Adelphi University - Oracle Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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Jrodli hirst introduction to Adcl- phians . . . awed by upper class- men . . . Pan-Hel Tea ... a mass of smiling, friendly faces ... a conglomeration of new names and the Greek alphabet . . . introduction to Rushing . . . I'rosh-Soph Hop ... a jxiace offering following Hazing . . . sophisticated informal at the Astor Roof . . . stag servicemen . . . favors, yellow Adelphi caps ... all smoothly supervised by Joel Rapp, chairman . . . war ended by a waltz. 14

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Class of 48 . . . introduced to Adelphi during Orientation Week . . . meeting classmates, upper- classmen. and profs . . . first college physicals with those pictures . . . All-College Picnic and Junior- Freshman Luncheon an introductory taste to the Adelphi social swing . . . the largest freshman class in our history, and one which promises to he among the best . . . rapidly acquiring the Adelphi “know how . . . class officers infusing all with their en- thusiasm and spirit . . . Jane Austin, skillfully bind- ing the large group together . . . Vice-President Joan Kruger being both decorative and efficient . . . other officers also doing a grand job . . , Marilyn Meslin. Secretary . . . Mary Emily Goodwin, Treasurer . . . “Corky I lirschfeld, Executive . . . Hazing . . . brosh. willing victims in the hands of the Sophs . . , glamous girls deglamorizcd . . . pigtails floating in the breeze, carrying dolls and name plac- ards. slinking seductively along the halls, offering homage to the Sophs via prayers and songs ... 48 is now in the in and we re all proud to call them fellow-Adelphians. Class Officers v 13

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Sophs ... and newly-as- sumed sophistication . . . this time they did the hazing . . . the Ilton caps they are sport- ing were given to them at Frosh- Soph Hop. proving no hard feel- ings ,. . the year started oil with a hang for the 47crs . . . win- ning the song contest at All- College Night . . . sponsoring Adelphi s Spring Dance . . . twenty lovely representatives to Daisy Chain . . . last of all. a Tea to their departing Big Sis- ters. the Seniors . . . 15