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MAY. 1934

for Rushing Parties Are Novel

were many booths consisting of the usual and she had to stand and read her telegram
things found at a circus and the walls were aloud. Later fraternity songs were sung. At
hung with many bright colored blankets. Near about eight thirty o'clock we all went upstairs,
the door was a booth where one could get and enjoyed a short program, at the end of
paj)er money with which to gamble an after- which we gave each rushee a favor of a set
noon away. Next in line was the "bean bag" of miniature blown glass animals. Nine
contest. Everyone who threw" the bags into o'clock came too soon and the party ended.

the basket the first try received a miniature Epsilon Alpha finds "The Rushin' Drayma"

blue pillow with a large M stamped in white. impressive and amusing.
At the next booth was a "Test your strength"
contest. There was a nail placed in a wooden THE RUSHIN' DRAYMA

box, and the girl was to hit the nail, and if A one-act play by Marion Tomlinson and
the weight went to the top and rang the bell Frances Laubach ( E A ) .
(which the "barker" in the j>articular booth Characters: Three I Eta Pi's and three
held) she received a picture puzzle and a penny rushees. Girl to read prologue.
lollypop. Whom should be in the next booth
but the well known fortune teller with her Properties: Two stools. Twenty or thirty
gazing crystal, the crystal being a large silver
basketball won by a fraternity on campus. pennies. The three I Eta Pi's and the
You entered the gloomy tent, and knelt down Directions:
in front of this witch while she read the for- three rushees should appear to be everything
tune from the depths of her crystal. She told that isn't good fraternity material. They
many of our rushees the wonderful things should speak at all times in a very much ex-
aggerated tone of voice. The skit is first of
which were in store for them. Coming from all a farce and should be given as one.
the darkness of the tent we turned toward SCENE I
the "Nail Hitting" booth. Each girl had a
hammer, and tried three times to pound a nail PROLOGUE
down to the head in a wooden plank. If she
won her reward she got another U . of M. The Russian Drayma, as you know,
Is at this time in vogue; and so

pillow. The most excitement was aroused by
the "Dart Throwers" feat. Each girl tried
three times to hit the middle of a heart, which
was placed three feet away. Pen stocks with I K SHE SNIS tuE UISM SEAS »raxe&xv/9*p=£
pointed pens were used for arrows, and the
prizes were small red skins with white AOII S SHE WEAK THE KEO AND PCA2LS -
letters printed on them. The fun was near-
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ly over for we had only a few more surprises
for them. A small fishing pond was a novelty
with its strings, on the end of which packages r if
dangled in the water. Each package contained
a different kind of a trinket. Alice Sisco sat
in the booth nearby and cut out each one's
profile from white paper and pasted it on a
red packground. The last thing which we
came to was the "Guess Your Weight" booth.
Each girl was scrutinized closely by Mercena hV )
Larrabee, who guessed your weight, then
Weighed you, and if she did not guess cor-
rectly the subject won a large striped candy
stick. During all this time the exciting game
of Beano was going on, and many were ex-
claiming about their choice of prizes. Time
had passed so quickly that it was now time to
go downstairs to the banquet in the dining
hall. The room was decorated with red and
white crepe paper and jacqueminot roses. At
the head of the dining hall was placed large
lighted AOII letters. The fraternity col-
ors were carried out through the meal and it
was very effective. A fruit salad consisting
of a slice of pineapple, slices of peaches, strips
of bananas, and a cherry formed the AOII
letters with the ruby. During the meal hu-
morous telegrams were brought to each rushee
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