Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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Fourteen Senicrs were chosen by Student Council to represent Westminster in the coming edition of Who ' s Who in American Colleges ' , national directory of campus leaders. Of the seven men honored, four have left campus. Norval Christy, Chalmers Houston, and Vinton Clements were graduated in January. Norval Christy headed both Inter-Fraternity Council and Delta Nabia, and was vice- president of the Student Council. He was also a mem- ber of Sphinx, Pi Sigma Pi, the Honor Roll, and the track and cross country teams. Chalmers Houston, former president ot Kappa Phi Lambda, was the Editor- in-Chief of the 1943 Argo. His honoraries included Sphinx, Tau Kappa Alpha, and Pi Delta Epsilon. He also belonged to Neptune and Block W, and was on Inter- Fraternity Council. Vinton Clements, the other January graduate, was on the Scrawl Staff, was Outing Club treas- urer and participated in cross country and track. David Reed, Block W president and football player was in Delta NabIa and Neptune, and also on the Honor Roll. One of the remaining three Who ' s Who men an campus is a Towering Titan . He is Frank O ' Hara, Sigma Phi Epsilon president. His organizations include Inter-Fraternity Council, Sphinx, and Block W. Presi- dent of three organizations. Alpha Sigma Phi. Inter- Fraternity Council, and Student Council is William Scovron, also a member of Sphinx. Merrit Reynolds heads Kappa Phi Lambda fraternity, Tau Kappa Alpha honorary, and the International Relations Club. Three of the women honored have taken accelerated programs and have graduated in January also. Betty McDowell, Block W Queen, was active in Senate. W.A.A.. Argo, and the Student Council. Her honor- aries were Kappa Delta Pi, and Scroll. Marjorie Cook was president of Pan Hellenic Council, secretary and vice-president of Senate, and vice-president of Mermaids. An Honor Roll student, she belonged to Target, Pi Sigma Pi, and Pi Delta Epsilon. Nell Young included in her honorary fraternities, Tau Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta Pi, Commercial Club, and Target. She was on the Honor Roll, swam with Mermaids, and was vice-president of WAA. Elizabeth Rotzler, president of both Beta Sigma Omi- cron and YWCA, has to her credit the honor of being May Queen and Argo Queen. On the Honor Roll, she is a member of Target, Kappa Delta Pi, and Pan Hel- lenic Council. Her other activities include debate. Little Theatre, WAA, and A Capella Choir. Cora Mae Ford. Scrawl editor and Honor Roll student, is president of Target. Her other honoraries are Scroll, Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Delta Epsilon, and Masquers. Sigma Kappa President, Anna Hausman, is a member of Target and the A Capella Choir, of which she was secretary. Other activities included Senate and Literary Editor of the Argo. Elizabeth Shear is president of Kappa Delta and Pan Hellenic Council, vice-president of YWCA and Outing Club, secretary of Scroll, secretary-treasurer of Tau Kappa Alpha, and business manager of Scrawl. An- other Honor Roll Student, she belongs to Kappa Delta Pi, Target and WAA. These students are selected on the basis of scholarship, extra-curricular activities, character and potential useful- ness to society. 18

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01 lice (Pice The office force holds an important place in the business affairs of Wesminster; receiving student payments, scheduling courses, and registering stu- dents are just a few of its many tasks. The capable force includes Miss Mary Isabel Ramsey, re- corder; Miss Corinne Mercer, secretary to Dr. Galbreath; and Mr. Ross Ellis, business manager. Others are Miss Clara McCandless, assistant to the business manager; Miss Mary Eleanor Patton, accoimtant; Miss Elsie Johnson, secretary; and Mr. Alfred Shaffer, superintendent of the build- ings and grounds. Responsible for physical training at Westmin- ster are Mrs. Glen Taylor, A.B., M.E., Mr. Grover Washabaugh, B.S., Mr. Dave Boyd, B.P.E., and Mr. Joseph Ferris, B.S. BiUie has stressed calisthenics this year as part of the girls ' program. There is also drilling in gym classes — cadence, count, right face, and forward march resounding from the dormitories as an after effect — to help prepare Westminster women for the WAVES, WAACS, SPARS, and Women ' s Marine Corps. Head of the department is Dr. Leon S. Mar- shall, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., who steers freshmen through a survey course tracing the evolution of Western civilization and guides majors in thesis and advanced history courses. A study of the structure and functions of American government is taught by Mr. Thomas V. Mansell, A.B., LL.B. The newest addition to the department, Mr. Neil A. McNall, B.S., M.A., conducts Ameri- can History and Sociology classes. Dean Max- well R. Kelso, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., taught several history courses before he entered the United States Navy. Top lo bolloni; Mr. Johns. Office Staff. I.ibr.iri.ins. I ' h sic,ll Education Dep.irtmenl. History Department. n 1? Mi

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For four winters we have watched the snow bank up in heavy glittering mounds on either side of the library door; we have seen it spattered with soot and melting down into grimy puddles of water. We have seen four springs lighten the trees with soft green fuzz through which the campus lights glowed pale orange. We have kicked our feet through heaps of red maple leaves; we have swatted flies in the class- rooms; we have shivered ever cold radiators. Once we screamed Van ' s the Man and Dewey for Pres- ident at a three a. m. session of a Mock Conven- tion. We jitterbugged to Seven-Twenty in the Books , and we sighed and dipped to Indian Sum- mer . We stood in the greyness and watched three station wagons leave with our fellows. We learned army insignia, lived for the mail, wrote daily letters. We shall miss standing on the town bridges watching the quick water, eating the Bakery ' s doughnuts, see- ing the orange lights come on through the still dark- ness. MERRITT REYNOLDS — Above. Below, lefi lo right: MERRITT REYNOLDS, Senior Pres.; HELEN McCURDY, Secretary; Senior Recep- tion.