Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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BESIDES Readin. Ritin and Rithniatic . . . Sleepy Joe finds a wide range of activities at Butler to keep him interested during his extracurricular hours. For his class in campusology Sleepy Joe gladly spends hours in research. If grades or credit were given he would always rate an A. When he becomes analytical Sleepy Joe realizes that much is gained during his hours off duty. Lasting friend- ships are formed and interests are broadened. Character and personality are developed through association with fellow students. By learning to play as well as to work with other people, Sleepy Joe is preparing to play the game of life. Dances are always a highlight on the university social calendar. Before formal season opens, mixers are held to help new students become acquainted. Occasionally informal dances are held in the Campus Club and the fieldhouse. The year ' 47 called for expansion and an increase of facilities in the Campus Club, the social and recreational center of the campus. To accommodate the increase of students, the little green barn in back of Jordan Hall was enlarged and a soda fountain was added. New booths and a fresh paint Job completed the interior decoration. Here Sleepy Joe and his friends talk politics and basketball, play bridge and ping pong, and in general take life easy during free periods. At the counter Sleepy Joe orders sandwiches and other snacks . . . that is if he can get close enough. Between classes students drop in for a candy bar or a coke. Music at the C Club is provided by a juke box and occasionally a brave couple dances if they can find some floor space not in use. The two ping pong tables in the club receive little rest. Rabid fans keep the balls pinging and ponging from morn ' til night. When the smoke begins to clear away toward evening, the bridge kids can still be seen hard at it in some secluded corner.

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8 7 DRIFT Christmas Vacation . . . Sleepy Joe Sleeps Because Butlerites are all such good li ' l students, Santa Claus Ross gives them a nice long vacation each year at Christmas time. Sleepy Joe rushes home to wish all a merry Christmas, eat a turkey dinner and sleep for two full weeks. Everyone enters into the spirit and writes letters to the jolly ol ' man with whiskers. The most popular request: Please deliver the post-vacation finals to some deserving persons in Siberia. Jordan Hall takes on a festive appearance when the Y. W. C. A. cabinet members hang wreaths on the office doors and clubs and organizations start celebrat- ing Christmas weeks in advance with parties. On the Wednesday before vacation carolers are active along sorority and fraternity row and at the homes of faculty members. With practically all groups carol- ing it is difficult to find anyone at home to listen. When the all-school Christmas convocation ends the run of social activities. Sleepy Joe hurriedly packs the dirty clothes accumulated during the semester, care- fully forgets books and notes, and goes home for the holidays. After New Year ' s Sleepy Joe returns to school to rest up from his vacation.