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

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We did love our social life. Defined, that was the time spent during our college life when we weren ' t studying, and knew we should have been. It included, of course, the hops, proms, cotillions, balls, and mixers, which for simplicity, we will call dances. Recognition should be made of the long hours devoted by many to the thankless job of prepar- ation and planning, and just plain hard work that made many of our social events possible. Anything from horseback riding to swimming, tobogganing (when we had snow), movies, stage plays, and the various variations from textbooks were always welcome. We had to eat (and drink) and from this necessity and the desire for social intercourse many of the local drive-ins and restaurants (and bars) became familiar sites to us. The little details (all of which will not be related here) were what made our social life a success, and were the incidents that are generally remembered. The warmth of friendship, a witty remark, an incongruent incident, excitement, relaxation, worry, work, a thousand emotions known only to individuals . . . these made up our social life. We can ' t record them for you. We wish we could.

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1 1 Of course, college would not have been complete without the sports. (This does not refer to the kind so readily discerned in the halls and campus club.) Butler ' s athletic program was a source of pleasure and entertainment to thousands of people . . . both in and out of school. To those who actively participated, there was a keen interest based largely en competition, cooperation, fair play, and healthy living. Those who participated by giving moral (and often physical) support, reflected a school spirit that embodied fun, fascination, and loyalty, without which college would not have been college. The informal get- togethers, the practice sessions, the long trips on trains, sprinkled with verbal appraisals and controversies, contributed toward the end of athletics as surely as did the encounters themselves. When a Butler fan thinks of sports, he automatically thinks of the ever-loyal, ever-lovin ' band and cheer leaders. Their unceasing variations in style, stunts, and arrangements are anticipated at half-time. They act as the magnet that pulls together thousands of individuals into a unified student body with but one objective ... to win.