Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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llelfl Eddie Roberfson, direclor of sludenl aclivilies. paused during Weslern Week aclivifies To check ou? ine unusual dress of Becky Nunn, one of flue Samollwrace pledges. Roberlson was The sponsor ol The Sludenf Affairs Comrnillee, coorclinalors of Weslern Week. Since pleclgeslnip occurred during Wesfern Week, anylliing could be expecfed. -lk I. J .li labovel Mary Lou Dusek and Valana Nix, Samollirace pledges, mel 'rlwe reguirernenfs ol dress for one day of pledgeslwip by wearing llieir clollies wrong side oul. nay- ing no less 'rlwan 'rlwree pony 'rails and carrying a pacilier. llei+lSarnoll'1race pledges enlerlained sludenls in llne SUB willw a chorus line. Mosl ol flue lime pledges accepled llneir lasks as lun, buf some of fliern were accompanied willw a red lace.

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Rush Week BoosTs Co-eds SpiriT Every year rushees apply Tor membership in SamoThrace, and aTTer being chosen as pledges They musT go Through a week oT rush beTore becoming members. This year Sam- oThrace Took in 2l pledges prior To rush week acTiviTies. Rush week was held during The WesTern Week acTiviTies and The pledges were required To carry ouT This Theme in Their acTions and Their dress. The pledges enTered such conTesTs as The greased pig, cracker eaTing, cigareTTe roll- ing, quick draw, wheelbarrow race, egg Toss, goaT sacking and many oThers. ln The conTesTs ThaT required a Team eT- TorT The girls Teamed up wiTh The Sigma pledges To win The goaT sacking conTesT and The wheelbarrow race. Their dress included midi-dresses oT days gone by, hillbilly ouT- TiTs, cowboy cloThes, guns and holsTers, baby paciTiers and many oTher zany creaTions. lrighTl Sue Ann Nichols and Tammy PiTer, SamoThrace pledges, show iusT whaT you mighT have To do To become a SamoThrace member. BoTh girls are dressed in Their midi's wiTh assorTed accessories To Top oTT Their Tormal aTTire. gs-as 1.. . Don Dawson. Sigma pledge, guards The bricks oT The oTher pledges who are parTicipaTing in The acTiviTies oT WesTern Week During WesTern Week The Theme oT The Sigma pledges was parTicipaTion. NOT all The pledges were dressed as Tully as Don buT The maloriTy carried The Theme ThroughouT The week.

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Sigma pledges had To do many unusual Things during rush week, and iT wasn'T unusual To walk ouT oT class and Tind a Sigma pledge doing a required num- ber oT push-ups and addressing The ac- Tive as Sirl You could look again and see The Tamiliar red cap on his head and a I2-pound brick in his hand. Also included in Their aTTire Tor The week: wearing Their blue leans inside ouT, burlap under Their cloThes and an onion under Their neck. The main acTiv- iTy was compleTe parTicipaTion in WesTern Week. Sigma pledges are readily idenTiTied by Their red sTocking cap and whiTe I2-pound brick wiTh Sigma TheTa Epsilon on The side. OTTen pledges Took a momenT oT soliTude when and where They could Tind iT. Sigma Pledges Follow TradiTion 'm 1 42 lr' Y V ,gfr w.... , . , .. V .N .. V '+-gh K K Ll . . T :'?i.J?f . s, A .fA.. -w,.3,f,s,X 'Si 'Z W K ,, , ,. - , 1 Sigma l'heTa Epsilon pledges could expecT almosT anyThing during Their pledgeship buT one Thing Tor sure They did plenTy oT push ups Every morning beTore eighT o'clock classes, The enTire pledge class was Tound doing pushups in The parking loT OTTen during The day when an acTive came across a pledge, The TirsT Thing ThaT was said was Gummie Taye 4 N. IQ'