Life, 1924-06-05 · page 19 of 48
Life — June 5, 1924 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine features alumni news from what appears to be a fictional university called "Dearold." The main content includes: **"Save Heemy Hall!"** — A fundraising appeal urging alumni to restore the left bank of Heemy Hall terrace, described as emblematic of undergraduate spirit. The piece uses nostalgic language about student traditions ("sings," "weenie roasts," Greek dancing) to encourage donations. **"Old Grad Speaks His Mind"** — A letter complaining about "disgraceful conduct" at a recent Varsity Show on "Sivity Night," calling it "a smirch on Dearold." The complaint suggests rowdy student behavior. **The illustration** shows Heemy Hall terrace as it "looked in 1897 before burned down by the incendiary hand of some unidentified member of the faculty." **Alumni Notes** — Brief updates on graduates' activities and career moves. The satire appears gentle, poking fun at alumni nostalgia, fundraising appeals, and generational complaints about declining student behavior—themes likely recognizable to *Life's* educated readership.
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Ararold Alumni News Save Heemy Hall! E fund for restoring the leit ther opportunity for every Dearold loyal k of Heemy Hall terrace provides alumnus to “dig deep pants po In its way, the left bank of Heemy Hall terrace ef mizes the entire undergraduate spirit of Dearold University, expressed so well in the motto “Mens impot pite boris.” It is on this left bs sters have nce the hist and. their that countless numbers of eager 3 opening of the Dearold portals and have had their “sings weenie roasts.” It is on this left bank that the Freshman-Sophomo: held and the tryouts of the Junior-Senior ( . what Dea left bank, flanked by the friends Bum" is life—that Greater Life—in the “ himself “ever faithful, ever true” And so, with the erosion of time, ar Dearold youth, the left bank of Heemy H That it should be restored is not only impera who have surely been among those to wear it dowr ald be ar first to build it up. For without the left bank of Heemy Hall there can be no Dearold University lieve, once in the ning “Old Grad” Speaks His Mind 0 the show, nor, 1 have reason to To tue Eptror or tHe Dearotn What is the Atumst News eS coming to? I throw up m: I wish to call your attention to th recent disgraceful conduct on "Var- sity Night of the "Varsity Show Heemy Hall Fund Previously acknowledged which conduct 4s a smirch on the aref the clase of Dearold ‘seutcl to her of “Prince sons, and, Im a fine ex \ Peggy ample ! , boorish college “Dear Old Dearold” was no! s at the finale Grand Total to dat MENACED CAMPUS LANDMARK MEEMY WALL ACE AS IT LOOKED IN 1897 BEFORE BURNED DOWN BY THE INCENDIARY MAND OF SOME UNIDENTIFIED MEMBER OF THE FACULTY, IT WILL LOOK QUITE 4 LoT LIKE THIS WHEN RESTORED. Alumni Notes Murphy ton clubman and bon vivant that in his As things clared, “! book, his firm to th "12 ge Alfred Schr left at the Ma Plasterers N. Bank h Canada. Schr be able to extend the t the holder “Jerry” Ginch is about to give v real estate says Jerry pretty good to me.” comicbooks.com