Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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SCRAPBOOK SOLILOQUY ; Bett B vrker September 8. Diary Darling: You know I ' m not usually this af- fectionate hut Diary, Wesleyanites are back ! The house has a lready started to creak pleasantly aboul stuffed closet-, crowded ' session ' rooms, trampled floors. Old .Main is smiling in a nay. green gown and saying in her stately way: I ' m glad you ' re hark. You ' re welcome home. Come in and stay. And faculty, students. alumni are renewing old friendships, making new ones and planning, hoping, smiling for this year ' s tomorrow-. I )h. it ' s good to be here! The Y. W. C. A. tea in the Council Rooms certainly- disclosed some good looking freshman girls — and peppj ones too. And as usual, the race began this afternoon. It ' s surely fun to watch sororities gaining ground or losing footing just by casual conversations. Those fresh- men don ' t know ii yet, hut some of them went away from that tea with ribbons pinned on them and they ' re not even conscious yet which sororitj those nice upper day- men represent. Some are not even conscious of upper- classmen. Several came up to me, an august senior, and said, I ' m a freshman, too — lucky greenies! Si l ' l I MBI K °. Watched the freshmen register. I wonder il any one of them realize that along with English, German, biology, and history they ' re registering for homesickness and happiness, dis- appointments and successes? ■! There must be a million freshies lm and they so conscientiously stand f % in line! In the evening there = B was the picinc and camp fire and j -%r u speeches at the bowl. If the old fl Zp i[ saying is true that watei seeks its J J own level. I was surely the goat v this evening — one of Brox ' s strays insisted upon eating off my plate with me. The program at the auditorium after the picnic was grand. Good music! Good reading! Si l ' l 1 MliER 10. More freshmen registration and activities. One fresh- man says there ' s so many things to do he doesn ' t know lniw he II gel time to go to classes. Little does he realize the prophetic accuracy of his remarks! In the afternoon, I hen ' wis a reception for the freshman girls in the Coun- cil Rooms. Frances bliss, Virginia Lee Cotton. Peggy oner, and Lois Horn gave speeches— good ones. The freshmen are SO excited and thrilled about their rush bids. September 11. Registration for us old folks. Oh. these requirements! Rushing has started. Si en UBER 13. The rush functions have been grand! The Willard the Alpha (lam calico party, the Alpha Deli marine .1 Beta Phi Spanish tea and the Theta U original Friday-the-thirteenth party, September 14. Preferencing. I guess you really feel as if you are signing your death warrant when you sign your name un- der your choice for a sorority. The girls are so excited and thrilled about their new families of sisters, mothers and grandmothers. The fellows don ' t let us see their ex- citement so much but I ' ll bet they ' re just as thrilled over their frats. September IS. Of course, church! This Sunday reminds me so much of Thanksgiving or Easter time — Thanksgiving because so many -sororities and frats and pledges are thankful, and Easter because of the parade. September 16. I forgot to say last week that we had classes on Thursday and Friday. I couldn ' t forget it today. My. these faculty members certainly get the idea to you early that you came to school to study. Now this year, I ' m going to keep my lessons up every day. There ' s no sense of my getting so far behind and having to make it all up. First TAP meeting. I ' m both lucky and happy to be a member. September 17. Had lunch at the Alpha Gam house. I don ' t believe hostesses could come put up in any more charming pack- ages. Of course, I tried to walk out of the dining room before the president and probably reverted to type and ate my food with my spoon, but they were certainly gracious about my errors. September 20. First All-Wesleyan mixer. Carnival. It really had atmosphere. Tomorrow, I ' ll bet the janitors will be sorry that it had so much. September 22. ■Anna Karma wasn ' t a bad show. Garbo was really o. k. Faculty still seem to think all we come here for is to study. They ' re surely a dumb bunch! Hut I ' m going to keep my lessons right up. I learned that last year. September 23. Lois had staff meeting. The kids surely tickle me, especially some of these freshmen. Their plans soar high as the sky and they ' ll try so very hard. Some will be satisfied, scime will wonder why they ever thought they could write, others will take their final manuscript and offer it as mule evidence of the deep inner feeling they ' ve had these many years that they just weren ' t made for authors. I ' m well acquainted with the latter group and sympathize, oh so very much. Si i ' ii mb] R 24. Big party! Boy, boy. boy, I heartily approve of the suri of bets our l- ' .d. and last year ' s Fd. make. They bet on the Louis-Baer fight and the one who won had to give the family a party on the proceeds of the bet. Here ' s for more and bigger bets of that sort !

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SHADED PATHS Looking from the south, we can see Old Main through the Long row of dark barked trees flanking the cinder road. Flashing gold and brown in the Autumn ' s sunlight, Standing stark and taut in the Winter ' s moonlight, These elms have grown into our everyday living. Up the years, Men of the Plains broke the sod of a Nebraska Prairie, built churches and schools, and planted trees. Today these elms that they planted stand symbolic of Their own lives. The trees grow tall and sturdy, bear Storm and fair weather alike. They know the beat Of strong winds, the quietus of cool dews. They Speak the courage and the strength of a slow battle Against the elements for existence in an unknown country. And as we can see the long shadows of these elms across our Walk on a late afternoon, so can we see the shadows cast By those pioneer lives that preceded us on the long trail.

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September 26. The football season has really begun! I think the team and student body are both really going to be swell this year. I hope so. The fellows left today for Greeley, Colorado. September 27. Cancellous annual reception. That reception is one of the charming occasions of the year, even if I don ' t approve of the way we dress for it. For some artist, we would make a lovely (?) study in contrasts — tux and sport suits ; formals and street clothes. Perhaps 1 should start a petition to be uniform. On second thought, these petitions have rather a bad connotation. September 28. Bleu Thonge party. Crescent picnic. Tomorrow I ' m going to study. I was going to keep my work up every day. September 29. Delt dinner and Crescent open house. September 30. Have you ever heard the one about the car and the cops? Ask some Crescent pledge. Open cars, noisy horns, screaming girls, stream line escapes, Lockinvar Crescents, allies, hamburgers, blankets, paddles, two A. M. ! Gee, it must be heaps of fun to be a pledge! Oct ober 2. According to latest reports, Chet, Van, Benzinger, Jenkins and Mouden fought the next war and signed the peace treaty this evening. October 3. Another tree. And it took till twelve o ' clock to climb up and down the thing seven times, then chop it down. These sessions have their advantages and their disad- vantages. The advantages come at night when you say, Well, it ' s all right if I did take this time that I should have been studying. I really learned a lot and enjoyed myself besides. The disadvantages — when the alarm goes off, when at 8 :30 you remember just after sheepishly taking your seat, that after twenty minutes you ' re absent even if you are present. Wonder who ' s patch they visited? Alpha Delt rush party in full swing October 4. Absolutely the best rally I ' ve ever seen. It was blocks and blocks long. One lady surely got disgusted with us when she couldn ' t get through the traffic. But all her wrath repaid her was a bent fender. I always have felt Harold stumbled and bumped his head on that fender, but I never could find out the particulars. We lost by one point to Kearney. Gee! That ' s a bad start. October 10. Rally. WAA play day. October 1 1 . We won from Wayne — 26-6! Hats off to you fel- lows ! October 12. Beta Phi party. Alpha Delt tea. October 17. In the form of a note, I find one coed writing: T. T. and I went to the Stuart. Saw Joan Crawford, T Live My Life. ' I like him lots. No truer words has she ever spoken! Incidentally, Miss Coed, you ' d better treat me pretty swell or I ' ll disclose your identity. Now, I guess I ' ll get my way with that gal for a while! October 18. I guess Fran felt so bad about the Freshmen and Sophomores never getting around to have Olympics that she went out for them herself. She told me today that she was going over to have her ankle taped and Willy Wilson, standing by, said: Oh, couldn ' t you tap? it? October 20. Open house at the Theta U ' s. October 21. Beardance at Willard House for Bud and Scotty. It seems that Bud sorta got a bit of a dipping, or perhaps ' dobbing ' would be a better word. When Scotty passed the candy to a little lady at the Willard house that night and said, Would you like some candy? the very polite answer came: Yes, thank you. I am told her face darkened a few shades when she ' came to. ' October 22. Play in full practice. Homer says from beneath purple circles: One of these days I ' m going to get to sleep and when I wake up I ' ll be an old man! '