Not Limited to Freshmen
At my H.S. the Drill Team had a "tradition" of initiating its new members the day before our homecoming game. (Our homecoming is always against the same school and has been a HUGE rivalry for over 50 years. It's known as the "East L. A. Classic and for the last two years has been played at the L.A. Coliseum.) Anyway, it was sort of an obstacle course with stations set up around the football field and would take place while the football team was practicing. At the end of the "initiation" we would all hit the showers and then join the band on the field (by then the football team was done) for our night practice.
On a side note, I had fun doing it my first year in Drill. There wasn't any verbal or physical abuse, but a lot of sloppy make-up, hair do's, and dirty clothes. Plus, nobody ever complained. There were actually some girls who had never worn make-up because of allergies, so when they got to the make-up station, nothing happened to them.
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