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Permit No. 217
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Non-Profit OrganizatioD
Special Greek Issue
VOLUME XIV NUMBER 6
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1973
Does Anybody Remember Homecoming?
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MISS DIANNE WILLIAMS, Homecoming Queen, with her escort,
Mr, Dennis Custiss.
Forty days is not such a
long time , . , or is it? Does
anybody rememberwhoyoudat-
ed forty nights ago? Think
back to a Thursday in Novem
ber and a Saturday in Decem
ber and try picturing an event
named Homecming, You re
member, that weekend colleges
have once a year. Let’s see ,, ,
it started that Thursday night
when the SocialCommissiongot
together and had a band called
“The Embers”, Remember?
Not too many people showed up
but those that did got a grade A
education in good old fashioned
happy music. Some people
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didn’t show up because they tho
ught "the Embers” were dead.
They weren’t. They were bet
ter than ever.
If memory serves us cor
rectly the next twenty four hours
were devoted to private affairs
of the first magnitude and then,
on Saturday morning, the ho
norable men of Alpha Delta Chi,
Nu Gamma Phi, and Sigma Ome
ga and loyal followers gathered
at the men’s dorms to take part
in the Fourth annual bed race.
It was, it seems, a little clos
er race this year with Nu Gam
ma Phi winning in the end. The
yearly celebration ensued.
We lost the basketball game.
But the Homecoming Court
was, as always, introduced at
the half. That night the Queen
and her Maid of Honor were to
be crowned.
Saturday night finally came,
and with it came the Homecom
ing dance and “Mainstream.”
It was a little more crowded
Saturday night. Everyone dan
ced. And drank.
Finally, forty days ago, the
Court was re-introduced. Nan-
ci Wilson, ADXSweetheart, was
crowned Maid of Honor.
MESS NANCI WILSON, Homecoming Maid of Honor, with her es
cort, Mr. John M. Morrison.
There was, of course, great
rounds of applause from the men
in green. Then, the hall went
quiet — e>(cept for a few na
turally confident members of
Nu Gamma Phi. The M.C. fum
bled with the envelope, finally
got it opened, and gave the
name to Ernistine Pittman, last
year’s Queen, She smiled, and
announced the new Queen. It
was Dianne Williams, Sweet
heart of Nu Gamma Phi,
The dancing started again,
everybody happy and scroung
ing around for one last cup of
ice. It ended, spanning, if you
want to be technical about the
whole thing, the months of No
vember and December. It was
forty days ago. Have you re
membered who you dated yet?
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Nu Gamma Phi, Alpha Delta Chi, and Slg:ma Omega Fraternities are off for the start
of the fourth annual Bed Race,
Campus Greeks Announce Rush Plans
The two week rush period be
gins January 24 for the five
Greek systems on the Wesley
an campus, The first week, Ja
nuary 15th through the 19th,
will involve the fraternities;
the second week, January 22nd
through the 26th, will involve
the sororities.
Organization for the respec
tive one week rush periods be
gan prior to the Christmas
holidays. During this time,
each fraternity and sorority
established their formal rush
program. No individual Greek
member may entertain any pro
spective rushee outside of his
established rush program. Each
system has the right to choose
when they “Go invitational” at
which time the parties given are
closed- A rushee may attend
only with a personal invitation.
At the first open house, which
is usually in the respective
lounges, a rushee will sign his
name to a guest book. From
this list of rushees, the Bro
therhood or Sisterhood will se
lect those that will receive fu
ture invitations. As the week
progresses, the list will be
come more selective. At 2:00
a.m. on Saturday, January 20th,
for the fraternities and Satur
day, January 27th, for the so
rorities, silent period will be
gin. This is a period when
members of a Greek system
must refrain from any commu
nication with the rushees. Dur
ing this time each potential
rushee will be voted on by the
Brotherhood or Sisterhood;
bids for pledging will be sent
out to the rushees on Monday,
January 22, for the fraternities
and Monday, January 29, for
the sororities by the IFC Fa
culty Representative, Silent
period will last until 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, the 23rd and Tuesday,
the 30th, or until the bids are
accepted. The purpose is to
allow time for a prospective
pledge to decide whether or not
he or she desires to affliate
with a particular fraternity or
sorority. Tuesday^J&nuary23,
marks the first official day of
pledging for the fraternities;
Tuesday, January 30th, marks
the first official day of pledg
ing for the sororities. Pledge
period can last a maximum
of ten weeks and usually lasts
from si' to eight weeks. The
pledges are voted on again at
the end of this period, and, if
they are passed and they accept,
they go through an initiation.
Alpha Delta Chi, the oldest
Greek system on campus begins
its Rush Week with an open
house in their lounge on third
floor. South Hall, They will
close rush for Tuesday night
and go invitational, John Mor
rison, president of Alpha Delta
Chi described rush as “A for
mal invitation to the campus
to find what the Greek systems
have to offer,”
Nu Gamma Phi also starts
off its rush on Monday night
with an open house in their
lounge, located on third floor.
South Hall, On Tuesday night
there will be an open beer par
ty at Reese’s Tavern after the
basketball game, Wednesday
night will be closed and seri
ous rushing will begin, Jeff
Hagland, President, said, “The
Brotherhood of Nu Gamma Phi
feels that rush is a time to
make new friendships, and so
we cordially invite you to stop
by our lounge on Monday night
and get acquainted with us,”
Sigma Omega will hold their
third rush beginning January
I5th, They will begin with open
lounge on third floor Edgecombe
on Monday night, Tuesday night
holds in store a party at the
Boat Club; Wednesday night
will be invitational with a clos
ed function, George Blanchard,
president of Sigma Omega,
hopes “To acquaint the non -
Greeks with Sigma Omega and
to aid the brothers to make se
lections for prospective pled
ges.”
Pi Epsilon will begin rush on
Monday night, January 22, in
their lounge located on the east
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