University of Hawaii Honolulu - Ka Palapala Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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RUSHING AND INITIATION teas and hell Hushing hit the rampu in 'purls as usual—the bintN bring the Infer- Sorority Tea in September. Kighl sororities hosted about (ho hundred freshman girls. Fraternity rushes and initiations nere carried out on an individual basis, but sorority women banded together to carry out their on-campus initiation during pledge week. Pledges cleaned the shelves of the library, entertained at a Hemenwav lunch hour program, led cheers at football games, and served a picnic lunch to their sisters behind George Hall. Suited men usually carried fral- insigniud paddles with them, as well as plastic bags filled with goodies. On-campus capers were climaxed in each frat's or sorority's pledge- agonizing Hell Night. Then it was all over . . . neophytis emerged full- fledged members. “I am a many armed goddess, ready In serve you. Entertaining their tormentors i one of the initiates easier ta'kv It's a mild prelude to the horrors of Hell Night. Two awistanl hold down a protesting neophyte while the third Iteautii-ian” applies appropriate make- up in the grand rite uf initiation. The finished product of creative initiator look up helplessly at them. Heintt tickled wa« kid enou|(h. What are they planning to do now ' 26

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it takes savoir faire The Army doesn't need KIvU anymore ... in lari. who nrr«|« Iwys? Lovely s|ionsor lend a hand in attracting ROTC recruits. Underclassmen, once past the ad- visers. run or fly to Hemcnway. then become, essentially, terrified and con- fused white rats in the orange card maze. Suddenly there are long lines in front of every table. And virtue has no reward. A long wait in a long line ends up in frustration as class after class and section after section are rlosed. Upperclassmen get through regis- tration. paid hill and all. in one hour; underclassmen struggle from two to six hours or more, barely finishing in one day. Who pick up all their books at cut rates in the Secondhand Book- store? The upperclassmen. And who pay premium prices at the I H Book- store foi all texts and supplementary reading tomes? The underclassmen, of course. Happily, the situation improves as the student progresses upward in tin- scholastic hierarchy. After two or lhr«t- semesters, the underclassmen In-come veterans of the registration battle and follow the unharried, un- hurried footsteps of their junior and senior elders. All sound, hair, and hearty? ( ood, you’re in HPE 101. section 5 . . . bring your bathing suit.” With health clearances from the dispensary, all freshmen register for a semester of splashing in the UH swimming pool. 25 “You did this all wrong. Just go hark to your adviser and fill this out all over again.' If she hurries, it'll only lake her about three more hours.

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 Maintenance staff would endorse more initiation activities like this one. Obedient pledge dust» the newspaper racks in Sinclair Library. How much farther must I crawl, sir? Only 200 feet more.” Thank you. sir. ( I wonder if it's worth it all. ) 27 The ultimate fate of all dictator ... the tables are turned at Oamma (Jii's initiation a pledges rebel and paddle their tyrant president.