University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Gamma, Phi's brighten up the Phi Gam hangout. At swords point over rushees, the chapter IS at least in accord during song practice. BUT THE OLD RULE FAILS TO HOLD FOR SORORITY ACTIVES .infill ,yAjrf7fLkv4 All 0 l ll 'll ll ll ll ll F YOU were an active instead of a rushee, you started ' your education earlier-say around September 7, instead of September 12. Your first chapter meeting was about choosing rooms. You didn't make the meeting on time, so you found your- self living in the phone booth. There were others who drew the basement. You retired to your boudoire that first night at a shameful hour, and, rather than sleep between the mattress and bedsprings to keep warm Qyour blankets hadn't arrivedj, you filched several bedspreads from fresh- man rooms. You dragged out of bed too early the next morning, and for breakfast, ate a crusty sweet roll and chewed on coffee grounds which obviously had been left over from last June. Your first ufilibustery' meeting was at 9 o'clock, and you brought along a comfortable pillow to rest your-ah-head on. The fog from cigarette smoke was dense, and you couldn't see more than two sorority sisters away. The hours rolled by, and at noon, all who were able fell out for lunch. In the interim, you attended song practices, scrubbed floors, mowed the lawns, worked on party decorations, cleaned windows, developed a horrible cold, and put the rat traps in the closets until after rushweek. You also scoured the Hill for houseboys, who had to be tall, dark, handsome, DIXON Bach-both played and broken on the Alpha Chi piano and easy to date. You finally settled for something which looked like a Cro-Magnon man. You spent an equally try- ing time searching for suitable cooks who dished up the kind of a meal you didnit used to get at home. In your next chapter meeting, you argued for two hours over a prospective rushee, Miss Jelly fjam don't shake like thatp, who had little to offer besides her buck-teeth, bow- legs, and a million dollars. The railroading which went on would have put congress to shame. Three chapter members were shot, in the end, and you passed on-Miss jelly. You also discussed other potential, and potent, Cthere is a differ- enceb rushees. Your conversation frequently was inter- polated with What is she like? -i.e., ls she a fast kid?'l The next three days, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, you found to be of the same song, second verse. It couldn't be better, but it was a hell of a lot worse. Tuesday, the day of teas, you clipped your claws, concealed your fangs, and pre- pared to greet sweet young things at the door. You were 'iknocked out, but the worst was yet to come. At end of week, you looked like Dante's interpretation of Hell's Belle. You were ready to pick up the interrupted threads of your life, and think of something really solid - like studying, letters, and the man who left you behind.

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The girl with the glossy finish - Pebble Beach puts the famous hooch dancer's hand ac- tion to practical use. 'KINTZE I. Two neatly stacked sophomores slump up the Kappa hill with everything including the can opener. Chi 0mega's prepare a humpty-dumpty for their nursery party --sure bait for the simple but sweet. alias beautiful but dump, alias typical rushec. KINTZITI. MIME EARLYA ll

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10 T H IC J A Y H A TV K I-I Ii KINTZEL TRIUMPHANT MOMENT H - FOR BOTH SlDES FRESHMAN FRUSTRATION SETS lN 'PEA FUR TWO HUNDRED JUST DON'T DO ANYTHING FISHER No spiking on the day of teas . . Legal spike cards . . . Preferential and pledge dinners combined . . . ln the best Hawkshaw fashion, active members, oiled, and with firearms oiled, advanced cautiously across the new mine field of rush rules laid down by Pan-Hellenic when open season on rushees officially began September 12. Big brothers off to the Seven Seas, more girls than ever enrolled at the University and for rush week. Competing in the race were 286, 30 more than last year. But gone were those infamous times when a pledge class was formed - and unformed - all on the day of teas. Gone also, were the days when Greek women dashed into another sorority house, grabbed a spiked rushee by her well-done locks, and yanked her out the back door to reconsider her pledge. Once a girl said I do, she was rushed to the nearest recruiting station QMrs. Brune's headquartersb, to sign her Jane Henry on the dotted line. For a change, the spike card was the final step. Breaking the spike meant that a rushee could not pledge another sorority for one calendar year-which disproves the theory that it's a woman's right to change her mind. KINTZEL