University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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We progressed and became integral parts of the University. We made new friendships and became identi- Fied with Jeffersonian architecture in out Hannels, white bucks, and regimental ties. In our short time here we have cut many classes, ma ybe failed some courses, attended summer school per- haps, and assimilated an education in spite of ourselves. The satisfaction of gaining knowledge came fast to some, slowly to others, and never penetated to those who dropped out as the swift years Hew past. What we take away from Virginia is individual. The memory of University life is based upon experience, and no two persons have had the same experiences while at college. What we accomplished is summed up in what we feel as we leave and what we shall recollect years hence. But each person has his individual sentiments and his private opinions about his life spent here. To some of us University life was a failure, many gained little outside of the classrooms, the rest made future contacts, became leaders on the Grounds, widened their horizons, matured, and have felt the satisfac- tion of having lived a full and rounded life. This is not the end of life or education. It is but the start of living and learning among our fellow men in a world that demands the best from each person. Now is when we start using the experience that we have accumulated in over sixteen years of acquiring an education. .a. .. e. c... 45-... - M5- - :w'm. hh mm! W .... g FRATERNITIES ORGANIZATIONS S O C I E T I E S

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FOREWORD It seems that just a little while ago many of us arrived here to stand in a long registration line for the bet- ter part of a hot day in early September. We camped in mud-surrounded barracks on Copeley Hill and watched the completion of the New Dormitories with a skeptical eye. We came in on the ground Hoor of a new policy-and we walked everywhere we went. The first days were a confusion of required courses, the Romance Pavillion cold at 8 a.m., and the many other buildings in which our classes were held. All of these impressions were muddled, and we looked ufaon older men with jealous eyes. Trips to neighboring girlsi colleges touched OE our University social life. Then came the football games, i the crowds, the shouting, and the introduction to fraternity life. Perhaps these were some of the high spots -the things we will remember about University life when history dates, verb declentions, and mathematical problems are forgotten. Crowds at the Corner on a weekend; buying clothes, eating, drinking, laughing, and small talk. The same Corner where at other times we were buying books, petting Seal, seeing the evening Hick, or visiting Student Health for a cut excuse. GRADUATES FEATURES ATHLETICS 4

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'THE'YEARrJ953 1954 In the spring of 1953 things got warmer when the Alumni trampled the varsity 41 to 0 in the annual Alumni football game held March 21 in Scott Stadium. Then came spring rushing and Bid Sunday was March 29 with 284 men taken into the 28 fraternities on the Grounds. This was the largest rush class since 1949. Easter vacation brought the un- fortunate death of James W. Floyd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Norton Clay was also seriously injured in the accident. During the first days of April the flick crew was offered Bwana Devil, the first full length 3-D movie to play in Charlottesville. This was soon followed by a deluge of odd demensional Hicks that kept the movie fans confused from then on. Thursday night, April 9, the University Party was split into two political units, Lambda Pi and Skull 6! Keys. This opened the way for more political activity at the University. April 17 Tommy Dorsey arrived to touch OE Easter Weekend, the annual Libel Show, and the awarding of the Ugly Man prize to Pete Platt. A new ruling, however, had been made to curtail the association of the flowing cup with Dorsefs band,-no mote drinking in the Gym. On April 21 the Graduate Center was opened at the south end of West Range and two students, Tom Wilson and George Turner, reported seeing a Hying saucer over Charlottesville. The hrst ofhcial Student Council stand on public drinking was published in the Cavalier Daily April 29, when it was pointed out that Virginia State law prohibits alcoholic beverages on state property. i.c. Memorial Gymnasium. Also, no one is allowed to drink in a public place which does not have an ABC license. One of the Councilis aims was to prevent the congestion on Rugby Road, especially during the dance weekends.