Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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the business of more houseparty. Many songs were sung ana odes were composed to Baccnus until Bacckus crumped out at 8:00 A. M. The Saturday morning rain did not phase us one hit. We tramped down to Taylor Stadium to see our football team roll in the mud with King s Point in a splendid game that saw Lehigh win 20-6. The Band also outdid itself by sloshing out on the field to combine overtones with the Glee Club at the half. For those of us who like a smoky atmosphere with our dancing, there was the Maennerchor Tea Dance to fill the bill after the game. But the evening s greatest interest was the uncounted number of parties. Many songs were sung and resung while Bacchus reveled in our praise. Hos- pitality flowed and drowned all of South Mountain way into the sab- bath morn, but that dreaded hour Sunday afternoon when the girls left us finally came, and we were aban- doned to our mountain for another semester. For those of us who mark our college time from houseparty to houseparty it looked a long way until Spring Houseparty. But then, there were some of us who were in no condition to worry about it anyway. Semester in and semester out, the 26

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IT. ■ A ' f ' f d — . ttlL. I D ' V 1 r k ' ' 1 Wwk m WLT - -■ 1 Maennerchor completed me after- noon, and Saturday nignt was spent house hopping, dancing at the I.D.C. Dance, or simply having run. A week or mid-semester exams helped to increase the pre-week-end tension over the Fall Houseparty or 1947, and the tempo or our antici- pation was beating fast. For some, warm-up parties even gave vay to studies. The four o clock bell on Fri- day started things rolling and house- party dates took over. For us all, it was a strange but welcome sight to see women roaming about our hills, and this houseparty the dates brought with them the exquisitely feminine innovation — the New Look! Buddy Rich and Skitch Hender- son provided the smooth music for two floors of dancing at the Inter- fraternity Ball on Friday night as all crowded to Grace Hall which had been miraculously transformed around a Stars in tbe Night ' theme. The highlight of the evening came when Richard Stevick, 48, and his wife, Nita, were crowned Mr. and Mrs. Lehigh, 1947-48. Heads turned and eyes bulged when Frank Hewitt s date, Miss Nancy Fitch of Plainneld, N. J., was crowned the Houseparty Queen. The last notes of music at two Saturday morning meant that only the orchestra was quitting for the evening. Black bow ties, board fronts, and stiff collars quickly disappeared as everyone quickly settled down to 23

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nouseparty weekend has oee n re- peated, Dut none or us nas been bored by tne constant repetition. Houseparties nave always meant fun and the opportunity to remember what a woman looks like. For each year at Lehigh there has been a round-robin or events and happenings for all of us. Who amongst us will forget these days at college? None of us particularly will remember the hours spent in study- ing, but we will not forget the high points of Lehigh life. The nights at Joe s, the singing at the Chor, the bull sessions, houseparties, the pep rallies, the cheering at our football games, all this will be remembered. Thoughts of these college days will live on -to be told and retold to our rriends and wives, children and grandchildren; Lehigh was really tough in those days, Son! ' 27