Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1915 — Joining the Odd Fellows. [ARTICLE]

Joining the Odd Fellows.

Joining the Odd Fellows is a very amusing game. First all the girls go In one room and all the boys in another. One boy is chosen as the master of ceremony and goes in the room with the girls. One boy is called from the boys’ room and blindfolded. He is asked, “Do you want to join the Odd Fellows?” lie is supposed to say “Yes.” Then he is asked, “Do you want one, two or three degrees?” and he answers according to what he wants. The next question is, “Which girl do you want to give you the degrees?” He then gives the name of the girl he wishes to initiate him. The girl approaches, and the master of ceremony kisses the boy according to the number of degrees he has taken. Then another boy is called in, and the same thing is done. Each boy sees how he is fooled. As the other boy comes in the first boy stays in the girls’ room, and so on until all the boys are in the girls' room, and only the last boy does not know lie has been fooled.