University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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PREFERENCE PARTIES closed an eventful week. Theta. wavt.u good bye to new faces that had become friends. ACTIVE, i dve u ' uii ' . ii, collapses after the Phi ' din party. Its not all roses on the inside. They Kept Smiling DELTA GAMMA ' S went Navy for the rushees. Skits were a momentary relief In an atmos- phere of self-consciousness. 20

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y ' i ' imm ' mH RUSHEES ATTENDED the mass meeting before rush week to hear well-meant advice: Eat well, sleep well, and be natural. Persuasion and Outstretched Hands PI PHI ' S ENTERTAINED at the Merry-go-round partles Tall ranged from summer (obs to suntans; fr:n ■■■!■■ TENSION DECREASED as the old stand-by, the rush booklet, provided informality at the Delta Chi House. Spilliiii puiKh oil ail .utivc . . . forgetting to Icaxc a name card . . . Iiailing a cab in the rain . . . lighting a cigarette with haiui extemleti 400 girls can now huigh at these memo- ries of rusli week. But at the time, it was serious business. 19

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BEDLAM replaced the ..„,:.::, of rush week as the boys gathered to see who pledged what house. SIGMA ALPhiA EPSILON changed rushees Info pledges during ceremonies following bidding. Active pins would replace pledge pins in the spring. Then, Preference, Pledging and Pins . . . NEW Gamma phi pledges, still grasping their bids, join the group of screaming, laughing sisters. After pledging ceremonies, and calls home, elated spirits permitted little sleep that night.