After a summer of letter writing and\u00a0personal calls, the men of Theta chapter of\u00a0Beta Theta Pi came back to school with a\u00a0new enthusiasm which had never been\u00a0shown before. In the spring when they left\u00a0school, there were nine future freshmen\u00a0who were wearing Beta pledge pins. These\u00a0boys represented the finest of the ideals of\u00a0the fraternity. However, for various\u00a0reasons, only three of them were able to\u00a0enter Ohio Wesleyan last fall.<\/p>\n
Realizing they did not have the great\u00a0head start on the other fraternities they expected to have, the Betas were ready to get\u00a0the largest and finest pledge class in Theta’s\u00a0history. They were not willing to sacrifice\u00a0quality for quantity, but they knew that a\u00a0large class would be needed in such a\u00a0crucial year.<\/p>\n
Rushing got under way on Saturday, officially. But rushing for the Betas had\u00a0started much earlier at football camp. Since\u00a0freshmen were eligible to play varsity ball,\u00a0there were many freshmen at the camp.\u00a0When football camp ended on Friday, the\u00a0Beta football men brought the best boys\u00a0up to the house to get acquainted with the\u00a0non-athletes of the chapter. Several of the\u00a0boys were pledged that night.<\/p>\n
Once the ball got started rushing, it was\u00a0hard to get it stopped. With alumni\u00a0recommendations and tips, and with information gathered from other sources, the\u00a0Betas knew which of the boys they wanted.\u00a0And although they found trouble in locating many of the rushees, because the ones\u00a0on the Beta list seemed to be the top ones\u00a0on the lists of other Greek organizations,\u00a0the men of Theta pledged all but four of\u00a0the men on their list of special recommendations.<\/p>\n
On Monday night a meeting of the actives was called to see when they would\u00a0stop rushing. There were only fifteen actives who had been able to return to school,\u00a0and they had already pledged fifteen fresh \u00a0men. It was decided that no more bids were\u00a0to be offered, and the rushing season closed.\u00a0A few days later, one of the boys who had\u00a0been offered a bid earlier came back and\u00a0said he would like to accept it. So the\u00a0Betas finished rushing with sixteen pledges\u00a0several days before the other houses. This\u00a0was the largest pledge class of Theta chapter in many years, and whispers about\u00a0“the excellent pledge class of Beta Theta\u00a0Pi” could be heard all over the campus.
\nThey represented the third largest pledge\u00a0class at the Ohio Wesleyan.<\/p>\n
The unity and cooperation of the chapter, as well as the realization of the need\u00a0of a strong, revitalized chapter, were the\u00a0elements largely responsibile for the great\u00a0success in rushing. Much credit can be\u00a0given Rush chairman Bill Bartels and his\u00a0assistant, Bob Barr, who took over when\u00a0Bartels did not come back to school, and to\u00a0President Bob Best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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