University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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I. Tea on the Alpha Chi porch. 2. The Pi K As pause from their labors long enough For n shot. 3. Wash day at the A O Pi house. 4. The Sig Eps air the mat- tresses preparatory for a new year. 5. Relax- ation for the Sig Alphs. 6. A hearty welcome for a future Phi Psi. 7. The Pi Phis take slock of their charms. 8. New arrivals at the Chi Omega headquarters. 9. The A T Os make things shine. 10. The housemother greets prospective Delts. II. The Betas greet a rushee. 12. Rush week preparations at the Alpha Gams. 13. Sigma Alpha Mus arrive for school. 14. A coal oi paint ror the Acacia house. A Roman holiday for the Kansas Greeks. There you have a K. U. rush week in a nutshell. Nor from the standpoint of rushee. rusher, or innocent bystander is the name a misnomer. To the fraternity or sorority member who has to let dignity and sen- iority slip so far as to apply an effective combination of wax and elbow grease to a hardwood floor; to the football hero who grimly bears the humiliation of trundling a lawn mower over an acre of summer ' s growth; to the rush captain who engages in a frenzied last minute harangue to already overburdened brethren or sisters; to drowsy Greeks in midnight session; to the green rushee from Podunk corner; the blase one from the metropolis; to the girl who for a week can ' t speak to her sister or best friend: to the boy who for a like time can ' t talk on the phone to his best girl; to the worried mama who frantically calls a soror- ity house to say, Nellie comes from a fine family, I ' m Nellie ' s mother; to the Betas

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OCTOBER BUTTON, BUTTON Occasionally several emblems appear upon the scene simultaneously, with the problem settled far in advance By CLAVELLE HOLDEN WHEN the smoke of the rush week battle cleared away there stood four hundred and fifty neo- phytes with their halos removed and in their place a small, unimportant badge signifying pledgeship. After the usual hectic battle of mud-slinging and word- swapping the hellenic warriors declared an end to another great and worthwhile struggle no different than any in the history of rush weeks in that not a single admission of defeat reached the ears of rival Greeks. So when everybody wins and nobody loses, hard feelings should be a thing unheard of and any remarks published herein labelled purely as ' rush week prattle. The most talked of story to reach our ears was one from the Phi Delt chapter. They must have made it a pledge duty for their freshmen to tell everyone they met. To begin with, the rushee was from Arkansas City, which gave the Kappa Sigs two strikes with him, and his father and brother wore the emblem fair of Beta Theta Pi. The last fact gave the Betas the third strike, but evidently the man didn ' t know anything about baseball because when rush week ended he was in the Phi Delt fold. Score one for the side versus the Betas. Another choice story was in regard to the Violet Club boarders. It seems they were rushing a man from the City whose father was a member of the local Phi Psi boarding club. Anyw 7 ay the rushee decided he wanted to be a Sig Alf, nobody knows why, and he was in the City with a pledge button in his pocket. The Sig Alfs even went so far as to turn his name in to the Kansan as a pledge. But the boy ' s father stepped into the breech and led his wandering boy to the Phi Psi lodge, informing him that there was only one fraternity to pledge. Inciden- tally the Phi Delts pulled a similar stunt on one of the other Greek lodges. For obvious reasons we will skip names, particulars, and try and forget all about it. In our humble opinion the girls from the crescent lodge win the grand prize for pledging the plum of rush week, to-wit: Isabelle Bash. Another welcome addition to the same pledg e class is Barbara Bonham. a product of Chevy Chase. Say what you will of the Betas, nevertheless they pledged Dan Hamilton, son of the fiery national chairman of the Republican party. We can ' t figure out why the Landon men didn ' t get him. Maybe he didn ' t look like good T. N. E. material. The Betas are already singing laurels of the Typical the Greeks battled man they predict will take the place of the great Field, one Wallace Springer of Kansas City (per- sonally we hope he has only his trait of leadership.) The Sigma Chis induced twenty-two men to regis- ter at their palatious mansion Which reminds us of another story concerning the Betas. (This is the last.) They were rushing this summer a very prominent man from St. Joseph who received an Annapolis appoint- ment but decided he didn t want it. Confident to the last, the Betas gave him Sigma Chi rush dates as a mere courtesy. And the fellow pledged Sigma Chi The Hotel keepers also pledged a Dick Mize from Atchison, said to be quite a prize. The Alpha Chis say with much pride, and boast- ingly, that one look at Ann Reynolds, Jean VeIlman, and Jeanette Hardy would explain why they were pledged. The Horseshoe and X girls seemed to be extremely well satisfied with this year s crop. The rush captain out at the A. T. O. ranch must have been plenty worried this summer about getting some men to sign away their rights to civilization and (Continued on Page 78)

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I. Preparations at the Triangle house. 2. The Sigma Chis take time out. 3. The Phi Delts pose for a picture. 4. Window- washing day for the D Us. 5. Greeting rushees at the Theta central office. 6. Rushees arrive to register at Corbin. 7. Looking over the Kappa preferential list. 8. Housecleaning for the Sigma Kappas. 9. Reception committee at the Gamma Phi manor. 10. Greetings from the Kappa Sigs. 11. Saving the A D Pi voices. 12. Phillips explains about Phi Gamma Delta. 15. The Delta Chis shine trophies. 14. The Sigma Nus clean their rushing pictures for a rush pictu as they tell that annual story of only eight hoys this year; to the Pi Phis as the chapter house plays second fiddle to tales of life in the White House; to the Phi Gams as they hang AITs picture in every room; to the Sigma Chis as they point with pride to their hotel; to the Phi Delts as they try to smooth over their multiple dining system and numerous annexes: to these and others the horrors of war appear as pale heside the horrors of rush week. Yet the end arrives at last, and each organization emerges worn out. hut proud and happy with the best class on the Hill. And. as a rule, the pledges believe it too. but there comes a day of reckoning, with black mark and paddle. So rush week is but the begin- ning, and in time fades into a pleasant memory. For some a time when cherished ambitions are dashed to bits, for others the end of the rainbow, to all a brief period of hectic, nerve-wracking nonsense. A Roman holiday indeed.