At good old Siwash . ion, and the other frats were mad with took every man we wanted the next fall beforethe authorities put a stop to the scheme. That showsyou just how repugnant the idea of being initiatedis to the green young collegian. Of course, fraternity initiations are supposed to beconducted for the amusement of the chapter and notof the candidate. But you cant always entirely tellwhat will happen, especially if the victim is huskyand unimpressionable. Sometimes he does a littleinitiating himself. And that reminds me that Istarted out to tell a story and not to give a lect
At good old Siwash . ion, and the other frats were mad with took every man we wanted the next fall beforethe authorities put a stop to the scheme. That showsyou just how repugnant the idea of being initiatedis to the green young collegian. Of course, fraternity initiations are supposed to beconducted for the amusement of the chapter and notof the candidate. But you cant always entirely tellwhat will happen, especially if the victim is huskyand unimpressionable. Sometimes he does a littleinitiating himself. And that reminds me that Istarted out to tell a story and not to give a lectureon the polite art of making veal salad. Did I evertell you of the time when we initiated Ole Skjarseninto Eta Bita Pie, and how the ceremony backfiredand very nearly blew us all into the discard ? !No ?Well, dont get impatient and look in the back ofthe book. I 11 tell it now and cut as many cornersas I can. As I have told you before, Ole Skjarsen was a littleslow in grasping the real beauties of football There wasnt a college anywhere around us that didnt haveOles hoofmarks all over its pride Page 33 Initiating Ole 33 It took him some time to uncoil his mind from theprinciples of woodchopping and concentrate it onthe full duty of man in a fullbacks position. Henearly drove us to a sanitarium during the process,but when he once took hold, mercy me, how he didprogress from hither to yon over the opposition! Hewas the wonder fullback of those times, and at theend of three years there was nt a college anywherethat didnt have Oles hoofmarks all over its , he was a darling. To see him jumping sidewaysdown a football field with the ball under his arm,landing on some one of the opposition at every jumpand romping over the goal line with tacklers hangingto him like streamers would have made you want tovote for him for Governor. Ole was the greatest manwho ever came to Siwash. Prexy had always beenconsidered some personage by the outside world, buthe was only a bump
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