Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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Rivalry Freshmen taking advantage of numerical strength during Frosh week captured the Sophomore Arch — left indelible evidence. FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE RIVALRY HIT A POST-WAR HIGH as two non-veteran classes nnet and tangled for the first time since 1941. The participants ' near-destructive enthusiasm prompt- ed hazing on a scale somewhat startling to administration and more staid upperclassmen. Enforced punishment of dinkless Frosh men revived wholesale wearing of the green in which even women unofficially joined. In October, Frosh sprung their Lapithae banner via helicopter and drew action from the Ghosts who declared the spring illegal. Luckier Centaurians took over College Avenue with a successful and predominantly maroon sweater spring. Frosh Banner Spring by helicopter was spectacular but illegal.

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fe ' j ' ' ! Winning Soph, pie eating team of Carmichael, Davis, and Tedder are dismayed af prize — one nnore pie. Brad Hisey discovered that the end of a frosh was fhe aim of a sophomore. Sophomore Janie Robertson cheers struggling teammates Wickersham, Milbank, Lanfeld, and Fehrensen in Frosh-Soph Tug-O-War. Sophs won the annual fracas after a struggle which required repair of the rope. Soph ' s, sweater spring took Frosh by surprise. Ghosts Daniels and Zimmerman signal start of pushball slaughter. Sophs won 2- Ir -

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Sophomore officers — historian, Polos; Vice-Pres., Tranquada; freas., Ward; sec, Houck; girls social chairman, Price; Pres., Bafchelder; publicity, Bloxom; men ' s social chairman, Mines, met in Sophomore stronghold, the French House. Soph men replaced Soph women in Denison and Haddon. Ball, Hupp, Hines, Batchelder relax on Denison ' s steps. President Batchelder won debating competitions with teammate Harry Hupp. Nick Polos debated informally.