York College of Pennsylvania - Horizon Tower Yearbook (York, PA)

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1 55 r iltotu, continued muth (Hughes), Chester G. Quickel, and William C. Meisenhelder. This dramati- zation was presented to a full house on two nights, May 7 and 8 of 1943. Among commencement activities in which the freshmen participated and helped to plan were the Lambda Sigma Chi Banquet held at the Brownstone House in April, the breakfast honoring the sopho- mores which has become a traditional Class Dav feature, and a banquet and dance combined for the sophomores which was held at Hotel Yorktowne the evening of Class Day. Freshmen were really proud of Audria Stinger who received the College Club award for the most worthy girl in their class. As we witnessed the charter class graduate from Y. J. C. we looked forward eagerlv to a bigger and better sophomore year. With an increased feeling of importance we returned in the fall of 1943 as full- fledged sophomores. We didn ' t waste much time in asserting our new authority, as the new freshmen discovered when we clamped our revised set of customs upon them. We started out the year in a grand wav with a get-acquainted picnic held at Miss Root ' s home in Yorkshire. A big event of the fall of ' 43 was the completion of our new gym of which all of us were justly proud. It offered many new opportunities for sports participation. Along with the gym we received a new lounge, beautifully furnished in maple and decorated by the girls of Lambda Sigma Chi. Hallowe ' en saw us having a really spooky party in rooms 16 and 17. Our social committee outdid themselves for that affair. Another Christmas rolled around, and we observed it in our traditional way, by helping to present a Christmas play. This time it was Bird ' s Christmas Carol. When we returned after the holidays, we were all busy with the writing of term papers and preparing for exams. Weary with work and strain, we climaxed our exam week with a rollicking party at Camp Ganoga. Since that first party, several similar ones have taken place, and have been popularly called winter pic- nics. After the second semester was in full sway, our class, dwindled to seven in num- ber, determined to produce a second issue of The Tower. We realized what an im- mense task we were undertaking, but we asked only for the opportunity to make good. Thanks to persistent effort on the part of each class member, and to the will- ing cooperation of the freshmen and facultv, our dream became a successful reality. Another spring, and following it as a natural sequence came another major dramatization. The Goose Hangs High, a fast-moving comedy, was presented bv the college on April 1, 1944, to an apprecia- tive audience. Warm sunny days and a reawakening of nature sped us on to commencement. The fact that only five of us remained did not daunt us. We planned a bigger and better Class Dav. Those important and secretive weeklv class meetings held at each mem- ber ' s home for the purpose of planning a Class Day program proved an enigma to the rest of the college. After attending the Freshman-Sophomore banquet, the Class Dav Breakfast, and the Alumni Banquet, Commencement night rolled around. We hated to leave, but the time had come, and we had to depart, never to return to Y. J. C. again as college students. Although we were very proud of the class members who left our presence to serve our country, we were equally proud of those of us who remained until the natural time had come for us to leave. The scholarship of the Class of 1944 was very high. This fact proves that in addition to having many good times, we also spent some time studying. We, as the Class of ' 44 disagree with a certain saying which states that all good things must come to an end. Although we have had to say farewell to our friends at Y. J. C, we feel that we will never part with the broader understanding of the world about us, and a greater growth of character within us — instead we have claimed them as our heritage, a priceless heritage grown from two years of college life. We leave you thefaculty, thebuildings, and books to make of them what you will, but we have taken our heritage with us to follow us wherever we may go. Signed Margaret Lindemuth Hughes, Historian of the Class of 1944 of York Junior College Page 28

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(Zla55 jQtophecu, continued goes down to the lab, it is rumored that he still sings absentmindedlv Young Folks, Old Folks, or some other impro- vised song. You know of course that Carolyn Pendleton, the sweetheart of the Class of 1944 is Woody ' s secretary. I don ' t doubt that C. P. (as we all call her) is a very efficient secretary in her line. Doesn ' t it seem strange that C. P. the sweetheart ' ' and Woody, the wolf, of the class are still such friends. Remember they used to go together when they were kids? The class may also boast of that great Shakespearean actor, Chester Quickel. He is now giving his 596th performance in Hamlet in New York. Wouldn ' t we all like to see him! Thus you see that from the illustrious eight of the Class of ' 44 much talent has developed. A great discoverer, a Shake- spearean actor, a well known and versatile editor and a taxi driver who is also the founder of a new government of the future, are certainly enough celebrities for a class of eight to give the world. But the Class of ' 44 has other members of which it can boast as well. A magnate of the chemistry industry, an understanding and accom- plished secretary, an ambitious manager of a hatchery and a conscientious mother, the noblest of all may not be able to claim the title of celebrities but they certainly are important. Now tell me honestly, who would have thought it? La55 -tflltOtlj When I think about it, it seems quite a long time has elapsed since forty-eight of us entered the chapel on our first day at York Junior College, two Septembers ago. As students we represented many sections of York and York County. One of our number hailed from upper-state New York. Not only geographically, but in person- ality were we a heterogeneous group of freshmen. Our number included young people who were here for various reasons. Some came to learn, others came to satisfy parents ' wishes; still others to have a good time. We were all united in one purpose — the purpose of getting something out of our life at Y.J.C. I venture to say that none of us have failed on that score. Our bewildered feeling, which is char- acteristic of newly arrived freshmen, was quicklv dispelled by the warm welcome we received from our big frothers and sisters. We met our new professors through the pleasant medium of a tea given in our honor. Elections were held and our class started its college career with Guy Berk- stresser at the helm. The sophomores let us know at the very start who was going to be boss for a while by imposing Fresh- man Customs upon each of us. For a week many queer sights were seen around the campus. The girls were compelled to wear long white stockings and green dinks; the fellows, white socks, black bow ties, and green dinks. Both sexes carried large signs hanging around their necks bearing their respective names. All customs were car- ried out in a spirit of good sportsmanship, and no one really minded them too much. Freshman customs were ended with the play-off of a basketball game between the freshmen and sophomores which was held at the Y.M.C.A. the day before Thanks- giving. The sophomores sponsored several get-acquainted parties for us at the Y.M.C.A. and in the Boys ' Lounge. Lambda Sigma Chi, the girls ' social sorority of Y. J. C, saw to it that the girls were initiated all over again, this time as new members of the sorority. We celebrated our first Christmas Sea- son at Y.J.C. by attending the Christmas plav, Why The Chimes Rang, in which Paula Concino, Carolyn Pendleton, and William Meisenhelder took part. Many of us made our debut on the radio in a skit which the Junior College presented over a local station to acquaint the public with college activities. Freshmen partici- pating were Audria E. Stinger, Margaret Lindemuth (Hughes), William C. Meisen- helder, Jack Busier, and John Spangler. Springtime hailed a tremor of delicious excitement which spread abroad when Miss Sheaffer announced that the Junior College was going to present Little Women as its annual major production for the spring of 1943- Little Women will never be forgotten, especially by those freshmen who took part in it. Maybe half the fun was in those midnight parties that were well attended by all the cast. Freshman thespians were Margaret Linde- Page 27

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7r 4 men (?La5i 0 jikicet5 President Arthur Hess Vice-President S. Dudley Horn Secretary Eleanor Feld Treasurer Eloise Minnich Girl Representative Ruth Hofmann Boy Representative John Frank Class Adviser Harry D. Bauman Page 29