Loyola University - Wolf Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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Get down on that ground and fight, lowly one. So what if yuu cant ice tluxiugh that burlap sack. Crawl, Frosh, crawl ! An unwelcomed gesture by the Freshmen but a much loved command by ruling Upperciassmen. Initiation — Loyola Style It was a wet and gruesome ' experience but those Frosh came through the ordeal with the persevering hope that hfe at LU just might be ' brighter. ' But during the hours of initiation torture not even the slightest sign of relief was to be found. The drill field had suddenly become the scene of an enlarged torture chamber wherein blindfolded Freshmen were led to the final test. The initiation, which was carried out in an Indian theme sent squeamish coed squaws crawling over dead snakes, fish, and the ashes of Indian ancestors. Dinner served Indian style was climaxed with the smoking of the peace-pipe. The male freshman braves were accompanied b) upperclassman warriors. Made to crawl under a systerr of ropes, they ended up with their heads stuck through a board. At that time the warriors practiced a little target shooting using a mixture of sawdust, flour and water. The day ended with 525 newly branded ' Loyolans. '

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Registration over . . . Party begins! One freshie instructs another in the art of pool, Now this is the cue ball, he points out. Hit it. reeled Freshmen Let ' s take a ' dip. ' And that ' s exactly what some 500 Frosh did at the Swimming party held at Valencia. Next to education, college life to a coed exemplifies a wardrobe. So to set her up in the latest campus fashions, a Style Show was hosted by the Upperclassman coeds, under the direction of Miss Parrino, dean of women.

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t • i V ' How did they ever get so tangled up? Let ' s tip toe through the swamps, 9 ' W ■