University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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RAnything Goesh in this free-for-all Pants Fight in which freshmen oppose the sophomores. The frosh in their dinks and black ties seem to be causing quite a bit of hesitation on the part of the sophs, who are not faring too well. The austere seniors can be seen as spectators on the sidelines, enjoying the folly that was also a part of their lives at Pennsylvania. Some of the other fights that were included in the calendar of events for the school year were: the Opening Day Fight, Chapel Fight, Cane Fight, Bowl Fight, Flour Fight, Poster Fight, Smock Fight, Hall and Corner Fight, and the Push Ball Fight. In the days When bowl fights and class scraps were an integral part of Penn- sylvania tradition, the events were anxiously anticipated with great prep- aration. These pictures show the class scrap of 1912, forty years ago, be- fore and after the start of the fight.

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High-button shoes and straw hats were the fashion back when showing an ankle was considered quite daring. Reph ties had already made their debut, and the girls were be- ginning to shed their Victorian standards. How our modern Bi- kini bathing suit would have shocked these t'Little WomenW passe mmobik, but mzborcm twtluguu! T . . Jam: 01K of 1910 would wear is modeled by these Dapper Dans and Dolls? It was these lassies, with their long skirts and floppy rt, .. K What the well-dressed college student x x :V hats, who inspired the whistles and .; Wolf-calls of, I love my wife but 011 o you kidW in the days of the merry j Oldsmobile? If you want to save ; ' yourself undue embarrassment in later '0 life, make sure the pictures you take now are well hidden from your chil- dren, for we are likely to look just as ridiculous 40 years hence.

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ghts and Class . am of Penn. events were '1': great prep. ' show the class ears ago, be- N of the flghl. A Who says modern cars hold more people? When machine? were still a novelty on campus, everyone piled in to enjoy the bumpy ride down Locust Street. Amid shouts of Get a horse? this contraption sputtered and backfired as it screeched along at ten miles per hour. The students of 1913-1917 were living in a period which in many respects can be said to be very similar to ours. It was an age of invention and great scientific development with the automobile, airplane, and mod- ern ocean liner replacing the traditional modes of travel. To- day we are again on the thresh- old of a new era, with the per- fection of jet travel at super- sonic speed and the over-power- ing force of atomic explosions. Once more we are faced With the threat of a World War, this time of such dimension and as- tounding destructiveness as would have been inconceivable when our fathers fought in the first of the great wars? Once again, Pennsylvania valiantly served her nation. Marshal Foch, of World War I fame, visited the University in 1917 and was escorted by the commander of the ofhcers1 train- ing program. Since this time, Pennsylvania was meant to see many other such programs for the military preparation of her men.