University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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OCT- 'R ' ' OBER 1942 19 FIGHT 0F ALL by Dean Ustrum Not a man to spare to meet a train! He finished his bird and they were soon-off again. Raymond thought he heard one Sig say something about the Phi Psi's eating something or other as they passed a certain house along theway, but one of the bigger boys obviously didnt want it said and hushed him up. I The convertible was soon down the Fourteenth street hill and going south on Tennessee. That's the Beta housej' the Sig's suddenly shouted point- ing. Raymond wondered at the time. Our house, the Sig's subtly said as they turned into their drive. Raymond didn't wonder anymore. p After the four boys had a heated' argument on whether the rushee could legally be allowed in the house before twelve or not, they decided he' had better wait in the car. It's different, though, with your luggage, a short, tough-looking Sig hastened to add and rushed into the house with the suitcase. Raymond learned later it was the Sigma Chi rush captain. 'Short meeting, short meeting! Q someone hol- leredi from the house and our hero was soon alone in the car. 1 Hello there! came the cheery call from a tall stone and brick house next door, and a slender boy in a grey tweed suit and glasses hopped the hedge to talk to Raymond. A PART THE THIRD Raymond had a good time at the A.T.O. train date and did reasonably well on his psychological the next morning in spite of having had no sleep the night before. lt's surprising how time flies when a bunch of fellows just sit down and get to talking. Wanting to do the fair thing by all, R. R. religiously registered all ten first dates in the Men's Lounge that morning. Rush Week was on', for Raymond. While at the Phi Psi house on his first date, R.R.R., Ill, thought long and hard. Their athletic record was superior. They certainly were right about 'living as one, in those 2x4 rooms-and there was no deny- ing that with a carefully restricted number of chap- ters they could maintain nothing but the best. 'lYes, Raymond decided, l'Phi Psi was a definite possibility. Our hero thought he noticed an undercurrent of unrest when the S.A.E.'s picked him up from the Psi's, but after being told how perfectly the two groups had always gotten along in years passed, he dismissed the thought. The Alph's are mighty nice fellows, Raymond reasoned, and those blue prints for the new house are really tops. ltls not every fraternity thatican boast alums like Dick Amerine and Payne Ratner, either. On his next date with the Phi Delt's Raymond watched carefully to see if the actives seemed to know one another. Raymond says he still has to laugh everytime he thinks of the two Phi's who in- troduced themselves downtown one day only to find, to their surprise, that they both lived at the Phi Delt house. R.R.R., Ill, thought the Phiis 1927 alumni improvement cup for scholarship quite impressive, however. Raymond's next date was to have been with Sigma I C ontimzed on Page 712 Photo by Yarnell Cou1dn't stand the gaff. l

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l ' Of THE T0 GHE T PART THE FIRST r lt was late afternoon when Raymond Randolph Rushee, lII's, train arrived in Lawrence. Although the trip from Pokey Slope, Kansas, was strenuous, Raymond remembered with relief those A kind invitations from the fifteen K.U. ,d, fraternities to be their guest for part sh As the engine crossed the Massachu- setts street overpass, our boy got a quick glimpse of the huge crowd of eager men on the station plat- form. Q'The train date, of course, Raymond recalled 5'-5'V Y V ul ' V dates. Twas The Night Before Rush Week How to Go Nuts in Three Easy Days Prologue 'Twas the night before Rush Week, and all through each house, All forces were mustered, most seniors were sousedg The cups on the mantles had been polished with care, Waiting for rushees soon to be there, l The sophomores were sleeping all snug in their beds, While visions of Hell Week danced in their heads, The juniors were happy, free Luckies they liked, They'd completely forgotten, they'd only three spiked. When out on the lawn, there arose such a clatter, The Sigma Chi band? No, somethings the matter. Away to the windows all flew in a flash To hell with the shutters, we'll tear down the sash! When what to their wondering eyes should they see, But a prospect, a good one-Raymond Randolph Rushee! More rapid than zeros. to the front hall they came, And the rush captain warned them, Remember the namef' So straight to the front door the actives all flew A smile, and a back-pat, and warm hand-shake, too, And then in a twinkling, the door was flung wide, The rushee just stood there, ia trunk at each side, With greetings and hand-shakes the boy made the rounds, While his luggage was lifted to the upstairs by bounds. He was dressed in a sport coat, held oil on his hair, His medals on key chain, they were all there. His necktie just wasn't, he had on a bow, And the fuzz on his chin was lighter than snow, He had a thin face and a little round belly Which shook if he laughed Cwhich he didn'tD like jelly, - His eyes didnlt twinkle, his pimples were pussy, But my God this Rush Week, how can one be fussy? ' These pictures are not in logical sequence a hot box goes between. and began to search the crowd for the Phi Gam's as the train slowed to a halt. He gathered what luggage the folks couldn't get into his new steamer trunk together, straightened his bow-tie, rubbed down his cowlick, and headed for the front of the car. ' PART THE SECOND As. the sleek, yellow convertible streamed down Ninth street to' the Hillside, the Sigma Chi's did everything they could to make Raymond comfort- able. lt's really swell of you guys to meet me like this, Raymond began, swallowed, and began again. I had no idea the Phi Gam's were in such tough shape. Ph

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HE JAYHAWKER A THE iw lol' 0nee Again the Pledges Have llaal Their Pictures Taken Alpha Chi 0mega Furl Row: Frances Nelson, Marion, Beverly Waters, Fargo, N.D.3 Faye Elledge, Wichita, Betty Dell Mills, Mound City, Barbara Sherrard, Beloit, Betty Lou Smith, Kansas City, Mo. Second Row: Margaret Fresler, Pratt, Eileen Friesen, Cheney, Betty Ann Hopkins, St. Joseph, Mo.3 Mildred Welch, Kansas City, Mo., Marilyn Davis, Minneapolis. Thufd Row: Pene- lope Boxmeyer, Kansas City, Barbara Barnjun, Halstead, Barbara Brund- age, Hutchinson, Jean Power, Beloit, Dorothy Catlett, Neodesha, Mary Lou Amann, Hiawatha. N015 in Picture: Nancy Reed, Grove, Okla., Amy Erl Little, Newton, Verna Newton, Wellington. Alpha Delta Pi r Fury! Row: Mary Hardman, Leavenworth, Betty June Bacon, Cleveland, Ohio, Anabel Kreler, Lawrence, Betty Lindauer, Kansas City, Mo., Mary Simpson, Kansas City, Mo., Dorothy Bawersock, Columbia, Peggy Sue Biggs, Ponca City, Okla. Second Row: Eileen Brinkman, Tulsa, Winifred Winne, Wichita, Ann Kinnison, Bonner Springs, Dayle Benscheidt, Hut- chinson, Jean Darby, Washington, Mildred Grotbeck, Lawrence, Eleanor Burger, St. Joseph, Mo. Thurd Row: Marion Langdon, Kansas City, Mo., jane Bauslaugh, Wichita, jean Kaufman, Leavenworth, Marion Howell, Colleyville, Nancy Monroe, Leavenworth, Bobbie Clawson, Ponca City, Okla., Penny -Ashcraft, Kansas City, Mo., Phyllis Ogg, Lawrence, Barbara Ann Hayes, Kansas City, Mo. Not in Picture: Mary Louise Dickinson, Lawrence, Marjorie Ingram, Lawrence. Alpha Tau llmega First Row: Don Lysaught, Kansas City, Don Taylor, Hutchinson, Paul Buchanan, Chanute, Munroe Zoellner, Tonganoxie, Robert Ware, Law- rence, Ed Schulters, Kansas City, Mo. Second Row: Brude Collin, Inde- pendence, William Shropp, Wellington, John Anderson, Minneapolis, Wendell Link, Wichita Falls, Texas, Howard Hale, Fort Scott, William Kallenburger, Edna, Alan Stutz, Lawrence. Third Row: Jack Forbes Kansas City, Mo,, John Harrison, Peabody, Charles Gilliland, Hutchinson' Eldon Means, Hutchinson, Kenneth Cates, Hutchinson, Joe McCoskree Kansas City, Mo., William Pirnie, Kansas City, Jack Payne, Lawrence, Frank Rush, Chanute, Fourth Row: Stephen Butcher, Hutchinson, Wil- liam Sims, -ii, Earl Laird, Kansas City, Charles Beach, Kansas City, Mo., Michael Gubar, Kansas City, Mo., Alan Martinek, Kansas City, john Hayne, Olathe, Frank Houck, Independence. - 7 3 7 Beta Theta Pi Fifi! ROW: Bob Timmons, Pittsburg, Darb Ratner, Topeka, Bob Ander- son, Ottawa, Hal Hunter, Attica, Bud Griggs, Pittsburg, Bud K1-eamef Downs, Russel Stites, Bartlesville, Okla. Second Row: Bill Schell, Wich: ita, Dan Chase, Parsons, jack Dunne, Wichita, Ted White, Lyons. Max Falkenstein, Lawrence. Third Row: Jim Calkins, Kansas City' Ed Snffaqe Salina, Don Diehl, Smith Center, Joe Beeler, Mankato. Fourth Row? Charles Spencer, Pittsburg, Bud Murphy, Oklahoma City Okla. Tuck Si ers, Iola, Jim Roderick, Witmore, Larr ' l 'H . Luther Welsh, Kansas City. Y Miner, Kansas CIW, Mo.,