Middlebury College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Middlebury, VT)

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01 dorft think ittll make a bit of difference. Itis still going to look like McCullough Gymlh 0Sweet nothing. sweet nothing, sweet nothing? December it seemed that certain students felt there should be more of us around here . . . at least a Campus headline read: :ghlortar Board to Establish Student Duplicator Servieef, . . , And then there was the time when the cigarette machine in the Stu U collapsed on the Hoor with such a thunderous roar that it brought Chaplain Scott flying down- stairs to see . . . none other than an upperclassman who just didrft know his own strength! Just before Christmas the fourth pomalift in the country was installed at the Snow Bowl. An actual 0Hue and Cryh was raised over the rates . . . for- gotten, however, over the rush of the holidays And then it was really 1955, and the seniors swung with a grateful sigh into thisathe eighth and final semester of academic endeavor. No more shivering hikes through ice, snow, storm, and blizzard t0 the field house for mid-terms. Now it had a new appeal there was something more inspiring to a hike through ice, snow, storm, and blizzard . . . with a pair of ice skates slung over onets shoulder! The new year saw many changes on the women,s campus . . . nightly eleven dclocks forseniors and more late-pers for the underclassmen . . . The . . Conducted tours through Forest East and new drinking code was approved by the Board of West ended with refreshments in the living Trustees . . . indicating the actuality of student- rOOmS. and the satisfaCtion. of ttother side of the streetM Curioslty. administration co-operation. Early in February Viee-President Stephen Freeman returned after a 57,000 mile vacation tour that took he and Mrs. Freeman around the globe. Bull sessions as well as organized discussions on controversial subjects . . . 08110111d fraternity

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llThose in favor of . . . rising from increased student interest in campus government. Committees were organized to investi- gate the telephone situation . . . coke issue drinking code . . . parkingr regulations . . . social legislation for women . . . and the possibility of a combined student government. This fall saw several senior women demoted to the Middlebury High School and even grammar school! None other than our student teachers, get- ting a little practical experience by sharing their knowledge with the local school Children . . . And no-one can say that Midd students arcnlt aware of current events . . . for no less than a day after Hemmingway received the Nobel Prize of Literae ture, the Am. Lit. majors flocked to celebrate this honor . . . with symbolic sardines and onion sand- wiches . . . candlelight and paper fish for atmos- phere. It was on November 11 that the class of ,55 saw its last football game, tat least as undergradsl. Sonny Dennis was the teamis leading scorer as Midd Charged through the goal eight times against RPI . . . The Soccer team Finished its first season of formal play . . . undefeated. Congrats went to Frank Punderson, who played the dual role of coach and captain. November ended with a bang . . . the ochial opening of deer season. From all reports the only game seen on campus was from the frozen food locker! tReturned of coursel . . . lRound about Things looked glum . . . Akey Acts Host

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Mortar Board nionkey-shines . . . houses be taxedPl, . . . llhow about making Chapel walk One Way and using the defunct FADC field for a parking lot?! . . . ElWho shall we have for conference? Oh, how about Mr, Bi? lgBut he,s been dead since 1936lll As the year progressed many of these dilemmas were solved. The Student Union Road became a One Way street . . . IFC for the first time entered a state political issue over the power to tax fraternities. Midd,s arguments against the proposed House Bill 36 were supported by the State Representatives . . . and the bill was de- feated on February 11. Jack Gould, of radio and television, and editor of the New York Times, and journalist Ralph Ingersoll were among the speakers secured for the 55 ConfereneeellManls Changing Image of Himself? But wetre skipping ahead of ourselves. We mustnTt Carnival . . . sun-burnecl faces on the mountain . . . Jazz at Sig Ep . . . Midd faculty men waltzing through the Ice Show in skating skirts . . . the goat in ler. Robertsll . . . the Huke goal that won the Hockey game for Dartmouth . the Bowdoin Meddiebempsters . . . Les and Kirb reigning over a bMoonlight in Vermont? forget That week following Carnival is best forgotten by a majority of the students . . . Remember the plague? . . . First floor Gifford; Pearsons Ree, and Voter House were converted into abodes for the in- hrm . . . Talk ran wild about Closing school . . . but with the threat of shortening spring vacation, health was recovered quickly and we carried on. Moving day for the sophomore women came around the end of February . . . The new Battell Dorm at last Hung open its doors to the women of Porter House, Hillerest, Weybridge, and Voter House. The men looked more favorably upon this move than the women . . . centralizing the dating material solves many a problem for those without wheels! Phi Sigma . . . a new fraternity to Midd, was officially established on campus early in the spring . . . And so the year has rolled around . . . welll miss those ten deloek dates at the Stu U . . . the nightly rush for the sofa . . . the mad flights to Green Mountain . . . WRMC on your dial . . . senior seminar . . . and the chapel bells at sun- down. We hope that the 1955 KALEIDOSCOPE will help to bring back a few of these memories that we all have shared here at Middlebury.