University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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T It Happens Every Year . Around mid-August, they migrate to Lawrence with the collective energy like that of lemmings marching to the sea. And they arrive at this ocean of academic ideals by the thousands. There are more than 22,000 this year. The students are back in Lawrence. Another school year is under way. They come at least a week or more before classes start, depending upon where they live. Oh, and classes start so damn early! (The second to the last week in August). Students take little comfort now in knowing they ' ll finish finals before winter break. But it is now the week before classes start. There ' s too much to do. Party, party, party. Move in. Pay deposits. Meet neighbors. Party. Register at Hoch. Pay all parking tickets. Party. And gather one ' s patience, intuition and energy, to ... 22

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. . . Enroll! Hustle, sweat and worry in that madhouse field house, just to pick up those silly white cards. Ah, but there ' s that great feeling when that stamp hits that $288 check. It ' s over, except for ... . . Books! My gosh, the prices, the lines, the heat. One stands for what seems to be hours. But soon, this is over, too. You drag a bag of books out, and you ' re $50, $70, or $1 00 poorer. You can ' t wait to grab a couple cold ones, because it ' s getting near the end of ... . . . Country Club Week. You ' ve packed three weeks worth of partying and organizing and zero weeks of studying into a hectic-but-festive week. You ' re now ready for the 1 977-78 academic year, and that ' s where our feature ' s sec- tion comes in. If you ' re in search of memories be they bitter or sweet then flip through the following pages. We ' ve tried to capture some of the finer moments of this past year. PMIL0S0PUY 24