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114 inspired by his eagerness to be completely eligible A good fraternity would put the seal of aristoi racy on him; it would mean everything to the “ol lady.”

For the first three nights of the rushing seaso the fraternities held open house for all freshmei but during the last three nights no freshman W2 supposed to enter a fraternity house unless invitee

The first three nights found the freshmen trave ing in scared groups from fraternity house to fr: ternity house, sticking close together unless rathe vigorously pried apart by their hosts. Everybod was introduced to everybody else; everybody trie rather hopelessly to make conversation, and near] everybody smoked too much, partly because the were nervous and partly because the “smokes” wei free.

It was the last three nights that counted. Bot Hugh and Carl received invitations from most <f the fraternities, and they stuck together, religious! visiting them all. Hugh hoped that they woul “make” the same fraternity and that that frate nity would be Nu Delta. They were together .4 consistently during the rushing period that tlj| story went around the campus that Carver and P ters were “going the same way,” and that Carv<‘ had said that he would n’t accept a bid from arj fraternity unless it asked Peters, too.

Hugh heard the story and could n’t understar