Central Methodist University - Ragout Yearbook (Fayette, MO)

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ever to win. The Preachers and the Pre-Meds had a long feud that they took out on the football field, and it was a good thing that we had them playing a game one Saturday. Why, Daddy? That, son, is a long and interesting story. You won't remember Missouri Valley College, it went under before your time, but they used to be our traditional rivals. Like us and the seventh grade? X A if-, Y 4 More like it than you would think. Anyway. we were used to having inci- dents on the nights before the games we played with them-canipus paint- ings and the like. That year it reached amazing proportions. There was doubt in some people's minds as to who started the raids on the opposing cam- puses, but there was no doubt as to which side ended it. At a rough esti- mate. l should say that nearly 200 of the l1lHlQ members of the Central stu- dent body, the female members con- tributing to the paint fund, paid a little visit to Marshall on the night before the game. They attacked the men's dormitory over there with some force and imagination, and were re- pulsed with equal vigor. Bottles filled with paint, hot water. clubs, and other implements of intercollegiate warfare were used. Dawn found a very messy facade to Young Hall and a very angry Mis- souri Valley. They said that their football team hadn't got.ten any rest tthough for the life of me l can't under- stand whyj, and the ball game was called off, as were all future activities between the two schools. We finally paid them something for the damage done to both the buildings on their campus, but whatever it Was, it was worth itf' My, you sure told that story swell. Did you go over? They came, lliey played. lhey collapsed. Dean! Dean! Dean! lVl1ere llie nzischief 'ave you been? Page I3

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I1- ,,.-- 1 . QAM... W., fy, . M . t Kgfifj.-.Lit , - ,a I7 slaps In Nfl-l'lll'l' Iiirlh of 11 Ifuqorll .vrznpxlml for resnlls see page 131 The national election came along about that time, and since that was back in the old days when some people thought that Roosevelt' could be beaten, it caused a great deal of excitement. We even had a poll about it in chapel. and the students showed the faculty that their political knowledge was better by picking a winner by a slim margin. The faculty voted for-what was that guy's name? Grover Cleveland? No, it wasn't quite that long ago- Willkie, that was his name. l never heard of him. He didn't fade nearly as fast as the date bureau the house-councils tried to get started that fall. They tried pairing up blind dates sight un- seen for about a month. and didn't make a single engagement. lt was most disheartening. Part of tl1e reason it failed may have been that the football coach had put a 11o-dating rule on the squad and then started them all growing beards until they won a game to guarantee that there wouldn't be any dating. They shaved the beards oil' after a few weeks and got to have so111e dates before the year was over. Dr, William Lyon Phelps came along on the lyceum program and told us to stay interested in everything. He said he was even interested in women's hats and everything in a newspaper. Oh, did you have newspapers? Yes, we did, and the college paper was a good one, except for the times it exaggerated a little here and there. There were lots of pictures in it. and the style of writing was so breezy and well done that it was worth reading even when there wasnit any news in it. We had a draft for men between 21 and 35 to start the selective service program. and 62 boys and 8 profs had to sign their names 011 a card and send them to Uncle Sam. No one had to go before school was out, but in March we lost 'Cabf the boy who did all the work' around the boys' dorm. Did you play football. Daddy? but those of us who eouldn't got to play a lot of intramural football and other sports like that. It was lots of fun, and because we knew our op- ponents so well we wanted worse than Pug: 12

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Q. 5 PIP' K a'4 li fl .W lxnpprlx llyv llllflll lu 1-up llf'1lll,.V flflff' hunch led hy Louie Robinson. stole the show. We had a swell dance- ls that the same Louie Robinson we saw leading the hand down at Sing Sing? The same. we had a number of good plays presented hy the Players that year. l remember the first one was called 'Margin for Errorf and lioh Wieman got his head Shaved and scared us all as the lrig had Nazi that every- IQ in 0:5 0 L'5f ll si L. llrfl lhis u 'wllum nolwf' IJIIIHIVI' l'Illl'l'lIlI'IlN ul mrfirzzllzlirl You're a curious little hoy, iil'6l1ll you? Sure What did the Preachers and the Pre-meds have to do with the whole business? Since we didn't have a conference game, we made a touch football game lill the hill, and completed our l1on1e- coming in great style. We crowned our king and queen, Sam Manley and Sally lioontz, and had a lille game 011 a line day. While the doctors were winning. l9 to 13. the hand, a freak l.rul1'll4':l.' Page 14