Let's Go Hinkin'!
( Showme , Mar. 1949). We have a new display up at the Student Center featuring Hinkson Creek! Come check it out in the square display cases just outside of Mort's! On sunny afternoons, Hinkson Creek was a popular hangout and dating destination among the students attending MU and Stephens College. Both the Showme and the Savitar regularly featured images of couples marching towards the creek, arm in arm, picnic basket in tow. This practice was known as “hinking” (or hinkin’). Four Mizzou students "hinking" ( Savitar , 1952). According to a Showme article from March of 1953, once a young man steps foot on Hinkson’s shore, he “seems to turn into a poet, nature lover, Thoreau, and caveman, all at the same time.” ( Showme: Be Prepared Issue , March 1953). In addition to functioning as a dating hotspot, many MU students also enjoyed climbing Hinkson’s various geographic formations. Balance Rock, for exa