City College of New York - Microcosm Yearbook (New York, NY)

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 COLLEGE CALENDAK ftrptrmbrr Sept. 1C—Kali term opens. Hack to the old grind! 1ft—Messrs. Albert Weiss and William P. Larkin appointed to Hoard of Trustees, succeeding Colonel Lydcckcr and Mr. Baruch. IT—“U” campaign gets off to Hying start. Looks like a record enrollment! IT—Freshmen become obstreperous. ’2ft tries to put them in their place. The Seniors interfere, and put both classes in their place. 23— Fresh-Soph Pushball Contest. '23, outnumbered but game, shoves back the Frosh. 24— Board of Trustees authorizes granting of four new degrees: Civil. Chemical. Mechanical, and Elec- trical Engineer. And the College keeps on growing! (Orlnb -r Oct. 1—“V Freshman Dinner. Hammond provides the cats; Messrs. Churchill. Brownson. Coleman, and Burchard furnish the antidote! No casualties. 1—Forty men report for basketball (not counting the junior assistants). Here’s to a successful season! 3—Fresh-Soph Tug-of-W.ar. '23 drags '24 all over the Stadium. The Frosh get their annual bath—with a hose! S—'21 defeats '22 at basketball. The Seniors may be old. but they’re not decrepit! 14—Frosh beat Sophs in cross-country, by default. ('23’s team is conspicuous by its absence!) 14—'23 beats '24 at soccer, 2-0. l.- —Miss Rose Schncidcrman addresses students. Prof. Otis, please note. 13—Lee Sherman. '21, elected President of Student Council. Everybody happy—except Lee! 13—Fresh-Soph baseball game results in 4-4 tic. “The shades of night were falling fast! IT—The Sophs hold a hazing party in Harlem. A couple of Freshmen receive a raw deal! 20— Freshmen get their “intelligence” tested. Faculty refuse to publish results. Wonder why! 21— Walter Johnson. ’03, composer of “Lavender,” comes back and leads students in singing it at chapel. 21— Freshmen swamp Sophs in swimming, 33-20. Considerable gloom in the '23 alcove! 22— Freshman Sing. The Sophs distribute Zymolc Trokcys! (Adv.) 23— Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for Vice-President, addresses students on the campus. Audience mostly Freshmen; too bad they can't vote! Sin fem

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2!)—I-oek and Key holds its elections, under lock and key. 2!»—Fresh-Soph Flag Rush. ’24 breaks through the Soph lines and gets flag in record time. Free-for-all as Sophs try to hold Frosh at the gate. Several men injured. Hut ’twas a great day. Movies, music, girls, ’neverything! 30—Varsity cross-country team defeats Fordham, 24-31. Nnurmbrr Nov. 11—College celebrates second anniversary’ of Armistice Day at meeting held under auspices of C. C. N. Y. Post of the American Legion. 11— ’23 out-talks '24 in Fresh-Soph debate. 12— Arthur Brisbane addresses students. 12—A large audience yawns all through the Semi-Annual Prize Speaking Contest in the Great Hall. Fifty men fall asleep. Steve Brodic is heard snoring. 12—Sophs defeat Frosh in track meet. 51-30. IS—Club Council formed by delegates from fifteen societies at the College. 18—Rahindravath Tagore makes plea in chapel for his native India. 22—'23 runs off first Soph Carnial since pre-war days. Freshmen at the receiving end of a ease of ancient . c s! 24—Senior Dance. On Thanksgiving Eve. Moonlight dancing. Many things to be thankful for. ’Twas heavenly! Beautiful decorations: bewitching atmosphere; pretty girls. Orrrnibrr Dec. 3—Varsity beats Pennsylvania at Water Poio, 33-8. The first victory in five years! 3— “Y” dance in the gym. Brother Burchard and everything. Typical “Y” affair. 4— Varsity opens 1020-21 basketball season by beating Alumni, 23-22. The old grads turn out in full force! They may be old hut they’ve still got the pep. •1—'23 noses out '24 at basketball, 17-16, incidentally winning the A. A. banner for Fresh-Soph activities. A nosegay, as it were. 9—Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. ’92, speaks to students in the Great Hall. 10— Columbia beats Lavender, 26-2, at Water Polo. We knew it was too good to last. 11— The Princeton jinx is still on the job! The Tigers defeat the Varsity at basketball, 21-12. We still hear the old battle cry—“Wait till next time.” 12— '23 holds its Soph Smoker on the shores of City Island. Several Frosh try to break in, uninvited, but arc captured and given a bath in near-beer! Id—Soph and Frosh join lovingly to form Bohemia,” a new lower-class literary society.