University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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llHSH Wllll--- aa -by Virginia Gunsolly HEY did it again. just like ,,,,,,,A, e:e Q :Zf :2:f,:i52EQ that here She is about to embark a fiock of migratory birds iVi 'i ' Iiiii UAUI, upon her college career at last. this Yeafs Crop Of Pug-Hesedf 'lif Ei. iiizi 0 ' Ah- how Sweet! i freckled-faced, but at the same Egg ,,,,5335,g: 5-2, ZI: Bright and early ,C well - time cute rushees descended : .a:,V- 15' uhllzziiizi 101303 Thursday morning upon the Hill. Sad to say they -':'i' it ' Ztf f i' Mary and all the rest ,of the can be quite easily compared to E:: Agnlgl X two hundred and some rushees the blackbird migration. which :.E .. ' , tripped lightly up to the Union hr fht anglais if 5151 li ijt y r t y guild? anlfC0mP1eff wha is Seal'-Ce ear Y In e 3 5 U 13 ,'1'2 s. .rifgi lzzz ii .:12:, . .irga ...2 sis. Q? efea Outs HOWH as f ePf0eeSS now becoming more or less ac- iiliui lili: :ijgf at of checking in for rushing. As ceptedj and assimilated. Fate 'tr--....,i,'... p 6 :'1i 5 :5:5 f': lzizi 5 ...:::f55i f ar as I can see all it consists of seemsto have decreed that like i' .zzz 1 1:52221 1 is paying a fee in order' to be Other group of human be- 'tag ........, .. . y c ari iysrer itraat allowed to go through rush ings, rushees must be Compared ......i.:.:1:5.1f12 azf. zli ,Fry ..., . 5 '-t1A1bfb1'111f-1- uiuihiiiiiu In Week. What Women WOr1,t clOl to those beautiful winged creatures. For as surely as fall follows summer, blackbirds settle in campus trees and rushees overflow sorority houses. w.And that's not all. Each and every sorority is out, license in hand, not only to retrieve its quota, but also to get the nicest, juiciest, smartest, and above all the prettiest of the flock. But now let's have a peek at this yearls rushees' wartime preview of hell. Mary Rushee, almost completely overcome by her first glimpse of this University town, climbs off the DuPunk Express and with the air of one of broad ex- perience hails a taxi. She and five or six others ascend the one poor cab and state their destinations. Mary is entirely oblivious to everything around her, except Having attended a new student convocation at 9:50 - previous to the checking in process- and with the full promise of a rather active afternoon and evening, Mary dashed home to try to grab forty winks. That quite obviously is about the extent of her rest for the day. Shortly after lunch she began trudging back up the gHill to report for her psy- chological and aptitude examinations at Hoch audi- torium. Mary found herself just a little pinched for time as her exams were not finished until 4:15 which gave her exactly fifteen minutes to dash home, dress, and reach the first house in her 4:30-6:00 group of C C ontimieci on Page 80 Q ,, .-. .'n tn- .A-.-an l H fs- , .om n an 121 ,w!ln 1aCWf-v -lxif

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NOVEMBER 1943 15 That first awful week - as told 19 31 Pat Penny HHH HHH HHHHHH HHHHHH never used them for anything except waste paper, and so we agreeably took their word for it, and promptly forgot our crooked cerebrums. We threw ourselves into crowded boarding house rooms, dressed in the twenty minutes we had left after the exams, and dashed madly out. We arrived at the first sorority house giggling hysterically, and stayed much too long, but we soon caught on to the proper technique. Friday dawned not too brightly what with having to call for our date cards at 7:50 a.m. We managed to fill out, with local assistance, these complicated affairs, and then reeled out with heavy eyelids in search of a cup of coffee. The aptitude tests followed. Nothing more need be said. Somehow we made it through the first three rush dates Fridayfand managed to spike at only two houses that day. We wondered aguely what the out- come of our various predicaments would be, but cheerfully thought Oh, I can think about that to- morrow. Saturday and Monday were days for the books with registration, conferences with the deans, enroll- ment, and physical examinations crammed into fleet- ing hours. Whereas we had sighed over the Navy medics on the campus, meeting them face to face for our physicals, clothed in the bare necessities, was an event that called for the emptiest of feelings and the most profound of blushes. We were amazed at the number and delicacy of the questions tossed blithely at us, and wondered when we were going to get out and get some lunch. We were but slightly floored by the fellas, who on prodding our abdomens, in- quired solicitously, You're hungry, aren't you? We somehow got through the flood of remarks like You're Bob So-and-So's little sister, aren't you? and After you, Doctor. The physicals weren't too bad, but it couldn't have been worse when we encountered our particular nice looking examiner on the campus next day. That knowing smirk! Registration was a nightmare. We'd heard of see- ing pink elephants at times, but seeing pink cards- miles and miles of them! -in our sleep for nights after registration was something new. After filling out numerous cards with scratchy post-officepens, we stood in line for what seemed like hours and thought hopelessly, My kingdom for a chair! We posed dubiously - and rather hurriedly -for our activity pictures, and learned a short time after that we C C omfinueti on Page 741 ...... . ....,.. HHH 22213'3'Zigi2351:ii5251222121555IE1if55f1fffEfEfEfEf3f72EfEfEEE52525. fififfffffffffiiiiiifE522221225222fiEiE1E2E2E2E2f2fff15Ef25232525252523555Egffiffifffiifillif V ,,..... . ., .... ,f- '-- 1 - S 1' :Z5i7if17'5 -5 1:5:1:if1fi:5:5:5:5:7:1z2. 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NOVEMBER 1943 17 ---fm like URING the summer it was decided that the men's in- -by Wallace Grimes IWMZ ternities to fill houses and keep al their chapters alive. if? - - VT -Q 'S ' .-e i 6 terfraternity council should be- ex A -if e u gin to plan for a fall program lill . . ie i:E? ft The b0YS Uflllmbefed The dMmwwwwMHHeWWWVftgwwkfwsmwmkwmwwme s s when the first meeting was t A? . 5 t1'Opl11CS 21I'1Cl lIJ1'OL1glf1t up 3. SLIP- . EiiifE2:f,2 E 3-fe. -if ,-:' If A:'f,.g,l X - - 1:-1' P' ' ' ' held President Frank Gage and ,Z eiro 'L 's', Ve ., L- spur Ply of Cigarettes In Preparation constitutionalist Clarence Engle if . 6 -'.p' jg .slp ljmlkll ll' V. f for the blg Week' The first eve' Were the only experienced men Q, fe. O y 5, ning was rather uneventful but present. To these were added v . i nt 51. X P- ei, -bes ' tiring. The second night the Sixteen men more or less fa, - V 2 trzr E2 :1' if i.1g .1vsa. X E ,e.t '.-r kinks in the lines had been oiled miliar with fraternity activity. gf I S A .S out and eVefY Smoker became 3 Facing this relatively inexperi- VX -. gl 'peiv Xl XXX virtual hot box. The pace was enced group was a problem ll' .Vee Q i visably wearing on all con- capable of stumping the best. S3315 -3-,fi '1- 2 eg cerned. One odd feature was The planning of a rush week I that the cigarettes didn't go so for a small but unknown nurn- ' - --'J well with the oun er men who Y 8 ber of men so that every fraternity would have the opportunity of meeting every man was their task. Meeting the problem required a departure from the plan that had evolved over a period of years and necessitated the formulation of a new system of rush week. A plan whereby every fraternity held a series of smokers which every rushee attended was adopted. Date bids were given at the smokers for the two days of actual rush week that followed. The plan had many weaknesses as was shown dur- ing rush week, but accomplished the first duty, that of introducing every man to every fraternity. As rush week approached it became evident that the competition for the limited number of rushees would be increased by the desperate efforts of fra- were being rushed and actives got a good supply of smokes for the following week. On Saturday morning the dates for rush week were registered and the finale was on. These proceedings followed the old plan and went along more smoothly and with less pressure than the smokers. Saturday night and Sunday the boys were pledged and their belongings moved in with sighs of relief on the part of all concerned. Rush week this year lacked the usual color of large houses, rush parries in the city, and plenty og rusheesg it was more business-like and serious than former years. The only thing really normal about the whole situation followed rush week when all concerned holed up for several days of needed rest. -Photos by Dixon I fl f K - + I: mww,axl ' I, li '-'xx -- .5 .uc