Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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11-17 AFTER the supper Tuesday night you were divided up into groups for the Treasure Hunt. With wrists tied together to prevent you from getting lost and also to keep you from swatting the mosquitoes, you tore around campus from building to building. At each one you received a clue which (supposedly) led you to the next building. Somehow all the groups ended up in IHA for the Trackmeet. Here you were organized into universities and competed in the various events, such as javelin throwing (with straws), discus throwing (with paper plates), races and contests. Moron U, with the most points, won the grand prize, a bag of lollypops. The day ended with singing on the South Hall steps. For the first time you heard the college favorite, They Say. Next morning, Wednesday, was Convocation in the College Chapel, where Dr. Dinkmeyer and the deans welcomed the new students into the Elmhurst College family. From there you went to registration and then to a psychology exam, which you went out of sure that these were your last hours out of the straight jacket. The scheduled picnic supper outside was fine — until it started to rain in the midst of things. Clutching your soggy hot dog and your rain-diluted coke, you dashed into the Com- mons to finish the meal. Afterwards, on a high note of hilarity, you swam to IHA to see movies. Dancing in the S.U. ended Wednesday night. In South Hall the Women ' s Union held a pajama party where the girls were served refreshments and entertained. Liz Schoenbach played her accordian, and Joan Panes recited a poem and the whole crowd sang. Thursday brought more exams, and you began to wander around in a sort of a daze. It just didn ' t seem lair to make you reveal how dumb ou were before classes even started. That night there was a banquet in the gym, followed by a quiz show, a take-off on What ' s m Line, with Ike Eichenlaub as M.C. When the flustered profs had been identified b the freshman panel, you were taken to their homes for f iresides. Next day you got your pictures taken for the Elms. In the afternoon you were initiated into the remarkable Elmhurst institution known as registration. Characteristic of this phenomenon is that everywhere, on every available blank space of the cards they handed you, you had to sign your name. You signed to get into the gym, vou signed to attend classes, you even had to sign to get out. But it really wasn ' t so bad. It was supposed to take thirty minutes, and the estimate only fell three hours short. That evening thev held the picnic that the weather had so rudely interrupted Wednesday. After the eats, you played games. As it began to grow dark, vou formed a huge crack the whip and when it was no longer possible to walk without collapsing, everybody gathered around a brightly burning bonfire and sang. After that you went to the S. U. and sang some more. By this time if you didn ' t know They Say, vou must be deaf. Saturday morning the frosh played the lettermen and we had our first opportunity to see the football team in action. The lettermen won. 13-7, but the frosh looked pretty good at that. In the morning the town students said farewell to dorm life and went home, but were back for the mixer that night. It was on the order of Noah ' s Ark — Everyone was given the name of an animal and at a given point had to go and find his mate. Sunday evening supper was served at St. Peter ' s. After the meal, Joan Panes gave a reading and the few members of the Glee Club that were present sang. Ethel Wobus delivered a delightful lecture on the use and misuse of the bassoon. Then back to the campus for another bonfire and sing and Reverend Schade officially closed Freshman Week. But the fun was by no means over, for Mon- day morning you all piled into a bus and went on a sight seeing tour of Chicago. You toured the Fiel d Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry and ate lunch by Lake Michigan. Then, so tired vou could scarcely stand, you came back to the campus. But you forgot y our sore feet that night at the square dance in front of South Hall. 21