Upperclassmen were once much tougher on the incoming freshmen than they are now. This warning, issued by the Puget Sound class of 1922, reads:
We, the class of 1922, your natural friends and advisors, extend to you our hearty welcome. Realizing that this is your first absence from your mothers apron strings, and that you will need a guiding hand to keep you in the straight and narrow path of OBEDIENCE that your parents have thus far directed you, we, your superiors both mentally and physically, do feel it our duty to instruct you as to the proper methods of conducting yourself befitting one of your lowly station in life. Past experience with the over-important Frosh has made it necessary that we lay down certain rules and limitations regarding your behavior.
THEREFORE WE SET FORTH THE FOLLOWING RULES TO BECOME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 29th:
1. Show not your immature countenances upon the Campus or elsewhere between the hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. without a distinguishing cap of green.
2. Do not be found in company with or talking to any member of the fairer sex while on the campus or in its buildings, for they are not such as thee.
3. Wear no childish high school emblems, pins or decorations but rather look forward to decorating yourself with signs of accumulating knowledge.
4. Loud socks and Derbys are not befitting your position, refrain from wearing them.
5. Cutting corners on the Campus is absolutely forbidden.
6. Never be caught sitting in any but your assigned section in Chapel and when there, give your undivided attention.
7. At all times, and in all places, show proper respect to the members of the class of 1922.
The breaking of any of the above rules will result in disastrous consequences
Remember the Rod of Correction
The Class of 1922