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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
THERE WAS A STORY AT OLIVET COLLEGE ABOUT THE FRESHMAN
ENGLISH PROFESSOR WHO GRADED EXAMS BY THROWING
THEM DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS; THE "A'S" WERE ON
THE TOP STEP, THE "A-'S" ON THE NEXT, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; OLIVET
Keyword(s): ACADEMIC JOKES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00-00-1960
THERE WAS A STORY AT OLIVET COLLEGE ABOUT THE FRESHMAN
ENGLISH PROFESSOR WHO GRADED EXAMS BY THROWING
THEM DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS; THE "A'S" WERE ON
THE TOP STEP, THE "A-'S" ON THE NEXT, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; OLIVET
Keyword(s): ACADEMIC JOKES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
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
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:
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 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:
HAVING TO RECITE PLEDGE RULES IN ORDER WHILE LAYING NUDE
IN SIX INCHES OF ICE WATER WHILE FRATERNITY MEMBERS
DROPPED RAW EGGS FROM BALCONY INTO MOUTH OF RECITER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OLIVET
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00-00-1960
100 bottles of beer on the wall,
100 bottles of beer,
If one of those bottles should happen to fall,
99 bottles of beer on the wall;
99 bottles of beer on the wall,. . .
etc. to one bottle.
Submitter comment:
A drinking song learned at Olivet College.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OLIVET ; Olivet College
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |