Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Duke Ellington, playing for the Cary Club Formal, is swamped by autograph seelcers during an intermission. ..4.s..-5-.i,.iR.. zeusprv-2 1.1. .. V. QA. ..-gf- .. Q.-...Jef 1,421 . uf Without the weelcends for recuperation from the grind of the previous five days, school would be almost unendurable. Some of the parties are far from restful, but strangely enough, they are able to revive drooping spirits. With such an ideal spot as Happy Hollow with- in wallcing distance, picnics are a campus favorite, starting early in the spring and lasting until late in the fall. By contrast, dances are popular year around and are limited in novelty only by the imagina- tion Cand sometimes the budge-tb of the campus social chairmen. But for the parties with the most spontaneity and general good feeling, nothing can compare to the end-of-the-semester celebrations. . ,, , X wen.-Q' ' -AL - 4...-M A i fl LQ Su. . 1 ' -ur u fix so me --- ,.. - . --A 5. C wart -A V f Ag-V ' r Q H V Q..- Q 71 ...ff A formal dinner before the lnter-Fraternity Ball means hours spent in manicuring nails and putting up hair for the women and a veritable battle with studs and stiff-front shirts for the men. The result is a maximum of decor and a minimum of comfort.

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