Hello Day

From the 1929 Omahan yearbook

 

When anyone speaks of Hello Day, a fragment of a silly little nursery rhyme insists on coming to my mind,—it goes like this—

 

Hello! Hello! Who's your horse?

Hello! Hello! Who?

 

Of course the words have little meaning to one not familiar with the rest of the rhyme and similarly the name "Hello Day" had little significance to any who were not at school that day. But to the students who were at school, it meant an opportunity for increasing fellowship and goodwill, an opportunity to become better acquainted and to show a real spirit of friendship. (Incidentally it was an ideal time to have some genuine fun.)

 

In the first place those big badges with the word "Hello" on them were really funny things and you just had to shout Hello! to someone else as soon as you could. Then there was even a Hello Assembly which created a huge demand for more and better Hello's. So Hello Day was filled with Hello! Hello! And every Hello carried an echo which seemed to say, "I'm your friend"—"I'm your friend."

 

May the friendly days increase,—may Hello Days come every day in the year-Hello!

 

Letha C. Gove, '29