Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Pre-Schoolers Orient Themselves to Butler Sooner or later, we all get our annual mugshot for our identification cards , ' s ' ' --:.i V t.ir m At the start of the school year, Butler experiences an annual invasion of new- comers for Orientation Week. Tours of the library and planetarium help to familiarize the freshmen with the cam- pus, while meetings with deans and advisors try to acclimate the freshmen with the academic life. The end of the week brings the President ' s reception, one of Butler ' s nicest traditions. During the week, three dances give upperclass- MEN a chance to look over the new field of girls. The highlight of the weekend is the Y sponsored Freshmen Camp, where it ' s fun for everyone ... a five hour volleyball game, endless singing, and a decided lack of sleep. All in all, it is a hectic week giving only a hint of the hectic year that follows. At the Y Freshmen Mixer, Sue Schmank and Keith Himmel were selected as Most Typi- cal Freshmen. for fun at camp volleyball, canoeing, or quenching thirsts!

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Rush Brings Tunes Talks- Tours Tears liile other Butler University students were still enjoying the fleeting days of summer vacation, the seven national sororities on our campus prepared for die annual September rush. The active members spent prerusb practicing the various skits and songs for the rush par- ties. Rush week ran smoothly, ending with memorable preference nights. Butler men, as usual, watched the traditional run from Schwitzer Hall to the individual sorority houses. This marked the beginning of a college career to be filled with lasting friendships for those who had pledged into the Greek system. Teasing the sweet tooth and wooing the ladies were Pi Beta Phi rush themes

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1 Quiet moments of solitude and conversation are explored by campers.