Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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Wet Behind The Ears ABOVE: John O ' Neil gets ready for the week ahead, or picks up the pieces from the week before. LEFT: Debbie Matthews and Becky Fox stroll home from dinner. 8

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Homecoming candidate Claudia Herr in tall parade. Delta Zeta ' s Liz Sampson and Kathy Conley introduce ttieir sorority ' s float. CENTER: Romance Watson and Wayne Peel pick up a new pledge. Sororities are assembled in their re- spective chapter rooms, eager to see the list of their new sisters. As the president reads the names, she is stopped by cries of I can ' t believe we got her, or I want her for my daughter, or for those who pledge another sorority, I really hope she is happy. After the list is read, the sororities run to Jeffers and then to Shaw. The actives carry blazers, shirts, or anything that a new pledge can wear to show she is part of the group. Behind closed doors, freshmen nervously await their bids. They can hear cries of Go Greek as the sororities get closer to the dorm. When the pledges walk through the door and see their new sisters, all their doubts disappear. Each looks at all those girls who want her to be a sister and suddenly, she feels very special. The week of rush is over, final decisions have been made, and the confusion of pledge days begin. H Bille Pearce (79) Tara Marsfi and Bonnie Russell suffer from nervous energy. 7

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standing m line isn ' t so bad when you consider the people you meet. Preshmen generally have a different perspective of tfie college tfian the more sophisticated upperclassmen. The girls on the hill, in particular, see the campus from another point of vievi . The Jeffers girls ' first impressions of Westmin- ster ranged from yuck to cute and quiet, but included pretty and friendly. Most like the college even better now. Peggy Fawcett said, It ' s not the private prep-type Bible school I thought it was. Living in Jeffers has occasionally been incon- venient for some of the girls. Vicky Perkins explains, I don ' t get to the library as much. Peggy Fawcett added that the girls get more exercise which means we can eat more without gaining weight. The girls agree that they have developed closer relationships than they would have had in Shaw. The most exciting event of the year was pledging, according to nearly all the girls. They enjoyed both sorority and fraternity pledge days. Ginny Conklin remembers a leaf battle in the fall as the craziest thing she has done this year. One girl, who wished to remain anonymous, said the craziest thing she has done was to stay at a bar until 4:30 a.m. on a school night. Goodbye High School Days! g] R.A. Mitch Stipanovich leads the troops back from Russell— the freshman dining hall.