Sunday, April 29, 1956
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Pace Five
SunayAprl 2, 156 HE ICHGANDAIY I %i'; , 1 FIs
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...the fundamental concepts
Many couples, however, have
nearly lost each other in the
clusters of kissing couples who
congregate on the steps, landings
and balustrades.
THE FORMAL FLNCTION
DATE. There is no doubt that this ;'
is what the magazines refer to r
when they speak of "exciting days
that young people spend in col-
lege." It is all glamour. It may be
a pledge formal to which the girl
asks the boy: it may be a house
dance like "Gondola Glide," or
"La Vie Parisienne," or "Samoan
Slump"; or it may be something
military, as the "Brass Bounce."
In any event, the important thing
10 t look your lovelies.
Women usually take the most
pains to appear breathtaking. They
put up their hair, borrow a "sis-
ter's" necklace, put on pancake
makeup, borrow their roommate's SPORTY DATE
mother's ratty fur stole, paint their claiming, "I didn't get a thing
fingernails, borrow the girl-across- done. I'll have to stay up all
the-hall's seamless 15 denier black night."
hose by Shlapin. The entire point is that the
In the dreamier dances, the girl study date soild s u ed aca-
lays her chin over the boy's shoul- demically for busy work type of
der, and the boy nudges his nose assignments. Nothing is so foolish
into the girl's cheek. In the livlier as to try doing an English theme
dances such as the Cha Cha Cha, on a study date, and it is undoubt-
if they are talented, they shake edly the thousands who have used
under a thousand paper-covered the study date for such frivolous
flourescent light bulbs. A photo- activity who have given it a bad
grapher is usually around to record name.
this event for posterity.
During the last number, when THE SPORTY DATE. There is
nothing more wonderful than a
sporty date to get a young couple
feeling intimate toward each other.
as a.The male can be tremendously
gessive and shout; and the fe-
male can be little and demure and
clinging. When these dates go
wrong, and they often do, one can
alw:ays blame the woman, for it is
she that must control the entire
evening.
The sporty date is based on the
theory that most men like to domi-
nate. The woman is, of course,
- supposed to know nothing about
sports. But nothing is so offen-
sive to the male as the woman
who overdoes her part and asks
"'' ! ridiculous questions like "What is
that round object those men are
hitting with sticks?"
The young woman who has
never made a success on sporty
dates should stick to queries like
"What's the score?" or "How many
minutes are there left to play?"
Answering these questions makes'
the male appear tremendously in-
STUDY DATE portant and bolsters his ego, while
it allows the woman to appear in
everyone is feeling sentimental, need of assistance.
the conversation goes like this: Sporty dates are too often either
HE: "You know, I've really had ignored or hopelessly overdone. A
a swel time." good rule to follow, except during
SHE: "I have too." football season, is one sporty date
And after a long pause: for months with the letter "r" in
HE: "I never like dances much, their names and two sporty dates,
but I've really had a fabulous in each of the other months. Stick
time tonight." to this, and you can't miss!
SHE: "So have I." . . .
And as they are strolling toward THE BOHEMIAN DATE. Very
her dorm: few people have experienced these
HE: "I hope I haven't stepped dates, and because they are very
on your feet too much."
SHE: "You're a wonderful dan-
cer. I hope my timing hasn't been
too bad."
HE: "Ton have an excellent
sens'e of rhythm."
THE STUDY DATE. This is best
for people who either know each
other so well they can be totally y
oblivious of the other party or
for people who don't know each
other at all. In the latter case, the
couple are not really interetsed in
studying, but if they simply chat-
ted and held hands and kissed z
without a book near by, they would
feel guilty beyond endurance.
These dates should be held in
house lounges, sorority lounges or
cushion-upholstered coffee shop
lounges. For the couple who has
advanced along the road of ro-
mance, the study date is excellent
for necking and filling out lab
manuals simultaneously.
One is always so discouraged at
hearing this type of date under-
rated. People are inevitably going
home to their roommates and ex- BOHEMIAN DATE
dangerous, it is undoubtedly better'
that way, for the people who invite
you to bohemian Sates are general-
ly not only llbertines, but exces-
sively socialistic as well.
These dates begin innocently
enough with a guitar and ukelele
party where everyone sings select-
ed marching songs of the Guate-
malan Revolution. Or else, there is
the private-seminar ruse where
you are supposed to discuss such + Chianti. From then on, anything
important topics as "Symbolism can happen to individuals.
in Swift and James Jones" or "A WE CANNOT, of course, hope to
Pragmatic Approach to Economic have covered every type of date,
Stability." but those who master these six
The Bohemian date begins with classic dates and emerge unscathed
a group. But soon, from hidden and with the same attitudes with
vaults in the basement of the which they entered college, will be
cooperative house, or from window able to assert that they have mas-
ledges of illegal apartments there tered the basic concepts and are
is sure to appear a 93c bottle of ready for marriage,
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