University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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The rule forbidding the use of make-up during hazing week proved tlie fear of competition felt by the safely-painted sophomore women. However an en- chanting piquancy was leant to the freshmen by the eyebrow-pencilled freck- les and lovable lisp of Baby Day. Iiid and Mutiny Less attractive after a mud bath were the men of ' 45 at the end of the freshman- sophomore rope pull wherein the fresh- men lost for the first time in four years. Adding 1-1 was their defeat at Razoo, determined by the outcome of a pushball game before paternal eyes on Dads ' Day. Penalized for their defeat by a Senate rule requiring that they exhibit their sophisticated headgear from Thanks- giving to Christmas, a few defiant souls rebelled, to be gently requested to appear before the Senate. To show its appre- ciation, this august body held two aquatic socials for them. The Senate honored one recalcitrant freshman by allowing him to render invaluable aid in the province of flood control by bailing out College Pond with a pail for fifteen minutes after Convo. Meanwhile fair freshmen vacillated between saluting and snubbing dashing military men. And at times the Dairy Damsels, unduly prudent, carried um- brellas beneath a beaming sun. To many a freshman the one consoling feature of hazing was an oppor- tunity to take part in group singing in the salubrious morning mist. Often a suitable accompaniment for the male serenaders was provided by that novel percussion instrument, a wooden paddle, plus a slightly padded resonator. MEEK MEN MAIDENS Sophisticated headgear mark Frosh Fair freshmen no less laughable in smart white tarns 25

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FORWARD FROSH pads ' Day sbbaU coov yiesb ' rt ' ilaxoo BECOME Hilarious Hazing This year ' s Welcome Frosli greeted just three more bewildered freshmen than did last year ' s. Beginning September 15, the class of ' 45 entered a period of hilarious hazing that lasted through half its first year at State. That this hazing was ridiculous could be confirmed by the sight of muscular freshmen daintily skipping over the numerals thoughtfully provided by numer- ous graduating classes. No less laugha- ble was the appearance of the freshman women when they wore their smart white (orphanage mode) berets pulled down chicly over their ears, and dressed their hair in the tightly-drawn style another generation has labelled that of Kate Snatch of the needle factory. less attractive after a mud bath 124]

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culpt ' ' Carai HotnaS King CARNIVAL Friday, February Thirteenth Registration at Memorial Hall Ski Races and Skating Races Judging of Snow Sculptures Winter Carnival Ball at Drill Hall Coronation of the Carnival Queen Announcement of Sculpture Winners Saturday, February Fourteenth Boxing and Wrestling Hockey Game on College Pond Figure Skating Exhibition Swimming and Diving at Whitcomb Pool Ski Boot Informal at Drill Hall Medal Awards by Carnival Queen Fraternity Round-Robin Dances QUEST FOR A The devil wakes the north wind and third prize for T.E.P.