Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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Cops Bring Law And Order To Black Cat Donald Duck? Holly Hobbie? No. Keystone Cops! The mascot intrigue is only the start of Black Cat. Freshman elections, costume-making, and decoration designing go on for weeks. But once the secret is out, (the Sophomores have triumphed again!) the best fun begins. Black Cat is a tradition that ' s spirited and alive. It ' s the official end of freshman orientation. The freshman no longer have to lock their doors in fear of returning to a room covered in toilet paper or find- ing their dresser drawers in the showers — courtesy of the Sophomore class. On Thursday night the air is cold, but the bonfire is warm and so is the mood. Jimminy Cricket sings goodbye to Dennis the Menace and Hot Stuff does the shag in the Fifties style. Then at long last the new Cop in Blue introduces himself. Black Cats, white-faced and silent, roam the campus all day Friday. Class spirit reaches its height as Hot Stuff and the Keystone Cops battle Dennis and Jimminy in the hockey game and each class struggles to hold its own in the pie-eating contest and the tug-of-war. (In tug-of-war the rope snapped and each class really did hold its own rope!) Everyone ' s worked up a big appetite for the picnic — so naturally the food runs out. This is the only time you ' ll see some of your professors sprawled out on the hockey field with their spouses and kids, sipping the suds no less!