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AT OLIVET COLLEGE IN 1960 A HELL NIGHT HAZING PRANK OF THE
ADELPHIC FRATERNITY:
SINGING FRATERNITY AND SCHOOL SONGS IN UNDERPANTS AND
SHOES ONLY (SNOW ON GROUND) IN FRONT OF GIRLS' DORM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OLIVET
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00-00-1960
AT OLIVET COLLEGE IN 1960 A HELL NIGHT HAZING PRANK OF THE
ADELPHIC FRATERNITY:
BLINDFOLDED NUDE PLEDGE, STANDING IN SIX INCHES OF ICE
WATER, HAS HOT WAX DRIPPED ON HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OLIVET
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00-00-1960
AT OLIVET COLLEGE IN 1960 A HELL NIGHT HAZING PRANK OF THE
ADELPHIC FRATERNITY:
A BLINDFOLDED PLEDGE IS FORCED TO REGURGITATE FROM
EATING ALLUM-STUFFED PICKLES, OLIVES, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OLIVET
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00-00-1960
AT OLIVET COLLEGE IN 1960 A HELL NIGHT HAZING PRANK OF THE
ADELPHIC FRATERNITY:
BLINDFOLDED PLEDGE HAS AN ENCASED ELECTRIC SHAVER DRAWN
OVER DIFFERENT HAIRY PARTS OF BODY AND HAIR DROPPED
TO SIMULATE ACTUAL SHAVING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OLIVET
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00-00-1960
AT OLIVET COLLEGE IN 1960 A HELL NIGHT HAZING PRANK OF THE
ADELPHIC FRATERNITY:
BLINDFOLDED PLEDGE PICKS UP BANANA IN TOILET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OLIVET
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00-00-1960
SNIPE HUNT
YOU TAKE THE PLEDGES OUT AT NIGHT, WAY OUT INTO A WOODED
AREA. YOU GIVE THEM A FLASHLIGHT AND TELL THEM TO
CATCH A SNIPE BY SHINING THE FLASHLIGHT IN THE FACE
OF THE ANIMAL (WHICH PARALYZES IT) AND SCOOP IT UP IN A
BURLAP SACK. MEANWHILE, THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP LOSE
THEMSELVES IN THE WOODS, SNEAK UP ON THE PLEDGES AND
SCARE THE WITS OUT OF THEM!
Where learned: OHIO ; HIGH SCHOOL ; HISTORY CLASS ; HISTORY TEACHER ; LORAIN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
THE FIRST PERIOD OF TRAINING FOR THE JESUITS IS CALLED
THE "NOVITIATE." THE "FIRST PROBATION" IS HELD DURING THE
FIRST WEEK OF THE NOVITIATE. THE NEW MEN ARE ENTIRELY
EXCLUDED FROM ANY CONTACT WITH THE REGULAR JESUITS. THEY
EAT AT SEPARATE TABLES IN THE DINING ROOM, HAVE SEPARATE
PLACES IN CHAPEL, ETC. ONLY THREE JESUITS (CALLED
"GUARDIAN ANGELS") HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH THEM, ALONG WITH
THE MASTER OF NOVICES. AFTER THIS FIRST WEEK OF INTENSIVE
TRAINING IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE SOCIETY AND THE
PARTICULARS OF LIFE IN THE JESUIT ORDER AND THE HOUSE,
AND INTENSIVE SPIRITUAL TRAINING, THE MEN ARE ALLOWED
"FUSION"--CONTACT WITH OTHER JESUITS. THE LAST DAY
OF THIS FIRST PROBATION IS "CASSOCK DAY"--THE DAY WHEN
THE NEW MEN RECEIVE THEIR CASSOCKS. THIS DAY IS A
SURPRISE FOR THE NEW MEN, ALTHOUGH ALL OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNITY ARE AWARE OF IT. DURING ONE OF THE
REGULAR CLASSES THAT THE NEW MEN ARE ENGAGED IN (USUALLY
AT NIGHT), MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY STORM INTO THE
CLASSROOM CARRYING THE NEW CASSOCKS. USUALLY THERE IS
MUCH YELLING AND GENERALLY A PARTY-LIKE ATMOSPHERE.
EACH NEW MAN IS SHOWN HOW TO PUT ON THE CASSOCK, HOW IT
IS TO BE WORN, ETC. AFTER THIS, THERE IS A MASS IN
WHICH THE CASSOCKS ARE BLESSED. THIS IS USUALLY
FOLLOWED BY A LARGE PARTY, WHICH OFFICIALLY WELCOMES
THE NEW MEN INTO THE JESUIT ORDER. THE CASSOCKS ARE
NEW TO THE MEN RECEIVING THEM. ACTUALLY, THEY ARE
GENERALLY QUITE OLD, SOMETIMES BELONGING TO JESUITS
WHO HAVE DIED. ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY USUALLY
WRITE "CASSOCK-DAY NOTES" TO EACH OF THE NEW MEN,
WELCOMING HIM INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THE ORDER. THESE
NOTES ARE OFTEN QUITE FUNNY, AND SOMETIMES INCLUDE SOME
HUMOROUS REMARKS ABOUT THE LIFE OF CELIBACY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLARKSTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
JOE WORKS FOR A FIRM THAT SELLS DUPLICATORS. ONE OF THE
ATTACHMENTS THAT THEY HAVE FOR SALE IS FOR FEEDING VERY
THIN PAPER SUCH AS ONION SKIN INTO THE MACHINE WITHOUT
JAMMING. SINCE NOT ALL THEIR CUSTOMERS NEED SUCH AN
ATTACHMENT, IT HAS TO BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY. THE
STANDARD JOKE PLAYED ON NEW SALES HELP IS TO CONVINCE
THE SALESMAN THAT THIS ATTACHMENT IS ACTUALLY A PAPER
STRETCHER AND A VERY ECONOMICAL ASSET TO HIS CUSTOMERS
IF THEY WERE TO PURCHASE IT. THE EXPERIENCED SALESMEN
TELL THE NEWCOMER THAT THE PAPER MUST FIRST BE IMMERSED
IN WATER. THEN WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THE DUPLICATOR WITH
THIS ATTACHMENT ON IT, THE PAPER ELONGATES.
Submitter comment:
JOE SAID THAT THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED THIS TRICK,
THE SALESMAN ACTUALLY SOLD FIVE OF HIS CUSTOMERS THE
SO-CALLED "PAPER STRETCHERS" WHICH HAD TO BE CREDITED
OUT THE NEXT MONTH ONCE THE CUSTOMERS FOUND OUT THAT
IT WASN'T ALL IT WAS PIPED UP TO BE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
WHEN I WAS A CHILD I WAS A WEBELO (PERIOD BEFORE BOY
SCOUTS). TO BE INITIATED IN THE WEBELOES, THE NEW
MEMBER WAS TOLD TO GO IN THE GARAGE AND MILK THE GOAT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS A WEBELO, AND WHEN HE WAS TOLD TO MILK
THE GOAT, HE REFUSED BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT GOATS
WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BE KEPT IN THE CITY. THERE
WASN'T ANY GOAT IN THE GARAGE, IT WAS JUST A PUT-ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 11-10-1971
WATER LINE
THE NEW SEAMAN ABOARD SHIP IS ASSIGNED TO A "DECK
DIVISION." CHIEF BOSUN TELLS HIM ONE OF THE SHIP'S
BOATS IS LOOSE AND THEY NEED SOME LINE TO TIE IT
BACK UP TO THE SHIP. SO HE TELLS THE NEW SEAMAN TO
GO DOWN TO THE BOSUN LOCKER TO GET "TWENTY FEET OF
WATER LINE."
THE "WATER LINE" IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE WATER REACHES
ON THE BOAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAZEL PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEW SEAMAN ON SHIP
"CHARLIE NOBLE'S LEAVE PAPERS"
SOMEONE FROM THE PERSONNEL OFFICE WILL GO TO SEE A
NEW SEAMAN (USUALLY THE PETTY OFFICER DOES THIS).
HE'LL TELL THE NEW SEAMAN "CHARLIE NOBLE'S LEAVE
PAPERS ARE READY TO BE PICKED UP AT THE PERSONNEL
OFFICE." CHARLIE NOBLE IS IN HIS DIVISION SO HE
HAS TO FIND HIM. THE NEW SEAMAN LOOKS ALL OVER
AND NEVER FINDS CHARLIE, WHO DOESN'T EXIST OF COURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAZEL PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
"CHARLIE NOBLE" IS A NAME GIVEN TO VARIOUS IMAGINARY
FIGURES IN PRACTICAL JOKES PLAYED ON THE NEWEST SEAMAN
ON BOARD SHIP. ACTUALLY, CHARLY NOBLE IS THE
SMOKESTACK THAT COMES OUT OF THE SHIP'S GALLEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAZEL PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN A NEW SEAMAN COMES ABOARD SHIP THE OLD SALTS
TELL HIM TO STAND MAIL BUOY WATCH UP ON THE FOC-SOLE
(FORECASTLE). THE BRAND NEW SEAMAN IS SUPPOSED
TO WAIT FOR A "MAIL BUOY" THE SHIP WILL PASS AND
WITH A BIG BOAT HOOK REACH OUT TO GRAB THE MAIL
SACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAZEL PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE SEA BAT IS A VERY RARE NAUTICAL ANIMAL. THEY
AREN'T CAUGHT VERY OFTEN, BUT WHEN THEY ARE, THEY ARE
PUT IN A BOX. EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN AT SEA FOR
AWHILE HAS SEEN A SEA BAT, BUT IT'S STILL A REAL
OCCASION. WHEN YOU CATCH ONE, YOU PUT IT IN A BOX
ON THE STERN OF THE SHIP. SEA BATS DON'T LIVE VERY
LONG, SO YOU PASS THE WORD FOR ALL WHO HAVEN'T SEEN
ONE TO COME WHILE IT'S STILL ALIVE. ALL THE NEW
SEAMEN GO TO SEE THE BAT, WHICH IS UNDER A BOX WITH
TWO PEEPHOLES TO LOOK INTO. YOU HAVE TO GET DOWN
ON YOUR KNEES TO LOOK IN. OF COURSE, THERE'S NOTHING
IN THE BOX. THE NEW SEAMEN REALLY GETS RAPPED IN THE
BUTT.
Submitter comment:
BUT THERE REALLY ARE SEA BATS. THE INFORMANT SAW ONE
IN THE GOLDEN GATE PARK AQUARIUM. AFTER A LONG
BIOLOGICAL NAME, IT SAID "SEA-BAT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAZEL PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EACH SEMESTER, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER SCHOOL STARTS,
TAU KAPPA EPSILON HAS THEIR CARNATION BALL. IT IS A
PARTY DURING WHICH BIDS ARE HANDED OUT TO PROSPECTIVE
PLEDGES. EACH BOY TO WHOM THE FRATERNITY OFFERS
A BID IS TAKEN DOWNSTAIRS ONE AT A TIME. IF HE ACCEPTS
THE BID, HE COMES UPSTAIRS WEARING A RED CARNATION IN
HIS LAPEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
SIGMA PHI EPSILON INITIATION
DURING THE HALF HOUR INITIATION, ONE OF THE RITES IS
TO LAY THE FUTURE MEMBER ON HIS BACK AND WRITE
THE LETTERS SIGMA PHI EPSILON ON HIS BARE CHEST
IN LIGHTER FLUID. THIS IS THEN LIT AND IF THE
FELLOW IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A HAIRY CHEST, HE'LL
WEAR THE LETTERS FOR A FEW WEEKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
HELL'S ANGELS INITIATION (MOTORCYCLE CLUB)
WEAR THE SAME PAIR OF BLUE JEANS CONSTANTLY FOR
ONE YEAR. THEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE BOY SCOUTS HAVE AN HONORARY CAMPERS' SOCIETY
KNOWN AS "THE ORDER OF THE ARROW." EACH YEAR AT
SUMMER CAMP THERE WAS AN INTRICATE, TRADITIONAL
SERIES OF RITUALS THROUGH WHICH CERTAIN SELECTED
CAMPERS WERE INDUCTED INTO THIS ORGANIZATION. THE
SERIES WAS REPEATED IN WEEKLY CYCLES, AS NEW GROUPS
OF CAMPERS ARRIVED IN CAMP. THE RITUAL WAS DIVIDED
INTO THREE PARTS:
1. THE TAPPING CEREMONY: THIS TOOK PLACE AT A CAMPFIRE
FOR THE ENTIRE CAMP ON THE FIRST FULL DAY IN CAMP.
AT THIS TIME, THE ORIGINS OF THE ORDER OF THE ARROW
WERE EXPLAINED. ORDER MEMBERS DRESSED AS INDIANS WERE
SUMMONED TO THE CAMPFIRE BY FLAMING ARROWS SHOT INTO
THE SKY. THEY ARRIVED IN A CANOE FROM ACROSS THE LAKE.
THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE ORDER HAD ITS ORIGINS FROM A
SIMILAR SOCIETY FOUNDED AMONG THE INDIANS BY A DELAWARE
BRAVE, WHO HAD PERFORMED A COURAGIOUS SERVICE FOR HIS
TRIBE. LIKE HIM, THE NEW ORDER MEMBERS WERE TO SERVE
THEIR FELLOW SCOUTS BY WORKING ON SERVICE PROJECTS
AT THE VARIOUS SCOUT CAMPS. THEN THE NAMES OF THE
SELECTED CAMPERS WERE ANNOUNCED. EACH ONE CAME FORWARD
AND WAS TAPPED THREE TIMES ON THE BACK WITH AN ARROW.
2. THE ORDEAL. FOLLOWING THE TAPPING CEREMONY, THE
CANDIDATES BEGAN THE ORDEAL, TO PROVE THAT THEY WERE
WORTHY OF THE HONOR OF BEING SELECTED. IT LASTED
THREE DAYS, AND DURING THIS TIME, THE CANDIDATES WERE
NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT ALL. THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED
TO HAVE A FLASHLIGHT OR ANY OF THE OTHER CONVENIENCES
USUALLY POSSESSED BY CAMPERS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A
POCKETKNIFE. FOR TWO NIGHTS, THEY HAD TO TAKE THEIR
SLEEPING BAGS OFF INTO THE WOODS AND SLEEP ON THEIR
OWN. DURING THE DAY THEY WORKED ON VARIOUS PROJECTS
AROUND CAMP, SUCH AS GATHERING FIREWOOD, CONSTRUCTING
RAILINGS OR CLEARING PATHS. DURING THIS TIME, THEY
WORE A WODDEN ARROW ON A STRING AROUND THEIR NECKS,
WHICH THEY HAD CARVED THEMSELVES. IF ANY PERSON IN
AUTHORITY CAUGHT THEM TALKING, A NOTCH WAS CUT INTO
THE ARROW. ANY CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVED THREE NOTCHES
WAS NO LONGER ELLIGIBLE FOR INDUCTION.
3. THE INDUCTION CEREMONY: THIS WAS THE CULMINATION
OF THE ENTIRE RITUAL AND TOOK PLACE ON THE THIRD EVENING
AFTER THE TAPPING CEREMONY. THERE WAS A SPECIALLY
DESIGNATED SECRET COUNCIL RING IN THE CAMP, JUST FOR
THIS CEREMONY. TO GET THERE, EACH CANDIDATE WAS
BLINDFOLDED AND CONNECTED TO A ROPE, WHICH BOUND
TOGETHER ALL THE CANDIDATES. ORDER MEMBERS, DRESSED
AGAIN AS INDIANS, LED THEM THROUGH THE WOODS BY MEANS
OF THE ROPE TO THE SPECIAL CITE. THERE THE "INDIANS"
PERFORMED AUTHENTIC INDIAN DANCES AROUND THE CAMPFIRE.
THE CANDIDATES WERE HERE MADE OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE
ORDER. THEY WERE REQUIRED TO MAKE CERTAIN PROMISES TO
SERVE THEIR FELLOW SCOUTS AND TO KEEP SECRET THE
ORDER'S CEREMONIAL WORDS WHICH WERE ENTRUSTED TO THEM,
BY WHISPERING IN THEIR EAR. FINALLY, THEY WERE
AWARDED THE SIGN OF AN ORDER MEMBER, A WHITE SASH
WITH A RED ARROW EMBROIDERED ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
SHELLBACKS AND POLLYWOGS
MAYBE THREE TIMES A YEAR, A CERTAIN OUTFIT OF THE
NAVY CROSSES THE EQUATOR WHILE ON ROUTE. THIS IS
CONSIDERED A BIG DEAL TO CROSS THE EQUATOR, ESPECIALLY
FOR THE FIRST TIME. IF IT'S THE FIRST TIME, YOU ARE
CONSIDERED A POLLYWOG, IF IT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME,
YOU'RE A SHELLBACK. THIS ALL DAY AFFAIR IS A ROUGH
TIME FOR ANY POLLYWOG. THEY ARE BEATEN, HEADS ARE
SHAVED AND THERE IS A FREE FOR ALL, ROTTEN EGGS,
PAINT, OIL, RUNNING THROUGH TUNNELS OF GARBAGE, THE
POLLYWOG IS SUBJECTED TO ALL OF THIS MISERY.
AT THE END OF THE RICKETTS OLDEST FATTEST SHELLBACK, CALLED
KING NEPTUNE, SITS FOR ONE LAST RIB. EVERY SAILOR, AT LEAST
WITH THIS OUTFIT GOES THROUGH THIS NO MATTER WHAT RANK HE
IS AS LONG AS IT'S HIS FIRST TIME ACROSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 11-22-1971
BOHEMIAN FUNERAL
A BOHEMIAN FUNERAL IS AN INITIATION CEREMONY. THIS PARTICULAR
DESCRIPTION TELLS THAT THERE IS A PERSON PLAYING DEAD IN
A COFFIN, AND THE CANDIDATES MUST KISS THE CORPSE. WHEN
THEY LEAN OVER TO KISS THE CORPSE, HE SQUIRTS THEM IN THE
FACE WITH WATER.
Submitter comment:
THIS CEREMONY WAS USED BY THE U. OF D. CHORUS THIS FALL.
U. OF D.=UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |