Grin and bear it. Your turn will come next year . Social Clubs Keep Us Active "And pledge ... be sure you have a minimum of twelve dates during the next four days. " Instructions such as these ... whether given to the pledge, mud, worm, rat, or finite . .. are part of t.he "mad" goings-on of pledge week. Every new student has an opportunity to join a social club; and thus, the week before final installation into these clubs the campus burst into activity with nearly everyone playing the part of either lowly pledge or dignified pledgemaster. Bunking parties . . . hamburger fries . . spaghetti suppers .. stag and doe outings .. picnics at Wyldewood ... Christmas caroling .. hayrides ... tacky costume parties ... skating parties.. ice cream suppers ... wedding parties (uh, oh ) ... pizza parties ... backwards parties ... swimming parties ... kiddy parties. . the list of club activities is seemingly endless. Three cheers to the sponsors who bravely endured these and many more; for in addition to the informal parties and get-togethers, each club had a winter banquet and a spring outing. The banquets involved hours of work on such themes as those necessitating creation of a miniature carousel, snowflake scene, garden of orchids, "sputniks," rainbows, underworld, or television station KMAD, etc. Amid fallen crepe paper, torn souvenirs, and empty plates, tired club members agree it was "worth it." What a relief a couple of months later to slip into jeans and an old shil-t and head for Blanchard Springs, Camp Tahkodah or Petit Jean for an allday outing. The outdoors_ beautiful ... the appetites, enormous ... the food, "the greatest" ... and the day, perfect! Dale · desperate pledges loke B.J. 10 breakfast . Tri Koppas journey bock 10 a second childhood .
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