The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 26, 1906, Page 1

to the recorder’s y. “Just keep red about. the “Not at they’ll answer you. e stuff that makes men “Good. training nd women, not softies. weren't fre come} And on they go, down the all, where the freshies first at the official card telling them whether a and joys of a college gourse are (o r else—oh, horrors! ~that they must return whenee they came and wait 2 while, If thelr credentials have been satisfactory, yet campus to Cali Jearn their fates, 't each and every one of us been through the Iz SUTTING TRESHAEN THROU A TFARE. DRIVL - +'o 3 X ssed a sufficient number of exam- e their cards to the ium fee. This rule women. . ‘1aese journeys mple opportunity to the class- » the babies, and they do it with a s ‘gymna ust 17, in Berkeley was a true Cali- he blue sky overhead shading off ze that shadowed the Golden Gate, mpus with its interlacing paths and shrubbery; the world-famous oaks with 1 branc ; the older buildings radiant g vines of scarlet and yellow and green; Hall, with its pure lines and whitish g the one light touch in the glorious m 8 till 5, the new students filed up and. down the broad central stairs. The great oblong ¢ in the center of the second floor was scene of a the shifting throng of boys and girls, d women from now on, if you please.: The lored walls and the dull oak panels formed background for the: dainty :drésses . and t summer suits. On one side of the court, the ation bureau and the recorder’s ioffice were ite “transfer points,” and on the other side the advisors and deans of the various colleges held open house. Conspicuous in" the court among' the st nts was “Prexy” Wheeler, gray-claq, intensely interested in the newcomers. ¢ They were a sight to hold the attention of 'the most passive observer. All ages, from the pigtailed ss in short dresses to, the staid lady, late fountain of knowledge at the district school; from the chubby- faced boy to the sedate grey beard. All sizes,,from the skinny 16-year-older to the husky athlete with his towering six feet of brawn. Every conceivable type was there. There was the man whose’ intellect asserted itself in a massive forehead bulging with shiny knobs. There was t»he’girl whose face, seemed all spectacles and chin, Thefe, was the city chap, borrowing confidence from his finely. tailored suit and good grooming., There was the summer girl ek £ e clad iz inunacuiate white from:head-to-toe., And with all these as a setting the farmer freshics stood out supreme in his greenness and happily unconscious of it; his trousers too light, too tight and far too short; his, coat either outgrown, or all too new; the browned face telling of days spent * in the open and® ey'?s worried, but honest and? steady. A i % Mingling among the freshmen were the sophis= ticated upper ; classmen, some representing the Christian associations, others - seeking to collect ' the annual dues of the student body..- Hawve you paid your associated Students’ dues?”’ asked one of. these of a.spry little - woman as she paused near the desk. § Yaig “Paid my student’s .dues? Yes, paid for three students—paid ;far: my, three ‘sons.”, Consterna- tion behind the desk! { sl £ Many of the, upper class students were there ‘to sort over the freshic material, for frat,rushing - begins: formally, with. matriculation dzy.,'an'd: the * eligible freshies haye;to 'be put through’ their social paces. Fo!fowiglg the first day, courses of luncheons,, dinners and theater parties are given, pledges are made, aspirants are voted on and desired ones elected. It's mighty hard for fresh- % men to retain the idea that they must be passive during this. continuous round of merriment; that. they are not supposed to return.favor for favor and ,courtesy: for courtesy. , But once in the fra- ternity, freshie is made to do time and pony up ° (Continued on Second. Pager) e FIAIDY 5 i fln" P JHOLDINT PR ToR. oT upEILT