University of Missouri at Kansas City - Kangaroo Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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r-f-- --,- ----- ff 4 Mrs. Olin Wilson and Mrs. Roy Nickum Qcenterb of Atkisson Studio work with Kangaroo staff members Nancy McKanna and Nancy Malben at the photo table during registration. I l'e'l'Ul'n to CCIIUPUS sion of registration, then relaxed over coffee in L the Roost to exchange vacation adventures. As i the campus squirrels made ready for the coming winter, committees were busy planning an excit- v ing season of sports events, dances, playhouse productions, concerts and general good times. J K . , '-4 i , we if -. .. Q- tisfaff With animated skits and rousing campaign speeches, new students played politics like professionals during a heated rally to select repre- sentatives to serve on the steering committee for the current year. 20 The opening of a new school year finds Mary Ann Wiffley, student assistant in pub- lications, hard at work in her new office. --ar Y Q Man offers a new recreational program for UKC at orientation political rally. from Mars fKent Huckstepj UKC KANGAROO 1954

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Shirley Michaels and Sally Smith survey the confusion of cards, schedule blanks, pens and catalogues as be- wildered students register for fall and winter classes. Return to campus ID-SEPTEMBER was a time for making new friends, for renewing old acquaintances. Old timers at UKC guided freshmen and transfer students through a three day orientation whirl of lectures, tests, coke sessions, tours and a colorful political campaign. Everyone joined the confu- fOpposite page! Orientation group K gathers around their leader, Meta Ann Knecht, ready to begin a campus tour. UKC KANGAROO 1954 The start of a new school year gave pharmacy friends a chance to catch up on the gossip of summer activities while relaxing in the Roost between class lectures. I-ff 1 t ' , - , G K dos? gi?-L'-A L -Q Z1 I I' QIEI R 0 EEIEl':iEi VT , I-- S -, ,.. . X A Dr. Earl J. McGrath addresses students for the first time at a luncheon honoring orientation groups and their leaders. Students stand as national anthem is played at the first convocation of the year. Dr. McGrath outlined his ob- ieetives for future expansion of university facilities. 19

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Fall Dances .3593 Winners: Conner and Feature event of the evening was a potato dance. Couples Herman. Runners-up waltzed, two-stepped, even dragneted until a single Horowitz and Lerner. twosome Qrightl had not dropped their potato to the floor. BSTACLES, jeans and informality reigned at the APO sponsored event held in the Roost October 9. After Working a way through the maze of hazards at the entrance, persons attending the dance found they had to dance A P Q in a balloon decked corral. Passing a grapefruit from one chin to another fleftl proved difficult but entertaining. An energetic dragnet line fbelowb crowds the confines of the corral obstacle. .4 . QPJ A' X - 3, 1 UKC KANGAROO 1954 21