Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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“People will let you get away with a lot of things you wouldn’t ordi- narily get away with.” — Corn Green (otherwise known as the Grape) People made Bacchus l est what it was a big, noisy, rowdy, and dev- astating party. The organizers brought in gallons of cheap, red wine. Some people took advantage of an outdoor massage parlor, and a slave auction, while others were con- tent to walk, listen to the music, roll on the hill, or throw wine at their friends. The myriads of people, shuf- fling about, ever moving, ever talk- ing, assaulted their stomachs, their lungs and their minds, as the glazed and sometimes wild faces evidenced. But others returned from the confu- sion to sort themselves out. to watch the evening come, and the music drift away, over the Union, over the Tri- Dorms and down into the Quads, where there was a promise of parties yet to come. 10

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“Parent’s Day is dragging out your nicest clothes and stuffing dirty laundry in the back of the closet. And one last look to make sure there aren’t any traces of incriminating evidence.” K.A.B.E.M. What do you do when your par- ents don’t show up for Parent’s Day? You watch the people walk through a strangely clean and swept campus, you watch a football game, or you sleep. Everywhere you look people arc laughing, talking; old grads seek out former comrades. When evening falls sleek continentals pull away down Highway 23. and then a change occurs. Your friend got some money from his dad. and you wind up downtown thinking it was just another day.