University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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CU Spritzer, 1053. Irate students, angered this time by the change in the College Curriculum, staged a protest rally, sit-down strike, stormed the Chan- celloras House. In many respects this was the Uni- versity of Chicago's version of the panty-raid, a Springtime spree 10 let-otf-steam before comps. 5i Autumn, 1953. A group of studeHISewilh the more than tacit approval of the Chancellor.- Dean of Students, Alumni, Athletic Olh'eeSeattempted to restore football to the campus athletic picture. Their failure was not due to lack of interest twhich was considerablei but to the fact that they tried twithout adequate, expedenced leadershipi to go too far too fast. 6i Autumn, .1953. In an efTort to support the Sometimes, however, eating habits must :10 unchanged: thereis only one method of controlling a run-uway hol-dug as Hon llvedson dem- onstrates tn 3 group of Green girls. basketball teamithe only spectator sport at Chicago istudents organized the pep club, Concert Band to arouse student spectator support, Spur the team 10 Victory. That is the changing extra-curricular picture up to this year. What has come these past nine monlhs has been the emergence of a more dynamic extra-cur- ricttium in which the other elements of campus life have found their place. but to which some re-orienta- tionwas in the case of Student Unionewas required. Orientation W'eek saw the First signs. The entering student hy-and-iarge looked like that RAlieArnerieem type which Chancellor Kimpton wanted at his Uni- versity. They stepped-up to participate in campus activity. Stepped-up with such enthusiasm that even Chicago? athletit- prmvess continued to gruw1 L00. Stellar team Has that Of track, stellar per- former was Frank Loomns shown here taking an early lead in the hurdles races. '1', . f I m Ah-

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members, and the University Administration combined to start the 46th Cap and Gown on its way. 3t Winter, 1953. Irate students, angered by the basketball team's 45 game losing streak, organized a pep rally, torchlight parade, tilled the Field House stands, urged their team to victory. This was the first indication that studentshal least a large enough bloc of themifelt let down by a failure to achieve athletic victory, fell hurt by the jibes cast at them, the University. 10 Equal baggage are the golf bags 01 am: new arrival in B.-J. The day is eviden- tally passing when the B.-J. male lifted nnthing heavier than a piece of French Toast.

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One outstanding cxent wholly new to the campus was the Festival of the Arts. a week-end bonanza which found bizarre. stuv dents puahing the BeaumArts Ball, the largest dance at the season. the most ttrah-rah of students were worried that they had pushed too far. After watching a week which saw at least a half-dozen wilder-than-normal parties every night, some began to wonder whether the cam- pus had skipped that Ivy League spirit they desired, plunged rather into the raucous oomph Of the Big Ten. Their fears were not founded, hewever. As soon as the students, new and old, were once again caught- up in the maze of studies, classes, books, extra-eur- 12 ricular activities resumed their normal picture. But the normal picture in 1955 was different. If the stu- dents lacked the time to remake the campus, they at least gave support to those who were pushing it their way. The Student Government elections in October showed tperhaps onee-andwfor-aln that S.E.P. had failed to grasp the essential feelings of students on the campus. One observer has remarked that u'1 here is a permanent majority for 1.8L. on this campus,,,