University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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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

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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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Corbin N-1 A l E11 ' 1 45 he if CORBIN N-1 Becky Penney, Topeka, Patricia Beach, Topeka, Claudia LeClaire, Overland Park, Terry Flora, Kansas City, Mo., Betsy Morgan, Emporia, Sandy McPherson, Em- poria. Donna Chin, Overland Park, Debbie Angel, Ft. Leavenworth, Mary Abbey, Min- neapolis, Minn. Elizabeth Stevens, Shawnee Mission, Patricia Schurt, Shawnee Mission, Susan Bosley. Dighton. Carol Lewallen, Billings, Mont, Corbin N-2 I V V 'I A ' I 'l CORBIN N-2 Susan Campbell, Georgetown, Del, Karen Shankland, Wichita, Debbie Whitaker, Topeka, Kris Johnson, Topeka, Nancy Ashley, Minneapolis, Minn, Kalyn Wor- ford, Wichita, Carolyn Barth, Leawood, Marty Slattery, Mayetta, Marcia Buller, Lawrence: Becky Beggs, Salina, Terry Hain, Overland Park, Jan Stark, Shawnee. Linda Heisterberg, Shawnee, Jennrler Zeisig, Shawnee, Cindy McNally, Salina, Jan Peterson, Prairie Village, Amy Otis, Prairie Village, Judy Dickens, Webster Groves, Mu. Nancy Speer, Dighton, Kathleen Killeen, Dodge City, Charlene Oettmer, Houston, Texas, Kathy Ellis, Kansas City, Mo., Ellen Pope, Hobart, Ind., Judy Sims, Homewood, lll. Mary Heinen, Shawnee Mission, Brenda Johnson, Overland Park, Gail Johnson, Overland Park, Mary Lowry, Atchison, Glenda Noll, Winchester,