Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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l'm so tired of smiling, my face feels stiff, yawned an exhausted freshman after her first day of RUSH WEEK. This comment was probably echoed by most of the 1180 men and women who Went through rush. During the dizzy round of rush week parties, fresh- men women literally dashed from one sorority house to another, rushees hurriedly sorted through their invitations at Panhellenic Mailbox, and actives be- hind the scenes frantically rehearsed the evening's entertainment. Rush began with the hectic whirl of open houses, went through the usual nervousness, chatter, ciga- What school are you in? or Where're you from? provided good rush week openers, but when girls tired of chattering or got stuck for conversation, the next question was, See our scrap book? rettes, and punch at informal and invitational parties, and ended with impressive, sometimes tearful, candlelight ceremonies at formal parties. On Pledge Sunday, 495 out of 682 rushees jammed the mailbox to pick up their bids and happily become pledges of one of N orthwestern's 18 sororities. Men rushees attended luncheons at different houses, shook hands, looked at trophies, and desperately tried to remember names. They also lived out of a suitcase the entire week, as they stayed in a different fraternity house each night. Popping Hashbulbs, grinding movie cameras, and buzzing reporters-these activities centered around SCENE FROM A TYPICAL BULL SESSION WITHIN CONFINES OF A FRATERNITY HOUSE DURING RUSH WEEK. Q'

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fxw ,Z ix I A FRESHMEN WOMEN TAKE THVIE OUT FROM BUSY NEIN STUDENT WEEK T0 RELAX WITH THEIR BIG SISTERS The annual Tech Terrace Dance, part of the New Student Week pro- gram, provides an opportunity for new students to be introduced to both Northwestern campus life and its former students. f' 1m11. vm. , w,,.

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QQ is an 4-E' , ,, K 2: , All .ax ,Ya 3'6- 455 an My 5 . if A , Fir W ' J, , NLS 'iv-r .-,vii og s-v 1p 's, ,, A lx' A S l 'Wm 'WF- K .I yy' I' N ,V K N any X X . yu Yxiwrsm. , - , Y ' Y fx X A ', lx Left to right, top row: Eileen Flaherty, Cynthia Reiley, Clara Meyer, Junarden Williams, Carol Krametbauer, Carol Keltner, Phyllis Elliot, Karen McKie. Second row: Gail Bradbury, Barbara Christy, Nanci Bowden, Ann Goodwin, Denny Monroe. Kay Karlan. Ellen Strohm. Gitta Kaperl, Megan O'Connor, Shirley Stoup, Corinna Heidbrink, First row: Burton Alden, Garry Bul- lard, John Gorman, Bruce Golden, Donald Wessling, William Schaeffier, Peter Bridgeford, John Clendenin. the WILDCAT COUNCIL information booth at Union Station this fall where Wildcat members wel- comed and answered the questions of incoming freshmen. Scenes such as this took place at train stations, bus depots, and airports on the first day of school. Besides sponsoring New Student Week, Wildcat Council and its 56 members carried on campus tours for visitors, ushered at university functions, wrote letters to freshmen boys during the summer, and held a Day at Northwestern, for high school sen- iors interested in Northwestern. 1 . . N-..,-1 'r Burt Alden, standing by the fireplace in Hardy Lounge, chats with Wildcat Council members Carol Keltner, Phyl Elliott, Audrey Vecella, and John Clendenin. Alden was presi- dent of Wildcat this year. X X1