Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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, Adrian Clarence Edmonds, Keene Valley, New York Martha Evans, West Plains, Missouri Ruth Norma Fallgatter, Waupaca, Wisconsin Iane Farley, Berkeley, California Mary Elizabeth Fite, Washington Court House, Ohio Davis Ernest Frank, Cleveland, Ohio William Beye F yfe, Oak Park, Illinois Iohn Milton Gaede, Van Wert, Ohio William Laurence Gates, Honeoye Falls, New York Raymond Goldsmith Goldberg, Cleveland, Ohio 100

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gd B ? AN F O R M A L i-na course of the formal dance at Antioch serves as an index to more than one happening in the back- ground. Time was when The Div, once every - e - five weeks, afforded the only chance for the fem- inine glitter and the masculine discomfort of formal dress. Even then the barbaric setting of classroom-cloakrooms and gymnasium dance-floors allowed sport coats to hold sway over soft evening wraps and discouraged those feminine 'cces- soriesn that mark the conventional formal affair. This year, however, has seen a change at which the Old Guard levels a suspicious eye. Formal is rapidly becoming more and more formal. Few gallants now defy the Order of the Tuxedo. Even Moxie and Nan have been left behind, and Div Dance night sees a pilgrimage to The Lantern, Shawnee, and Pirate's Den in place of the old stampede for the white- topped tables and The Counter. To the Old Guard it looks like a trend toward the collegi- ate-and that is death! To the Dorm Committee it looks like a desire on the part of the younger generation to sit up late- and that is annoying! 99

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Another sign of the times is the tendency to patronize the new Biltmore in Dayton-even to the point of forsaking The Div in its favor. Behind this 'move we see a discontent with the dances this year which is based on the inability of one small group to bear the burden of the entire social program. With the breakup of the organized halls it became necessary for the Social Committee to execute every dance. The con- centrated mental and manual labor that produced such dances as the Monte Carlo, Toyland, and The Balloon Dancen was no longer available and decorations were cut to a mini- mum. Thus The Div lost some of its glamour-and patron- age. In spite of the difiiculties encountered, however, the Social Committees performed a good job. We remember with special pleasure the take-off for the year at Glen Iunction and The Dance of the Year with Father Time Walmsley whisking us through a year in an evening. The Sophomores came to the rescue finally with the Faculty Frolic and as we go to press rumors already 'reach us of plans for a gorgeous Prom. Long live The Div! IOI