University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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OCTOBER 1 9 37 2$ IF tea dancing receives any more impetus this year, | you can guess it will be from Paul Kihm. The new dance manager may not go so far as to employ a soap box he ' s not the type but he ' s all for the idea of afternoon exercise also the Big Apple. Is an old orchestra man and traveled with one to Europe in the summer of ' 36. We couldn ' t find out all the details of his stay in Paris, but he ' s noted for doing a good Photo by Art Wolf job of whatever he sets out to do. Thumbs-down Clyde McCoy on Sugar Blues. Is president of Kappa Sigma and contributes effort to the K.U. band and the Modern Choir. Comes from Leavenworth but doesn ' t expect to end up there. Has a theory about women which you must discover for yourself. In short, and you may want to know how to pronounce his name he ' s a Kihm fellow.

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THE JAYHAWKER fROM the piles of apartment houses in New York Gty and from the Kansas prairies comes the annual horde of Freshmen men to become abruptly a part of the Hill life. Five hundred and fifty strong they were this year, wondering frantically what a mid week is, what intramural means, and if the Union Building has anything to do with these strikes they read about. Last spring the leading men ' s organizations on the Hill, such as the Sachem, the Owl Society, and the Men ' s Student Council determined to eliminate some of the worries, avoid some of the embarrassment, and speed the acclimatization of the new men this fall. The result is the Men ' s Student Advisory System. When the plan was proposed to Dean Werner, he examined its possibilities, improved it, and heartily endorsed it. By BILL FARMER The first step was the nomination, by the organi- zations, of upperclassmen eminently qualified to act as student advisers. These were quickly moulded into a large but efficient organization by Miss Persis Cook, of Dean Werner ' s office. Then, during the summer months, under Miss Cook ' s direction, a bible of Hill information was compiled by some of the advisers, and sent to all the rest. Last of all came the tremendous task of reaching all the prospective fresh- men. Over seven hundred letters were mailed out. During Freshman Week small groups of new- comers met with their upperclassman advisors in classrooms, meeting-rooms, offices, and recreation rooms in nearly every building on the campus for informal conferences. Topics included the History of the University, intelligent self-direction, distribution of time, intramural and varsity athletics, extra-cur- ricular activities, social customs, and even studying. Politics were, of course, discussed from a strictly non- partisan viewpoint. The University of Kansas is a pioneer in any system of Men ' s Student Advisers. But if other schools follow our example, and meet with our success, it (Continued on page 81)

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' The sorority girls arrived early and greeted each other joyfully. These are the A.O.Pi ' s They moved in with feminine confusion and shouts of Man on second! ' PREPARATIONS began early, with fines for all that were late. After bubbling greetings; the girls prepared first their houses, then themselves. Mean- while wheat-moneyed rushees jamed into Corbin, also preparing thmselves. Hectic for both sides was the first day. And then the rushees sat waiting for the sorority girls to make up their minds. The next day the sorority girls sat waiting for the rushees to make up their minds. Tears flowed freely, joy was ecstatic, hearts were broken, and fury was unleashed as emotions ran wild. The result: the best looking pledge class in years, full houses, much criticism of the quota system. When they stopped to rest, they talked of summer dates, how cute was this rushee, and how impossible that. On the Theta front porch Dusting, painting, decorating, were next in order, dressed as rushees never see them. This is the Alpha Gam sign Meanwhile, rushees were beginning to register into Corbin Hall