University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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WHAT! ANOTHER CLASS CLOSED!

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K-VRLY MORNING! SO, A BUTTERFLY CHASER! ENGINEERS ' SURVEY BUT, GOLLY, IT ' S SATURDAY! DO I LOOK LIKE THAT? SO-LA-MI-DO KU KU ' s INITIATE - t |

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OCTOBER 1940 17 75 1 e ENROLLMENT by JIM SURFACE THE last day, the last period, the last class, the last subject . . . the last straw ! This college student whose name must be- gin with S, IV, or Q is angry disgusted. Why couldn ' t he have been at least a C, V, or K? He knew from the day he first saw the schedule that he was doomed to diffi- culty in getting the classes he wanted. Soon after arriving on the enrollment floor, he com- pletely gave up all idea of an easy time. With groups to fill and requirements to meet, he finds all pipe courses naturally but nevertheless firmly closed. Now his desperate attempts to get into just any class are being repelled with the traditional efficiency of Dean Lawson ' s partners in crime. Of course there are a few Saturday classes open. But after all, he is a fees payer. He is accustomed to a five-day week. His self-respect means a lot to him. Meagre facts: here is an enrollee who for an entire hour has been thumbing a battered schedule frantically in quest of an available course only to see each of his findings close just as he dashes to the adviser for approval. He has filled out tens of little white cards. His fountain pen has scratched itself inkless. He may take any one of several mental em LINES attitudes, his choice revealing his character. As he glowers at Dean Lawson sitting smugly behind his desk, can he suppress the maniacal desire to cry out against the unjust system which makes him a slave of deans, advisers, and chairmen? Perhaps this young man will fly into a fit of anger, cursing God and the alphabet, stalk triumphantly off the floor, fiendishly plot a transfer to Baker University. Or he may withdraw into a sequestered corner of Robinson gymnasium alone, mum- bling and muttering to himself, nursing a per- secution complex. But no, our subject is a typical student. In the teeth of a gale of deans and advisers, he knows he must be typical. So a serenity of philosophical I-can-take-it aloofness takes hold. Inwardly he reminds himself that next semester the alphabetical arrangement will be changed. Then he can enroll early. He presents his card to the adviser, laughs at the feverish scramble by that one to find a mistake, gloats at the adviser ' s failure, passes the chairman successfully, and at 4:59 com- pletes enrollment in the 7:30 section of Early Morning Bird Calls. His victory is the victory of education over education. SIGNS RECLINES