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February 8, 1968 THE TWIG Page Three Rush Week Brings Parties, Serenades, Decisions By JOY O’BERRY The dining hall menu featured blue gingerbread bears and yellow star-shaped cookies. The court was a maze of yellow and blue Streamers. The fountain sported alternately a yellow—and—^white goat and a scven-foot high bear. It was obvious that Rush Week had arrived. The activities began Tuesday, January 30, as singing Astros met the freshmen at breakfast. For the rest of the day, countless Astros surged upon freshmen inviting them to "let their Astro light shine.” Supper club signaled the climax of a busy day for the Astros. The chairman of the supper club, Shaa Pruitt, had planned a visit to Star dom. Undoubtedly, such celebrities as a balloon-inflated Mamie Van Doren, played by Susan Cameroo; Meredith’s own Mama Cass, Caro> lyn Halyburton; and a skipping, screeching Julie Andrews, por trayed by Mary Kathryn Moffitt, made many converts for the Astros. The Phis began early Wednesday morning as tliey distributed stuSed bears. In the afternoon the "‘guard* ian angels" quietly and anony* The Meredith biology departm«ii(, not the Hawaiian Islands, provided the hulu dancer for the Pbi iuau during Rush in the person of Mr. James Eads, Thi advisor. Here, Angie Pridgen looks on somewhat apprehensively as Mr. Eads goes throuRb bis roulim. Coo) if. Things could be v/orse. You could be out of ice-cold Coca-Cola. Coke has the refreshing taste you never get tired of. That's why things go better v^ith Coke, after Coke, offer Coke. mpusly l^ft goodies outside the door of the freshmen rooms. The Phi supper club, led by Carol Pnce and Izzie Eaton, also offered a variety of entertainment. A Swiss chalet was the setting for for such talent as Lynn Dodge’s attempts a$ a skier, Mrs. Jane Sullivan’s rendition of “Climb Every Mountain,” and Bet Garrett’s interpreUtion of a character known as Inspector Pierre Phi. The day ended wth the Phis’ serenading the freshnien at closing time just as the Astros had done the night before. Thursday was Co-operatioii Day, the mdisi ey^t being a party given by each society. At seven o’clock the freshmen centered the Astro- sphere to be entertained by the Astrojpops and three Astrostars. The highlight of the evening was a performaiice by the Rhythm Kids from the Governor Morehead School for the Blind. Mrs. Frank Grubby, Astro spon sor, expls^ed that this tradition had been started years ago when Meredith ^rls took musical instru ments out to (he school for the blind to give (9 ;^e children. This act resulted in ^e formation of a sing ing group kpown a$ "The Pop- sicles." Since then the group has retu^ied each year to entertain the Astros. As the freshmen left, they were awarded a certificate statmg that they had completed Flight no. 1 toward becoming an Astro. By teQ o’clock the Phis had trans formed Society Hall into an exotic island, the setting for the tradlUonal luau. Girl$ who had planned to become Astros a few hours earlier suddenly became Phis as they were greeted by boys who presented them with leis! In a short skit, Bet Garrett and Cindy Griffith por trayed two characters who had been “washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea” only to be entertained by some Phi talent. Judy Parks sang The Rhylbm KIda, instrumental and singing group from the Governor Morehead Schoc^ for the Blind, provided entertainment for the Astro Rush party on Coopera tion Day. Fr^men, transfers, AstrM, and dates enloyed tills traditioaal program la Society HaU. “Bali-Hi,” and Mr. Eads, dressed in a grass skirt, performed the hula. After an encore by Mr. Bads, Barbara Ann Perry did an "inter pretive” dance to a song entitled “Tattoed Woman." Her music was provided by Ann Sullivan, Peggy Timmerman, and Betty King. Finally, the freshmen retreated to their rooms and checked their clothes to make sure that they had a yellow blouse or a blue sWrt to wear the next day. Rush had ended, and the two societies could only wait for their decisions. Friday morning at seven o’clock the Astros and Phis lined on op posite sides of the court to watch as the freshmen peeled off raincoats to reveal either blue or yellow out fits and then ran to meet their new “sisters.” Their decisions became official during chapel when the freshmen marched to either the Astro or the Phi side of the audi torium. Phi president, Ann Crockett, remarked that each freshman seemed to be happy about her choice and then congratulated Betty Duckworth, the Astro presi dent, on the victory of the Astros. Then the streamer which had sep arated the two societies was broken, and the old and new Astros and Phis joined hands to sing the Alma Mater of a larger society, Meredith College. 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