The paddle in the modern college

 

‘The emblem of Hell Week is the paddle. It is applied frequently and mercilessly in the hands of potent actives. Whatever the task, whatever the punishment the paddle is inevitable.’

In colleges across the United States new students (‘freshmen’) underwent initiation ceremonies, as this report from 1939 details.

As published in the Sacramento Union (California, United States), 12 March 1939

Picture credit: Indiana State student handbook, 1948

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