Carthage College - Driftwood / Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Kenosha, WI)

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kmmxmmwm THE COLLEGIAN WWXWW CLASS 01: 1941

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Mmouxxxmxxxxxxxnxxx THE COLLEGIAN xxxxxxxxxsxmxxxxxxsxuxsx Class 0F194O - - . HE Class of 1940 has one distinction in that it was the last class of Carthage College to survive Freshman Initiation with its Pajama Parade, dolls. bugs in match boxes, pigtails, and green caps and ribbons. not to mention wooden shower sandals instead of shoes and fifty auto- graphs on an egg. Representatives of the Class of 19th axe to be found in all the organi- zations 0n the campus: Debate. football, basketball. track, in the honorary fraternities. in the music department. Considering the fact that this is 01113.r the second year for the class, it has Eguted quite largely in social affairs. having sponsored four dances in all Remember that Class Personality dance last year and the Hard Times party? They were only samples of Sophomore activity. For a class that does things-watch the Class of '40. mum Page 17 wmsmmxwstx

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yes - . we ate collegiate U: ;. N order to be collegiate you have to make a fool of yourself ano 2 : you have to do such a good job of it that people won't mistake you for a hick If you act the part half-heartedly you will have no end oi embarrassment because people will always be glancing questioningiy at each other as if to say. 15 he techedTI or the more assertive. Bats in the beltry . The way to avoid this is to act the fool to the limit Spar: no pains in being novel. ignorant and daring. Then when a stranger ask: a local man what its all about when he sees you on the wild. the local man will answer something like this, Oh him? Hels just a kid from out at the college. How're the prospects Tor torn down your way this year:le Then you are being the successful campus cut-up. In Spite of all the evidence we could Find to the contrary being col- legiate has its value. We abandon all common sense. horse sense. and copper cents. and then act as if we had the world by the tail and the moon on a string: and yet we re happy. That is because we are acting what we really are Someone has said that mob spirit exhibits human nature in its truest form, and what else is being collegiate than forgetting exter- nals and allowing internals to have full sway? Only an A-l college man can spit the world in the face. wear striped trousers. and otherwise act like a kleptomaniac and still never be within mobilizing distance of a mob. Now donlt be discouraged if you have failed to be a B. M. O. C. Here are some examples of how it is being done every day and there is no reason why you can't do the same. We had a fellow with us on Our football trip to Augustana last fall who insisted on keeping us in good humor all the time we were on the bus. We called him loe College.