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{JUII 8el1lo11flls/ollt; A man's real possession is his IIlt'lItor)l. III notbiug else is be rich, ill nothing else is be I100r. ALEXANDER SMITH. So the ALOHA serves as a graphic record of responsibility. Along with us, world events OUf college year, bringing past experiences, have developed within the last four years renewing hazy memory at whatever time in from threatening war clouds to the acru- the future we choose to turn its pages. nlicy of war. We as students have tried co \'Ve may think of this book as the diary interweave the implication of world events of a large student body inviting individual- with our school life. Friendships have been ized interpretacion by each one of us. A formed and tightened by threatened separa- picture of Gill Gymnasium will recall to tion; careers have been changed, and con- one person a stirring basketball game; to sequently, schedules and courses-some another, one perfect evening at a Military subjects becoming favorites, others losing Ball. One person, on seeing a picture of their prominence. Our extra-curricular Alumni Hal], will remember tremors of activities have been affected by the world fright before making a stage appearance; situation. \"o/hen black-alit signals or air- another will see the same picture and recall raid alarms sounded, we abandoned our the impressiveness of the Investiture Service. studies for look-out posts and voluntary Pictures of R.O.T.C. students in uniform service at sacrifice of time and energy. will call up in many of our minds the con- And so for the future we have recorded fusion and feeling of uncertainty and un- the story of the year 1942 as it was spent reality following the first news of wa r. To by us--our accomplishments, our activities, any person, even those not of us, pictures our life. This book will stand, with our and accounts in rhis book will represent diplomas, as graphic evidence of our present the events in the academic lives of six hun- college existence-by which past genera- dred \'('estern Maryland students. tions may measure improvement, on which Four years ago, we came awn y from the future generations may nuke further im- haven of home and parents to \'('estern provement, by which we lll;lY preserve and Maryland during a time of world peace. treasure today. There were undeclared wars and rumors of wars, but our interests lay in what we left CLASS right: T~iesler, fa envisioned in college life. SENIOR Tarbutton, OFFICERS: Seated, Rl>i>ey, Sec~ct3~y. Edn~ SI'1II1I;"g: Elmer Hino~i3n; Evans, Frank Ann" President; \'X'e dreamed of scholarship, of research, Trcasurer; Harry Raker, Scrgeant at A~ms. the thrill of studying with old masters around whom history has cast a halo of misty strangeness; we dreamed of throwing ourselves into work side by side with the masters of ccday around whom the caval- cade of present events has splashed a caca- clysm of color. \'('e dreamed of leadership, of student publications, sororities, fraterni- ties, and student government. \'('e hoped for friendships rhnt we could expect to live till the days when we would, as old grads, look forward to reunions. W'e dreamed of romance, the most fabulous dreams of boy meets gir-l. We found these things here. \'qe have, during the past four years, pro- gressed from problems of adjusrmenr and individualization co those of leadership and