A short little fellow with a heavy beard\u00a0and gold-rimmed specs wandered into the\u00a0Beta House during rush week of 1941. He\u00a0said hs was from River Forest. Illinois, and\u00a0had been pledged that summer by one of\u00a0the boys. Not wishing to doubt his word,\u00a0the Betas took him in and nicknamed him\u00a0“Brains” because he looked like a brain.\u00a0This little fellow has made a great name\u00a0for himself and the fraternity in the two\u00a0years since then. His name is William\u00a0“Bill” Freeman.<\/p>\n
Bill immediately got into the swing of\u00a0things. He joined the Y.M.C.A., got into\u00a0Freshman Players, became interested in Radio \u00a0Workshop, was a member of Freshman\u00a0Bible Club, went out for swimming team,\u00a0and also did a little studying on the side.<\/p>\n
His freshman year, Freeman was in\u00a0several studio plays, wrote, produced, and\u00a0directed several radio plays, and had sev
\neral assignments on crews and roles in the\u00a0major plays. His best role, and also the\u00a0biggest, of that year was as the Fool in the annual Shakespearian production, “King\u00a0Lear”. His interpretation of that role won\u00a0the praises of all the critics, and his shiver ing in the “heath scene” even made the\u00a0audience cold.<\/p>\n
This year, Bill has risen to greater\u00a0heights in both radio and dramatics. His\u00a0major roles this year were Mr. De Pinna in\u00a0“You Can’t Take It With You”, and as\u00a0Peter in “Romeo and Juliet”, the Shake \u00a0spearian Festival production. Besides that,\u00a0Bill has been in many studio plays, and\u00a0was head of lights crew for “Mr. Pim\u00a0Passes By”.<\/p>\n
His portrayal of his roles are both convincing and amusing. He has the talent to\u00a0take the comic roles and add new flavor\u00a0to the lines by his movements and expres \u00a0sions. His actions always seem to steal the\u00a0scene from the principals. He swears that\u00a0he does it unconsciously, but his victims\u00a0say it is premeditated.<\/p>\n
His work in Radio Workshop has also\u00a0increased. He has written several more radio plays, best of which was “The Shadow
\nAcross the World”, which was broadcast\u00a0over WMRN, Marion, on Mother’s Day.\u00a0.Bill has also announced several of the pro
\ngrams, and usually had a part in every\u00a0Sunday afternoon Tower Studio presentation.<\/p>\n
Besides his work in dramatics and Radio\u00a0‘Workshop, Freeman is executive secretary\u00a0of the university Y.M.C.A., and has worked hard and faithfully for that organization.<\/p>\n
For his excellent work in dramatics, Bill\u00a0was made a member of Wesleyan Players,\u00a0and was just recently elected to Theta\u00a0Alpha Phi, national dramatics honorary.\u00a0Around the house, he has been a hard\u00a0worker. He is always willing to do anything that is asked of him, and never knows when to say “no”. He has served as corre-sponding secretary and assistant treasurer.<\/p>\n
In spite of his small stature, “Little Ceasar” is more active than any other man in the house. He is a hard worker, and a loyal Beta. He is a member of the Army Enlistzd Reserve Corps.<\/p>\n
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