University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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SHE SAYS Will by MARY LOU RANDALL OCTOBE lill T On t tin? he: moth 1 ing

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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

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OCTOBER 1940 19 r T AS SWEET AS ITS P I N K TEAS RUSH WEEK IS BITTER, BUT MM r f HE forced buzz of conversation, the painted smile, the welter of emotions could only mean one thing Rush Week had come again. On the day of the teas the sorority active dug her six stock rushing questions out of the moth balls, and rejuvenated them with 1940 touches. Automatically she quoted the ques- tions to any rushee that was unlucky enough to fall into her hands. Secretly she hoped that none of the sisters would be around when she told her one good story for the tenth time. Despite her robot-like action, a few novelties of the Week made an impression on her toughened brain. In the first place, it was cool. The sororities felt like the Great Spirit had smiled on them, and for once comfortably displayed their winter duds. To the rushees it was a different story. Seeing no reason why this Rush Week should be any different from any other, they inconveniently left at home their winter even- ing wraps and fur coats. However, they did manage to get better acquainted with each other while hunting for blankets in the El- dridge Hotel. And a new topic was added to the conversation when the girls could look dreamily at the burning log in the fireplace, and tell about the campfires they used to have at good old Camp Minnehaha. The second change: There were fewer girls this year that wanted to join the promise to make or break you houses known as soror- ities. The scarcity in number brought about the happy situation of usually having two girls to entertain one lone rushee. This made the rushee feel very popular and caused the sorority girls to effervesce only half as hard. Another advantage for the sorority girls in their effort to manufacture conversation was that they could always talk to each other about the time they put fish in the president ' s bed, or the night they fell from the fourth step of the fire escape, or the morning that actives locked them in the fraternity room. In its hidden meaning the lack of girls made competition among the rushees less, and rivalry among the sororities greater. Lean and thin, the year brought on a frustrated inner feeling among the Greeks. Everywhere