Upsala College - Upsalite Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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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

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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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W'hoever thought weld really have one? superiors in style and beauty. And they well knew it! Wewe got it! What? A band! And that truly is something to give the heart of any true Upsala man or co-ed a thrill. What is there to rival the color and spirit that is added to a football game or even a rally by a band as sincere and lijivinh as the gang this uCORGYK our mascot year that really gave its all to provide that certain ilsomethingb that seems to have been so conspicuous by its absence here on campus? And it was just that which they gave us last Fall, the sense of unity and pageantry which we had looked at so wist- fully in the newsreels of other college foot- ball games. But it was more personal than that. Where else could you find a gang that would mangle a tune as they did, and get such hearty response from a student body? And those cheers! Remember the one at the Mt. St. Marys gameellCalifornia grapefruit eArizona cactus-u-We play you lguyst- Just for the practice? That was timely, for we won that game in the mud, 14-0. And those rallies! We,re still surprised that the roof of the gym didn,t leak after some of them. And it was sort of nostalgic when they swung into Anchors Aweigh,, when our coach, Paul Woerner, was introduced. And then the night of the pre-Muhlenberg bon- fire, when they playedi, by the light of the conflagration, then piled into cars, and sallied forth to serenade Prexyein front of the wrong house. And over all presided ilJohnnyKi And of course we can,t forget Corgyf the bulldog. One Hundred Twenty-tbre?