My HS had more traditions than I care to list here
I'll give a few of the more interesting.
Pep Club initiation: This was a weeklong event in which all freshman girls were initiated into the Pep Club. On the final day they had to wear white t-shirts, green skirts, six pony tails, faces had to be painted with spots (as to resemble dogs). They had to get 20 signatures from Seniors that could tell them to do anything they wanted. At the end of the day was an all-school assembly where a select-few were chosen to engage in what I think most of our hazing policies would refer to as "public displays of buffoonery". Yeah, it was fun to watch.
Mens Club: This was a real funny thing.. Freshmen men had to eb initiated as well. There was a certain dress code that they had at the end of the week but the fun stuff didn't come until after hours. The year after I would have joined, the club was disbanded (this only lasted a year) because the new guys were taken out to a favorite local drinking spot and were doing the elephant walk (if you're familiar with that, I won't go into detail here). So yeah, if someone had a video camera at one of these initiations it would have definitely been on all the TV stations
Pep Rallys: These were huge. I'm sure every school has them, but compared to the other HS I attended (which was 4 times larger) there was really no comparison. The student body showed up in body paint, screaming their lungs out, all that stuff. Everyone knows their class songs, chants, etc. The loudest class was awarded the spirit stick and points for the overall year (somehow Seniors won the final count every year). But if you didn't have some voice loss after one of these assemblies, something was wrong with you. I'm grateful I was in the band
Parking: Seniors parked in a certain specified area. If you were not a senior and parked there, even after school and for a few minutes you would expect your tires to be slashed.
Clancy: Between JR. and SR. halls (the school was like an I shape with 4 halls, each containing the lockers of a certain class) there was a seal with our mascot, Clancy on it. Only Seniors were allowed to touch it. If a non-senior was caught by a Senior walking on it or touching the seal in any way they had to kiss it.
There's plenty more...
Anyow, I didn't think any of this stuff was really all that bad. We got away with A LOT more in HS than I'd even consider in my Fraternity.
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