Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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tilt tk c its QQ li BUT DID YOU REALLY WIN EVERYTHlNG?? It starts with a simple meeting of interested parties. Then these interested parties go to interesting parties. This is menis rush. Preparations are made well in advance. Fraternities set up squirrel patrols and snow-job teams, they order pledge pins. Rushecs buy vests and dark suits and brush up on the art of conversation. For a week they smile, introduce themselves and ask uWhat college are you in. This pro- gresses to uweid like to have you back again, Hiram, for Rock or Joe or Pall and eventually the Whole situation culminates with a pledge pin. A rushee is scrutinized closely-he might be somebody's room-mate someday. The rushee takes a good look too, if he has the chance. He looks at grade points, campus leaders, the house, and always pledges the fraternity with the nicest guys. De-pledging is frequent but so is re- pledging. And after the confusion has settled down, the rushees and now new pledges discover brotherhood, both genuine and imagined, and realize that in one short week they have chosen the men they'll be closest to in their college years. it

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'Vi mv lib vw f 1 5 HEY! WHAT'S ALL THAT NOISE OUTSIDE? Convertibles and rain were the background for THE big day in the Drake year-Skip Day, of course. This day outranks even the last day of finals for celebration and enthusiasm. This year Skip Day was held on Monday, October 9, after a 21-6 football victory over the State College of Iowa. fThis reason for having the celebration is usually forgotten by all but the football playersj. With bells ringing, students sing- ing, cheerleaders chanting, S-FC presidents ranting, and Spike skipping around, Drake scholars an- nounced to Des Moines and the whole world that it certainly was a nice thing to cut all Monday classes and be excused. The courage and persistence of the student body has never been more evident than it was when hundreds rode three miles to the State Capital, in a cold drizzly rain, with convertible tops down, to receive the official blessing from Governor Norman Erbe. QNormally wouldn't everyone have stayed in bed?J After the jubilant and damp parade which was escorted by police and Skip Andrew fsome freshman did think it was Skip's Dayj, the crowd returned to campus where a picnic lunch was served. UD Then the students adjourned-no doubt, to study the rest of the day. Strange that the library was so empty.