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The Wisconsin Alumni Magazine                                           
              November, I930
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together, listen together,
Fish Presents Rep~ort on                                     fH      sing
together, eat together,
                                                                      and
you'll work together.
                 University to Racine Club
uT1HE collegiate atmosphere is no more at college;       A large enthusiastic
group came out to learn what
   at the University of Wisconsin the co-eds have    their fellow members
had been doing all summer and to
turned feminist and the men have taken on the blase   discuss Wisconsin's
prospects for a winning football
sophistication of the days of swallow-tailed coats and  team this fall. There
is a unanimous feeling of regret
bowler hats."                                          among the Detroit
alumni that our big red team does
  This was the picture of the changing trend on the   not meet Michigan on
the gridiron this year, and it is
campus of the University as it was painted by Carl    sincerely hoped that
Athletic Director George Little
Russel Fish to the Racine Alumni club at a special ban-  will be able to
again place Michigan on our list when the
quet at Y. W. C. A. on October 15.                     schedules are made
out for 1931. Ever since our last
  "Among the co-eds there is a true feminist Move-    contest in 1928
when Wisconsin defeated Michigan 7 to
ment,"hesaid. "Theaveragegirlhasdroppedherideas        0, we have
boasted that "we could do it again next
of short skirts and wealthy husbands, and has assumed  year." It is
hard, however, to convince all these Mich-
ruffles, a certain demureness, and an intense desire to  igan men with mere
boasts, and the only way to prove
marry a poor husband and raise a large family."        our point is
to actually show them.
  Collegiate atmosphere that characterized Wisconsin    Walter Erdman, Chairman
of our Entertainment
as well as other colleges of the country, has been pushed  Committee, is
completing plans for a series of bridge
back from the campus as tar as adjoining country towns.  sessions throughout
the club season. Judging from the
Clothing stores "on the hill" wouldn't dare to carry ex-  past
these sessions, which by the way are stag affairs,
treme collegiate fashions any more, Professor Fish said.  will again bring
out some vicious playing. A number
  In addition to changing university fashions, the    of our Detroit members
are very proud of their ability
speaker's address covered other aspects of the Univer-  at Bridge and hold
back nothing when they get to-
sity, under the heading, "Report on the University."  gether. Chairman
Erdman has also made plans to
  He defended the fight of the Cardinal, daily student  charter a special
train to the Ohio State-Wisconsin
publication, to speak its own mind. "Free speech,"    game on November
1st in conjunction with the Ohio
he said, "is merely a matter of defending the other   State Alumni Club
of Detroit.
fellow when he says something you don't believe."        At one of the
late meetings last spring the following
  "Wisconsin has made the biggest and most radical    officers were
elected for the 1930-31 club season:
adjustment of its curriculum of any university in the            President-Dr.
Walter E. Green
country this year," he said, speaking of the new ex-             Vice-President-Earl
E. Yahn
perimental methods being adopted at the school this              Secretary-Treasurer-R.
G. Whale
year by Glenn Frank, president.
  In closing, the speaker expressed the opinion that the  We  extend a hearty
welcome to any Wisconsin men
athletic situation at Wisconsin was sound, and that the  visiting in Detroit
to attend our luncheons, which are
school was very much alive to the changing times both  held every Tuesday
noon at 12:15 at the Book-Cadillac
in athletics and curriculum, as well as in fashion.   Hotel.
  Harry Thoma, editor of Wisconsin Alumni magazine,                     
                E. E. YAHN
accompanied Professor Fish and gave a short talk on
alumni organizations. According to plans completed,
the alumni group here will meet again Dec. 9 or 10, at   Southern California
Alumnae Meet
which time Professor Louis Kahlenberg of the university
chemistry department, will be guest speaker.           THE Wisconsin Alumnae
Association of Southern
  Beginning the first of the year, the Racine-Badger  'California held a
luncheon meeting at the "Martha
group is expected to meet every month, according to   Washington Tea Room,"
Eagle Rock, Calif., on Satur-
Harold Konnak, one of the organizers.                  day, Sept. 20. After
lunch a short business meeting
                              PHIL SARLES, '29         was held with the
president, Mrs. R. D. Samuels, in
                                                       the chair.
                                                         Miss Helen Kellog
then presented a paper on current
Detroit Boasts About Its                               events and Miss Clara
M. Berryman told of her vaca-
                                                       tion motor trip across
the continent and interesting bits
           Up ancl=Comins Brilse Players               of Wisconsin news.
                                                         The meeting then
adjourned until the third Saturday
THE University of Wisconsin Alumni Club of Detroit   in November.
  once again resumed activities on Tuesday, October     In an attempt to
accommodate members resident in
7th, when it held its first noon luncheon at the Book-  widespread communities
of Southern California, the
Cadillac Hotel.                                        Association varies
its place of meeting. Information to
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