A man swallowing a knife at a circus-themed party thrown by Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Photograph by Peter Stackpole, November 1946.

A man swallowing a knife at a circus-themed party thrown by Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Photograph by Peter Stackpole, November 1946.

Freshman Robert Steiner is given a coke and a cigar and seated in the best  chair at Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House during “rushing” at the University of the South. Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Sewanee, Tennessee, USA, 1940.

Freshman Robert Steiner is given a coke and a cigar and seated in the best chair at Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House during “rushing” at the University of the South. Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Sewanee, Tennessee, USA, 1940.