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

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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.

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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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In spite of Chairman Spencer Potter ' s public prayers for a heavy snowfall there wasn ' t enough of the stuff on the ground to permit ski races to be held during Winter Carnival, but Success smiled elsewhere — from the sleekness of the prize-winning snow sculpture, Tribute to King Winter, to the satis- fying grunts in boxing and wrestling at the cage. Friday the thirteenth didn ' t faze Dottie Dunklee and Betty Washburn who placed first and second respectively in the hundred and two-hundred yard women ' s events, while Ace Thayer smiled scornfully at superstition after skating off with three firsts ! Al Salomon won the four-forty yard dash, while Art White concentrated on seconds. In a surprising- upset. Alpha Gam ' s amateur cross countrv runner, Dick Smith, took first in H, Jage fo QUEEX the snow-bank and ice-patch course while Bill Darrow of Kappa Sig copped second. That night after giving first place to Alpha Gamma Rho ' s snow sculpture, the judges picked Alpha Tau Gamma ' s dramatically-lighted Defense group second, and Tau Epsilon Phi ' s The Devil JVho Wakes the NoHh Wind third. With Sam Donahue and his orchestra playing, the Winter Carnival Ball was voted — almost any filmland superlative adjective — and Anita Marshall the most beauteous coed. As Carnival Queen she was attended by a sextet of ladies-in- waiting, including M. S. C. ' s own Estelle Bowen, Peggy Deane, Daphne Miller, and Marge Stanton. Faced with the Parisian task of judg- ing the most beautiful among so much beauty were Professors Frederick S. Troy and John H. Vondell of M. S. C. and David Morton, famed Amherst poet. ' aiy l