White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-12-28
70 Be COLLEGIATE
AVOID LOOKING 1T
If You Look Like One You
Probably Are Not.

IOOoOIy 1AC 4NOss
New York.-The collegiate thing
this year is to avoid being collegiate.
The socks have gone up, the pam
falcons have narrowed, the sweaters
and the lumberjacks have been dis
carded, and Greenwich Village has
lost it's hold as the place to make
merry.
The swing back to conservatism Is
the outstanding note of the new col
lege year, according to representative
students interviewed at Columbia uni
versity, the College of the City of New
York, and New York university.
"If he looks collegiate, then he's
probably not college man." was the
declaration of Sidney Block, night edi-
tor of the New York University News.
"Affectations are a thing of the past;
they are not working any more"
At Columbia athletic sweaters with
varsity letters are Taboo Instead they
are wearing small pins on the lapel of
the jacket with the varsity &C." Even
the athlete, If he is to be in good form,
may not swagger around the campus.
He must act conservatively and mod
estly. However, the students may be-
deck themselves with all the class
pins and keys they can manage to
lay their hands on, and they are do
ing just that.
At New York university, according
n P1n0ly hoe
drift toward mustaches and long hair,
and with these requirements the stu
dent is expected to adopt the pose of
the artist and the musician. At
Columbia university, according to
Harold A. Rousselt, chairman of the
student board and manager of foot
ball, the black derby, with felt crown
and larger brim, is coming into vogue.
Baggy Tweeds Wane.
The popularity of baggy tweeds is
waning. At dances, Rousselt said,
the correct thing is to appear in
evening clothes, and it is also smart
to appear the next morning at classes
in formal dress. On such occasions,
the student is expected to seem blase,
not to show any fatigue, and to act
as if nothing unusual was happening.
At all local universities the state
ment was made that the dances them
selves have become peppier and more
informal. Cut-in dances are more
popular and general than ever. This
type of dance permits man to break
up a couple and dance with the girl.
A big "stag" line is considered neces
sary for the success Of any dance.
"Stags" are invited, and it is stylish
to go Stag"
"They provide the gay time" ex-
planned Rousselt.
Chorus girls and actresses pull
strongest with college men. The old
timers will recognize that in this there
has been no change. ''Often," said
Louis Granich, editor of the G. @. N.
Y. Mercury, 'an entire college dance
is demoraIized as all the men throng
around the stage beauty"
This year the college students are
"making whoopee." They are "mak.
| ing whoopee" when they go out for
a good time on a weekend. They are
'making whoopee" when they go out
with the crowd on adventure bent.
They are "making whoopee" when
they take out their girls and neglect
speed limits. For the photographers
benefit, the word. it should he ey.
planned, when used by the college man
means raising cain or having a good
time generally.
New Slang Theatrical.
In this connection. Granich eS-
planned: 1.-THE new expressions this
year are mostly theatrical, taken prin.
cipally from Variety. Racket mean
ing a good party is much used: also
the expression laying an egg to in.
dictate that something went over big.
A student laid an egg when he got
the professor to give him perfect
grade. He laid an egg when he
made a hit with the girl with whom
he f1irted at the dance"
1t was agreed that smoking among
the goods was more general and open.
"They smoke right on the campus"
said Block.
"Dutch" treating among the sexes
has made some inroads. hut the WON
en- are vigorously opposed to the ar.
rangement AT City college students
said IT has progressed to the point
where girls ask in advance whether
the date will be "Dutch" or not AT
Columbia the girls are saying thumbs
down. making the men pay.
However. the idea is to keep down
expenses. "heavy date" is one
which costs more than 81 and is to
be avoided. Stay-at-home girls are
the vogue this year. which makes this
easy, say students. Yet the college
man, If he is to he in good form. must
know when to skimp and when not
When in evening dress it is com