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There are other various and sundry things the Plebe must do but there is little of the old system of hazing left. We mean physical hazing. "Mental hazing" by means of trick questions is done, but even this is not considered hazing for it is done in the spirit of fun. No upperclassman will ever touch a Plebe. It just isn't done, as it was twenty or thirty years...
...Plebe must always be ready to answer any question that comes his way. And some of the questions that are asked. The common ones are: "Where are you from?" "What is your P. C. S.?" (Previous condition of servitude), and several others concerning his past history and present status. However the majority are usually dumb or startling, tending to make the Plebe give a dumber answer...
...recognition system" is what governs plebe life. From the day he enters until immediately after Graduation Parade, the Plebe acts as a pledge to a fraternity would during initiation week. He is not known by, nor does he know the upper classes. That is, as a whole. He is called "Mr.----" and refers to individuals of the upper three classes as "Mr.----" also. However; he may be "recognized" by any men who desire to know him. When he is recognized, the Plebe is placed on a social equality basis with the man whom he now knows and no longer sprinkles...
This is a great boon to Plebe life, this individual recognition, for it usually means that the Plebe is taken under the wing of some upperclassman who helps him out of difficulties and gives him advice. When the Plebe "goes deficient"--is below average--in academics, he usually goes to his predecessor, a man from the same town or district, and gets coaching or council on what...
...academics of the Fourth Class Year do not sound difficult. They consist of advanced algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, plane analytic geometry, French and English. The Plebe has two subjects a day, Math and French or English, alternating. He also has physical training each day, but this does not require outside preparation. However, even if these subjects do not seem hard to those on the outside, they are, and this is what makes them so. Before the Plebe entered here, in other schools he spent most of the time in classes, being instructed...