Slap Sticks And Stuffed Clubs
This 1930 catalog of special equipment for scaring the crap out of new initiates at your local fraternal organization is a tremendous eye-opener. (As a nerd-boy from way back, all I can say is, I’m glad the grand era of these organizations was long gone before I came along.) The illustration below comes from this page and features a “spanker” that is “the lightest weight made” but which accomodates “an automatic firing device so that when a candidate is spanked, a 32-calibre blank cartridge is discharged.”

You can tell the fun times have started, because the candidate just banged his head on the floor and is enjoying a festive concussion! I’m so happy to be a member!
More prosaic spanking tools are listed lower on the page, including your basic good old fashioned spanking paddle:
SLAP STICKS
D450 — Slap Sticks, sizes 2×28 inches; with shaped handles, made of good grade lumber
And a line of padded clubs for “larraping” people with:
STUFFED CLUBS
D452 — Stuffed Club, substantial material, tightly stuffed; just the thing for larraping candidate







