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YALE WOOD PADDLE

WOODEN YALE UNIVERSITY FRATERNITY INITIATION HAZING PADDLE DATED 1911. THE WOODEN SPANKING PADDLE IS 16 1/2" LONG AND 3 1/2" WIDE. NAMES AND PICTURES BURNED INTO THE WOOD. NICE PATINA TO THE OLD WOOD.

DATED ON THE HANDLE "APRIL 4, 1911"

ON SIDE HAS A V WITH HOODED FIGURE WITH A HEART.

"ALBERT A. WARE

FROM

ROLLIN D. MOORE

AND

WILLIAM H. LOUGHRIDGE.

APRIL 4, 1911."

UNDER THE NAMES IS
FRATERNITY CREST AND THE GREEK LETTERS

" B___ O___ Phi"

THE OTHER SIDE HAS

THREE STARS

FLYING DRAGON

GREEK FRAT LETTERS

FRATERNITY SHIELD

ON THE HANDLE IS

"YALE"

(this clearly is Beta Theta Pi, with the Beta Dragon)