Ohio Wesleyan University - Le Bijou Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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One of the most unique and exciting phases of by-gone college days were the secret class fra- ternities. These lived and had their being in addition to national fraternities, and rendered a service in promoting class spirit. The Bijou was published, choral and dramatic activities were popular, and the gentlemen of the univer- ' ' 'nf directed hy a ' underwent military tiann 5, int. sity ' ' as XV'1r Departmt representative of tht . lVlany of our current customs had their birth during this time. lVlonnett Day is a direct off- spring of Violet Day which was introduced in ' ueen of the earlier fes- 1902, though the q tival was a faculty member, and there was a king to keep her company, also of the faculty. Costume plays put in a dramatic appearance, and swiftly overruled previous objections to the theater. Athletics have always been an important part of Wt-sleyali, and it must have been a strange thing, indeed, to have seen the first wom an athlete sally forth in her bloomers. l Al1lCl'lt lll ,Q--I Middle' Qpanis 1- .. m Top: Early campus swingsters. . . War officers pose on the steps of lidwards Gym. Botto right: Another secret society, even the name is unknown, ' ' f pre-view of our colorful Monnett Below: Violet lJ.i5 , Day. l r ill V6 ip E Y 7-'fr 1 I I- 9 V,

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land Editor of Transcript Publications Board Elects Sidney Row . Clwio Wesleyan Trpnogcrlpfhm Brown and Kirlcpatriclc Head Student Body Beeman Soutlawarcl PM 5 'lt'FY Robinson W' Student Body ' To l 'l 'l' Se urer Position Co-Managing Editors 67 F,-uh Tluompson Heads 8 Issue Hunter Pi Slngo ..,. ..t -,..n. I., u.r.r..-- I loy, and l-leivlrr r Opponents , 5 . G f , ,A 1. . Wg'-7 UlVll'lC'l'liN'l'l.Y llll' lliglu-r of the collvgizltv lwirzn'c'l1y gn nlmut t business of keeping up Wvsle-yz1n's reputation for vxcwllcrwc in mutt:-rs of coll:-go life. In thc clcanvry, in tlw politival cyvlv, in thc' lilw or tho lwnlth ollivv, arlminis- traitors are well orclvrvcl and vtiicivnt in their rounds of duty. Rc-spcctcrl and uclmirctl, they not only set the pace- of XVcslvyz1n activities lvut :wt as good-will l 'fl boring institutions. Tluy 'trv known not 'us dictators ambassadors towarc s ncrgm . - . . , but as advisers.