DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Tigertown, a community usually thought of as con- nected with the Detroit baseball tigers, found its Hoosier counterpart in a municipality located within the con- fines of a town lying forty miles west of Indianapolis- Greencastle, Indiana. The lives of the 2000 males and females identifying themselves with the DePauw Uni- versity student body, faculty, or administrative organi- zation usually Cwhen not being burdened by the matricu- lative endeavors that are said by some to be the prime purpose of college attendancej were occupied with a wealth of campus activities that affected all from the greenest rhine to the most blase senior. Freshman YMCA Wfeek came and with it the chaos of rush descended, actives and rushees alike frantically trying to impress each other in the space of five days that, on the parts of the ins, their clubhouse was the greatest, or, on the parts of the outs, that they were Hsincerely casualf' Two winless years of football starvation were abruptly ended as the suddenly-snarling Tigers won Eve of their last seven games of the season to end a twenty-one game . . . streak. The momentum seemingly carried over into the hardwood season-Cal Luther's crew, sparked by a Hghting band of sophomores who refused to identify a road game with defeat, upset the apple- cart on favored opponents more than once. Those who trod the boards in Speech Hall and Gobin Church were acclaimed loudly and long by their audi- ences fcr performances of outstanding note in Two Blind Affire, The Crzzrible, and others. Artistic manifes- tations abourzded-everything from opera fcritics ap- plauded The Hardy Boys at the Met? to modern dance found expression. After finals had been disposed of, Greek NN'eek en- tered the picture, and following it came the month of pressure campaigns-campus elections found seemingly as many candidates as voters. Seniors heaved the pro- verbial sigh, then watched eager juniors take over their vacated positions. Springtime, blanket parties, and irresponsibility walked hand in hand until time for Recognition Chapel, when wandering minds were called back for a final look at the instrumental figures who loomed large on the 1955-56 horizon. ACADEMIC ................. 16 A review of the undertakings of bewildered freshmen, slumping sophomores, forward- looking juniors, backward-looking seniors in the academic lines. This is the realm of the hour exam, the project, the term paper. the Hnal. Consequently, the realm of the hard- ened nose and the crying towel. NEWS OF THE YEAR ........ 54 The books were not so all-important as to hinder a wealth of activities that began with football practice in the fall and ended with graduation in june. The real picture of 1JFPHL'677SfX l'nizJfrsz'lazz's. ATHLETICS ................. 94 A rather large division is given over to the celebration of the deeds of the gridders and the thinlyclads, teesters and cagersfin other words, jocks. KKK, DD I D, Smash XVa- bash,' and Czar Morts dominate these pages. ACTIVITIES ................ 134 This section must be perused rapidly in order to gain an appreciation of how the activities man or woman rushes through the day's events, pausing only to pose for Mirage pictures. CLASS OF 1956 .............. 176 The people listed in the ensuing pages have almost all been at this institution their entire four years, and though some won wilted white lilies and silver nails, others won gold canes and red jackets. LIVING GRGUPS ,......,... 196 Dwellers of the Lambie Pie, Snake, Rock- pile, Birdmen, All-for-free, and the other eating clubs are featured, along with the dorm personnel, in this segment of the Mirage. Gung ho, as it were. ADVERTISING ....,......., 256 .Advertising is the base which supports the financial operation of newspapers, maga- zines . . . and yearbooks. IVithout it publi- cations in any form, for the most part, could not exist. Excellent references for quonset couples. A three-way advantage on the part of lflirage, merchant, and consumer. IYIUIYIII lt A' M7 lx 1 ,A 0 O o Q-' U' OU O vdlittfb 15013 Hema MN Q X ,QQ tt Eagaa Q - Hat l - 1TH - wax!! llllllf Pou .Jo iii 'ff' G 9 '7?'xs7 ' x .vsnsqn 1. 3- I nu 5 - Vvvv b

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Louis H. Dirks, former Dean of Men at DePauw, now serves as GDP Director Willard Umbreit and President Russellj. Humbert Secretary of the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce. examine plans ofthe new Roy O. West Library. It is true that the DePauw campus is a unified one, and is capable to a degree of exercising a fair amount of autonomy, but it is just as true that a close tie is maintained with the community of Greencastle, Indiana. Citizens of Greencastle and the University work side by side to perpetuate a long harmonious relationship. Greencastle, Indiana-hub of Putnam County. Although small in size, Greencastle is an important center of commerce and trade for the rural population surrounding it. The economic life of DePauw University revolves around its businesses. Grencastle, Putnam County seat, serves the political and legal needs of the county. I