Description

The Thistle was the main student literary magazine that was published between 1957-1983. By the late 1960s, even The Thistle had its own edgier offshoots such as Rabadash (1968-1969) and Wooster Survival Manual (1969).

Wooster Survival Manual is a lighthearted publication intended to help incoming students adjust to life at Wooster. The publication is a short stapled booklet published by Thistle, the cover depicts a cartoon student tied to a cross on a simple white paper cover. The first couple of pages list grocery stores and restaurants in the area. Then there is a page titled "Free Living" that humorously instructs readers how to acquire free vegetables, money, security, and college. The section "Anti-Inflatinary" instructs students on how to identify undercover cops and how to recover from bad acid trips. The rest of the booklet includes poetry, humorous advice, and drawings. For example, a piece called "Flush and Sing" instructs people on how to transmit their shower singing to the underground sewer via a tube and the toilet. The last page includes an advertisement making fun of joining the army and information about how to buy a book that better outlines how to not get in trouble with the law. Wooster Survival Guide was edited by Karen Wenger.

Subject

Student publications; poetry; Do-it-yourself work; Satire; Caricatures and cartoons; Recreational drug use

Creation Date

1969

Source

College of Wooster Special Collections

Rights

In Copyright

Publisher

The College of Wooster

Keywords

Literary magazine, Survival guide, college living, free living, drug use, comedy publications

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Thistle: Wooster Survival Manual

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