Philadelphia University - Analysis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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The magnetic powers of a moustache to the ladies was proven by numerous experi- ments among our rambunctous Bomeos. Even old age was proven to be no detriment to gain that 2.5 or better average. Can we ever forget the odor of stale beer and pretzels, the smoke-fogged atmosphere, the mellowed voices raised in sporadic har- monies, and the inevitable morning after the 'nite before -that's our memory of Chassey's. Dreaming of a White Christmas ac- companied by appropriate snow flurries suddenly became very popular during those cotton classing lectures. Wonder why? Remember the days when we couldn't legally walk in the front entrance or sit on the front steps? Now there aren't even any steps .... The new clubroom is an improve- ment . . . twice as many ping-pong tables even if there are four times as many players. . . . The same faces around the pool tables, we doubt that some of the 8-ball sharks even ' attend P.T.l. Wonder why those little lessons from life conducted on a grandiose scale by Doc Thomas in the now famous Room llU were listed as Psychology on our rosters? We know that dear old Broad and Pine was too cramped, too inefficient for adequate instruction-but gosh how we en- joyed the parade of pulchritude put on by the Arts School and Pierce School coedsl Re- member when one of us was invited by an Art School model to watch her pose, sans clothes, and a whole gang of us went to the room she mentioned and found an en- gineering drawing class in progress? Where, oh where, have the good old days gone-Iacquard used to be a pleasure when you could watch the tele-Visions across the street while listening to the intricate de- tails of a six warp tap. lf anyone should ask in later years the name of the most famous hostelry in town we're sure the cry unanimous would be the Happy Bock alias the Gladstone. Of course, it's not for maiden aunts or bashful bachelors, but if you require atmosphere Cand the Rock reeks with the stuffl, a penthouse, complete with a roof garden and entertainment after dark-then throw away your inhibitions and sign the register. You've gotta admit it though, you had one swelluva time once you entered its sacred portals. Army can have its donkey, Navy its goat, Princeton its tigers, and Baltimore its Orioles, but we've got the one, the only, the original Silesian Silkworm. The merry mayhem and musical ma- larkey we added to the score of Aida and Carmen Opera was never like thisll Oh, brother, and if music lovers have their way it never will be again. After we gave the long-hairs the full treatment of P.T.l. Egyptian pulchritude and Spanish sophistication, Aida was glad to be sealed in her pyramid and Carmen was tickled to death with her little stiletto. The Hit Parade goes on and on, but year after year the seniors pick the same old favorites: Boop, Boop, Doupe, l..et's Take a Full-Fashioned Walk and Some Fantastic Weaving. Remember when one of the fraternities held their dance in the grand CPD ballroom of Al White's Emporium of the Danse? We somehow suspect from the color scheme of purple and white that Mr. Koenig was not consulted. Will the C ci D's ever forget the day when Prof. Theel threatened to have all class room windows which faced Pine Street frosted unless the students ceased giving a red-headed ecdysisist' more attention than his lectures. 'Cecdysis-the act of shedding an outer cuticular layer.l Our extra-curricular activities were' rich and varied. The Vogue, Chassey's, Iack's, the Crowfoot Banquets, Fraternity dances, and this year's First Annual Christmas Ball, the pool, ping-pong, and chess tournaments, the varsity basketball team, the bull sessions in the south court, the wild parties at the Gladstone, the crazy doings entailed in join- ing the fraternities, all contributed something twe don't venture to say whatl to our edu- cation. The class of '50 has one thing for which to be very grateful-only one trip through the maze of forms of our new look regis- trations. And no more sweating out the book line-probably the only line in the country that could stop Notre Dame.

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