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Newspaper
Hanover College Triangle
Location
Hanover, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1949
Page
2
The Music Appreciation Club started the concert series this year to become a regular feature of Hanover culture. The Dorothy Maynor concert drew an attentive audience and was well received, and the remaining concerts are expected to be equally popular.
A letter applauds 59 students who backed changing officer election methods. It criticizes student apathy and urges replacing the current process with a schoolwide vote on candidates, arguing that a council chosen by all students better serves individual development. The writer endorses a self nominated nominations and full student balloting, despite claims of politics entering the process.
A midweek through Friday schedule lists pep session and bonfire at Morgan Field, a Beta Theta Pi house dance, then Homecoming on Saturday with hockey vs alumnae, noon luncheons, a football game at 2:00 pm, tea for alumni and students, H Smoker at Lynn Hall, and a Homecoming Dance at Wood's Field House. Sunday features Music Appreciation Club, SCA Fellowship, and a Monday film assembly on rights and responsibilities.
Nancy Robinson notes Webster definitions of home apply to Hanover Homecoming. She recalls alumni ties, campus life and traditions from the Phi Delts graves to Cragmont, campaign frenzy for Homecoming Queen, and hockey games with feminine alums. Welcome home, alums.
Freshman women were feted at two YWCA breakfast events held October 16 and October 23 at the homes of Mrs Albert G. Parker Jr. and Mrs E Mowbray Tate. A brief program followed the breakfasts. Phi Alpha Delta Pi hosted Miss Gertrude Verstegen and Miss Marjorie Yaple at dinner, while Reverend Kenneth Reeves and Miss Marilyn Norris were dinner guests of Indiana Epsilon of Phi Delta Theta. Iota of Beta Theta Pi entertained Mr and Mrs David B Tallman and their sons Dwight and Bill.
A compact tour of Halloween beliefs traced to Roman harvest rituals and British spirits. It notes apple dreams for lovers, mirror divination at midnight, yarn luck, cabbage blindfolds, nut readings for marriage or a lover, and pranks linked to old beliefs. Symbols include the black cat for witches and the pumpkin for harvest.
The annual Homecoming tale at Hanover unfolds with Uplifted cheers for alumni and students. Freshmen rally as the main cheering force while plans for the residence hall meals bands and revelry dominate the chatter. The piece teases an old and new balance of discipline and social life amid the weeklong celebration.
A detailed roster lists the Triangle editor team at Hanover College including Senior Editor Co Editor Sports Editor Feature Editor Assistant Society Editor and assistants. It also names staff photographers business manager and faculty advisors along with extensive distribution and circulation staff.
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