Word: fratting
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...Because of this, the competition for certain outstanding prospects has been vicious in the past. Now, however, the fraternities have formed a strict honor code which must be observed in dealing with freshmen. Some of the examples: A first semester freshman cannot double date with a frat man or pledge, he can not go on a picnic with frat men, or go to the movies with a frat...
Under no circumstances, though, will the Leverett man be forced, of even encouraged, to mingle with anyone, even tutors. "Organized goodfellowship" has no place in the Hutch. Men stick together in rather tight groups. One beer party a term provides the only manifestation of frat-type spirit...
...Here," said the frat men, "I'll explain it." He walked the boy over to a chair and sat down. He began reading out loud, and the boy walked away. After a while, he stopped reading out loud...
...compared their shirts. "No," said the fat boy, "they aren't." He started wrestling with the other. The frat man pulled them apart, and went back to the piano. They started wrestling again...
...Only deserves credit for a sensitive exposition of what goes on during pledge period at a frat college. It traces the course of a student through the multiple senseless humiliations and 'stunts' of "hell Week," culminating in "Hell Night." Blindfolded and dressed in sacks, the initiates are led to a sacred spot where they go through the standard candle-light mumbo-jumbo routines. Then as a final test of his worthiness, one pledge is asked to sacrifice a dog. He refuses, and subsequently starts a campus revolt against "Hell Week" with the aid of a sympathetic professor (Paul Henreid). Those...