Sep 12, 2017

Fri, Sep 12, 1947: married couples

"Tonight was the Building of the Mound.  I was thrilled as usual, at the torchlight procession, with songs and yells.  We few bedraggled-looking Seniors led the procession, but the freshman class covered nearly a block.... Tonight all I can see at the Moundbuilding was married couples, which didn't help at all.... I think I'm the only engaged girl without a man on the spot."
----Letter from my mother, Winfield, Kans., to my father, Protection, Kans., Friday, September 12, 1947. Southwestern College had a tradition of student bringing stones and placing them together to build a mound. The school mascot is the Moundbuilders.

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