The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-04
me Be 4 COED?
NEVER" SAY men
University Students Learn
Craig Hall Drawbacks
at Dance.
GUESTS OF WOMEN
At Annual Dance Boys Are
Entertained by James
Of Campus.
GUESTS OF WOMEN

After having been co-eds for night
do the men of the State University
N y the girls?
they do not.
Never again." is the verdict OF the
il n who were guests at the annual
Coed Prom Friday evening. 1t isn't
+, that the men didn't have good time
at the goods party. They admit the
dance was as good as any ever ar
ranged by the men. But.
bangle along the wall, waiting for
some girl to ask you for dance Not
for me-"
/ mix on the coed stuff got chill
biains waiting for a date"
Il thought my partner never was
coming"
Gee, you gotta dance with all your
partners homely friends. Never
again"
They Pity the co-Eds Now.
That's the way the men feel about
it. They used to think co-eds had all
the better of it. not having to ante
anything for the dance or taxicabs or
flowers or anything and having part
ners brought TO 'em instead of running
around begging for dances.
But they're wise now. For one night
they were the pursued, the waited
upon. the honored. And they found 1t
wasn't fun.
1T wasn't comfortable The co-eds
haeted like the men they knew and it
J, was almost a see yourself as others
see you affair to watch the various
girls unconsciousy taking on your
, mannerisms at a dance said Jack
Layton. president Of the A. s. U. NJ.
| Being a Girl" Hard Work.
The dance was splendidly carried
out, only I pity a coed. It's too much
work in the first place to be a girl.
: Eut they surely made dandy men and
escorts at the dance" was the opinion
of Dudley Brown, president of the
. Freshman class.
The usual amount of grabbing
l about their partners went on among
the men just as it does among the
girls. Some liked them and some
s didn't" was another comment from a
:. masculine guest.
t The only thing wrong with the
s dance was that there was no mems
o choice to make the evening complete,
was the complaint of another. e~s -a~
Girls sure make dandy escorts. OF
course some are better adapted to j,
than others, but they all did WELL" was
the statement of a prominent varsity
man.
Another thing which was unique
about the dance was that many gir'a
II " hp haa ~ aft
Of the season were there and having a
good time and giving one too" said one
obserVant youth.
"Oh it was Il regular CO. ed dance
believe me boy. Why the presidents
/ wife came unattended and dlnred too
Il She had to come alone because DR.
4 Sisson was detained on business re-
, marked one brother after the dance.
: 'Sour Grapes" Repentan..
%. Makes a fellow know what CIR
feels like when she isn't asked t.
It dance" said one chap who was over.
: looked.
: Never again on the stag stuff fol
a me. | know now what n gitl's IN
IF against when we go without takint
her and she can't go without us
" | 'uiioSofiHiAtu one OF Inc sour Grapes
% as he saw the others lcalir, tn,
$, dance.
= lyon had to tell them they dance,
II divincly just as they have to tell Us.
), sighed another chap whose fee. ache,
% from being troddeu on.
Mrs. Jameson thought II was rrea
- ! also. She said that now vas the tim
, | when the goods We're going t. get eve
" and get their programs filled with n
men they wanted to dance with" de
clarcd a loyal son.
If Girl Didn't Buy Him Flowers.
h The only kick had coming va
= that my dame was too cheap to get III
- roses" walled "A dandy in dress suit.
We'll boy. you've got TO hand 1t |,
them. The only thing that was III
matter with the whole affair was tina
it had to stop at o'clock" was tn
last word given on the dance of tn
\. season. the coed ball given at tn
university gymnasium Friday night.
The only tragedy known to hav
been connected with the dance is tina
II of n freshman who broke all tradition
and sacred university rites by appear
ing in full dress suit His case /
under consideration.
- You can't lift yourself by pullin
l, others down.