University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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THE JAYHAWKER R. ussian language BY RAY REED A humorous sketch of the antics of the Greeks during rush week . . . AVIID laughter or tears or bored nonchalance, the youngsters of the Kansas fraternities and sororities donned various shapes of buttons and pins and committed themselves to the various campus organizations on a cer- tain Sunday eve not long ago. And now the age old reports and stories come drifting back about things that occur- red during that illustrious week when everyone seemed to know what club he or she was going to choose except that he or she itself. Now that most of the trouble is over, it seems that several of the sourer grapes are getting sweeter, and things that never could be forgot- ten have been forgotten. But the one tiling that the freshmen themselves have not forgotten is the treatment they re- ceived while in the status of rushees. Wonder what was said when the first someone said to polish the first shoes or wash out the first stockings. Some kind soul really ought ' to establish a pamphlet telling of the after life of freshmen. And they treated us so nice was probably the most used phrase on that first Saturday morning when the famous freshman discipline began to take effect. Someone really should have been on hand to record the ex- pressions uttered when study rules and campuses were first limbered up and put in good working condition. But none of these equaled the feelings wrought in that individual who found that all the stories told about this or that club were not true and that his choice for the best was sadly in error. But the greatest let down from the week of renown seemed to be in a certain sorority in which a new pledge remarked that she didn ' t know any of the girls after rush week was over and the alumni who had done the rushing had gone home. And then one of the Phi Belt lads remarked that he had joined up because there were fewer fel- lows his size than anywhere else and therefore fewer brothers to wear his clothes. Smart boy! We heard of a Delt lad who thought he ought to be intro- duced all over again to his future broth- ers because he didn ' t recognize any of them in their own clothes after rush week was over. It seems that the girls of Pi Phi and the boys of the A.T.O. club led in quan- tity in their separate fields; but we kinda expected something like this from these two since the redecorating of the Pi Phi front room brought those fur- niture bills, and then the old proverb of the boys on West Fourth that next to quality, quantity is best. But not count- ing this, we have inside information from every club that they managed to get the best of the best. Of course, the Chi-0 girls feel very proud of getting a full fledged beauty queen material. Take little Miss Marty Davis or Helen Johnson and Betty Haas who would share honors with the best of the beauty queens. Or there might originate a con- test for the most striking young lady in appearance which would mean a cup to a little Miss Billingsley or a very at- tractive Miss Katherine Hurd or a very noticeable Miss Mary Francis Martin. And then the Gamma Phi ' s say their Dorothy Ann Martin would top the list in any kind of a beauty contest. But all that is to be decided at a later date. It is much funnier to hear about these new pledges from the older mem- bers of the fraternities and sororities of which they have just become one. From what we hear out of the brothers of Sig Alph, another Harrington is with them and is to outdo his well known predeces- sor. And the sisters of Kappa are pray- ing that they brag of another Phi Beta Kappa in their youngster by the name of Ainsworth; and we can hardly go by the house of Gamma Phi ' s without hear- ing what the boys all think of a Miss Elinor Kirkmeyer, as told by the sisters. And those guys wearing the pin of Phi Delta Theta seem to think that Bausch and Cunningham were only second class athletes when compared with some member of their younger set by the name of Tricket. Now we are wondering what memor- ies came into the heads of all the freshmen when they first found out for sure that they were freshmen: I imagine that rush week was easily forgotten memories with a paddle. But some memories are rather hard to do away with. In fact, one of the groups of girls has a memory of losing a niece of one of the founders to the Kappa girls. And someone said that a very attractive Miss Kehl decided on the key girls after being rushed another club by one of the Sigma Chi fellows. And now we hear of one of the Sig Chi pledges who can ' t figure how the brothers acquired all the cars that were seen around during rush week. We heard that the Acacia ' s talked about their cars and their palatial three acre estate again; it seems that every year that estate grows another acre, some day its going to work up to And in our back yard we have the city of Lawrence. Or perhaps someone told you of one of the rush weeks darlingest rushees who decided that she would like Gov. Alf to sit in the front room of one of the houses on Indiana and then all of a sudden changed her mind and decided that Alf would like the new Pi Phi front room much better on his visits. And someone said that the Phi Psi ' s had a room refinished in Re- (Continued on page 63)

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THE JAYHAWKER The new crop of neophytes Beta Theta Pi Back Row: Harold Sheaf fer, Topeka; Al Dodge, Salina. Third Row. Mark Dodge, Salina; Grant Cowherd, Kansas City, Mo.; Bill Graham, Kansas City, Mo.; Emil Wienieke, Tulsa, Okla. Second Row: Thomas Robinson, Kansas City, Mo.; Mc- Cormick Crouch, Los Angeles, Calif.; Weaver McKaslin, Kin- caid; William Smethers, Eureka; Thomas Orr, Kansas City, Mo.; Tom Brownell, Kansas City, Mo. Front Row: Bill Seitz, Salina; Frank Barbee, Salina; George Bowlus, lola; David Kelso, Bos- ton, Mass.; Sam Mellinger, Emporia; Bob Burtis, Garden City. Those not in the picture: Jim Schwartz, Salina; Bob Stoland. Lawrence; Al Comer, Lawrence; Charles Doubleday, Parkville, Mo. Pi Beta Phi Back Row: Sally Jane Martin, Kansas City, Mo.; Dorothy Gamage, Kansas City, Mo.; Katherine Andreson, Sylvan Grove; Helen Finley, Fort Leavenworth; Donna Sutherland, Kansas City, Mo.; Jean Luce, Kansas City, Mo.; Rachael Kiene, Con- cordia; Helen Nelson, Kansas City. Third Roiv: Daisy Hoffman, Kansas City, Mo.; Betty Jane Campbell, Kansas City, Mo.; Mar- tha Nuzman, Ottawa; Mary Kretzinger, Emporia; Julia Ann Billingsley, Wichita; Peggy Wilcox, Winfield; Barbara Farley, Hutchinson; Helen Throckmorton, Wichita. Second Row: Betty Lemon, Pratt; Ruth Martney, Atchison; Peg Porter, Ottawa; Helen Miller, Kansas City. Front Row. Betty Hogue, Dallas. Texas; Gertrude Field, Kansas City, Mo.; Caroline Newman, Arkansas City; Peggy Ann Landon, Topeka. Those not in the picture: Helen Moore, Jean Frink, Barbara Koenii, all of Lawrence. Phi Kappa Psi Back Row: Fred Maier, Arkansas City; Rex Crockett, Kan- sas City; Bill Hughes, Topeka. Third Row: Fred King, Merriam; Rodney St. Clair, Baxter Springs; Russell Hodge, North Kansas City, Mo.; Linton Bagley, Kansas City, Mo.; Ned Bramwell, Kansas City, Mo. Second Row. Clyde Reed, Jr., Parsons; Wood- row Miller, Fort Scott; Oliver Gilliland, Kansas City, Mo.; Ches- ter Stiles, Garnett; Robert Locke, Kansas City, Mo.; Tom Fegan, Junction City. Front Row: Stewart Landrum, Baxter Springs; Art O ' Donnell, Junction City; Smith Ainsworth, Lyons; Ted North, Topeka; Francis Dotson, Newton; Don Wheelock, Clav Center; John Loyd, Topeka. Those not in the picture: Bill Kandt, Independence; George Carter, Lawrence. Kappa Alpha Theta Back Row: Marie Farbes, Eureka; Nancy Calhoun, Fort Scott; Jeanette Bowen, Topeka. Second Row: Martha Davis, To- peka; Catherine Conklin, Wichita; Helen von Unwerth, Mus- kogee, Okla.; Bettv Ruth Smith, Wichita; Catherine Ann Moodie, Los Angeles, Calif. Front Raw: Todd Haines, Augusta; Joella Brice, Lawrence; Alice Team, Wichita; Lucy Lee Hawks. Tulsa, Okla.; Marjorie Wahl, Kansas City, Mo.; Betty Edson, Topeka. Phi Gamma Delta Front Row: Elmer Humphrey, Lawrence: Fred Jacks, Cold- water; Frank Harwi, Atchison: Tom Sutton, Bartlesville, Okla.; Frank Tenny, Tulsa, Okla.; Charles Hinshaw, Osborne; Drew McLaughlin, Jr., Paola; Bill Tuke, Pittsburg; Woodrow Kiop, Ellsworth; Lon Buzick, Sylvan Grove; James Kell. Topeka. Front Row: Bill Gill, Oklahoma City, Okla.; David Scott, Law- rence; Herbert Lodge, Independence; Hazlip Steiger, Topeka; Dean Coleman, Long Beach, Calif.; Bill Dingman, Independ- ence; Burle Wobker, Kansas City, Mo.: James Metz, Wichita. Those not in the picture: Duncan Warr, Oklahoma City, Okla.