Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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FALL FEATURES Sepfember I3 found fhe parking Iof of Geffysburg College packed wifh cars and mill- ing people. Upsfairs in fhe dorms apprehensive freshmen and old-fimer upperclassmen greef- ed fheir roommafes. Fafhers puffed up fhe sfairs, nearly killing fhemselves under piles of clofhes, books, radios, and fypewrifers. Affer sad farewells fo fheir parenfs, fhe freshmen found fheir way fo Glaffelfer where fhey were equipped wifh blue and orange dinks, huge name cards, and a I-Iow fo Sfudy Book. Their ih dink, I wecome you wi+h a fradifion of Geffysburg. 8 Moving in . . . a family affair. Many people and much confusion . . . 'Fall regisf I' idenfificafion picfures were faken, and before fhey knew whaf was happening, fhey had emerged from Glaffelfer mugged, equipped as real freshmen, and a Iiffle dazed. This dazed Iook was apparenf during Orien- fafion Week as fhe pace increased. Each day fhere were fesfs and inferviews wifh advisors. An SCA picnic was held on Sepfember I4 wifh a freshman mixer following in fhe gym. On Sep- fember I5 Rush Week began wifh a Pan-I-IeI- Ienic buffef supper for fhe coeds and supper

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aT The TraTerniTy houses Tor The Tellows. The rush was Truly on as upperclassmen poured in The doors oT Treshman dorms and down The halls To The bewildered new sTudenTs. As Rush Week proceeded The Treshmen became accus- Tomed To raTTling oTT Their home Town, major, and summer iob. l-lolding a smile consTanTly became a habiT. Finally The bids were given ouT and The Treshmen who were pledged relaxed, . ZS-' i We Holiday aT AlcaTraz . . . or The 'freshman picnic? The freshmen sing Tor Their supp Are They coming or going? . . . Backwards Day during T as much as pledges can, Tor The real inTroduc- Tion To TraTerniTy liTe. Classes and cusToms began TogeTher. As much as They would have liked To, The Treshmen could noT do away wiTh classesg buT They did puT an end To cusToms aTTer The Third day. A rioT Took place on The girls' dormiTory quad wiTh boys parTicipaTing Trom The ground and girls conTribuTing encouragemenT Trom The windows. AlThough iT annoyed such people as The upperclassmen, The housemoThers,