Upsala College - Upsalite Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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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?

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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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Albright was tough Upsala,s football team bade temporary adieu to its veteran coach, Paul Woerner, by presenting him with one of the finest sea- sons in the history of the school. The Vik- ings, meeting strong opposition, turned in a record of four victories and three defeats. Muhlenberg, Panzer, Mt. St. Marys, and Northeastern were victimized by the Viking drive while Boston University, Albright, and Lebanon Valley trimmed the Woerner coached eleven. With a nucleus of seven seniors, flve more lettermen, and several men who might be considered experiencedt though non-letter winners, drills started late in August. An abbreviated Spring practice had been held the previous semester, but Woerner and his aides got down to the serious business of picking a starting line-up around the middle of September for the Muhlenberg opener on September 21. Muhlenberg had been met once before, in 1938, and on that occasion the Vikings had registered a 14-13 victory on Don Schafferk One Hundred Twme-faur late touchdown. The Mules were out for Viking scalps, and an exceedingly spirited local crowd turned out at Allentown on a balmy Saturday afternoon. Over one hun- dred Upsalans made the trip to Pennsylvania QCDOC AND ERIc-what would the team do without them?