Machi Rush Booklet, ca. 1970

Title

Machi Rush Booklet, ca. 1970

Description

Booklet created by student organization, The Machis, around 1970 for Rush Week at Davidson College. The Machis was one of the earliest eating houses at Davidson College and formed when the Davidson College chapter of Sigma Chi disaffiliated from their national fraternity. The booklet describes group activities and interests and includes photographs of its members, including student Mike Maloy.

Creator

Machis; Sigma Chi Fraternity

Date

ca. 1970

Format

PDF

Text

From a Machi House Rush Booklet, circa 1970:



Dear Freshmen



As you well know, the social patterns at Davidson are undergoing a great transformation. The whole fraternity system is being strenuously questioned both from within and from without. In the early weeks of this school year we at The Machi House questioned the old system, in particular our association with a national fraternity, and found it lacking. As a result, on October 9 we voted to disaffiliate with the Sigma Chi fraternity and to form the first local social and eating club on the Davidson Campus.



Our position at The Machi House is unique and so too are the opportunities we can offer you, the freshman. We have combined the best elements of the old fraternity system with a fresh, enthusiastic approach to social life at Davidson. As a Machi you will become a part of a completely autonomous organization free of meaningless rituals. The pledge training and social programs that you participate in will be those that you helped design, in short you will take part in creating all the programs, procedures, and traditions that you will be associated with at the Machi House during your four years at Davidson. (...)

Publisher

Davidson College

Coverage

Davidson College

Language

eng

Source

RG12/22 - Sigma Chi Fraternity Records, 1948-1972