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PRESIDENT CHARLES E. DIEHL
Page Two ' DR. CHAS. E. DIEHL President
Page Three To the Class of 1947:
It was a tense, fearsome, and uncertain time in September, 1943, when fifty-five men and ninety-eight women enrolled as members of this class. 'During the pa .st four years we have been awed and sobered by world-shaking happenings. Able prophets had told us that we were living at the end of an age, but we found it difficult to believe them and to adjust ourselves to this idea.
On August 6, 1945, however, when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, we were stunned into a realization that the curtain had risen upon a new world drama, one in which not only we, but many others hitherto almost unknown, would be the chief actors.
Science gave us the atomic bomb, but, since it is admitted that there is no technological defense from its ravages, science cannot give us that "One World" of righteousness and understanding, of kindliness and goodwill, without which there can be no hope that the play will be 'other than a terrible tragedy. However important are the political, the economic, and the social problems, the major problem of our time is fundamentally ethical. The only answer to atomic power is moral power, and the Golden Rule; is the one true plumb line.
Some of the original members of this graduating class have, given their last full measure of devotion, and will never return. They died that we might live and labor to fashion a united world, one in which all men will strive to follow the Scriptural injunction "to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." Each one of us shares in the oppor- tunity and responsibility of this epoch-making period.
To all those who are, or were, members of this Class, we wish to extend our good wishes and our affectionate regard. We express the high hope that they, and we, may have the vision and the courage boldly to seek peace and perseveringly to pursue it; that all of us may be prepared to make sacrifices for the sake of a just and enduring order as readily as we made sacrifices in time of war, until suspicion, mistrust, fear, and hatred are banished from the world of God our Father.
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PALMER HALL
THE BELL TOWER SCIENCE HALL
NORTH OF PALMER HALL Page Seven DINING HALL ARCH
VOORHIES HALL
Page Eight. WHITE HALL
ASHNER GATEWAY THE DEANS
A. THEODORE JOHNSON, A.M., Ph.D. Professor of English Dean of the College
W. R. COOPER, A.M., LL.B. MARGARET HUXTABLE TOWNSEND, M.A. Professor of History Associate Professor of Sociology Dean of Men Dean of Women
HELEN GORDON, A.M. ROBERT S. POND, A.M., Ph.D. Instructor in Psychology Associate Professor of Mathematics Associate Dean of Women Dean of Freshmen
Page Eleven FACULTY
DAVID M. AMACKER, M.A. A.B., Princeton University; B.A. and M.A., Oxford University. Professor of Political Science
CLINTON L. BAKER, M.S., Ph.D. B.S. and M.S., Emory University; Ph.D., Columbia University. Professor of Biology
JOHN R. BENISH, A.M. A.B., Arkansas College; A.M., Vanderbilt University. Assistant Professor of English
JOHN M. DAVIS, M.A., Ph.D. A.B., University of Kentucky; B.A. and M.A., Oxford University; Ph.D., University of Chicago. Professor of History The J. J. McComb Chair
JOE OTIS EMBRY, A.M., Ph.D. A.B., Drury College; A.M., State University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Associate Professor of Romance Languages
JESSIE GROSSNICKLE, A.M. A.B., Mississippi State College for Women; A.M., Texas State College for Women. Assistant Director of Physical Education and Intramural Sports for Women
RALPH C. HON, A.M., Ph.D. A.B., University of Illinois; A.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Professor of Economics and Business Administration
ALEXANDER P. KELSO, B.D., M.A., D.D. A.B., Washington and Jefferson College; B.D., Western Theological Seminary; B.Sc. and M.A., Oxford University. Professor of Philosophy and Christian Ethics. The R. A. Webb Chair
JOHN H. KENT, M.A., Ph.D. B.A. and M.A., Queen's University; Ph.D., University of Chicago. Associate Professor of Latin
LAURENCE F. KINNEY, A.M., Ph.D. A.B., Hampden-Sidney College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Virginia. Professor of Bible The Albert Bruce Curry Chair
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LOUIS G. LOCKE, A.M., Ph.D. A.B., Bridgewater College; A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University. Associate Professor of English
ROBERT LORENZ, Ph.D. Diploma, University of Breslau; Ph.D., Columbia University. Associate Professor of Economics
MARION LEIGH MacQUEEN, A.M., Ph.D. A.B., Southwestern; A.M., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Chicago. Professor of Mathematics
M. FOSTER MOOSE, B.S., A.M., Ph.D. B.S., Memphis State College; M.A., and Ph.D., Columbia University. Associate Professor of Chemistry
JOHN OSMAN, A.M. A.B., Presbyterian College; B.D. and Th.M., Union Theological Seminary; A.M., University of Richmond. Director of Adult Education and Assistant Professor of Philosophy
MARION E. PORTER, A.M., Ph.D. A.B., Washington and Lee University; A.M., and Ph.D., Princeton University. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages
W. TAYLOR REVELY, B.A., B.D. B.A., Hampden-Sidney College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary. College Pastor
PEYTON NALLE RHODES, A.M., Ph.D. A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of Virginia. Professor of Physics
THOMAS A. SCHAFER, A.B., B.D. A.B., Maryville College; B.D., Louisville Presbyterian Seminary. Assistant Professor of Bible
ARLO I. SMITH, M.S., Ph.D. A.B., Hendrix College; M.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Washington. Associate Professor of Biology
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GORDON D. SOUTHARD, A.M. A.B., College of Wooster; A.M., State University of Iowa. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages
MARTIN W. STORN, A.M., Ph.D. A.B., Wartburg College; A.M., University of Washington; Ph.D., University of Illinois. Professor of Romance Languages
ROBERT P. STRICKLER, Ph.D. A.B., West Virginia University; 1907-1910, Oxford University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. Professor of Greek
WILLIAM E. THOMPSON, B.S. B.S., University of Alabama. Laboratory Instructor in Chemistry
GEORGE F. TOTTEN, A.M. A.B., Wayne University; A.M., University of Michigan. Assistant Professor of Speech and Dramatics
FELIX M. WASSERMANN, Ph.D. Student at Universities of Heidelberg and Munich; Ph.D., University of Freiburg. Assistant Professor of Geography and Modern Languages
JAMES L. A. WEBB, Ph.D. B.S., Washington and Lee University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. - Associate Professor of Chemistry
OLIVE E. WESTBROOKE, A.M. A.B., Goucher College; A.M., University of Chicago. Assistant Professor of Psychology
ROY L. DAVIS Secretary of Public Relations
C. L. SPRINGFIELD Bursar
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rr . 01" THE SENIOR CLASS
CLASS OFFICERS President MARY LANGMEAD Vice-President MAY WALLACE Secretary-Treasurer VIVIAN QUARLES
Page Seventeen SENIORS
Milton C. Addington Memphis Alpha Tau Omega, Pledge Master 4; Sou'wester Staff I, 2; Stylus I, 2, 3, 4, Editor of Stylus Journal 4; Omicron Delta Kappa 4; Win- ner of Short Story Contest at Blue Melvin Bernstein Mountain Literary Festival 4; Can- didate for degree with distinction Memphis in Psychology.
Betty Bouton Memphis Transfer from Brenau, 2; Delta Del- ta Delta, Publicity Chairman, 2, Pan-Hellenic Representative, 3, President, 4; Y.W.C.A., 2, Treas- urer, 3, President 4; Pi Intersorori- ty, May Day Pi 2, Low Pi 4; Fashion Editor Sou'wester 3; Nitist Club, Secretary Treasurer, 2; Valentine Queen 2; Most Stylish Coed 3; Cham Canon Queen of April Fool Court, 3, 4; Maude, Mississippi Student Counsellor 3; Elections Sigma Alpha Epsilon Commission 4; Women's Pan-Hel- lenic Council, Vice President 4; Homecoming Queen 4; Student Welfare Committee 4; Women's Undergraduate Board 4; Christian Union Cabinet 4; Hall of Fame.
Jeanne deGraffenreid Memphis Independent Women, Vice Presi- dent 2, President 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, Norma Estes 3; Sou'wester Staff, I, 2, 3, 4; War Relief Committee, I ; Spanish Club, Martin, Tennessee I; President Shakespeare Club, I; Delta Delta Delta, Marshal 4; Y. Nitist Club 2; Alpha Theta Phi 4; W.C.A., I, 2, 3; Canterbury Club Stylus 3, Secretary 4; Elections 2; Nitist Club 2; Chapel Pianist Commission 4; Candidate for de- 3, 4. gree with distinction in History.
Ernest Flaniken Memphis
Alpha Tau Omega, Chaplain, 4; Ministerial Club I, 2, 3, 4; Presi- dent 2; Vice President, Omicron Delta Kappa 4; Players 3, Secre- tary Treasurer 4; Alpha Theta Phi Leone Flaniken 4; Southwestern Singers I, 2, Presi- dent 4; Christian Union Cabinet Memphis 2; Elections Commission 3; Win- Transfer Lindenwood College 3; Al- ner of Belk Bible Medal I; Spencer pha Omicron Pi 3, Recording Sec i, Greek Prize I, 2; President of Stu- retary 4. dent Body and Student Council 4; Hall of Fame; Regional Candi- date for Rhodes Scholarship; Alpha Theta Phi awards for highest hon- ors in freshman and sophomore classes; Candidate for degree with Honors in History.
Page Eighteen SENIORS
Maynard Fountain, Jr. Greenwood, Mississippi Sigma Alpha Epsilon, President 3; Sou'wester Staff I, 2; Lynx Staff 2; Elections Commission 2, 3; Honor Louise Frank Council 2, 3, 4; Vice President Memphis Student Body 2; President Student Delta Delta Delta, Social Chair- Body 3; Men's Pan-Hellenic Coun- man 3, Historian 4; Y.W.C.A. I, cil 3; April Fool Carnival Court 3; 2, 3; Canterbury Club 2; Sou'wes- Who's Who in American Colleges ter Staff 2, 3. and Universities 3; Omicron Delta Kappa 3, 4; Christian Union Cabi- net 4; Student Welfare Committee 4; Hall of Fame.
Mary Gideon Memphis Delta Delta Delta, Scholarship Chairman 2, Librarian 3, Cleighton Gannon 4; Y.W. C.A. I, 2, 3; W.A.A., Secretary 2, Memphis President 4; Chi Beta Phi 4; Secre- tary Treasurer of Junior Class; Torch 4; Christian Union Cabinet 3, 4; Student Counsellor 4; Women's Undergraduate Board, Secretary 4.
Evelyn Givens Memphis Alpha Omicron Pi Jacqueline Goodman Candidate for degree with Distinc- Memphis tion in Spanish.
Bettye Lee Hancock Memphis Catherine Harrison Alpha Omicron Pi I, 2, Rush Chair- Hopewell, Virginia man 3, Pan Representative 4; S.T. Transfer from Montrest College 3; A.B. I, 2, 3, 4, Founder's Day Mem- Y.W.C.A. 3, Vice President 4; . ber I, President 4; Women's Pan- Southwestern Singers 3; Christian Hellenic Council 4; Y.W.C.A., I, Union Cabinet 4; Dormitories Gov- 2, 3, 4; Most Stylish Coed I; Queen erning Board, Secretary 4; Student of State Track Meet 4. Counsellor 4; Candidate for de- gree with Distinction in Philosophy.
Page Nineteen SENIORS
James Conley Hemmen Memphis Carolyn Hesselbein Sigma Nu, Secretary 3, President 4; "S" Club; Basketball Team 1, 3; Memphis Football Team 1, 2, 3; Golf Team 3, 4.
Dorothy Hogan Thomas Houser Memphis Dyersburg, Tennessee Zeta Tau Alpha, Guard 2, Secre- Vice President Freshman Class; tary 3, President 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, President Kappa Sigma Pledges 1; 3, 4; Pi Intersorority 4; Women's Football team 4; Lord-in-Waiting of Pan-Hellenic Council, President 4; April Fool Court 4; Publications Women's Undergraduate Board 4; Board 4; Christian Union Cabinet Elections Commission 4; Canter- 4; "Most Handsome Boy" 4; Vice bury Club 2, 3; Student Council 4; President Kappa Sigma 4. Spanish Club I, 2, 3, 4; All-Star Basketball, second team, 4.
Claire James Memphis Alpha Omicron Pi, Pledge Treas- urer I, Corresponding Secretary 3, Vice President 3, President 4; Bas- Robert Jones ketball team I, 2, 3, 4; Pi Inter- sorority 3, 4; W.A.A. 1; Y.W.C.A. Boca Raton, Florida I, 3, 4; Sou'wester Staff I, Society Editor 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 2, 3, 4; Elections Commission 4; S.A. B.A. 3, Vice President 4; Member April Fool Court 4; Women's Pan- Hellenic Council 4.
Jean Langhart Wharton S. Jones Memphis Memphis Transfer L.S.U. 3; Delta Delta Del- Sigma Alpha Epsilon ta, House Chairman 4; Y.W.C.A. 3, 4; Canterbury Club 3.
Page Twenty SENIORS
Mary Langmead McClelland Field, California Kappa Delta, Most Outstanding Pledge I; President 4; Pi Inter- sorority, May Day Pi I, Low Pi 3, High Pi 4; President of Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior, Peggy Laughter Classes, Sou'wester Staff I, 2; Wo- Memphis men's Dormitory Governing Board Zeta Tau Alpha, Pledge Scholar- I, 2, 3, Vice President 4; Student ship Award 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4; Council I, 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 2, Southwestern Singers I, Vice Presi- 3, 4; Women's Undergraduate dent 2, 3, 4; Sou'wester Staff 3, 4. Board 2, 3, President 4; Treasurer Women's Pan-Hellenic Council 4; Honor Council 4; Student Welfare Committee 4; Torch 4; Hall of Fame; Candidate for degree with Distinction in Psychology. Katherine Lynch Collierville, Tennessee Delta Delta Delta, Social Chairman 2, Rush Chairman 3, Vice President 4; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4; Canterbury Laverne Lazarov Club, President 2; Heelers I; Lynx Memphis Staff I; Southwestern U.S.O. 2; Independent Women ; Secretary Honor Council 3, Secretary 4; Wo- Treasurer of Alpha Theta Phi 4. men's Undergraduate Board 3, 4, Secretary 3; Women's Dormitory Governing Boa rd, Secretary 3, President 4; Student Council 3, 4; Student Counsellor 3, 4, Assistant Chairman 3; Torch, Vice Presi- dent 4.
James Robertson McQuiston Mary Frances McDearman Memphis Memphis Alpha Theta Phi 4; Honor Coun- Kappa Delta cil, Summer Session 2; Omicron Delta Kappa 3, 4; Candidate for degree with Honors in English.
Robert Mann Memphis Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Correspond- Catherine Martin ing Secretary 2; Canterbury Club Memphis I, 2, 4; Vice President 2; Candi- Zeta Tau Alpha date for degree with Distinction in History.
Page Twenty-One SENIORS
Carol Morris Paris, Tennessee
Virginia Morgan Transfer from Gulf Park College 2; Delta Delta Delta, Activities Chair- Memphis man 3, Secretary 4; Nitist Club 2; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4; Independent Canterbury Club 2; Heelers 2; Y. Women I, 2, Secretary 3, Treas- W.C.A. 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 2, 3; urer 4. Student Counsellor 3, 4; W.A.A. Vice President 3; Alpha Theta Phi 4; Chi Beta Phi 4.
Hays E. Owen, Jr. Memphis Sigma Alpha Epsilon, President pledge group I, Treasurer 2, Vice President 2, Pledge Master 3; Mary Virginia Morris Christian Union Cabinet I, 2; Ventnor, New Jersey Spanish Club 2; "S" Club 2, Vice President 4; Varsity Basketball I, 2; Alpha Theta 4; Omicron Delta Kappa, Cup for outstanding sopho- more man 2, member 4; Alpha Theta Phi award for highest honors in sophomore class.
Peggy Parsons Memphis Joseph Hunter Phillips Kappa Delta, Social Chairman 2, Memphis Treasurer 3, Secretary 4; Lynx Staff Sigma Alpha Epsilon 2, 3, 4; Sou'wester Staff 2, 3; Nitist Club, 2, 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3; Heelers 2, 3.
Ann Pridgen Virginia Prettyman Memphis Covington, Tennessee Alpha Omicron Pi, Herald 2, Rush W.A.A. 2, 3, 4; Southwestern Sing- Chairman 3, Vice President 4; Lynx ers I, 2, 3, 4; Sou'wester Staff I; Staff I, 2; Sou'wester Staff I, As- • Canterbury Club 2; S.A.B.A. 3, 4; sociate Editor 2, Circulation Man- French Club 4; Independent Bas- ager 3, 4; Spanish Club I, 2, 3, ketball team I, 4; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, Treasurer 4; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3; 3, 4. S.T.A.B. 4.
Page Twenty-Two SENIORS
Vivian Quarles Transfer from Judson College 3; Alpha Omicron Pi, Pledge Treas- Ed Quinn urer 3, Corresponding Secretary 4; Memphis Candidate for degree with Distinc- tion in Spanish. Pi Kappa Alpha
Mary Louise Rhea Somerville, Tennessee Zeta Tau Alpha, Standards Chair- man 2, Treasurer 3, Corresponding David A. Ruffin Secretary 4; Chi Beta Phi 3, Treas- Covington, Tennessee urer 4; Sou'wester Staff 3; Canter- bury Club 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4.
Alice Scott Memphis H. L. Schuman Delta Delta Delta, Treasurer 4; Memphis Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4; Canterbury Club 3; Lynx Staff 2; Student Counsellor 4.
Jane Williams Sides Nancy Scott Tunica, Mississippi Shreveport, Louisiana Delta Delta Delta, Vice President of Delta Delta Delta Social Chairman Pledges I, Best Pledge I, Historian 3, Corresponding Secretary 4; Lynx 2, Vice President 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2; Staff I, 2; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3; Can- Spanish Club 2; Canterbury Club terbury Club I, 2. 2, 3, President 3; Christian Union Cabinet 3; Student Counsellor 2, 3; Lynx Staf I.
Page Twenty-Three SENIORS
Betty Sikking Harland L. Smith Louisville, Kentucky Collierville, Tennessee Transfer from University of Louis- Football I, 4; Basketball I, 2, 4; ville 3; Y.W.C.A. 3, 4; Southwest- Track 2; Publications Board 2; Kap- ern Singers 3; Independent Women pa Alpha, Corresponding Secre- 3, 4. tary 3; Intramural Board 4; Omi- cron Delta Kappa 4.
William Speros Memphis Sigma Nu, Vice President 2, Presi- Sam Stephenson dent 3, 4; Men's Pan-Hellenic Memphis Council 2, 3, 4; Varsity Football I, Kappa Sigma, Secretary 2; Vice "S" Club 3, 4; Varsity Track 3, 4; President 3; President 4; Men's I, 2, 3, President 4; President of Pan-Hellenic Council 4; Honor Men's Intramural Board 3; Intramu- Council 3; Band I, 2; Sou'wester ral All-Star Basketball Team 4; Staff I; Vice President Junior Service Club, 2, 3; Best All-Round Class. Boy 4; Hall of Fame 4.
Robert E. Stobaugh Martin, Tennessee Kappa Sigma, Treasurer 2, His- torian I, 4; Student Council 4; Vice President Alpha Theta Phi 4; Presi- dent Chi Beta Phi 4; President Omi- William F. Symes cron Delta Kappa 4; Second honor Memphis student in freshman class; second Kappa Alpha honor student in junior class; Wil- liam Spandow Scholarship in Chem- istry 4; candidate for degree with honors in Chemistry.
Mayme W. Tate Laurel, Mississippi Zeta Tau Alpha; President of Fresh- man Dormitory; Women's Dormi- Thomas T. Tidwell tory Governing Board I ; Sou'wester Staff I; Pi Intersorority 2, 3, 4; Memphis Secretary-Treasurer of Sophomore Kappa Alpha Class; Alpha Theta Phi 4; French Club 4.
Page Twenty-Four SENIORS
Irma Waddell Memphis Chi Omega, Pledge scholarship cup I; Choir I, 2; Sou'wester Staff I, Associate Editor 2; Stylus 2, 3, 4, William A. Turner Vice President 3; Secretary Elec- Dresden, Tennessee tions Commission 4; Editor Lynx 3; Secretary Treasurer Torch 4; Presi- Alpha Tau Omega, President 3, 4; dent Alpha Theta Phi 4; President Band I, 2, President 3; Men's Pan- Publications Board 4; Tri-Delta Hellenic Council 3, 4. freshman scholarship award I; Al- pha Theta Phi, First Place Scholar- ship Awards I, 2, 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4; Student Counsellor 3; Stu- dent Council 3, 4.
May Wallace Betty Bynum Webb Memphis Fort Worth, Texas Chi Omega, Pledge Treasurer I, B.A., Southwestern, 1946; Kappa House Chairman 2, Secretary 3, Delta, Cultural Programs Chairman Vice President 4; Sou'wester Staff 3, Editor 4, Secretary 4, Vice Presi- I, Circulation Manager 2, 3; Lynx dent 5; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4, Cabi- Staff I, 2, 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3; net 3; Southwestern Singers I, 2, 3, Nitist Club 3; Stylus 3, 4; Alpha 4, 5, Secretary 4, Assistant Conduc- Theta Phi 4; Torch, President 4; tor 5; Franco-German Club I; Al- Student Council 4; Women's Un- pha Psi Omega 5; Sou'wester Staff dergraduate Board, Vice President 3, Music Editor 4; Alpha Theta Phi 4; Student Counsellor 3, 4; Vice 4, 5; Christian Union Cabinet 4; President of Senior Class. K.D. basketball team 3, 4, 5; Dream Girl of PiKA 5.
Julia Wellford Memphis Chi Omega, Chapter Correspond- ent 2, Treasurer 3, President 4; Wo- men's Pan-Hellenic Council 3, Sec- John Wilson retary 4; Christian Union Cabinet Transfer from Mississippi State 3; 2, Vice President 3, 4; Sou'wester Alpha Tau Omega, Treasurer 4; Staff I, 2; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3 4, Ministerial Club 3, President 4; Cabinet 2, 3; Honor Council I, 2, Christian Union Cabinet 4; Men's 3, 4, President 2, 3; May Day Pi 3; Pan-Hellenic Council 4; Elections Southwestern Singers I, 2, 3; Torch Commission 4; Omicron Delta Kap- 4; Torch award for outstanding pa 4. sophomore woman; Alpha Theta Phi 4; Secretary-Treasurer of Stu- dent Body 4; Student Council 2, 3, 4; Canterbury Club 2, 3; Stu- dent Counsellor 2, 3, 4; April Fool Court 4; Hall of Fame.
Maude Young Memphis
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THE JUNIOR CLASS
CLASS OFFICERS
President BLAIR WRIGHT
Vice-President BOB AM IS
Secretary-Treasurer LUCILLE HAM ER