Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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Then the sophs returned-the week of bliss was over. A bonfire frosh l to start the year off right. Tip Your cap frosh, and bonnets, 4O bedecked, for the gids. Shoes to Shine, beds to make on Sundays, The Generals teeth to brush. And most fun of all the trip to Chance Creek for Third West Section of the M. B. with Oberlin Yellow Cab to the rescue. Official soph frosh hostilities were opened Saturday, October 3, when The two under-classes met on each side of a SIX-foot pushball and proceeded to the place Of the tie-up and the greased-flag-pole Climb. The sophs won this contest by, as the N! Ffa Review said, a bit of well-executed strate- gy. It was agreed that this battle seemed more fair than the greased-pole flag rush, when the team on the defense had the ad- vantage. h

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Frosh Week-a week of campus tours, grade explanations, examinations, buying of fancy souvenir bric-a-brac for the sweethearts at home. And while the women had a ship party at the Men's Gym, frosh men ate and ate and fought with pillows at Chance Creek. They had a mixer, too--one of those shirt sleeves and suspenders affairs-where the greenies learned to start, You're a senior, aren't you? not Are you a freshman, too? i 5 K

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z '1: ,ff ' ' nl t ,ull G A A g '--x , ri L. rx H 1, llmll Tfili iiiila-in ull it ef u ' 'l limit bw llwrilivllnllll' vllll' ' ' ' , J Nw llllll W ',lei'llun:l'rnn1lr1 . . 'liwll l llttintlll mm' rr liunlflll Where there's smoke there's fire, they say. The fire engine furnished the smoke, and Das- comb tried the fire, which resulted in the burning of a few dresses and some coats. The af- fair gave the laddies a good chance to show off the advertising which later brought in the dividends. The O Club and the Women's League were to blame. lt seemed that Oberlin students did not make enough noise at the football games . so the O Club and the Ladies' League started an Anti-Anti- Noise Campaign. Their first move was to have segre- gated seating at the football games with the men sitting in the top section of the stadium, and the women at the bottom. For a while, the plan was successful. According to the Review of October l3 Men come to the football games, women come to the same games. Some come alone, some come in groups. A few come without dates, at least a few come with dates. A few men deposit their dates in the women's section and call for them after the game, quite a few sit with their dates. The cheering was much better at that game . . . but not any more than at any winning game. Once in the corner where the Talcott walk comes to the W. College-S. Professor corner was the famous Talcott Tree. Used as the campus sign board till there was no more room for a tack to be driven in, it was cut down in l92O. Several attempts have been made to replace it. This year an elm-a seedling from the historic elm--was planted on the fiftieth anniversary of Talcott, and perhaps by Talcott's hun- dredth anniversary the new Talcott tree will have reached sign board size again.