Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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'Qi Those not involved could not really understand why any girl would Want to go through it all, but at that moment, no pledge would have been capable of giving a coherent answer to the question, Why do you want to belong to a sorority? But the pledges knew they Wanted to be part of a group in which they had something in common with everyonef, as one sorority girl put it. The sorority was a sure way of finding many close friends, for all the members shared the bond of at least one common interest-desire to be- long to that sorority. The presentation of bids was preceded by three weeks of rushing. During this rush the hopeful pledges underwent a close scrutiny by the actives of the five social sororities. The rushees tried to ap- pear as charming, witty and attractive as possible, to choose a sorority and make the actives of that sorority want them for sisters. ,af 9-3

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y in X 21 ororities iv WL 23? f lf .4 if JW ef K ' 5' M, I 1 Q in 4, '22 k,,, 'fu' Qing Q' ' il J Q fu1,.,9, ', 5 ruff: . '. 3 ,ff wig. 'ruff ef- F' 5 an ywsgafg. The rushees had been almost impossible to live with for days before bids came out. As time for the announcement drew near, their anxiety increased. Tension broke and near hysteria burst out in dormitory halls as one girl after another received the news over the phone that the Chi Sig actives were waiting downstairs.

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Chi Sigma Chi inducted its pledges during the candlelight cere- mony of the preference tea. For six weeks the pledges, dressed in green and white uniforms, carried goodie boxes, ran errands, collected signa- tures for their pledge books, made a positive effort to become friends with Iifty-Hve actives and smiled through it all. Hell nightn was the final test of their determination to become actives. Amid enough clut- ter to unnerve any girl, Chi Sig pledges endured intense question- ing and silly stunts.