University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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52 THE JAYHAWKER THE BEFORE we get started with the business at hand, let us tell the purpose of this little column. It has been the custom during a number of years now for the University to give its students a little relaxation on the social side through our well- known Union and the very accomodating efforts of the Hill ' s fraternities and sororities. The purpose of this fill-up space anecdote is to report the good and bad occurring at all these student gatherings and to mention a few names just for the pleasure of Tim Clem Eubanks Donahue ' s herd. We might also say that this isn ' t really an attempt to com- pete against the Hill ' s ace snoopers, Rex Pale Woods, and Jumping Joseph Pryor, the journalistic editor. of the Sour Owl. This column will leave these two to their maneuvering and philandering while it proceeds merrily, or approximately thereto, on its own way. Now for what we might call the Social Wheel. Just by the way of a passing remark, the first few dances were hotter than a Beta hotbox with the Field boys in all their glory. Red Blackburn opened the gay jamboree September 16 with three hours of some of the best music the boys and girls had heard for a long time. That sojourn at Estes Park this summer didn ' t give the boys any bad habits whatsoever. The new crop of neophytes was out in full force for this one. For example, the Alpha Chis laid down the slipper, or whatever it is they lay down, and told the girls, that only dates to the varsity were to be accepted. No one seemed to be missing except Pat Lyman, the Kappa beauty queen who, incidentally, didn ' t lose any charm during the summer months. Two days later the socialites were confronted with another brawl, the Free Mixer. All who attended were greeted with a new Hill personality (?), Mr. Wayne Wright, one of the Fiji boys at Missouri. Here ' s hoping he puts a plank in the Kansas chapter ' s rushing spiel. Incidentally Wright is quite a man with SPOKESMAN the ladies. This fact is attested by Theta Lucy Lee Hawk, a Stephens girl via Tulsa, who huffed and puffed when he remembered and spoke to her as she was tripping by. On Friday night, September 20th, the Phi Psis and the A. T. O. ' s opened up with two gala events. The A. T. O. ' s came out on the long end of the score; that is, in attendance. They established a new idea with their fraternity open house, which was, in fact, a very good party. The other fraternities literally took possession of the house for the night, to dance with the A. T. O. ' s best better moments and listen to the boys headed by Red Blackburn. Quite a few students, however, owe the Phi Psis an apology for walking in on their private party. The next night the Chancellor ' s Reception took the Hill by storm. The storm carried no wind and, if anything, was hotter than any of the earlier parties. The chance to meet and get acquainted with the faculty and indulge in a few of the latest dance steps lured many a would-be student away from the printed material. The different laundries around town will tell you what a night that was. Well, with school started in full force the following Mon- day, the Social Wheel lost a lot of speed. The week was given over to the political maneuverings of the different candi- dates for the Varsity Dance Managership, and the preparation of three sororities for their Open Houses. When Friday the 27th rolled around the man power of sixteen fraternities was ganged around the doors of the Union building, Theta. and A. D. Pi houses to see the results of women ' s rush week. We were unable to attend but one of these, but we learned that the old guard got a bigger rush than the new charmers. At the Theta house we found Mr. Wayne Wright leading his outfit before a large crowd consisting of Thetas and men. George Guernsey started some kind of a stooge game and before twelve AT THE A. D. PI OPEN HOUSE THE OPENING VARSITY

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OCTOBER, 1935 51 Cheerleaders Committee Selects Leaders to Direct Vocal Endeavors of Herd by HARLAN SHORES EVERY succeeding year the interest shown by the students of Kansas University toward interscholastic sports seems to heighten. There is, however, a. constant source of irritation. As the crowds increase, the noise diminishes. Perhaps complaints in this direction have been made before. Yell! Boys yell! does make a good heading for an editorial. But unlike most pessimistic editorializing, this situation is a fact. Many solutions to account for this pre- valent lade of vocal energy have been suggested. When it was realized several years ago that Rock Chalk no longer shook the stadium walls, it was thought that the cheerleaders were not exactly fit. Since then long ones and short ones, thin ones and fat ones, husky ones and anaemic ones have all been tried. Every one of them was able to make good ges- tures and plenty of noise. There are. or were, two groups of cheerers, the leaders and the cheering section. (The booing section won ' t be mentioned.) The seat of the trouble definitely doss not lie with the cheerleaders and the yells have rhythm, fame, and tradition. The only group left to condemn is the crowd. Physical incapability in the forms of muteness or quinsy is not the cause of the predominating silence during the yelk. Statistics show that the new students were able to say Ah! for the medical exami- nation, and everyone yelled loudly, when they learned the price of their semester fees. Odd as it may seem, the number of aspirants for cheerleading positions was still large this year. The eagerness of these active and vociferous lads to do pantomimes before mobs that have in the past few years been sullen, unappre- ciative, and voiceless, is amazing. But the new crop of yell leaders looked good to the pep committee. This committee is composed of one member from each of the following campus organizations: Men ' s Student Council, K Club, Ku Kus, Jay Janes, Sachem, and Mortar Board. Lyman Field, president of the Men ' s Student Council, acted as chairman dur- ing the tryouts and selections. The try- outs and selections, often regarded as a joke, were handled in a serious business- like manner this year. Consequently, when the final decisions were announced, the leaders chosen were not only able to lead an organized yell, but were fairly representative of activities on the Hill. Verl Ward, selected by the committee to replace Hans Pfuetze as the head cheerleader, was good enough to beat Clyde Nichols, a junior leader of last year, in a race for the leading position. In spite of his lack of experience, Ward directs his cheers as smoothly and rhythmically as a veteran leader. Whether he can take it, when he is forced by a silent mob to do a solo, remains to be seen. His broad smile, however, indicates a tolerant temperament. If he can com- bine this virtue of good nature with his undoubted leading ability, Ward will be qualified to make the crowd roar. The cheerleaders selected from the junior class are George Paris and Bill Townsley. Neither of these boys has had any leading experience, but both of them showed up well before the pep commit- tee in the stadium tryouts. Paris is attend- ing the university for the first time this year. He and Townsley look like good teammates for Verl Ward. These three should be able to coax enough noise from the Kansas cheering section to be heard echoing back and forth between Topeka and Kansas City. Clyde Nichols and Bill McDonald, both defeated for the head cheerleading position, will serve as alternates. They will lead the cheering on the west side of the stadium from the twenty-five yard line south. The remaining five leaders were chosen from the combined Freshman and Sophomore classes. These under- classmen are: Chet Mize, ' 38; Mike Pen- nock, ' 38; Jack Nessle, ' 38; Dan Gor- man, ' 38; and Man-in Cox, ' 39. They look to be one of the finest groups of freshmen cheerleaders that ever cheered before a Jayhawk section. With this capable group of cheer- leaders and strong yells, the students of Kansas University should be able to prove that the Rock Chalk will always be the nationally known battle chant of the students of K. U. TRYING OUT FOR CHEERLEADER VERL WARD, HEAD CHEERLEADER

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OCTOBER, 1935 53 ANNOUNCING THE NEW DANCE MANAGER o ' clock half the people on the floor were dancing around hold- ing a finger up to their noses. This was the only accepted defense. The actives had better tell their prize (?), Esther Grant, to curb her line just a wee bit. The next night the whirl kept on without slacking the least bit. This was the night that the Pi Phis went up against a varsity and won out, much to the delight of the varsity crowd. The Pi Phis summoned the aid of Red Blackburn and Cochrane retaliated with Wayne Wright. (We don ' t mean to include this name so much but this guy must be good, every- body ' s using him). The Pi Phis stationed Martha Nuzman and Margaret Ryan at the door to lure the sheep in and then throw them down the freshmen line. That ' s one way of getting a crowd. Two people who were very noticeable besides the freshmen were Prexy Lyman Field, who went about handing out that well-known red headed line, and Jack Chipmunk Schiffmacher, flitting hither and thither with that ruddy tinted nose stuck in the faces of all the girls. . With the Pi Phi ' s and their herd in one place, the rest of the varsity-goers had a chance to take a few steps un- molested. The high spot of the evening was when Gene Lloyd, a member of Delta Upsilon, was announced as Dance Manager for this year. We feel that he will do okay, but let him speak for himself. This year we are going to get some very good bands for the major parties. But to start things off, we ' re going to lower the price of the October 5th Varsity to 60 cents and in addition have an All-University talent floor show. The dances this year won ' t have such a thick coat of so-called K. U. sophistication. Friday night, October 4th, the Betas got the jump on most of the other fraternities by throwing a party in celebration of winning the St. Benedict ' s game. Just an old Beta trick. They tried to compete with the Alpha Gamma Delta Open House and we haven ' t, as yet, found out who won the fight. Here ' s wishing the Betas all kinds of luck, however. Saturday was the big night. Gene Lloyd started out reform- ing the dances with Louie Kuhn, an all-University talent floor show, and a sixty cent tariff. The party was really all right and he deserves a lot of credit. Here ' s hoping they stay that way all during the year. His floor show consisted of a soft shoe dance by Barbara Goll, a tap dance by Ted North, erst- while Phi Psi dramatist, a violin and guitar number by two orchestra boys, and a torch number by Maxine Ripley. Maxine did all right even if the orchestra did try to make a race out of Sweet and Slow. These shows ought to be continued from time to be time. There ' ll have to have grandstands, though, if everyone is supposed to see them. Now if it won ' t bore you, I ' d like to spill a little news about the doings of K. U. ' s lights at the party. Louie Kuhn ' s THE PI PHIS LET DOWN THE BARS outfit, with four Delts, (too bad boys) is about fifty per cent better this year than last. In trying to be less sophisticated at the dances, Jack Schiffmacher (there he is again boys) and Jack What-a-man Richardson bought themselves four apples dur- ing the evening. Never a dull moment, girls. Richardson, how- ever, pulled the prize trick of the evening. Instead of eating his apple right away, he put it in his right coat pocket. While going to town with some girl he suddenly noticed her expres- sion of discomfiture and remembered the apple. The only thing he could say under the circumstances was Pardon my sprained back. He ' s funny! Another little note that met our attention concerned Esther Grant, Kappa Alpha Theta ' s brain trust, and Bruce Gleissner. Gleissner evidently didn ' t like his date ' s general invitation to the boys to come on along at intermission so they had words or something to that effect. It was indeed most pathetic. The A. O. Pi ' s acted very foolish and tried to compete with the varsity. We didn ' t get around, but here ' s hoping they did all right by themselves. Sunday, October 6th, rolled around and with it came a lot of guests and some very bruised up but happy varsity foot- ball players. The Delts had a buffet supper to keep step with their rivals, the Sigma Chis. Everyone seemed to be very happy amidst all the cut-throat get acquainted activities. That ' s about all we have room and time for this number, but there will be plenty more next time providing all you readers cooperate. A little item just came to our attention which ought to be brought up as a note of warning to everyone. On October 25th, the night before the Kansas Aggie game, which would be a rather hectic night anyway, the Delts, Phi Psis and Sigma Chis are going to fight it out for feminine affections. There ought to be plenty of confusion. Too bad girls, after all you can only make one party a night. The Sig Eps got the jump on the boys Sunday night, the 29th, by beating it out to Brown ' s Grove for a little star gazing. Oh well, it was nice weather anyway. The Sigma Chis retaliated with a much more refined feed in the form of a buffet supper. The Editor has ordered this thesis in by October 8th, so we ' ll have to wait until next time to tell you if the Mid- Weeks sans orchestras are successful. Before closing, though, there is one good party you should know about and prepare for. The Women ' s Pan-Hellenic is going to throw an all-school costume party November 1st. All you have to do to get in is to bring seventy-five cents and dress up in some old clothes that will pass for a costume. Well, we must go now, so until the next issue, good parties to all.