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MRS. ARMSTRONG served at the All-Girl Club
tea.
THERE ARE twelve men's social clubs and thirteen
women's social clubs chartered at Harding. Some
have existed almost since the college was founded,
while others have been organized in more recent years
as the enrollment increased. Each student has the
opportunity to belong to a club if he or she wishes
to do so, with membership in each club regulated by
the annual enrollment to insure approximately equal
size among clubs.
To the newcomer on campus the long list of
social clubs merely creates a bewildering array of
names, colors, and symbols and only by much observation
and many questions does the solution evolve.
During the six-week period at the beginning of
each semester new students and old have the opportunity
to become acquainted before club choices are
made. This year the girls' clubs had open house in
the dormitory and later an all-girl reception at the
Rendezvous to meet the new girls, but the boys were
content to advertise through club get-togethers and
"bull sessions."
GETTING acquainted at the tea.
New students turned in their club preferences,
club meetings were held, and bids went out on a
Monday morning. Excitement grew as students returning
from a weekend at home crowded the student
center in order to get their mail, and instructions
and special pledging equipment were passed out that
evening from solemn pledge masters. Tuesday morning
began at an early hour for all, and an endless
number of hats, pins, jackets, and "extras" in colorful
display were seen by the larger-than-usual number
of students at breakfast.
Pledge week is sometimes as hectic for the old
club members as the pledges ... having to get up at
6 a.m. to take them to breakfast, trying to look stern
when it's such a temptation to laugh, and racking the
brain for chores to keep them busy. Of course there
are conpensations on both sides - probably more
venetian blinds are dusted that week than all year
combined, and the dating season is definitely "on."
GRACIE had fun -
Yvonne got wet!
BIRD'S EYE VIEW of the Sub T cabin.