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1952 Walkout by Frank Christensen, '55-333

Our pledge class of 1952 planned a fall "walkout" toward the end of October, on one of those foggy Willamette Valley weekends. We took all the blankets from the sleeping porch, the electrical fuses from the breaker boxes, all of the gas burners out of the cook stove, and all of the hack paddles in the den, and headed over Alsea Mountain to Waldport.

I led the way in my car, with Lyndel Finley shining a large flashlight on the edge of the road to keep us from going into the ditch. When we reached the Marys Peak summit, the fog cleared, and we enjoyed a sunny coast weekend in Waldport.

We returned on Sunday afternoon to a group of grouchy members who had spent the nights sleeping in front of the fireplace in the living room. Most of them had the sniffles.

The next Saturday, we were rewarded with an early wake-up - 2:00 a.m. - and all-house cleanup duty. We were working on the house that whole day.