Word: rowes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fence Club, have abandoned their national associations. Somewhat embarrassed by the pedestrian character of these national connections, several fraternities have made abortive attempts to become independent, and two others are about to try to denationalize. The financial and doctrinal pressure of the national chapters rankles on "fraternity row," and St. Elmo's, for example, declared itself independent after the mother chapter deplored its snobbishness and disrespect of frat pins...
After a brief tantalization period, rushing begins, in dead earnest. The first two evenings are "open nights," when rushees are to go to all houses. Due to the splendid turnout (this fall there were 450 sophomores alone), the applicants are first sorted alphabetically, with half going to the "on row" houses one night--and the "off row" houses the next. As the fraternities already have about a hundred brothers, the numbers involved become rather formidable, but everyone has his name on his lapel, drinks beer, and gets to know everyone else. Grinning desperately, everyone tries to be shoe. The third...
...taking advantage of him. Friends at the club, a fellow who had roomed down the hall freshman year, a ex-girl friend--their voices and waving arms pursued him like Furies as he fought his way to a seat beside Sebbie, who had wasted no time in finding Row L., Seat...
Should Brown win this afternoon, it will mark the first time that it has taken four in a row from the varsity, as a dramatic tie in 1954 preceded the current Brown streak. The only other time in the past that the men from Providence managed to put three victories together...
David Holmes should spark the offense from his fly-half position, and Graham Russell anchors the back row of the pack...