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Concerned About Hell Week

It was at this point that Mr.
Woody abruptly changed the subject.
"What makes me so mad
I can't see straight is this hell
week."

He explained that he had been
trying to abolish physical brutality
during initiation for a long
time and finally some rules have
been passed which prohibit any
brutality.

The Dean also criticized open
parties which gave all "the
thieves" and the "college riff-raff"
an opportunity to give the University
a "bad name." He gave
an example of a student and his
date who were attacked one
night on their way home from a
party. The boy was beaten about
the face. It was at first thought
to have been done by a University
student, Dean Woody said,
but later was proved that it had
been done by an East Carolina
student.