Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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The Red Baron, however, didn't confine his activ- ities to the guarding and cremating of jawn Purdue. He put in a good word for the Fightin' Hoosiers in the Homecoming parade and pep rally. His name also appeared on several campus trees, as his Pershing Rifles followers promoted the Red Baron- Snoopy feud feven if they did misspell Snoppyj. The rise and fall of mock heroes on campus, like Charlie Brown's funny-lookin' dog and his 10- 20-30-40-50-or-moren adversary, was not something new this year. Traditionally, someone or some group is always in the fad spotlight on campus. Last year it was Batman. Three years ago it was the Beatles.

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Romance has been a big part of I.U. tradition over the years. In the 1930's couples often strolled along an old boardwalk that led from near the Student Building Know the UGLQ to old sorority row, where Ballantine now stands. A boy and girl of the 40's might spend an entire evening in the old Sunken Carden, which was fondly dubbed i'The Passion Pit. Today, however, most of the old romantic haunts are only pleasant memories. Perhaps the only struc- ture that has stood the test of time is the Well House. Because of its strategic location, the Well House has for 59 years avoided the advance of building construction. But the student of 1967 more likely than not knows little of the complete history and tradition of the fabled octagon. Most fraternity pledges soon learn that it is shaped in the form of a Beta pin. and nearly everyone on campus knows 'isomething about a girl becoming a coed if she's kissed in the XVell House at eleven . . . or is it midnight? Theodore Bose. '75, an alumnus of Beta Theta Pi, donated the building to the University in 1908. The portals were taken from the Old College Build- ing, and the shape of the eight-sided structure corresponded to its donor's fraternity pin. The coed tradition says that a girl is not an official I.U. coed until she has been kissed in the YVell House by an upperclassman du1'ing the 12 strokes of midnight Cnoon doesn't countj from the nearby hell tower in the UCL. How this tradi- tion came about is not certain. It probably sprang from the mind of an ingenious upperclassman, but some say it originated with Beta actives, who, after presenting their girlfriends with pins or engage- ment rings, kissed them in the Well House. Years ago, when coeds had to be in by ll p.m. on weekends, a girl had to stay out more than an hour past her eurfew to enjoy the tradition. It's doubtful that many modern day coeds would ac- cumulate 60 minutes of pink slip time for any tradi- tion-except maybe- on Little 500 weekend. Since the installation of artificial lighting in the lVell House in 1959, interest in its tradition has diminished somewhat. Today, even though the lights are no longer there, students simply don't have time to pay lip service to 50- or 60-year-old traditions. The I.U. student of today rarely gets closer to enjoying romantic tradition than sitting on a park bench with his sweetheart. i .Ah 's S... n'-JS I 3 'f 1 . . .., s, A M' ' Y wr. 'iii ., ' 'I . 4' . X 1. !f , ' t' ,pk 'N gp ls.