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with each other. When, after a week, we were beginning to find ourselves, show signs of in- dividuality and had a beaten path to the girls' dormitories, all was submerged by the inunda- Bewilderment, informality, excitement- the beginning of a new life tion of upper-classmen. Under the new order the boys became "rats" and were humiliated Let X equal the potentiality of the class of daily under the authority of one who was too '44 as we arrived on a beautiful campus that small to look over the praesidium as he issued had already begun to accept the first colorful the "rat rules" from the stage of Smith Hall. tinges of autumn. To find our unknown quan- Classes started out in keen competition with tities seemed to be the plan of the Freshman outside activities; every afternoon we could Orientation Program. We spent most of our see footballs rise from amidst a group of days that first week "being solved" through white-jersied varsitymen and soar lazily over various tests, while at night we played at tile gridiron ... We cheered and yelled and parties, receptions, and became acquainted sang for victory until our voices were trans- formed into a monotone ... all for W. M. C. Socially, we hit our stride when the sopho- mores broke down and gave us the Fresh- Soph Hop. Previously, however, we had long been exponents of the novel nine o'clock date. Then came the Homecoming and the Christmas dances ... the Military Ball ... the bright spangle and glitter of the Pan Hell. But the Christmas dance stands out especially because it was on the eve of our first vacation, and we were, oh, so happy and excited!