1933 Cedrus Yearbook

DEBATE TEAM Hutchison; Trubee; Prof. Steele, coach; Kilpatrick; Free. have been. Still, if the upper classmen were willing to look at us, we really shouldn't have worried. But what really hurt was the time a nice young man asked if he might take me home from a weiner roast, af- ter the upper-classmen had made a rule that we could have no dates! "Yesterday, we girls had to braid our hair, and carry our books to class in a waste- paper basket, with an alarm clock tied around our necks. If anyone could have acted with poise that day,she would have been differentfrom any of us. It was very embarrassing to have your alarm clock break up serious class discussion by starting to ring right in the recitation period; but that often happened, b ecause some upper class fellow usually man- aged to set the alarm while we weren't looking. "When Friday came, every freshman breathed a sigh of relief to think that the tor- ture could last only a few hours more. But we soon learned that these last few hours were to be the worst of all. When it was nearly noon, and we believe everything to be finished, someone remarked that the steps of Old Main were covered with dirt. Then we had to bring buckets of water, and scrub and sweep, and we believe everything to be finished, Finally everyone made a rush to the cars, to go to the tug-of-war, out at Willow Bend. I would like to tell you baout that but I have run out of words." A somewhat similar story was told to the friends of a freshman boy who was also at- tending Cedarville College. His story ran thus:"Why you'd think we were less than human and had no right to inhabitthe same world as the upper classmen. They look down on us as though we were ants crawling under their feet. "Just the other morning when I went to College Hall I found several upper classmen sitting on the steps. Several of them made wise(?) remarks, but one in particular spoke in a high rasping voice 'Hello girls, do you think it will rain?' How do they expect us to act dignified when they are forever riding us? "We are required to be very respectful toward all upper classmen besides obeying all the harsh rules they have made for us. They made us wear our clothes backwards and walk backwards on the campus—rather unhandy and awkward when we were in a hurry. Some of the Freshmen didn't obey all the rules; now that this long drawn-out week is over, I am thankful I did, because those that were considered to be the poor sports and others too who just happened to fall into the hands of certain upper classmen were given a dainty hair clipping which will probably mar the looks of their heads for whole semes- ter. "Yesterday, Friday, we had to push a sled, loaded with gangs of upperclassmen, all over the football field, while some big fellows back of us helped us along (with heavy pad- dles in their hands) if they felt we weren't moving fast enough to suit them. Then we were told to go to Willow Bend, a mile or two out of town, where we again received the worst end of the deal. This was the famous Tug-o-War which, I am sad to say, we lost. "This is college life, though,and if we learn to take it on the chin now, we'll be better able to face life with the same good spirit." Page Forty-nine