University of Michigan Medical and Nursing School - Aequanimitas Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

Page 61 text:

To 'rhe inhabilanfs of lhe l-lall, as ro all goocl liHle girls, 'lhere comes bu+ once a year. birlh- days and Chrisfmas. Bolh are big evenls and are marked by The usual cusloms, ihe qaily decoralecl lree and 'rhe alrnosl as gaily decorafed cake. Here are spenl some of our happiesl hours wilh close friends and good food, Recolleclions of fhese evenls are packed away in Memory's Treasure Box and are broughf our lor airing whenever spirils are iusf a lillle low. And lhey fill a greal space in fhe Box even lhough lhey come buf once a year. BUT ONCE A YEAR

Page 60 text:

PAUSE AND REFRESH For lhroafs parched by long hours of duly and ho+ afler- noons, lhere are fluids a-pleniy. The Pause Thai Refreshes and good old I-LO, Pu? a nickel in a slof and oul comes an ice cold bolfle of fhe Pause Tha? Re- Freshes: furn a liffle handle and ouf bubbles a crysfal clear sfream of wafer, cold, if you are pafieni' enough. warm. if you are in a hurry. Such are The ingenious creafions of men's minds in fhis age of grealer machines. Who knows, per- haps fulure Couzens I-lalliles will push a buHon and oul' will bubble a sfream of ice cold Coca Cola.

Page 62 text:

FCDUR OUT GF FIVE Since Jack Brennan made his Tamous sTaTemenT concerning The incidence of pulchriTude in The Teminine populaTion of The Univer- siTy oT Michigan iT has become byword here. For The lasT Tour years The Michigan male's repuTaTion Tor cleverness has depended on his abiliTy To adapT This senTence To all siTuaTions requiring a ready show oT wiT. Denials, repudiaTions, and counTer aTTacks have all been TuTile. They have served only To Tix iT more Tirmly in Michigan TradiTion. The women have, wisely, given up The TruiTless sTruggle. They merely smile serenely. indulgingly, when This disparaging remark appears in a conversaTion as iT will invariably. No longer is The Michigan man answered wiTh sharp words and a display oT anger when, seeking To cover himself wiTh glory in The Tield oT reparTee. he Tirmly avows ThaT all Michigan women are TiTThs. This remark is now meT wiTh a poise and selT'conTidence ThaT would do crediT To The Duchess oT Windsor. These more subTle TacTics oTTen prove To be somewhaT baTFling To The almighfy male, who, Tailing To eliciT a spiriTed response. Tinds ThaT much of The savor is gone Trom The old sTand-by- Tour ouT ol: Tive. When The smoke of ThaT TirsT grand baTTle provoked by This sTaTe- menT had cleared. The girls oT Michigan began To Take sTock To see wheTher or noT such exTreme aTTiTude had any sound basis. They Tound ThaT The conTrary oT This remark was so obvious as To be hardly worTh voicing. On analysing The siTuaTion TurTher They came To The conclusion ThaT The expression of such radical senTi- menTs was undoubTedly over-compensaTion Tor a severe inTerioriTy complex. And indeed. when one views The phoTographic evidence we have displayed here and when he sees The living evidence all abouT him he accepTs ThaT as The only logical explanaTion. The women of Michigan have been willing To suTTer This abuse, To in- dulge The male ego because They undersTand. 62