University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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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

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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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THAT LAST DESPERATE HOUR— WOLVES IN FOREGROUND Our coed is immediately introduced to eligible men on the campus by her where the stags are four rows deep. That night she has her first mtroduction where students drink beer and dance. This is supposedly her first date at L. during rush week. Sororities think that men might influence their rushees. at the Men ' s Gym, a necessity which becomes an unorganized not; nobody dered Freshmen, befuddled Sophomores, distressed Juniors and distraught be practice is for students to see their counselors make and unmake schedules. PI PHIS, POISED FOR THE RUSH WEEK KILL] new sisters at an uncomfortable tea dance to Canon Park, two miles up Boulder canon, U. She has not been allowed to see any men » » Following rush week is registration knows where to go, or what to do. Bewil- ,niors — all are in the wrong lines. Common BOB DOLL, HEAP BIG HOOP MAN BEER, MIRTH, AND GUSTO LEAKIE MYSTICAL EYE BALLS- -AS OF DUDIE MacKENZIE BETAS AT GOOD ODDS