THE MICHIGAN DAILY

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1952

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Yearly .balls, other Activities
Announce arrival of Spring
By MARY JANE MILLS
Coffee hours at ten, walks in the arb, football rallies, fraternity
.> serenades, exchange dinners, initiations on the diag-these and other
scenes make up the many University traditions that alums will long
remember after graduation.
For 138 years, students have been coming to the University to
ji kstudy, and during this time they have built up the many customs
}r which are ojpserved today.
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. ., ;,WITH THE ARRIVAL of spring in Ann Arbor comes many of
the traditional dances that tell students winter's gone and spring
-*. is here.

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CALL FOR BREAKFAST-One of the oldest campus traditions is the annual Christn as breakfast
held at Martha Cook residence. A few days before Christmas vacation each year residents of the
dorm ire awakened at 6:30 a.m. by a bugler parading through the halls. Following her come a. chor-
us of carolers cealling the women to breakfast. One by one the women join the carolers and sing their
way into. the candle-lit dining room "for what they feel is the "greatest breakfast of the year."
There they are greeted with the makings of a feast which may include even giant peppermint sticks.
This is just one of the many yuletide breakfasts given by women's residences throughout the cam-
pus each year during the week preceding Christmas vacation.

Crease Ball, Odonto Ball, the engineer's Slide Rule Ball and
the celebration of International Week with the International Ball
are just a few of the highlights of Spring weekends in Ann Arbor.
The fraternities get together to put on the big formal of the
semester, I. F. C. Ball. The suspicious trails of black footprints herald
the arrival of the. Alpha Tan Omega Blackfoot Ball.
COEDS MUST DRESS in all white or all black to attend the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Black and White Ball whereas white is the
predominant color at the White Rose Ball put on by. Sigma Nu.
The freshmen women whoop it. up in April and present the
campus with the results of the Maize and Blue team's rivalry at
Frosh Weekend.
Students on campus hum the melodies of the Junior Girls' Play
and the Union Opera for weeks after the productions have been
presented.
STILL SINGING, the coeds practice for long hours for the op-
portunity to vie for honors at the traditional Latern Night contest
between the women's residences' choirs in Hill Auditorium.
Not to be outdone by the women, the fraternities on campus
also get together for a song fest-in the Spring. In warm weather
the Inter-Fraternity Sing is held on the Library steps.
And this is the year that Michigras comes to town. The huge
carnival with the floats, in the' big parade through campus and the
mayhem at Ferry Field with the trick rides and surprises in the booths
are long remembered by students.
STHE SURGE of students to play
tennis at Palmer Field, coeds sun-
bathing on the dormitory balcon-
ies, picnics in the Arb and the
' student sailboats on Whitmore
Lake are sure signs of Spring in
*~Ann Arboi.
Coeds thrill as they assemble in
Hill Auditorium for Installation
:'4F Night and learn who the new cam-
"' '~ pus leaders will be in the League,
'r Assembly Association, W. A. A.
V and Panhellenic Association.
THEN THERE are the perpe-
r$ {tual traditions that are always
present spring, summer, fall and
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The coeds trying to step through
'°g " :the hallowed doors of the Union,
the surprises of blind dates, fra-
.{;::.: .:.:. r :..'ternities raising their voices in
salute to two new sweethearts
and the 'Well-known exchange
h :"r :.dinners are a memorable part of
University life.
Dorm and fraternity parties
with themes running from Ha-
waiian Hops to Suppressed De-
sires, the Saturday night Union
...... dances and Sunday night m ovies
are a part of the weekend social
gatherings.
Students will remember their
classes and professors, but they
giving her residence hall a sere- also will reminisce 'about the lit-
ces in tribute to love. Frequently tle traditio~ns that make up a
large part of their college days.

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TOP-A typical spring scene on
campus is that of honorary fra-
ternities' initiations. Here Sphinx
initiates go through their paces
in order to prove themselvese
"worthy" of membership in the
organization.
BOTTOM --.Freshmen women
whoop it up as publicity for their
annual Frosh Weekend. Rivalry
between the Maize and Blue
teams runs. high as both battle
for top honors in presenting the
best dance.


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WHEN NIGHT FALLS-Fraternities celebrate the pinning of one of their brothers to a sweetheart byg
nadel The night air is often filled with the strains of the sweetheart songs as the .men raise their void
a lighted symbol of the fraternity pin orI letters is placed on the ground to highlight the ceremony.

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