Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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Enrollment . . . Orientation week was officially opened September I4 with a picnic scheduled for the Pine grove south of the Union. However. the uncooperative Kansas weather hampered Sunday night's activities. and the picnic was moved inside where freshmen and transfers munched on hot dogs, potato chips, and cokes. After a short program. Gerry Barker showed his collection of Washburn slides. Monday morning there were placement tests for the freshmen who had not already taken them. and they met with their advisors to become more acquainted with Washburn's academic schedule. There was a break in the rigorous schedule Monday night when the Student Council sponsored its first Activities Fair in the Union. Campus clubs set up booths around the lchabod room to display literature and pictures. More than 350 students took advantage of the colorful and attractive displays to learn more about the activities of the school. A program including a Hawaiian dance, piano selections. a Modern Dance Club number, and a dramatic presentation from the Westside Story kept the crowd entertained. The Merits of the Freshman Beanie was given a humorous slant by two debaters. The hectic schedule began again Tuesday when the enrollment process commenced. First came the tuber- culin testing procedure which was made available to all students. Then came the task of enrolling which, al- though now familiar to the upperclassmen, was still bewildering to the new students. w ,ff t ii N'ia It doesn't hurt--much! Receiving the TB test was the first step in the enrollment process. What problems! Conflicting hours, group requirements and closed classes confront the harrassed advisor and his despairing advise-e. Ml.8l0STflN TMNT X54 .iz t ,A .-ta.. -1 7

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Q if mf Chapter clippings give rushees an insight into the dif- their scrapbook at an informal rush party. More than ferent phases of fraternity life as the Sig Eps bring out 150 men went through fraternity rushing, Men's rush week began September I0 with an as- sembly when the men registered, and Dean Hackett and Inter-Fraternity Council President Art Glassman gave summaries of rush rules, information concerning fraternity requirements, living facilities, and costs. A brief question and answer period followed with house presidents and rush chairmen serving on the panel. The rushees soon received cards from the fraternities which listed each day's activities for the rest of the week. After checking as few or as many activities as he wanted to attend, the rushee returned the card to the fraternity. He was then kept busy going to a large variety of events -- smokers, luncheons, barbecues, diners, line parties, swims, and dances. , Any time during the week from Wednesday to Sat- urday, the rushee could accept a pledge pin. By Sun- day when the frats held formal pledging, 90 men had accepted. . Taking a chance, rushees learn the intricacies of the game at the Alpha Delt Casino party.

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Class cards are parcelled out by student helpers who met the flood of students during the two long enrollment days. Another line, but by now it's routine as enrollees pick up their nametags and are photographed. . . . and Orientation After picking up their duplicate record cards, stu- dents proceded to the library where they met with their advisors to work out their fall class schedules. Upperclassmen checked their correlated courses and credits in upper division classes, while the lower class- men struggled with group requirements and closed classes, some of which were already filled by Tuesday noon. Class cards had to be picked up and filled out in quadruplicate, and with these and other forms, the student spent the next forty-five minutes writing his life history and his name until he could have done it in his sleep. Then, picture time. Of course, there was a line as he picked up his name placque and waited to be captured in celuloid for Public Rela- tionls use. Scholarship receivers stopped by the President's office to receive authorization to pick up his check, and he then joined the others to have his statement made out. Last stop was the Business Office where he signed his name to a check or made arrangements for tuition payments, and picked up his activity ticket. lt was over and wouldn't have to be repeated for an- other four months. Last stop is the Business Office where that hard earned money or Dad's neatly signed check is left.