Run, mateys, they are going to trample us!
Run for your lives!
Someone sent me this historic photo, from one of those special days when Northwestern College students from Watertown visited the Dr. Martin Luther College campus in New Ulm.
I had to crudely write over the Buffalo Crossing sign which one NWC wit had placed in the background.
The day was a success and many marriages ensued.
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grumpy has left a new comment on your post "Historic Photo from DMLC, New Ulm,Before Amalgamat...":
Never attended DMLC (got burned out after elementary school and prep), but I recall a friend who went to NWC referring to the female students at DMLC as "buffalos". I asked why they were called that, and he mentioned something about them coming to NWC from the western plains (for Geo-idiots, Minnesota is west of Wisconsin) in a big herd to attend football ganes (and seek a more prestigious pastor versus a lower status teacher). NWC men would sometimes serenade them with the song "Buffalo Gals Would You Come Out Tonight".
Back in ancient times, most pastors married DMLC graduates. That way, they could count on their wives as being able to play the organ for church.
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Garrett has left a new comment on your post "Historic Photo from DMLC, New Ulm,Before Amalgamat...":
Indeed. One MLC professor told me a humorous story of a traveling acting troup that stopped at DMLC to perform a rendition of Buffalo Gals. During one scene, the protagonist cowboy was sitting with his cowgirl, admiring "the herd of buffalo out in the distance." Guffaws ensued in the auditorium.
It wasn't until after the performance that the poor confused actors were informed of the 'buffalo' nickname.
bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Historic Photo from DMLC, New Ulm,Before Amalgamat...":
What's ironic is that many (most?) of the men who attended Northwestern were maternal sons of DMLC graduates, so for them to refer to DMLC women as buffaloes was tantamount to calling their mother a buffalo. But that thought never occurred to most Northwestern students since thinking matters through to their logical conclusion was never encouraged at Northwestern, lest one come to some un-orthodox conclusions.
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GJ - It says a lot about their view of women in general.
Does anyone want to volunteer The Score Reports?
