Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Contrasted to the noise and boisterousness of the football season, W. S. G. A. conducted its charm school . . Cabonargi and Mason, Union big shots, told the girls how to improve their personality . . what to wear, what to expect on a date, and how to eat soup with- out noise were some of the pointers given by these au- thorities . . The University held the graduate reception about this time . . on Oc- tober 5 the Senate legal- ized the Activities Bureau and jacobson and Eastburn were placed in charge . . ln the meantime, the sororities had started offi- cial rush on October l . , strained relations between the houses existed for a week and each organized coed promptly forgot about school . . cokes in the Sweet Shop and bridge in the Card Room were all in the afternoon's work . . din- ner at six, back to the res- idence hall by eight, and all-night bull sessions were the main part of the rush- ee's life . . the sororities en- tertained in a one-hundred dollar housebill fashion and held eleven o'clock meet- ings to pick each rushee apart and then put her to- gether again . . preference night was Thursday . . no organized girl was allowed in the Union and last des- perate appeals were made at the doors as the rushees entered to place their bids . . the freshmen then went back to the residence halls anxiously to await invita- tions to pledge . . Remember the Pie Eat- ing Contest between the two Pi fraternities on October 6 . . the following Monday the Beveridge Speech Contest for fresh- men was announced . . three days later the Mili- tary Department broke into print by announcing the Purdue Order of Military Merit pledges.

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Do you recall the Detroit game on September 24 . . summer had not quite giv- en up and the thermometer suggested anything but football . . the seniors par- aded in their derbies, canes, and clean cords, each school trying to out-parade the other . . the Ags brought their usual farm machinery while the Chemicals rode on something which looked as complicated as their equa- tions . . the coeds marched in their corduroy skirts for the first and last time . . The C-old Peppers proved their interest in athletics by opening their mouths at the wonders of a football game . . the first touch- down saw a thousand der- bies fly into the air and two seconds later a thousand derbies came down . . everyone was not surprised later to learn that C-. A. Youngs boys in the M. E. School had won the Ci. A. Young trophy for the best attendance . . the P. S. E.'s were a poor second with a hundred percent turnout . . The night of the game all seniors with cords were admitted to the mixer with- out charge . . the crowded dance marked the last time that the cords were to be recognized as yellow . . their color was to pass from a bright gold to a light tan . . thence to a dirty brown and finally to black . . the ultimate was reached by the second semester when every good senior's cords would stand by themselves in a corner . . The football team began taking those long trips, and the student body marched over to the Big Four station to see them off . . Cimlet, Reamer, and Skull and Cres- cent sponsored pep ses- sions, while the fire depart- ment and the Chamber of Commerce furnished the noise along with student vocal cords.

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On October IZ, the Cold Diggers dance was held in the Union Ballroom . . many eds who did not go were disappointed to hear that their rivals had stolen a march . . shaving sets, toothbrushes, and electric razors were carried by the coeds in the mens futile effort to combat the feminine custom of carrying excessive makeup equipment . . corsages of vegetables and paper preceded the girl as she picked up her date in an automobile, horse and buggy, wagon, or bicycle . . Cisne's orchestra furnished the music . . sororities gave dinners for the coeds and their dates, and W, R. l-l., not to be outdone, did the same . . The W.S.C.A, mass meeting saw three freshman representatives elected . . Mickey Up- shur, lanice Yeoman, and Helen Ritchey were chosen by their classmates . . About this time the Debris picnic was held at the W.A.A. cabin . . this was the largest turnout of workers all year . . The band was spending its afternoons practic- ing for the football games . . remember how the boys marched over to the station with us to see the team off and then had to march back again . . You've probably seen Spots Emrick in his char- acteristic pose out on the football field. . the band's marching formations were as good as ever and the new uniforms made the boys look better than ever . . then there were the flag-raising ceremonies by the advanced military students . . Remember that hectic week before Home- coming when every fraternity and sorority was working twenty-four hours a day on decorations . . sleeping in classes was popular that week and all the freshmen had to submit ideas,