Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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w I War and the Student University Caibteria-1919 I 'N Sailors Enter MRC, World War II-1943 9

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xM za Ci 61.7, ,YNQN W gm 8 -4 Battery F of Bloomington, World War I-1918 I.U. students have always had a peculiar knack for having the enthusiasm to keep things rolling-be they horse-drawn caissons or big red balls. In the critical years ofthe two World Wars the entire campus rallied. There were send-offs at the Monon depot for the soldiers of Battery F and many of the campus physical facilities were geared to aid the military fcheck the sailois wait- ing for chow at MRCD. Such mass support is reflected in the 1918 Arbutus, dedicated To the brave men of Indiana who love their country more than knowledge, more than life. Today, such statements of patriotism have given way to the questioning, critical college groups shouting Hell no, we won't gol But parents, don't despair. Even back in 1895 the kids were rebelling. As the Arbutus says, 'There is an ever present, but, fortunately, small class who 'kick' at everything merely for the sake of 'kickingf and whose Hrst impulse toward any project is unreasoning opposition. So long as there is youth, there will be restlessness and perhaps even demonstrations. Still, the average college student of today sits in the Commons Qjust as his counterpart did in the old Uni- versity Cafeteria. Check those shadesj otf-handedly discussing everything from Vietnam to vegetable soup. There are passive signs of national spirit-the flag in the cafeteria, for example. But it is only in times of war or perhaps on Purdue weekends that the college-joe actively gives vent to his emotions.

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Sports I0 In the good old days the basketball season started soon after the football season ended, as the hardwood captain fwho might have been the gridiron captain as welll passed the word that there would be scrimmage in the gym. The whole sports program was rather informal fthough the dapperly-striped basketball player of '09 might have had a very formal part-down- t.he-middle hair stylej, and such Cashouse Gang antics as 1938 football Coach Page's tactical bombing might have prompted a commentator in the sports scene to see athletics as going to the dogs. But there was always a revival when athletic fortunes were at a low ebb. In the 1918 Arbutus a New Era was ushered in: Indiana's athletic teams are no more in the class where they are content with almost winning-they have the taste ofvictory . . And doesn't that sound famil- iuri' But through the winning, and the boasting about it 1Captain Sauer would dot? his shower cap to the swimming team of todayj, and the losing, and the proverbial Wait 'til next year, the I.U. student, both as fan and participant, has always been deeply involved in athletics. The stadiums get bigger each year Qjust like the playersj, and Hoosier Hysteria and the chant- ing roar of Col Col Col have been, and always will be, part of the winning tradition of the most enthusiastic student body in the entire Midwest. Us. Coach Page Rains Footballs on the Field-1903