William Jewell College - Tatler Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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..-..,...,..-.,,...,-4.-- -f - ' - ibrary a St. atv 'le side :search ns she gba J-jane The I-bench is a symbol of some sort with various connotations. A boy and girl may sit there lost in concentration over algebra, Hsocf' or St. Augustine,s theories . . or, again, they may just sit there. . . It is a meeting-place and a favorite with candid camera fiends or snap-shot enthusiasts, along with coke-drinkers and ice cream cone eaters in the early fall and spring. In these seasons the I- bench is warm, conversational and well-populated, in the winter it is cold, snow-covered, and undis- turbed. The grass is worn in little paths around it a n d passers-by usually look to see the latest combin- ation of co-educa- tion occupying it at the time. It, like the creaking door to the Co-op, the amazing number o f c a m p u s - adopted dogs, and the neat bo- tanical labels on every leaf-bearing shrub, tree and herb, is a part of the Hill. It was given to the college in I929 by the class of '95. Since that time it has held many memories, tall tales, bits of gossip, the conjugation of verbs in three languages, very long lines expertly manipu- lated by suave seniors, for the benefit of Hedgling freshmen. If the I-bench, so placidly silent, could repeat some of the tall tales, the gossip, the gay badinage of the past sixteen or seventeen years, we might find the similarity between different college gener- ations very evident. Tall tales, badinage, and the spirit of which the I-bench is a symbol, change very little after all. In this unusual shot, taken through the treas- urer's window, the I-bench is seen at a new angle. Now it may be only a stone bench surrounded by low evergreens and empty coke bottles, but later, when you come back to Homecoming Days, or Achievement Day to get an award, or in all proba- bility, an honorary degree, you will remember the idle minutes you wrested from a busy schedule to sit here in the warm spring sunlight, and you won't consider them lost. You may remember that view of fields and hills inspired you to poetry, still stuck away in an old Tatler somewhere, or you may remember vaguely a blonde from St. Louis, or center on the team, or showing the Hill to some- g g one just home f r o m overseas. You'll remember something lik e these things, for the I-bench is as much a part of your campus life as the library or the lab, in fact for the less stu- dious ones, it is more. Be that as it may, the I-bench is a necessary fix- ture to the old Hill, and it is a s difficult to imagine the cam- pus without it as it is diHicult to imagine stately old Iewell Hall without its famous columns. You may not be given to nostalgic thinking and sentimental journeyingsl' may hold no charm for you, but for some of us it is associated with many pleasant things we want to rmember. Perhaps the time will come when stone benches by a birch tree will just be places to stop for a moment to recover our breath and rest our aging feet, but not yet. The poetry you may have written here may never be read, the romance which budded here may never have got past that stage, the Latin you stud- ied may have been sold back to the Co-op with your book, but the essence of all these things, of which the I-bench is a symbol, will long be remembered. 15

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fff B . Y anim .n a , . Ji. a h Hi , most f from the ca th o W QQ- rw-2-:M 4--,,- .:,?,-,...,--.-.----.--q-Y------- -----'---11' f ,ff f f Ghd 1 if 575 f Q 1 W! jf! f f ll t f, ll e 'l I .Bro vm gymnasium With the absence of football from the sports calendar, basketball took on an added importance in 1946, and the gymnasium became once more the scene of many important sports events during the season. It was the scene of the gala Homecoming activities at which the queen was crowned at the exciting game with Westminster. Cheering lustily for the victorious Cardinals, students and alumni reached the climax of the first successful Home- coming held in the basketball season. With the end of the war and the return of vet- erans to the campus, intramural basketball,-, volley ball, and swimming have again taken their impor- tant places in the college program. To prepare for its place of renewed importance in college life, the gymnasium underwent a rejuvenating process in the way of a re-linish on the basketball court and a new scoreboard, a gift of the Co-op. Bleachers were installed on the court floor for the student body, making a united cheering section led by the pep squad. Music from the student organized band, if not a credit to Sousa, was at least loud and spirited. Once more Brown Gymnasium and indoor athletics resumed their rightful place in the spirit and tradition of Iewell. 16 Built in 1929 after the old Brown Gymnasium was destroyed by fire in 1928, this building con- tains basketball and volleyball courts, facilities for corrective sports, for girls, athletics, swimming, and other indoor sports. To the left of the building are tennis courts, and to the rear, the athletic Held and track. Gffices of the coaches, and directors of physical education are in this building, as well as the director of enrollment. The I Club Room, For members onlyv is yet to be reclaimed by those returning lettermen who earned and wore proudly the Cardinal red sweater with its black If At one time one af the most active organizations on the campus, symbol of the highest athletic achieve- ment, the IU Club membership was depleted by the war. To those of us who have known Iewell only in the war years, the return of the electric 'T' in the Cardinal color over the entrance to thegym is a symbol of the return of many things, the shouts of victory, the groans of defeat, the flashing red of lettermenls sweaters, the silhouette of the pigskin against an autum sky. vice-p trar a stairs busine person audito for che week, Tatle ment 1 Here Book 1 the bi ed plz The W and tf and Si the ch variou the co an im of acti ber of dent b Us going hearse ing hz for a 1 is just Th spot, e The l arounc ments Th Gallor and pc in the spring appeal .......-......--....- ..-. tn-- ......- .