Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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Richard Samuel Manly, Malta, Ohio Harvey Marsh, Denver, Colorado Herman Pliny Meyer, Antioch, California Iohn Ioseph Micklos, Schenectady, New York Evelyn Makepeace Miles, Colanzhas, Ohio Hilda Leona Millbank, South Pasadena, California Mary Hemenway Monks, Detroit, Michigan Charles Robert Montgomery, Norwalk, Ohio Alice Christine Moore, Natick, Massachusetts Roberts Scott Moore, Natick, M assachasetts IIO

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HAZING -' N A sorr rather discouraging mist a group of pro- , tant sophomores to the east front steps of the main building. This was the official ushering in of hazing week for Division B-that more or less delightful event ex- perienced and shall we say anticipated by every 'timid fresh- man who hopefully enters the portals of learning throughout the country. It was as motley an array as was ever gathered in front of those steps-beggars, ballet dancers, peasants, gypsies, and the usual nondescript outfits procured at the last minute. All this in place of the customary pajama parade which the sophomores this year had tactfully voted to abolish, While still retaining some device to put the freshman in his placef' All this whoopee apparently had little effect on the village, for it calmly ate its supper and put its children to bed as the column of freshmen, guided, prodded, and otherwise assisted by the sophomores, wound its way down town. We have it firsthand that the boys, what with paddling and leap-frogging, fared far worse than the girlsg but ask any girl what it feels like to sing the Alma Mater for the nth time. 525: . ' ' J ,Wy testing freshmen were herded by a group of exul- QYJNI .iL.r'LJ ' sf fl 'f' . . . . . 109

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ill Jazz, Moxie, and Nan were properly serenaded, cheered and yodeled to as a mark of regard for our three patron saints, after which everyone proceeded to the pavilion where inspection took place and prizes were awarded. Be it remembered, too, that this event initiated Antioclfs first Leap Week. Several of the girls, bearing this in mind, had worked up a stunt portraying an exaggerated idea of social equality, and some of the geniuses from South Hall put forth their best in the way of entertainment. Hazing in modified forms followed the freshmen through- out part of the remaining division. To their chagrin, they lost all the freshman-sophomore events and as a consequence were theoretically under the thumbs of their elders the rest of the period. Blue berets, lusty singing of the Alma Mater etc. were very much in evidence for a time. In conclusion, with humble apologies to Pope: Too little frolic is a dangerous thing. And again: The freshman never is, always to be blessed. III