Upsala College - Upsalite Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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packing boxes. Every available car was commandeered as a lumber truck. Then there were the Sophomores to contend with; they insisted on tearing the pile apart as soon as it was started. But by 8:00 P.M. there was a magnihcent pile of timber stacked on the field. It was an elegant sight to behold, especially to the Freshmen who had labored for hours. Following a jam session in the gym, our smart little band marched onto the field, replete in uniforms and in the best of form. Everyone was there. Then the fun started. Who ever said that matches were man,s greatest invention? Packs of matches were thrown on the wooden pile, but all to no avail. Gasoline finally did the trick and the blaze got under way. Flames spurted from one crate to an- other until there was a veritable tower of flame! The band broke into a gay tune, everybody sang, and Bob Banks goaded the picturesquely costumed Freshmen into a snake dance. Round and round the fire they cavorted; the heat was really turned on. Then the celebrity of the evening was presented-Barry Wood of Hit Parade fame, who led us collegians in several numbers. Banks introduced the football players one by one, telling their respective positions on the team and what could be expected from them. Waves of cheers and ovations hlled the night aireand they had their effect, for the next day the boys took over Muhlenberg t0 the tune of 7-0. The moon rode high but our bonfire,s flames rode higher. Great is the glow that dares to outdo Diana. After more songs and cheers, and much more fun, there was a sude den mad dash for automobiles and a subse- quent wild parade through the town. Prexyis house was serenaded; unfortunately, it turned out to be the wrong house. And as the last dying ember turned to duste-but then, we,re presumingeno one was there to see. the flames rode high One Hundred Twenty-onr

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REGIMENTATION One Hundred Twenty Air RaidV-no, not London, we,re still on campus, yet there are on the hinter side of every bush or tree, huddled as if fearing a strong blast of the North Wind, five or six, sometimes seven freshmen. TTPixiesW you proclaim, but again youTre wrong. They,re just a phantasy 0f the Sophomore Rules Committee. Bright red bow tiesethafs to distinguish them tas if one can,t telD; blue hat, gray button-thats for tradition; one blue, one gray socke-thatk for Upsala; big sign worn on the back-that,s for identification. The girls? Horrors! Long skirt, 1820 long skirts-thatis for decorum; no make- up, rouge, powder, no nothinTe-thatk to give us one last chance to see beauty, if there is any, in the raw; and big signs worn on the backethatk to give the guys a lead. The Life Saver business boomed because all the frosh girls had to carry them and the soph girls ate them. Cosmetics fell off. Millinery went up a few points. Seca did a land ofhce business on dinksf, No sign of revolt showed in the ranks although on the other end a coup by the sophomores, concerning the greased polee an annual tradition-was hinted at. A long, thick, strong pole is heavily greased. Atop a flag waves. The sophs stand guard below, the frosh crowd about in an attempt to tear down the flagethis emblem of servi- tude and humility. Once down, frosh hands go up in joy because then they go off Fresh- men rules. Well, the night before the hght the pole was stolen. It was eerie those first few weeks. Frosh, floating around in their weird garb, asking naive questions, and presenting such a gen- eral apparition that Visitors were inclined to phone Overbrook. Fire! Fire! And what a fire! Gee, that was some terrific blaze we had last fall. Shades of Hades! but it was hot. The Freshmen worked from dawn to dark to cart enough wood; every store in town was raided for

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This Freshman orientation is really a great process. When the female neophytes finally laid aside their silk stocking caps and threw the last of their green nail polish down the drain, they emerged as beautiful maidens with swirled coiffures and rosy complexions. And they were certainly far more easily recognized! Immediately, the upper class girls wanted to meet them as a group and in- dividually. So the traditional welcoming tea Was planned, with Betty Racine as Chairman. This is really the first rush party of the year, an affair sponsored jointly by the sororities to which all Freshman girls and transfers are invited. The Inter-Sorority Council decided to give a tea, arrangements being made with the Marlborough Inn which had been en- gaged the previous year. Guests arrived be- tween four and six in the afternoon and were ushered into the reception room and thence to the receiving line, composed of all the sorority presidents. There was Paf, Dargue, President of Tau Beta Sigma and of the Inter-Sorority Council, Shirley Van Allen of the Chis, PeggyT, Doyle of the Theta,s, Anna Dale of the Alpha,s, Molly Gold of the Lambies, and TTJOT, Bortone of the Tri,s. They wore pastel Chrysanthemum corsages, and each sorority girl had a small card on which her affiliation was made known, pinned to her dress with a ribbon bow in her sorority colors. The Freshmen also wore corsages which were given to them as they entered the receiving line. Delicious sandwiches, cakes, and cookies were served at a banquet table in the sun- porch of the Inn. Frances Hollander and Betty Yeomans poured. Raspberry sherbert followed the more prosaic fare. The re- freshments were excellent and the conversa- tion must have been that, too, for everyone became quickly acquainted. Upper class girls circulated from group to group and enjoyed doing it. The girls had great fun posing for the Upsalite photographer, and he seemed to feel the same way. He was a genius at glamorous poses which revealed the Fresh- men in a new light. As Freshman rules had ended the day before, this was their first appearance as smartly dressed women of the world. At long last they could rival their The Greeks welcomed the Freshmen One Hundred Twenty-two