1937 Cedrus Yearbook

MOCK WEDDING The Y. W.C. A. held its annual mock wedding at the home of Miss Beatrice McClellan, near Xenia. The bride was Miss Mildred Beard, and Miss Dorothy Anderson was the groom. The McClellan Home was beautifully decorated with sprigs of cedar tied with white ribbon. In front of the fireplace stood an arch under which the bride and groom were united in holy matrimony. Miss Beatrice McClellan sang "I Love You Truly" preceding the ceremony and Miss Martha Bryant played Lohengrin's Wedding March for the processional and Mendelssohn's at the close of the ceremony. In the reception at the close of the wedding,ice cream and cake were served with appointments of green and white. There were forty-five guests present but not a single fellow appeared on the scene. >> FRESHMAN WEEK Did you ever try to scrub stone steps with a tooth brush. Ask a freshman how he did it in the fall of 1936. Throughout the week freshman fellows were required to rollone pants leg, carry their books in a bucket, and with paint on their faces, go marching off to school. The girls wore hair ribbons on their pigtails and came to school with their dressesand aprons on backward. No freshman could enter through the front door of the College but had to get in some other way. On the last day the fellows brought fishing poles and from the banks of the streets of Cedarville proceeded to fish from their buckets. After catching everything but fish, students proceeded to Willow Bend where the Freshmen and Sophomores battled it out; and what a battle. But after the rope had broken six times, the freshmen fell one by one into the cold waters of Massie's Creek. THE SING FEST The annual Sing Festival was held in the Alford Memorial Gymnasium on Thursday night, April 29, 1937. The entertainment was opened by melodious strains coming from behind the scenes. After the curtains had parted, the College Quartet appeared and gave a group of numbers, beginning with "Softly a Serenade." The second part of the program consisted of music rendered by the Girls' Glee Club. Besides the group singing, there was a solo—"Maytime", sung by Betty Tobias. She was later joined by Raymond Sisson, who aided her in giving a duet, "Will You Remember." The College Harmonizers added a bit of fun to the program after the more serious thoughts of spring and its inevitable companion, love. The program was concluded by Gilbert and Sullivan's Opera, "Trial by Jury," which was presented by the Mixed Chorus. The story centered around Margaret Nelson, who played the bride and was sueing her would be husband, Donald Foulks, because he left her waiting at the church. The Judge, James Anderson, solved the case by taking the bride for his own. "Trial by Jury" is a satire on the English Court System and was well presented by the Mixed Chorus. Other soloists were John Fox, Usher, Raymond Sisson, Attorney for the Plaintiff, and John Peterson, Head Juryman. 85 COLLEGL.