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

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Candidates for Badger Beauties anxious- ly awaited judging and prom king Hahn chose himself a queen. On the University ' s Birthday the Alumni Association held a banquet with a replica of old Bascom Hall as a cake. The six Badger Beauties served it to those who attended. Second semester registration was han- dled in a quite painless manner except for one little bottleneck at the Veterans ' Ad- ministration. The line stretched on past the library. The Badgers had a hard fighting basket- ball team and more often than not they were up on the long end of the score. J 12

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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

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The Hoofers ' winter Carnival week grew into a major campus event and the walks up the hill became lined with fig- ures carved of ice. They also sponsored the big ski jumping events plus something new. the little ski meet on barrel staves. The Union Gallery Committee brought a collection of paintings by the old masters from the Metropolitan Museum in New- York. They were here for over a month and there was hardly an hour ol any day when there was not a crowd admirin ' j them. Familiar faces on many Saturday nights were those of the favorite campus chap- erons. They attended over 30 parties each semester this year. 13