FRESHMAN HAZING AND RULES

Palaeopitus, sensing that the moment was ripe for Dartmouth to adopt a more mature attitude toward the freshman class, decided to abolish all freshman hazing, with the exception of the Delta Alpha parade between the halves of the Norwich game. Shortly afterwards all freshmen rules were taken off except for the wearing of the pea-green cap and winter toque. Alumni who hate to see these old traditions broken must realize that Dartmouth though famed for its liberalism has long held a back seat in this matter. There is hardly a college in the east that still clings to hazing, and considering the more mature character of the average student entering College we feel that such a step forward was expedient. Henceforth Eliza will no more cross the ice followed by her cruel bloodhounds, sophomores will no longer play tennis with lowly freshmen and the paddle will remain a part of its mother tree. The reaction to this step of Palaeopitus was for the most part in its favor; a few restless sophomores attempted to rebel, but the majority of the undergraduate body accepted the change as advisable. For supervision Palaeopitus appointed senior and sophomore chairmen for each dormitory and permitted the freshmen to draw up their own plans for the Delta Alpha parade. The result was successful; the parade was one of the most ingenious in years and the freshmen as usual enjoyed it more than anyone else. In withdrawing rules the same reasoning was followed. The pea-green caps were left as a means of unifying the freshman class for their own good.