By KAREN DESELMS, Student Reporter
This article originally ran on November, 10, 1977 in the Northwestern news.
If you were in or around the vicinity of Alva last Friday afternoon and evening, you were probably wondering what in the world was going on. Kids were crunched together in cars and hanging out of pick-ups and a few of the less fortunate zipped along on foot chasing each other. The city of Alva had been invaded, not by Martians, by the Greek’s of Northwestern.
This “Greek Sneak” was one of the first of many joint affairs between Delta Zeta sorority and Sigma Theta Kappa fraternity. A combine battle between the actives and the pledges led to a wild free-for-all, anything-goes affair.
What exactly is a Greek Sneak? The object of the game is for the teams to capture two of their opponents and keep them hidden for three hours. Whoever captures two of the “enemy” first is the captor and has to keep their captives hidden at a secret hide-out. The captives’ team has to try to find them within three hours from the capture or else they loose. This team receives a clue written in Greek at the time of the capture and one clue every hour until their time has expired.
Though the activities were largely outnumbered, they proved successful at capturing two pledges. The hide-out at “grandma’s house” proved to be too accessible, and the pledges rescued their captive teammates.
Everything went well, except for a few minor skirmishes with the law. There were no serious injuries but lots of minor skirmishes with the law. There were no serious injuries but lots of minor scrapes and bruises. The participants had to fight with all their might not to get captured or else face their own team members when they did.
After it was all over, everyone adjourned to neutral headquarters to compare bruises and stories of their escapades. It had been an exciting hunt.
It was decided at headquarters that since the pledges had been successful in discovering the hide-out, the actives will provide the next party.