Westminster College - Blue Jay Yearbook (Fulton, MO)

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Table of Conlenls From Beginning to Football - From Football to Basketball - From Basketball to Baseball - From Baseball to the End Our Own Literature - 1 Q S

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JOHN R. WESTBROOK A.B., Westminster College, A.M., Missouri University. Assistant Professor of Eng- lish. A Week in a Lifelinle Ah, yes, gentle reader, this is the 1931 B L U E J A Y which you are reading. And after your first hasty g l a n c e through the annual to find your pictures, it may be that you are now settling down to read the book from be- ginning to end. Yes, you experience a little anxiety, too-just like the freshman on his first view of college, you feel that this thing may not come up to your expectations. This book, as you can see, has been arranged like the pro- gram of events which unfolded itself before the eyes of the freshman during the course of the year, and we hope that you will enjoy this-our BLUE JAY. With this little apology made, begin reading in the story which unfolds itself in a panoramic view of the college life lived on our campus in 1930-31: lt is September 8, 1930, and some of the old men are back, and 130 selected freshmen fthe cream of the cropj are among them, and so begins the eightieth year. There is a great deal of hurrying and bustling about the campus and the town on the part of the new men, for they must arrange for their sleeping quarters before the evening comes on. A number of them have rooms reserved at Reunion Hall-and the ,others must find locations out in town. However, by seven o'clock all the first rush and worry seems to have subsided, so at seven-thirty all the freshmen assemble at Swope Chapel to hear the President's welcoming address. This ordeal over they are permitted to retire to Washing- ton West Mansion for the faculty reception, given in their honor. The few cynics in the group make the best of this opportunity, believ- ing that it is the only thing the faculty will ever give them. Here the writer feels the urge to philosophize by saying that at the end of the year those men will either have flunked out or dropped their childish cynicism. Thus is the first day spent. But the next morning at nine o'clock all are again back at the chapel and this time to hear the most stirring lecture on the ideals of the college. After severalrnonths in college these 12 oul of 130 IT 7 1 T' Ritter, Yates, Roe, Arbuth t W l Durham, Clark, Linebeck,n.S?11iithi7ETg01?rZ4f011E5Ijl1lZlHZg eight