In the May 26,1941 issue, LIFE went to a KANSAS BLANKET PARTY in its weekly series featuring “parties” of various types. In this image that opened the sage, and Kappa Sigma Epsilon members are seen throwing blankets from the beds out the window in preparation for a spring blanket party at Kansas State Teacher’s College. According to LIFE - “Sociologists who have studied this peculiarly American form of group activity consider it a recreational by-product of the depression. The 18th Century practice of bundling was simply a cold-weather formula for combining courtship with fuel economy,” (Photo by Walter Sanders/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images) #1940s #blanketparty #tbt
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