Milton College - Fides Yearbook (Milton, WI)

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THETAS Left to right: Fourth row: M. Maclaurin; H. Foote; M. Woer- pel; B. Ruosch. Third row: A. Stewart; V. Whalen; I. Saund- ers; M. Striegl. Second row: M. Roeber; M. Shellestad; H. Pearson. First row: M. Mac- laurin; B. Brown; I. Saunders. Left to right. top to bottom: Vickerman; M. Maclaurin; M. Striegl; B. Brown. Pic. 1'. H. Kemmerer; B. Brown; H. McFarland; M. Shelle- Pic. 3: I. Ruchti; R. Williams. stad; M. Striegl. Pic. 4: B. Brown; M. Maclaurin; A. Stewart. Pic. 2: H. Foote; V. Whalen; M. Roeber; A. Stewart; A. Pic. 5: H. McFarland. Twenty-One

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dorm. As long as I've been here they've kept things lively, and I've had many a chuckle over their methods of breaking the umonotony of college life. For instance, thereis the time when Elder Whitford was president. After dark some of the girls would let down baskets from their windows, load them with boys and haul them up into their rooms for parties. On one such occasion the Elder happened by and seeing one of the baskets dangle ing invitingly, stepped in and waited. As might be expected, his downward trip was much more rapid than his ascent had been!' I just remembered that someone wrote a clever poem about dorm life which might eXe plain more clearly what I mean. I liked it so well that I've memorized parts of it to keep awake on quiet nights. It goes like this: Girls are frowned upon who chatter With their doorways open wide, Or who fail to keep the volume Of their radios inside; And when singing down the hallways Or just whistling a tune Or negotiating stair steps With great emphasis, they soon Hear a iishying from some quartere They prefer Sinatra's croon. On the fire escape or rear porch Young men seldom enjoy peace; From surveillance so exacting They would gladly find release; Even when they're just reclining On the soft reception plank, They're admonished to sit upright, And the admonition's frank. So dorm damsels need your heartfelt And your deepest sympathy; For what they all have to suffer Through their years in Goodrich Hall VVould extend from here to midnight Should one try to list it all: Honey dripped on knobs and thresholds, Tissue festooned 'round about, Peanut butter smeared on washbowls, Nlustard, lipstickasuch spots out. Vilest fumes from chemic mixtures Assail one at dead of night, Not to mention coal gas odors And smoke thick enough to bite. Fresh red paint in letters dripping Has adorned our front door glass, Grinning skulls against a window Frightened stiff some timid lass; Goats and pigs have been to deal withe- It was iiProf Si got our goat; For the swine, as I remember, Shurtlef's sympathies awoke. Continued on Page 22 Twenty

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Mice, both living and departed, Have evoked a midnight shriek To disturb the quiet slumbers That some damsels never seek; Cans and bottles hurled down Stairways In the wee hours of the night, Or alarm clocks set to buzzing To give slumbering dames a fright; Blackeouts, basement floods, and washouts, Exits nailed against egress, And the last of each October Many anOther wild excess. Steps have walked off, beds have vanished, Wires have criss-crossed every hall, Vegetables smashed many a windowe Pranks they've sulfered, one and all. Add then big ants, red ants, yes, and June bugs, Centipedes and silver fish, Sink and drain board soiled and cluttered, Not to mention many a dish That awaited an ablution; Yes, dorm days have been beset, But let them strengthen resolution: Someone may plot worse things yet. When the applause quieted down, the dorm continued, Yes, and there's another part of dorm life that's entertaining: the sororities. The Tri-Theta was organized back in 1927 and is the oldest of the two Greek Letter societies for women on the campus. Some of the Theta traditions are the lumberjack rushing dinner, and the Theta weekend. During Hell Week Theta pledges may be seen wearing cowbells, scrubbing sidewalks with tooth- brushes, or repeating Shakespearean sonnets. Last year they gave a Christmas tea for the college, and at Commencement time organized an alumnae association. UThe other sorority is the Sigma Phi Zeta, chartered in 1938. An active group, the Sigmas sponsored the first alchollege tea this year, and with the Thetas helped decorate the gym for the Christmas Formal. This year, too, under the leadership of Bert Griffey, a Greek Letter was sent to all alumnae. When the Moberlys left the college, Mrs. Bernhardt Westlund was invited to be the new sponsor, and happily for the Sigmas, she accepted. . HBoth sororities hold a lot of their meetings in the rooms of the various members, so you can see that I don't often get behind on campus news and activities! HGoodness, I almost forgot to tell you all the things the dorm girls have been doing. I suppose the gym can remember the Sadie Hawkins dance the girls sponsored a few years ago. This year they've been busier than ever. Early in the fall Mr. Todd, whom you all remember for his low bass, agreed to take the school for a hayride out to Stringers' where the dorm girls had a roaring Hre-eand weiners! I still hear about how well President Hill sang the verses of Patsyyorey-arey-ay. Besides that, they invited the rest of the college Continued on Page 24 Twenty-two