Memories of ... Pledging Togas, Cutie Pies, Zugs and Slugs become the alter-egos for many a fearing freshman ... Sunday Oct. 29- I was · peacefully watching Bill Dance reel in a lunker bass from Lake Texoma on T.V. when a rapping came at my door. I offered an open invitation with a lazy "Yeah" and found myself licking my dirty, tile floor. I wondered why. Then the tribal chant began "SKAGGS, SKAGGS, SKAGGS!" For a while I didn't know if the club had accepted or rejected me. Monday, Oct. 30- Tonight I accepted my bid to join Skaggs Alpha Beta. I never knew how many people could fit into an eight by six foot janitor's closet. I counted 19 before a Skaggs member called me down for opening my eyes. I apologized and ·22 Endless Memories put my head back down on my knees. He didn 't know it, but I kept my eyes open the whole time. Tuesday, Oct. 32- I woke up this morning at 10:47 a.m. feeling refreshed and anew. The birds were chirping on my window sill as they relayed their morning merriment. Then I woke up again. This time it was 5:15 and I felt beaten and trod upon. My alarm was screeching for my attention, so I had no other choice than to smash it with a nearby wall. I had to be in my pledgemaster's room at six a.m. in a coat and tie to tell him the morning farm report (which I made up, of course) and to inform him that he had two hours left to sleep. He handed a pillow to me and invited me to slumber on the newly dirtied floor so that I could wake him up at eight. I accepted. That afternoon he set me up with a major date. It was named Melba Toast. I say "it" only for a lack of a better gender. Thursday, Nov. 2- I literally got "dressed" up this morning. My skirt and blouse was provided by the big-hearted pledgemaster I had now grown to avoid. I met the rest of my "girlymen" pledge brothers on the front lawn as the cock began to crow. Today I learned that it's okay to act l.'idiculous if everyone else is. - Randy Williams BEAUX AID- Senior Chi Omega Pi beau, Chad Massie entertains freshman pledge Sonya Miller in the Student Center during Silly Day activities. Beaux and queens helped ease pledges worries. - Photo by Jeff Montgomery GEEKARAMA- Freshman Chi Omega Pi pledge, Heather Powell, falls in line and does the "PeeWee" on the front lawn as a crowd of spectators began to form behind the nerdly number. - Photo by Sharon Bowles.
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