University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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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

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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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I- The rushees started from house to house early next morning. It rained a little that day As they left, rushees prettied up for Inside, the sorority girls tried desperately to impress the rushees; the rushees, to impress the next house, exchanged impres- the sorority girls. These are the Alpha Chi ' s sions in whispers. These are in the Kappa hall At the teas, the girls looked like this. Here the Pi Phi ' s are talking fast After the teas, in midnight bull-sessions, they looked like this. These are the A.D.Pi ' s deciding some girls future Preferential dinners brought the curtain down. Squabbles and disappointments forgotten, actives and new pledges celebrated together. Gamma Phi ' s are giving this one