{"id":1054,"date":"2013-05-31T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T20:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/dear-old-wabash\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2013-05-31T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T20:05:46","slug":"summertime-and-the-big-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/2013\/05\/31\/summertime-and-the-big-bash\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime and the Big Bash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/RalphsMotherPD-405-03.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1055\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/RalphsMotherPD-405-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/RalphsMotherPD-405-03.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/RalphsMotherPD-405-03-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so this is NOT a photo of the Big Bash, but I love it for its summer time feel. This is a photo of Ralph&#8217;s Mother a campus wide event held in the spring of 1968. To understand a bit more about this incredible event, here are a couple of articles from The Bachelor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-mother-IIatb-1968-04-19-0-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1056\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-mother-IIatb-1968-04-19-0-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-mother-IIatb-1968-04-19-0-001.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-mother-IIatb-1968-04-19-0-001-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-Motheratb-1968-03-15-0-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1058\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-Motheratb-1968-03-15-0-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-Motheratb-1968-03-15-0-001.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-Motheratb-1968-03-15-0-001-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it is clear that Ralph&#8217;s Mother was a hit on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a letter to the Editor from a student expressing his delight with the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-Mother-IIIatb-1968-04-26-0-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1059\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-Mother-IIIatb-1968-04-26-0-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-Mother-IIIatb-1968-04-26-0-002.jpg 333w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/05\/Ralphs-Mother-IIIatb-1968-04-26-0-002-137x300.jpg 137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>So what does all of this have to do with Big Bash 2013? Among the classes celebrating at this year&#8217;s reunion is the 45th year class who were seniors in the spring of 1968.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that you have enjoyed this look at Ralph&#8217;s Mother, it looks like it was quite an event! I love the Big Bash and the stories that I hear from the Wabash men who return. I love the questions we field here in the Archives, but most of all I love the sense of time stopped as the guys gather and laugh, all young again.<\/p>\n<address>Best,<\/address>\n<address>Beth Swift<\/address>\n<address>Archivist<\/address>\n<address>Wabash College<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so this is NOT a photo of the Big Bash, but I love it for its summer time feel. 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