Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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HOMECOMING this year was not sig- nificant because it was particularly different from other Homecomings. It was sig- nincant because it was the one celebration which best typified the Mold college life which has disappeared from the American scene for the duration. On these pages we tell the story of what one Knox couple did at the last 'cold stylei' Knox Homecoming. The three charming belle: in the top picture, Brewer, Nortbsbield, and Bon, were the ballerina: of the Knmpu: Kaper: xbonf. In the lower picture Ia and Dick inspect the prizewinning Beta houre decorations. 12 Something new ana' diferent added to the Hornecoming festivities thi: year was the patriotirm pageant, prerented between the halve! of the game. Friday, October 23, 1942 This morning when we went to class at eight o'clock we found a strike in pro- gress. The freshman boys had engineered it because they didn't want to go to class- es the day before Homecoming. But the administration thought differently, so all we missed was our eight o'clocks. It was great fun while it lasted. There was a chapel and pep rally at 11:00, after which all the boys began to work like mad on their house decorations -or at least the pledges worked hard. Since there wasn't going to be any parade on Saturday, the girls didn't have to make any floats. Tonight was the Kampus Kapers. Everybody had been looking forward to True Ir Ts for weeks, and everybody got a big kick out of the Beta Omicron boys at Kenesaw College. There was a big crowd, and after the show we went out to the athletic field for the bonfire and pep rally. Prexy sang again-and so did everybody else. They announced that the Betas had won the house decora- tions with their Sighted Sub Sauk Same scene. It was a beautiful moon- light night, the kind you like to remem- ber when you think about college. Saturday, October 24 There were quite a few alums back for Homecoming, although not so many as usual, of course. Everybody spent the morning getting acquainted again. And

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proximately 80 students. Now, instead of taking a large number of courses for vary- ing amounts of credit, most students were taking only three courses at the same hour of the day five times a week. There were no complaints that either the new system or the war-consciousness of the faculty re- sulted in the class-work being stiffer.H Meanwhile students had no trouble find- ing activities to occupy their free time. College hangouts like the Geep had pin- ball machines, as yet un-rationed cokes, and numbers like Kalamazoo and There Are Such Things on the juke-box. Col- lege students saw almost every movie that came to town. In general, however, there was less dating than usual on the part of the Knox men, the reason was never very well explained by local psychologists. Pin- hanging continued as a favorite indoor sport, nevertheless, and this side of college life was recorded faithfully in the longer and cleaner Knocks column in the Student. Although a special Student Council committee spent long hours eliminating Advanced students in biology ana' psychology study the growth of chicken embryo: in the bio-psychology lab. Dr. Kuo, visiting professor on the Honnold Foundation, was in charge of this new class. superfluous extra-curricular activities such as language and literary clubs, the major activities like athletics, publications, and the theater got off to an early start. One innovation was the fact that Kampus Kapers was prepared as one of the Home- coming events. Thus not only the college students but also the alums might see this outstanding theater production. Probably the biggest attractions in the Geep-besides the coed: -are the pin ball machines. N Much talent and' skill of the gl students are daily brought to 'll light by means of these intricate machines.

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then at two o'cloclc came what everybody had been awaiting-the football game with Beloit. The weather was perfect again. So was the game. We won 13 to 7, and it was a real last-minute thriller. Between the halves there was a swell his- torical pageant which Mr. Biddle and his band had prepared. The Phi Sigs won the traditional pumpkin race. Then there was a tea in Old Main- mostly for alums and not students. But students, parents and alums all turned out for the banquet at Seymour that eve- ning. A couple of Army and Navy ofhcers spoke about colleges and their relations with the armed services. It was at this banquet that Mort Monson was awarded the Hunter Trophy. Ir was a great night again. Along about midnight everybody-well, almost everybody-went out west of town to see the Phi Gam pledges pull the Beta pledges through the creek. As we said before, it was the kind of week-end you like to remember when you think of college. Top: Goodnight at Bottom: Fiji: win Wbitifzg Yearfr bigger! football crowd didn? cheer in vain