At good old Siwash . another day he will have on thepledge colors of another fraternity and will be lostto you forever and ever and ever, and then some —what is losing a mere girl to some other fellow com-pared with that ? Of course I realize now that, evenif a Freshman does join another frat, you can eventu-ally get chummy with him again after college daysare over if you find him worth crossing the street tosee; and I find myself lending money to Shi Deltsand borrowing it from Delta Whoops just as freelyas if they were Eta Bites. But somehow you dontlearn these things in time to save your poo
At good old Siwash . another day he will have on thepledge colors of another fraternity and will be lostto you forever and ever and ever, and then some —what is losing a mere girl to some other fellow com-pared with that ? Of course I realize now that, evenif a Freshman does join another frat, you can eventu-ally get chummy with him again after college daysare over if you find him worth crossing the street tosee; and I find myself lending money to Shi Deltsand borrowing it from Delta Whoops just as freelyas if they were Eta Bites. But somehow you dontlearn these things in time to save your poor oldnerves in college. When I was in school the Alfalfa Delts, the SighWhoopsilons and the Chi Yis were giving us a hor-rible race. I m willing to admit it now, though I dhave fought Jeffries before doing it ten years fall was one long whirlwind. The Presidentof the United States in an ofiice-seekers conventionwould have had a placid time compared with theEreshmen. We did nt exactly use real axes on each. Naturally I was somewhat dazzled Page 147 The Greek Double Cross 147 other and we didnt actually tear any Freshman intwo pieces, but we came as near the limit as wascomfortable. No frat was safe for a minute withits guests. If you tried to feed em there was kero-sene in the ice cream. If you entertained them somefrat with a better quartet worked outside the you took them out to call the parlor would fill upwith riffraff in no time; and if you took your eyeoff your victim for a minute he was gone — someother gang had got him. I sometimes think someof the crowds knew how to palm Freshmen the way;magicians do, from the way they disappeared. Even the girls took a hand in it. When I was aSophomore I was intrusted with the task of leadinga Freshman three blocks down to Browning Hall tocall on one of our solid girls, and before I had gonea block two Senior girls met us. They were bareacquaintances of mine, being strong Delta , and they usually managed
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