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

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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

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WI-IV WE WELCOME WINTER WEATHER The social liTe OT us aT Couzens l-lall runs conTrary To all naTuraI laws. ITs seasonal habiTs are exacTly in reverse of Those of any self-respecTing animal. WiTh The coming of cold weaTher. iT begins To sTir in iTs den and To puT ouT an experimenTal paw. IT comes ouT oT hibernaTion. sTreTches and yawns aTTer a summer oT dormancy and prepares Tor a winTer of vigorous acTiviTy. The phenomenon oT sTudenT migraTion has a profound influence on The habiTs of This creaTure since iT cannoT Thrive in The absence of The male sTudenT populace. His emergence is The signal Tor Teverish acTiviTy in The hall as The lassies puT Tennis balls, golf balls, and baseballs in moTh balls and bring ouT Tormals. silver sandals, and fur coaTs in anTicipaTion of The winTer's pleasures.