University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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20 THE JAYHAWKER RULES, REGULATIONS, AND RABBLE CONFUSE THE FRESHMAN. filly t-Miyffell UFIRM, llll LLY PACKED AINTLY resembling various members of the ostrich family, they stand first on one foot and then the other- the five hundred new freshman waiting in line for their appointment cards. The situation offers plenty of time to contemplate the future, or to count the cracks in the Hoot, but it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain an active interest in the surroundings as the hours of waiting progress. Appointment card finally in hand Qwe are assuming that they eventually came to Q for Quakebushj the problem of the psychological examination arises. The scene of the mental torture is laid in Hoch auditorium promptly funder- linedr at 9:00 a.m. Fortified with numerous cups of black THREE PHOTOGRAPHS BY DIXON coffee, and armed with a dark lead pencil and high hopes, said freshmen are occupied for the next few hours trying to unravel complicated questions ranging from grammar school arithmetic to advanced physics. The results are amazing, high grade morons being at a premium. Physical examinations come next. Clad in becoming sheets, victims are put through a series of knee-knocking, ear-peering tests. Questionnaires are filled out, X-rays are taken before loafers are returned to their rightful owners. A frank photograph and an advanced case of writer's cramp are the reward for the morning devoted to registra- tion. Patients are wearing thin when at last the day of Continued on Page 79 Professor Stene had plenty of time to give each of his enrollee's a pep talk on the po- litical science depart- ment and any man to man advice which he considered appropri- ate. Ushers brought him about five men in the morning-three in the afternoon. Again this year, freshmen women clad in sheets which do not adapt themselves to draping, were har- rassed in hospital halls during their physical examina- tions by men. Even when they managed to get away from interested interns, there was always a photog- rapher around. Freshmen came from their psychological examina- tions with mingled emotions. There were those who were glad the siege was over. Others sadly wondered what it meant when they hadn't answered any ques- tions.

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OCTOBER 1944 21 KINTZEL The freshmen's week before classes is spent in line-a line which ends invariably in a Jay Jane who sends them home because they have forgotten their appointment cards. Even at this early stage there are those who have their cards punched at one door and then walk out another. DIXON The- registration camera gets blamed for lots that isn't its fault. As proof we have this picture of Don Alderson- who currently complains that the dejected photo on his activity book, doesn't look a bit like him. Freshmen thought their first enrollment was crowded, but by the middle of November 4th, they were wishing for a return of the calm September process. There is no one in this picture compared to the crowd around Miss Doering six weeks later when students battled to get in on the winter semester.