Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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These rushees seem to be getting a thorough indoc- trination during one of their visits to the frat house. Dancing is always a popular pastime at the rush par- ties and with good music and pretty rush girls, why not? A congestion forms at the doorway of the house as the freshman, rush girls and members get acquainted.

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. . . fraternity rush week. The Campanile steps be- come the meeting place for members and rushees be- fore they leave for rush dates. Rivaling the Panhel- lenic traffic jam, the cars congregate to chauffeur the boys to the frat house for lunch or perhaps to some- one ' s home for a party. Strictly stag, the afternoon gatherings help rushees to meet members and look over each fraternity. When evening falls, though, the scene changes somewhat. The houses light up, the rush girls arrive, and the parties begin. Rushees are treated to the taste of fraternity social life as friend- ly handshakes and attractive rush girls greet them at every door. After a week ot revelry interspersed with serious talks about fraternity life, the rushees sign their preference cards. Shortly after, the bids are distributed, and the campus again buzzes with the excitement of who went what. With the rush weeks drawing to a close, the campus is swept into a new activity, . . . Afternoons at the frat houses give the rushees a chance to meet their prospective fraternity brothers. How about a dance? And the rush girls gladly oblige as they assist the fraternity boys in rush week.

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. . . for classes. While the freshmen are still aghast that people can smoke in class and the upperclass- men are taking good advantage of the privilege, the learning begins. Books and Libraries never fails to amaze people. ( This looks like a crip course. Oh, yeah. This is my third semester in it. ) The smell of sulphur again wafts out from behind Chemistry building doors, and the Med students slave over huge books of small print and cadavers. A kaliedo- scope of sound pours forth from the Music building as aspiring performers master the three B ' s. The past is relived at the rate of a couple of hundred years a week in History class, where it ' s reputed that if you drop your pencil, you may miss the entire Renais- sance. As the Campanile chimes two o ' clock, the campus fills up with students going to and from class. Some say this is the best part about classes.