Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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Saint Valentine, the patron saint of young lovers everywhere, made his presence felt even in the ivy halls of Siwash. The good saint was feted at a gala soiree in the dining room of Seymour Hall: trailing hearts and flowers, collegiate cupids danced beneath that repulsive mural, toasting Valentine, love, and Spring. Valentine Dance 7

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16 Founders’ Day Winter can be a wonderful time at Knox. Before the snow turns to slush on Main Street, and before the January Jitters sets in— then things are nice. The parties in the Pan- Hel House are the same as they always were, but they aren’t bad; and exams aren't for a while yet. Then the snow melts and the academic year careens into Founders Day. Indeed, a rather dreary period; but somehow, through all of the late Winter drizzle, you know that Spring and cars and Lake Storey will come before very long. There will be baseball, and blankets, and fancies turning... it 1s sufficient.

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18 Military Ball Capes and uniforms, lovely ladies, and the rattle of polished sabers: The Ball at the Military College of Saumur? Nay, nay—the annual Knox College ROTC Ball, complete with new brass for old, an attractive albeit shaky false ceiling, and that punch which one officer described as being compounded of equal parts pineapple juice and bore cleaner.