Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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GIVES EVERYONE FREE CUTS Activities of the day renlerefl arciuriH the Wake Forest- Maryland football game, but the pilgrimage to the neu campus with its half-finished buildings was a featured at traction. Box lunches provided bv inston alumni wen also a welcome sight to hungrx students «bo gobbled them up in a hurrv. Back on the old cani]uis uear students niar eled om-i the wonders of the new campus but soon settled down to the routines of life at Wake Forest. North Carolina, reflect- ing speculatively on the thoughts of when we get tc. Winston-Salem. . . . Human figures take on Lilliputmn propditiuns ni the vjistness of the interior of Wait Chapel. The new Wait Chapel— ma.- sivo, spaii.jii , l.iaiitiiiil. ajul diKinlii- ' l— i- l.i.at -.l at the heart of the caniijus. It is a symbol of the spirit and purpose of the college program. In the not-too-distant future, students gallu-rat tlll .■llapcla t lie steeple flock strikes ten.

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ANNUAL WINSTON PILGRIMAGE Winsldii-Salprn! l!e niilda! These are names tlial spell topia for Wake Forest students. Juniors and seniors are hardened to the fact that they will never attend the ' Hijnder mIi(.,,I. ' hul the soph knows he ' ll have a year there, while ihi ' frovh is assured he will spiMid at least two vears there. To kee]) the two names hefore the students and to famil- iarize them with the new campus, the administration has arned a secret — mass migration to Winston-.Salem once a year. 19.54 was no exception. One bright October the student body boarded a long line of Greyhound busses and journeyed toward Camel land. ADMIRING SPECTATORS VIEW THE BARE SKELETON OF A FUTURE WAKE FOREST COLLEGE BUILDING.

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SMOKE-FILLED ROOMS GREET FRESHMEN WHO GET RUSHED Fur ;i few iieekf ihi: fall fralciriilN liduse ' doors were opened wide, and rigaretles. potato iliips. cookies and watered-dowii punch welcomed uncertain freshmen and other inlereslerl students into glowing chapter rooms. These non- fraternil men u ho were seeking soiietN and friendship were c liMidril a protecting wing from chartered hrothcis who in turn sought fresli energy and thought to add new zeal lo tlieir fraternities. The perennial rushing was a beehive of interest as the brothers afforded an alluring glimpse into their fraternity life. Throughout the season the Greekdetter men kept the trophies shined. laid the chapter scrapbooks in conspicuous places, domied their best fraternity manners, and generally gilded the lily. Results: one hundred and sixtv-six jiledges. including a large number of upperclassmen. Worry and indecision pusMss | pcriivc plrdni ' ttliilf tlH Have a name tag, iplimcnts of the Sig ICps! Dan Poolc at- uker-guest.Oti.sSizemore, foridcntifiration. Dickie Hemric proudly cli-pl;i s thr l.:iskctli:ill lr.i|.li ol ihr Si(;iii;i Fraternity men like lo talk uvci k I prospects at smokers, and the Clii liMtcriiit to lu., ii.u plrd rs. .t.i.k FrMUM.ii :mmI .l;i(k W linlii. l,:onl.(];i ( ' his mh ' ii.M- r..pt i,,M :is ili.. discuss some of their rushees. l : ' LAMBDA c.