Wesleyan College - Veterropt Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Sophomore Day 1928 n excerpt from the Watchtower sug¬ gests that Rat may have been more sophisticated in the past. Freshmen were forced to impersonate Sir Walter Raleigh, and Queen Elizabeth showed up at Rat Court: “Early in the morning, at the unearthly hour of 6:00 A.M., the sophomores made their pres¬ ence known in the freshmen building with loud piercing shouts. Each freshmen immediately arose and donned her pants and golf socks, which she had secured the night before as or¬ dered by the sophs, and allowed herself to be painted a fiery red on one cheek and have an F inscribed on the other. And though the frosh had an idea that there was such a thing as rat court and that Wesleyan sophomores might re¬ sort to such a proceeding, consequently they were not so surprised when they were gathered up in mass by twenty masked figures and car¬ ried to the gymnasium for trial.”

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iiJ — vi Tri-K’s Give PR’s A Day To Reme mber Events moved toward a climax until one morning freshmen were rudely pulled out of bed to take part in an unusual day of obeying sophomore commands. Wesleyannes have had different reactions to “Rat” over the years, but no one forgets it. Marjorie Royal, 30, re¬ members “having to bow to every sophomore and having to do their bidding, brush their shoes, make their beds, etc., and at night I remember having to go blindfolded through a dark passage way filled with eerie sounds. ' 9 Another alumna writes, “The sophomores had a wonderful time during Rat Week. At their instructions we crawled through numerous pipes lying around the campus. I was ordered to wash the ground floor windows of Tate Hall. 99 The demands have been different, but the final trial has always been included in the activities. Only recently has the Life March be¬ come part of the tradition. 26

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mm§ •J® - wrm ' 1 Intercollegiate Team Shows Promise The first volleyball game, played the last week in September, opened a busy schedule for the intercollegiate team. Wesleyan’s volley¬ ball players often found themselves on the road this fall with ten matches away from Macon, including an Invitational Tournament at Colum¬ bus College with the University of North Caroli¬ na, Valdosta State, and North Florida Junior College. At home, the team defeated Mercer of Atlanta and Augusta College. Though the sea¬ son record showed more losses than victories, Wesleyan’s volleyball has steadily improved in the past years. The large number of freshmen on this year’s team promises better records ahead. 28 d