Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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But it was not long before all four classes fused to form a single unit. The football season was underway, and the Deacons had hopes of a fairly successful year. The fraternities began their an- nual campaigns to pledge up likely freshmen, and talk was spread about a pledge dance, Homecoming, - m -» -. .

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AUTUMN iJAST autumn, almost a thousand boys came to Wake Forest. More than two-thirds of them had been before; they knew their way around. They took a hasty look at the campus and the buildings, then turned to greet old friends, slap one another on the back, chat with the professors, gaze after the new co-eds. To the two hundred and fifty-two freshmen, however, Wake Forest was a new and fascinating place. Before, they had thought of the administration and the faculty as mythological characters ; the bursar and the registrar were nothing more than names in the college bulletin. Now they saw them in the flesh and came in contact, and in conflict, with them. Still the freshmen continued to live in a world apart from the rest of the student body.

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and trips to Boston. The two century-old literary societies and the other organizations likewise attracted their share of attention. In most cases, however, campus life settled down to the familiar routine of attending classes three or four hours a day, going to th e post office at chapel periods, snacking at the Soda Shop and Book Store, undergoing the exactness of a physical ed. course, and taking in an occasional movie or pool-room bout.