ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE

Two hundred and twenty-nine strong, the freshman class of '39 entered U. D.'s welcoming portals in September and discovered early the value of patience, since many of them waited in line from eight in the morning until three in the afternoon to register.

Exams, always the bane of students, were our main occupations for the next few days. An initiation inflicted the burden of reciting the freshman poem along with wearing placards announcing the wearer's identity. Telling the sophs they were "swell fellows," contrary to common belief, furnished more amusement.

Cap crowning along with the singing and cheering that took place on the steps of the courthouse let off some of the pent-up enthusiasm of the freshies. A taste of the torture of a parade in the heat of an Indian summer day and a battle royal for the possession of the sophomore flag ( which later proved to be a piece of an old tablecloth) resulted in defeat for the freshmen. As a consequence we had to wear freshman caps until Thanksgiving.

As a reward for our good sportsmanship the sophs gave the Freshman Welcome dance which marked our debut into select college society .

Charles McCloskey, president; Paul Ryan, v i ce -p resident; J eanne Withers, secretary; and Robert Swank, treasurer, ably guided our destinies throughout the year.