Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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Fill First Busy College Week Books were the next big problem. Students emerged from the bookstore slightly disheveled, lighter in the pocketbook. and loaded down with stacks of books, some of which would never be read. Freshmen were still taking their physical exams. The movie, The Benny Goodman Story had been shown Tuesday evening in the Union and had given the students a chance to relax. The Independent Stu- dent's hour dance had also helped them forget their first harrowing experience with college enrollment. The meeting of all new students in MacVicar Chapel Wed- nesday afternoon made them feel a part of the Univer- sity. That night the Greek pledges took over the Union for their last pre-school coke party. Classes met for the first time Thursday, and old students began to get back in the groove while the beanied freshmen hunted for the right classroom and even the correct building. Instructors were again con- fronted by a mass of nameless faces of sleepy-eyed freshmen who were already learning a rule of prime importance--never take an eight o'clock! Orientation fun was not yet over. The Don Rose band provided the music for a Friday night Howdy Dancef' This event gave the new students another opportunity to meet each other. Intermission enter- tainment included two skits. Another first for Wash- burn's orientation program was the Splash Party held Saturday afternoon in Whiting pool. The Vesper Serv- ice in MacVicar Chapel Sunday afternoon with Student Council President Harold Geer giving the address closed the orientation schedule, and the following full week of classes shifted the students' minds from the social to the studious. When the final tally was made, Washburn had be- come the collegiate home for 1,583 students. The Cosmopolitan Club displays articles from Activities Fair, a new event in the expanded orienta many foreign countries and the members discuss tion' program. with new students the activities of the club at the

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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.

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The Freshman soon became acquainted with his new way of life and along with his fellow students settled into the college routine -- a routine of attending classes, taking coffee breaks in the Union, studying. joining clubs, working. and partying. Campus clubs opened their programs in the fall by electing officers, planning their yearly meetings, and holding special sessions to acquaint and interest other students in their work and objectives. Such was the Washburn Player's Open House which 'was held in Mulvane Little Theater. Members of the group talked with interested students. explained the different phases of theater work, and answered many questions. Soon after, tryouts were held for the first play of the season. Julius Caesar , the backstage crew was selected, and once again, another production was underway. The election of class officers was held in which more than 500 students turned out to cast their ballots. Elections for cheerleaders were also held. Under a new system of preliminary elimination. the participat- ing field was narrowed by a special board before be- ing presented to the student body vote. The new group lead the cheering for the lchabod victory as they walloped the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds 26 to O in the first home grid battle. Spicing college life were all sorts of parties from the informal coke and card gatherings to the still informal but planned dances, hayrack rides, and parties such as the Phi Delt Ugly Party. Branding their dates with white paint is a standard ritual for the Phi Delts at their Ugly Party Chuck Birdsong wields the branding iron. ,ar 4 3