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S(NIOR C LAS S Lodge, presidel1t; J. Robinson, vice-prestd enr ; Bentley, secret ar y; MI;Williams, treasurer, Miller, hisloloia" WEARE the seniors: we are the class of '43. obligations we took in stride. for we were proud Along with OUf four-year development on that we could help. the "Hill" world events have evolved from Our senior year, "the" year of our college wars, and rumors of wars, to the actuality of a memories-front scats in Alumni Hall world conflict. We faced the year of our cam- caroling in the early morning. senior break- pus leadership knowing the implications [he fast practice teaching. invesriture-c, war would cause in our student life-realizing dreams of leadership come true. The campus our responsibility in making the most of OUf had become our home, and its students our last year of comradeship and scholarship to- friends. The Terror spirit was our spirit! We gether. We are the class of changing history: were authorities on the traditions of Western '43 is the year of our destiny. Maryland, and we respected them. We "knew OUf senior year-a serious year-tense with the ropes"! Tbe social life of the campus-the excrrerncnr Some classmates were already on pep meetings dances basketball games- active duty in the defense of our country. and all provided new thrills. Each of the activities others were being called to assist them. Tn we attended, we checked off in OUt memories February, many of the members of our class with the thought-"That's the last time" completed their college careers and went forth We are the seniors-the class of campus from their Alma Mater into new fields of 'characters", the class of the campus changes. endeavor-the army-c-med. school-teaching. We became "unusual" as freshmen when we We were sorry to have our friends leave us, yet learned. much ['0 our surprise. that we were the we knew they would always remain a part of us. first class at Western Maryland to have more War-time activities became integral parts of men than women. We witnessed the dedication our college life. Our men took part in physical of the new buildings and were present when the fitness programs and prepared gravely for their Homecoming Dance of 1939 first opened the important future work. Our women adopted portals of Gill Gymnasium-ablaze with lights, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" as their and filled with whirling couples. We remember theme song and settled down to Red Cross the renovation of Levine Music Conservatory, knining. During air-raid alarms, we aban- the remodeling of McKinstry Hall. and the doned Our studies to scurry to our voluntary transformation of Smith Hall into an art lab. posts. We made surgical dressings, sold war And we recall the coming of war saving time, stamps and wrote to the boys at camp and rationing, and new cut system. The follies overseas: we conserved sugar and coffee, and were our unique contribution to campus tra- stopped buying canned goods for our "midnight dition snacks" We settled down to earnest study The world we face is not an ordered onc- with a will. for we recognized our opportuni- our dreams of the future may always be dreams. ties. How proud we were of our record-break- But we are the class of 1943; we have courage: ing number of Dean's Listers! All of our new we have determination; we are unafraid. 49