Catholic University of America - Cardinal Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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The club hostesses prepare- for the prospective pledges

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WiStfl1l heroine watches store-window doll dance by Matchlight. Another dramatic presentation of CU students. this time of the Speech S Drama Department, was Match- lightfi the annual Christmas Show performed both on campus and off throughout the District of Columbia. An example of the students' dedication to their art, students crossed fraternity and sorority boundaries uniting to write and produce thc show themselves and to defray the costs of production. The portrayal of the pathetic little match girl gave delight both to the studentlvody and to the W3SlllllgtOI1 institutions visited. By the beginning of second semester the attention of the individual social clubs is focused more specifically on the freshmen. With their open dances and the pub- licity of their club achievements, the clubs hope to impress the unwary freshman with their organization. Potential club members are eyed unscathingly with the gleam of Tap Day in the eyes of the members. The freshman finds himself the object of the most subtle blandishments and the lnost appealing persuasive tech- niques. February is the month of open seasonw on rushees who are issued invitations by each club to its annual smoker or tea. Wvhile the anxious frosh fret Propaganda machine-the brothers in action. introduction to fraternization the smoker.

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-3 J about impressions they have made on the clubs, the clubs themselves worry about impressions they have made on the frosh. Then there is the blood sessionvg when the conclave of members has determined its choice of prospects for membership. a list is sent to the Inter- Club Council. who invites all the elect to Tap Day cere- monies. At last the great day arrives. The hesitant freshman mounts McMahon steps to receive a tap on the shoulder and an invitation to membership. But it does not end here-during the next twenty-four hours club members nonchalantly pace back and forth before the Dean's office where are located the pledge books which the tappees must sign. Finally, the clubs settle themselves once more to initiating their pledges and to strengthening the unity and bonds of brotherhood with- in the club. Absorption of the freshmen into the social clubs.