San Diego State University - Del Sudoeste Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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at u 4 E UDEEEL $MDQDEE$UEEE Along came Fraternity Day and pledges performed to the best talents they could muster. The wheelbarrow race was the feature of the day, and sororities and fraternities loyally shrieked and yelled for their entrants. Perhaps the finest program presented as a memorial was the Schubert Centennial performance given at the Russ auditorium. The program was divided into two parts, an orchestral concert, and a play. The play, Life of Franz Schubert, was an original com- position by Miss Rachel Campbell, '30, a State College student, and it received national recognition by the musicians' and authors' guilds interested in the Schubert programs. About the same time, the Freshman drama classes held a one-act play tournament to seleCt the best tragedy and comedy directed and acted by students. The Pomona game crushed all Aztec hopes for conference honors, When the Sagehens swamped the State warriors on the northern field. The score was overwhelming, but the Aztec spirit appeared that night at the dance held in honor of San Diego rooters at P0- mona College. Boughs of green, soft lights, and good music helped to down the hurt of the afternoon. The Pomona trip was a memorable one. The Aztec Papooses fared equally with the Varsity in their encounter with the Sagechicks. But they still had the memory of a hard-fought, breathless battle the week before with Redlands. The Babes were playing under odds, and put up a time fight. State College, ever alert to all things, presented the student body with the first issue of the literary quarterly for the year in the form of a magenta-covered El Palenque. The cover created a furor in literary circles, and in most places in general. The magazine itself was a worthy example of fine literary talent. On the same day, the high and mighty Seniors bent knees to the lowly under-graduate and polished shoes for a dime a pair. This custom, which was started in the hopes of making it a tradition, was called the Senior Shine Day. Again, wide awake in another field, the student executive committee made baseball 2. major sport at San Diego State College. Heretofore, baseball had been but a minor sport, and games were usually of little importance. However, with a new status, a better card was expCCted by the coaches and managers. On November 28th a belated meeting of the Junior class was held, and officers were nominated and elected. The Juniors volunteered to enforce Freshmen traditions with the cooperation of the administration. The next night a Pajamerino rally for the Thanksgiving game with Caltech was held on the front portico. A prize for the best and loudest pair of pajamas was offered by the Student Cooperative store, and the prize was awarded to the wearer of red velvet and white fur-trimmed pajamas. Pep talks were made by the Dean and several alumni, stressing the point of student support. Dean Peterson used as his theme, Rudyard Kipling's '.The Call of the Jungle, stressing the fact that the strength of the wolf was the pack, and the strength of the pack was the wolf and that the student body as a whole meant the strength of the Aztec team on the field. Despite this fine talk, old man influenza hit the campus and the team, and Caltech walked away to a victory by a 33 to 12 score. Thanksgiving vacation seemed to come as a life-saver to all, and the annual Football dance was well attended. Christmas vacation came very quickly, filled with the usual round of gay festivities, following close on the heels of the second annual gridiron banquet. Seventy-five students closely connected with the pigskin season were invited to attend. At this time the first aromas of a comic magazine pervaded the campus, propelled by an idea of Dean Peterson. Page TwenIy-lhrr-e

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