Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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THE- l ' ?33- MALCYOH receptions are held for the freshmen, and the table parties look as if they were for the freshmen too. Finally everything is settled ; studying begins. Swarthmore scores on Penn — free hair cuts and lots of happiness despite the final defeat. More exciting football games follow, while the soccer team is having a fine season. Dr. Eyler Simpson talks on Mexico to enthusiastic audiences. The school feels the depression; accordingly the juniors turn out in old clothes for their dance, despite the formal affair held by the seniors. The mixed chorus concert is a success. The Little Theatre Club proves that Ann Harding isn ' t necessary to make Holiday a success. The village celebrates the opening of the new underpass, with awe-inspiring officials, parades, and everything. The Chest Fund puts on a real campaign that goes over the top in fine shape. Then comes the Hamburg Show, proving that the lion isn ' t dead after all. The men in ballet costumes are even better than those in the evening dress of former years. And you can ' t kill a man by running swords through him! The Haverford soccer game for charity is exciting enough to compensate for losing by so very little. The Greek Gods haven ' t a chance with these superior Swarthmore co-eds , even with big blaA cigars to help the men along. This victory closes the usual successful season of the girls ' hockey team. We give up our turkey to help the unemployed. That short but awful period before Christmas, with term papers under way and days dragging out interminably. The D. U. ' s have a speaking contest as usual, and give the prizes to the Phi Psi ' s — honestly. The basketball season starts propitiously; we hope for a good season, and our wishes prove to be fulfilled. Inter-fraternity games take up all our afternoons. The D. U. ' s and Kappa Sigs play a game for charity. Finally comes Christmas; — packing, exchanging presents, the best Christmas dance ever, crowded trains departing as the curtain falls. Act III (Two weeks later. The men ' s gym presents a new appearance, with the useless and dangerous balcony removed.) Everyone returns for the hectic cram before exams. The girls give a winter dance that proves a big success, although everyone is almost snow-bound in the first real storm of the year. Professor Lowes of Harvard packs the Meeting House for his splendid lectures on Chaucer. Men ' s Night is held, with a notable Swarthmore alumnus back to talk to the male faction, while the girls are left out in the cold. The school is excited about the problem of the women ' s fraternities. Various re- forms or abolition are discussed, with no decision except to retain fraternities in some form. Voting, voting, and more voting. Then mid-years, with their usual strain and wearisomeness. No snow for Skytop, but a grand time anyhow for the Swarthmore crowd. Grades come out, being unani- mously acclaimed far too low. Green cards, white cards, schedule sheets, fees, registra- tion in the gym, and the new semester is under way. Spring fever epidemic is starting early, as sunshiny days and star-lit nights make books seem odious. Flowers are in bud, and the feeling of spring is in the air. Light- heartedness and gaiety fill the scene as the final curtain falls on another year at Swarthmore. 1

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