Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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fIGHT Ttam fIGHT 11 A well integrated team, a competent coach, and a co- operative crowd plus a little luck and you have something. We had something in ' 4l- ' 42. W in all the games? No, but hit a good percentage. . . played well-fought battles.

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IT ' S fl TliflDITIOn AT tLfnPfiST When the gossamer web of time enfolds one ' s college days and mokes of them a continuous round of hilarity, certain events out-shine all others. All of the unpleasantness of college routine slips away from the retrospective alumnus, and he returns to the campus eager to take part in the main events at the scene of his former triumphs. Faces, courses, and activities may change. But there is consolation in finding that his favorite traditions are still maintained. Examples? Prexy ' s occasional teas ... the beaming host and hostess ... the groaning board ... the profs outstuffing the students. And the hHomecoming gome when the stands are packed with nostalgic alumni . . .the traditional mile run between halves, the exuberant crowd cheering the exhausted winner. Or in more serious mo- ments, the Chapel Choir at its best with a hHille arrangement . . . with the student body strangely solemn and attentive . . . Left — Daily pilgrimage to chapel services on exodus from the worldly. Right — Tea time at the Lehmonn s.

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Pep squad . . . inciters of triumph. Add football, basketball, baseball, track, tennis, golf and table tennis and you have a typical college athletic program. Athletics at Elmhurst build bodies physically and tend to relax mental strain of student life. School spirit serves as the final ingredient in a successful intra and intercollegiate athletic program. From the gym class wonder to the grid or track star there ' s a place for everybody . . . and the vv ise ones take advantage of that fact. Common sense, and lately notional defense, prove the positive value of sports.