Until around 1960, hazing was quite common at Carleton. Upperclassmen would throw freshman into the air (Bouncing Day), put men in dresses and engage in a practice called “paddling.” The picture above shows a hazing event from around 1920, where new Carleton students push peanuts with their noses while older students encouragingly hit them with canoe paddles. Even though hazing isn’t practiced currently, these events used to be a big part of freshman boy’s initiation to Carleton.
Sources:
Image: Stork, Harvey E. “Frosh Week Peanut Race.” 1919. Carleton College Archives.https://contentdm.carleton.edu/digital/collection/CCAP/id/1138/rec/5. Accessed March 3rd, 2021.
Information: “Hazing at Carleton College.” Carleton College, Gould Library, 3 Sept. 2010, www.carleton.edu/library/news/hazing-at-carleton-college/.
