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RANSONE MAJOR Alexander Ransone President S. S. MacLAUGHLIN Philip Lanasa Vice-President Honorary Member Charles Trader Corresponding Secretary James Stoner Recording Secretary Allison Ford Treasurer Steven Radatovitch Ser geanl-ai- Arms In November, 1923, a group of students on the Hill formed the Black and White Club. In December, 1939, the active chapter gathered with the Alumni Chapter to commemorate their fifteenth anniversary with a banquet at Hotel Charles Carroll and a dance in McDaniel Lounge. The "old boys" told stories of the long but successful fight to gain first fraternal recognition by the college, of the invaluable efforts of Dr. Wills in the early stages of growth, of the difficulties of putting out the first school newspaper, and of the unfortunate circumstances underlying the establishment of the Lynn Gruber Memorial Medal. But all this is water over the mill. This year has been as active as any Club has ever had. The annual smoker, the annual fraternity dance, the already mentioned fifteenth anniversary reunion, the winning of the Inter-Fraternity Scholarship Cup, the active participation in all intramural sports, the annual fraternity banquet-these will remain indelibly stamped in the minds of the twelve outgoing seniors. And yet amid all these accomplishments, the club cannot but express a sorrowful note at the loss of its sponsor, Major Severne S. McLaughlin, whose work removes him from the college in June. One hundred len