Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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1 % Green as grass and loud as downiown New York ... The class of ' 40 !gDacl irp % ' 37 at matriculation time ... The class of ' 40 came in with a bang . . . Rebe from- the first . . . they balked at regulations and hung their white stockings on ScnjthNer- race . . . Life was dangerous and beautiful that year ... a scarlet fever epidemic . . . the appearance of mammoth cranes to start on the new library ... it was also the year that the biology department skeleton disappeared ... it never reappeared until the summer after.

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CLASS OF 1940 % Mary Margaret Austin . . . Apollo, Pa. . . . Mer- maids 2, 3, 4... Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4 . . . YWCA I, 2, 3, 4... French Club I, 2« » Jane Barchfeld ...Pittsburgh, Pa....WAA I, 2, 3, 4 . . . YWCA 1 , 2, Cabinet 3, Secretary A ... YPCU 1,2,3,4... German Club 1 , 2 . . . Holcad 2 . . . Outinq Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Glee Club 2, 3 . . . Kappa Delta PI . . . Tar- get 4 « » Jean Billick . . . Elizabeth, Pa WAA I , 2, 3, 4 . . . YWCA 1 , 2, 3, 4 . . . Glee Club 1,2,3... Westminster Singers 1,2,3... Mermaids 1,2,3... Chapel Choir 2 « » Madeline Blackadore . . . Pitts- burgh, Pa.... Chi Omega... WAA I, 2, 3, 4... Senate 2, 3,4... Glee Club 2, 3,4... Westminster Singers 2, 3 . . . Treble Clef 3, 4 . . . Orpheus Choir 3,4... Radio 3, 4 « » Pauline Bruce . . . New Castle, Pa. . . . Chi Omega . . . WAA 2, 3,4... Glee Club 1 , 2, 3 . . . French Club I , 2 . . . Argo 3 . . . Kappa Delta PI 3, 4 . . . Honor Roll 3, 4 . . . YWCA I « » Geraldine Busch ... Baltimore, Md. . . WAA I, 2, 3, 4 . . . Archery Club 1 , 2 ... YWCA 1 , 2 ... Out- ing Club 2, 3, 4. % Mary Campsey . . . Claysville, Pa. . . . Sigma Kap- pa ... YWCA I, 3... Holcad I, 2, 3, 4 ... Arch- ery Club I ... WAA 1 , 2 . . . WAA Secretary 3 . . . Outing Club 2, 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Rifle Club 2 ... Commercial Club 3, Vice-President 4... Kappa Delta Pi 3, Secretary 4 ... PI Delta Epsllon 3, 4 . . . Target 4 « » Francis Carbon . . . Sharon, Pa. . . . Alpha Sigma Phi . . . International Relations Club . . . Biology Club 4 Virginia Cartwright . . . Mc- Keesport, Pa. . . . Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4 ... Senate I , 2, 3, 4 . . . Junior Prom Committee . . . Intramurals I ' » Elizabeth Caughey . . . Ellwood City, Pa. . . . Chi Omega... YWCA I, 2, 3, 4 ... Mermaids I, 2, 3, 4 . . . French Club 1 , 2 . . . Holcad 1 , 2, 3 . . . Chapel Choir 3, 4 ... Scroll 3, 4 . . . PI Delta Ep- silon 4 « » Patrick Cestone . . . Youngstown, Ohio ...Kappa Phi Lambda ... Delta Nabia 3, 4... Modern Language Club 4 . . . Football 1 , 2 . . . Honor Roll » Mary Jane Challener . . . McKees- port, Pa. . . . Sigma Kappa . . . Glee Club, 1,2,3,4 ...YWCA I, 2, 3, 4... Treble Clef 2, 3, 4... Chapel Choir 1,2,3 k Class O cars l rles Smi- lev. presld»ft W55eph Hetra, vlce-presidel[;BP ggv England, secretary; KaA Pierce, treas-

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EVELYN CHAMBERS RUTH CHRISTY WILLIAM CLARK RUTH CONNOR Q KIRKWOOD CUNNINGHAM ELIZABETH CURRY RUSSELL DAHLBURG RUTH DEAN MARY GALE DETERDING MADELYN DIEHL MARGARET DIPPER MARGARET ENGLAND % Mel Miller . . . New Brighton ' s contribu- tion to Who ' s Who . . . athletic hero . . . honor roll man . . . Sphinx prexy . . . famed for his early Thesis . . . and many athletic awards. 5ar saw the last of the wlldmen of the valley ... Ghosts tramped the Delt a last farewell to the campus . . . heartbroken pledges mourned the passing of a great era . . . for the wild-men were great men — the Browns, Straws, Bennetts, and the hlunnekes of a thousand tradHions . . . And the luckiest class in ages saw the first Lantern Night and also made out on its frosh dance ... The next year found a class tackling its soph year with vengeance ... A few faces were missing, but the class of ' 40 moves along.