South Dakota State College - Jack Rabbit Yearbook (Brookings, SD)

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When initiation rules are first slapped the idea that Blue Key is blind. Among on the Frosh, they, at least we suppose, they, are taken very seriously. Alas, time heals many wounds ... so it goeth with initiation. Soon some bright eyed young chap becomes impregnated with the masses, who can keep track of the beanied or beanieless newcomers? Heh, heh, heh, insignificant, yes . . . not that much so . . . Blue Key pounces. 27

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26 Foreign educators arrive . . . trouble had not yet broken out in the Suez. A group of well-meaning students made them welcome. College officials expressed pride that State was one of the few colleges selected in the U. S. to host professors from across the sea. Chocolate drops were dumped in dainty dishes, interior decorating efforts were stepped up, and all was made ready for that important object . . . the male. The pleasantness of masculine and feminine giggles and chatter reverberating throughout the halls, rooms, nooks and crannies, brought back fond memories of home where men and women exist together in peace, without scandal. Hail to the French cus- tom where both sexes live in the same dorm. On second thought .... A tea party in the parlor has a guest trying to crook his little finger into the hole in the teacup handle . . . the cookies beautiful, but not so filling. At the first strain of the dependable phonograph, hos- tesses and guests thundered down to Wecota cafeteria, scene of the Open House Hop. The stag line, enormous, the women were happy. Open House . . . fun.

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Any handy nook on campus is appropriate for Kangaroo Courts. The secret of their success Hes in the fact that they are impromptu affairs ... so much un- rehearsed gusto. Blue Key spends so much time proclaiming how just and law abiding its pro- ceedings are, that after one ' s freshman year, he actually believes it. All efforts of the defense attorney to provide political asylum for quaking law breakers are soundly booed by spectators and the court. There must be something to the Rus- sian type brainwashing. The Jungle and Sylvan were cheerful settings for several prosecutions. How- ever, outdoor air abundantly present in Sylvan overpowered the justices, formerly used to the smoky confines of Jungle atmosphere. Several embarrassing stunts, not in good enough taste to be mentioned on these sacred pages, brought down the house and the wrath of college officials. The razor was buried . . . sadness, crocodile tears. Blue Key robed in black, mumbled a few words of prayerful sermon over the white sheeted silent form! Then the stately procession, weeping Stakota club, cigar smoking Blue Key, indif- ferent Bummobile, returned from whence it came. The occasion, half-time of the State-Northwest Missouri State football game. Below, the team thunders out, led by enthusiastic cheerleader. All are seem- ingly unconcerned about the fate of the razor. 28