College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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ON CONSCRIPTION DAY 105 Wooster men had to register. Dick Gernert writes the answers on his questionnaire while Coach L. C. Boles advises. Boles was an oiiicial in the college vicinity precinct. The Selective Service Act exempted all collegians from the drait until Iune. DR. PAUL SEARS. author of Deserts on the March, an outstanding professor of geology at Oberlin was a guest speaker in October. Here he is ioking with Dr. Bangham, head of the biology department. before making his talk. He lectured interestingly on the conservation of our natur- al resources. HOMECOMING DAY is traditional at Wooster. So is the rivalry which exists between dorms to see which ot them can decorate the front of their building with the cleverest display. Holden Hall and Warburton won this year. Here is the Holden entry. tThere is a picture of the Warburton display on page 1355. Turkey Day recess, November 20 to 25, saw many students depart. 'fThe Pennsylvania Railroad offers reduced ratesj . After Vacation, students returned to hear Erika Mann, WSGA speaker, discourse on foreign affairs. HALLOWEEN NIGHT Wooster fellows went to town. In traditional manner 200 men and a few women crashed the gates of Schine's theater to watch cr tree show. The Woos- ter police anticipated trouble, for they put on extra deputies iust for the night. The celebration was milder than last year when police resorted to tear gas to quell enthusiasm. Cagers Open Drills Coach Mose Hole in the meantime had be- gun drilling his quintet under Captain Pudge Hole, in preparation for their first encounter, with Miami, December 14.

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FRESHMAN UNDERLINGS for a year are granted one day to make retribution-Sack Rush Day. The horse-and-rider contest, which is pictured, is the first of these events. Second is the tug-ot-war, and the final is a free-for-all over possession of a big medicine ball. Sophomores, better organized, won all three this year, thereby eaming the right to insist on frosh wearing dinks until Christmas. As usual, freshmen abandoned their hats before 'I'hanksgiving. THE ANNUAL WALK-OUT is a time when dining rooms close down and the whole college takes its evening meal picnic style. Men and women meet near the rock at the outset. They form in two lines and begin to walk out to Highland Park. When a whistle blows, men move up five girls to ioin a new walking companion. In a iew minutes the Whistle signals tor everyone to shift partners again. Then when the line reaches Highland, the couples end up eating their picnic supper together. ON THE ROCK stands a girlishly-dressed plebe. Sophomore court has found him guilty ot being a freshman. He is paying his penalty with an appear- ance before the whole student body. Other sentences for unfortunate first-year men have been mapping golf courses and counting tombstones. Scots Win Homecoming Tilt Homecoming week end, October 25-27, pro- vided a variety of entertainment for returning alumni. An all-college dance Saturday night with Eddie Paul's orchestra celebrated a Wooster victory over Muskingum, 14-3. Sat- urday night Outward Bound, first college dramatic offering of the year, projected Chrysanthemum-wearing grads into the here- after. ' Girls' initiation previewed the horrors of Halloween, when students went berserk, crashing the theatres, and providing interest for the local police. November 1, Holden Hall held the year's first formal, and four days later, the nation's voters disproved the saying, As Wooster goes . . . Dadis day, November 9, starred a full week- end. The Junior Prom took on new raiment as the J-Hop, Friday night, while an all-college Saturday night mourned a loss to Bowling Green, 26-14. A week later, Wooster closed its football season with an encounter with Ober- lin. During the season Wooster won four, lost three, and tied one.

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Winter The advent of December marked the turn- ing of attention to Yuletide festivities. The Student Senate decorated Kauke quad with a giant Christmas tree, While in every dorm students trimmed lesser trees. The season proper was innovated by the choir's presentation of portions of The Mes- siah, an oratorio, Which, like Professor Lean's reading of The Christmas Carol, has become an annual event. Dr. Lean's reading this year was held before the tradition-breaking Winter formal, a 12:00 affair which broke with cus- tom when it was held on the school night, De- cember 19. DR. KARL POLANYI was the class of 1917 speaker last tall. He was no magician, but he still mystiiied students. Slighting the English language proved more effective than sleiqht-of-hand. His subiect was The Theory of Fascism: A Deadloclc of Politics a:nd Economics. Students agreed that the discussion tailed to disperse the deadlock. ULTRA-REPUBLICAN WOOSTER went to the polls November 5. Straw votes had shown Wooster four to one in favor of Republican Wendell Willkie. Ele- phant clubs were the strongest campus political organizations. The Roosevelt election was an un- pleasant surprise. MISS ERIKA MANN, W.S.G.A. speaker, was prob- ably the most interesting personality who spoke here this year. Speaking on dictatorships, the daughter of tamed Thomas Mann inserted her vib- rant self into every sentence. Students thrilled to hear her tales of the horrors of London under tire and the perils ot democracy in time ot stress. THE W ASSOCIATION dinner was an event which brought athletes into the social limelight. Students who had earned their varsity letters dined. heard speakers. and elected officers. Highlight of the evening was the awarding of coveted letters and gold tootballs to deserving veterans. LANSING HATFIELD, baritone, was the first artist to appear here on the Wooster Federation ot Music program. He thrilled music-loving Woosterites. Stud- ents were not surprised when he won the Metropolitan Opera Company audition several weeks later. --su Gym