The Innocents also helped immensely in both war efforts. Early in the century, the Innocents would only appear once each year in their robes on Ivy Day to tackle their new members. Thousands of people witnessed the ‘climax’ of Ivy Day, which occurred annually when the new Innocents were tackled. The student newspaper, referred to as the rag, published ‘racing forms’ which predicted who the new Innocents and Mortar Boards would be before Ivy Day. In 1943, the new Innocents were tackled months early since it was believed that the draft would soon take these men away from the University. By the fall of 1943, all but one of these Innocents was overseas fighting in World War II. The remaining member single-handedly promoted the sale of freshmen caps and spoke at the freshman convocation in 1943. Tackling of new members was postponed until the semester following the end of the war. After the war, thirteen past Innocents re-established the Society, and new members were again tackled in 1947.