University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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OCTOBER, 1935 ft PERHAPS this little incident may make clear to some of you why so many of the boys are partial to the lodge of Pi Beta Phi. One morning not so long ago, a group of fellows were returning from a fishing trip and as the fish had been rather scarce, the disciples of Izaak Walton hied themselves into the DeLuxe cafe for a six o ' clock breakfast. No sooner had they seated themselves when in walked another party, not a fishing party this time, but a party of four, one of whom was a stunning blonde Pi Phi who hails within strik- ing distance of the air capital of the world. She was escorted by a tall dark Sig Alph, and well . . . Now freshmen, you will probably realize in a short time many of the advantages that are to be found here in Kansas. Brown ' s Grove on the south, Topeka on the west, State Lake to the north, Kansas City to the east, and last but not least, the Pi Phi house right here on our own beautiful campus. I wonder if I have left anything unsaid? If it wasn ' t for the fact that Charrie Hay, town girl and Kappa pledge, not without Kappa connections, just won ' t keep quiet for a little while and let someone else make a few of the mistakes, her name would positively not appear in print in this column. But good enough cannot be let alone and day by day, Miss Hay is making some kind of a name for herself. It is just the little things such as the little episode following that has made the name of Hay-Hay a college by-word. A few days ago, Sewell Black, Sig pledge, was engaged in conversation with the little girl with the bedroom eyes, when she happened to remark that she had danced the night before with a very dark boy whom she thought to be a Sigma Chi. Naturally, she wanted to know his name. Black, after a long list of names, suggested the name of Fred Taylor, who happens to be a colored Sigma Chi houseman, and much to his surprise found that Fred was the boy. Charrie admitted that she hadn ' t had any dates with him personally, but insisted that several of the other Kappas had, and they all thought he was the ce u test thing. At the date of this writing, Charrie has 17 demerits with only 8 to go before she is ineligible for initiation and has lost only four pledge pins. No doubt she will have to do quite a few little odd jobs around the house be- fore she will be seen sporting one of those pearl studded keys. Dick Hurry Cane from Bartlesville has be- come very Beta conscious during his few short weeks of pledgeship and has proved to be a rather embarrassing factor in the life of a certain Kappa pledge. It ' s an old Beta custom that the pledges of said lodge hold themselves aloof from the common herd, girls included, until they have instilled within themselves that quality which forever marks the wearers of the diamond as a typical Beta. Dick, however, is one of the few to have become aloof enough to coolly remark to a good-looking Kappa that she had best walk on alone as he doesn ' t want to be seen walking with her. Caution ! Dick, George Lemon tried that stunt a few years ago, and you can see where it got him. To the man who can get an invitation to a free night ' s lodging in the Theta house should come a good round of applause. For many moons and for many men, it has been but a dream; but to Jack Sleeper, Fiji of the old night school, it is now a reality. Coming in late one night after a date with Tance Burrow, Jack found himself without a place to rest his aching head. (This was before rush week and the majority of houses were as yet unopened.) Seeing the Burrow car unlocked and unoccupied, he settled there without further search for a cozy place to snooze. A short time after, the Thetas were awakened by a steady blast of the Burrow horn and rushed out to de- termine the source of the commotion. There they found poor Jack, sleeping peacefully with his head on the horn button. The Thetas, being a tender-hearted crew of lasses, sought permission from Mrs. Kay to house the weary boy for the night. And that, my friends, is how Jack Sleeper spent the night, unmolested and safe from harm, on a davenport in the Theta front room. (Continued on page 69) by RIP VAN WINCHELL

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Archie surveys the campus THE JAYHAWKER With Profuse Apolo- gies to Don Marquis by CARL SMITH THE boss had never given much credence to Don Marquis ' stories of how he found letters in his typewriter written during the night by Archie the Cockroach, who told Don he accom- plished this seemingly impossible feat by jumping onto the keys from the carriage, but the other morning as the boss entered the Jayhawker office he saw a cockroach scurrying beneath the remains of yester- day ' s cheese sandwich, and a letter on the sheet of paper someone had left in the machine. And so, again with apologies to Don, we give you the views of a cock- roach come in search of higher education. dear boss this registration and enrollment sure tires you out. of course i dont have to do any of it because i dont expect anyone to ask me for a course card but i dont want to miss out on any phase of college life. ive teen kicked about long enough, like i said to mehitable the cat mehitable said she was going to hitch hike out in a few days boss i said to her theres something big and fine in me mehitable and a college education will bring out the best in me but boss i guess theres a lot of them want a education a lot worse than i do. i wouldnt stand in line like that if i had t o go back to foraging for stray scraps in the alleys again. the food around -the sorority houses is sure good. like over at the pi phi house isabel perry always remembers she wants to reduce after she gets her plate and i find i can make a very elegant meal on what is left like that. and thanks for the cheese sandwich only i wish youd take mustard on your cheese, well i guess it must be in accordance with the traditions around here i dont see how you could do such a good job of keeping the fresh- men bewildered unless you did it on purpose, honest boss id go screwey if i had freshman chairmen running me thru the line four or five times and all those convocations and books full of rules and those squirelly guys trying to sell me a kansan. say that lyman field sure is crazy isnt he he sure tickles me. well im so tired from running around register- ing and enrolling i can hardly climb back on the carriage. ill let you know how classes are in a few days. yours ' archie dear boss well mehitable got here a few days ago like i said but shes afraid to come out today, she found a very charming gentleman cat that hung out around the kappa house and yesterday morning she couldnt find him and i told her why surely you dont think they ate him but mehitable says i dont know and now shes hiding over in dyche museum where she feels kind of at home theyve got a second cousin of hers stuffed over there. boss the food isnt as good as it was when i wrote the other letter i guess rush week being over makes a differ- ence huh. i missed my first class because it was on the third floor of fraser. i got there just as they were coming out. i got in the cuff of powell aubreys pants and made it to my next class all right. say i got in a class to day with flossie kehl she sure can ask silly questions. boss are they having a convention at the phi delt house. i was up there this morning and had to flee for my life. they over run the place they would have stepped on me sure, well boss about this food of course i have no complaint it is still better than average but now i dont give a damn whether the foods any good or not. last nite i went over to the phi gam house and just as i walked in somebody was thumbing a bottle of beer and squirted it all over me and i hung around a while and drunk the beer they spilled and later i went down to the kitchen and got in a fight with a rat and fin- ally i went down in the basement and a couple of crickets and me sang songs for a long time and as soon as i get rid of this hangover im going back. yours archie (Continued on page 68)

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THE JAYHAWKER Campus clothes CLOTHES this fall are probably a sur- prise in some ways to most of us. At least, to yours truly at the Varsity this evening, the preponderance of dark and plain double-breasteds was very evident. Not that the plain double-breasted suit isn ' t the dressiest thing possible. Rather, though, with all of the smart sharkskins, British stripes and herringbones and diagonals that are being shown this sea- son, and being worn in the smarter places, they seem sort of drab. With the swing to double-breasted models and relegation of sports backs to the background until spring, of course, the first mention of double-breasteds immedi- ately calls attention to the smart Duke of Kent models, with their soft, long roll lapels, buttoning the bottom button. Bill Smiley of Kappa Sigma, and George Wright, the Phi Delt Student Council vice-president, are wearing this model in a grey British stripe, soft worsted fabric that are plenty smart numbers. Both carry, of course, side vents. Orchids to Stew Landrum of Phi Psi, who is the first we have seen wearing the model, which is going to bid for a lot of popularity this season, namely, a plain, three-button, single-breasted model with center vent. Stew ' s is in a blue and black mixture with a large herringbone weave. Chalk stripes of course, along with British stripes, are quite the thing. Chuck Lueck of Kappa Sig has chosen one, in the three-button single-breasted model in brown. by HIM Ye editor, Johnnie Chandler pre- fers a diagonal weave, in blue, unfinished worsted. Of course it ' s the Duke of Kent model with side vents and everything. Over at the Delt house the Kent model seems to be the reigning favorite also, Le Roy Bacon choosing a black sharkskin model, and there are several more mighty smart looking ones, too. Naturally, mention of the Kent model suit calls attention to shirts with wide- spread collars, named after the same gentlemen. And we might mention that early last spring this column gave con- siderable of a plug to this shirt. It ' s here and is being seen a lot on the campus. Other soft collars include those wide- spread button downs which are receiving much attention. The acceptance of raglan sleeve top- coats will be big, especially in models designed to be worn without a belt. As a suggestion, take a look at the single- breasted Balmaccan model worn by Don Dieter, Sigma Chi pledge. It ' s brown with a small check. Dick Mason, a chap who nearly always wears brown, and what ' s more, can wear it well, has chosen this same model in a rich brown, Alpaca fabric coat, with a small check. Bob Mor- ton down at Beta Haven has a double- breasted raglan sleeve model with belt all around and two pleats in the back, which he wears with a Kent roll suit of an oxford grey background and a sort of distinct plaid. A survey of the hat situation shows the overwelming popularity of the modi- fied alpine models. Those narrow snap brims are well liked. If one chooses to be more dressy there are the bound brims, in snap models which are following close upon the Homburgs. This hat is going over in a big way and we ' re going to see plenty of them this year. Now, getting down to the sox wool and wool mixtures are the best for all but dress wear, in stripes, Argyle plaids, and checks. What ' s more the sharper the color contrasts, the better they ' re liked. In sport shoes, keep an eye on the monk strap, brown suede or buckskin models which we advocated last spring. This fall, however, they are turning to the leather sole in this shoe. Brown in dress shoes is easily the leading color, being popular and correct with blues and (Continued on page 10) The professor is conduct- ing a lecture on the added value and smarter styling of Ober clothes. He ' s merely showing that it ' s been the accepted fact ever since the Prof, was a freshman that the better and smarter clothes have always come from Ober ' s. Ask the Prof. He wears Ober Clothes Always First With the Newest