George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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f k f Pictures on these pages show scenes from in- terfraternity competition in athletics, a few shots of fraternity parties, and pictures of the various houses showing that the fraternity house is not just a place where a bunch of boys eat and sleep.

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Who in the hell got my tuxedo? Put twenty-five boys together in a house — a row house, an ex-embassy, a modern dwelling in Arlington — let them help finance it, repair it, paint, run the kitchen, hire the help; let them govern themselves, set their own moral standards, create their own conventions, keep their own codes of honor; let them fight, work, play, make love, hate and drink together — and you’ve got a fraternity. Of course you may get communism too (as the familiar quotaion at top indicates), not to speak of socialism, capitalism and anarchy. But, above all, you will get democracy. No debate on the Senate floor was ever more bitter than a chapter meeting squabble over whether quiet hour should be 8 to II or 9 to 12; no king’s coronation was ever more solemn than an awestruck freshman ' s formal initiation; no Byronic love scene ever more passionately done than a brother pinning his first girl. At this University, where the boys hail from all parts of the country, where so many work and attend night classes, the house becomes a home, the fraternal bonds become deep as fam- ily ties. The local brothers, too, contribute much to fraternity life, to its society and leadership. But. it is in the house that the group is welded together, and character is molded. Yes — it ' s a great life for the brothers, rough on the pledges, and fascinating to the girls (we hope). But it has its little disadvantages: Say — who DID ' borrow ' my tux last?

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INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL OFFICERS HAROLD HUDSON PRESIDENT PAT DEMING VICE-PRESIDENT CARTER BOWEN SECRETARY EDWARD TERREL TREASURER ACTIVE MEMBERS PAT DEMING . . BUD PAPPENFORT ROBERT FLEMING HEINZ STEINBACK . . Sigma Chi . Kappa Sigma . Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Chi Inter-Fraternity Pledge Council OFFICERS MARSHALL GARDNER . . . President BENJAMIN HOUSTON . Vice-President JAMES BACON Secretary THOMAS McCOY Treasurer JAMES BOGGS . Social Chairman MEMBERS JOSEPH LAWRENCE THOMAS McCOY JAMES BOGGS ... .... JAMES BACON ROBERT RISSLER ERNEST PIGGOTT JAMES CASH BENJAMIN HUSTEN ROBERT BROWN FORREST SLINKARD MARSHALL GARDNER GORDON CALVERT .... Sigma Chi . . . Kappa Sigma . . . Kappa Alpha . . Theta Delta Chi . Phi Sig ma Kappa . . Delta Tau Delta Sigma Alpha Epsilon . Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Nu Acacia Tau Kappa Epsilon . . Pi Kappa Alpha Bacon, Gardner, Husten Lawrence. McCoy.