University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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Fratcrriit iiu-ii likl an t-ariust tanxvill i. rushffs lietiHc pltdgiiig. Hill KairKs ami Kannine Little get a hig kick cult iif tiilk (lancing at the Y mixer. sIu lent gather leaves. Ihe (I. I . -l-exas . ggie hallgaine

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liip|H-il that Millie iiiiracic (iiil l kciji AiiiciiiM (iiit cil it. Stitchi ' d tliiounh tile easy ii ' laxcd patti-iii of lollrjic lilc a tin- scarli ' t thrc-ail ot iiim-m-y. Tlu ' war in Kuropi- wasn ' t at all liki- tho j;allant, soim-how sportsmanliki ' v ai our elders icmenihereii, hen anks went aeross the atei to iliMhaij;e a deht to l,ata ette. l ' cii Iroiii here, the l ' an ei ami tin- lielli li cli e hombers were tii;;hteniii; . So w c were eil-i-oii- mIou I laietree, aiiil I ' cril ii:i c its own peiiiliar .est to eani- pii- lile. ' { ' lie eai l ' ' ' (l-Sl is .hH ' eicnt m iiKin wa s, hut Miiiilai in Ml man others. We iiail the Hurkes-W ' adsworth bill then vxhii ' h beeame a :i eallinn lor Selective Service, and we registered tor the draft, and expected to be called as .soon as ' he .school term ended. What ' s so different about that? I ' er- h.ips like l ' ' 40-4l, this ear will he the curtain fall foi ' an- other epic scene in history ' s constantl rew ritteii melodiaiii.i. .Act II, in which .Americans finally came to the bitter reali a- tion that no other nation was strong enouf;h to take the initi- ative in the ine itable shoot-out between two incompatible ideologies. ' l -n years ago we told each other with regret and resignation, that we ' d have to throw in with the sct-upon and help destroy Hitler ' s homicidal legions. The big trouble about 1940 was that there had been tw en- t -two years of no war, and homo sapiens got to ha c .i little old war exeiy once in awhile to keep from il iiig ot boredom, and in spite of the fact that ,ill of us were scared aiul de- pressed around O.U. we were .also undeni.ably exhilarated Religi.m pla IsiH sllnlillls. Pii-siilini Cniss pauses in from tit the library lo chat with students. and a trifle eager at times to rid the world of National So- cialism. So you got to take that into consideration when I tell ()u the autumn of 1040 was a splendid time to be ati t).l ' . stiulent, with lU ' without a car, even if you were broke as most ot us usual l were. .A little more of that rose-scented goose grease, please. JL t ' s eas to become confused, looking over vour shoulder this wa . One minute oil are shocked at the great changes. 1 hen, .itter ou ' c peered astigmatically at those changes, oii wonder if tlie aren ' t for the most part superficial, if by and large the similarities aren ' t slightlv more amazing than the di.ssimilarities. Having been here during the past three ears and accepted the growth those years have efifected, the other changes that meet the coursing e e should be conimon- place. Huildings are buildings, hut people are .something else again. .No matter how much dough the Hoard of Regents scrapes up, (Hi can ' t build new people. .And people never seem to change much except that there are more of them or less ot them and the ratio between the various sexes Huctu- ates trom ear to ear. Romance pii)h.ibl tlourishes on the campus today prettv much the w.i it li.is every year since liS ' )J, when there were iinl ' ' students. Knowing very little about the matter as it applies ill l ' ' ()- l, I would venture to guess that the chief difference between now and 1940-41 is that we spent more time out-of-doors. The campus itself was the best place to take a girl in those earless days. Kvcrywhere von looked, shrubbery. .And the ratio then was one girl and bov for everv campus nightw atchman. Where buildings now crowd out

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the MciuTV like liillbii irds alon . ' a hinhwav. ten yi-ars ago was lima and taiiiia. I ' . pciiall at iiit;lu, and uood idcan taima, at that. rx I.I. Ill 11 were rauf lit in tin- tail end nl the dcpr i-sMun, and noiic III tlic l;u s I knew had iniinc tn tluow aniund. ()iii tandald iit h in ; w a hivvci, hut mi was the rust nl hMii;; Vnu lould lent a |HTlci.tl h cahlc liaxcnicnt nmni with huilt in iiKkriiai ' lu-s and hut and cnhl lunnin;; sil nhsh Im ci ;!! dlllhl a miinth, inti ' ci.- was a niikid cn iT w lici c, and oi i-iMihl hu i-hrapi r branils ot cit;arcttcs tiir ten (.cnts a park Hut still and all, imkc iiu ' d ii)ntri cd tn fict tlif hasic dc niands nl livinu; paid for, tlicii ' was ci little left tm iincst inj; in the liner things . Hetoie the war, O.l ' . students who made neeasiiinal jaunts tn the eit liir a hlnw -nut iisualK tnnk the ' rniiner- ille ' rnille , the iuteruihan ears that lan hetw een Niirnian Hii-.k sellU-. (Inwn tn tin liii-,iiuvs 111 lninrniiiK nif, ' lil :nul ineiis nun up lights and liiiiirm- lll(lL■llt S ' w -f t