Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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against time indefatigable victories of long distance runners Blue and gold sweat suits peeled. Long, muscular limbs warm up ... flex, stretch, loosen, relax. “Last call for the three-mile race. Marquette vs. —. Runners to your marks!” Shoulders bend, reach ... stomachs coil, tighten. Heavy silence. Suddenly a gun metal CRACK. A lunge forward over pock-marked hills, rugged paths. Hard, slicing winds ... stomach cramps. Opponents pass with sweat-slicked bodies. Long swift legs, automatic pistons, pounding the ground, surging wildly past half-way flags. Steel spikes chew, grinding October grass into the lead position. Arms fly ... tired, tumbling pendulums. Chests heave: burning up the autumn air. Home, a thin white victory line. Final exploding STRETCH forcing the mind to overcome the body. Wild panting, blurred trees, branches. Spun gravel... scorched throats. Seconds consumed ... defeating them all: Oshkosh, Ripon. Plattevillc ...

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intramural exuberance and pigskin thunder Mud-stained “surfers” in reversed sleeveless sweatshirts, torn football jerseys, striped T-shirts, hitching to the stadium. Hustling onto the field, the players wait for late comers. A whistle blows and another game begins. Desk-weary muscles stretch in action across the field ... a wobbling pigskin finds its mark in a belly clutch. Rubber sneakers pound the thinly turfed ground, halting in bruising clashes of non-padded bodies ... a sudden scramble for a loose ball, recovered amidst a cluster of outstretched hands. “Pass! Fake to halfback, left end, down and in.” Quarterback barkings mingling with defensive heckling. The ball spirals beyond desperately reaching hands and Inninces wildly on the grass. Another attempt, another half until the final whistle sets the score. Tired Ixxlies — Monitor Monsters, Rabbits, Sigma Phi's — straggle off the field and head for trophies, showers and beer. 24

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 Concentrated” library study ... keeping one eye on a book and the other on passing legs ... watching Wisconsin Avenue traffic ... trying to memorize the six steps of the scientific method ... wondering where the next painting will hang ... conjugating Spanish verbs ... attempting to penetrate Conrad's symbolism ... talking with another procrastinator ... relaxing on the front steps after four hours. Intellectual escape to the Honor’s lounge ... washing down Milton and Spinoza with strong black coffee ... willing to study yesterday, today, tomorrow ... blazing lights into late hours sporadically broken by a radio, a telephone call, a 15-minute cigarette break ... postponing a bull session for an hour with biology ... searching for an old math quiz in the test file. Cramming ... deciphering weeks of notes ... meeting sunrise with No-Doz and quick, cold showers. imprinting thought from page to memory 26