Theyr'e Nabbed For Inspection

They're Nabbed for Inspection

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Frats On the Look Out For the Freshies.

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"The Rushing Season"

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It Is Now in Dead Earnest

--New Freshmen Constantly Arriving.

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The "rushing" season among the fraternities is now on in dead earnest. Every train brings many new freshmen, who are nabbed for inspection by the frat boys. The Cook House register is examined and consulted constantly in the hope of finding expected men and every train is visited with carriages, and everything done to overawe and impress the unsuspecting "freshie."

Of course, one freshman may be on the list of several fraternities, which have had their eyes on him for years, and then comes the fraternity warfare and squabble over the man. If one frat. gets hold of him they royally entertain him and endeavor to keep him away from the others and sometimes "bid" and "pledge" him before he has a chance to see the other crowds.

Other freshmen in similar circumstances are sometimes wiser and insist on meeting the other crowds in order to have a choice in the matter. In such an event the contesting fraternities strain every effort to entertain the best and there is no end to dinners, drives, and smooth talk. Of course, much of this is eliminated when the freshman comes to Ann Arbor already "pledged" to some frat.

A freshman is usually judged by the standard of the fraternity which is after him. Some fraternities might not want him at all, while others would be crazy for him. Then, too, the character of a fraternity is determined by its alumni. The recommendations of a poor alumni will of course average far below the recommendations of a good alumni composed of stirring, sturdy men of the world. take it all in all fraternity boys live a life of happy contentment.