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I WhY;lre you going to do thnt? N I T PLEDGES I A T I o Nostalgic wishes for the comforts of their homes, rats and pledges alike, entered N into their initiation periods. The freshman sharing the discomfort of S pungent labs, the view of compulsory chapel service, and eye-opening book bills were soon entrenched in the college pro- gram. The swish of the paddle, moo of the cow, and squirm of the worm, brought to the campus an atmosphere of misery coupled with merriment. With the absence of Old Main, the Campus swarmed to the Winslow Student Center for evening skits and trials. Sorort- tie~ performed be,fore the student body reliving the days of the Can-can, ,1S well as demonstrating the "be,~tnik pad" in a spe- cial "pledge night" performance. Seniors reminisced of the "good old days" when they were pledges and concluded how gladly they would exchange places with the "rat" or the "pledge."