SUNY at New Paltz - Paltzonian Yearbook (New Paltz, NY)

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I FRIDAY Q FROLICS . All work and no play makes jack a dull boy,', was the slogan adopted by the New Paltz Normal School, during the winter of nineteen hundred twenty-two. Every Friday evening trials and tribulations, plans and lessons of the week Were cast aside and bands of merry makers trooped to the Gym, where several members of the faculty and student body had planned the evening's fun. - The first of these Friday Frolics took the form of a Get Acquainted Party. With a tag pinned on you telling your name and former habitat, you entered the Gym. Much fun there was in finding out Who was Who -and From Where. Another party was .a Backwards Party and everyone dressed and danced- and walked backward. Some did it all gracefully-and others-ah me! We won't mention how they did. g The Friday before Hallowefen a masquerade was the order of the evening. Clever costumes-and plenty of fun made thelparty a big success. Later, a Bloomer and Middy party made a decided hit. .As the name implies, everyone was clad in the adjuncts of the gymnasium, and enjoyed all sorts of games, the most popular being leap frog. I Another party displayed the ability of the girls at making paper hats, and the results indicated that many should be Parisian milliners instead of mere school marms. T The Valentine Party was both attractive and enjoyable. Fancy costumes were numerous and deserved the name. During the evening, the balcony scene from Romeo cmd juliet was prettily staged, and a burlesque of the famous act given by Gertrude Blackburn and Al Mol-Ewan. . Another Friday Frolic took the form of a burlesque on a grade in the practice school. The practice teacher, the supervisor and the kiddies were made ludicrous by a bunch of fun lovers. ' Gther frolics that were equally as enjoyable were held on St. Patrickls day and on April Fool's Day. At all of these parties, dancing played an important role. Obliging seniors and juniors presided at the piano and upon several occasions a skilled Ukelele Orchestra held full sway. , T As all good things must end, just so the Easter vacation was the terminal of many happy hours spent in the gym at the Friday Frolicsf' . . I B. Lalf.

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THE SENIOR PROM CIVith apologies to the Author of 'Twas the night before Christmas. j 'T was a few weeks past Christmas, and over the town, A mantle of snow flakes fell silently down. The taxies were flying to left and to right, While pedestrians dodged in a panic of fright. The girls were all dressing with studious care, In the hope that their escorts right soon would be there. Their less fortunate sisters tucked safely in bed, Sweet measures of jazz-music danced in each head. When out in the drive-way, there 'rose such a fuss- The roar and the honk of a gasoline 'bus. No gorgeous Pierce Arrow nor Marmon was there, just a shabby old flivver in need of repair. A glance in the mirror, a swift turn around, Ere her Hero comes up on the porch with a bound. All dressed in his best from his headto his foot, All starchy and stiff in his brand new dress-suit. His eyes all a-twinkle, cheeks red as a cherry, A smile on his lips, and a heart young and merry. A ride in a taxi, a stop and a jerk, And a chauffeur well paid for a few minutes' work. Whilst saxophone, banjo, piano and drum Harmoniously follow the violin's strum, Full four hundred feet feel the music's mad call, Full four hundred feet dance the length of the hall ,- Now one-step, now fox-trot, now camel , now waltz, Now scandal and toddle, in spite of their faults. Now salad and coffee, now ice cream and cakes, In spite of to-morrow's sure promise of aches. A dance or two cut and sat out on the stairs,- Oh say, who would shoulder a chaperone's 'cares?- An evening of glorious, unalloyed fun, And another ride home 'ere the clocks strike one. What care we for sleepy-eyed drowsiness then? lfVe'll nap and we'll dance the next evening again! Eitsiich girl exclaims, as He drives out of sight, you to-morrow! Good-night, jack, good-night! ' D. M. K., '23 60