Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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f 'THE ,f N R X., , SYLLABUS 4 ' OF Qfiglfattlis I-OR TNI. STUDENT BODY 1951 SNT Pl TKLISHING COMPANY l l L Shottering trodition, the Closs of '50 lost spring took over NU for o doy with o cdrnivol. Thirty-eight booths, built by the freshmen in vorious houses, dotted Long Field GS the moin ottrdction of the cornivol. Pie-throwing, ducking, bowling, ond o frosh-foculty sottboll gdme highlighted the octivities. 1948 Another touch of prewcir cdmpus life returned on Fridoy, October 25, when twenty tedms of freshmon boys roced down Sheridon Rodd weoring their loudest pojomos. The Freshmon Pcijomo Roce, sponsored by Delto Tou Deltd, is book from wor-time exile. Stocked owoy in the memory of most uppercldssmen of both the north ond south duods ore mony vivid recollections of previous pojomo roces. 1947 The Dolphin Club is on dthletic ossociotion of men who hove been invited to join becouse they hove won either their letter or numerol in swimming. This club does not porticipote in swimming meets os o group but is purely on honorory orgonizotion. Eoch yeor the club sponsors the Dolphin Show, the proceeds of which ore used to send ten promising swimmers to the N.C.A.A. Swimming Forum in Florido during Christmos vdcdtion. 1949 Organizations Heodlined by the oppeoronce of the ex-Governor of Minnesoto l-lorold E. Stossen ond Senotor Woyne Morse of Oregon, the lvlock Politicol Convention wos on event TR' to be remembered by the students, foculty, ond Evonston residents. Eoch compus orgonizotion represented o stdte or o port of o stdte ond wos ollowed delegdtes in proportion to the size of the orgonizotion ond the represented stdtes. 1949 Activities The Rock hos been the scene of every importdnt hoppening on cdmpus. During spring elections it substitutes os o soop box, from whence the eoger condidotes throw their chdllenges to the possing students. And on the progrom of sociol octivities, it is o meeting ploce for everybody os well os the lost stop before Scott Grill. 1950 Essays

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49411 - 4954 77Tr' ff!!! . , , ffl Sljllilbll.S' SYl,LfXl3llS 4' X bi-I ' ' ' 40 ?li'1i,ti'? J h x , 1 JV., -lv 7 ....: : t:ift'4:'f Q J I ' 3 iufrmu- I Summertime ond the living is eosy - summertime ond the swimming is fun - summertime ond the lifeguord's good looking - Life ot Northwestern from June to August closely resembles o summer resort. Closses ore held on the lown - the compus blooms with drindl skirts ond peosont blouses - the l'Cherubs toke over the Speech school - everybody goes to the beoch for o sunburn ond o ciuick swim - the Good Humor mon suddenly oppeors - couples stroll olong the loke shore in the twilight or study Econ in the cool librory gordens - convertibles hurtle down Sheridon Rood filled with west bound pleosure seekers. 1946 Essays The outbreok of World Wor ll found the othletic depdrtment olreody geored to extending its focilities to the wor effort. Months before the ottock on Peorl l-lorbor the deportment hod initioted o progrom designed to increose the physicol fitness of the student body through the medium of speciolly orgonized conditioning closses. The lntromurol progrom wos thoroughly overhouled. Recreotionol sports were dropped in fovor of octivities of o more strenuous noture. Emphosis wos ploced on boxing, wrestling, ond other contoct sports. Gomes involving individuol obilities rother thon teom sports were fostered. The United Stotes hod been ot wor over nine months when we orrived with our trunks ond suitcoses ot Northwestern. By the first week in lvldy of 49113 we got up enough couroge to plon something big ond so we scropped our green beonies ond turned them over to the Red Cross Clothing Drive. We forgot the wor for o doy ond celebroted Freshmon Doy in Deering lVleodow. Exoms come ond went ond so did we. ln September 4943 we come bock to the shores of lvlichigon to find o militory otmosphere ond o doteless compus. With no one to entertoin us we decided to entertoin ourselves. So the sophomore musicol Lody You're Gone groced the stoge in Cohn Auditorium for two sold-out nights. Then before we closed the books on our second yeor we produced the Sophomore Cotilllon ot the Orrington l-lotel. 1946 Essays J L..- . 1

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952 - 4959 1 ll E I EI 5 J 10 YILZXBIIS , -- , we , QM,-Hg:-g, -' Larlieva A lilfolsun E A wld I ' ' V' y5-vV,5:g1,,,L-w'5'..g.g4'QG'.f l A mari, 5 Lame lniisin - - l2egisTrdTion wds much The some This duorier, puT our meThod for The remdining QUOITSTS hdd been discdrded in fdvor of The line procedure Three Times o yeor. We pdrgoined wiTh ourselves os usudl To see how quickly we could wind Through The mdze of lines ond ouT ogoin. And os if There weren'T enough lines, we were herded up To Deofoom To hdve picTures Token for o new kind of ID cdrd - non-Tronsferople kind. We loughed dT The sTrdnge, convicT-Iike'imdges on our cords. 1952 Essays People wdlking To closses dlong The ldke on The groy lvldy OHGTDOOD begdn To run. OTher sTudenTs, seeing Them, ron. OTher sTudenTs, seeing Them, rdn, Too. VVhdT's wrong? 'Tl-ley, whdT TWGDDGDGGT' Look ouT There - d plone! IT crdshed inTo The ldke. 1952 News . . , He Thoughi of dll The chdnges since his freshmdn yeor in EvonsTon. The moles' whiTe bucks were sTill The some: sTill much in evidence, sTlIl much in need of o poTTle of whiTe shoe polish. Bui, The lddies. They hdd picked up slyle, Too. They were o conservdTive IoT - dlwdys hdd been. Coeds in oTher Big IO schools hdd been wedring whiTe bucks since They were freshmen, puT iT hdd been spring duorfer of Their junior yeor before The coeds of NorThwesTern hdd picked up The foshion. And The hdir! IT wds geTTing so you hdrdly could Tell The girl's heod from The boys. Poodle cuTs ond cop cuTs. WhdT were The women coming To, dnywdy? Well, he supposed if iT pleosed Them he hdd no couse To compldin. STIII, he wds gldd ThoT Ther hoir wds d decenT IengTh - none of Those silly fdds. There is noThing in The world duiTe like o college womdn's dormiTory or sororiTy house. No pldce is so filled wiTh coke boflles or formols or people ploying bridge. No pldce hos so mdny couples wdTching Television or girls seTTing Their hdir in pincurls or sTuffed dnimdls. No pldce hos more women crowding dT mirrors or doing exercises on The living room rug or sleeping in The dfiemoon. And, iT's hdrd To find d pldce wiTh more frdmed phoTogrdphs of men or more codT hdngers or more sTockings dripping from The shower roll. In fdcT, There dren'T mdny pldces in The world which dre Thoroughly femole upsTdirs ond so coeducoTiondl downsTdirs. iT's been ThdT wdy for d long Time, ond chdnces ore The sysTem is here To sTdy. 1953 Greeks Q