Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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year ' s Rush work, and wc have been slapped in the face by the fucuhy ' s decision. According to the predictions of IFC President Mark Farley, Rush under the SAC will probably take place ne xt September over a two week period. Farley said, Rush next year will be a little bit longer with more opportunities for the freshmen to get to know the upperclassmen. In addition, it has been suggested that freshmen in- itially delay their formal pledgeship until the be- ginning of second semester. Under this prop- osal, freshmen who received bids would part- icipate in their prospective fraternities as social members until their eight to ten week pledgeship commenced in January. It has also been sugges- ted that eligibility for pledgeship be contingent upon a mandatorv GP.A requirement. Opp. page right: Freshman Chris Boone learns what it means to tear. Above left: KA ' s round up the next group of freshmen for an open house. Above right: Pi Phi seniors Marc Gordon, Lester Coe, and Brad Shaw smile for the camera. Left: Betas celebrate a new pledge class their way. Below right: Registration for Open Houses in the Gilliam-Davis Quad. Opp. page left: Southern gentlemen Bill Leitner, Wright Ledbetter, and Floyd Murray Buck Wiley flash a grin to attract potential Phi Delts. Rush KT 23

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Getting the Bid in ' 87 Rush l ' ».X7 may be renienibcrcd as the car- uppcrckissiiK ' n |oked, ' I ' ou ' sc had a v ,cek Id de- cide - Now Choose ' For the nieiiibers ol the Class ol 1441 . houever. the joke became more of a reahty with the accelerated rush schedule Wide-eyed freshmen arrived in Lexington on Sunday. September6. and by the end of the tirsi week of classes, many had registered for and attended nine open houses, participated in eight rush dates, and received bids for fraternity mem- bership. The women of the third coeducational class at Washington and Lee were also invited to participate in the rush activities. As Dean ol Students Lewis G. John noted, the women would not be eligible to affiliate with a frat- ernity . but would certainly have the same op- portunity as the young men to learn a great deal about the fraternity system and its contribution to the life of the campus. As a result of the shortened rush schedule, the no contact rule was expanded and revised this year to include freshmen women. The new rule slated. From the arrival of a freshman, male or female, in Lexington until after Rush Date 8. there shall be no contact by chapter members with the treshman except at times and places stipulated in the Rush Calendar. Many fresh- men joined the upperclassmen in opposition to this regulation. As freshman Billy Hirschman put It. It ' s hard for us to get to know the houses or s hat the guys are like, so we end up going by v hat we ' ve heard. Upperclassmen suggested that the time factor, in addition to the rule, en- couraged rumors and dirty rushing. The fresh- men coeds also voiced their discontent w ith the rule. Freshman Laura Dodge said. Theoretic- ally, the No-Contact justly and equally applies to both men and women, yet I have difficulty fin- ding acceptable reasons for not allowing any contact between freshmen women and up- perclassmen . the women may say something sub|ecti e to a fellow freshman, but since Rush occurs the first two weeks of school, how well could the freshmen know each other anyway ' . ' Several fraternities were punished for violat- ions of rush regulations by the Judicial Board of the Inter-Fratemity Council, The majority of the rush offenses were alcohol-related, or were the result of excessive noise. In order to eliminate some of the problems that were encountered dur- ing rush this year, the IFC established two man- datory seminar programs to educate the fresh- men who pledged a fraternity. One seminar focused on alcohol aw areness and the other dealt more specifically with the IFC Constitution. The September 24th issue of the Riiii; Turn Phi men- tioned the IFC ' s hope that informing the pledges of their obligations as fraternity members would cut down on the problems associated w ith rush in the future. In spite of all the apparent problems. Rush ' 87 was a success with approximately 68 percent of the freshmen pledging a fraternity. The Oct. 1 . 1987 Phi reported that Phi Delta Theta and Pi Kappa Alpha each received 25 pledges. Kappa ■Mpha 23, Sigma Alpha Epsilon 20, Phi Kappa Sigma and Phi Gamma Delta 17, Phi Kappa Psi 16. Pi Kappa Phi 15. Beta Theta Pi 14, Kappa Sigma ? . Sigma Chi 1 1, Chi Psi 7 and Sigma Nu 7, Lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon 5. andZetaBetaTau4. Delta Tau Delta was put i)n probation throughout rush due to an un- fortunate incident that occurred at a summer rush party. The Delts. however, did conduct a suc- cessful second term rush. Looking ahead to Rush 1488. there will again be some changes made in the existing rush fomiat. The first of these changes was initiated by the Washington and Lee faculty, who voted on February I. 1988, to remove the Inter- Fratemity Council from the rush scheduling pro- cess The Student Affairs Committee will now i handle all decisions regarding next Fall ' s rush ' calendar. Fraternity members were understand- ably outraged. Senior Phi Kapp President Tommy McBride expressed in a February 1 1th ' ;; editorial that he. along with the other six- teen house presidents and the members ot the IFC (have) busted (our) tails making this past 22 Hush n:

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Half-time Win for W L ! ! ! W L Undergraduate is Crowned Homecoming Queen Homecoming 1987 was mixed with many wins and losses for W L as warm temperatures and sunny skies made the day ideal for ail out- door events. Concerts, receptions, games and parties made the weekend complete for students, alumni, and guests. The football game against the Maryville Scots was tough and close. The Generals dominated in the first half; freshman Carter Quayle started the scormg with a field goal m the first quarter. Sophomore quarterback Philip Sampson passed to senior tailback Chris Coftland for the games tlrst touchdown. At the end of the first half, the Generals led by 17-3. The Scots made a comeback and continued scoring in the second half. Sampson felt the game went the way a lot did in the season. We had a good chance to win but didn ' t come up with the right plays, offensively or defensively, It was a disappointing loss at a score of 24-14, A win for Washington and Lee did come at half-time as junior Catherine Christian was crowned Homecoming Queen. Catherine, from Chapel Hill, N C , represented the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and was escorted by their pres- ident Reese Lanier. A member of the first class of women at W L, Catherine made history as the first student selected as queen. She stated, I was very surprised and also tlattered. As traditionally done, the announcement was made by Chemistry Professor Keith Shillington and followed by a kiss. The first runner-up was Kappa Sigma ' s representative Shannon Bos; the 2 I i lomccomiii : second runner-up was Sigma Phi Epsihni ' s re- presentative Mary Austin Dardon. The men ' s cross country team narrowly defea- ted Catholic University, 28-27. Washington and Lee ' s top placing runners were co-captain Scott Rippeon, Bill Clark. Larry Pilkey, and co- captain Rick Norris. The women ' s cross country team travelled to a state meet in Newport News; Anne Geary was the team ' s top runner. The women ' s soccer team played Randolph- Macon - Ashland and lost 5-0. Despite three ictories the week before, the men ' s soccer team was defeated by Messiah College The men ' s tennis team sponsored an In- vitational Tournament competing against David- son College, James Madison University, and Ohio Wesleyan University. Bobby Matthews and David McLeod won first rank doubles, John Morris won fifth rank singles.