College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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First Semester Plays, dances, and the Freshman Orientation, which began on September 14, started the long series of first semester events r011- ing. After convocation and the Senate-Student Christian Council dance, the year settled down to the usual rou- tine. During the early part of October, sophomore girls pledged to social clubs. The fresh put their dinks back on criter losing the Bag Rush. Homecoming week-end arrived with the Wooster-Denison game, dorm decora- tions contest, THE SILVER WHISTLE, and a dance in honor of returning alumni. The Sophomore-Iunior Formal was held in the fall. A lecture by Charles Laughton on October 27 was an event that truly lived up to the expectations of his audience. The Douglass Formal gave the freshman men a Chance to show their dates the interior of their dormitory. The Sadie Hawkins celebration the follow- ing week-end gave the girls a chance to escort their favorite fellows to CI dance. November 11 brought mcmy Dads torrid Mothers, toot to the campus to see the game with Mount Union, the production of THE MAN, and c: girls' hockey game with Mount Union. CAI. CARRUTHERS' tii'st problem this year was to decide whether analytic geometry with differential and integral calculus or petrogra- phy and petrology was best fitted to his liberal education. EACH YEAR A Maypole dance performed by the football team is the feature attraction at the Freshman Mixer. IN NOVEMBER the Homecoming activities were highlighted by the queen and her court. Showu in the stands are Bob Perm, Bill Stephenson, Charlotte Fraser, Iecm Allison, Art Louch, Herb Anderson, and Georgia Leary. ALTHOUGH THE COLLEGE authorities upon the tradition, each Hallow theaters. Here Dr. Perm warns s and theater managers frown een the college students crush the ome students to behave themselves.

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ether rql'CI- : the the Bill rson. 'own the Ives. Filled with Sports weather also evident Wooster students tilled Oberlin's football stands when six buses and numerous cars migrated to Oberlin. Many Scots returned to attend the Holden Formal the same night. Just before Thanksgiving vacation, the Choir under Mr. Gore's direction presented the ELUAH. The nationwide snow flurries, which delayed Woos- ter students returning to school, wet the scene for the Christmas tree party held on the Quad early in De- cember. The basketball season opened the same week- end With a game With the alumni. On December 12, the college celebrated Wooster Day in honor of the 01d university. The Christmas Formal, Christmas dinner, and Dr. Delbert Leah's rendition of THE CHRISTMAS CAROL sent students home With the holiday spirit. Exams and studying occupied the majority of the students' time in Ianuary, but many took time out to see the basketball games and to attend Benjamin Brit- ton's LET'S MAKE AN OPERA, Which ended the extra- curricular events of first semester. DINNER INDIAN STYLE was the homecoming feast for Wooster's newly-retumed Ewing College representative, Dave Blackshear. At the table are Hans Jenny, Niles Reimer. Dave Blackshear, and Art Merrill, chairman of the Wooster-in-India Committee. THE DAISY MAES of Wooster wait with their dates for the crowning of Jack Hayward. King of Dogpatch, at the W.S-.G.A. sponsored Sadie Hawkins Day Dance. A VISIT BY Charles Laughton, another notable on Wooster's distin- guished roster of speakers, was made on October 27. BENTAMIN BRITTON'S LET'S MAKE AN OPERA was presented by the speech and music departments. Here Wylene Young and Bette Hanna speak to the children of the cast. 2'l