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SHIPS ARE CHRISTENED BY BREAKING A BOTTLE OF WINE OVER
ITS BOW AS AN OFFERING TO NEPTUNE TO KEEP THE SHIP
SAFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-20-1968
THIS WAS A SORT OF PRANK PLAYED ON THE NEW MEMBERS
OF OUR BOYSCOUT GROUP.
THE VETERAN MEMBERS WOULD SEND THE NEW MEMBERS
ON A HUNT IN SEARCH OF A SNIPE (AN IMAGINARY ANIMAL).
THE VETERANS WOULD URGE THE NEW MEMBERS ON WITH CRIES
OF "THERE'S ONE," SENDING THE NOVICES RUNNING THROUGH
THE WOODS IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING WHICH DIDN'T EXIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
AT OLIVET COLLEGE, THE HAZING OF ADELPHIC FRATERNITY
PLEDGES WAS SUPPOSEDLY THE MIDWEST'S ROUGHEST. SOME
OF HELL NIGHT'S PRANKS:
BLINDFOLDED PLEDGE PICKS UP BANANA IN TOILET.
BLINDFOLDED PLEDGE HAS ENCASED SHAVER (ELECTRIC)
DRAWN OVER DIFFERENT HAIRY PARTS OF BODY AND HAIR IS
DROPPED TO SIMULATE ACTUAL SHAVING.
BLINDFOLDED, EATING ALLUM-STUFFED PICKLES, OLIVES, ETC.
FORCING REGURGITATION.
BLINDFOLDED, NUDE PLEDGE STANDING IN SIX INCHES OF ICE
WATER HAS HOT WAX DRIPPED ON HIM.
SINGING FRATERNITY AND SCHOOL SONGS IN UNDERPANTS AND
SHOES ONLY (SNOW ON GROUND) IN FRONT OF GIRL'S DORM.
HAVING TO RECITE PLEDGE RULES IN ORDER WHILE LAYING
NUDE IN SIX INCHES OF ICE WATER, WHILE FRAT MEMBERS
DROPPED RAW EGGS FROM BALCONY INTO MOUTH OF RECITER.
THERE ARE MORE, BUT THEY'RE SADISTIC, SOME CAUSING
THREE OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 30 TO QUIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM ; TENNESSEE ; CHATANOOGA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00-00-1958 ; 00001950S
FOR INITIATION INTO MOST FRATERNITIES YOU MUST GO
THROUGH SOME KIND OF HELL NIGHT, WHICH CONSISTS OF
EXTREME EXERCISES AND SOMETIMES PADDLING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (ANN ARBOR), A COED IS
NOT OFFICIALLY A COED UNTIL SHE IS KISSED UNDER THE
ARCH AT MIDNIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
IN ORDER TO GET INTO THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY IN WHICH HE
BELONGED, YOU HAD TO BE BRANDED ON THE ARM WITH A
GREEK LETTER. THIS WAS PART OF THE INITIATION RITUAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 11-06-1968
MARINE INITIATION RITE
THE NEW MARINES ON BOARD SHIP ARE INVITED TO SEE THE
"SEA BAT" IN A CARDBOARD BOX. WHEN THEY BEND OVER
TO LOOK IN THEY GET SWATTED ON THE BOTTOM WITH A BROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-08-1972
AT DODGE PHELPS MINING CO. A CUSTOM PREVAILED AMONG THE
MEN. ALL THE GREENHORNS WERE SUBJECT TO A SEDUCTION
BY A SQUAW. IT WAS A RACEY TRADITION AND CAUSED MUCH
LAUGHTER AND COMMOTION AMONG THE CAMPSITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
YOU ARE NOT A COED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNTIL
YOU ARE KISSED UNDER THE ENGINEERING ARCH AT MIDNIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
ON THE SATURDAY EVENING OF OUR FIRST CAMPOUT, ALL THE
NOVICE SCOUTS ARE GATHERED BEFORE THE CAMPFIRE AND
THEIR FELLOW SCOUTS AND INVOKE THE HELP OF THEIR GOD--
OWA TANA SIAM (O WHAT AN ASS I AM). THEY ALL KNEEL
TOWARD FIRE AND PRAY THAT THEIR GOD WILL, IN SOME WAY,
TELL THEM SOMETHING. EVERYTIME THEY INVOKE THE NAME
OF THEIR HOLY GOD (ROUGHLY EVERY TEN SECONDS) THEY MUST TOUCH
THE GROUND WITH THEIR HEADS. THEY KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL
IT DAWNS ON THEM WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, AT WHICH POINT
THEY WHISPER TO THE LEADER WHAT THE GOD HAS TOLD
THEM AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GET UP WHILE THE OTHERS
(STILL IN THE DARK) ARE LEFT TO PRAY. LAST ONE UP
USUALLY ENDS UP WITH WORST WEEKEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
FIRST TIME AT CAMP, WERE TOLD TO GO TO OTHER CABINS,
AND ASK FOR BUNK STRETCHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOY SCOUT CAMP
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AS FRESHMEN WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULDN'T USE THE
ELEVATOR WITHOUT A PASS, WHICH TELLER
CONVENIENTLY HAD EXTRAS OF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SNIPE HUNT
PART OF INITIATION AND USUALLY SUCKED UP BY NAIVE
FRESHMEN ON THEIR FIRST CAMPOUT. STORY IS TOLD
OF RARE ANIMALS WHO ARE AFRAID OF LIGHT AND COME OUT
ONLY AT NIGHT. THEREFORE A HUNT IS PLANNED TO CATCH
SOME. NEW SCOUTS ARE TEAMED UP WITH EACH OTHER
AND OLDER SCOUTS TEAM UP WITH OLDER SCOUTS. EACH
PAIR IS GIVEN A PAPER BAG AND THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT
SNIPE ARE SMALL, FAST, NOISELESS AND EASILY SCARED
BY SOUND AND LIGHT. THEY ALL GO OUT AND OLDER
SCOUTS SLIP BACK, LEAVING TENDERFEET OUT ALL NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOY SCOUTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WING PANEL STRETCHER
WHEN NEW YOUNG RECRUITS ARE FIRST PUT TO WORK
UNDER SEASONED PETTY OFFICERS IN THE NAVY AIRBORNE,
THEY HAVE MANY TRADITIONAL PRANKS PLAYED UPON THEM.
ONE CONCERNS THE SENDING OF A YOUNG "BOOT"
TO THE STORE ROOM, WITH ORDERS TO RETURN WITH A
"WING PANEL STRETCHER," A DEVICE SUPPOSEDLY DESIGNED
TO STRETCH THE WIND (SING?) PANELS OF A PLANE.
OBVIOUSLY, NO SUCH CONTRAPTION EXISTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
CROSSING THE EQUATOR
IT IS A CUSTOM IN THE NAVY THAT ALL MEN CROSSING
THE EQUATOR FOR THE FIRST TIME MUST WEAR ALL THEIR
CLOTHES BACKWARDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
IT IS A TRADITION IN THE NAVY THAT ALL MEN CROSSING
THE EQUATOR FOR THE FIRST TIME MUST GET HOSED DOWN
WITH A HOSE BY THE OTHER CREW MEMBERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
THERE IS A NAVAL TRADITION THAT ALL MEN CROSSING THE
EQUATOR FOR THE FIRST TIME (REFERRED TO AS POLYWOGS)
MUST RUN THE GAUNTLET, AFTER WHICH THEY ARE REFERRED
TO AS SHELLBACKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
ANOTHER HARASSING TECHNIQUE USED WITHIN THE NAVY IS THE
ONE IN WHICH THE UNSUSPECTING "BOOT" IS SENT FOR
A GALLON OF "PROP WASH," SOMETHING WHICH DOES NOT
EXIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
NEW WORKERS ARE FREQUENTLY SENT BACK TO THE SUPPLY
ROOMS FOR NEW TOOLS AFTER BEING INFORMED BY FOREMEN
OR OTHER JOKERS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED WITH
"LEFT HANDED HAMMERS, SCREW DRIVERS, ETC.) (FROM
FACTORY OF DETROITER MOBILE HOMES, ST. LOUIS, MICHIGAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
WHEN A GIRL IS INITIATED INTO A SORORITY, THEY HAVE
A CEREMONY WHERE ALL THE GIRLS ARE HOLDING HANDS IN A
CIRCLE AND THIS DENOTES THEY ARE ONE. WHEN THEY
BRING A NEW MEMBER IN FOR INITIATION, THE CIRCLE IS
BROKEN TO LET IN THIS MEMBER AND THIS SHOWS THAT
THEY ARE PART OF THE WHOLE NOW.
Submitter comment:
WHILE TALKING ABOUT SORORITIES ON CAMPUS WITH A
GIRL, SHE TOLD ME THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FARMINGTON ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 02-25-1970