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Sociable Cobbers

7/7/2015

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The ladies of Lambda Delta Sigma, 1957.
In the early 1950s, Cobbers were feeling restless. In the wake of World War II, they yearned for good times and a location to socialize with one another. When the field house opened, Cobbers pounced on the opportunity to use the basement room as a student lounge. The board of directors approved it in October 1952. Furthermore, the gymnasium was opened for for roller skating, which was a popular activity at the time. Students were still left unsatisfied as they pushed for a lunch counter to be opened. The board approved, but stipulated that it had to be located in Brown Hall. Costs were reduced by enthusiastic volunteers who painted and installed carpet for the new lunch counter which opened in April 1953. The following year, the senate purchased a television for the lunch room and a record player for the lounge. Furthermore, sororities, fraternities, and homecoming could always provide entertainment and stimulation for Cobbers. However, students were still left hungry for more. On Firm Foundation Grounded reports that "only when an adequate union was built, many maintained, would their meager social life improve." Concordia today technically does not have a student union, however the social and extracurricular student life is thriving; it is just not constricted to one building. 
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    • Transferring College Records
    • Personal Papers
  • A Peek into the Past
    • 125th Anniversary Digital Projects
    • Digital Exhibits >
      • Sailing a Sea of Ice: Greenland Expedition
      • Celebrating 25 Years of Cornstock
      • From Moorhead to Saudi Arabia: The Corn Feed Tradition
      • Lights Out at 10:00: Life in Concordia’s First Dormitories
      • Winter Carnival
      • Concordia Presidents
      • Hans Nilsen Hauge: Celebrating a Reformer
      • Concordia's Commencement Traditions
      • The Beanie Tradition
      • Symbols of Our Heritage
      • "Pioneering the Pigskin:" The Founders of Concordia Football
      • Christmas At Concordia
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