University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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' Certainly not. we ' re not allowed to drink! ' Putting the Best Foot Forward spit, polisli and shine it ' s rushing time again After the hectic routine of registration and assisting the many Freshmen in becoming familiar with the campus, everyone takes time out to rest and realize that yipes, Fm in college . Everyone, that is, except the Greeks who have been lining up prospects. Then comes the formal rushing season and the festivities really begin. During the day all is quiet and serene, but at night the town really goes wild. The fraternity houses are opened to all prospects, and the sororities have sent ambassadors to their favorite fraternity where they act their glamorous, sophisticated best, helping the fraternity captivate its share of 800 men. ' Slim, don ' t go! He ' ll shoot vou in the back! '

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' . . . if we isnore him hell .» aw av . . . . likf ou 1(1 iiit ' ft Chip, arid Helen, and Pete over here . . . ' It ' s All Part of the Game dances to doorbell-ringing, Greeks have a busy week Black dresses, frozen smiles, the formidable receiving line — Sorority Hushing is here again! Karly in Se|)teml)er. sorority women return to the campus to plan and prepare for the mad rush season which inaugurates the coed ' s social year. Bright-eyed rushees begin memorizing Emily Post and making mental notes on witty conversational to|)ics in the hope that they will make the right impression on the riglil group. The results, liowever, are just com- pensation for the nerve racking week. Gone are the frozen smiles, forgotten arc the moments near insanity, and life goes back to normal. Ami are )U a home ee major too. ' iiiddle ij|j arul dnn I lie Muikkik . .

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Dr. F.lkiiis watclifs a uiie blonde gives anolliur a bouquet of roses, before the aiiie begins. Color, and Then Some first home game proves it ' s fall again The start ol aiiollicr year — and with it coincs the cohir lliat is foolliall. the riotous pep rallies and — this year — Hurricane Hazel. More quee!is are erowneil. more eijjhl o ' elocks are cut, more nights are spent at tlie grill and all too soon Maryland settles down to the academic and social rctutine of another st ' iuester. But liiis semester, like the ones that ha e come before it, is somehow a little different. There are the new faces to know, the new names to remember and new friends to make. . ' Vnother year has started. . . . and a hurricane -tipiiiiid li braving a soggy field, the l aiul niarches on. 22