University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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BLOMGREN AND LITTELL— FRESHMAN ELAINES PERENNIAL KAPPA PALS— BETTY LOU AUSTIN AND D. J. REED Already the fact of October 1 6, day of the big draft, was beginning to worry and encourage Colorado mea Despite such s Sant news students blithely prepared for rush week, that week which most nearly represents the cmema im- pression of college What rush week is, few know; those who do, won ' t tell. The intrigues, the hasty midnight meetings and th mysterious personality rating-charts make this week a college fantasy of play-acting. Back-slapping is endorsed more out of custom than expediency. FERREL, PECK, AND TOEPELMAN GREET CHASE FRESHMEN EXUDING UNSPOILED CHARM LAURA NAUGLE AND JOAN FITZGERALD— NEW PI PHIS TEN MINUTES FOR FAGS AND GAGS

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In the last weeks of September over four thousand people drove, walked, and hitch-hiked their way up University Hill, signalizing the opening of another nine-month year at Colorado University. In the Dorms, in Creek houses, and in scores of boarding houses, they shook hands, talked about Califor- nia and Iowa, and loosened up to that old familiar business about, Remember last winter when . . . Among the indomitable 4,000 seeking education and otherwise in the state ' s biggest institution were 962 new faces, according to a ten- page edition of Colorado ' s bi- weekly, THE SILVER AND COLD. More important news on the open- ing of school was the announce- ment by President Stearns that Colorado was making plans to pre- pare over a thousand men for the national defense program. OUR LARGEST REGISTRATION ... IN THE FIELD HOUSE ALPHA PHIS WELCOME ALPHI PHIS BACK FOR THE TERM— A LAST CHILLY PLUNGE IN THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE — STREAMER AND BURROWS, PI PHIS . . . HOW NOT TO DRESS FOR CLASS ARTS STUDENTS SHOOT CHIN MUSIC —AMY STEARNS AND TED REED; IT DE- VELOPED INTO NOTHING

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Rush week girls wear long dresses, drink tea; boys plan steak fries and drink beer, when they are not es- corting droves of rushees to the theatre. Girls must have a pull to get into a sorority. As a result, there are too many good girls; some are lost in the scramble. Smart rushees play Pi Phis against Kappas, DCs against Pi Phis and Thetas against all three — and get what they want. Many girls are disappointed, think they ' ll never be the same. » » This week emotions rule. Alum interference proves, especially among women, that Creek organizations consti- tute one of the most lasting inter- ests in University life. » » The girls who make a sorority find corsages, telegrams, and lots of smiling faces on an eventful Satur- day afternoon. This is a big event for a coed. D. G. ' S TELL THEIR NEW SISTERS BED- TIME STORIES BETAS, SANS TULIPS — YOU WOULDN ' T HAVE LIKED THE PHI GAMS ANYWAY — OH! GOD! MY HAND! FUTURE PHI GAM PLEDGE AMONG CHI PSI GLADHAND BOYS — MAY CO. BASE- MENT ON DISPLAY nil