TommyChapter 12
Secret societies, fraternities and the like, were illegal in the state’s public schools. Five sub-rosa clubs for boys and three sororities for girls flourished when Tommy was in high school. He was tapped by a group called the Golden Dragons, a club most non-members called “lizards.” After meeting the current members, most of them athletes he already knew, and taking part in a keg party that featured four drunk junior high girls and a bit of good-natured hazing, Tommy was sworn in and given a...