University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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i E 5 5 3? X i. .i . WI iviEN's RUSH Clink. clank. bottles and glasses, coke on wheat jeans and a cigarette ash or two. Where you from? Q Lecompton. J What's your major going to be? Don't know yet. ' lPledging was allowed from July 1 to August 30. Rush Week began September 1 and ran until September 5.l Sorry your jeans got dirty. That's okay. I've had a bad day. Lost my sweatep somewhere. Watched a movie at some house. Right Guard's wearing off. What time is it? . F0ur. X . S ilVlen participating in 'rush couIdn't pledgeuuntil 20 ...W -ag., September 4. They spent the first days visiting the houses to gain an accurate picture of the Greek System and to tag-alonger look at the house in which they were interestedl Oh. Can I call the house for you. Maybe they forgot!! No, that's okay. I'll just sit here and read your scrapbook so I can gain an accurate picture of the Greek system and take a longer look at the house... You're sure. I Oh. yes. I'Il be fine. l'm awfully tired. l'II just sit hereiand look at the pictures. Thank you anyway. . CI ink, cljank

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T0 BEGIN WITH. While summer campers and students trekked across Nlt. Oread in the sticky heat, more than 2,000 incoming freshmen got a glimpse of col- lege life in the summer previews. The 2,113 who attended KU Preview spent their two and one-half days quartered in Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall. The previewers came in shifts. Representatives from the dean of men's and women's offices, faculty members and upperclass counselors worked with the previewers to give them a brief insight into KU. Previewers got their KU-ID cards, sat for the mysterious identification photos, and learned how to buy football tickets. For the first time, incoming freshmen could take the speech exemption test at previews. About 60 per cent of those who took the test passed it. The first and last previews were for non-Col- lege of Liberal Arts students to meet the charge that KU Preview was oriented exclusively to the College. Those students who didn't make Previews got their first taste of KU at orientation, lovingly known as Country Club Week. The freshmen and new students could stroll through the line at the Chancellor's Reception to meet Larry Chalmers, see the campus club offer- ings at the SUA Activities Night, just walk the campus from Fraser to Carruth during the week, or get drunk, or get... l'V?' 3' -- Q .- 5 - w ' ' '4,...I?. T df HM? a A 5 i Q nm ilt D05 om' e PBRMI1 s A X EE ' g ,ik i it il H is i 1 f Lf. 55 ,6 11. -n15t5g'fv!!f'g-ing-g ! . ,, QS., 5 'ff' tt li ,Ms S tee 'Z t it -w1.LftW's?f1r e T if 'ff'- . .... . -5 1 , ..,...., , ,. ,... . . . 'QV' ' w - K 4 - - . y Qi 5. 3' 9 I N I Q 1 . 4 J 4 if

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WOlVlEN'S RUSH hello ilove you won't you te!! me your name The rushees were nervous and so were the rushers. Where are you from-what's your major? Questions like these were frequent at open houses as girls meeting each other for the first time established communication. Every party passed in a flurry of smiles and conversation. What do you like about being a Greek? This year the Panhellenic Council stressed complete openness between the sororities and rushees. lVlay I borrow your electric rollers? Each morning after the first two days of open house rushees received invitations to attend 'par- ties that day. The rush within the rush began as they stood in line to accept, ate breakfast and calmed each other's nerves while putting on makeup. The scene was the same on the other side as sorority members practiced songs and skits for parties and made sure everything in the house was in its place. I simply must get out of this dorm. All girls participating in rush stayed in Oliver Hall. Communication with men or sorority mem- bers was forbidden. The mechanics of rush were handled by the Dean of Women's office. Working at night, the staff handled IBM card procedures, number analy- sis and the preferential bidding system, a confi- dential means of matching each rushee's prefer- ence with the sorority's preference for pledging. To participate in rush, a girl must have been out -l A common occurrence in every house after the excitement ofmoving in of high school at least a full year, completed a regular semester of college work, and have a 1.2 cumulative grade average. I'm glad l had a year to think and decide for myself whether or not to join a sorority. Of the 486 girls who attended open houses. 335 were pledged. One house, faced with difficulties for several years, was forced to dissolve after taking only one pledge. The Panhellenic Council tried to remedy the problem before rush week by having designat- ed representatives from each of the other houses assist the sorority in planning parties and talking to rushees, but the coordinate effort failed. -Carolyn Bowers 21 confusion ofrush week is the