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`` Aw , go to hell . '' * * * * * The initiation season lasted two weeks , and the neophytes found that the dormitory initiations had been merely child 's play . They had to account for every hour , and except for a brief time allowed every day for studying , they were kept busy making asses of themselves for the delectation of the upper-classmen . In the Nu Delta house a freshman had to be on guard every hour of the day up to midnight . He was forced to dress himself in some outlandish costume , the more outlandish the better , and announce every one who entered or left the house . `` Mr. Standish entering , '' he would bawl , or , `` Mr. Kerwin leaving . '' If he bawled too loudly , he was paddled ; if he did n't bawl loudly enough , he was paddled ; and if there was no fault to be found with his bawling ; he was paddled anyway .