Principia College - Sheaf Yearbook (Elsah, IL)

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SOCIETY AT PRINCIPIA SoTT lighTs and swe'eT music, swaying, duskily-lighTecl Tigures in The Howard Hall Ballroom wiTh The huge eyes oT The lnaskelrloall baskers peering down inTo The murmuring, scinTillaT- ing crowd oT sparkling young people. FirsT, These eyes oT The High SocieTy waTch wiTh chorTling amusemenT The opening GeT-TogeTher lnTormal and adequaT'e radiaTor ears lisTen To The biTs OT -so you come Trom WaTTs -well- The eyes lolink and every Thursday nighT open To waTch wiTh especial inTeresT The men and women ierk, skip. and glide, and The radiaTors pick up sTeam To lisTen To Bud WGplG'S Thrilling melodies lgraTis every Thursdayll. House ParTies ! The eyes open wide and, when The dances aren'T aT This gay ballroom, look mournTully ouT OT The corner aT The lucky house. The Buddy Hop and The Sopho- more ReTurn give The eyes a Thrill. They can hardly see wiTh conTeTTi and balloons dripping Trom Their eyes, buT They caTch COLLEGE BEAUX l ARTS BALL L

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. . .ll ef, . -1 'QB ,, . ,UA ...ii L ..' . 1 Jag 1 fi YL , CADET BAND CADET CORPS Cadei Caplain-Crawford Rainwaler Cadel Firsl' Lieulenanl-Roberr Andrews Cadel Firsr Lieulenanl-Jervis Webb Cadel Firsl Lieulenanl-Thomas Mills Gold Siripes-lAn honor awarded io ihe plaioon having The grearesl number of men wilhoul delinqueni reporls againsl' Their names.l Won by Firsl' Plalroon B Company. Gold Slar Slripes-lAn honor consisling of Gold S'l'ripe re- quiremenls logelher wilh no scholasric deficiencies.l Won by Firsi Plaloon A Company. Snappiesl Plafoon-lAn honor going +o The Plaloon wifh lhe mosl boys lefl afrer a rigid balfalion inspecliorml Won by Second Plaloon A Company. lvloslr Soldierly Cadel-Corbelf Alward-Firsl Plaloon A Company. Besl Drilled Plaloon-Second Plaroon A Company-Com A manded by Roberi Andrews. Winning Bed lvlalcers-Monle lvleachem and Bob Cochrane- Firsl Plaloon A Company. Crack Squad-Second Plaloon A Company, commanded by James Kussmann. Manual of Arms-.lack Nichols-Firsl Plafroon A Company.

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The hiIariTy oT The occasions. Blinking TasT and Turiously now, They Try To Take in all The beauTy oT These Proms, The Junior Prom, The Sophomore Prom, The Freshmen Prom, and down in +ha+ Ii++Ie undeserving armory, ThaT DecIaraTion of Independence The Girls' Mock Prom Iminus malesl. Jealously The eyes peek Through The doors inTo The Tavored bigger hall oT The Men's Gym where dapper uniforms parade and loow To lovely ladies all in whiTe aT The MiIiTary Ball. Snowloalls, hearTs, Tlowers, more conTeTTi blur a IiTTIe The six swinging, singing, exclusive Floor ParTies. No resT Tor The weary -The eyes are Torced To bulge aT These classics, Class Dances, running rioT, Tour oT Them. Suddenly They are rudely awakened by swarms oT resTless, happy, uniTormed Tollxs, an All-Academic Dance. Spring opens even wider The eyes oT The High SocieTy when They Ioolc down on These epiTomies oT Ioveliness, ioy, charm, and sporTy color, The W. A. A. Dance and The UG. A. A. Prom. ACADEMIC MILITARY BALL WWW