48 maverick, The

:-·

! ... .

.

'

·.i. ··:

.

-:/

~

·

·

ege

EDITOR.'

_{BUS. MGR.}

:da

7

I

(3

e

J-loUJ-a/t

d

~ cjl

+

1J;,

1_

w-liis jukes

were

just a littl

e

bit

dr

)'

and

so111eli111c.1

111e

lllouldn't k.110111 for

snre whether ur

no! lo lau

gh.

Bui

he

under

s

tood and a .w,i/

e

111011ld rrinldt

•

th

e

cor-ner

s

of

his

eyes.

He al

·

ways

seemed

lo

stand

a.fiarl

from

the

olhC'r

instmctors-the)

,

,

alwa

ys

inc

em

intly

h11.rried, while

he

stood

leisure!)

,

in

some separate

co

rner

of

/if

e.

Never

loo

busy

to

help a fellow

in

a jam with bis

alg

e

bra

or explain

Social Sci

e

nc

e

probl

e

m

s-(hr was

ve

rsatile,

eq1f.ally

at homl' with Math

e

mati

cs

or

Socio

log)

1

)

he was

always

see11 with

a

gro11

J>

of

the

y01rng

peopl

e

lo

whom he

d('di

c

al

e

d

his

lif

e

.

Doctor R11 J,ert

M.

Dors('

y-"

Poj, Dor

sey"-b('

-loved instr11ctor

of

M

es

a pa

ssed

11,wa

y

shortly

beforl'

midnight Thu

rsday,

March

11

al his

homl'.

We,

with

d

ee

p

feeling

and

rl'sprcl drdicale

thi

s

annua

l

to his memor

y.

Page

J

MESA COLLEGE

'

S

ma,n

building photographe

d

on

I

nfra-red

film.

MES A

COLLEGE

A Public Institution

The year is 1925. the

sc

ene

is

the old Lowell

school- a

great grey barn of a

building which now houses

the

Mesa County

Librar

y,

Girl Scout meeting

s,

and a

flock of

mottled pigeons.

A

l

ittl

e

ne,...•er building

a

t

that t

ime,

i

t

bore the

impos

ing

title

"

(:;,rand

Juncti

on

State

J

unior College

,"

and daily

it

echoed the answering

'

her

e's

"

o

f

i

l

s

thi

rt

y

-n

ine

s

tuden

ts

. Th

us began

M

esa

College.

Dr. L.

L.

Hydle

,

a

s

hy

.

earne

s

t

Scandinavian

(w

ho

s

poke with an

engag

in

g hint

of an

accent),

was

the

first

P

resident. or

Dean as he

wa

s called al tha

t

time

:ind

devoted himself

wholeheartedly toward laying

the

foundation

f

or a

College.

Two

years later

Pr

ofessor

0. N.

Mar

s

h

one of the

original instructors in

the Junior

College

became dean

.

Unquestionably a versatile instructor, he taught

classes

in

French,

mathematics, o

r En

glish-in

fact

whatever

was needed.

It was

thr

ee

year

s

later

that the

dynamic

Clifford G. Hou

ston

from Colorado

University become dean.

Here

was a man

of boundless

energy who

soo

n

channeled

;1nd direded the

yo

uthful

inst

ituti

on

in

to a

going

concern

.

HORACE

J.

WUBBEN,

able president of

Mesa College

,

has been with the

in

s

titution

for IO years

.

Mr. Wubben

hold

s

an

M. A

.

degree from

the

University of

Co

l

orado.

MARY RAIT

, Deon

of

Women,

doubles as

his

tory

and

current events instructor as

well as lending an occasional

ear

to

the problems her charges incur.

She

received

her M.

A.

from the University of

Colorado

.

~

...

I

MATTIE F. DORSEY

holds a Ph.

D.

degree from

the

Uni-versity of

Colorado and

is

Mesa

'

s

Regi

strar

.

In addition

s

h

e

i

s

a main-stay of the

Ph

i

Theta

Kappa, nat

i

onal honor

society.

VICTOR F

.

CHARLES,

friendly, smiling,

helpful Dean of

Men

is

a local

Mr

.

Anthony. He re

ceived

his M

.

A

.

from

Colorado Sta+e College and

teaches

government and eco

-nomics

here

.

Roberta

Ander

so

n

Norris

Bleyhl

Elizabeth Cramer

Shorthand

Librarian

Drama.Speech

B. A. University

M.A.,

U.

of

M.A.

,

U.

of

Illinoi

s

of Colorado

Minnesota

Raymond Bauer

Norma Carr

Mu

sic

Home Economics

B.

A.

U

.

of Nebraska

Colorado A

&

M

B. M. U.

of

Roche

st

er

Edward

Day

Kathleen Grover

Lowell Heiny

Commerce

English

Chemistry,

M

ath

M

.A.

Colorado

S. C.

M.A.,

U.

of

D

enver

M.

A., Colorado S.

C

.

Maybelle Gordon

Harry Hammer

Commerce

Music

M. S.

,

U. of Denver

M.A.,

Syracuse

U.

Ester

Herr

Lloyd Jones

Marie

K

il

lheffer

English

M

.A

. Columbia

U

.

P

syc

hology

English

,

Literature

M. A. Western

M.A.

, U

.

of

Chicago

State College

Lois J

ohnson

George Lake

Physical Education

Journali

sm.

English

B.

A.

,

C. S. C. E.

M.A., U. of Michigan

Kenneth LeMoine

Math. Mech

Drawing

M

.

A.. U.

of

Colorado

Dallas Sutton

Biological Sciences

M. 5.

,

Northwestern U.

Melvin

M

c

New

Chemistry.

Math

M.A.,

We

stern

Sta

te

College

Jay

Tolman

Athletic Director

B. S

.

.

Utah State C.

Elmer G. Houston

Maintenance Supt.

Harlen Morton

Commerce

B

.

Ed ..

Western

I

llino

is

State College

Marie

Tree

ce

Voice and Choir

Pupi

l

of Luisa

N

ouelli

and

R. N. Montagu

e

Pau

l

P

hillips

Geo

logy

M.A ..

Oklahoma A

&

M

Herbert

Weldon

Phy

sics

and

Math

M. S ..

W

estern

State

NOT

P

ICTURED:

Laura Smit

h

.

Fore

ign

L

anguages

M.A

.

. U. of Kansas

Alvie

Reddin

Art

B.

A.

,

West

T

exas

State Teacher C.

Le

ster

B. Whett

en

Agriculture

M.

S

..

B. Y. U.

Charles

E. Ham,

Senior

I

nstructor

On the

F

arm Training

Rebecca Anderson

.

Admin. Secy.

B

.

S. E., U. of Arkansas

Virginia A

.

Rut

ledge

, A

sst.

Secy

.

B.

A

.. U.

of Louisiana

B. Timmons and J. Massey and SOLKO'S own Les Landry

It isn't our

Sales talk that

Makes SOLKO'S

The Man

's Store

Of the Western

Slope.

It is our

Fine Quality

.

•

For Your Wardrobe : .

.

It's

Solkos

The Clothing Spot of the Western Slope

~

-Claire with the New

Look

OVER FORTY

YEARS

OF RELIABLE SERVICE

IN WESTERN COLORADO

The Ultra Style

Clot

h

es

For

Co

lle

ge

Girls

~~

"" 9

J),.

C,

0

C, \..

C:,

~,~

0

~

Phi

l

with the

Bold Look

Top

Names

in

Clothing

Har

t

Shoffner

&

Marx

Suits

Stetso

n

Hots

MacGregor

Wilso

n Br

os.

Fl

ors

h

e

im

Shoes

Page

9

Ever

y

thing in

HARDWARE

MARKRUD

&

THOMAS

HARDWARE CO.

Pa

i

n

t

s

Radios

Hardware

Appliances

Housewares

5

59 Ma

in

Sporting Goods

MESA

COLLEGE

STUDENTS

Bi

r

thday

s,

Proms

,

Anniver

s

ari

es,

Sick

ness or Sorrow

"SAY

IT

W

ITH FLO

W

ER

S"

From

JOHNSON'S HOUSE OF FLOW

E

RS

N

eigh

b

ors of

M

esa Co

ll

e

g

e

13

5

0

No

r

t

h

Ave

nu

e

PHONE 1645

T

e

l

egrap

h

F

lor

is

t

s

For the

Be

s

t in

Drug Value

s

n

'="' The Morning After the Night Before Bryce Howard

Patroni

z

e

..

.

Th

ere

W

i

ll B

e a

GD

In Your Fu

t

ur

e

S

o

m

e

da

y a

t th

e

W

estern Slo

p

e Auto Company

202 Main

Phone

590

R. G. Miller Our 3bth Year Reed C. Miller

T H E

.Af

ej4

D RU G

COMPANY

WALGREEN AGENCY

•

L

eading Cut-Rate Drug

•

Are

yo

u

plann

in

g

t

o

be a Prospector

;,

;, ;,

If

so

make

The

S

&

M Supply

C

o

mpany

,

Inc.

Your

H

eadquarters

For

Mine

,

Mill

and

Industrial

Equipment

•

721 So. Seventh

Phone 2966

Shop Here

for

Shoes

•

For That . ..

---====

~

SUPER

SE RV ICE

===========----Drive In

and See

Hall's Sales and Service

Distributors

of

SK

ELLY GAS

and

OIL

•

6th

and North

Ave

.

Always

Behind

the

Mavericks

Three Beautiful Young Girls

•

Jane Yarnell, Charlotte Parker, Pat Wilcox

John

C

.

Rob

ert

s .

.

.

for the

co

lle

ge

m

an

NEW METHOD

LAUNDRY

T

weed

i

es .

.

.

Dry Cleaners and Dyers

Grace

Wa

lk

e

r

s

.

.

.

Red Goose

.

. .

321

Rood

Avenue

for the college girl

OUT WEST BOOTERY

Phone

317

420

Main

F

o

r Prompt Pickup

an

d Deli

ve

ry

SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFIC

E

RS

and sponsors seated

about

the

table

ore !L-R)

Norma

Carr, sponsor· Frank Sherman,

Pre

s

.:

Jerry

Mae

Gerbaz,

V. Pres.; Max Kendall

,

Treas.; Delores Smith, Secretary ond

sponsor,

Mr. Day.

SOPHOMOR~S, CLASS

OF

1948

Has Distinction

of

Be

ing Largest in

History

The Sophomore

Class

of

'48,

one of the

largest groduating

classes

in the

nistory

of

Mesa College. went

sailing

through the

year

with Frank Sherman as

presi-dent. On deck

to assist

him

were

vice president.

Jerry Mae

Gerba-z. secretary.

D

e-lores Smith. and treasurer,

Max Kendall. The

class

wa

s

sponsored

by Mr. Day and

l\·liss Carr.

The fall quarter

starte

d

off with a bang when the class entertained the

Freshmen

31

the traditional school picnic.

Homecoming

wa

s

the Sophomore's chief social

interest of winier quarter when they proudly presented their queen,

Barbara Dalee.

This year the Sophomore

Clas

s

also offered the king and

queen

of

Soiree. Bud

Pflieger and

Charlene Bickford.

The annual dinner

dance at

the

Legion Hall.

enjoyed

by

the

whole Sophomore

class,

spo

ilighted the

spring

quarter. The morning

of

June 1

1

th marked the date of

Commencement.

In

the

afternoon

a college reception for

the Sophomores. their

Norman

Atkins

Pre

-

Veterinarian

Robert

Barker

Pre-Medical

Tom Arnold

Architectural Engineering

Jean

Besse

English

Marie Arnold

Business

Elizabeth Barcu

s

Education

Bruce

Brownson

Arls

and

Science

A

llan

Bow

les

Pre

-

Forestry

George

Bradbu

rn

Bu

siness

Adm

inistration

Warren

Broderson

Arts

and Sciences

Jack

Bale

Educat

ion

Charlene

Bickfo

rd

Arts

and

Scien

ce

Don Burges

s

Pre

-

S)ptometry

Doris Clark

Education

Joann

e

Cording

Home

Economics

Mary Le

ah Chavez

Music

Page 13

Jim

Christie

Liberal Art

s

Jim Cox

Bu

s

iness

Art

Dorothy

Clyborn

Business

Bert Chamberlin

Bu

siness

John

Crisman

Liberal

Art

s

Charles Chavez

A

rts and

Science

s

Corinne Daily

Commerce

Don Dickey

Phillip Capp

Business

R

ich

ard Drexe

l

Agriculture

Robert Dotson

Ar

ts and

Science

Erma

Jean

Dalee

Commerce

Arts and Science

Will

i

am DeMerschman

Liberal Arts

Phil Dufford

Po

l

it

ical

S

cience

Barbara Da

Lee

Bus

i

ness

Marvin Feuerborn

Ar

ts and

Scien

ce

Katherine Eliopu

los

Education

Bever

l

y F

l

agg

Li

bera

l

Art

s

Robert Fulton

Agri

culture

L

ucil

l

e Fulton

Home Economics

Page 14

Berta Don Flagg

Art

Denny Graham

Engineering

Jesse Gardner

Music

Bo

bette Goette

Arts and Sc

i

ences

Gerry Gerbaz

Lib

era

l

Arts

James J.

Hinricb

Pre-Med

icine

J

oyce

Hollemb

eak

Education

Claire

Holmes

Home E

co

n

omics

Merritt Hinshaw

Animal Husbandry

Luc

ille Harrison

Libera

l

Arts

Jack

ie Helman

Home Econom

ics

Maurice Johnson

Agriculture

John

Krizm

an

Avis Jayne

s

Speech

Arts and Sc

i

ences

J

eni

John

so

n

P

s

y

c

holog

y

Emmit Johnson

Physical

Education

Arthur Ke

sw

i

ck

Ar

ts

Page 15

Mary Kapaun

Hom

e

E

conomics

Kathryn Keswick

Art

s

and Sciences

Jean

Lane

Language

Jayne

Lowe

Education

Floyd

Kel

ly

Arts

and

Sciences

Bill

Latham

Pre-Dental

Virginia

Law

ton

Commerce

Martha

L

ancaster

Liberal

A

rts

Rosalie

Lewis

Arts

and Sciences

Bi

ll

McCleneghan

Arts and Sciences

Jack McCracken

Physical Education

Jack

Mcintosh

Forestry

Everett

Madson

Art

s .:ind Sciences

George

Mercer

Pre

-

Forestry

Bob

Nakaoka

Ed Morey

Liberal Arts

Don Moyer

Art

Arts and

Sciences

K.

W

. N

iven

L

i

beral Arts

Evelyn

P

ertz

Lib

era

l

Arts

' 6

e

orge

Pu

ls

I

-

Pre-

Veterinarian

Betty P

ollock

Ed

uc

a

ti

on

Dud

P

f

l

ieger

Ge

r

a

l

d Pu

ls

P

re-

M

e

d

icine

Phys

i

ca

l Edu

cation

Richard

Reus

t

Orin

Ri

chards

Libe

ral

Arts

A

rts

and Sc

i

ence

s

Rob

e

rt R

ice

H

orticu

l

ture

Eileen

R

ice

Commer

ce

Sara

Lu Rankin

Ar

t

Aud

rey

Rundle

Ed

uc

a

tion

Kenneth

Scott

Cl

into

n

Sampson

Com

merce

A

rts

and Sci

ences

F

ra

nk

Sherman

Phy

sical

Education

L.

R. She

l

l

edy

Sc

i

ence

Bar

bar

a S

teb

b

ins

A

rt

Me

lvin

Scott

Ar

ts

and

Science

s

Carol Steve

ns

Liberal

Arts

Page L7

J

e

anine Sis

le

r

Liber

al Art

s

Ray

A

.

Schieswohl

Commerce

P

hyllis

Tu

rner

Educat

ion

Claudia

T

ayl

or

Commerce

Nancy Speck

Commerce

W

illiam

Thomas

Eng

ineering

Warren Turn

er

Pre

-Law

Ore

n

Towsley

Pre-Med

W

il

liam Weaver

Commerce

Shirley Weston

Liberal

A

rts

Doris

Wha

l

in

A

rt

Robert Whitmore

Music

Pat Wil

cox

Home

Economic!.

Jam

es

F.

Whi

tt

ak

er

Liberal

Ar

ts

Jimmie Williams

Art

s

and

Sc

iences

A

drienne

W

il

l

iamson

H

ome

Economics

Robert

W

ilson

Ag

ricu

l

ture

P

eggy Jo

Woolver

ton

Language

Esther

Veatch

Comm

erce

Robert

VanGundy

Commerce

Dorothy

Vernon

Liberal

Art

s

Jean Yarnell

Libera

l

Art

s

A

rchitect's

Drawing of Mesa College Dormitory for

Women

P:i~c 19

LAYCOCK MOTOR COMPANY

7

th

and White

Phone

1616

The

Home

of

Chrysler

Plymouth

and

Diamond

"

T

"

Trucks

FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS

sm

il

e

at

the camera-man for this

picture

.

In

clud-ed here

are

(L-

R)

Don Leeper

,

Vice-Pres.; Mr.

Lowell Heiny,

Sponsor;

Grant

Huntley

,

Pre

s

.

; Miss

John

son,

Sponsor, and Mae

De

Ve

r

e:,

Sec.-T

r

eas

.

FR~SHMAN CLASS OF '49

Class of

'49-Hey

Freshman! Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? And good

it

is

.

The

Freshman

class

has been going place

s

.

Even in Hell week

,

the Sophomore

s

official

.:ha

n

ce

for down-treading

upon

the down-trodden

freshmen, class spirit

remained high.

From the

first,

certain

stude

nt

s

have

been

outstanding in the class

.

We have four

)dive student council

members: Mary Beth Webster, Phyllis Lee West, Viv

i

an

Ma

-donna

,

and

(rep

r

esenting

the men in the

class)

Pet

e

P

olla

r

d.

We

have had a number

::>f

candidates

up

for everything

of

importance

including

suc

h

positions as attendants

at Homecoming and King

and

Queen of So

i

ree. And

suppo

rt

for our

candi

dat

es

was

n

ot

l

acking

.

(Could we

help

it

i

f

we were outnumbered?)

Sometime during the

spring

quarter we

freshmen

p

l

an

to hold a picnic

with

the

sop

homores as our

honored guests

to

sho

w

our sincere

apprecia

ti

on for the

one they

h

eld for

u

s

last

fall

.

We

've

had our baptism

by formaldehyde,

by

ammonia,

and

sulfuric acid;

met and

'11astered our b

ig,

bad

,

business

machines; memorized

the combinations to

at

least

a half dozen

lockers

aside from our own; brough

t

forth

from somewhere inside,

our

f

i

rst research paper;

and muti

late

d

the

announcement

s

on

the bulle

tin

board. We

,ave,

in short,

embarked

upon

our college career

. N

ice

going

,

Freshman.

Maybe

~ome

day we will know as much a

s

the

Sophomores

do.

William

Brown

Wil

son

A

l

l

red

Carl

Alli

so

n

Phyllis

Blanke

Gene

Br

uton

Betty

Beehler

Meridonn

a Baker

Floyd

Bran

scu

m

The

lma

Brod

Pat Bates

Arthu

r

Bu

l

la

Virginia

B

ryant

•

Betty

Burnside

Geneva

Bosley

Dean Beck

Helen Cook

Donald Carr

Margaret C

l

em

Wayne Cal

lahan

Georgia

Castle

Page 21

W

illia

m Caw

ley

Clayton Carr

D

avid DeCamp

Thoma

s

E. Dav

i

s

Wilma DeVr

ies

Donald

J.

Farley

Herbert Forake

r

Samuel

Ce

rise

Helen

Coole

y

Mae

DeVe

re

Wil

la

Dea

n

Dunn

Dale

De

cke

r

Wayn

e

Er

ickson

Ruth

Feuerborn

Co

s

ten Ceri

se

Rutha Dee

L

app

Charlen

e

Dav

is

Loui

se

Dull

Daren Davis

Grace

Etchemedy

Franc

i

s

Grin

gra

s

Page 22

Billie

Kae

Geary

Guy

Gull

ey

Dick

Gilstrap

Margie

Green

Lloyd

Gordon

Ruth Howell

Hersch

e

l

Helm

Grant Huntley

Duane Hau

s

s

e

r

Ra

l

ph

Hagem

an

Do

nn

a Hire

s

Gwen Hovey

Dorot

h

y

Hall

Ha

ro

l

d H

il

l

Emma Harber

t

James He

ndricks

Don

Howe

ll

M

ary

Han

sen

L

aurel Jon

es

Che

ster

J

ennin

g

s

John

Jenkin

s

George

K

l

apwyck

Be

tt

y K

i

mble

Rodney La

r

son

Jean

Lindsay

Bi

llye

Mellin

Ka

therine

Mcleod

Tom

M

c

V

ey

Vivian Mad

onn

a

Don

Marts

Melvi

n

Mile

s

Ge

ral

d

M

c

i

ntyre

P

at

Mu

r

p

hy

Cary

l

McCoy

Louise Morris

Lou

i

se lines

Edra

L

ashley

B

everl

y M

oore

James

McDowell

Miles Mc

D

aniels

Frank Mancuso

Richard

Ni

cho

l

s

Pa

ge

24

Haro

ld Patterson

Welton Pol

l

ard

John

Phillips

David

Peterson

Joyce

Pearson

Robert

P

anarites

Charlotte

Parker

Clarence

Payton

Jack Pennock

Betty Read

Jim

Roberts

Coyleen

Rogers

Edith

Reynolds

Aubyn Rhodes

Shirley Rowley

Derelyse

Roatcap

Pat

Reynolds

Donald Sager

Sherwood

Snyder

Cody Sherar

Burke Smith

Page 25

Allan Scalla

Dona

l

d Stucker

Marion

Sutton

Gerald

Stoker

Gerald

Shire

Kenneth

Sprague

David Sundal

Melba

Thompson

Forre

st

Toplis

s

Joyce Tucker

Carl

Treece

Margery Thompson

Wa

l

lace Van Deren

Do

ris

Yan Gander

Mary Beth Web

ster

Mi

ld

red Webb

Shirley

W

ilcox

Lawrence

Wasinger

Ray

Wa

l

ker

Edwin

Warner

Frances

Woo

ley

Gilbert

Wi

lso

n

Jack Young

Phyllis

Lee

We

s

t

Patri

c

ia O

'

Del

l

P

hil Anderson

Page 26

GIRLS

-

-

-

do

yo

u want to

be

pursued by the

handsome

me

n

of

Me

sa? ...

If

so,

take

Elna

Ma

e's

advice and

buy Clothes

a

t

- -

-Manuel's

Sixth

a

nd

Main

"Where

Quality

Is

Higher Than Price

"

John Cary, Shirlee Charlesworth

Western Co

l

orado's

Oldest

and

Largest

Elna Mae De Vere

STATIONERY

PRINTING AND

OFFICE SU PPL Y

HOUSE

•

Royal Typewriters

•

Victor

Adding Machin

es

•

Dictaphon

e

•

GF St

eel

Office

Equ

ipment

•

UARCO Business Systems

- - - = = =

INTERMOUNTAIN

-

- - 5 2 4

Main

St. ---PRINTING

&

STATIONERY COMPANY----Phone

4 8 -

-

-"Everything for th

e

Office"

For

That

Formal

Dance

Don't

Take

a

Chance

Cut

Flowers

530

Main

Fe

ll

ows

to be

"

God

's

Gift"

to t

he

Women

Order

t

h

at

BUICK

or

PON

TI

AC

T

oday

•

Nancy Speck

WATSON FLOWER SHOP

II

-.

.

~

Buy

That

Corsage

at

the

Watson

Flowe

r

Shop

Potted

Plant

s

Phone 144

A

Fe

ll

ow

Witho

ut

a

BUICK

or

PONTIAC

IS

Like a

Fello

w

Witho

ut

a

Ga

l

•

HARRIS AUTO COM

P

ANY

Buick

and

Pontiac

619

MAIN

DEALERS

.

PHONE 424

D

e

partments •

A Micro-Photography Experiment

'---

{

Music,

Business, Science,

Indus

trial, En

glish, Dra

matics,

Art,

Home E

conomics, Agricult

ure,

Physical E

ducat

ion

SCIENCE AND MATH EMA TICS

in

structors

above are (L-RJ Kenneth

LeM

o

in

e,

Melvin

M

cNew, Lowell

Hein

y

.

and Herbert

Weld

on

.

Whether

your

interests

are

grounded

in

Business

,

Art,

or Eng

in

eering, somewhe

r

e.

~

~no

w

le

dge

of

Science

prove

s

a necessity.

It

may be

the highly speci

al

ized

kinds of

Science

.

s

u

ch

a

s

E

lectr

i

c

al E

nginee

rin

g or perhaps only a

survey course

w

il

l

suffice-b

ut

so

m

ew

h

ere

you

'll

need

i

t.

Chem

is

try.

Ph

ysics. Biology

.

Zoo

l

ogy

.

a

re

the

principal

sc

i

ence courses offered here

.

Fo

r

pu

rposes

of

sim

p

l

i

fication

,

the

mathematics

hav

e

been

inc

l

uded

with the

sc

ience department for pictora

l

rep

re

sentation

.

Instructors include:

He

rbe

r

t

W

el

do

n,

Ph

ysics;

Lowe

l

l

Heiny

and

Melven

Mc

N

ew,

Chemistry

:

Dalla

s

Sutton,

Zo

o

logy

and

B

io

l

ogy; and

Paul

Phi

ll

ip

s, Geo

l

o

gy.

Heiny.

W

el

do

n, a

nd K

enneth

LeMoine

are

math

instructors

.

SLIDE RULE CLASS

(left) are

i

n a brown funk as they puzzlie out

the

answers to

SCIENCE

W

I

TH

BACKS TO

TH

E

CAMERA are Melvin

McNew and

several

assorted

chemistry students

.

N

eed we

say

thai

Chem

is

I ry

i\

one

of

~he

tougher

subects?

A

WWWWRK! PHYS

I

CS!

A

nyway these

people don

'i

seem

to

mind

i

t.

Well

,

no!

much

anyway

.

Auto

M

ech

ani

cs,

Ma

ch

ine

Shop

- t

he

se are the

two

prin

c

i

pa

l s

hop

-cra

fts taught at the vocational

schoo

l.

Under

the

able

tutor

ing

of

Sus

Constantine

,

Ma

ch

ine

Shop

and

Charles

Tu

rner,

Auto Me

-chanics, st

udents tear

their cars

down

and

(we

hope) repair them,

and would-be machinists create

unique devices.

P

ictures

are: TOP

Machine

Shop. Don Howell on the

l

athe.

MIDDLE

IL-

R)

Unidentified,

Herb

Ben

son.

Unidentified,

Jack Ba

le.

LOWER LEFT

and

RIGHT

,

Wil

son

Li

brary

an~

E

nglish

Sections

LIBRARY:

With Mr. Bleyhl

in

c

harge the

Murr Memorial

Library

:

ontinues lo play its important port

at Mesa.

Anyone

who has dashed

o

ff a last minute

theme

can

well

appreciate

1he well-stocked

shelves

!the library

has 9,900

volumes) and

sometimes

the

magazines

on

file

come in especially

handy too.

Cir

·

culation

ave

r

ages

above

600 vo

l

-umes

each

month

.

E

N

GLISH: One of

the mosl

im

portant departments in

the

school,

from

any way

you look at ii. is the

English

Department. However,

it is

a much maligned section-ask any

Freshman.

Marie

Killheffer is in charge of

the department,

which

includes

Kathleen Grover, Esther Herr and

George Lake.

'

TOP IL

R)

Edra Lashley, Thelma

Brod. Mr.

Bleyhl

,

Dorothy Vernon

,

Joyce Hollembeak and Gwendolyn

Hovey. MIDDLE

impromptu pic

-ture taken in

the library.

LOWER.

One of

Miss Killhefer

'

s classes

hard

al

work.

!

N

ote

Harold

Rhoades,

.,ne of

the most-photographed men

at

M

esa.)

Page 33

Cast of C~aracters

"

PAPA IS

ALL

" -

Spring

Quarter, 1947

Papa

_

Jim Christie

Mama

_

_

____

E

l

la

Mae

Lee

Mrs. Yoder

Brendle

.

_

_

____ --- ___

---

____

Dorothy

DeVere

_

_ _ _

_ _

_

_ _

_

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_

_ _ _ _

_

_ _

_

A

l

Leona rd

Harry Wo

lfe

Do

ris

Whal

en

"

THE

WHOLE

TOWN

'

S

TALKING

" -

Fall Quarter

,

1947

Mr. Simmon

s

_

_

____

Jack

Po

rter

Chester Binney

_________ _

_---

_--

_--

_{____}

_Tommy

_Dav

_is

Mr. Shie

l

ds

_ --- _

Mr. Swift

__

_

_

_

.

__

__

_

Ethe

l_

_____

_

Letty Lythe

Mrs. Simmons

Sadie

Bloome

Annie

__

Taxi

driver

_

_

Lila

__

Sa

ll

y

___

. __ _

---

---

---

Wayne Chapman

----

_

---·

___

_

__

Harvey Samp

son

__ __ _ _

---

____

Margie

Green

__

_ __ _ _ _

_ _ _

Shirlee

Charlesworth

_ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _

_ _

T

heresa Tu

r

man

__

---

-

---

__

Wanda

Black

--- ____

Ba

rbara

Watk

ins

---

-

____

J

e

rry De

s

laur

i

ers

__

Audrea

Oberly

_ ---

---

Ruth

Feuerb

orn

"

THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE

"

-

Winter Quarter

,

1948

Manson

Rogers

The

Reverend William

Smythe

Auntie

Mary

___ _

Mr. Robert Smith

_

..

..

_ ---- ____

Jack

McCracken

---

-

-

- _____

David Sundal

___ ---

--

----

- _

_

Bill

Niven

___ ----

-

---

Jackie Helman

---

-

__

Edra

La

shley

_

____

Jim Chri

stie

James Ponsonby Makeshyfte, D. D.

_____ _

---

__

Bob

Daniel

s

Dra

mat

ics

Drama

rics provides

both work

and

play for those

who do

the planning

and performing in

the

three

annua

l

plays

at Mesa

College.

In charge

of

Dramatics is

s

hort. capable

and

energetic

El

i

zabeth

Cramer,

who

is

aided by Jerry

De Lauriers,

Meridona

Baker,

John

Crisman,

George

Mercer. Frank

Whittaker,

Thelma Brock,

Marybe

th

Webster,

Pat Bates

and others.

The

Dramatics

department produces one

p

l

ay

eac

h quarter

.

THE

W

HOLE TOWN'S TALKING

featured

a

sle ,er cast

of

top

(L-R)

back row-Wanda

Black,

Audrey

Oberly,

Wayne

Chapman

,

Ruth

Feuerborn,

Harvey

Sampson,

Jerry Deslauriers,

Front row:

Shirley

Charlesworth,

Tommie

Devis, Marjorie

Green,

Teresa Turman,

Jack Porter, Barbara

Wat

-kins

Lowe

r Right

picture

features a scene from the

p

ley

wifh

(L-R)

Aud

r

y Ober

l

y,

Tere

sa

Turma

n

,

Wayne Chapman,

Marjo

ry

Green, and Ruth

Feuer-born.

THE SER

V

ANT IN

THE

HOUSE

cast is shown

taking

it

easy

before rehearsal

(in

the

lower section,

left) are (L-

R) Jim

Christie,

Edra

Lashley,

David

Sunda

l

,

Jackie

Helman

.

Bill

N

iven, Jack

McCrack-en. and

Bob

Daniels

.

Lower right

is

Mrs

.

Cramer

Art

Department

·The

s

chool

year

1947-48

hos acclaimed

th

e Me

s

a College

Art Department

as the

mosi

progressive scholoslic occompli

s

hmenl

,

n the pa

s

1 few years al

Mesa

College.

Although

Mesa College

ha

s

had on Art

Deportment in the

pasi year

s,

it wa

s

not

until ihe school

year of

1947-48

that

this

particular

department has been

s

o

well

or-ga

nized and

been as progressive. Under

t

he

i

n

s

truction of_

Mr.

Redden the

Art

De-p

ortment has

achieved

a high

s

tandard of

acco

mpli

s

hmen

L

T

hi

s

new

Art Department

ha

s c

atered to

a l

arge number of student

s i

n the fie

l

d of

art

. Sludents have been offered

c

our

s

e

d

udy in

Color and Design

,

Freehand

Drawing and

the History

of

Art. Holding

in

s

tructive

classes

at

night

,

the

Art

Depart-m

e

nt

had

a

large enrollment in Adverti

s

ing

A

r

t and Oil

Pa

inting

.

One of the most outstanding a

c

hieve

.

men

t

i.

during the school year

wa

s

the

re-mo

de

l

ing of the

male

student

s s

moking

lo

unge. (original

Art gallery)

which when

fi

ni

s

hed on

March

2,

provided

Mesa Col

-le

ge

with o

very

excellent Art

Gal

l

ery.

During

the rest

of

the

sc

h

oo

l

year

I

h

e

gal

·

l

e

ry

was open to stu

dent

s

of

M

esa

College,

as

we

l

l

as

townspeop

le

of

Grand

Junction.

On exhibition

were oil paintings which

in

·

du

ded landscapes, sea scape

s,

and

s

till life

tu

die

s

.

The

s

pring

quarter

found the Arl

De-pa

rtment once

more

presenting another

ex

hibition. This

was a

student exhibition,

re

pre

s

enting the

best work

from all

lhe

C

ollege

A

rt

Classes.

fhe

A

rt

Depart

ment

also helped in

t

·

h

e

des

igning

of the

Me

sa

College

annual

yfo

r book,

the

"Maverick.'

'

T

OP, RIGHT-HAND-SIDE-Sample of

Ch

ar

c

oal

work by

Bud

Gordon.

MIDDLE-Thi c

ollection illustrates variou

s

type

s

of

wor

k done by the

art

class.

BOTTOM-Thi

s

pe

n end ink

drawing of

M

e

s

a

i

s

by

Bill

M

c

Donald.

LEFT

HAND SIDE, TOP-Evelyn Pirl-z.

Jerry

Moe

Gerbaz and Berta

Donn Flagg

mdin

g

1

y

s

how that

art

is fun. MIDDLE-Bud

Gordo'l

i

s

sketching the statuette in the

w

i

ndo

w

i

n pastel.

BOTIOM-L.

R.

Shel-l

edy a

nd

Betty Beehler

hard at wo

r

k.

(No

t

..

that

L. R. doesn

'

t have

a mu

s

tache.

Tht. s

hadow results from the

c

ameraman'

s

''

on c

amera"

flash.)

I

. ·~

I

E9

i-

.--..j

I

-

-~

,

HOrTIE Economics

Department

For

u

sefu

l information.

purposeful

in-structio

n

and

p

lain

practical education

,

it

is

impossible to surpass the Home

Economi

cs

Departmen

t

. Re

co

gnizing

that

all the girls

in

the college are

potential

(if

not a

l

ready)

wives and mothers

,

th

is course prepares,

by actual experience,

young women for

~he

i

r

domest

ic

careers.

Mis

s

Norma Carr

heads this department

.

UPPER

-L

EFT.

Hard at work, all:

(L-R)

Shirley

We

s

ton

,

Claire

Holmes

,

R

osa

lie

Lewis.

MIDDLE-

L

EFT. Shirl

ey

W

ilcox

.

MIDDLE-R

I

GHT.

Adrien

ne

William

so

n.

BOTTOM-He

len

Cooley.

Margie

Thomp-son

,

Shirley

We

ston

and

Vivian Madonna,

front.

Bac

k

,

Edra Lashley.

Al

ice

Sandberg.

Beverly

Moore and May

DeV

ere

.

EXTREME RI

GHT-Miss

Norma

Carr

Com

m

erce

Dep

art

ment

The

Commerce

Deportment. headed by

May

Belle Gordo

n,

hos

the

avowed purpose

of provid

ing business education

strict

l

y on

a colle

ge level.

This is

general

l

y

co

nsid-ered

on

two

dist

i

nct

l

eve

l

s

-

Secretaria

l

Science

and

Accounting,

these courses

again

being carried

with two options-that

of workin

g

toward

a degree or not.

Students

in

this deportment learn the

principles

of

business and

commercial

ap-plication

through extensive training drills

of a

practical

nature.

Instructors

of

the

various

classes

in the Commerce

section

in-clude:

Miss

Gordon, Mr.

Day

,

Mr. Morton

and

Mrs.

Anderson.

TOP-Moe Belle Gordon,

in the far

corner

of the

typing

room,

surveys

her

class

.

MIDDLE-Business

ma-jors slave

over hot adding

machines.

BOTTOM

-S

peed

tests are being given by

Mr.

Day

.

CHOIR AS PR

E

SENTED BELOW

includes: IL-R) First Row: Wilma Deverise, Jesse Gardner.

Audrey

Rundel. Katherine

Eliopolus

,

Joan Cording, Mary

Catherine Straka.

Rutha

Dee

Lapp

,

Meridonna

Baker;

Second

Row: Mrs.

Treece

,

Dorothy

Hall, Elizabeth Barcus.

Peggy Jo Woolverton, Kenneth

Sprague,

Philip Anderson. Allan

Fahrney,

Jack

Young, Charlene

Bidford.

Doris Van Gorder; Third

Row: Dean Beck,

Gene

Bruton,

Frank Mancuso, Jimmie

Williams

.

William

Holmes:

Fourth Row: Claudio Taylor

,

Jayne

Lowe

.

Ray

Walker

,

Sherwood Snyder, Corl Treece. Leonard

Forshee.

Allan Skinner

Howard Motz, Avis Jaynes, Eleanor

Smith, Hubert Wubben.

MES

A

COLL

E

GE

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

co

mpos

-ed

of c

ol

l

ege

s

tudents

,

high

schoo

l

st

udent

s

and

towns-people

appear

above as

photograph

ed

al the

dose of

the co

ncert

February 5th.

Inclu

ded (not in

pictorial order) are: Conductor

.

Harry

Hammer;

First

Violin

s,

Eleanor Smith

(concert

mistress)

,

Betty Lowe

Margaret Browning

.

Irene Jenkin

son,

Gladys

lngelbri~s

en

,

Myrl

ie

Faussone

,

Tommy Shiolas

Drexe

l

Costen,

Robert Gustafson,

Robert Whitmore

,

Robert

Denning,

Carol

Buttolph: Second Violin

s,

Daniel Morgan

(principa

l)

,

Paul Wubben,

Charlo

tte

Porker, Margaret

Re

nfro,

Darwin Browning,

Barbar

a

Brady

,

Joanne

Tr

ip

lett,

D

onna

G

il

leit,

J

ea

nnie

J

ohns,

Lorena V

enfrel

l

o:

Viola

s,

Marjorie

Jone

s

(princ

ipal)

,

Gwen

Ab

erna

thy

.

Arthur Gil

-berr

Billie

K

. Geary,

Dallas Sutton

,

Herbert

Bowman;

Cellos,

John

Paul

(principal).

Barbara

Jane

Rigg,

Carol

Mayberry

Edith Noe

,

Adeline Lewi

s,

Beverly O

'

N

eill,

J

oan

Dorot

hea

Clymer;

Basse

s,

Mary

Lean

Chavies

(prinr,pal).

Gay

Wood

Yvonne Taylor, Emmett Mays;

Flute

George

Ann

Watkin

s,

Erne

stine

Reardon,

Charles

Steen:

Oboe

s,

Eleanor S

chmidt.

Jock

Bartow

,

B

or

riie

Rose

A

s

pinall: Clarinets

,

Pau

l

Huber,

Haro

l

d

Ragan;

Ba

ssoons,

Dean

Beck,

Charlolte Banks; Horns

,

Pa

tsy

Peg

g. Dan

Web

ster.

Emma Elli

s

,

Raymond

M.

Bau

er

;

Trumpet

s

,

Marion

Ja

cobs (prin

c

ipalj

,

J

ames

Hu

tchins

on,

Dan Howell;

Trombone

s

,

Fred Ze

l

er

,

Law-ren

c.c>

Whetten. Harold Tabor; Tuba

,

Byron

Gillett;

Tympany,

D

ee

John

son;

Percu

ssion, Ted

F

os

ter

,

Jame

s

Willioms

J

erry

De

s

Lauriers

.

Shirlee

Charlesworth,

Doro

-thy

Sto~es

·

P

iano

and

G

lock

en

spiel

Wa

yne

Chapman·

Mar'mba-Phone,

Mae Ester

Ch

inn.

Raymond

M. Bauer

(left)

and Harry Hammer, ,ead

of

Music

Department

.

check over

a musical

score

. Mr. Bauer

is

e

co

mpo

se

r,

hi

s

sy

mph

ony in C

Major being performed

al o

co

n

ce

rt

F

ebrna

ry

5

.

A

full

year'!>

ac

tivities including

t

w

o

symphony

presentati

ons

...

s

eve

ral reciial

s

and

Choir per

forman

ces,

o

n

e

Me

sa

College on

the Air

program

each month and

he

lp

on

rh

e

oth-ers) and numer

·

ous

'

a

ssis

t

s'

in

ot

h e r

pr

ogra

m

s

marked the 1947

48 mu

sic

depart

ment program.

The Me

sa

College

Music department

con-sists ol

Mr. Hammer, in

ch

::1rge

and

includes

Mr. Bauer

,

piano;

M

rs

.

Treece, voi

ce

;

Mr

s

.

Heiny

.

piano; Charles

Myers, piano; Marion

Jacobs,

Bra

ss; a

nd

Cloyce

Stoke

s.

Woodwind

s

and

sponsors

the

community

Symph

ony

Or

chestra, the Contact-

group

,

the SymphoneHe

,

the

String

Ensemble

,

the C~oir and the Vo

cal

Sextette

and

Male

Quartet.

Symphony

dotes

were October 23

,

1947

and February

5. 1948

and ater perf

ormonce

featuring

·

Symphony in

C

Ma

j

or

'

by

Roy

mond M. Bauer

of

the

Departm

ent.