University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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Although George Neilson completed formal rush, he said that it was not his cup of tea, and that it should be more natural and relaxed. HA lot of the guys seemed put on, but some were sincere. HI haven't pledget yet, but I have one in mind which I really go for. If that falls through I don't know what I will do. George feels that too many freshmen ore rushed into pledging. A lot of them do for dating reasons. I know two guys who were cut oft by freshman girls because they didn't pledge. George said that the best thing to do is to wait until the end of the year so that you can look at all the pledge classes. HThese are the guys with whom you must live. George likes fraternities, because they have a lot of pride in what they do and feels that a fraternity can help you in many ways.

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Phil Niedermeyer completed formal rush but feels that informal rush is the best way to pick the house you like. The most important thing to Phil in choosing a house is the people in it, especially the pledge class. PhiI would pick a fraternity over an apartment for social reasons because he feels a fraternity gets you out on campus. PhiI feIt that studying would probably be better in an apartment, but that it you try, you can study any pIace. THREE STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED FORMAL RUSH Jack Ferguson is a iunior and can look at rushing with perspective because he went through it as a freshman two years ago. I look at things in a different way now. I used to care what the campus thought of a particular house, but now I don't care. I want to ioin the house which has my kind of person in it. Jack Iikes the fraternity system and sees a big advantage to it. HThe most important is that of getting to meet a lot of people and getting to know them well. All the other things are really trivial. Jack also likes the other advantage of being exposed to a wide range of ideas.

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THREE FRESHMEN WHO DROPPED FORMAL 2O RUSH Bob Bartlett was one of the three freshmen we inter- viewed who dropped out of formal rush. He says he wants to look around some more before deciding which fraternity to join it he does join. Formal rush didn't give him a chance to get to know the guys in each house. For Bob, he wants more than iust a bunch of smiling faces; he wants a real place to live without all the rift raft. The biggest benefit of a fraternity, Bob says, is friendship, although you can't expect to like everyone in a house. Bob is in the Honors College and says that he thinks fraternities are interested in good grades, and he sees no problem along this line. However, Bob does like to spend a lot of time doing the things he enioys on his own, and he regards fraternities as being supere fluous in their cooperative arrangements. Right now Bob doesn't think he will ioin a fraternity, but he is still going to look around, because he may find one he really likes. Joe Benz wants to get a better idea of what fraternity living is all about before he joins. Formal rush didn't tell him what he wanted to know, so he didn't ioin. He is still looking at three fraternities, however, and thinks that he will join one later on. Joe says that the guys are the most important reason for joining a house. While he likes to play around, Joe also knows the value of good grades and wants an even break in a fraternity between the two. Although he sees disadvantages to fraternity living, such as mandatory functions, Joe thinks that the ad- vantages are much greater. HYou can always rely on something to do on weekends, and you can get together and study for exams. All he could say about formal rush was simply that it was too rushed; and that about sums it up for everyone.