University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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I November also brought political cam- paigns, both campus and national. Harry Truman visited Madison, explained the state of the nation and won a hard fought campaign. Campus politics seemed a little closer to most of the students as the Cardinal Party and the Student Alliance met to formulate plans and endorse candidates. There was the election rally w ' nh its ban- ners and posters and a write-in candidat e named Barney talked over election results with campus politicians. There were many parties held at the Blackhawk Lodge, and those attending were happy to sit around the fireplace and warm themselves. 10

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Beefeaters, a banquet simulating an England of the past, was again held and many Union committee members ate beef with their fingers. The Union also held interviews in C.reat Hall to choose people to fill vacancies on many of the commit- tees. On Armistice Day the Pershing Rifles honoretl the war dead with an impressive ceremony on top of the hill at 11 o ' clock. Frank Lloyd Wright came to the cam- pus to tell about organic architecture. He condemned the buildings by calling them architectural heresy, but the students still felt Iriendly towards the old structures and thought the Union Theater some- thing wonderful. After the terrace closed some of the students enjoyed beer from the Rat, and Danskeller on Saturday night.

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y!b: : On Monday nights a few of the boys put on a radio show, The Funantics, which gave college news and was gen- erally aimed right at the campus. Though it had been done a thousand times before, the engineers still surveyed the lake road and after their work went to the Pine Room for coffee. The Union had its annual Christmas Decorating Party and shortly after it the railway and bus stations became jammed with students going home for the holidays. 11