Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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x A ee at 3 « we « ee At (1) Rush Fair’s carnival atmosphere lent gaiety to the brisk autumn afternoon. (2) Bewitching activities awaited those who visited McQuiddy Gymnasium that day. (3) Some groups built elaborate booths to impress visitors, (4) while others just clowned around. (5) All the clubs presented projects in hopes of capturing new members. (6) Old-fashioned girls and modern gathered to discuss the prospects, (7) while some made friendship quilts and (8) others attempted to bring in a good catch. ; Social Clubs 17

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Rush Fair holds better mousetrap The mouse enters the maze. He hesitates momentarily, turning in every direction and wondering which way to go . The mouse is a Lipscomb student, and the maze, the exhibits at Rush Fair. Each exhibit alluringly beckons the enthusiastic, but somewhat confused, spectator to investigate. The mouse then runs the pattern. He rushes here and there, hopefully searching for that certain club. Could this be the one? Alas, no! How about this one? Again, nothing. Reaching the point of utter distraction, he spies an exhibit he hasn’t visited. He draws nearer and nearer. Is this, at last, the correct path? Yes, he has found the club that built the better mousetrap! 4 j BULUVE VEER EEEE uh 16 Social Clubs

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Pledging: it stays the same The more it changes, the more it stays the same. Pledging, that compendium of rituals that serves to perpetuate itself and the social club system, never really reforms, despite periodic reforms. Blatant humiliation gives way to more subtle forms of the art, which in time become blatant. And the trappings remain the same: Badges and headgear, candyboxes and stuffed animals, “Is there anything I can do for you, sir?” and “Would you like to see my book?” Attacks on the system and the inevitable defenses, too, are always the same — as is the emergence of a new club of those who want to avoid being pledglings themselves. 18 Social Clubs