five . . . December 2 . . . it ' s U. of M. ' s night as the boys from Ann Arbor hit the hoop in the second half . . . Harder, Michigan ' s substitute guard, scores nineteen points . . . Western falls behind . . . Freshman Don Groggel makes four buckets from out court, and a charity toss to pace the Broncos . . . there ' s the gun . . . Score Michigan 46, Western 34. Western ' s lineup is revamped for en- counter with Brooklyn college at Madison Square Garden . . . fans give the Broncos a great hand . . . New York sports columnists write favorably about Western ' s showing . . . The boys from Kazoo come home with a well- earned victory under their belts . . . Welton stays ahead in the Bronco scoring . . . It ' s Western all the way to the final gun . . . Score 58 to 52. The Broncos are at home . . . December 16 Michigan takes away all of the honors . . . score at the half looks good . . . Michigan returns after the intermission to lick the Broncos . . . Score 50 to 35. Western journeys to Evanston, 111., to engage the Wildcats . . . Northwestern, with the accurate Shadier, has too much and comes out on the top side . . . the Broncos ' Glen Selbo puts on a show of his own and hits for 20 points . . . Score 54 to 46. December 20 . . . Bunker Hill ' s Naval Air Station moves into Kalamazoo for its clash with the Broncos . . . Bunker ' s hard-court crew has a lot of experience and polish . . . Perrin and Buscher lead the spring and the fans are happy . . . Miasek, ex-Detroit Eagle professional sews the game up for the lads from the Air Station . . . Bunker Hill just has too much all-around strength . . . Score 60 to 46. Bask The Broncos fight back . . . Jan- uary 5 . . . Central Michigan is the vic- tim . . . the Chippewas hold close and push Western all of the way ... the Broncos drive ahead in the fading minutes, and stay there . . . Score 49 to 40. Don Groggel Harold Retan Ralph Welton Tom Krupa Bill Perrin It ' s January 6, and Western goes up into Milwaukee territory to take the fight out of the Marquette lads . . . Don Groggel stars, but leaves game with a bad sprain ... a blow to the Broncos . . . it ' s nip and tuck all the way . . . Western gets the decision . . . Score 48 to 45. Kellogg Field previously beaten at Western 45 to 33 . . . the ball is in the air . . . it ' s a slow start . . . substitutes report for the Broncos ... A comfortable lead is lost . . . the regulars fail to hold Kellogg momentarily . . . the lead is big and Western wins . . . Score 54 to 46. Ray Louthen atball Western tries to make it four in a row, as Alma ' s Basketeers arrive . . . Buscher, Selbo and Welton are hot and lead the Bronco attack ... a steady pace keeps the Alma boys at a distance and the game comes to an end . . . It ' s the Broncos again . . . Score 49 to 36. Boasting a winning percentage. Western makes a trip to Valparaiso . . . Schoon and Dille have too much to offer the Broncos . . . Valpo sings the song of victory ... a fighting Bronco quintet holds the short end of the score . . . the game is over . . . Score 43 to 53. Western downs the hustling Assumption college . . . score at the half is 31 to 30 . . . Western in front ... a see-saw scuffle continues into the second half . . . Selbo hits often as the Broncos buck . . . every man in the Bronco lineup tallies . . . Assumption is snowed under . . . Score 69 to 50. The Bluejackets have too much for the Broncos . . . January 27 . . . Western makes a poor showing and trails . . . the one-sided affair belongs to the Navy . . . Score 72 to 35. Western plays Alma at the cubby-hole court at Alma . . . the Broncos have some hard luck with the transportation . . . their luck on the court is different, as they carry the scoring . . . another notch in the Bronco win-belt . . . Score 56 to 37. Wild and ' woolly battle at Western ' s gym . . . Marquette is in town with determination for a victory and spares no strength . . . Western pushes the scoring ... A fourteen point lead of Marquette is whittled down . . . the gun robs the Broncos of this one . . . Score 52 to 50. McGuire and company, comprising the Great Lakes outfit, hand Western a defeat . . . long set shots fall through the net as the Navy score grows . . . the Broncos fail to ward off the attack . . . the noise is for Lakes from Illinois, as they take all of the bacon back to their barracks . . . Score 38 to 57. Central Michigan plays host to Western . . . Chippewas have the heavy end of the 157 John Buscher Glen Selbo Walt Lamishka score . . . the Broncos stay in the fight . . . another score for Central . . . another . . . it ' s Central . . . this game makes it even-steven between the two clubs . . . Score 46 to 56. Western ' s season comes to a close . . . Valparaiso brings a fast offense to Kalamazoo . . . the Broncos can ' t hit enough . . . Dille is held in check, still Valpo tallies ... and wins . . . Score 58 to 70. Season ' s total, eight victories, seven defeats. Letter Award Winners Don Groggel, Tom Krupa, Ralph Welton, Walt Lamishka, Glen Selbo, Bill Perrin, John Buscher, Ray Louthen. Bill Perrin Ralph Welton Don Groggel Harold Retan John Buscher Team Roster Standing left to right: Clayton Maus, B squad coach, T. Krupa, g., R. Louthen g., R. Welton f., A. Dow c, W. Lamishka c, G. Selbo c, B. Perrin f., Herbert Buck Read, coach. Sitting left to right: J. Buscher f., D. Hess f., J. Stevens f., J. Scoubus g., D. Groggel f., D. Ponjolic f., H. Retan g. On the floor: M. Brovi n f., D. Vandergeist g. Varsity Basketball Schedule 1944-45 Western Opponents Kellogg Field 45 33 Michigan 34 46 Brooklyn 58 50 Michigan 35 50 Northwestern 54 68 Bunker Hill 46 61 Central Michigan 49 40 Marquette 48 45 Kellogg - 54 36 159 Western Opponents Alma 49 36 Valparaiso 43 53 Assumption 69 50 Great Lakes 39 72 Alma 56 37 Marquette 50 52 Great Lakes 38 57 Central Michigan 46 66 Valparaiso 58 70 Jf m J iL jm ' ■ I . ff ji j - y - Back row, 1. to r.: Bob Bloomer, Steve Stackpole, Allen Dow, Bill Hann, Bill Haidler, Dave Hess, Jack McCullaugh, Lee McQuiston. Center row, 1. to r.: Ralph Welton, Ray Bailey, Jim Bakken, Jake Horter, John Faulkner, Ed Sedorchuk, Coach Roy Weitz. Front row, 1. to r.: Mike Steger, Al Knapp, Bill Moore, Casimir Ryniak, Norm Scott, Frank Brandt, Bob Ziehlke. Western ' s 1945 track team climaxed a successful season by outscoring Michigan State in the State Intercollegiate Meet at East Lansing on May 12 to win their first State track title since 1930. Sparked by Bill Moore and Bill Porter, two of the outstanding stars of a well-balanced Bronco team, Western topped a field of seven teams with 681 points, 11 more than the host team, Michigan State. Miami University of Ohio, led by Harold, Whitey Fisher, one of the outstanding hurdlers in the country, proved to be the Bronco ' s keenest opponents in the relay meets, as the Ohioans edged out Western for the team championship of the Purdue relays for the Tr rifeo second straight year, and then duplicated their feat in the Drake relays as they kept the Broncos from defending their College division championship. The team participated in only one dual meet in the indoor season, losing by a 70-30 score to a strong Notre Dame team at South Bend on February 4. Bill Porter, who was unable to compete during the rest of the indoor season because of a foot infection, was the high scorer of this meet as he took firsts in the 60-yard dash and both hurdle events. ack In the first dual meet of the outdoor season, the Broncos trounced Bowling Green Univer- sity, 102-20, thus avenging the 74-53 defeat at the Falcon ' s hands in the 1944 season. No outstanding marks were recorded in this meet because of the inclement weather, but Bill Moore vaulted 13 feet, 41 2 inches to break the Waldo Stadium record in that event. The old mark was an even 13 feet, and had been set by Walter Farmer of Western in 1938. Meets remaining on the Bronco ' s schedule at the time the Brown and Gold went to press are as follows: Saturday, May 19 — Dual meet at Oxford, Ohio, with Miami University. Saturday, May 26 - Dame at Kalamazoo. Dual meet with Notre Saturday, June 2 — Central Collegiate Con- ference Meet at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Saturday, June 9 — National Intercollegiate Meet at Milwaukee, Wis. Bill Moore — A. A. U. Champion The oustanding feature of the track season was the record-breaking performances of Bill Moore, Navy trainee from Logansport, Ind., who won the A. A. U. indoor pole vault championship with a jump of 13 feet, 61 inches. Moore ' s best indoor performance of the year was in the Knights of Columbus meet at Cleveland, where he cleared 13 feet, 11 inches. He was named the outstanding indi- vidual performer at the annual Drake Relay meet after he had come within one-sixteenth of an inch of equalling the meet record in the pole vault. Moore ' s jun p of 14 feet even was the outstanding feature of the entire meet. 161 f ' i00 3 i l ' lii i ck row, 1. to r.: Eric Yops, Al Milliard, George Schreck. Front row: Bill Pfarr, John Atkins, Seymour Grundy, Hall Retan. Tennis Coach Frank Householder started his twelfth season as Western ' s tennis coach without a single player of collegiate experience available. As a result, the 1945 tennis team had a losing record, the third time in twelve seasons that Western has failed to turn out a winning team. Hal Retan, V-12 trainee from Lansing, quickly established himself as the outstanding player on the team, and he played in the num- ber one position for most of the season. Shortly after the Bronco ' s first win of the season, over Grand Rapids junior college, Retan was trans- ferred by the Navy and John Atkins of Madi- son, Wisconsin, up to that time the number two man, moved up to the top position. In order of their ranking behind Atkins, the remaining single players were Al Hilliard, Bill Pfaff, Seymour Grundy, and George Schreck. Atkins and Hilliard teamed up for the number one doubles combination, with Pfaff and Grundy forming the number two team. Eric Yops and Schreck played the number three doubles when three double matches were played. The Broncos had a record of but one win in six starts, and two matches remained on the schedule as the Brown and Gold went to press, these being with Grand Rapids junior college at Grand Rapids on May 25, and with Central Michigan at Kalamazoo on June 2. April 20, at Kalamazoo: Western. ......0; Purdue 7 April 28, at South Bend: Western... ...1; Notre Dame . 8 May 8, at Ann Arbor: Western 0; Michigan 9 May 11, at Kalamazoo: Western 4; Grand Rapids JC 3 May 15, at Evanston: Western 0; Northwestern 4 May 19, at Kalamazoo: Western 1; Wayne 8 162 Golf The 1945 golf team was unable to have its picture ta ken for the Brown and Gold, but Coach Fred Huif ' s squad was on its way to a fairly successful season at the time the Brown and Gold went to press. With a record of two wins and two losses in their first four meets, the golfers had but one more match definitely scheduled, with Michigan at Ann Arbor on June 2. After dropping their opening match to Mich- igan ' s powerful team, 17I 2 Vl ' Broncos turned the tables on Illinois Tech and defeated the Techawks by the same score. They split even in a three-way dual meet at Chicago with Tech and Lawrence College of Wisconsin, losing to Lawrence, 7-5, and beating Tech again by an identical score, 7-5. The Men ' s Gym — place of games, practice, hard work and excitement. Hyames Stadium, jammed with Navy and civilian spectators, resounds with the W yell as Western crashes through for a w inning touchdow n. 163 This completes your 1945 Brown and Qold and another year at Western. Before you close the covers of the book, however, we ' d like to remind you that advertisements, even though they ' re not very poetic or in- spirational, play an important part in mak- ing your annual possible. It is because of the additional advertising in this book that we were able to include some of the extra snapshots and color pages . . . Show your appreciation to these merchants by patron- izing their stores and products. The Staff 164 w ' : ' ' ' wF?wii: mmm nF7 A A. M. Todd Company 173 Ann Arbor Trust Company 182 Arctic Sealtest Ice Creana....l89 Atlas Press 178 Aunt Katie ' s Shoppe 173 B Bard Steel Mill Sup. Co. 189 Barker ' s Drug 185 Baxter ' s Launderers Cleaners 181 Bermingham Prosser Co. 176 Bestervelt ' s Food Stores 188 Brundage Company 177 Burdick Hotel 191 C Cade ' s Food Shop 189 Cheerio 175 Chocolate Shop 181 Cleenwerck Sons 184 Consumer ' s Power Co 174 Consumer ' s Sand Gravel Co 188 D Doubleday Brothers Co. 169 Economy Cleaners 191 Electric Construction Machinery Co 174 First National Trust Co F Bank Gilmore Brothers 184 Goodrich Candy Company 171 H Henry Upjohn 185 Hermans Drug 188 Holly ' s Grill 191 Home Furnishing Company 188 Howard J. 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A 188 165 Educational Opportunities Exceptional Opportunities are offered high school graduates to continue their education whether they seek a teaching career or some profession for which a fine foundation may be procured in the General Degree or Pre-Professional Courses. Accelerated programs are available in all fields, making graduation possible in three years thus giving the Nation an additional quota of young people to make up for the shortages in nearly all fields of endeavor, as peace again comes to the world or greater demands come to the college trained youth by their government. Emergency Courses such as Vocational Aviation Mechanics, radio, various Industrial Arts Courses, the Secretarial Course and others may be obtained in the ordinary or accelerated programs. Special courses are also offered for those who wish to prepare for special branches of the Military Service. Western Michigan is unusually well equipped to give the service and efficiency needed in the educational field in these trying days. It is able to do this because of its splendid physical equipment and the high standard achieved and main- tained by its faculty. WESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION PAUL V. SANGREN JOHN C. HOEKJE President Registrar bb The Upjohn Company Fine Pharmaceuticals Since 1886 KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN ENJOY DAILY Compliments of SCHENSUL ' S VALUES SCHENSUL ' S QUALITY NEUMODE HOSIERY SCHENSUL ' S SERVICE Dependable wear in every pair Michigan ' s Finest Cafeteria 102 S. Burdick Phcne 2-8792 167 H eres to C ol ege Life! Westcrn s Campus Store 168 WALWOOD HALL Western Michigan College Your UNION BUILDING and SOCIAL CENTER In War or Peace We are here to serve you while you are here in school and after your college days are over. Specialists in Forms and Records jor schools, banks, and county, city, township and village oifices DOUBLEDAY BROS. 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With the realization of this comes a new valuation of the part electricity plays in modern life. With each minute clipped off by an electrical operation, comes more leisure, more recreation, more time to find real joy in living. Modern people, know- ing this, never use antiquated methods in doing anything that can be done electrically. l 6ifft6if ' H4f 6 , , , the person who does the work electricity will do is working for less than one cent per hour. CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY 174 FISHING ' S FINE We Build for Victory FOR ALL THE FAMILY ii ith Shakespeare ' s INGERSOLL STEEL DISC THUMBLESS WONDEREEL DIVISION Long Casts, No Backlashes Borg-Warner Corp. No Thumbing Kalamazoo, Michigan SHAKESPEARE COMPANY KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN John C. Klosterman Company CHEERIO 901-911 Portage St. At KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN The Foot of the Trolley Wholesale Distrihitlor of Dinners Lunches Sandwiches Gifts Cosmetics Nationally Advertised CIGARS, PIPES, CANDIES SWING ROOM Open Nightly FOUNTAIN SUPPLIES C. E. 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FULL OPPORTUNITY FOR MECHANICAL TALENT The war has taught America many things. Now, more than ever, we realize the impor- tance of educated hands as well as trained minds. As a result, vocational educators everywhere are planning to step up the ratio of machine tools to students as rapidly as possible so that individual progress in all stages of development will not be impeded. The photograph above shows an example of thoughtful shop planning. One lathe is stripped for use with a chuck, another is set-up for straight turning, while a third is pro- vided for advance practice. As the instructor states, This is our set-up to save student time. We have 53-minute periods, so we can use plenty of teaching aids. The demands for greater mechanical skills will continue after the war if America ' s progress is to be maintained. 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ONTlAC B pyl O School Publication Division six-szx -west van buren street, chicago 7, illinois 190 BURDICK HOTEL HOLLY ' S Kalamazoo ' s Best JUST WONDERFUL FOOD Fireproof Construction Air Conditioned 250 ROOMS 128 E. MICHIGAN in the very heart oj the city 618 W. MICHIGAN Most of the fellows at Western Buy Clothing and Furnishings at KOOI-KNAPPER CO. 128 North Burdick Street Because we give them better values. Tell your friends about us, please Better Class Dry Cleaning Garments Cleaned by the Economy Stay Cleaned Longer. FIVE STORES ECONOMY CLEANERS G04 SOUTH WESTNEDGE Phone 3-1317 191 This fine hook is from the presses of MERCHANTS MERCHANTS PUBLISHING COMPANY A Complete Service Phone 2-1523 Kalamazoo, Michigan 19-2 Frosh Be Nimble Sophomores Quick, Leo ' s Juniors are very slick, Our Back to School fashions make ensigns fall. For Seniors cute or stately tall. 193 STUDENT INDEX A Adams, Carolyn 37, 124 Adams, Martha 37, 126, 127 Addington, Ellen 47, 110, 111 Adrianson, J. Thomas 110 Agar, Mary 61, 126 Akom, Maxine 61 Albertson, Enid 61 Albertson, Robert 141 Albright, Madelaine 120 Allen, Mildred 37 Alman, Mary 120 Altman, Sam 130, 141 Alwood, Jeanne 61, 112 Amey, Mary 55, 97, 125 Anderson, Jacqueline 47 Anderson, Shirley 55 Andrews, Helen 61, 125 Andrews, Marian 120 Arnett, Elaine HO, HI Ash, Phyllis 61, 88, 111 Atkinson, Ann 126 Auble, Jean 55 Aungst, Frances 37, 84, 134 Austin, C. Grey 37, 80 Austin, Lillian 61, 128 Austin, Lois 55, 89 Auten, Edna 47, 118 Babinec, Marie 47, 136 Backer, Ann 61 Badgley, Mary 95 Bagnall, Carlene 47, 80, 88, 124, 133 Bailey, Dorothy 110. Ill, 126 Bailey, Julia 61 Baker, Frances 55 Baker, Margaret 55, 110, HI Bamborough, Carolyn 47, HO. Ill Bangerter, Ruth 37, 93, 103, 137 Barber, Ray 37 Barlow, Dorothy 55 Barlow, Phyllis 61 Barnes, Priscilla 61 Barnes, Richard 61 Barry. Marie 61 Bartlett, Barbara 37 Bartlett, V 122 Bartoo, LeRoy 101 Bauer, Leona 55 Baxter, Cleora 120 Beachum, Bernice 120 Beard, Nancy 120 Becker, Pearl 61 Belden. Norrine 54, 55, 108, 136 Belland, Beverly 5 5 Bemis, Lucette 124 Bennett, Gladys 37, 106, 125 Bennett, Jane 55, 110 Bennett, Joan 61 Bennett, Maribeth 55, 87, 94, 109, 125 Bennett, Mary Jo 55, 99, 114, 138 Bentley, Betty 47, 87, 90, 133 Berger, Catherine 94 Bergeron, Bernette 47, 107 Berry, Joan 61, 113 Bestervelt, Shirley 61 Bigelow, Melvin 78 Billmgs, Gladys 37 BiUington, Alice 61 Billion, LaVone 61, 106, 107 Bingman, Patty 61 Birch, Gussie 61 Bird, Beth 37 Bishop, Elizabeth 61 Bishop, Robert 135, 141 Bishop, Virginia 94 Blair, Madge 47, 126 Blake, Jean 120 Blalock, Shirley 102, 103 Blanchard, Rosemary.. ..47, 106 Blossom, Gene 141 Blyveis, Rose 61 Boekello, Shirley Ann 37, 78, 89, 106, 133 Boettcher, Evelyn 47, 80, 86, 137 Boezwinkle, Beth 55 Bogen, Alice 55, 125 Borden, Carol 61 Borgman, Betty 37 Borton, Marilynn 120 Bosker, Eleanor 61 Bottger, Evelyn 47, 107 Bourner, Virginia 61 Bouwens, Jeanette 37 Bo wen, Elizabeth 55 Bowman, Barbara 54, 55, 134 Bowman, Ethel 37 Bowyer, Lurlene 55 Boyce, Marjory 61 Boyes, Joan 55 Brailsford, Audrey 55 Brandt, Frank 160 Brandt, Freda 47 Brazee, Glenna 55, 111 Brecken, Case Ill Brenner, Wilma 55, 101, 103 Bridges, Ellyn 37, 129 Brisbin, Pearl 55 Britton, L. Jane 61, 110, 111 Britton, Nancy 61, 86 Broder, Helen 55 Brown, Dolores 55 Brown, Dorothy 47, 99 Brown, Jane 37, 110 Brown, Virginia 61 Brozovich, Irene 47 Bryan, Eunice 37 Buck, Lois 97 Buehler, Kathryn 47 Burnett, Rosemary 61 Burgoyne, Robert 55, 87, 89, 112, 141 Burns, Helen 55 Burton, Keith 1 12 Buss, Mildred 55 Butler, Mary Lou 62, 109 Cabbage, Mary 135 Caldwell, Elizabeth 82 Callaghan, Mary 110 Cameron, Dorothy 128 Canine, Barbara 120 Carley, Geraldine 47, 117 earner, Kathleen 37, 36 Carpenter, Kathleen 62, 126 Carter, Forrest 90 Caulkms, J 120 Chadderdon, Lewis 55, 110 Chalapis, Minerva 55 Chamberlain, Jane 55 Champion, Bonnie 62 Champion, Marguerite 47, 137 Champlin, Ruth 98, 86 Chapman, Esther 62, 125 Childs, Helen 38, 123 Chisholm, Patricia 100 Christenson, Beverley 62, 126 ChristofF, Catherine 38, 87, 126 Clark, Anne 38, 95 Clark, James 46, 48, 80, 110, 141 Clark, Marilyn 62 Clarke, Jane 55 Claypool, Rosemary 56, 87, 99 Cloney, Colleen 56, 132 Cloney, Patricia 56 Clouse, Lois 38 Coash, Genevieve 62 Cockburn, Daphne 62 Conklin, Louise 56 Connors, Emmett 118 Conrad, Carma 56 Cook, Jane 62 Cook, Laura 48 Cook, Phyllis 56, 111 Cook, Valare 62 Cordier, Doris 38 Correll, Frieda 62, 90 Cortright, Margaret 38, 100, 102, 115 Covey, Jane 62, 98, 129 Crandall, Connie 38 Crandell, Geraldine 103 Crapple, Eleanor 38, 90, 106, 124 Creagan, Mary 56, 95 Crume, Sally 103 Cummings, Mary J. 56, 87, 99 Curtis, Helen....56, 82, 80, 99 Cynar, Jeanne 56, 98, 139 D Dahlgren, Betty 62, 113 Dale, Doris 62, 99, 126 Danielson, Virginia 62 Darling, Larry 56, 90 Davenport, Lucille 56 Davidson, Ruby 38 Davis, Donna 62 Dawe, Margery 48, 80, 87, 93, 133 Day, Loralee i 62 Decker, Alyce 38, 123 DeForest, Margaret 38, 109 DeKraker, Charlotte 62 DeLaRue, Margaret 38 Dennis, Audrey 48, 110, 111 Dethmers, Lois 62 Dewey, Nurma Jean 62 DeYoung, Marjorie 38, 106 Dieckman, David 86 Ditmar, Gertrude 38, 110, 111 Dodd, Joan 48 Dodd, Mary Ellen 48, 80, 86, 93, 133 Dodgson, Ardis 62 Doering, Janet 87, 136 Doolittle, Geraldine 62, 125 Doornbos, Jeanette 109 Downs, Weltha 122 Dresser, Robert 38, 141 Dribbin, Goldie 38, 106 Drumm, Betty Lou 62, 129 DuBois, Merabel....38, ,106, 107 DuMouchel, Richard 113 Dunkelberger, Richard 130 Dunlap, Marjorie 62 Durecky, Doris 56, 128 Earl, Betty 56, 80, 84, 101, 134 Eddy, K. Joan 62, 111 Eddy, Elaine 54, 56, 80, 82, 132 Edgell, Margaret 56 Edsall, Sue 56, 122 Edward, Phyllis 56, 95 194 STUDENT INDEX Eggert, Gerald 78, 110 Egolf, Elaine 38, 106 Eichholtz, Leola 48, 124, 125 Eldridge, Mary 46, 87, 93, 109, 132 Elenbaas, Margaret 38, 84, 95, 106, 110, 134 Ellinger, Carol 62, 87, 110, 111 EUinger, Herbert 56 Elliott, Norman 56 Emig, Ellen 62 Emmert, Lorna 62 Emmick, Sara 62 Erler, Dorothy 48, 126, 127 Erway, Joan 39 Eshouse, Betty 48, 110 Eubank, Roberta 39, 93 Everhart, Douglas 62, 141 F Falan, Janette 62 Falkner, August 160 Falvey, Maxine 109 Farrell, Mae 115 Farrell, Margaret 48, 129 Farthing, Ellen 48, 90 Fastenrath, Robin 117 Ferguson, Melba 62 Fields, Don 56 Finan, Jeanne 63 Finley, Margaret 63 Fisher, Mary 63 Fisher, Yvonne 39, 80, 81, 82 Flym, Claire 39, 103, 106 Fonger, Marjean....56, 103, 125 Fosdick, Dorothy 63 Foster, Jeanne 56, 98, 122 Foster, Margaret 39 Francisco, Ethel 56 Frans, Katherine 48, 106 Frays, Marjorie 110, 111 Frazier, Gene....39, 87, 106, 122 Frederick, Shirley 129 French, Barbara 48, 139 French, Eleanor 56 French, Lucille 48, 99, 102 Freytag, Helen 94 Fritz, Patricia 48, 86 Fuller, Louise 39, 83, 93, 110, HI, 112, 139 Funk, Ellen 63, HO, 111 Gage, Barbara 63 Garlick, Beverly 63, 114 Garlick, Marylou 56 Garnett, Marie 39 Geldhof, Merrie 48 George, Charles 56, 110, 111, 112 Gilbert, Kathleen 100 Gillett, Jean 48, 90, 124 Gillette, Mary 125 Godfrey, Barbara 63 Gold, Betty 39, 103, 109, 120, 137 Golden, Florence 86 Goodrich, Janet 89, 109, 110, HI Gordon, Gerry 56 Graham, Rose 39, 124 Grauman, Wanda 119, 120 Greenhoe, Dorothy 56 Greenman, Ruth 48, 110 Grenell, Lois 126 Griffith, June 49, 106 Gumpert, Grace 86 H Hacker, Pauline 49, 109, 117, 138 Hackley, Donna 56 Hadjisky, Margaret 39 Hahn, Lois 110, HI Hahn, Vera 125 Hall, Ann 56 Hall, Eleanor 49 HamiU, Ellen 49 Hamming, Norren 103 Hammond, Aldamae 39, 108, 109 Hampton, WiUo 109, HI Hamstra, Donna 39, 118 Hansmass 1 10 Harfert, Ida 49 Harmon, Helen 57, 109 Harper, Pat 57 Harrington, Paula Ill, 117 Harris, Freda 49 Hart, Barbara 63 Hartman, Margaret..63, 114, 121 Haskins, Helen 57 Haslett, Janet 126 Hastings, Jean 39 Haughtling, A 120 Hausserman, Marguerite 99 Haver, Dawn 118 Hawkins, Barbara 57, 133 Heatlie, Maxine 63 Heidanus, Stanley 63 Henderson, Doris 63 Henry, Elinor 63 Herrmann, Rosemary 39, 106, 115 Hervey, Lois 36, 39, 93, 135 Heselschwerdt, Joyce 63 Heskett, Beverly 63 Hessey, Marguerite 63 Hickman, Joyce 40, 110, 111, 114 Hicks, Donald 63 Hicks, Shirley 40, 90, 136 Hill, Jean 121 Hill, Marjorie 49 Hill, Shirley 49, 93 Hill, Tom 130 Hiscock 115 Hiscutt, Margaret 49 Hocker, Alberta 40, 103, 106 Hodge, William 63 Holcomb, Carmen 63 Holden, Marianne 63 Holmes, Barbara 40 Holtom, Harriet 63, 121 Hoi torn, Marjorie 122 Holton, Betty 137 Hopkins, Muriel Kay 63, 98, 128 Hopkins, Virginia 63 Houghen, A 120 Hougom, Patricia 57, 98, 99, 112, 122 Houts, Norma 64 Howard, Eleanor 64 Howe, Evelyn 98, 109 Huffsteter, Raymond 130 Hughart, Helen 57, 125 Huizenga, Florence 57, 90 Humphreys, Betty 64, 125 Humphries, B. Jean 49 Hunsberger, Martha 64 Hunt, Betty, J 40, 129 Huntley, Helen 124 Huntoon, Edward 40, 130 Hurley, Beverly 64 Hyde, George 40, 130 I Imperi, Irene 57 J Janiak, Angeline 40, 124 Jackson, Virginia 40, 123 Jarvis, Aldean 64 Jenkins, Betty 60 Jenkins, Joan 57 Jesson, Doris 95 Johnson, Carol 36, 40, 106, 135 Johnson, Marion 40 Johnson, Mary 123 Johnson, Norma 57, 136 Jolman, Betty 57 Jones, Gladys 40, 84 Jones, Mary 64 Julius, Marianne.. ..40, 124, 133 K Kalke, Elaine 60, 64, 98, 102, 111 Kanable, Irene 120 Kane, Barbara 49, 87, 111, 115 Karbadon, Frances 100, 103 Karnemaat, John 114, 118 Karsten, Enid 40, 98 Kearney, Mary F 57, 122 Kees, Geraldine 64 Kelley, Erald 49 Kelly. Alice 40, 84, 93, 98, 109, 132 Kenmotsu, Thomas 40 Keros, Alice 64 Kerr, Priscilla 57 Kiewiet, Joan 120 Kimball, Wanda 64 Kimble, J 120 King, Wanda 125 Kingscott, Patricia 57 Kircher, Caroline 126 Kishpaugh, Richard 87, 130 Kitchell, June 57 Klatte, Helen 40 Klein, Jean 64 Klenk, Edith 57, 115, 118, 135 Knapp, Janeth 64 Knickerbocker, Norma 57 Knox, Jeanne 64, 99 Koch, Doris 64, 107 Koebel, Marjorie 64 Kolch, Dorthea 139 Kolkema, Doris 57 Kooistra, Phyllis 64 Kools, Elizabeth 49, 98, 107 Kortes, Jean 64 Kosa, Julia 103 Kowalczyk, Leona 57 Kraft, Leona 98 Krupa, Tom 88, 141 Kubsch, Flora 93, 117 Kuemple, Adele 110, 111 Kuhtic, Edward 114 Kunkel, Ruth 49 Kurtz, Evelyn 57, 79, 94, 136 Kwast, Virgil 49 Kyger, Mary 49 L Ladyman, Wilma 40, 87, 126 Lake, Patricia 64, 110, 111 Lane, Lois 64, 90 195 STUDENT INDEX Lange, Joan 64, 102 Latsch, Helen 129 Latter, Joyce 120 Lavender, Jeanne 45 Lawson, Lois 41, 123 Lawton, Mary 41, 126 Leahy, Dick 150 Leedy, Mildred 110, 111 Leland, Florence 128 Lemere, Delina 57 Leverenz, LaRue 64 Lewis, Beatrice 64 Lewis, Dolores 41 Lewis, Mildred 57, HI, 121 Lindberg, Kathleen 64 Lixvar, Betty 49, 87, 103, 139 Loewe, Betty 50 Longstreet, Norma 41 Loode, Jeanette 50 Loveless, Melba 41 Loverin, Laurajane 57, 112 Lovett, Myrtle 64 Lower, Marion 50, 100 Lubbers, Goldie 64, 125 Lucas, Jerry 130 Lugar, Marjorie 64 Lymburner, Coral 57, 95 M McAleer, Barbara 41 McBride, Marion 65, 125 McCaul, Eleanor 65 McConnell, Ardelle 41, 93 McCormick, Elizabeth....57, 122 McCormick, Mary 123 McCreight, James 65, 130 McDonnell, Patricia 41, 106 McGregor, Joan 57, 122 McGregor, Margarette 41 McGregor, K 128 McKinnon, Suzanne 41, 80, 84, 126, 127 McNally, Mary 65 MacGrayne, Janet 64 MacMiUan, Barbara..57, 98, 114 Madden, Bene 120 Mahrle, Delores 64 Mains, Beth 64 Maki, Martha 64, 125 Malewitz, Phyllis 41 Maloney, Robert 118 Maltby, Jeanne 64 Marcelletti, Florence... .41, 83 86 Marr, Audrey 65 Marrley, D 125 Marsh, Doris 131 Martin, Charlotte 126 Martinson, Mavis 50, 86, 115, 139 Mason, Mary Ann 57 Matheodakis, Agapy 65, 98 Matteo, Alice 65 Matt i mo re, Rosemarie 57 Maurer, Marilyn 65, 89 May, Arthur 150 Mayer, Patricia 65, 109 Mayfield, Jane 120 Maynard, Marion 41, 112 Melin, Melissa 41, 90, 98, 120, 138 Mell, Marjorie 57 Mellon, Joyce 41 Meritt, Hilda 65 Michen, Suzanna 50, 109, 110, 114, 139 Mikota, Helen 113 Milanowski, Rita 41 Millar, Patricia 65, 99 Miller, Dorothy 41, 106 Miller, Evelyn 65 Miller, Marion 65 Milliman, Mary 110 Mills, Elizabeth 98 Mills, Joan 50, 90 Minion, Lee 141 Minnard, Betty 57 Misner, Betty 58 Moerdyk, Elizabeth 126 Mohney, Dorothy 41, 84 Monroe, Evelyn 58 Morrison, Jean 50, 86, 90, 93, 116, 132 Morrison, S. Patricia 65 Morton, Joanne 58 Moul, Barbara 58 Moxon, Virginia 42 Muhlenberg, Glenda 42 Mulder, Marian 42, 115 Mull ins, Jeanne 58 Mummaw, Mary Jane 65 Myers, Shirley 57, 111 N Newton, Phyllis 121 Newton, Shirley 42, 65 Noble, Marjorie 58, 99 Norris, Gloria 65 Noteboom, Marilyn 120, 121 Oas, Ann 65, 86, 100 Oaster, Velma 60, 115 Oberd ' ofer, Jane 50 Oberdofer, Julie 50 O ' Brien, Dorothy 65 Odren, Joan 58 Olds, Betty 65 Olds, Mary 42 Olsen, Dorothy 106 Oman, Florence 42, 84, 99, 124, 125 Ornowski, Elizabeth 65, 125 Ott, William 65 Outley, Marvellee 65 Overbeek, Betty 65 Overby, Juanita 65, 128 Owen, JoAnn 120 Owens, Lucille 65 P Packard, Dorothy 65 Paddock, Dorcas 42, 139 Panzl, Helen 65 Parker, Marian 42, 98, 126 Parks, Genevieve....42, 106, 128 Parrish, Clevetta 58, 101 Parrott, Peg 42, 80, 84, 93, 128, 134 Patterson, Lois 109 Paulsen, Fayette 58, 128 Pawlowski, Delores 58 Peck, Marjorie 42 Peterman, Anita 58, 80 Phebus, Donovan 58, 141 Phillips, Virginia 58 Phillips, Vivian 65, 90 Pierce, Nancy 58 Pionke, Rose 58 Plummer, Virginia 42, 126 Poelakker, Donna 65, 125 Pope, Maxine 102 Potter, Janet 65 Pratt, Alice 65, 109 Preston, Ruth 42 Primeau, Jeanne 58, 90 Proud, Eleanor.. 58, Pyle, Jean Ill, 136 50 Quick, Barbara 120 R Raabe, Jean 58, 122 Radwanski, Ann ..50, 95 Ramsey, June 66 Ramthun, Jeanette 66 Rand, Barbara 66 Ranta, June 58, 129 Rasmussen, Bertha 66, 128 Rau, Gertrude... .50, 95, 125, 126 Rayburn, Willo 66, 103 Reecher, Doris 58 Reed, Joyce 90 Reesor, Marjorie.. ..42, 126, 127 Reid, Geraldine 66 Rensenhouse, Dorothy 42, 93 Rentner, Betty 66, 87 Rhodes, Helen 42, 114 Rich, Anna B 42 Richmond, Clara 100, 127 Ringle, Helen 66, 109, 129 Roach, Eileen 120 Robertson, Thelma 43, 133 Roe, Robert 58 Roels, Myrabelle 58 Rogers, Dorothy 59, 84, 95, 111 Rogers, Mary 58 Rogers, Virginia 58 Rohde, Mary Anne 66 Roof, Margaret 112 Rooney, Mary 66 Root, William 66, 112 Rorabach, Lee 66, 86, 100 Rose, Dorothy 50, 103 Royal, Janet....50, 89, ,108, 107 Royce, Jean 58 Rozeboom, Kathryn 127 Russell, Mildred 31, 43 Ryniak, Casimir 130, 160 Ryskamp, Wyllis 128 Sabo, Jilonne 66, 128 Sager, Ruth 58, 125 Salamun, Joseph 90 Salisbury, Barbara 66 Sankofski, Helen 50 Sargent, Marjorie 58 Sassman, Gloria 58, 93 Savage, Joyce 120 Sawmiller, Gloria 58 Scales, Garnet-Jane 66 Schaap, Marilyn 66 Schaap, Marion 66 Schaeffer 66, 98, 129 Schantz, Joyce 66 Schneider, Jean 43 Schneider, Norma 99 Schnoor, Elfriede 43, 93, 103, 106 Schnoor, Ruth 43, 93, 93, 115, 116 Schreer, Freda 66, 125 Schregardus, Lucille 51 Schultz, Betty....43, 80, 114, 132 Schultz Helen 43, 124, 133 Schultz, Phyllis 120 Scott, Barbara 66 Scott, Lillian 51, 115 Scranton, Geraldine 43 196 STUDENT INDEX Seger, Loanda 66, 125 Serapert, Jeanne 118 Shane, Barbara 101 Shannon, Barbara 59, 90 Shaw, Donna 59, 125 Shaw, Gareth Lynn 112 Sheldon, Ruth 59 Shepard, Lowell 66 Shoemaker, Lois 120 Shugars, Eleanor 66 Sibson, Loran 51, 100 Silbersack, Betty 58, 122 Silverthorn, Bette 43, 110 Sinclair, Mary 66 Skidmore, C. Jacque 66 Skinner, Marilyn 51, 115, 90, 138 Slapinski, Jean 54, 59, 94, 101, 133 Slattery, Gerald 103, 118 Slocum, Wanita 66 Slover, Beverly 66, 126 Smeltzer, Marjorie 66 Smith, Betty L 43, 138 Smith, Beverly E 129 Smith, Donna J 67 Smith, Edna L Ill Smith, Eleanor B 59 Smith, Janet J 59 Smith, Jean 43, 128 Smith, Joanne 67 Smith, Julia 67, 112 Smith, Loa 67 Smith, Lynette 67 Smith, Maxine 67 Smith, Marie 67 Smith, Norma D 67 Smith, Norma J 67, 128 Smith, Phyllis 67 Smith, Phyllis J 67 Smith, Virginia M Ill Snyder, Anne 51 Solomon, Lois 51, 103, 114 Spaulding, Gloria 66, 99 Spaulding, Shirley 43, 112 Sperry, Betty 63, 125 Spindlow, Mary 99 Spindlow, Mildred 59 Sprecken, Kathryn 43, 106 Sprik, Marian 43, 103, 118 Sprik, Maxine 59, 112, 128, 129, 139 Sprinkle, Doris.... 51, 80, 81, 132 Stafford, Dixie Lee 59, 87, 89, 118 Staken, Marcella 69 Stark, Ralph W. Jr 67, 110 Steinberg, Roselyn 59 Steinman, B 128 Stephenson, Doris 59, 109 Stevens, Barbara 67 Stevens, Norma 122 Stewart, Catherine 67 Stewart, Doris 43, 34, 106, 124, 134 Stimson, Kathryn 46, 51, 80, 81, 89 Stine, Mary Jane 137 Stockwell, Harold 125 Stoffle, Kathryn 59 Stone, Jacqueline 67 Stoody, Thelma 107 Strandvold, Virginia 103 Strickland, Irene 67 Styles, Betty 67 Sutliff, Beverly 67 Swartout, Mary 67, 118, 124 Sweeney, Betty Lee 112 Swensen, Marguerite 59 Swenson, Adele 43, 95 Swenson, Elly 59, 109 Szakas, Marguerite 59, 109 Tangerstrom, Ruth.. ..43, 80, 99 Tanner, H 103 Taylor, Charlotte 44, 122 Taylor, Lois 59 Taylor, Naomi 5 1 Taylor, William 112 Teichman, Ida 122 Thelen, Justin 67 Thill, Helen 67 Thill, Virginia 67, 118 Thomas, JoAnn 51, 138 Thomas, Joyce 67, 110 Thompson, Loraine 67 Thompson, Lucile 67, 102, 114, 118 Thompson, Mary 51 Thwaites, Florence 44 Tillstrom, Ruth...:..44, 115, 136 Timmer, Joyce 51, 93, 132 Timmerman, Lorraine 67 Tolbert, Evelyn 120 Torok, Mary 67 Tottingham, Eula 44 Totzke, Virginia 106, 125 Traxler, Marian 67 Trinnier, Patricia 67, 111 Troy, Florence 44, 84, 132 Truckenmiller, Jean 44, 84, 95, 132 Turner, Phyllis 51 Tweedy, Ralph 44 Underwood, Pauline 93, 108 Upton, Helen 86 Upton, Virginia 99, 102 VanAtta, Lois 67 VanBeukering, Lorraine.. ..36, 44 Vandenberg, Barbara 68 Vandenberg, Thelma 44, 104 VandeoHoek, Gloria 129 Vanderjagt, Ruth 68, 107 VanderLinde, Joan 68, 121 Vanderpyle, N. Inez 44, 103, 106 VanderVeen, Janet 51 VanDuine, Doris 86 VanEck, Lois 118, 121, 132 Van Haitsma, Elva 44 VanHout Dorothy 68 VanHuis Marie 46, 51, 93, 123 VanHuizen, C. R 138 VanLewen, Thelma 68 Vannatter, Carroll. ...68, 130,131 Vannberg, Marguerite 68 VanSchoick, William 68, 130 VanSoest, Marlyn....93, 106, 135 VanVulpen, Eloise 44 VanWeelden, Bette 68 Varano, Antoinette 801 Velesz, Frank 87, 101 Venhuisen, Cleo 44 Velthouse, F. Ruth 102 Vercler, J. Norman 59, 110 Verhey, Evelyn 51, 129 Vogel, Doris 44 Vyn, Barbara 44 W Wagner, Dorothy 44, 128 Walch, Pearl 59 Waldherr, Mary 59, 86, 107, 135 Walker, Charlotte 44. 93, no, 111 Walker, Frances 5 1 Walker, Janice 52, 93, 137 Walenta, Thomas 51 Waller, Jacquelyn 68 Walsh, Corrine ..44, 115, 196 Walstad, Miriam.. ..45, 109, 123 Ward, Clarabelle Ill Warner, Joyce 68, 87 Warner, Vonda 68 Wasilewski, Josephine 128 Waterbury, Beverley 59, 89 Waterhouse, G. Winona.. 52, 92 Waters, Marion 59 Watson, Dorothy... .45, 126, 127 Watson, Gloria 59 Watson, Margaret 52, 137 Watts, Viola 52, 125 Wearmouth, Betty 120 Webber, Jacquiline 45, 136 Webster, Audrey 59 Welcher, Eletha 129 Wellemier. R 1 10 Wells, Donna 59, 110 Welty, Avone 68, 121 Westcott, June 68 Westenhiser, Barbara 68 Westfall, Robert 59, 87, 110, 141 Wheeler, Ethel 68 Wheeler, Gretchen 68, 121 White, Wilma 68, 121 Whyment, Beverly 59, 137 Wieman, E. Irene 45 Wigginton, Wilma 101 WiUems, Margery 59, 129 Williams, Donna....45, 126, 127 Williams, Frances 45 Williams, Kathleen 59, 118, 135 Williams, Lois 110, 111 Williams, Marian 110, 111 Williams, Norman 60, 80, 89, 130, 131 Williams, Robert 117 Wilson, Georgia 118 Wilson, Julia 59 Wilson, Lois 68, 121 Wilson, Violet 129 Wingeier, Carmen 52 Wingeier, Janice 52, 95 Winkels, Bette 106 Wiseman, Norman 60, 89 Wisner, Alys 68 Witteveen, Doris 68 Wolf, Elnora 52, 101 Walgamood, Margaret...-68, 87 Wood, Jane 68, 125 Wood, Mary Ellen 45, 83, 93, 126, 128 Woodard, Phyllis. ...59, 101, 112 Woodworth, Dorothy 68 Worst, Margean 52 Wrege, Catherine 112 Wright, Alice 59, 125 Y Yntema, Yvonne 122 Yops, Eric 162 Z Zick, Dorothy 125 Zitney, Mary Ann 52, 80, 81, 94, 125 197 W es ern, along ivith hundreds of other colleges and universities throughout the nation, expects the return of a large number of ex-servicemen to its campus next fall. Some of these discharged vets will be fellows ivho have gone to college; others received only high- school education before leaving for service. Also many fellows who worked as office hoys, laborers, clerks, etc., before the war have decided to take advantage of the G.I. Bill of Rights and go to college. If it is true that lasting peace will be built by these fellows and the students who sit tvith them in classroom and soda bar, it may be well for present college students and instructors to do some serious thinking concerning just that before next October. It is hoped that the following poem may stimulate such thought: WESTERN WAITS Sages in my books, Bards on my shelves, All you ancient prophets. And you moderns, too — Come, for you are needed no-w as never before. Step from the printed page, the canvas, the poem; Come down from lofty heights; We have vi ork to do. Our greatest task is yet before us; Work of infinite -wisdom, patience and understanding awaits . . . When thoughtful, searching men w ho left to learn to kill Return from the stench of death to slide rule, dates and games, Return to shady walk and green-topped hill. How may w e w ith cap and gow n and book live up to the island hopes and fox-hole dreams? How may we give them peace and song — they w ho know their w ants so surely? How give the strength and speed — they w ho lived at furious pace? How make them forget, yet remember long the why, the reason they w ere gone? No silly chatter, frivolity, mockery or blind arrogance w ill pass their all-seeing eyes; No elusive half-truths, half-ideas w ill find harbor here — Substance is needed now, and truth — far-reaching truth, truth of w isdom, patience and understanding. C. M. B.