Covenant College - Tartan Yearbook (Lookout Mountain, GA)

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Initiotion Questioned As Freshmen Rebel Borrowing the concept of boot camp from the Armed Forces, the sophomores once again attempted to initiate the incoming freshmen. Though the success or the ill-effects of the ini- tiation process are often difficult to gauge, the one result that was glaringly apparent was the question of whether or not Covenant had outgrown the hazing routine. Administering a program probably less severe than those of other years, the sopho- mores sought to create situations in which the underclassmen would be forced to unite and hopefully become better acquainted. This was achieved in part with a mass in- spection in which each recruit was inspected, neglected, reiected, etc., very early morning maneuvers, and then a culminating court martial. Mutiny spread throughout the frosh ranks during the morning maneuvers, however, and in this refusal to participate lay the real problem. The entire initiation depended on the willingness of the underclassmen to be abused temporarily, and the refusal to do so sounded the death knells for the '69 proceed- ings. if . L,-A 22 . . Mgr, airfar- +o-sane-w V . -4 . . A v .

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Council lnitiotes Sanderson Scholarship i V7 'f'W Robert Houpt President Milton Wiest Vice President Jean Harrison Secretary-Treasurer George E-irchler Executive Pro Tempore 2I

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Sponsored in a random sort of way by itudent Council, The Billy Carson Show erved as a welcome, or perhaps a rude twakening, to the new freshmen and trans- ers. The title alluded obviously to the popu- ar evening talk show, and the style of the irogram soon made this shockingly clear. Bill Foster, playing the role of emcee, as- umed the oft-the-cutt, unrestrained, and ,ometimes raucously funny approach ot his lew York mentor. With Don Davis as the ver-present straight man and announcer, the No generally succeeded in keeping their udience loose with a covey of iokes that Q f on occasion singed Covenant personalities and more frequently extolled the virtues of prune iuice. After exhausting a script that was good and then not-so-good, the emcee introduced several prominent figures who were there not so much to stimulate conversation but rather to stir controversy. With Rod Ailes, Jones and Dameron, and the Lavender Hot Water Bottles performing, the tempo ot the program accelerated so quickly that at the end, when the Bottles blasted out Back in the U.S.S.R., it was all Foster could do to close with a hasty Good-night. s S' ding.-M. Follies Stir Controversy gf' O I li ll C 5? jiffi Q fi ' lr-'45 Q. 'ix f- 2' -nj' x I l. F' 'f Qi 1' . 3? 5:45 - l V' E' ip 9:'.':-si . -.,f,.j.Hl - .1-..-13' ., ..., . ,x,.,,,,l-- rl - A ,, 15115, -.....,- , ,. - j-syn.fIi5 E3 'Eg is 1 -,':'l,,.4v',bxi:1: 5- 5' 1' . Lxw. 4' t' ' B 54 V5 www. ' C Qin-tid' as Q .4 4V 'Pr . rt l ,ma-sw-M M wnmw X 'ik