University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Trying to squeeze eighteen hours of classes into only five days is confusing as well as difficult for the new student. College Life Begins Have your ID cards ready. Stand in that line. Have you seen your adviser? Pull your cards tomorrow. What do you mean, a Saturday class? Pay your fees here. What ' s your IBM number? Every- one wears a freshman beanie. Buy now. Mass confusion is the word for New Student Week. Newcomers to the Ne- braska campus are hussled from line to line, from convocation to convoca- tion and from function to function. They are swamped by new rules and regu- lations. It is not until later that the new stu- dent realizes that somewhere during this time he began to get the feel of the University. Everything falls into place and soon there are no new students. Fun predominates for couples at the annual Frosh Hop. Skirts and spirits fly high as the boys twirl their dates. 16

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Amidst hurried introductions and numerous handshakes Phi Gam actives hope to persuade this rushee to wear their pin. Twenty-four fraternities, endless numbers of new faces and names — now the decision is pending: Which house to pledge? A Smile, a Handshake and a Pledge Pin Shaking hands, talking, shaking hands and more shaking hands — this is the beginning of the whole thing — boys ' rush week. Nervous rushees visit the numerous fraternity houses where they adjust collars and fidget in new suits. Actives assume the role of the cool, casual college man in order to convince the rushee to wear a pledge pin. Rush is a new and different life for the rushee. Hot box and spike are new words added to his vocabulary; indecision and uncertainty are added emotions. For two days the rushee observes and listens, then dashes to the frater- nity house to receive his pin. It happens only once a year — the girls are on display and the boys gather to observe. mmmmm- lb

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Caught another onel One of the fraternity men ' s favorite fall sports is painting Greek letters on jeans. Autumn-Spirits Rise While Leaves Fall With fall comes another college year. The campus turns to brown and gold as the trees shed their leaves. There is the thrill of seeing old friends again and of making new ones. There is the challenge of new classes and in- structors. A spirit of this year I ' m go- ing to do better or this year I ' m going to have some fun prevails. Trips to the pits are over; trips to the woods have just begun. Nebraska ' s formal social season hasn ' t arrived, but evenings are spent around fires, at movies or dances. Fall brings the ex- citement of football games, the fear of the first down slips and a flurry of pinnings. New patterns are formed; old ones are resumed, fl new year has begun. It may not be lovers ' lane but this couple doesn ' t mind as they pause between classes. 17