College of Emporia - Alla Rah Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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The return to the campus was quite as joyous. Approaching exams failed to lessen the sincerity of the -expressed exul- talion-Hglad to be backll' True 'to the proverbial paradox, many returned to rest up after their vacation. The few weeks previous to semester examinations were scheduled to be again filled with many and varied activities. Full Steam Ahead .. Early January marked the opening of the student commissionis benefit drive for a uniformed band. A benefit cage game with Red X successfully opened the se- mester's campaign. A student body vote chose Lehman, Wells, Bailey, and Kieferle as candidates for Alla Rah beauty contest with final selections being made by Es- quirels Petty. Forthcoming, also, was the announcement of the Alla Rah Beauty Ball and the coronation of Petty's choice. l niquv lfnrms uf lfvlvlzrulinu lfnllnu' I'l.YIlIll ll vel: Phil Swift, as master of ceremonies, ef- ficiently performed the duty by .announc- ing Maurice Gordon as reigning King Pop- ularity and Margaret Kieferle as Alla Rah Queen of 1933. Lwwmwwd Still ltfilllllllillg' --Tcxll rfrnr ks. Rolls. Hill:

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Crisp autumn days had long passed, sions, provided the major itenls on the Lake Mergendahl, newly enlarged, became winter evening time schedules. the wintry stage for novice ice-skaters. The winter nights with their snow and ice - - ffiixllolilcli Da made staying home a little easier. Pop- corn popping, candy making, and study- ing, interspersed with frequent bull-ses- l'l 'P lIIlIIf Hull 51:-'-llrllf ll 11:11-r Mgfrlm III :'!111ff..,f ruul lmlnfrlfl Hull., o Q lpylrlf nl' l 111 ffllun l ill l,:1I1ffn1r:nf11 nuff lfrrrfrllx i171 Another Detail .. Remember poring over that account- ing problem, outlining that economics, writing up those experiments, typing that report or theme, practicing in music hall, attending house meetings, frequent or oc- casional study in the library, missing that first-hour class, cutting tithe best chapel of the yearf' ambling up to the parlors after dinner, wishing for a vacation but only too glad to get back when it's over-all being items of passing, even negligible, importance, but infinitely significant in the process of future recollections. Holidays for the Christmas and New Year season had arrived. Joyous students left by car, train, bus, and Shank's pony, some optimistics even packing a text book or two in their luggage.

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The College of Emporia debaters again take the limelight, having ranked high in the McPherson tournamentg one sopho- 'hgflll' fllf'l',u llrumnlivs lflnss S . l'rojca't more team completed the tourney without a lossg eight C. of E. teams won over half of all contests entered. In the meantime, Coach Simpson completed arrangements for the state-wide invitational high school tournaments to be held on the campus the last of January. Twelve class C high schools participated in a two day -debate llrumnlir l'rmlm'Iiams Class Camtrilullcs lo wir! of fllulfff-up contest previous to the larger A and B tournament on January 29. Bright pros- pects for C. of E.'s squad had favorably materialized and the debaters looked for- ward to participation in the national Pi Kappa Della forensic tournament i11 To- peka. MID-TERMINATIO Last minute term papers had been fin- ished and forgotteng finals had been com- pletedg new year resolutions for more study and less diversion had been formu- lated and in most cases discardedg the Col- lege quintet's possibilities for conference championship had improved. The second semester had begun. With the half-way mark behind, stu- dents and faculty looked forward to .a se- mester's schedule filled to capacity. I ll 91