Ward analyzes the folkloric elements of initiation into her high school thespian society. She deems the initiatory process to be folkloric insofar as it is artistic, traditional, and part of a social act. She concludes by documenting the changes that have occurred in the initiation process since its inception 20 years before, and suggests that hazing lawsuits have tamed the once-raucous process of initiation. Created by Diana Ward when she was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 course in Winter 2003.