Georgia Institute of Technology - Blueprint Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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Old Traditions and New Events Are Homecoming Setting off the Pep Rally was the tradi- tional Banner Parade ending outside the Student Center. Gathering with ban- ners, beer, and all the spirit they could muster to support the jackets, students were rewarded with cheers, skits and a dazzling display of fireworks. The Homecoming Dance was a cos- tume ball in keeping with both the theme and the Halloween date. Cos- tumes ranged from the largest bowl of Raisin Bran with several students repre- senting the raisins to a large representa- tion of the characters from the current motion picture hit STAR WARS. There were Ja-Was, Princess Leah, Darth Vader and of course, the young hero Luke Sky- walker. The winning costume however, was a self-wired space robot whose face l it up in an array of lights at the flick of a switch. The organizations all around campus were represented enforce with creative and ghoulish horror houses built liber- ally in nearly every available room the Student Center had to offer. 28

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Next to his class ring, any graduating senior ' s most valuable memory ot his years at Tech is without a doubt his Rat Hat. The Freshman student is immedi- ately an integral part of the student body, and feels it strongly himself, the first time he hears Rats on the Field at the opening home game. Rats are not only a beloved part of tradition at Tech but as protectors of the Wrek, are entrusted with the care of what is per- haps Tech ' s greatest tradition The Ramblin ' Wrek. Being a Rat is not only attending football games. It ' s an eight o ' clock Cal- culus class in the Physics Building, fol- lowed by a nine o ' clock class in Lyman FHall. It ' s dorm life without the com- forts of home and Brittain Dining Hall instead of Mom ' s good cooking. A Rat faces the harsh reality of suddenly los- ing the status he held as a high school senior, and instead being at the bottom of the priority list of all Tech students. Somehow, though, the brand of Rat is not really regarded as a degrading title. The idea that he is not alone, prob- ably gives the average Rat more secu- rity in his first year at Tech. For some, the added identity may even be the fac- tor that keeps him at Tech for the remainder of his four-or-more years. It is a good assumption that while being a Rat is rarely looked forward to with great anticipation, it is always remembered fondly. Years after a stu- dent has graduated from Tech, he can look back proudly on the time when in defiance of the upperclassmen he chanted loudly DAMN GOOD RATS. 30