Class of 1949 Reunion
Class of '49- L to R
Row 1: C. Pauline Steinhelber Culp, Doris Craig
Row 2: Carolyn Sharp Wendt, William Wendt, Carter Elliott
Saturday, October 3, 2009
11:30am Seating with classmates at the Homecoming Luncheon
*Campus Center Main Dining Room
1:30pm Dessert and Cash Bar following Homecoming Luncheon
*Campus Center Alumni Lounge
1:45pm Class Photo
1949 Memory Book
College Life in 1949
- Enrollment was 683 with a faculty and staff of 39 and 6 part-time instructors on a campus of 300 acres. Five new buildings were erected while this class was on campus – Classic Hall, Science Hall, Lynn Hall, Millis Hall, and Parker Auditorium.
- Tuition was $300, room was $120 to $200, board was $320, and fees were $45 per year. There was a radio charge of $2.50 and laboratory fees for certain classes.
- For every 15 absences from class, a student lost one semester hour towards graduation. A student absent from the last recitation before a recess or the first recitation after a recess in any course received double cuts. Assembly for all students was held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 9:40 a.m. After ten absences from Chapel, .05 was deducted from a student's grade point average for each absence.
- Dorms closed on Monday through Thursday at 10:00 p.m., on Friday and Saturday at 11:00 p.m., except after Hanover dances when dorms closed at midnight and after dances held in Madison when dorms closed at 12:45 a.m., and on Sunday at 10:30 p.m. No social events were allowed to be held from Monday morning through Friday noon.
- Quiet hours were from 8:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday through Friday, from 7:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Monday through Thursday, and before 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sundays. No telephone calls were allowed during these hours. No typing permitted after 11:00 p.m.
- Dean's permission, as well as a sign-out card, was required for all trips out of town, including Madison, except to go home.
- Late permission (a one hour's extension for closing) was granted to seniors once a week and to juniors twice a month, but could not be taken after a dance, nor on Monday, Tuesday, or Friday nights.
- No dates were allowed during the week except between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. for all freshmen girls and for all sophomores and juniors not having a 1.5 G.P.A. on a 3.0 scale.
- Smoking was allowed only in private rooms in the women's dormitories.
- Only students who were certified by the college office as having paid all their accounts could be officially pledged to a sorority or fraternity. No pledge could be initiated until his or her second semester expenses were paid and he or she had a 1.0 G.P.A.
- Students were not to gather wildflowers or molest shrubbery or trees. Hunting was forbidden.
- In order to have a car on campus, a student had to keep it in good condition, maintain a good academic standing, and have a place off the street to park it.
- Hanover Traditions: There was no smoking on campus. There was no athletic activity on Sunday. Freshmen wore their "beanies" with pride.
1949-Memories of Hanover
Hanover football (3 seasons), taking care of faculty lawns one summer, preaching at area churches on Deputation Teams, working for Dutch Struck and driving him to meetings and speaking engagements, river boat trips, looking for morel mushrooms with future spouse (Lucy Gilbert), snack and conversations Phi Mu Lodge, engagement serenades outside Donner Hall, getting married in Hanover Church.
-Raymond Bowden
Dorm life in Donner Hall; bridge games in the Cabin; walking on the beautiful campus; and some wonderful teachers who helped me more than I can say.
-Sally Snowden Downey
Grateful and understanding faculty and administration welcoming flood of returning WWII veterans.
-Carter Elliott
We were freshmen when the guys returned from World War II so we saw a tremendous difference in the student body, the facilities, the faculty, and the activities. I enjoyed being engaged in many extra-curricular activities, participating in Phi Mu events, and getting pinned by my Beta sweetheart. We were married in 1949 after my graduation. Gus remained a student and a member of the basketball and track teams until his graduation in 1951. My association with Hanover actually lasted six years. We both loved the Hanover setting, the spirit, and the students and faculty. Great memories!
-Mary Margaret Mills Moorhead
I was only at Hanover for two years but established that have lasted a lifetime in addition to having found my wife of 60 years.
-Paul Peddie
When I entered Hanover in the fall of 1945, enrollment was less than 200 and the building program had not yet started. Donner Hall, College Point House Science Hall, the Library, Field House, Newby Infirmary, the YMCA building. fraternity and sorority ho
-Elaine Elaine Blase Raffety
Excitement with being accepted at Hanover as a discharged veteran, never dreaming of going to college. College boat rides in the spring, unique to the campus setting. Small classes - individual attention from professors and their encouragement especially Dr. Austin. The beauty of the campus and the setting above the river. Fraternity brothers who have been life long friends, fraternity activities while on campus. Required attendance at chapel everyday, even the time the alarm clocks were set to go off at different times interrupting the speaker. The time all of hymnals were secretly removed before chapel. Had a campus romance that culminated into 60 years of marriage.
-William Wendt
The friendliness of the campus, small classes and caring professors who could call you by name in a short time, being a member of the college choir and concerts we gave in Cincinnati and Indianapolis, being on campus when new buildings emerged and the landscape changed, boat rides in the spring, sorority sisters who have been life long friends, formal dances in the Fall and Spring, fraternity pin serenades, asking a certain sig to a dance and he became my best friend and loving husband for 60 years.
-Carolyn Sharp Wendt
