Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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THE YEAR In October the sorority and traternity open houses got into full swing. Amidst the rain and mud the well-wishers called on Sunday afternoon to meet the new pledges and sip bilious punch, in- termittently gnawing on stale wafers. This social event unfailingly produces immaculately clean houses, the occupants having spent the entire preceding Saturday carrying their belongings up to the attic. All of the floors shine as though daring you to step on them, and every piece of furniture has a polished gleam, impossible to maintain in a thoroughly lived-in sorority or fraternity house. Some even go so far as to put bedspreads on the beds. The punch is graciously served to rejuvenate your physical distress brought about as a result of a myriad of various and sundry handshakes. Upon stepping in the entrance hall to the house you hesitate to regain possession of your nerve, while your subconscious mind extends your hand to receive the bombardment of sweaty palms. If by this time rigor mortis has set in, you oblig- ingly utter Mr. Astainovitchoff, this is Miss Jones — Miss Jones, this is Mr. Saponaceous. At this point a smile has been coordinated so perfectly that upon extending your arm to thumb the pages of a convenient magazine your face lights up similar to a neon sign. George can dance too! Chow Christ II signs the guest book. rn

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IN REVIEW Registration for the upperclassmen began on Monday, September II. The freshmen regis- tered on Monday and Tuesday. This little cere- mony may have had its official beginning on Monday, but no one ever completely finishes registra+ion until the middle of the semester. Writer ' s cramp is synonymous with registration. Everything is minimized, thus enabling you to have only umphteen forms to fill out instead of the usual 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,001 2. This is only after you have been assigned an ad- viser, run down every professor in the university, and worn yourself out in general. School started with a total of 1,103, of which 764 were girls and 339 were men. Of this number there were 45 veterans of World War II. Monday night witnessed the first official uni- versity activity of the year: the Y.W.C.A.- Y.M.C.A. Freshman Mixer at eight o ' clock in the lounge and cafeteria. Dancing, games and refreshments were fine at the get-acquainted mixer, while Jimmy Powers provided the music. The mixer was a big success and was attended by upperclassmen as well as freshmen. By Wed- nesday the Freshmen were sure that college life was the life for them and the upperclassmen com- placently sat by and let the newcomers revel in their short-lived happiness. jistration smiles? i

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IN REVIEW October also saw the beginning of the uni- versity ' s nnost controversial topic of discussion, class elections. With many avowals to do away with election caucuses, the sororities, fraternities and the independents lined up against one an- other to decide who would rule the nest. Of course each wanted the largest chunk of the pie but each readily gave in to the other ' s wishes as we all were such good friends. Each succeeding Thursday promised another election and another chance to tell your opponents what you really thought of them. The Student Council graciously armed themselves and accepted the coveted po- sition of referee for the Thursday noon bouts. Casualties were comparatively small considering the extent of several of the campaigns. Campus politicians were having a heyday as can be seen by the accompanying pictures taken from inside an armored car on the front lines. This year ' s significant contribution to the vot- ing procedure was the introduction of the acti- vity card into any campus election. This was the Student Council ' s secret weapon which, when perfected at a cost of several lives and votes, served to eliminate any possibility of some way- ward student voting a seventh time in any one election, The validity of this requirement was often questioned, but was soon recognized as a good thing since it gave the Student Council something to do. CMltllS