University of Illinois rush booklet

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I have a library of college and Greek materials. An item I recently acquired is an I.F.C. rush booklet from the University of Illinois dated 1926. It lists a total of 77 fraternities and every single one has a house!

Can you imagine what rush was like? As was the case at several Big Ten universities, incoming students could be rushed the previous spring and summer. Many arrived on campus already pledged to a fraternity.

The booklet does not describe the rush process. It lists several campus traditions and provides a double page spread of pledge pins for each group. Every fraternity is provided a page with a picture of the house, address, dates of founding of both local and national, and a picture of the pin.