1932 Cedrus Yearbook

CEDRUS FRESHMAN WEEK Cedarville, Ohio September 26, 1931 Dear Mother and Dad: I have been in school here two weeks and I am just crazy about it. Every- one is so friendly to me and they are showing me such a good time that I haven't felt lonesome or homesick yet. I suppose you received my letter of the 21st telling you that freshman week started then; well this letter will tell you what happened. Well, here's where I tell on the girls. I think, on observation I saw a lot that looked as if they weren't feeling well, but I found out later that it was because they weren't allowed to use any cosmetics or wear jewelry. Then, each had to wear a cotton dress and a green bib with her name printed on it in large white letters. It looked as if they were wearing an apron or something similar. Was that a scream? And the people in Cedarville didn't get a very good impression of the freshmen because the girls had to carry umbrellas and upper classmen's books, wear rattles and contrasting hose, part their hair in the middle and also use the driveway instead of walks and paths, because the upper classmen said freshies might fall down and hurt themselves on dirt. Was it hard to get a date vath a freshman girl that week! Well, the rule was that no freshman girl should ride or walk with young men until after the rules were suspended. Can you blame us men for almost turning into savages? The greatest feat was on Thursday when the girls had to scrub the front steps with tooth brushes and a cupful of water, but I think they had as much fun doing it as did the upper classmen laughing at them. This isn't all they had to do but I know the girls wouldn't like for me to tell you because they are back to their natural state of being now as if nothing had happened. (I'll cheat and tell vou the rest when I get home for vacation, eh?) Now for the boys. We were made as big fools as were the girls, but I don't see how we could have been, cause I've heard you say, Dad, that there wasn't a bigger fool born than a woman. The boys had some rules that made us look like we came to college to cut up. We had to enter the main building by the side door Sixty-.ix 11