Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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A group of singers from Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority entertained rushees on Thursday night. Chi Omega gave an exhibition of song and dance, which appeared to be just as much fun doing as watching. And they sing again . . . this time all joined in to welcome rushees as they entered the evening ' s party. Fall Rush 1976 for girls was the largest ever with over three hundred and fifty girls registering in the endeavorto select a sorority to join. All parties were held in the evenings of the week of registration for fall semester. Six sororities selected new nnembers during rush this year. Sisters returned three days in advance to build props and practice skits, learn songs and organize decorations. For them rush was a grueling week of work with little sleep. Immediately after each party the active members of each group met to discuss each rushee and determine who should be invited to the next party. These selection sessions were known to last until 5:00 a.m. Sisters strug- gled with three hours of sleep a night, Rushees on the other hand spent a less exhausting week but a more difficult one mentally. The sororities were each vying for attention by wooing rushees with food and entertainment, each day more elaborate than the previous. Par- ties which lasted almost four hours each day seemed interminably long to rushees who remembered the difficulty in smiling at each party when their feet L hurt, The biggest problem most rushees recalled was always trying to remember which sorority was which during the five days of parties, confusing faces and names. Rushees signed preference cards at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, the final day of rush, and bids were issued at 9:30 p.m. that same day. The five hours in between were long ones for sisters and rushees. Almost one hundred seventy-five girls pledged sororities that rush week. student Life 21