Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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s oaa (yyki ii The Athletic Association sponsors the first formal dance of the season THE SOCIAL WHIRL was officially j opened on September 4 when the faculty, in ' Test bib and tucker,” lined itself up for mass inspection by the students. A long, long line of professors, stretehing up the interminable length of the Social Room, reached its final¬ ity with Miss Ruth” and able upperelass- men restoring spirits and bolstering morale with ' ell-timed refreshments. After a fe ’ ’eeks spent at sehool, news from home was as weleome as manna from heayen. The annual Lreshman-Parent-Lae- ult ’ dinner yas a •onderful ehanee to get at least eertain members of the family here to look us oyer. And they eame — to enjoy the quips of the toastmaster, the mnsie of the String Ensemble and the College Chorus, the speeehes of Mr. Ceorge Chand¬ ler and Joe Colgain, and “Miss Ruth’s” fried chieken and “fixins.” . 8 .

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IX) X ' lIIS GIVEN QUANTITY (i.e., the freshies) was added, in the eonrse of approxi¬ mately twenty-four hours, the remainder of the eollege enrollment. By bus, ear, or the reliable thumb, they returned for another year of ' ork and fun — these “eollegiates” who really kne ’ tlie sehool, the faenltv, and one another. The halls and elassrooms, offiees and dormitories re-eehoed their eheerv helloes. It was no trouble at all to find a little sister or brother in the erowd of neweomers who might need the adviee of a sophistieated soph on the town’s (a) best theatre, (b) eheapest drugstore, and (e) most respeetable night elub. (How did that get in here?) . 7 .

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INn’LVriON — dreaded word to the fresh¬ men — brings a enrions glint to the e e of e erv red-blooded sophomore. The “rats” en¬ joyed being the “something new” — added to the eollege — for one short weeh. Then an Ordinanee by the Sophomore Conneil was posted that left no doubt as to the fiendish nature of some npperelassmen. For fourteen days sneh things essential to eollege life as dates, je ’elry, or perfeeth ' matehed soeks were forbidden. Pigtails, green ribbons, huge name plaeards, and elothes turned inside out beeame the order of the day. Then a “rat” party that pro ’ed the ability of sophs to “dish it out” or the frosh to “take it” eli- maxed the period of ser ’itnde. And the }onng man who wrote home to his parents that he “really took a beating” u as not speak¬ ing figurati ' elv! At last, Friday, September 19, arri ' ed! Was it a sudden ehange of heart that eaused this notiee to be posted? Our pacldlcs, our courts, and our orders are done; And now all the “rats” can join in the fun. So on lAiday, September 19, 19-fl, We hope that the “rats” for inanv a block. At soinctiine round about eight o’clock. Will he lured to the gym by tuning up groans Or most surely by later melodious tones, And will scamper and dance the cycning away In a spirit most cheerful and merry and gay. The frosh learn to take it